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News Source: The Hindu
| about 1 year ago
Western diplomatic missions here are assessing their security in the wake of the Marriott Hotel bombing, said diplomatic sources on Thursday. At least 55 people, including six foreigners, were killed and more than 260 wounded in the attack. Among the...
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News Source: The Mercury
| about 1 year ago
Islamabad's international airport, days after a huge blast in the city. Passengers were briefly evacuated from the capital's Benazir Bhutto airport while security officials searched the area, but all flights were operating as normal, they said. The...
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News Source: NewKerala
| about 1 year ago
A state of emergency was declared at Islamabad airport, which was recently named after slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, following warning that a suicide bomber could strike the facility located just outside the capital city. "There is no...
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News Source: Jang.com.pk
| about 1 year ago
Blaming the missing Afghan ambassador-designate to Pakistan for his own kidnapping, Adviser to Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik said here on Wednesday that Abdul Khaliq Farahi was moving around alone with his driver despite the fact that he...
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News Source: The Economist
| about 1 year ago
George Bush and his Pakistani counterpart, Asif Zardari, were due to hold their first official meeting on Tuesday September 23rd at the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The American president and Mr Zardari face a common...
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News Source: Islamic Republic News Agency
| about 1 year ago
Afghan team An Afghan delegation arrived in Islamabad to discuss with Pakistani officials the kidnapping of Abdul Khaliq Farahi, the Ambassador-designate to Pakistan, an Afghan diplomat said. Farahi was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in the...
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News Source: Islamic Republic News Agency
| about 1 year ago
Suicide Attack Pakistani president, prime minister and services chiefs were to attend a dinner at Hotel Marriot on the day of suicide attack on the hotel but they changed the plan at last time, the Interior Ministry said. Interior Advisor Rehman...
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News Source: Qawim
| about 1 year ago
In terms of its psychological effect, the blast, which killed more than 80 people, injured hundreds and burnt out the hotel, has traumatized the nation, and, like 9/11, marks the beginning of a new battle: this time not the "war on terror", but the...
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News Source: Press TV
| about 1 year ago
We reject it," Interior Ministry Chief Rehman Malik told reporters after the US offered FBI help in pursuing the terrorists behind the attack. Malik's comments coincides with newly-elected President Asif Ali Zardari's remarks who said in an interview...
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News Source: The Frontier Post
| about 1 year ago
Advisor to the Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik Monday said that the Marriott hotel attack was amid at targeting country's top leadership including President, Prime Minister and Services Chiefs as they were to have had dinner at the hotel when...