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Pakistan offers reward in hunt for Sri Lanka cricket team attackers

Pakistan offers reward in hunt for Sri Lanka cricket team attackers Islamabad  - Pakistan announced a 125,000-US-dollar reward Wednesday for information about the perpetrators behind the daylight terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team, which killed six police officers and wounded seven athletes.

Advertisements about the reward appearing in several newspapers carried television stills of Tuesday's attack in which two terrorists were pictured from two angles carrying Kalashnikov assault rifles and backpacks.

Pak Govt. backtracks on claims of recovery of Indian weapons at Lahore attack site

Pak Govt. backtracks on claims of recovery of Indian weapons at Lahore attack siteIslamabad, Mar. 4 : The Pakistan Government has denied reports suggesting that weapons recovered from the Lahore attack site were of Indian manufacture.

Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani's Advisor on Interior Affairs, Rehman Malik, has said the weapons recovered from the attack site did not bear Indian markings, as was claimed earlier.

Cricket attack shows Pakistan faces emboldened militants

Cricket attack shows Pakistan faces emboldened militantsIslamabad  - The brazen terrorist ambush targeting the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore came as a shocking reminder of the threat posed to Pakistan by ever bolder Islamist militants.

Recent years have seen the Islamic country endure dozens of suicide attacks and roadside bombings that have killed thousands, including former premier Benazir Bhutto.

But the attack on the visiting Sri Lankan cricket team seemed to turn a brutal new page as around a dozen terrorists made their getaway after action graphically captured by TV cameras.

Zardari, Gilani condemn attack on Sri Lankan team in Lahore

Zardari, Gilani condemn attack on Sri Lankan team in LahoreIslamabad, Mar 3 : President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani have strongly condemned the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore on Tuesday.

Zardari asked the authorities concerned to immediately investigate the incident so that the perpetrators are identified and their motives exposed.

He directed that best possible medical treatment be provided to the injured, The N ews reported.

Gilani termed it a terrorist attack, and said the objective behind the attack was to bring a bad name to Pakistan.

Pak Army run SCO denies hand behind Mumbai attack

Pak Army run SCO denies hand behind Mumbai attackIslamabad, Mar. 3: The Pakistan government controlled Special Communication Organisation (SCO) has denied involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks.

A statement issued by SCO said that it has no connection with the Mumbai incident, and termed reports about its officials being involved in providing telecom support to the Mumbai attackers as `baseless and unfounded'.

The SCO is run by the Pak Army .It is operated and managed by serving and retired army officials.

Pak denies hand in Bangladesh mutiny

Pak denies hand in Bangladesh mutinyIslamabad, Mar. 3: Pakistan has refuted reports about its alleged involvement in the last week’s mutiny in Bangladesh in which over 77 Bangladeshi army officers were murdered by the Bangladesh rifles personnel (BDR).

Talking to reporters here, Pak Foreign Office spokesperson, Abdul Basit termed the allegations about Pakistan’s involvement in the incident as ‘baseless’.

“These reports are obviously baseless and malafide,” The Daily Times quoted Basit, as saying.

Basit said Pakistan and Bangladesh shared a close and co-operative relationship.

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