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Urgent: Emergency declared at Pakistan's capital airport over bomb threat

Xinhua, March 22, 2016 Adjust font size:

A state of emergency has been declared at Pakistan's capital airport after an anonymous call from London claimed that there are bombs in two of the planes parking at the Benazir International Airport, local Urdu TV channel Express reported.

A search operation has been underway at the airport and several flights suspended. Enditem