Musharraf urged to resign over death toll
Musharraf urged to resign over death toll
By Farhan Bokhari in Islamabad and Jo Johnson in New Delhi
Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2007
Published: July 19 2007 08:44 | Last updated: July 19 2007 21:03
General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s US-backed military ruler, faced calls to resign on Thursday after attacks by Islamist militants claimed at least 53 more lives, bringing the death toll since Saturday to 183.
Pakistan has been torn by extremist violence since Mr Musharraf ordered commandos to storm a mosque in Islamabad on July 10, a move that led to the death of at least 75 Islamists and promises of revenge from al-Qaeda and militant groups.
David Gardner on calls for General Musharraf to resign
Farhatullah Babar, spokesman for the Pakistan People’s party, said: “The military government has failed to contain militancy and should resign to pave the way for a democratically elected government that has the consent of the people behind it.”
The Karachi Stock Exchange 100-share index shed 3.41 per cent to 13,194.68, extending Wednesday’s 2.8 per cent fall. It remains 31.4 per cent up this year.
At least 30 people were killed in Hub, a town near the southern port of Karachi, when insurgents targeted a vehicle carrying Chinese workers.
The Chinese workers were all safe following the attack. The dead included Pakistani policemen assigned to protect the foreign nationals, after their van was destroyed by a remote-controlled explosive device.
Three Chinese mechanics were killed near the north-western city of Peshawar this month.
In the second of Thursday’s attacks, eight people died when a suicide bomber tried to drive a car laden with explosives into a police training school in Hangu, a town in the volatile north-western frontier region.
The Reuters news agency on Thursday night reported that Pakistani police said at least 15 people were killed in a suicide attack in Kohat, in the same province.
By Farhan Bokhari in Islamabad and Jo Johnson in New Delhi
Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2007
Published: July 19 2007 08:44 | Last updated: July 19 2007 21:03
General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s US-backed military ruler, faced calls to resign on Thursday after attacks by Islamist militants claimed at least 53 more lives, bringing the death toll since Saturday to 183.
Pakistan has been torn by extremist violence since Mr Musharraf ordered commandos to storm a mosque in Islamabad on July 10, a move that led to the death of at least 75 Islamists and promises of revenge from al-Qaeda and militant groups.
David Gardner on calls for General Musharraf to resign
Farhatullah Babar, spokesman for the Pakistan People’s party, said: “The military government has failed to contain militancy and should resign to pave the way for a democratically elected government that has the consent of the people behind it.”
The Karachi Stock Exchange 100-share index shed 3.41 per cent to 13,194.68, extending Wednesday’s 2.8 per cent fall. It remains 31.4 per cent up this year.
At least 30 people were killed in Hub, a town near the southern port of Karachi, when insurgents targeted a vehicle carrying Chinese workers.
The Chinese workers were all safe following the attack. The dead included Pakistani policemen assigned to protect the foreign nationals, after their van was destroyed by a remote-controlled explosive device.
Three Chinese mechanics were killed near the north-western city of Peshawar this month.
In the second of Thursday’s attacks, eight people died when a suicide bomber tried to drive a car laden with explosives into a police training school in Hangu, a town in the volatile north-western frontier region.
The Reuters news agency on Thursday night reported that Pakistani police said at least 15 people were killed in a suicide attack in Kohat, in the same province.
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