Blast rocks Pakistan capital
BayBak, Azerbaijan | 1687 days ago | Thursday, 9th October , 2008 , 10:26 [am] | International
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. | “This is a highly secure area controlled by the police forces, so we don’t have the exact number of casualties,” Hyder reported.
“The attack takes place as parliament goes into a question and answer session on the highly sensitive brieifing by the military chiefs.” |
At least 12 people are feared dead in a suspected car bombing at the police headquarters in the Pakistani capital.
Thursday’s blast comes less than three weeks after more than 50 people were killed when a bomber detonated a lorry full of explosives at the Marriott hotel in Islamabad.
Al Jazeera’s Kamal Hyder reported that the area attacked on Thursday, on the outskirts of Islamabad, is controlled by the police and it is not possible to give exact numbers of casualties.
“This is a highly secure area controlled by the police forces, so we don’t have the exact number of casualties,” Hyder reported.
“The attack takes place as parliament goes into a question and answer session on the highly sensitive brieifing by the military chiefs.”
Members of the Pakistan parliament are being given a briefing by military officials on the domestic threat posed by al-Qaeda and the Taliban as well as unrest in the tribal regions.
Wednesday’s closed doors session is being followed by a question and answer session on Thursday.aljazeera
, Voice of a Nation[1] Print
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