Police stand alert after rumor of a bomb outside the PC Hotel. PHOTO: NNI
A bomb hoax on Saturday triggered panic among the police and district government as bomb disposal squads scrambled for a five star hotel and a shopping centre in Rawalpindi.
The National Counter-Terrorism Authority (NACTA) received a call on its emergency number at 1145 am.
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The caller using a cell phone said that bombs were “being placed” at Parliament House in Islamabad, Pearl Continental Hotel Rawalpindi and a shopping centre in Rawalpindi.
Following the call, the NACTA officials alerted Islamabad and Rawalpindi police. Police and bomb disposal squad in Rawalpindi searched but found no bomb at the hotel.
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They also scanned major shopping malls in Saddar as the caller had not identified the shopping centre under threat.
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Published in The Express Tribune, April 10th, 2016.
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