[2] The bombing occurred close to the Pearl-Continental Hotel where the New Zealand national cricket team were staying during their tour of 2002.

The team's physiotherapist Dayle Shackel received a minor cut to his forearm from flying glass.

[citation needed] The suspected bombmaker, Mufti Mohammad Sabir, was arrested in Karachi on September 8, 2005.

[5] Contrary to official announcements by the Pakistani and the French governments at the time, it is now thought to be unlikely that those responsible for the attack had links to al-Qaeda.

[8] Sarkozy was allegedly involved in accepting kickbacks from Pakistan to fund the presidential campaign of Balladur.