Terrorists attack Shah Ghazi’s Shrine; four dead in karachi

Four people have been killed and several others injured in two blasts near the shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi in Clifton.
The twin blasts occurred within minutes of each other at the shrine’s gate, sources said.

A large number of poor and deserving people as well as others gather at Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s shrine everyday and the number grows manifold, particularly, on Thursday.

Rangers and heavy contingents of police have arrived at the blasts site where rescue activities are being carried out by emergency services.

Sindh Home Minister Dr. Zulfiqar Mirza also arrived immediately after the blasts.

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Musharraf admits to training militants

LONDON: Former president Pervez Musharraf has told a German magazine that his forces trained militant groups to fight in Indian-held Kashmir.

He told the Der Spiegel the Nawaz Sharif government turned a blind eye because it wanted to put pressure on India to enter talks.

Mr Musharraf said in the interview that militant groups “were indeed formed” in part because of the international community’s “apathy” over the Kashmir dispute.

The retired general also indicated that he did not regret the Kargil intrusion that led to skirmishes with India in 1999.

“It is the right of any country to promote its own interests when India is not prepared to discuss Kashmir at the UN and resolve the dispute in a peaceful manner,” he said.—Agencies

(article by dawn news)

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