http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/IslamabadFind stories, videos, and photos about Islamabad from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:55:59 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Islamabad14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Islamabad from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/06/pakistan.police/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/06/pakistan.police/index.html#cnnSTCTextAssistant Sub Inspector Anwar Ali starts his day with a prayer. He needs all the help he can get.Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:45:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/02/pakistan.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/02/pakistan.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suicide bomber killed at least 35 people Monday by detonating explosives outside a bank where people had lined up to pick up their monthly checks, police said.Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:32:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/22/pakistan.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/22/pakistan.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTextGunmen opened fire on a military vehicle in Islamabad on Thursday, killing an army brigadier and a soldier, officials said.Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:24:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/21/pakistan.university.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/21/pakistan.university.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCTextPakistani authorities have closed all educational institutions across the county until at least the end of the week, following twin suicide bombings at an Islamic university Tuesday.Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/20/pakistan.university.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/20/pakistan.university.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCTextBack-to-back suicide bombings killed at least five people at a university here Tuesday and wounded nearly two dozen, authorities said.Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/05/pakistan.islamabad.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/05/pakistan.islamabad.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suicide attack at the offices of the World Food Program in Islamabad killed five employees and wounded several others Monday, an agency official said.Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/24/pakistan.militants/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/24/pakistan.militants/index.html#cnnSTCTextPakistani authorities have launched a massive crackdown on terror groups that they say were planning numerous suicide attacks, including in the country's largest city of Karachi.Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/14/pakistan.christians/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/14/pakistan.christians/index.html#cnnSTCTextThey are not war refugees, not displaced by violence; rather they believe they're here because they are Christian.Sun, 16 Aug 2009 02:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/01/pakistan.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/01/pakistan.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCTextOne of the three suspects detained Friday in Islamabad has been identified as Fida Ullah, a terrorist who recruited suicide bombers here, police said in a news release.Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/07/pakistan.fleeing.the.fight/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/07/pakistan.fleeing.the.fight/index.html#cnnSTCTextA family of 18 Pakistani men, women and children trudges down a dirt road toward a refugee camp.Tue, 12 May 2009 02:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/22/pakistan.taliban/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/22/pakistan.taliban/index.html#cnnSTCTextTaliban militants who implemented Islamic law in Pakistan's violence-plagued Swat Valley last week have now taken control of a neighboring district.Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/04/pakistan.suicide.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/04/pakistan.suicide.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextSeven people are dead after a suicide attacker blew himself up at a security check post Saturday evening, a police spokesman said.Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/23/pakistan.islamabad.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/23/pakistan.islamabad.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCTextA police officer was killed Monday in a suicide bombing at the gate of a police station in Islamabad, authorities said.Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/03/pakistan.girls.school/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/03/pakistan.girls.school/index.html#cnnSTCTextHina Khan used to take her life in her hands every morning just to get to school.Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:07:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/28/gates.pakistan.strikes/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/28/gates.pakistan.strikes/index.html#cnnSTCTextIslamabad has not given the U.S. permission to strike suspected al Qaeda targets in Pakistan with unmanned aircraft, a Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokesman said Wednesday.Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:36:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/20/pakistan.protests/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/20/pakistan.protests/index.html#cnnSTCTextSupporters of a banned Pakistani charity being tied to last month's Mumbai attacks staged demonstrations in the federal capital of Islamabad and other cities on Friday protesting the shutting of the group.Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:29:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/24/pakistan.marriott.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/24/pakistan.marriott.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCTextPakistani authorities have arrested four men in connection with the suicide truck bombing of a Marriott Hotel last month in Islamabad that killed more than 50 people, officials said Friday.Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/09/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/09/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Pakistani suicide bomber convinced security-gate guards at Islamabad police headquarters that he was delivering candy before detonating his explosives Thursday, killing himself and injuring 17 others, a police official told CNN.Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/09/pakistan.missile/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/09/pakistan.missile/index.html#cnnSTCTextA man convinced security guards Thursday that he was delivering a box of sweets to Islamabad police headquarters before setting off a suicide blast, a police official told CNN.Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:14:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1848587,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1848587,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsOnce allergic to being tied to Washington's war on terror, the country's targeted political class is beginning to see it as their own struggleThu, 09 Oct 2008 15:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1848546,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1848546,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsBombings killed 10 people and wounded at least four in Pakistan, including an attack in a police complex in the capitalThu, 09 Oct 2008 11:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1845732,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1845732,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsWith security heightened after the Sept. 20 bombing, the city resembles the Iraqi capital of 2003Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/25/pakistan.airport/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/25/pakistan.airport/index.html#cnnSTCTextPolice tightened security at airports across Pakistan Thursday after receiving reports of a possible suicide attack at the international airport that serves Islamabad.Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:34:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843313,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843313,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsPakistan's top leaders were to dine at the Marriott devastated by a truck bombing over the weekend, but changed the venue at the last minute, a senior official said Monday. A hotel official, however, denied there were any plans for a government dinner.Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/21/pakistan.islamabad.marriott.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/21/pakistan.islamabad.marriott.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextMore than 1,300 pounds of explosives were packed into a construction truck that detonated outside an Islamabad hotel, killing 57 people, including two Americans and a diplomat, officials said Sunday.Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/20/pakistan.islamabad.marriott.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/20/pakistan.islamabad.marriott.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suicide truck bombing destroyed the packed Marriott Hotel in the city of Islamabad, Pakistan, on Saturday night.Sun, 21 Sep 2008 07:39:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843126,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843126,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsWary of allowing U.S. operations on his soil, President Zardari seeks a national consensus on fighting terrorism Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843106,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843106,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA huge explosion ripped through part of the heavily guarded Marriott Hotel in Pakistan's capital Saturday, killing at least 11Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1838238,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1838238,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsSnipers fired on the motorcade for Pakistan's prime minister as it drove to the airport to pick up the premier, striking his car window at least twiceWed, 03 Sep 2008 10:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1837663,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1837663,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsPakistan's army says it has killed 30 militants in fighting in the country's volatile northwestSat, 30 Aug 2008 05:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/08/karachi.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/08/karachi.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextKarachi police have detained four suspects in connection with a series of blasts that injured dozens of people in the city's Pashto neighborhoods, a senior police officer told CNN on Tuesday.Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/07/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/07/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe death toll from Sunday's suicide bomb attack at a rally in Islamabad has risen to 17 after a police constable succumbed to his injuries, officials said.Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/06/pakistan.terror.plot/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/06/pakistan.terror.plot/index.html#cnnSTCTextPolice near Pakistan's capital seized three explosives-filled vehicles and detained a half-dozen people overnight Thursday.Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:38:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1811873,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1811873,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAfter the June 2 suicide bombing outside the Danish embassy in Islamabad, Danes are asking what price their country can afford to pay for its increasingly entrenched reputation as a forthright critic of IslamThu, 05 Jun 2008 09:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/03/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/03/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextAl Qaeda or one of its affiliates was probably behind an explosion outside the Danish embassy in Pakistan, Denmark's intelligence service said Tuesday.Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/02/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/02/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextA massive blast targeting the Danish Embassy in Pakistan Monday killed at least six people and wounded as many as 18, authorities said.Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:10:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1811218,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1811218,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe bombing of the Danish embassy may have been spurred by old anger against the cartoons. Or it could be a sign that Islamabad's attempts to make peace are breaking downMon, 02 Jun 2008 17:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1718614,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1718614,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsMusharraf's league may have been hit big, but Pakistan's once powerful fundamentalist political parties are reeling tooFri, 29 Feb 2008 21:00:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1717596,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1717596,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsMusharraf's party lost the election because of the price of flour and food. It's the foremost problem facing the next governmentWed, 27 Feb 2008 16:00:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1682417,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1682417,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsOn Scene: Media outnumber supporters at the opposition leader's home as she protests Musharraf's emergency decreeFri, 09 Nov 2007 15:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/06/pakistan.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/06/pakistan.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCTextBaton-wielding police fought with lawyers outside courthouses in Islamabad and Lahore again Tuesday, arresting dozens more as they enforced Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's crackdown on judicial activism.Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:57:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1680630,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1680630,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsPolice fired tear gas and battered thousands of lawyers protesting President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's decision to impose emergency ruleMon, 05 Nov 2007 14:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/13/pakistan.soldiers.dead/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/13/pakistan.soldiers.dead/index.html#cnnSTCTextFifteen soldiers from a Pakistani army unit died in a bombing at their mess hall Thursday, a Pakistani intelligence source said.Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/01/baluchistan.diary/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/01/baluchistan.diary/index.html#cnnSTCTextJuly 21, 2007: The newspaper headlines here have been preoccupied with the aftershocks of the Lal Masjid siege crisis in Islamabad, including a series of lethal suicide attacks. Yet a largely forgotten emergency continues to unfold almost a month after Cyclone Yemyin roared its way into northern Baluchistan, dumping untold quantities of water onto its parched interior and causing mass devastation on a scale unseen since the 1935 Quetta earthquake.Thu, 02 Aug 2007 07:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/06/pakistan.mosque/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/06/pakistan.mosque/index.html#cnnSTCTextPakistani forces fired at a fuel tank inside a controversial mosque early Saturday, causing an explosion heard across the capital, intelligence sources said.Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/06/pakistan.red.mosque/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/06/pakistan.red.mosque/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo students at the Red Mosque in Islamabad who tried to surrender Friday were shot dead by radical Islamic students, intelligence sources in Pakistan said.Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/06/pakistan.musharraf/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/06/pakistan.musharraf/index.html#cnnSTCTextPolice seized munitions on Friday at a house near Islamabad's airport after receiving reports of rooftop gunfire around the same time President Pervez Musharraf's plane was taking off, authorities told CNN.Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/04/pakistan.mosque/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/04/pakistan.mosque/index.html#cnnSTCTextMore than 100 radical Islamic students holed up at an Islamabad mosque compound surrendered Wednesday morning, winding down an intense standoff between militants and government forces, a government source told CNN.Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/03/mosque.shooting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/03/mosque.shooting/index.html#cnnSTCTextPakistani President Pervez Musharraf summoned his top officials to discuss a gunbattle Tuesday at an Islamabad mosque between government forces and radical Islamic students that left at least 12 dead, according to an interior ministry official.Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/06/23/pakistan.raid/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/06/23/pakistan.raid/index.htmlStudents from a radical mosque released nine hostages Saturday after seizing them hours earlier from an Islamabad acupuncture clinic they raided, the deputy administrator of the mosque said.Sat, 23 Jun 2007 08:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/06/01/pakistan/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/06/01/pakistan/index.htmlPakistan's government has imposed restrictions on the public and broadcast media in advance of a planned Saturday march by the nation's ousted chief justice.Sat, 02 Jun 2007 02:38:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/02/06/pakistan.airport.blast/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/02/06/pakistan.airport.blast/index.htmlA suicide bomber detonated his explosives in a parking area outside Islamabad's airport Tuesday after he was stopped by security as he tried to enter the airport, police sources told CNN.Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:46:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/01/26/pakistan.bomb/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/01/26/pakistan.bomb/index.htmlA suicide bomber killed a security guard and himself in an attack outside the Marriott Hotel in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on Friday, Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao said.Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:03:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/20/cartoons.protests/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/20/cartoons.protests/index.htmlIran's foreign minister has called for an end to violent protests over cartoons of Prophet Mohammed that have swept across the Muslim world after the images were published in several European newspapers.Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:44:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/19/pakistan.cartoons/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/19/pakistan.cartoons/index.htmlPolice arrested some 400 people including 10 lawmakers and used tear gas to disperse several hundred demonstrators in an attempt to prevent protests in Islamabad against cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, witnesses and police said.Sun, 19 Feb 2006 11:11:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/16/quake.asia/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/16/quake.asia/index.htmlTorrential rains caused authorities to temporarily ground relief flights Sunday following the crash of a Pakistani army helicopter that killed six people.Sun, 16 Oct 2005 08:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/11/quake.asia/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/11/quake.asia/index.htmlMillions of people remain homeless in the Himalayan regions of northern Pakistan and India following last weekend's earthquake that has claimed more than 41,000 lives.Tue, 11 Oct 2005 04:59:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/10/quake.feedback/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/10/quake.feedback/index.htmlCNN is appealing for stories from people who witnessed or have been affected by the earthquake in South Asia. The following are edited selections of your replies.Mon, 10 Oct 2005 07:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/09/quake.asia/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/09/quake.asia/index.htmlA day after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake killed about 22,000 people in northern Pakistan and India, government officials pleaded Sunday for international assistance to help dig survivors from the rubble, take them to hospitals and begin repairing the country's shattered infrastructure.Sun, 09 Oct 2005 18:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/09/quake.pakistan/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/09/quake.pakistan/index.htmlRescue workers pulled survivors from rubble and uncovered bodies from debris as darkness fell in Islamabad and elsewhere, a day after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake caused devastation across South Asia.Sun, 09 Oct 2005 06:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/08/quake.pakistan.residents/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/08/quake.pakistan.residents/index.htmlPeople in south and central Asia were jolted out of their beds early Saturday by a major earthquake that rocked at least three countries.Sat, 08 Oct 2005 08:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/08/quake.pakistan/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/08/quake.pakistan/index.htmlThe Pakistan earthquake toll has reached 18,000 dead and more than 41,000 injured, Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan, a spokesman for Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, said Sunday.Sat, 08 Oct 2005 05:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/27/pakistan.blast/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/27/pakistan.blast/index.htmlA bomb blast at a Muslim shrine in Pakistan's capital Islamabad has killed at least 17 people and wounded many others, according to police.Fri, 27 May 2005 06:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/03/pakistan.media/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/03/pakistan.media/index.htmlBaton-wielding police attacked journalists Tuesday in several Pakistan cities as they tried to celebrate World Press Freedom Day, and arrested 37 of them during a rally outside parliament in Islamabad.Wed, 04 May 2005 01:44:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/10/28/pakistan.hotel.explosion/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/10/28/pakistan.hotel.explosion/index.htmlAn explosion that tore through the lobby of the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, injuring at least six people, was caused by a short circuit, Islamabad's chief of police told CNN.Thu, 28 Oct 2004 18:05:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/16/quake.pakistan/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/16/quake.pakistan/index.htmlCracked roads and mudslides are hampering the arrival of aid for people in areas of northern Pakistan struck by two earthquakes.Mon, 16 Feb 2004 05:17:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/15/quake.pakistan/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/15/quake.pakistan/index.htmlFresh tremors have been reported in a remote mountainous area of Pakistan where one day earlier at least 21 were killed and dozens injured in two earthquakes.Sun, 15 Feb 2004 10:35:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/01/17/pakistan.musharraf/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/01/17/pakistan.musharraf/index.htmlTwo planes carrying Pakistani lawmakers Saturday were diverted from Islamabad, preventing the parliamentarians from attending an address by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf.Sat, 17 Jan 2004 07:49:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/01/07/india.pakistan/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/01/07/india.pakistan/index.htmlIslamic guerrillas have vowed to continue fighting to drive Indian troops out of the disputed region of Kashmir in the wake of an landmark decision this week by New Delhi and Islamabad to hold peace talks.Wed, 07 Jan 2004 07:30:00 EST