UNITED NATIONS – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday accepted a request from Pakistan’s president to delay the release of a report on the assassination of his wife, former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, until April 15. U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky made the announcement just two hours before a three-member U.N. commission that investigated Bhutto’s death was [...]
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A pair of suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other Friday, killing at least 43 people in this eastern city and wounding about 100, police said. It was the fourth major attack in Pakistan this week, indicating Islamist militants are stepping up violence after a period [...]
TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press Writers= LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) ? Two suicide bombers killed 43 people in near-simultaneous blasts Friday, the fourth major attack in Pakistan this week and a clear sign that militants have the power to strike targets despite months of army offensives and U.S. missile strikes. The twin bombings, which also wounded about [...]
A suspected suicide bomber kills at least nine people in an attack on a checkpoint in north-west Pakistan, officials say. Read More Blast hits Pakistani checkpoint