Lahore, Sept 25 : The Islamabad Police and intelligence officials have arrested two terror suspects from Faisalabad in connection with Saturday''s Marriott Hotel blast claiming 60 lives.
While one of the terror suspects nabbed runs a public call office (PCO), while the other was wanted by the Police and is a member of a banned religious organisation.
Lahore, Sept 25 : Security has been beefed up in several parts of the country after intelligence agencies reported that as many as six suicide bombers had entered into major cities.
According to Interior Ministry sources, all the four provincial governments had been informed about possible strikes by these bombers in Karachi, Faisalabad, Peshawar, Multan, Lahore and Islamabad.
Meanwhile, 15 people were arrested from Rawalpindi on terror charges.
Copenhagen - A Danish national killed in a suspected suicide bomb attack on a hotel in the Pakistani capital Islamabad over the weekend has been identified, the Danish security and intelligence service PET has said.
DNA tests have established that the deceased was police officer Karsten Krabbe, the PET said in a statement issued late Wednesday.
The suicide bombing on Saturday at the five-star Marriott hotel claimed more than 50 lives.
Krabbe, 53, had been deployed to review security measures for the Danish embassy in Pakistan that was targeted in a blast in June.
The June embassy blast claimed six lives. Since then the PET, the Danish Foreign Ministry and other agencies have been reviewing security measures.
Islamabad, Sept 25 : All airports in Pakistan have reportedly been put on a red alert after Islamabad''s International Terminal received a phone call warning of a possible bomb attack at the airport.
Flights were, however, operating as normal, an official at the Islamabad Airport said.
“We have ordered a red alert at all airports following the threat received at Islamabad airport,” a senior Airport Security Force official said on the condition of anonymity.
Karachi, Sept 25 : One of the German shepherds brought in specially from Islamabad as a part of sniffer-dog squad ahead of Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani’s next visit to Karachi, is reportedly suffering from maggots, a kind of worm which multiplies very fast and could prove fatal in not treated within time.
The dog was secretly admitted in a veterinary hospital for treatment after maggot worms and pus was seen oozing out of its right ear.
Benazir Bhutto's soul is sure to rest in peace as the Indian PM Mr. Manmohan Singh and the newly sworn in President Mr. Zardari have decided to strengthen the ties between India and Pakistan. The two met at the 63'rd UNGA session in New York.
Mr. Singh congratulated the President for Return of Democracy to Pakistan. The president reaffirmed that Pakistan's commitment to January 6, 2004 remains intact. The Duo agreed to work urgently towards the composite dialogue which included eight major topics for e.g. economy, border disputes and terrorism besides others.