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NEWS ABOUT: Lahore

Lahore stories: 19 news summaries
UPDATED

 Deadly Wave of 
 Pakistan Attacks 
 Kills 38 

Government warns of 'guerrilla war' after blasts in Lahore, northwest

Oct 15, 09 7:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan erupted in violence today as three teams of militants launched coordinated strikes on law enforcement buildings in Lahore and a suicide car bomber struck a police station in the country's northwest. A few hours later another blast rocked a school in Peshawar, near the Afghan border, killing at least... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Islamic extremists • car bomb • Waziristan • Lahore • South Waziristan

(Newser) - One of Pakistan’s most prominent anti-Taliban clerics was killed today in a suicide bomb attack, the Times of London reports. Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi, who supported the Pakistan army’s campaign in the Swat Valley, died on the way to the hospital after an explosion at his Islamic college in... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • suicide bombing • Muslim • mosque • cleric • Lahore • Pakistan army • Swat Valley • madrasa • Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi

(Newser) - At least 30 people were killed today when a bomb flattened the main police station in the Pakistan city of Lahore, reports the BBC. Some 100 were injured in the attack that began as gunmen opened fire and hurled grenades before a vehicle packed with explosives hurtled through a barricade... More »

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Pakistan • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • bomb • Lahore • Pakistan army

 Taliban Chief Claims 
 Lahore Attack, Vows to Hit US  

Mehsud vows he will attack again in Pakistan and US

Mar 31, 09 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - The head of the Pakistani Taliban and the man accused of masterminding the assassination of Benazir Bhutto has claimed responsibility for yesterday's commando assault on the Lahore police academy and has threatened more attacks, the Times of London reports. Baitullah Mehsud personally called Western news agencies to take credit for... More »

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Taliban • terrorism • Pakistan • Benazir Bhutto • terrorist • Lahore • Baitullah Mehsud • Islamic terrorism • North West Frontier Province

(AP) - Pakistani security forces overpowered a group of gunmen who staged a deadly, highly coordinated assault on a police academy today, capturing six of the militants while eight others died during an hours-long battle in the country's east. Apart from the militants, the assault left eight police and three civilians dead,... More »

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Lahore • gunmen • terror attack • Mumbai attacks

 20 Killed 
 in Siege 
 at Pakistan 
 Police School 

Paramilitary forces are locked in gun battle with attackers

Mar 30, 09 2:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistani troops were locked in a fierce firefight today with gunmen who stormed a police academy near Lahore, killing 20 officers. The attackers, armed with automatic rifles and grenades, stormed the academy's morning turnout dressed as police, reports the Times of London. They "opened fire after throwing grenades,"... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan • police • attack • Lahore • gunmen

(Newser) - Two days of massive demonstrations have convinced the Pakistani government to reinstate the nation's chief justice, CNN reports. Hundreds of angry lawyers filled the streets as a government spokesman said Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry would soon regain his position. Protesters demanded that the government fulfill its promise to reinstate... More »

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Pakistan • Islamabad • Nawaz Sharif • riots • Lahore

 Cricket Victims See 'Inside Job' 

Sri Lankans say security vanished; al-Qaeda may have played role

Mar 6, 09 6:16 AM CST
(Newser) - An unexplained gap in scheduling at this week's cricket match in Lahore has led to angry speculation that the gunmen who attacked the Sri Lankan team may have acted on inside information. While the Pakistani and Sri Lankan teams had traveled together on earlier days, the Pakistani team left later... More »

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Pakistan • cricket • Sri Lanka • Lahore • terrorist attack • Lashkar-e-Taiba • Muttiah Muralitharan

(Newser) - A British cricket referee traveling in the Sri Lankan convoy attacked in Lahore yesterday said Pakistani police fled the confrontation, the AP reports. “There was not a sign of a policeman anywhere,” Chris Broad said. “They had clearly left the scene and left us to be sitting... More »

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Pakistan • police • cricket • Sri Lanka • Britain • Lahore • terrorist attack • gunmen • Chris Broad

Cricket Attack Raises Fears for Sports Events

Teams cancel Pakistan visits; 20 arrested in attack

Mar 4, 09 4:27 AM CST
(Newser) - As Pakistani officials arrested some 20 suspects in yesterday's attack on Sri Lanka's cricket team in Lahore, new fears emerged that sports events may become a new target for terrorists, reports the Times of London. One international team canceled a trip to Pakistan last night, and the country's plans to... More »

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sports • terrorism • Pakistan • cricket • Cricket World Cup • Lahore • Islamic terrorism • Lashkar-e-Taiba

 8 Die as Pakistan Gunmen 
 Attack Sri Lankan Cricket Team 


5 cops killed, at least 8 team members injured

Mar 3, 09 2:10 AM CST
(Newser) - A dozen masked gunmen armed with rocket launchers and rifles opened fire in Pakistan today on a bus carrying Sri Lanka's national cricket team, killing five police officers and injuring at least eight team members. Gunmen rushed the bus as it headed to a stadium in Lahore for a match... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan • cricket • Sri Lanka • Lahore • gunmen

20 Dead in Pakistan Blasts

Many more injured after bombings at police headquarters, residential area

Mar 11, 08 4:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two suicide explosions killed at least 20 people in Lahore early today, Reuters reports. One bomb devastated the city's federal police headquarters. "We're trying to evacuate the wounded trapped under the debris," said an official. The second blast occurred when two men blew themselves up in a pickup... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Islamic militants • bombing • Lahore

Lahore Navy School Blast Kills 6

Suicide attack comes as chair of Joint Chiefs meets Musharraf

Mar 4, 08 10:10 AM CST
(Newser) - A suicide attack at one of Pakistan's premier military academies has left at least seven people dead and 19 injured. The blast in the parking lot of Lahore's Naval War College set off explosions in the gasoline tanks of neighboring cars and sparked a fire, Reuters reports. Today's bombing, the... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Joint Chiefs of Staff • suicide bomber • Adm. Mike Mullen • suicide bombing • US Navy • Lahore • Naval War College

Police Gas Pakistan Lawyers

Protests supporting sacked chief justice turn violent

Feb 21, 08 6:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Police in Pakistan fired tear gas at a rally of about 100 lawyers in Karachi as the country's deposed chief justice, still under house arrest, roused supporters across the country on a smuggled mobile phone, calling for the incoming government to reinstate him and his colleagues. The justice, whom President... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Karachi • Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry • Nawaz Sharif • Lahore • Asif Ali Zardari • Pakistan lawyers • Quetta

UPDATED

Pakistanis Await Poll Returns

Voter turnout light, international observers expect rigging

Feb 18, 08 5:09 AM CST
(Newser) - Polls have closed in Pakistani elections long-delayed by the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, as fears of violence kept voter turnout down to an estimated 15%, Reuters reports. Heavy security, with more than 470,000 police and soldiers deployed at polls nationwide, did little to assuage citizens' anxiety as voting proceeded... More »

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Joe Biden • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • John Kerry • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Lahore • Pakistan elections • election fraud

Pakistan Suicide Attack Kills 23

Explosion near lawyers' protest site targeted police

Jan 10, 08 5:20 AM CST
(Newser) - A suicide bomb attack in the Pakistani city of Lahore has left 23 people dead, the majority police officers, and wounded 70 others. The explosion occurred at a police checkpoint near the city's high court, where a large protest by Pakistan's lawyers was set to take place, reports Bloomberg. Local... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • suicide bombing • Lahore • Pakistan lawyers

Deadly Pakistan Train Crash

Survivors trapped in wreckage

Dec 19, 07 4:10 AM CST
(Newser) - At least 41 people were killed early today when the Karachi Express derailed, and Pakistani rescue workers were scrambling to pull survivors from the twisted wreckage, CNN reports. Over 135 people were injured when 12 of the train's 17 cars overturned. Over a thousand people were on the train, many... More »

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Pakistan • train • Karachi • accident • Lahore • train crash

Musharraf Vows January Election

Bhutto meets with hundreds for anti-government rallies

Nov 11, 07 5:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf today promised to hold elections by January 9—but said he must first dissolve the national and all four provincial assemblies this month. Musharraf made the announcement as former prime minister Benazir Bhutto met with hundreds of supporters organizing anti-government rallies as the nation continued to... More »

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Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Lahore

Pakistan Promises Election

Musharraf vows to leave military as emergency rule continues

Nov 5, 07 6:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan answered worldwide criticism of its military rule today by vowing to hold national elections in January, Reuters reports. "We don't want to disrupt the election process. We want a free election," the PM said. President Pervez Musharraf also promised to leave the military “once we correct... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Karachi • emergency rule • Lahore • al-Qaeda • George W. Bush

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