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Islamabad bombings mastermind arrested: Police

November 20th, 2009 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Nov 20 (IANS) The alleged mastermind of the suicide attacks on the World Food Programme office and on a police helpline office here has been arrested, police said Friday. Briefing reporters, Islamabad ...

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Peshawar suicide bombing kills three (Second Lead)

Peshawar suicide bombing kills three (Second Lead)

November 9th, 2009 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS -
Peshawar, Nov 9 (IANS) At least three people were killed and five injured Monday when a suicide bomber struck at a police checkpoint in this northwestern city of Pakistan, a day ...

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Three killed in Peshawar bombing (Lead)

Three killed in Peshawar bombing (Lead)

November 9th, 2009 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Nov 9 (IANS) At least three people were killed Monday in a bombing in this northwestern city of Pakistan, a day after a powerful blast left 13 people, including the ...

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Terrorism a threat to Pakistan’s tourism sector

Terrorism a threat to Pakistan’s tourism sector

November 8th, 2009 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Nov 8 (IANS) The detonating security situation in Pakistan has seen its world tourism ranking dropping from 111 last year to 113 in 2009, a new report says. According to a ...

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10, including mayor, die in Peshawar suicide bombing (Second Lead)

10, including mayor, die in Peshawar suicide bombing (Second Lead)

November 8th, 2009 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS -
Peshawar, Nov 8 (IANS) At least 10 people, including the city mayor, were killed and over 30 injured in a suicide bombing at a crowded livestock market close to this Pakistan ...

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Suicide bombing kills eight in Peshawar (Lead)

Suicide bombing kills eight in Peshawar (Lead)

November 8th, 2009 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS -
Peshawar, Nov 8 (IANS) At least eight people were killed and over 30 injured in a suicide bombing at a bustling livestock market in this Pakistan city, less than a fortnight ...

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Tight security at posh Karachi schools

Tight security at posh Karachi schools

November 3rd, 2009 - 11:47 am ICT by IANS -
Karachi, Nov 3 (IANS) Police checkposts have come up in and outside schools located in posh localities of Pakistan's commercial capital following a string of terror attacks across the country, including ...

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22 dead as blast rocks Rawalpindi (Second Lead)

22 dead as blast rocks Rawalpindi (Second Lead)

November 2nd, 2009 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS -
Rawalpindi, Nov 2 (IANS) At least 22 people were killed Monday morning when a massive explosion went off close to a hotel and a bank in this garrison city. The blast ...

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10 dead in Rawalpindi blast (Lead)

November 2nd, 2009 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS -
Rawalpindi, Nov 2 (IANS) Ten people were killed and dozens injured Monday when a powerful explosion went off close to a hotel and a bank in this garrison city. The blast occurred ...

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45 dead, over 100 injured in Peshawar explosion (Third Lead)

45 dead, over 100 injured in Peshawar explosion (Third Lead)

October 28th, 2009 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS -
Peshawar, Oct 28 (IANS) At least 45 people were killed and over 100 injured when a massive blast ripped through a busy market in this Pakistani city Wednesday afternoon, shortly after ...

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10 killed, 62 injured in Peshawar bombing (Second Lead)

10 killed, 62 injured in Peshawar bombing (Second Lead)

October 28th, 2009 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS -
Peshawar, Oct 28 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed and over 60 injured Wednesday afternoon when a massive blast tore through a bustling market in this Pakistani city. The explosion took ...

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Two dead, 10 hurt in Peshawar blast (Lead)

Two dead, 10 hurt in Peshawar blast (Lead)

October 28th, 2009 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS -
Peshawar, Oct 28 (IANS) At least two people were killed and over 10 injured Wednesday when a powerful blast ripped through a crowded market in this Pakistani city. The blast took place ...

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Man loses 19 relatives in Pakistan blast

October 27th, 2009 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Oct 27 (IANS) What did we do to deserve this, lamented Fauzi Khan whose 19 family members were killed in a landmine explosion in Pakistan's Mohmand Agency. All the 19 people who ...

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Schools, colleges in Pakistan’s Punjab shut again due to security fears

Schools, colleges in Pakistan’s Punjab shut again due to security fears

October 27th, 2009 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS -
Lahore, Oct 27 (IANS) Educational institutions across Pakistan's Punjab province were closed Tuesday due to "unsatisfactory security arrangements" for students as the army continued its assault against the Taliban in South ...

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War on terror cost Pakistani economy $40 bn: Minister

War on terror cost Pakistani economy $40 bn: Minister

October 27th, 2009 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS -
Lahore, Oct 27 (IANS) The Pakistani economy has suffered a loss of $40 billion due to the war on terrorism, a minister has said. Tanvir Ashraf Kaira, provincial minister for finance and ...

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India advises pilgrims not to travel to Pakistan

October 27th, 2009 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) The government Tuesday advised Indian pilgrims to avoid visiting Pakistan in view of deteriorating security situation there following a string of militant attacks on military, police and ...

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Brigadier escapes terror attack in Islamabad

October 27th, 2009 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Oct 27 (IANS) A Pakistani Army Brigadier and two others escaped a terror attack unhurt Tuesday when the jeep he was travelling in was fired upon in this Pakistani capital. According to ...

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Schools reopen in parts of Pakistan

October 26th, 2009 - 1:02 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Oct 26 (IANS) Schools in the Pakistani capital and those located in Sindh and Punjab provincves reopened Monday. They had been shut following a spate of terror attacks in the ...

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Pakistani cops use explosives’ bottle as ashtray, cause blast

Pakistani cops use explosives’ bottle as ashtray, cause blast

October 25th, 2009 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS -
Karachi, Oct 25 (IANS) Two Pakistani policemen, having a smoke on a police station rooftop, casually stubbed the cigarette in a bottle containing highly inflammable chemicals for making explosives - causing ...

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Kill suicide bomber before he strikes: Pakistani police

Kill suicide bomber before he strikes: Pakistani police

October 25th, 2009 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Oct 25 (IANS) Target the suicide bombers before they are able to detonate the explosives strapped to their body, say Pakistani police after carrying out a research on suicide attackers' ...

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Seven dead, 21 hurt in Pakistan bombings (Second Lead)

Seven dead, 21 hurt in Pakistan bombings (Second Lead)

October 23rd, 2009 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Oct 23 (IANS) Seven people were killed and 13 injured Friday when a suicide bomber struck at an air force base in Pakistan's Attock district while eight people were injured ...

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Seven killed in Pakistan suicide bombing (Lead)

Seven killed in Pakistan suicide bombing (Lead)

October 23rd, 2009 - 11:45 am ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Oct 23 (IANS) Seven people were killed and seven injured Friday when a suicide bomber blew himself up near an air force base in Pakistan's Attock district as the army ...

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Pakistani Army officer with UN shot dead in Islamabad (Second Lead)

Pakistani Army officer with UN shot dead in Islamabad (Second Lead)

October 22nd, 2009 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Oct 22 (IANS) A senior Pakistani Army officer, who was the head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Sudan, was gunned down along with another soldier Thursday, as the military ...

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Firing in Islamabad: two dead, suicide bomber flees (Lead)

October 22nd, 2009 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Oct 22 (IANS) Terror struck Islamabad again Thursday with a suicide bomber and police exchanging fire at a court here while two army personnel, including a brigadier, were shot dead in ...

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Twin blasts in Islamabad varsity, one dead (Second Lead)

Twin blasts in Islamabad varsity, one dead (Second Lead)

October 20th, 2009 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Oct 20 (IANS) One woman was killed and 13 injured in two synchronised blasts, including a suicide bombing, that rocked a university in the Pakistan capital Tuesday afternoon when thousands ...

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Shortage of funds forces UN to cut down food aid to Bhutanese refugees

October 18th, 2009 - 7:28 pm ICT by ANI -
Kathmandu, Oct. 18 (ANI): A shortage in UN funding may force thousands of Bhutanese refugees living in camps in Nepal cut down on their meals. BBC quoted a senior official from the ...

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Terror fear leads to pillion riding ban in Islamabad

Terror fear leads to pillion riding ban in Islamabad

October 16th, 2009 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Oct 16 (IANS) Pillion riding on two-wheelers has been banned in Pakistan's capital Islamabad to thwart a possible terror strike, a media report said Friday. Interior Minister Rehman Malik issued orders ...

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Terrorists storm into police agency office in Lahore, two killed (Lead)

October 15th, 2009 - 11:47 am ICT by IANS -
Lahore, Oct 15 (IANS) Heavily armed terrorists stormed into the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) building in a congested area of this Pakistani city Thursday morning. Two of them were killed in ...

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Hunger in Latin America accompanies lack of social security

October 15th, 2009 - 8:49 am ICT by IANS -
Santiago, Oct 15 (DPA) The 53 million people suffering hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean would be helped by stronger government policies backing agriculture, including for small individual farmers, the regional ...

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30 killed in Pakistan suicide bombing (Second Lead)

October 12th, 2009 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Oct 12 (IANS) At least 30 people were killed and 40 injured Monday when a suicide bomber blew himself up in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province, a lawmaker said. The ...

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