Rawalpindi bleeds
* 4th terrorist strike in twin cities in one month
* Security on high alert
* All entry, exit points being closely watched
By Aamir Yasin
RAWALPINDI: The suicide bomb attack near a branch of National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) at Shalimar Plaza terrorised residents of the garrison... 
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Most victims defence officials
RAWALPINDI: Majority of those killed in suicide bomb blast near National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) branch at Shalimar Plaza are military personnel or employees of the Ministry for Defence. Most victims are either retired or in service employees of the army and the ministry who came to the bank to draw...
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Terrorists zero in on cantt
RAWALPINDI: The target terrorists selected for Monday’s attack is encircled by highly sensitive security installations and the only five-star hotel in the garrison city. The GHQ check post, which was hit by terrorists on October 10, is about 500 meters from the blast scene, which indicates that terrorists...
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Emergency declared in allied hospitals
Staff Report
RAWALPINDI: City District Government Rawalpindi (CDGR) on Monday declared emergency in hospitals following the suicide bomb blast at Shalimar Plaza. All three allied hospitals – Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Hospital, Holy Family Hospital and District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital...
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Shahbaz Sharif visits CMH, MH
RAWALPINDI: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Monday visited the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) and the Military Hospital (MH) to inquire after the people, who suffered injuries during the Shalimar Plaza suicide bombing. The city’s commissioner, Zahid Saeed, briefed him on the blast and subsequent...
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Suicide blast prompts closure of schools and colleges
Staff Report
RAWALPINDI: The city’s government and private educational institutions were closed within minutes of the Shalimar Plaza suicide bombing. The classes will however resume today (Tuesday), according to Rawalpindi Commissioner Zahid Saeed. The commissioner told Daily Times that...
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List of the dead and the injured
RAWALPINDI: Rescue 1122 District Emergency Officer on Monday evening issued the names of the 35 persons killed and 63 injured in the suicide bomb blast.
The dead bodies at CMH are: M Sarwar, Khalid, Shahzad, Mehboob, Naimat, Hafeez, Jahangir, Munir Ahmed, Zainul Haq, Kamran, Fakhurun Nisa,...
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Police to get explosives’ scanners soon
By Fazal Sher
ISLAMABAD: Capital police will get explosives detecting scanners within the next 10 days, said Inspector General of Police (IGP), Islamabad, Kaleem Imam on Monday.
The IGP told reporters at a function of Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) that the scanners being imported...
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Security put on high alert to avert terror strikes
Staff Report
RAWALPINDI/islamabad: The twin cities city police and other law- enforcement agencies (LEAs) on Monday put security on high alert following the suicide bomb attack near Shalimar Hotel in the garrison city that claimed 35 lives.
Police sources told Daily Times that the...
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