Blast at ISI Headquarter Lahore, 35 Dead

Suspected Taliban militants on Wednesday brazenly targetted Pakistan ISI's provincial headquarters in Lahore, detonating an explosive-laden car leaving at least 35 people including seven ISI personnel dead and over 250 wounded. Though heavily armed militants, believed to be two to four in number, failed to reach the main premises housing the ISI office, they detonated the explosives which damaged the building and totally flattened the nearby city police rescue office.

The terrorist hit squad headed their vehicle towards the two buildings located just off the Mall Road, but as heavily armed guards prevented them, they came out and exchanged fire and then set off a massive blast. District Coordination Officer (DCO) Lahore Sajjad Ahmed Bhutta said a car loaded with huge explosives rammed into the barriers on the road leading to the buildings housing ISI and Lahore Police rescue offices.