18 September — Two bombs exploded in
Karachi,
Sindh, killing 1 person and injuring several. Police initially blamed supporters of
Murtaza Bhutto , the estranged brother of sacked PM Benazir. Two days later, Murtaza denied the charges and in a few hours, he was killed in a
shootout with
police.[9]
December
3 December — 12 people were injured by a bomb explosion in Lahore outside a busy shopping centre. The explosion occurred during a visit by then
Chinese PresidentJiang Zemin who was staying in a state guest house along with his counterpart President
Farooq Laghari. The commissioner of Lahore,
Salman Siddiqui, said that the act appeared to be of
R&AW agents.[9]
3 December — 17 people are injured by a bomb blast in Karachi. The bomb was placed outside a branch of the
National Bank of Pakistan on the ground floor of
PIDC building. The bomb also shattered the windows of two nearby hotels, namely
Pearl Continental and
Karachi Sheraton.[9]
18 September — Two bombs exploded in
Karachi,
Sindh, killing 1 person and injuring several. Police initially blamed supporters of
Murtaza Bhutto , the estranged brother of sacked PM Benazir. Two days later, Murtaza denied the charges and in a few hours, he was killed in a
shootout with
police.[9]
December
3 December — 12 people were injured by a bomb explosion in Lahore outside a busy shopping centre. The explosion occurred during a visit by then
Chinese PresidentJiang Zemin who was staying in a state guest house along with his counterpart President
Farooq Laghari. The commissioner of Lahore,
Salman Siddiqui, said that the act appeared to be of
R&AW agents.[9]
3 December — 17 people are injured by a bomb blast in Karachi. The bomb was placed outside a branch of the
National Bank of Pakistan on the ground floor of
PIDC building. The bomb also shattered the windows of two nearby hotels, namely
Pearl Continental and
Karachi Sheraton.[9]