சிந்திக்க உண்மைகள்: அமைதிமார்க்கத்தினர் அமைதிமார்க்கத்தினரிடமே மார்க்க பிரச்சாரம் செய்ததில் 35 பேர் சுவனம்

அமைதிமார்க்கத்தினர் அமைதிமார்க்கத்தினரிடமே மார்க்க பிரச்சாரம் செய்து 35 பேர்கள் சுவனம் அடைந்ததாக செய்திகள் தெரிவிக்கின்றன.

ரொம்ப கடினமாக சிந்தித்து உண்மைகளை ஒழிக்கும் கும்பல் இந்த கொலைகளை செய்தது ஆர்.எஸ்.எஸ்தான் என்று எப்படி நிறுவுவது என்று கடினமாக சிந்தித்துக்கொண்டிருப்பதாக் செய்திகள் தெரிவிக்கவில்லை.

Suicide blast kills 35 in Pakistan; Zardari set to take power
The Associated Press, The New York TimesPublished: September 7, 2008

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: The death toll in a devastating suicide blast has reached 35, officials said Sunday, as Pakistan prepared for Benazir Bhutto's widower to take over as president.

The suicide attack Saturday underscored the militant threat facing the country and its president-elect, Asif Ali Zardari, who was expected to be sworn in by Tuesday.

Dozens of people were wounded in the bombing when an explosives-packed pickup truck blew up at a police checkpoint on the outskirts of Peshawar, the capital of the North-West Frontier Province.

Police said the large amount of explosives indicated that the bomb might have been intended for a more politically important target.

Zardari, 53, who has little governing experience and spent 11 years in jail on corruption charges that remain unproven, will succeed Pervez Musharraf, who resigned last month under the threat of impeachment.

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Unofficial results from voting in the two houses of Parliament and four provincial assemblies indicated that Zardari, the leader of the Pakistan People's Party, had won 479 of 702 votes.

His closest competitor, Saeeduz Zaman Siddiqui, of the Pakistan Muslim League-N, won 153 votes, and a third candidate, Mushahid Hussain Syed, received 43 votes. The results were expected to be certified by the Election Commission.

Zardari has the tacit approval of the United States, which views him as an ally in the campaign against terrorism. He has promised a tougher fight against Taliban and Al Qaeda militants in the nation's tribal areas, which they virtually control. They use the areas as a base from which to mount assaults on American and NATO troops fighting in Afghanistan.

After Bhutto was killed in December, Zardari became the leader of the Pakistan People's Party, which was founded by Bhutto's father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

Zardari led the party to victory in a parliamentary election Feb. 18 and formed a coalition with Nawaz Sharif, the leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-N.

The coalition collapsed last month amid a dispute over whether to reinstate the 60 judges fired by Musharraf when he imposed emergency rule in November.

In a sign of conciliation, Sharif telephoned Zardari on Saturday to congratulate him on his victory, according to television accounts.

The White House issued a statement of support Saturday.

"The United States congratulates Asif Ali Zardari on his election as president," said Gordon Johndroe, a White House spokesman. "President Bush looks forward to working with him, Prime Minister Gilani and the government of Pakistan on issues important to both countries, including counterterrorism and making sure Pakistan has a stable and secure economy."

Zardari's aides have promised that he would agree to the elimination of a constitutional provision that allows the president to dismiss Parliament, long considered a weak institution.

The minister of information, Sherry Rehman, a senior member of the Pakistan Peoples Party, said the relationship between the presidency and Parliament would be better balanced under Zardari, resulting in a "new era of democratic stability."

After the vote, Zardari spoke briefly on the lawn of the prime minister's residence. Flanked by his two teenage daughters, Bakhtawar and Asifa, Zardari said, "Parliament will be sovereign. This president shall be subservient to the Parliament."

But there was considerable skepticism among politicians and in the news media that Zardari would agree to a diminution of power. An editorial Saturday in the daily newspaper Dawn said it hoped that "his commitment to make himself a titular head of state will not waver."

Most Pakistanis looked on the presidential vote with considerable indifference, a sharp contrast to the excitement during the political campaign leading to the parliamentary elections.

In the Aabpara market in Islamabad, some storekeepers viewed Zardari's victory as a foregone conclusion. Several men said it was good for Pakistan to have a president and a prime minister from the same political party, reflecting the official line of the Pakistan People's Party.

"He can be a good president because the whole party is behind him," said Malik Zahoor, 50.

But some vendors said they believed the corruption charges against Zardari have made him unsuitable for the presidency.