Pakistan: Politics and Government

Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Written answers and statements, 4 November 2009

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Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes, Labour)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the security situation in Pakistan.

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Ivan Lewis (Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs), Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Bury South, Labour)

holding answer 2 November 2009

There has been a series of deadly terrorist attacks across Pakistan over the last few weeks. On 2 November 2009, a bomb exploded outside the National Bank in Rawalpindi, with initial reports of 22 people killed and over 40 injured. On 28 October 2009, at least 100 people were killed and over 200 injured in a car bomb attack in Peshawar, North West Frontier Province. Other recent targets have included the UN World Food Programme and the Pakistan Army general headquarters in Rawalpindi. These attacks have been linked to the launching of Pakistan Army operations against Pakistan Taliban militants in South Waziristan.

As my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister stated on 14 October 2009, Hansard, column 300, we will continue to work closely with Pakistan to counter the threat to both Pakistan and the UK from violent extremism.

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