Hotel Pearl Continental

Pakistan officials said three gunmen dressed as military officers raided the five-star Pearl Continental Hotel on Saturday, killing three hotel security guards, an employee and a navy soldier in the ensuing gunbattle.

At least one person has been killed after three gunmen stormed a five-star hotel in the southwestern Pakistani city of Gwadar, the centrepiece of a multi-billion dollar Chinese infrastructure project, the military said Saturday.

Pakistan's deteriorating  law and order has led to a boom in the private security industry in the country. Companies are investing millions of dollars to train and update their security operations. An estimated 30,000 private security guards have found employment with 400 private security agencies that have sprung up in Pakistan in recent...

Officials say a huge bomb has exploded inside Pearl Continental Hotel in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least 11 people.

Pakistan officials said three gunmen dressed as military officers raided the five-star Pearl Continental Hotel on Saturday, killing three hotel security guards, an employee and a navy soldier in the ensuing gunbattle.

At least one person has been killed after three gunmen stormed a five-star hotel in the southwestern Pakistani city of Gwadar, the centrepiece of a multi-billion dollar Chinese infrastructure project, the military said Saturday.

Pakistan's deteriorating  law and order has led to a boom in the private security industry in the country. Companies are investing millions of dollars to train and update their security operations. An estimated 30,000 private security guards have found employment with 400 private security agencies that have sprung up in Pakistan in recent...

Officials say a huge bomb has exploded inside Pearl Continental Hotel in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least 11 people.