Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Pakistan acquiring the latest equipment and technology to combat the growing threat of militancy.
April 21 2009: Pakistan's interior ministry has said that almost 1,400 people have died in terrorist attacks in the country over the past year.The information was provided in a written report made available to parliamentarians on Friday.
Pakistan has seen a massive increase in such attacks since 2007.
Most of the victims have been from attacks that targeted the security forces, although many of those killed were also civilians.
Pakistan's government has handed out 201.5 million rupees ($2.5m) in compensation to the victims.
This is the first time such comprehensive data has been generated in Pakistan about terror attacks.
According to the data, property worth 2.4616 billion rupees was destroyed in the attacks.
The interior ministry said the government had taken a number of steps to curb the rise.
The report said funding had been increased in security forces training and recruitment.
It said the government was also acquiring the latest equipment and technology to combat the growing threat of militancy.

2 comments:

Andre79 said...

LOL! The cartoon is very funny.

Epaminondas said...

There is only ONE action which will totally forestall what appears to be inevitable...

KILL THE TEACHERS.
Everyone else will get it