No guarantee against repeat of Mumbai-like attacks

The government of Pakistan has said on Thursday that it could not guarantee against repeat of 26/11 like attacks in India and the best safeguard against such strikes was de-linking the peace process from action against terrorism and the resolution of Kashmir and water disputes.

“Pakistan is itself facing Mumbai-like attacks almost every other day and when we cannot protect our own citizens, how can we guarantee that there wouldn’t be any more terrorist hits in India,” Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani was quoted by a source as having told the visiting US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates, who called on him. Pakistan suffered its worst year of terrorist violence last year, with more than 3,000 people killed.

Mr. Secretary Gates had in India warned that Pakistani based militant groups who had link with Al-Qaeda, were planning strikes in India with the hope that retaliation would need to a new conflict.

Prime Minister Gilani recalled the steps taken against militant groups saying they had been outlawed and their network was disrupted. In an apparent reference to Jamaatud Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, who has been accused by India of masterminding the Mumbai attack but has been released on court orders, the prime minister said his government could not prosecute anyone without evidence.

“Pakistan is committed to peace in the region and in this context has been making sincere efforts to resume Composite Dialogue with India, but the response from the other side has not been encouraging. Relations between India and Pakistan should not become hostage to the activities of terrorists

Three killed, 22 hurt in Bajaur blast

A roadside bomb apparently targeting anti-Taliban elders killed three people and injured 22 others on Thursday in Pakistan's northwest tribal belt bordering Afghanistan, officials said.

The explosion hit their bus in Salarzai district in the tribal region of Bajaur, a day after a similar bomb planted in the road injured a provincial parliamentarian in the northwest capital Peshawar.

“It was an improvised explosive device which exploded as the bus headed to the region's main town of Khar,” local government official Mazhar Ali said.

“One woman was killed while 22 other passengers were wounded.”

Senior administration official Abdul Kabir later said that “two others succumbed to their injuries in the hospital.”

The vehicle was carrying some tribal elders who had formed a militia to fight militants in the region. A number of local leaders have been killed in similar attacks in Bajaur in recent months.

Al-Qaeda may provoke new Indo-Pak war: Gates

Al-Qaeda is seeking to de-stabilize the entire South Asia region and could trigger a war between nuclear-armed Pakistan and India, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates told reporters on Wednesday. Groups under Al-Qaeda's "syndicate" in Afghanistan and Pakistan are trying "to destabilize not just Afghanistan, not just Pakistan, but potentially the whole region by provoking a conflict perhaps between India and Pakistan through some provocative act," Gates said during a visit to New Delhi.

"It's important to recognize the magnitude of the threat that the entire region faces," he said following talks with his Indian counterpart, A.K. Antony.

Gates cited three main groups operating under Al-Qaeda's "umbrella," the Taliban forces fighting in Afghanistan, Taliban elements targeting Pakistan's government and the Islamist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in Pakistan focused on India.

Although he praised India for exercising restraint after the 2008 Mumbai attacks -- which Delhi blamed on LeT -- Gates suggested India could not be expected to remain restrained if it was attacked again.

"I think it's not unreasonable to assume India patience would be limited were there to be further attacks," he said.

The Mumbai assault left 166 dead and India has demanded Pakistan come under more international pressure to rein in militant groups on its soil. Gates described India as a vital partner in the struggle against extremist threats, expressed appreciation for its economic aid to Afghanistan and said that he discussed how to bolster US-India military cooperation.

Expose Hijacking Plan of PIA

Intelligence agencies on Saturday exposed a hijacking plan which what they said was being sponsored and supported by Indian and Afghan secret agencies. According to the Interior Ministry sources intelligence agencies informed the ministry that terrorists had planned to hijack Pakistan International Airlines plane.

After receiving the information, the ministry announced red alert on all the airports, sources said. They said that Airport Security Force and other law enforcement agencies have been asked to enhance vigilance to frustrate the evil designs of terrorists.

Sources revealed that terrorists had planned to hijack PIA airliner and take it to Kandahar. According to the intelligence report terrorists have links with separatist elements of Balochistan. No Interior Ministry official could be reached for comments

Militants in Mohmand Agency

In Peshawar at least eight militants including a key commander were killed as gunship helicopters pounded a militant hideout in Shandara village of Baizai Tehsil in Mohmand Agency on Thursday. Official sources said the strike was carried out when an important meeting of the militants was underway in the area. A key militant commander was killed in the strike but his name could not be confirmed.

 The remote village of Shandara is still shadowed by the militants.

 Also, sporadic incidents of violence have been reported in the last three months in Baizai as security forces continue search and clearance operation in the area. The rest of Mohmand has been cleared of militants and only Baizai and some areas are occupied by militants.

Gates warns of militant havens ahead of Pakistan visit

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has made an unannounced trip to Pakistan on Thursday. This is his 1^st visit after US president Barack Obama has took office last year. Mr. Gates has told reporters that he will raise thorny issues on the two-day trip, including manifestations of anti-Americanism that include “problems with our visas and harassment of our people”.

Gates earlier on Thursday warned that Taliban safe havens along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border must be tackled or both nations would suffer “more lethal and more brazen” attacks.

Ahead of his visit to Islamabad, in India he praises Pakistan’s military attack on South Waziristan and other part of the country in recent months. But US officials have made clear that Washington is anxious to see Islamabad also target the Afghan Taliban operating within its borders and Al-Qaeda-linked militants holed up in the lawless northwest tribal region.

“It is important to remember that the Pakistani Taliban operates in collusion with both the Taliban in Afghanistan and Al-Qaeda, so it is impossible to separate those groups,” Gates wrote in Pakistan's The News.

“If history is any indication, safe havens for either Taliban, on either side of the border, will in the long run lead to more lethal and more brazen attacks in both nations,” he added in the editorial.

The Pentagon chief's visit comes at a time of diplomatic tension as a volley of US drone missile strikes hit the tribal belt and Washington presses Pakistan to crack down harder on Islamist extremists.

According to officials, Pakistan’s defense requirements, India’s role in Afghanistan, the new US policy on Afghanistan and ongoing operations against militants are some of the issues on the agenda for talks.

Real truth about Mumbai Attacks

December 15, 2009, was the saddest day for Indian authorities, especially the Intelligence Bureau, Indian Military Intelligence, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and a some other agencies who play a part in Mumbai attacks drama to make it look like real.
Whatever the case may be, one thing is obvious that it was a plan against Muslims by foreign intelligence agencies in which RAW was also a party. Police logbooks of wireless messages and documents related to the 26/11 attack also proved that there was intentional delays and lack of coordination by the senior officers that led to the death of several policemen. Wireless logs indicated that there were repeated requests of reinforcement by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) whose squad was fighting militants at Hospital in the very beginning of the episode but the authorities put a deaf ear to all requests.
One fails to recognize why Indian government is still hiding the home grown terrorism. If Indian authorities is not party with militants involved in Mumbai attacks, why bullet proof jacket of Kakare disappeared, why confession of Indian origin by militants before the media channels was ignored and selected witnesses were entertained while witnesses, including Anamika and her friends, were overlooked for over one year.
In the past, India had been blaming Pakistan for the Mumbai attacks. The cock and bull story that Ajmal Amir Kasab, assisted by Pakistani authorities, started from Karachi and reached Mumbai coast on November 26, to carry out attacks, proved to be a big lie.

It is very clear to the world that the Mumbai attacks were basically launched by trio CIA-RAW-Mossad agents to target Muslims living in India and Pakistan. However, the latest revelation by Anamika Gupta and CIA’s secret moves against Jews and Hindu fundamentalists are forecasting a much bigger conspiracy than Mumbai attacks that are going to be hatched up in future.

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan (2010)

• January 1 At least 88 killed when a suicide bomber blew up his vehicle in a crowd watching a volleyball game in Lakki Marwat, North-West Frontier Province.

• January 3 In the north-western Pakistani town of Hangu, a former provincial minister and two other people were killed in a roadside bomb attack, police have said. The blast reportedly killed Ghani-ur Rehman, his driver and his bodyguard. The minister was reported as being a former North-West Frontier Province education minister, for the area.

• January 6 In Pakistani-administered Kashmir, at least three soldiers were killed and another 11 injured after a bomb attack occurred outside an army barracks, police say. No group has claimed responsibility as of yet.

• January 8 In Karachi unknown gunmen went on the rampage killing at least 7 people within the area, police say. The gunmen were apparently targeting ethnic Balochis in parts of the city. The armed men were reportedly riding motorcycles as they were carrying out their attack on the civilians.

• January 9 A suicide bomber detonated himself and wounded seven policemen in the village of Adezai, Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province.

• January 11 Five bullet-riddled bodies were found in the Pakistani city of Kashmir, police say. This latest attack appears to be part of a renewed war among rival political factions, officials claim. Since the start of this year, when a dead political activist was discovered, at least 31 people are known to have been murdered in targeted killings. Political violence has reportedly intensified in the city of Karachi.

India, Pakistan ministers discuss terrorism on phone

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna told his Pakistani counterpart in talks over the telephone on Wednesday that Pakistan should "unravel the full conspiracy" behind the Mumbai attacks and crack down on militancy.

Krishna and his opposite number Shah Mehmood Qureshi spoke in the backdrop of fraught relations between the nuclear-armed neighbours following Mumbai and recent military flare-ups on the border.

India has "paused" a formal peace process with Pakistan after the 2008 strike on Mumbai, which it blames on Pakistan-based militants and some state agencies. The two sides have however met on the sidelines of international gatherings since then.

Pakistan has put seven men on trial for the attacks, but India has demanding swifter justice.
Krishna "underscored the need for bringing the perpetrators of the attack to justice expeditiously and requested that India be kept informed of the progress of the trial," an Indian Foreign Ministry statement said.

"(Krishna) also pointed out that Pakistan needs to take effective steps to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism which exists in Pakistan and continues to be used for anti-India activities," it added.

A Pakistani man accused of being the lone surviving gunman of the Mumbai attacks is on trial in India, while a Chicago man has been charged in the United States for helping plan the strike.
(Reporting by Matthias Williams; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)

We are being tortured

The students, in their 20s and from the US state of Virginia, were detained last month. Police produced them before an anti-terrorism court on Monday after completing their interrogation.

               

“We are being tortured, we are being tortured,” several of the men shouted in English from a prison van as it left a court in Sargodha town in eastern Pakistan after their hearing, which took place under tight security.

Jehangir Sarwar, a senior lawyer present in the courtroom, quoted one of the five men as complaining of “police excesses”. Sarwar, who was in the court as an observer and was not representing anyone, did not say which of the five men made the remark, while police officials denied that mistreatment was raised during the brief hearing.

“None of the five men said anything of the sort in the court. As far as I know, one of these men had a stomach problem,” said Aamir Abbas, a local police official who worked on the case.

Police officials said emails showed the suspects had contacted the Taliban, and that the militant group had planned to use them for attacks in Pakistan. Police also had told court the five men had been in contact with an al Qaeda operative identified as just Saifullah. The suspects told the court in their last hearing on Jan. 4 that they had no plans to carry out attacks in Pakistan and they had only wanted to give fellow Muslims in Afghanistan financial and medical aid.

The next hearing will be on Feb. 2.

Is it our War?

When any terrorist activity happens in Pakistan, often I think whether we are fighting our war or it is imposed on us? And every time I got answer from my heart that no this is not our war, it has imposed by US and other developed countries who wanted to secure their economics, technologies, and the life’s the their people by putting guns on our shoulders.

I don’t know why Mr. Musharraf agreed with US by giving them our most sensitive air bases and agreed on becoming the front line state. The lose of every type which Pakistan has bear none other country of the world is bearing and none other country of the world has ability to bear this.

Terrorist attack on world trade center was indeed a great lose for USA, but in my views the US itself is the responsible of this attack. The irritating and wrong policies of Mr. Bush forced terrorist to do this. And now US fighting their war by putting the guns on our Pakistan’s shoulders and on the other hand they are putting high checking objections on Pakistani people that who ever want to travel to USA, whether it’s a male or female have to give a complete screening of the body. If you see this you can find well that what we have got by fighting other wars in our home. That is big question for our government as well as our nation.

Should we still blame Pakistan for terrorism?

Drone strike in South Waziristan

“Today, on the 16th of January, I am saying it again - I am alive, I am OK, I am not injured... when the drone strike took place, I was not present in the area at that time,” Mehsud said.

“If the drone attacks continue, the TTP will not be responsible for any dangerous steps in future -- the government of Pakistan will be responsible,” Mehsud warned in Saturday's recording. Sunday's attack was the tenth missile strike by an unmanned US spy plane so far this year, as the administration of US President Barack Obama puts Pakistan at the heart of its fight against Al-Qaeda and Islamist extremists.

A US drone attack Sunday killed at least 20 militants in a restive Pakistani tribal area bordering Afghanistan, where Pakistani Taliban chief escaped an attack four days ago

Missiles fired from an unmanned US aircraft killed at least 15 Islamist insurgents at a training camp in the lawless northwest tribal belt on Thursday, when security officials said Mehsud may have been among the dead.

Who is the responsible of Karachi Target Killings?

The biggest city of the country “Karachi” is in darkness of the target killings. Mr. Zardari’s on government is ruling the city but they are unable to stop even unable to identify who are the responsible of all this.  The ongoing spell of target killings and firing incidents claimed more six lives in Karachi, raising the death toll in last 24 hours to 13.  According to police sources, at least 41 people have lost their lives during the last four days in various areas of the city.

The bodies of two unidentified men were found near Malir River in the limits of Shah Latif police station; they were shot down.

Syed Ikhlaq--an activist of a political party—has been gunned down in Nazimabad Khamosh colony and 20-year Zeeshan s/o Noman was killed in Old Haji Camp firing incident. Body of Irfan Lahoti was found from Idgah area; the deceased is said to hail from a group based in Liyari. In Sarjani Town also, some unidentified men killed a man Shahid Iqbal with gunshots.

Drone killed 15 extremists in NWA missile attack

At least 15 alleged extremists were killed in a missile attack in North Waziristian Agency (SWA) area of Shaktoi,. According to preliminary reports, the US surveillance plane targeted a house in the NWA area of Shaktoi, where at least 15 have thus far been recovered from under the rubble.

It should be mentioned that the US shelled a hideout in the same area on January 14, fuelling the contradictory reports regarding the death of Taliban chief Hakeemullah chief.

The recent attack took place in Shaktoi area, 40 kilometres (25 miles) southeast of Miranshah, the main town in the rugged tribal region of North Waziristan, a senior military official said.
"The target was a militant compound," he said, adding that at least 15 militants were killed.

Hakimullah escapes

American Drone has killed 10 people in a Drone attock on North Waziristan Thursday.  Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud has escaped in the attack. The attack took place in Garyom village in a remote area of North Waziristan. Sources said that the drone has fired two missiles at the house of tribesman Muhammad Yaqoob.  The sources confirmed the killing of 10 persons. "Hakimullah Mehsud was present at the same place in Shaktoi where the drone attack took place," TTP spokesman Azam Tariq told foreign news agency. "But he had left the place already when the drone attack took place. He is alive and completely safe." Tariq did not say when Mehsud left the area.

Won’t leave Pakistan alone, says Holbrooke

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi warned on Wednesday as US special envoy Richard Holbrooke said his country will “not leave Pakistan alone” and help it steer through the prevailing security situation he also added Any campaign to intensify drone attacks or launch ground operations inside Pakistan will harm bilateral relations with the US.
Addressing to a press conference Forign Minister Mehmood Qureshi said that he has told Mr. Halbrooke that there were very clear “red lines” and pakistan hoped that US will never cross them.
Replying to a question, he said the US was not in contact with the Taliban. Qureshi complained that the US had not played its role in helping sort out Pakistan’s security concerns and relations with India. Earlier, Holbrooke also met Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir.

All Religions censure Terrorism

The belief of Islam should not be puzzled with what these terrorists have done. The terrorist organizations that kill innocent people are actually murderers. We should not allow our feeling overcome our reason and understanding. There is no any religion that does not condemn terrorism. Every good person in any religion would condemn such actions. Those who are familiar with their accountability and work towards being good.

[Quran 2:62] Surely, those who believe, those who are Jewish, the Christians, and the converts; anyone who believes in GOD, and believes in the Last Day, and leads a righteous life, will receive their recompense from their Lord. They have nothing to fear, nor will they grieve.

An eye for an eye

The Us Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that the US will invest in those countries which are affected by the terrorism. Mrs. Clinton has not mentioned that their country will help those countries which are affected by the terrorism of US or by the terrorism of Taliban etc. I feel there is no difference in both (US and Taliban), as US is also doing forcefully Drone attacks on the southern areas of Pakistan and their agencies Black Water against are trying to destabilize our cities like Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad.

What Taliban are doing, they are doing suicide attacks by brainwashing younger children’s minds and prepare them for the suicide attack. The US said every time that white house will help Pakistan in fighting against terrorism but on the other hand they put strict restriction on Pakistani people who wish to travel US and also they are engaging their help with strict checking restrictions.

Its clearly shows that White House want to defuse Pakistani nuclear capabilities but on the other hand they the US by self have number of nuclear bombs and the latest blasting technologies in which the most favorite of US is Drone and Daisy Cutter  bombs.  US make shout when any organization attack in US or on US army but he don’t care what they are doing in Pakistan’s southern areas, Iraq, Afghanistan and now they are planning to go to Yaman. If you murder someone you deserve to die. An eye for an eye.  

Terrorism in Pakistan:


Terrorism is part of our history
Since Abraham, it’s not a mystery
Inhumanity and humanity co-exist
Between the precipice and the abyss
For we reside between heaven and hell
Where will you be when He rings the bell?


Terrorism in Pakistan is a multifaceted issue. The history of terrorism dates back to 1950’s when the shiaa sunni riots reflected the only form of the activity. Afterwards, many forms of terrorism arose in different areas of the country. The deeply rooted tension between the ultra conservative and moderate followers of Islam is having a burgeoning effect on this drastic activity which we call as terrorism and the war between the state government and the sub nationalities on the issue of exploitation of resources is also contributing to the menace of terrorism. The internal as well as the external factors are supporting to entangle Pakistan in the problem of terrorism to a great extent.
All the major forms of terrorism seems to emerge from different areas of the country. One of the major form of terrorist threat faced by Pakistan is reffered to as domestic terrorism in Pakistan or the sectarian terrorism. The four major Islamic sub divisions in pakisatn are brailvi, deobandi, ahl-e- hadith and shiaa. The first three are commonly considered as sunni but their views differ a lot. The secretarian terrorism has affected the country to a great extent.
The most threatening form of terrorism is the jehadi terrorism, the center for which is Afghanistan. The concept of this form of terrorism emerged as a fact that the world is going against the rules set by the religion especially the muslim countries in which Pakistan is at the top of the list. The talibans have took upon themselves the so called divine duty of enforcing islam with the force of arms. The fatal combination of these two forms of terrorism is destroying the social, economic and individual security.

US senators defend drone attacks

Senior US lawmakers defended on Friday the use of drones to attack terrorist targets inside Pakistan and indicated that there would be no let-up in the strikes but efforts would be made to reduce collateral damage. The real statement of Senator John McCain was
“We have to do everything we can, that we feel is necessary to protect Americans from the attacks of terrorists who may be based here and operate out of Pakistan”.

This is clearly shown statement that the terrorist are in Pakistan instead of Afghanistan where they are fighting against them. They have strict believe that our southern area’s like south wazirstan is very safe place for terrorist. Instead of this that our government should give strong protest they are just requesting to US that please stop this. These attacks create anger in our public which create problem for our government.

Mean to say still they are trying to protect their government only they have no care about nation’s emotions and the innocent killings which drones are doing there. In other words we can say our government is just by name government. After requesting to the US lawmakers that drop Pakistan name from those countries list which US has nominated for special checking on US airports they have given no comment on this. This mean they are not serious in that.

What a sham for us as a nation that they are keeping us in a special countries watch list and our president is in so hurry to receive them that he has canceled the meeting with NWFP ministers. We are in that stage where we are unable to identify who is our friend and who our enemy is. All I can say God bless PAKISTAN.

Interior minister Rehman Mailk

Interior minister Rehman Mailk has said on Saturday that the government will cancel the arms license if target killing continued in Karachi. I am unable to understand what the government is waiting for? I am sure every body knows what has happened some day’s ago on M.A Jinnah road in Ashrooa. And now again terrorist are ruining the peace of Karachi as eight people, including activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), were killed in different incidents in the city. The latest casualties have now taken the number of fatalities to 17 over a two-day period.

I don’t know what’s happing to the peace of Karachi and from there these terrorist get arms and other blasting materials. I am sure all these people have illegal arms and not licensed. The government should immediately cancel all the license of arms holder, I think this is best solution to stop this at this stage.

The Real Start for War against Terrorism

In the wake of the September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, President
George W. Bush launched major military operations as part of a global U.S.-led antiterrorism effort.

Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan has realized major
successes with the vital assistance of neighboring Pakistan.

Yet a resurgent Taliban today operates in southern and eastern Afghanistan with the benefit of apparent sanctuary in parts of western Pakistan.

The United States is increasingly concerned that members of Al Qaeda, its Taliban supporters, and other Islamist militants find safe haven in Pakistani cities such as Quetta and Peshawar, as well as in the rugged Pakistan-Afghanistan border region.
This latter area is inhabited by ethnic Pashtuns who express solidarity with anti-U.S. forces.

Al Qaeda militants also reportedly have made alliances with indigenous Pakistani terrorist groups that have been implicated in both anti-Western attacks in Pakistan and terrorism in India. These groups seek to oust the Islamabad government of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and have been implicated in assassination attempts that were only narrowly survived by the Pakistani leader and other top officials.

In fact, Pakistan’s struggle with militant Islamist extremism appears for some to have become a matter of survival for that country. As more evidence arises exposing Al Qaeda’s deadly new alliance with indigenous Pakistani militants — and related conflict continues to cause death and disruption in Pakistan’s western regions — concern about Pakistan’sfundamental political and social stability has increased.

In his January 2007 State of the Union Address, President Bush said, “We didn’t drive Al Qaeda out of their safe haven in Afghanistan only to let them set up a new safe haven in a free Iraq.”

Yet many observers warn that an American preoccupation with Iraq has contributed to allowing the emergence of new Al Qaeda safe havens in western Pakistan.

Recent terrorist attacks in or linked to Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: A look at some recent major attacks in Pakistan or blamed on Pakistan-based militants:

June 9, 2009: A huge bomb explodes at a luxury hotel in Peshawar, killing at least five people and wounding 65 others.

June 6, 2009: Suicide bomber attacks Rescue 15 building in Islamabad, killing 2 and injuring 4.

June 5, 2009: Suicide bomber rips through a mosque in Upper Dir, killing 40 injuring 70.

May 27, 2009: A suicide car bomber targets buildings housing police and Rescue 15 in Lahore, killing about 30 and wounding at least 250.

March 30, 2009: Gunmen armed with rifles and hand grenades attack a police academy on the outskirts of Lahore, killing at least 12 people and wounding dozens.

March 27, 2009: A suicide bomber demolishes a packed mosque near the north-western town of Jamrud, killing about 50 people and injuring scores more.

March 3, 2009: Gunmen attack the Sri Lankan national cricket team in Lahore, wounding several players and killing six policemen and a driver.

Nov. 26-28, 2008: Ten attackers, allegedly from Pakistan, kill 164 people in a three-day assault on luxury hotels, a Jewish centre and other sites in Mumbai, India.

Sept. 20, 2008: A suicide truck bomb kills at least 54 and wounds more than 250 and devastates the Marriott hotel in Islamabad.

Sept. 6, 2008: A suicide car bombing kills at least 35 people and wounds 80 at a police checkpoint in Peshawar.

Aug. 21, 2008: Suicide bombers blow themselves up at two gates of a weapons factory in the town of Wah, killing at least 67 people and wounding at least 100.

March 11, 2008: Suicide bombs rip through the seven-story FIA headquarters and a house in Lahore, killing at least 24 people and wounding more than 200.

Feb. 29, 2008: Suicide bomber strikes funeral of slain police officer in the Swat Valley, killing more than 40 people and wounding at least 60.

Jan. 10, 2008: Suicide bomber blows himself up among police guarding the High Court in Lahore, killing 24 people and wounding scores more.

Dec. 27, 2007: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and 20 other people are killed in a suicide bombing and shooting attack in Rawalpindi. ap