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Mush talks tough on terrorism

Islamabad, November 10
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf today said rising extremism and suicide attacks in the country will not be tolerated and will be put down with a firm hand, a day after a bomber blew himself up inside a federal minister’s house killing four in Peshawar.

Musharraf made this assertion while chairing a crucial meeting of the corps commanders of the Pakistan army at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, Dawn News Channel reported.

Besides the imposition of emergency last week, the meeting will review the internal security situation, particularly steps to counter an increase in militant activities in the Swat valley. — PTI

Pak expels 3 British reporters

Islamabad, November 10
Pakistan ordered the expulsion of three journalists from a British newspaper for using “foul and abusive” language about the troubled country and its leadership, the government said today.

“Three foreign journalists have been given 72 hours to leave,” deputy information minister Tariq Azim Khan said. “They were using foul and abusive language against Pakistan and Pakistan’s leadership.”

An information ministry official said all three worked for The Daily Telegraph. However, colleagues of the correspondents said two worked for The Daily Telegraph and one for The Sunday Telegraph. — Reuters