The Lahore High Court chief justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif served notice on Pakistan [2]'s Interior Ministry for not replying to a petition demanding full disclose on the activities of Blackwater [3] in the country, and warned that if the interior secretary does not reply by Dec. 14 he could be prosecuted for contempt of court. Sharif also called for a detailed report from the Foreign Ministry on a request to search of the US embassy to recover illegal weapons. Hashim Shaukat Khan, president of Pakistan's Watan Party, had filed the petition. His attorney, Barrister Zafarullah, said the day Blackwater stepped into Pakistan, terrorism and suicide attacks stepped up. He also alleged that illegal arms are being stored in the US embassy, which were being used for "sabotage acts [4]" in the country. (Pakistan Daily Times [5], Dec. 5)
At least 40 were killed and scores injured Dec. 4 when a pair of suicide bombers stormed a crowded mosque in Rawalpindi during Friday prayers, joined by assailants who hurled grenades and sprayed gunfire among the worshipers. (WP [6], Dec. 5) Another three were killed in a blast at a KFC outlet in Peshawar. (BBC News [7], Dec. 5)
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