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Fifteen people, including three Americans, died in the attack. Another 127 were injured by the four gunmen, who disguised themselves as Karachi Airport security workers and stormed the plane. Two of the attackers, all of whom were believed to be Palestinians, were killed...
...wife, Assistant Professor of Business Administration Fareena Sultan, age 36, and the couple's 5-year-old daughter flew to Karachi Friday night to recover Ahmad's body, Costa said. Sultan was informed of her husband's death by Pan Am airlines officials and friends in Pakistan, he said...
...KARACHI, Pakistan--A U.S. Air Force medical transport plane staffed by battle surgeons evacuated 17 victims yesterday, including six Americans, who were wounded in the hijack of a Pan Am jumbo jet that killed at least 15 people...
...party, the Pakistan Muslim League. Zia, who was away on a pilgrimage to Mecca, almost certainly had a role in the decision. When the opposition ignored the ban, police arrested hundreds of Bhutto's advisers and political allies in predawn raids around the country. Opposition supporters in Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad surged into the streets, where they were met by riot squads and tear gas. In Lahore, beleaguered police fired into a crowd, killing four and wounding dozens...
Dismissing the appeal, Bhutto tried to board a Lahore-bound plane in Karachi but was stopped by court order. Instead, the next morning a van paraded her slowly toward the city's poorest quarter, accompanied by a throng of supporters chanting "Long live Bhutto." Within half an hour, police riot squads attacked without warning, firing tear gas shells. Later that day Bhutto was arrested...