US to triple staff in Islamabad Embassy, eyeing Pearl Continental in PeshawarSeptember 12th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The United States will double the number of its diplomatic staff in the Islamabad Embassy after the planned expansion of its diplomatic mission is completed. The US is also planning to triple the number of its total staff.
UN steps up security for its staff across PakistanJune 19th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Worried by the recent terror strikes in Pakistan in which some its officials were also killed, the United Nations (UN) has beefed up the security of its staff and offices across the country. The UN has increased the security level to grade three, The News reports.
Pak Taliban claims responsibility for Lahore, Nowshera mosques attackJune 13th, 2009 PESHAWAR - The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility for Friday's serial suicide attacks on two mosques in Nowshera and Lahore. It had also took responsibility for the Pearl Continental Hotel bombing in Peshawar, saying more such attacks would be carried out in future against all those who oppose their decree.
NWFP minister claims Waziristan Taliban behind Pearl Continental attackJune 12th, 2009 PESHAWAR - The North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Information Minister, Iftikhar Hussain, has held the Waziristan Taliban responsible for Tuesday's suicide bomb attack on the Pearl Continental Hotel here. "Whatever happens in Peshawar comes from Waziristan.
11 dead, 34 injured in blast at Pakistan hotel (Second Lead)June 11th, 2009 PESHAWAR - At least 11 people were killed and 34 injured Tuesday as a huge explosion ripped through the five-star Pearl Continental Hotel in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP), according to officials. The blast partially demolished the building, which is located near a military base and an important government building in a high-security zone.
11 dead, 56 wounded in Pakistan hotel blast (Third Lead)June 11th, 2009 PESHAWAR - At least 11 people, including an UN official, were killed and 56 others wounded Tuesday after a huge explosion ripped through the five-star Pearl Continental Hotel in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP), officials said. The blast partially demolished the building, which is located near a military base and an important government building in a high-security zone.
US delivers four MI-17 cargo helicopters to PakistanJune 11th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The United States has handed over four MI-17 cargo helicopters to the Pakistan Army to facilitate its counter-terrorism operation. "On a request by the Government of Pakistan, the United States delivered four MI-17 cargo helicopters to the Pakistani Army," US embassy spokesman Lou Finor said here.
Peshawar police search for clues in bombed hotel debrisJune 10th, 2009 PESHAWAR - Police and rescue workers have begun scouring the wreckage of the deadly hotel that was damaged by a bomb explosion late on Tuesday night blast for clues. The search is being undertaken amidst tight security.
Pearl Continental may have to be rebuilt after Peshawar blastJune 10th, 2009 PESHAWAR - Tuesday's blast at the Pearl Continental Hotel situated in Peshawar's most secure area once again exposes the security lapses, and raises doubts about when this landmark becomes functional again. Earlier, the mausoleum of the great Pashto poet Rahman Baba located on the outskirts of Peshawar was damaged.
Peshawar blast may be backlash for Pak Army's Swat operation: IftikharJune 10th, 2009 PESHAWAR - NWFP Information Minister Iftikhar Hussain has termed the blast at the Pearl Continental hotel here as a reaction to the ongoing army offensive in the Swat and Malakand Division. Talking to reporters, Hussain said people should be united in the face of the current situation now, as the possibility of a similar attack in the future cannot be ruled out.
Pakistani officials says at least 5 killed, 25 wounded in bomb blast in northwestern PeshawarJune 9th, 2009 Pakistani officials: Huge bomb at Peshawar hotelPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Officials says a huge bomb has exploded at a luxury hotel in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least five people and wounding 25 others. Police official Liaqat Ali says gunmen stormed into the Pearl Continental Hotel in the northwestern city on Tuesday night just before "a big bomb went off."
Sahibzada Anis, a top government official in Peshawar, says at least five people were killed and 25 wounded.
Five killed in Pakistan hotel blastJune 9th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least five people were killed and 35 injured Tuesday evening in a bomb blast at a five-star hotel in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, according to local TV reports. The blast occurred at the Pearl Continental Hotel, a heavily guarded five-star hotel in Peshawar, capital of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), the Express TV quoted police sources as saying.
Five dead in Pakistan hotel blast (Lead)June 9th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least five people were killed and 25 injured when a huge explosion ripped through the Pearl Continental Hotel in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's restive North Western Frontier Province (NWFP), officials said. The blast partially demolished the building, which is located near a military base and an important government building in a high-security zone.
Blast in Pakistan's northwest kills three (Lead)June 1st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least three people were killed and seven injured in a blast Monday in Kohat town in Pakistan's restive northwest where the military is currently engaged in a major anti-Taliban operation. The blast, the second in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) in a week, occurred at a bus stand in Kohat's Teera Bazar area, APP news agency reported.
Four killed in blast in Pakistan's northwestJune 1st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Four people were killed in a blast Monday in Kohat town in Pakistan's restive northwest where the military is currently engaged in a major anti-Taliban operation, a media report said. The blast, the second in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) in a week, occurred at a bus stand in Kohat's Teera Bazar area, Geo TV said.
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