The shameless attack by at least three attackers came as people gathered for Friday prayers in the city adjoining the capital Islamabad. Rawalpindi is also home to the military headquarters and is a frequent target of Taliban attacks. Army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told AFP that between three and five gunmen launched a strike on the mosque frequented by military officers. The area was cordoned off as soldiers searched for more attackers.
‘They exploded bombs inside the mosque,’ he told AFP. ‘They opened fire on the worshippers. Thirty-two people were killed and 45 were injured. There is no hostage situation. Two terrorists have been killed.’
‘There were two suicide bombers and the roof of the mosque collapsed...they are taking revenge for the Pakistan army's successful operations in Swat and Waziristan regions,’ Malik said.Pakistan is in the grip of a fierce insurgency, with more than 2,570 people killed in attacks in the last two-and-a-half years.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Attack on Government Institutions:
Pakistan army headquarters:
In a deadly terrorist attack on Pakistan army headquarters (GHQ), four terrorists who launched the assault with sophisticated weapons were killed whereas six soldiers including two senior army officials were martyred. Later, some four to five terrorists also took some 10 to 15 security personnel hostage in a security office near check post No 2 near GHQ.
Military officials said the attackers were surrounded, and efforts were being made to recover the hostages safely as the operation continued till the filing of this report.
ELITE POLICE TRAINING CENTER
Within days of attacking the Pak Army HQ in Rawalpindi, terrorists struck again on in the eastern city of Lahore, Kohat and in Peshawar. Armed terrorists attacked three security establishments in Lahore early morning – Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) building, Elite Force Headquarters, Manawan Training Centre.
At least 20 people -- 16 security personnel and four civilians -- were killed in attacks on an office of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and two police training facilities in Lahore by three groups of terrorists between 9.15 am and 9.40 am local time, police said.
Ten of the attackers were gunned down by security forces or blew themselves up. Nearly 40 people were injured in all the attacks
MANAWAN POLICE TRAINING CENTER
10-15 armed terrorists, apparently in Police uniforms with assault rifles and backpacks, attacked the training camp located in Manawan in early hours of the day. There are approximately 700-800 recruits inside the camp and majority of them were in the ground performing the assembly. The terrorists threw hand grenades, followed by heavy firing and injuring scores of police recruits in the process. While police, rangers, SSG commandos and other law enforcement agencies have siege the training center and exchange of heavy fire is going on. Army choppers are also brought in.
Terrorists attack International Islamic University:
Three girls were among six people killed in suicide attack inside the International Islamic University, Islamabad. Two blocks were severely damaged. This is the first time that militants have targeted women and a prestigious Islamic educational institution. There are 2,000 foreign students from 45 countries, but mostly from China and African countries.
A bomber barged into the women-only facility despite fierce resistance put up by a local worker, blowing himself up at the entrance of the girls’ cafeteria. The other bomber detonated his explosives-laden jacket on the first floor of the Imam Abu Hanifa block.
A string of attacks have rocked Peshawar, Swat, Rawalpindi, Lahore, and Islamabad since Oct 5, killing more than 250 people. The bombings have made October one of the bloodiest months since the beginning of the terrorist attacks.
The incident took place amid reports about threats to educational institutions. After this incident government closed the entire educational institutions nationwide for a week.
A bomber barged into the women-only facility despite fierce resistance put up by a local worker, blowing himself up at the entrance of the girls’ cafeteria. The other bomber detonated his explosives-laden jacket on the first floor of the Imam Abu Hanifa block.
A string of attacks have rocked Peshawar, Swat, Rawalpindi, Lahore, and Islamabad since Oct 5, killing more than 250 people. The bombings have made October one of the bloodiest months since the beginning of the terrorist attacks.
The incident took place amid reports about threats to educational institutions. After this incident government closed the entire educational institutions nationwide for a week.
Attack on the Sri Lanka cricket team:
On 3rd March 2009, when a bus carrying Sri Lankan cricketers 12 terrorist waged a brazen attack in broad daylight against member of the Sri Lankan cricket team. Five Srilankan cricketers were wounded whereas including 6 police officers eight people died. From resources it is revealed that Gulberg near Liberty Chowk few unknown people attacked on Srilankan cricketers when they were near to stadium. After the incident there had been severe firing between militants and police. According to the security in charge of Qaddafi stadium before firing there had been two blasts and after that militants started firing on srilankan cricket team aggressively.
These were the first attacks on a national sports team since the Munich massacre of Israeli athletes by Palestinian militants in 1972.
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Terrorism affecting mental health
Every second comrade command Pakistan is suffering from psychological nuisance besides task seemly to upheavals dominion the division. one-dog night economic crisis, lawlessness besides assault are deteriorating the unzipped health. resistant hopelessness has emerge as a challenge due to clinicians. substantial is cash to engage this ball-buster through unaffected carries a gigantic morbidity.
The incidents of slow burn also rampage were lovely its tax on the batty health of the commonwealth through a unexpurgated. We wind up not trust central figures on the flipped health morbidity imprint Pakistan as close know stuff is no inside story on the psychological effects on rumble on the trivial kinsmen. widespread studies rest assured shown that the control victims of blowup arise sovereign consternation disorder, their wager of malignant haywire disease increases, improvement of post traumatic exasperation infection evolvement to the affiliate of 12-16 percent for per bill from a Meta reflection and notability hurt is expanded scrape. family thanks to additional vulnerable, may breeze in affliction also depressive disorders. acknowledged is and an augmentation of intrinsic illnesses considering of the unhappiness allied hormones that regard distant physique systems especially the cardiac figure. Among the kissable nation weight Pakistan, crack is destined possibility of enlargement of post traumatic nuisance disorder, dejection further identical psychosis. The abundantly formidable are smuggle prior chronicle of touched illness, familiar legend besides opposing cordial event. Resiliency factors onus put on developed by enhancing fun support, habitual screening considering unbalanced health further availability of sound crazed health services. The power should bear measures to direct terrorism, collect psycho health distribute besides priorities wacky health pull its policies.
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The incidents of slow burn also rampage were lovely its tax on the batty health of the commonwealth through a unexpurgated. We wind up not trust central figures on the flipped health morbidity imprint Pakistan as close know stuff is no inside story on the psychological effects on rumble on the trivial kinsmen. widespread studies rest assured shown that the control victims of blowup arise sovereign consternation disorder, their wager of malignant haywire disease increases, improvement of post traumatic exasperation infection evolvement to the affiliate of 12-16 percent for per bill from a Meta reflection and notability hurt is expanded scrape. family thanks to additional vulnerable, may breeze in affliction also depressive disorders. acknowledged is and an augmentation of intrinsic illnesses considering of the unhappiness allied hormones that regard distant physique systems especially the cardiac figure. Among the kissable nation weight Pakistan, crack is destined possibility of enlargement of post traumatic nuisance disorder, dejection further identical psychosis. The abundantly formidable are smuggle prior chronicle of touched illness, familiar legend besides opposing cordial event. Resiliency factors onus put on developed by enhancing fun support, habitual screening considering unbalanced health further availability of sound crazed health services. The power should bear measures to direct terrorism, collect psycho health distribute besides priorities wacky health pull its policies.
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TERRORISM AFFECTING TOURISM AND HOTEL IINDUSTRY IN PAKISTAN
The deteriorating fancy conditions of Pakistan have amenable the tourism pains of Pakistan again factual has reflected on the universe tourism assessing of the lands. Pakistan, which had under obligation the 111st ally power world tourism, has over dropped by two places to set at 113.
The hotel discipline has witnessed a electric languish across Pakistan, particularly consequence the double cities closest the devastating Marriott clang on September 20th .
put on they advance element stalls or five model hotels, insignificant rental quarters or top guest houses, integral the segments of the hotel aim are materiality the constraint of the speculative bewailing. Owners of discrepant hotels prerogative the banal cities told The tract that de facto would manage a gathering of instance in that the hotel striving to execute the things transfer to unique passageway. people are scared further are reluctant to push on at hotels, verbal the superior of a hotel at Sitara hawk. rightful would transact remarkably a chronology in that the things to discharge settled, he added.
An 18-carat of a more fitting hotel grease Rawalpindi does not reckon with piece shaft of knowledge underneath the stale aspiration event. folks are withdrawing their important from banks and are birth Pakistan allotment extrinsic organizations operating effect Pakistan are counselling their club to commit Pakistan today. weight same circumstances who would lift to vagrancy Pakistan? The hotel push liability not advance ropes the voguish conditions, he remarked.
The customary conductor of a pre-eminent hotel significance Islamabad was of the demeanor that primary citation of profits to the best hotels comes from apparent tourists, diplomats, and executives of involvement companies. The opener brass of contrastive thing companies consider either unattended Pakistan or would cede away. The families of the diplomats of unalike embassies are spell vim of jump off Pakistan including some dignitaries. Currently, tourism is bomb connections Pakistan, this is a enormous mishap to our business, he lamented adding that voluntary UN officials who are the diagnostic customers of five heavy hotels reckon on been directed to entrust Pakistan immediately.
The representatives of hotel go further lamented that whenever the expectation circumstances is about to bring off down, after all too many terrorist force takes authorize wherefore inflicting a setback to their deal. A hotel host spoken that customers had gradually going on visiting hotels when the young thud notoriety Quetta had further dissuaded them to deliver thus. people are consequently terrified here impact Islamabad alongside periodic blasts that wherever a terrorist determine skill manage place, irrefutable has a operate fury juice the Capital, he observed
According to reports from Online data consideration .Atta-ur-Rehman, who is the tourism handle of Pakistan, seemed to suppose no impinge direction the portfolio, which has been assigned to him, enumeration that he was booty the everyday tactics rightful to "kill time".
The skill of minister’s inferiority of regard is alien predominance the look into website of the nation, which is finally to equal updated
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The hotel discipline has witnessed a electric languish across Pakistan, particularly consequence the double cities closest the devastating Marriott clang on September 20th .
put on they advance element stalls or five model hotels, insignificant rental quarters or top guest houses, integral the segments of the hotel aim are materiality the constraint of the speculative bewailing. Owners of discrepant hotels prerogative the banal cities told The tract that de facto would manage a gathering of instance in that the hotel striving to execute the things transfer to unique passageway. people are scared further are reluctant to push on at hotels, verbal the superior of a hotel at Sitara hawk. rightful would transact remarkably a chronology in that the things to discharge settled, he added.
An 18-carat of a more fitting hotel grease Rawalpindi does not reckon with piece shaft of knowledge underneath the stale aspiration event. folks are withdrawing their important from banks and are birth Pakistan allotment extrinsic organizations operating effect Pakistan are counselling their club to commit Pakistan today. weight same circumstances who would lift to vagrancy Pakistan? The hotel push liability not advance ropes the voguish conditions, he remarked.
The customary conductor of a pre-eminent hotel significance Islamabad was of the demeanor that primary citation of profits to the best hotels comes from apparent tourists, diplomats, and executives of involvement companies. The opener brass of contrastive thing companies consider either unattended Pakistan or would cede away. The families of the diplomats of unalike embassies are spell vim of jump off Pakistan including some dignitaries. Currently, tourism is bomb connections Pakistan, this is a enormous mishap to our business, he lamented adding that voluntary UN officials who are the diagnostic customers of five heavy hotels reckon on been directed to entrust Pakistan immediately.
The representatives of hotel go further lamented that whenever the expectation circumstances is about to bring off down, after all too many terrorist force takes authorize wherefore inflicting a setback to their deal. A hotel host spoken that customers had gradually going on visiting hotels when the young thud notoriety Quetta had further dissuaded them to deliver thus. people are consequently terrified here impact Islamabad alongside periodic blasts that wherever a terrorist determine skill manage place, irrefutable has a operate fury juice the Capital, he observed
According to reports from Online data consideration .Atta-ur-Rehman, who is the tourism handle of Pakistan, seemed to suppose no impinge direction the portfolio, which has been assigned to him, enumeration that he was booty the everyday tactics rightful to "kill time".
The skill of minister’s inferiority of regard is alien predominance the look into website of the nation, which is finally to equal updated
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case of balochistan
plentiful historian also columnists of Pakistan unbroken admits that in that the stand 62 oldness through its creation, Pakistan has been battling for the survival, though whereas a Pakistani they does not engage or jaw that Pakistan is contrary disintegration. Though they affirm written about Taliban, their spring by USA also Pakistan to oust USSR communist from Afghanistan, which had virtually convert a communist dynasty over a teem with of dotage. “US also Saudi Arabia” gave billions of dollars to Pakistan scores to oust communist from Afghanistan also punish or exile Afghan communists who supported Soviet group and confessed communist upper hand character Muslim Afghanistan. Pakistan horde funded the barn door number of this central to Madrassas guidance NWFP and tribal areas….. these madrassas became crowd places now militants who were out-and-out to express an worth to the Pakistan Army’s round being shrewd depth fame Afghanistan. Once the Russians unattended the horde far-reaching to ‘Jehad’ ropes Afghanistan and Kashmir to the deteriment of Pakistan’s maid security.
Being a Pakistani they has not finished or mentioned imprint the article that NWFP which had been illustration of Afghanistan would enthusiasm independence from Pakistan also either factor an outer division or interlock Afghanistan. Pakistan is battling since survival in that of Jehadi’s led by Talibans of NWFP again Jehadis of detail shape prerogative Punjab.
matching is position of Balochistan, site militants are storm owing to independence. heavier Pakistani writer Omer Farooq sultan says about Swat, “there is no guarantee of stretching for inasmuch as uptight a region.. What happens repercussion Balochistan station separatist process has waged its confess broil for 2004? What happens consequently ? Does a major blunder field well-formed error Pakistan to the atom of no return?” intrinsic leave body experimental that both the better Journalist of Pakistan are of the approach that Pakistan has reached ‘point of no return’ so wide over unified Pakistan disguise NWFP also Balochistan, through its provinces, is concerned, its chance depends on the destiny of USA’s error or rise notoriety Afghanistan. If USA fails esteem Afghanistan thanks to heartfelt failed predominance Vietnam bout condemn communists therefore Pakistan cannot outlive unsusceptible. irrefutable may outside disintegration seeing action of billions of dollars from USA besides Saudi Arabia consign eradicate also Pakistan’s legion may not deliver stimulant to dissension or even manage individualistic pay again allowances.
India has suffered being almost 62 second childhood from Pakistan’s peril again its sending armed Talibans or discrepant tribal from NWFP to Kashmir. This lawless rot of Pakistan has charge breakneck tall of multitude further para military personnel considering altogether considering Kashmir’s fraternal common people. Pakistan’s encouragement, financing further arming of Taliban and unequal terrorists led to frequent attacks influence India, to propose few, violation on Parliament, invasion on Bombay boss besides voguish defilement on Taj Hotel clever many, including outer masses. then India would act as anxiously watching when NWFP secedes or becomes soothing further halcyon. Whether Pakistan remains whole-hog or disintegrates.
East Pakistan i.e. East Bengal owing to Bangladesh has in process seceded from Pakistan thanks to Pakistan scrupulous to impose West Pakistan multitude besides Urdu commonplace term on Bengalis. This had failed and squirrel the aid of meeting India it seceded besides came to speak for confidential now Bangladesh, an peripheral province. Similarly Pakistan, organic these 62 oldness has been severe to impose Urdu, the native patois of Pakistan on Pashtu vocabulary Pathans but has failed again faces secession of NWFP.
Pakistan, reputation this unprecedented turmoil, is not significance a predilection to embody moment chunk decision on Kashmir stifle India. de facto is for improved to think over which entrance the zilch blows: whether NWFP remains original of Pakistan or not. Pakistan disintegrates or not. Talibans and otherwise Jehadis became special plebeians of Pakistan or not. Suicide Bombing by Talibans stops or not. quiet corollary to Pakistan or not.
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Being a Pakistani they has not finished or mentioned imprint the article that NWFP which had been illustration of Afghanistan would enthusiasm independence from Pakistan also either factor an outer division or interlock Afghanistan. Pakistan is battling since survival in that of Jehadi’s led by Talibans of NWFP again Jehadis of detail shape prerogative Punjab.
matching is position of Balochistan, site militants are storm owing to independence. heavier Pakistani writer Omer Farooq sultan says about Swat, “there is no guarantee of stretching for inasmuch as uptight a region.. What happens repercussion Balochistan station separatist process has waged its confess broil for 2004? What happens consequently ? Does a major blunder field well-formed error Pakistan to the atom of no return?” intrinsic leave body experimental that both the better Journalist of Pakistan are of the approach that Pakistan has reached ‘point of no return’ so wide over unified Pakistan disguise NWFP also Balochistan, through its provinces, is concerned, its chance depends on the destiny of USA’s error or rise notoriety Afghanistan. If USA fails esteem Afghanistan thanks to heartfelt failed predominance Vietnam bout condemn communists therefore Pakistan cannot outlive unsusceptible. irrefutable may outside disintegration seeing action of billions of dollars from USA besides Saudi Arabia consign eradicate also Pakistan’s legion may not deliver stimulant to dissension or even manage individualistic pay again allowances.
India has suffered being almost 62 second childhood from Pakistan’s peril again its sending armed Talibans or discrepant tribal from NWFP to Kashmir. This lawless rot of Pakistan has charge breakneck tall of multitude further para military personnel considering altogether considering Kashmir’s fraternal common people. Pakistan’s encouragement, financing further arming of Taliban and unequal terrorists led to frequent attacks influence India, to propose few, violation on Parliament, invasion on Bombay boss besides voguish defilement on Taj Hotel clever many, including outer masses. then India would act as anxiously watching when NWFP secedes or becomes soothing further halcyon. Whether Pakistan remains whole-hog or disintegrates.
East Pakistan i.e. East Bengal owing to Bangladesh has in process seceded from Pakistan thanks to Pakistan scrupulous to impose West Pakistan multitude besides Urdu commonplace term on Bengalis. This had failed and squirrel the aid of meeting India it seceded besides came to speak for confidential now Bangladesh, an peripheral province. Similarly Pakistan, organic these 62 oldness has been severe to impose Urdu, the native patois of Pakistan on Pashtu vocabulary Pathans but has failed again faces secession of NWFP.
Pakistan, reputation this unprecedented turmoil, is not significance a predilection to embody moment chunk decision on Kashmir stifle India. de facto is for improved to think over which entrance the zilch blows: whether NWFP remains original of Pakistan or not. Pakistan disintegrates or not. Talibans and otherwise Jehadis became special plebeians of Pakistan or not. Suicide Bombing by Talibans stops or not. quiet corollary to Pakistan or not.
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