14 dead in D.I Khan explosion

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Fourteen people were killed and several injured when a blast occurred in a funeral procession in Dera Ismail Khan on Friday.

According to reports, a suicide blast occurred near imam bargah Kotli Imam Hussain when hundreds of people were attending the funeral procession of a person Sher Zaman, who was shot dead in a target killing incident yesterday.

The injured were shifted to district headquarter hospital. Situation become tense in the city and all markets have been closed after the blast.

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has strongly condemned the explosion.

source : jang.com.pk

D.I.Khan blast kills 10,injured 15

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Ten people were killed and 15 injured in an explosion near Shobra hotel on Friday.

According to police sources, the blast occurred when hundreds of people were attending the funeral prayer of a person Sher Zaman, who was shot dead in a target killing incident yesterday.

Eyewitnesses said it was a suicide blast. The injured were shifted to district headquarter hospital. Situation become tense in the city and all markets have been closed after the blast.

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has strongly condemned the explosion.

source : jang.com.pk

Use of force not only option in Swat: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Friday said not all issues could be resolved through military means alone and other measures also need to be taken to stabilise situation in Swat.

Talking to media after attending a briefing at the Planning Commission on country’s future course of action towards development, PM Gilani said the global economic recession had its impact on Pakistan, but hoped that economic indicators would help the country through this period.

Gilani said the IMF has also noted that Pakistan has met its targets. The prime minister when questioned about the petroleum prices said it was for the first time in country’s history that his government proportionately lowered the prices.

Asked whether Pakistan plans a similar response from India over the Samjhota Express tragedy as it did on Mumbai attacks, Gilani said additional information has been sought from India.

Adviser on Finance Shaukat Tareen said the government has to take tough decisions to address the state of economy that it inherited. He hinted that it would take some time before the economy could be turned around.

source : jang.com.pk