10 killed in Baghdad attacks

BAGHDAD: At least 10 people were killed, including two Iraqi soldiers, and dozens wounded in separate attacks in Baghdad, security officials said on Thursday.

The deadliest incident occurred at around 10:00 pm (1900 GMT) Wednesday evening in the sprawling Shiite stronghold of Sadr City, north Baghdad, when a car bomb in front of a cafe killed eight people and wounded 32 others.

The blast left several cars burned while the cafe and three houses were badly damaged, a defence ministry official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

On Thursday two Iraqi soldiers were killed and seven wounded when a bomb they were trying to defuse exploded along the road connecting Baghdad with Mahmudiyah, 30 kilometers (18 miles) to the south, an interior ministry official said.

The official added that in a separate incident in central Baghdad, seven people were wounded by a bomb targeting a police vehicle.

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IMF sees Pak economy improving

Original Content.Thnewspk.com DUBAI: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff mission, led by Adnan Mazarei, met with the Pakistani authorities in Dubai over the past week to initiate discussions on the third review under Pakistan’’s Stand-By Arrangement (SBA).

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DUBAI: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff mission, led by Adnan Mazarei, met with the Pakistani authorities in Dubai over the past week to initiate discussions on the third review under Pakistan’’s Stand-By Arrangement (SBA).

At the conclusion of its work today, the mission issued the following statement:

“The IMF mission held constructive discussions with government and State Bank officials, focusing on Pakistan’’s recent economic performance, the outlook for the rest of the fiscal year 2009/10,1 and policies needed to consolidate macroeconomic stability and reduce poverty.

The discussions took place against the background of changing security conditions and delays in donor disbursement of financial aid. The mission welcomed the efforts being made by the authorities to further stabilize the economy, to advance structural reform and lay the foundations for high and sustainable growth. While risks to the economic outlook remain, the early signs of recovery in some sectors, declining inflation, and the improved external position are encouraging.

“Discussions between the authorities and the IMF staff on the third review of the economic program supported by the SBA are scheduled to be completed shortly.”

The SBA of SDR 5.169 billion (about US$7.6 billion) was approved by the Executive Board of the IMF on November 24, 2008. On August 7, 2009, the SBA was augmented to SDR 7,235.9 million (about US$11,327 million) and extended through end-2010.

A first disbursement of SDR 2.067 billion (about US$3.1 billion) was made on November 26, 2008 and a second one of SDR 568.5 million (about US$847 million) on April 1, 2009, after completion of the first program review.

The third disbursement of SDR 766.7 million (about US$ 1,200 million) was made on August 7, 2009, after completion of the second program review. Total disbursements thus far amount to SDR 3,402.6 million (about US$5,327 million).

Pakistan Police station Bombed

Original Content.Thnewspk.com Pakistan Police station Bombed:- A BOMB blast ripped through a police station in Pakistan’s north-western town of Bannu on Friday, killing three policemen and wounding five others, a local police official said.

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Pakistan Police station Bombed:- A BOMB blast ripped through a police station in Pakistan’s north-western town of Bannu on Friday, killing three policemen and wounding five others, a local police official said.

‘It appears to be a suicide attack, Bakakhel police station building has been damaged very badly, three policemen are dead and five others are injured,’ local police official Hameed Khan told AFP.

The attack came as a huge blast badly damaged the local offices of Pakistan’s premier intelligence agency in the north-western city of Peshawar and killed at least seven people. — AFP