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Awaz Apni RAWALPINDI : President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister (PM) Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, Governor Sindh Dr Ishrat-ul-Ibad, Chief Minister (CM) Sindh Qaim Ali Shah, Governor Punjab Salman Taseer, CM Punjab Shehbaz Sharif, NWFP Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani, NWFP CM Amir Hyder Khan Hoti, Governor Balochistan Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi, CM Balochistan Nawab Aslam Raisani, Muttahida Qaumi Movement Quaid Altaf Husain, Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik, City Nazim Karachi Mustafa Kamal, Tahir-ul-Qadri leader of Tehreek-e-Minhaj-ul-Qur'an, Syed Munawar Hassan Amir Jamaat-e-Islami, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, Professor Ghafor, Nawaz Sharif Quaid Muslim League-N (PML-N), Chaudhry Nisar, Imran Khan leader Tehreek-e-Insaf, Amir Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman and other religious and political leaders and dignitaries have strongly condemned and expressed their heartfelt grief over Rawalpindi blast. Thirteen dead bodies have so far been brought to District Hospital Rawalpind...

Awaz Apni  RAWALPINDI: At least 34 people have been killed and 32 others wounded in the alleged suicide explosion in Rawalpindi Cantonment area, said spokesman Rescue 1122. President Asif Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani have strongly condemned the blast. According to reports, the blast occurred at 10:40 am outside door of bank near Shalimar Hotel killing and wounded several persons present in the area and damaged mangy buildings and vehicles. The sources said there was long queue of persons outside the bank who were gathered to collect the salaries and pension when an alleged suicide bomber blew up himself. RPO Aslam Tarin said suicide bomber was riding on a motorbike. Some body parts of bomber and a suicide jacket have been recovered from the blast site. A head is also found from the scene. Police have cordoned off the area as rescue operation is underway. Thirteen bodies were shifted to DHQ and 16 in different hospitals whereas three bodies transferred t...

CNews RAWALPINDI: Scotland Yard detectives have regrouped in Rawalpindi to examine Liaquat Bagh once again. The team took to the rooftops of nearby buildings to examine the blast site.Sources say security officials have provided results of DNA analysis of the suspected suicide bomber and gunman to the Scotland Yard team.Meanwhile, the British High Commission says the team is mandated to determine the cause of Benazir Bhutto's death. According to the text of the agreement reached between Pakistan and the British Metropolitan Police Service, the Scotland Yard team's basic purpose is to assist local authorities.

CNews CRAWFORD, TEXAS: The United States appealed for calm and urged its "war on terror" ally Pakistan to press on with its elections after the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto on Thursday.Condemning the "cowardly" suicide attack that killed her, US President George W. Bush urged Pakistanis "to honor Benazir Bhutto's memory by continuing with the democratic process for which she so bravely gave her life."The attack at an election rally in the Pakistani city Rawalpindi sparked deadly riots and fears for stability in the nuclear-armed country, as well as overshadowing next month's planned elections, which Bhutto had been tipped to win.Bush telephoned Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to discuss the situation, the White House said, while US officials appealed for calm in Pakistan amid deadly riots following Bhutto's murder."The US strongly condemns this cowardly act by murderous extremists who are trying to undermine Pakis...

CNews KARACHI: In rioting after the killing of Benazir Bhutto, more than 100 vehicles, banks, petrol pumps and factories were set on fire in Karachi while five persons were killed and a number of persons wounded.PIA has cancelled all its flights and the railway officials have suspended the movement of trains. After Benazir Bhutto was killed in bomb explosion and firing in Rawalpindi, various incidents of violence were seen in Karachi while shops, markets and petrol pumps were closed.The protesters set a four-storey building on fire in Boat Basin, Clifton whereas a 30-year-old person, Abdul Qadir died in firing in Nazimabad-Orangabad.Another person, named Ghulam Akbar was killed in firing by unknown persons in Hussain D’silva Town, Shara-e-Noorjehan.A 32-year-old pedestrian was shot dead by unknown persons in the area of Baghdadi while more than 18 persons were injured in various areas.Protesters came out in streets and burnt tyres to block roads in various areas including Lyari, Liaqua...

CNews Rawalpindi: Violence erupted in several cities after Bhutto, 54, was shot in the neck and chest at a campaign rally in Rawalpindi Thursday afternoon. A homicide bomber then blew himself up, killing at least 20 others. Bhutto's supporters erupted in anger and grief after her death, attacking police and burning tires and election campaign posters in several cities. At the hospital where she died, some smashed glass and wailed, chanting slogans against President Pervez Musharraf. The death of the charismatic former prime minister threw the campaign for the Jan. 8 parliamentary elections into chaos and created fears of mass protests and violence across the nuclear-armed nation, an important U.S. ally in the war on terrorism. Musharraf convened an emergency meeting with his senior staff where they were expected to discuss whether to postpone the election, an official at the Interior Ministry said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the talks. Presiden...

Pakistani former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been killed in a presumed suicide attack. News of her death was confirmed by a military spokesman and members of her Pakistan People's Party (PPP). Ms Bhutto had just addressed an election rally in Rawalpindi when gunfire and an explosion occurred. At least 15 other people are reported killed in the attack and several more were injured. Ms Bhutto had twice been the country's prime minister. She had been campaigning ahead of elections due in January. Nawaz Sharif, also a former prime minister and a political rival, told the CNews her death was a tragedy for "the entire nation". "I can't tell you what the feelings of the people of Pakistan are today," he told CNews News 24 after returning from the hospital where she was brought. The CNews's Barbara Plett says the killing is likely to provoke an agonised response from her followers, especially from her loyal following in Sindh Province.Ms Bhutto was key...