Twin Blasts in Islamabad, Death toll hits 6

The explosion in the cafeteria on the left pieces of flesh splattered on the floor and broken glass. The second attack took place in the department of Islamic law.
At least 21 injured have been taken to PIMS hospital in the federal capital, where many of them are in critical condition, authorities said. The wounded included 14 girls between the four said to be in serious condition.
International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) was established in the 1980s. Its sprawling campus on the outskirts of the city, has more than 12,000 students, nearly half of them women. Many students come from abroad.
The police commissioner Abdul Ghafar Quaiserani said two suicide bombers blew themselves up almost simultaneously. Both attackers were also killed, he said.
Television footage showed a woman with a bloody left leg being carried on a stretcher and a red brick building with broken windows. Its ceiling was peppered with shrapnel from the explosion.
Security forces have cordoned off the area after the blasts.
Twin Blasts in Islamabad, Death toll hits 6 was first posted on October 20, 2009 at 5:28 pm.
Educational Institutes in Sindh Closed Till Sunday
KARACHI, Pakistan: Educational Institutes in Sindh Closed Till Sunday, Sindh Education Department has announced to close all private and public schools in the province from 21 October until Sunday, October 25th, while universities will be closed on October 21 only.
Sindh Education Department took this decision because of security problems in the context of the present operation Rah-e-Nijat in South Waziristan.
The announcement was made by the chief secretary of Sindh after two explosions at the Islamic university cafeteria in Islamabad that killed 2 students and wounded 13 people.
Educational Institutes in Sindh Closed Till Sunday was first posted on October 20, 2009 at 6:35 pm.

