The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Islamabad - At least three people were killed Saturday in a missile strike by suspected US drones in Pakistan's restive tribal region along the border with Afghanistan, officials said. Two missiles hit a house used for Taliban meetings in Match villa...
Times of India (Free subscription) | yesterday
Even as the US has welcomed the democratic transition in Pakistan, it has underlined the serious challenges, including terrorism and financial instability, facing Islamabad that could be a direct threat to Washington itself.
Indus Asia Online Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dexter Filkins October 10th, 2008 Courtesy and Thanks: Wichaar.com Hours after a truck bomber killed 53 people last month at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan’s interior minister laid responsibility for the attack on Taliban militants holed up in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, or FATA - the remote, wild region that straddles the border with Afghanistan. “All roads [...]
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Islamabad - Pakistani officials said on Saturday said the death toll from a suicide attack during a gathering of tribal elders in north-west part of the country a day earlier has risen to more than 60. The suspected suicide bombing rocked the assembl...
NaiTazi.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Source: Chron Separate blast, U.S. strike leave at least 19 dead ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — A suicide bomber bearing a box of sweets managed to penetrate one of the most heavily secured police enclaves in the capital on Thursday, wrecking a residential building that housed anti-terrorism police and injuring half a dozen officers. Elsewhere in the country, 10 people [...]
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | yesterday
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The new television ad starts with a simple scene: A mother is waiting on a street corner for her child to get out of school. It looks like any other sunny day in any one of Pakistan's major cities.
Indian Express (Free subscription) | yesterday
Reaching out to Pakistan, the PM Manmohan Singh said that India was keen to normalise relations with Islamabad and advocated 'new ways' of working together to address all outstanding issues including the Kashmir imbroglio in a friendly manner.
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | yesterday
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan In a blow to hopes that tribal leaders will prove a potent new ally in the fight against Islamic insurgents, a suicide bomber struck an anti-Taliban gathering of tribal elders yesterday, killing at least 30 people and injuring about 100 others. The attack on the tribal council took place in Orakzai, normally a relatively quiet corner of the nation's restive tribal areas. It is about...
Soc 202 - Current Events (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
A suicide bombing occurred in Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday after a civilian entered through security check-points that allegedly contained sweets for the police headquarters. Although no victims were killed in the incident, 17 were injured outside the policemen’s living unit. The explosion took place about six miles from the parliament building. Ironically enough, lawmakers were discussing the decreasing...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Hamburg - There have been a number of deadly terrorist attacks in Pakistan over the last few months. Most were suicide attacks:September 20, 2008: In a car bomb attack on the Marriott Hotel in the centre of the capital Islamabad, 53 people were kille...
Bed and Breakfast Blog (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Medweb Employees Travel to Pakistan to Help Advance Humanitarian …MarketWatch - 9 hours agoSAN FRANCISCO, Oct 10, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Medweb employees from San Francisco, San Diego and Atlanta traveled recently to Islamabad and …
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Islamabad - At least 40 people were killed and dozens more injured Friday in a suicide bombing during a gathering of tribal elders in Pakistan's tribal region along the Afghan border, officials said. The jirga (tribal council) meeting of some 500 of ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Islamabad - At least 23 people were killed and dozens more injured Friday in a suicide bombing during a gathering in Pakistan's tribal region along the Afghan border, officials said. The jirga, a meeting of some 500 of members of the Alikhel tribe wa...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Islamabad - At least 15 people were killed and more than four dozen injured Friday in a suicide bombing during a gathering in Pakistan's tribal region along the Afghan border, officials said. The jirga, a meeting of hundreds of members of the Alikhel...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (TOTI) -- Bombs that were detonated throughout Pakistan on Thursday killed at 10 and injured at least 14 people. One bombing occurred at a police compound in the capital city on the same day politicians assembled for a private briefing on threats to the country. In Islamabad, what appeared to be a suicide car bombing severely damaged an anti-terror squad building. Wounded in the...
