Pakistan needs billions of dollars for flood rehabilitation: Gilani

Staff Report

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan needs billions of dollars for flood rehabilitation; the government is following an agenda of economical reforms and ending subsidies, said Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani while addressing Pakistan Development Forum (PDF) in Islamabad on Monday.

He added that few people try to hide facts of Pakistan to create a negative impact. The 18th Amendment and NFC Award are two major achievements of political parties. The criticism on the government is tolerable but the country shall be spared from it.

The Prime Minister further added that the reforms will be continued for a better future of the country and very soon ten ministries will be closed in this regard.

US Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke said earlier, while addressing in PDF, that under Kerry Lugar Bill, America will provide an aid of 500

FBI To Monitor Criminals On Facebook, MySpace, And Twitter

US intelligence agency FBI has turned its guns towards social networking sites for monioring individuals. It appears that law enforcement officials may use the social networking site as a new source of surveillance. The US Department of Justice sent out a PDF that confirmed that they plan to use Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter as a new way to monitor individuals.

While it is not clear exactly how the government will track criminals on the social networking sites, many believe that they will use fake friend requests to gain information about their targets. Also, in the PDF that was released, the Department of Justice revealed that Facebook is quite open with the government when it comes to releasing information. On the other hand, Twitter has more of a reputation for only releasing information when an individual is facing legal proceedings.

This is obviously not the first attempt by the government to use the internet to follow criminals. In the past, the FBI has followed sexual predators online.