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The Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing occurred on the night of 20 September 2008, when a dumper truck filled with explosives was detonated in front of the Marriott Hotel in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, killing at least 54 people, injuring at least 266 and leaving a 60 ft (20 m) wide, 20 ft (6 m) deep crater outside the hotel. [4]
serenahotels.com. Tourism Promotion Services, doing business as Serena Hotels, is a hotel chain that operates hotels in East Africa, Southern Africa, and South Asia. The company is listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE), where it trades under the symbol TPS. The largest shareholder (45%) is the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED ...
27 July. On 27 July 2007, at about 17:15 PST, a suicide bomber targeting police killed at least 13 people, including seven policemen and injured 71 others at an open-air restaurant in Aabpara Market in Islamabad. According to the Interior Ministry spokesman, the government had received intelligence information about a probable suicide bombing ...
The bomber and a security guard were killed in the blast at the Marriott hotel in the capital Islamabad. [2] 27 January:- At least 13 people, including the Chief of Peshawar City Police Malik Saad, were killed in the evening in a suicide bombing near a crowded Shiite mosque in Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province. About 60 people were wounded ...
Pakistan and state-sponsored terrorism refers to the involvement of Pakistan in terrorism through the backing of various designated terrorist organizations.Pakistan has been frequently accused by various countries, including its neighbours Afghanistan, [1] Iran, [2] and India, [3] as well as by the United States, [4] [5] the United Kingdom, Germany, [6] [7] and France, [8] [9] of involvement ...
D-Chowk, and sometimes referred to as Democracy Chowk, recently renamed by public as Gaza Chowk, [1] is a large town square located on the junction of Jinnah Avenue and Constitution Avenue in Islamabad, Pakistan. It is located in the government district, close to several important government buildings: the Presidency, the Prime Minister’s ...
In 1978, he launched the Holiday Inn hotel in Karachi in 1981 and later in Islamabad. Both of the hotels were converted into Marriott brand in 1990s. In 1985, Hashwani made a successful bid for the majority shares of Pakistan Services Limited, which then owned four Inter-Continental Hotels across Pakistan, the hotels were re-branded as Pearl ...
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