Chakwal—At least 24 people were killed and 60
others injured in a suicide attack at the gate
of an Imambargah here 100 km from the Federal
capital on Sunday, police said.
Lahore—Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani
while expressing determination of the Government
to eradicate the menace of terrorism said that
Chechen, Uzbek and Arab terrorists were
indulging in terrorist acts in the country.
Islamabad—Next fiscal year will be toughest for
Pakistan since its emergence as the horrifying
monster of debt servicing will eat up Rs 750
billion, 42 percent of projected revenue of FBR,
a senior official at Ministry of Finance told
that Pakistan’s external debt would alarmingly
swell to $ 51.5 billion by the end of ongoing
fiscal 2008-09 with growth in debt of 16 percent
if compared with foreign debt of $46.5 billion
in last fiscal. And next year Pakistan will have
to spend huge amount of Rs 750 billion just on
debt servicing.
Islamabad—The much media-mentioned Obama
administration’s Pakistan-related triple-upped
aid bill christened, Pakistan Enduring
Assistance Cooperation Enhancement (PEACE) would
come up for initial debate on April 20, when the
US Congress meets on the day, after its spring
break.
Peshawar—Leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Maulana
Fazlur Rehman has said the protest against Swat
flogging is legitimate and also urged protesters
to against drone strikes in tribal areas.
Islamabad—While the capital is abuzz with mixed
reaction to President Asif Zardari’s address to
the joint session of Parliament on Saturday, the
simmering debate on Gen. Retired Pervez
Musharraf’s fate seems to have gone on the back
burner.
London—Afghanistan is to review legislation
which the UN says would legalise rape within
marriage after a dramatic reversal by President
Hamid Karzai, who had signed the law last month.
