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India-Pakistan
Provinces offered generous aid against terrorism
2015-02-04
[DAWN] The government assured provinces in the National Assembly on Monday that they would get aid to fight terrorism "beyond their expectations" after both its opponents and some allies accused it of indifference over Friday's suicide kaboom on an Imambargah
...since Pakistain is very religiously correct, Shia Moslems can't call their houses of worship 'mosques,' which are reserved for Sunnis. It's not clear if imambargahs are used for explosives storage like mosques are...
in Shikarpur that killed more than 60 people.

The government gave no explanation about complaints from Leader of Opp­osition Khursheed Ahmed Shah and some other politicians from both sides of the aisle wondering why neither Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
, who was in Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
on the day of the attack, nor any of his ministers had visited Shikarpur so far to show solidarity with the people of the city.
Posted by:Fred

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