Three people were killed when unidentified gunmen opened fire at the election office of a former federal minister and opposition leader Monday evening in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, police and rescue officials said. At least five people were wounded. Witnesses said two men on a motorbike opened fire on the former official, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed,...
At least one person was killed and 28 were injured Thursday in Rawalpindi when a suicide bomber riding a motorbike rammed into a government bus carrying workers from a nearby nuclear enrichment laboratory, government officials said. Private television networks put the death toll from the attack at six, but the police did not confirm that number....

Several hundred retired generals, admirals and servicemen gathered Tuesday for the third time in two weeks in this military town and demanded the resignation of President Pervez Musharraf. They had assembled for a seminar, but in an unprecedented public protest, a retired army chief, several retired generals and dozens of former servicemen came out...
Rawalpindi (Urdu: راولپنڈی) er en by i Potwar Plateau tæt ved den pakistanske hovedstad Islamabad, i provinsen Punjab. Indbyggertallet er cirka 1,4 millioner. Rawalpindi er den 4. største by i Pakistan efter Karachi, Lahore og Faisalabad. Lokalt kendt som Pindi, blev området hjem til forhistoriske soaniankultur indfødte til denne region.Talrige shoppingbasarer, parker og en kosmopolitisk befolkning tiltrækker kunder fra hele Pakistan og i udlandet.