Summers bring
‘water jobs’

Pakistan’s summers are fairly long and they bring in a lot of self-styled jobs — not only for the unemployed adults, but for the child labourers too.

The Pakistani police has claimed the arrest a gang plotting assassination of President Asif Ali Zardari. “We have arrested six suspects.

The Pakistani authorities have put the name of Jamaat-ud Dawa chief Hafiz Mohammed Saeed — alleged mastermind of the Mumbai carnage — on the Exit Control List — banning his departure outside Pakistan.

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani will convene a national conference here next week to evolve a common strategy to combat terrorism and extremism.

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has thrown himself into another controversy by saying that Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was not a graduate.
The Opposition parties and other political personalities have expressed resentment and indignation over President Zardari’s statement about Jinnah’s qualifications. President Zardari had said on television: “Quaid-e-Azam was a non-graduate.”

In a rare attack on a shrine, at least 45 people were killed in two back-to-back suicide attacks at Data Darbar in Lahore city late on Thursday night.
“Thirty-five died on the spot and ten more lost the battle for life today. We have confirmation of 45 deaths,” a senior police official told this newspaper.

The Pakistani authorities have withdrawn three “politically motivated” corruption references against Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, officials said on Tuesday.

Stage is set for “result-oriented” talks between foreign ministers of Pakistan and India — in a couple of weeks from now — as the interior ministers and their secretaries have laid the foundation, decision makers suggest.

Pakistan said on Sunday that Sino-Pak civil nuclear cooperation is in accordance with the international norms and IAEA rules. “There is no violation. Sino-Pak civil nuclear cooperation is in accordance with the international norms and IAEA rules,” foreign office spokesman Abdul Basit said.

Terrorism poses serious threat to the peace and security of the region and urgent steps must be taken to eliminate the menace in all its forms and manifestations, concluded the South Asian Association