ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - SOLDIERS guarding Pakistan's army headquarters opened fire at a suspected suicide bomber in a vehicle on Saturday, a security official and media said.

'Security officials fired at a white Suzuki vehicle that is carrying explosives and they are after it,' a security official told Reuters.

Dawn News television said firing was still going on with gunmen who had tried to enter the tightly guarded sprawling headquarters in the city of Rawalpindi, near the capital, Islamabad.

Soldiers sealed off all roads leading to the headquarters and a helicopter was hovering over the area, a witness said.

Is this article useful to you?