Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the gates of Pakistan’s main weapons complex Thursday, killing 59 people and wounding 70, officials said.

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The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on Thursday outside the largest military ordnance plant in Pakistan.

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President Bush has expressed solidarity with Pakistan, which has been wracked by political turmoil and suicide bombings that killed dozens of people.

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Two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Pakistan’s main defence industry complex on Thursday as workers were leaving at the end of their shift, killing 59 people, officials said.

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Two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Pakistan’s main army munitions factory Thursday, killing 64 workers in the deadliest attack on a military installation in the country’s history.

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KABUL: Britain is “utterly resolute” in supporting Afghanistan as it fights a Taliban-led insurgency and pursues democracy, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said during a lightning visit to Kabul on Thursday.Brown flew into the Afghan capital from southern Helmand province where he met British troops at a sprawling base of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), which is helping Afghanistan fight off the extremists.His trip followed that on Wednesday of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who came to Kabul after 10 French soldiers were killed Monday in the deadliest battle for international forces here since the 2001 ouster of the Taliban.Even though countries with troops in Afghanistan had suffered losses in recent weeks, “we are utterly resolute in our determination to support this new democracy of Afghanistan,” Brown said.”We will not relax from our efforts to support reconstruction of Afghanistan because we understand that, with Afghanistan the frontline against the Taliban, what happens in Afghanistan affects the rest of the world,” he said.Brown pledged more support for Afghanistan, especially in the training and mentoring of the army and police forces and development of the civil service.Britain would also provide 120 million dollars towards a development fund that would include paying teachers” salaries and 17 million dollars for a radio station in Helmand, he announced.Britain has 8,500 troops in ISAF, according to the alliance force, most of them in Helmand — a hotspot for Taliban violence and Afghanistan’’s premium producer of illegal opium that supplies most of the heroin in Europe.The soldiers have been under pressure in the province, with calls for more troops and resources in a fight that has steadily intensified in the seven years since the Taliban were toppled in a US-led invasion.Recent weeks have seen a spike in violence, including the attack on the French soldiers and one on a base that left nine US soldiers dead and 15 wounded in mid-July.Brown said however that troops and commanders he had spoken to believed they had made “substantial progress” in Helmand.”While it is true that there is a summer offensive by the Taliban, it is also true that the tactics the Taliban had to adopt are more of a guerrilla nature than they are a head-on confrontation with our forces, and we have been successful in winning back territory,” he said.Brown said he and Karzai — who described the prime minister as having a “kind heart” for Afghanistan — also discussed allegations that attackers were arriving in Afghanistan from sanctuaries across the border in Pakistan.”I accept that Pakistan and the problems of terrorism there — that’’s something that’’s got to be raised with the Pakistan government,” he said.

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Suicide blasts and sinking financial markets added pressure on Pakistan’s government to tackle the nation’s mounting problems on Thursday after President Pervez Musharraf quit but a split threatens to tear the coalition apart.

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Two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Pakistan’s main military arms factory Thursday, killing 57 people and piling new pressure on the shaky coalition government to tackle militancy.

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Pakistan’s coalition government was close to collapse Thursday after former premier Nawaz Sharif threatened to quit if judges sacked by ousted president Pervez Musharraf are not restored.

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KARACHI: ICI Pakistan Limited has recorded half year profit (June 2008) after tax at Rs984.342 million, showing an impressive growth of 33 per cent over corresponding last year.According to an announcement here on Thursday, earnings per share (EPS) for the half year ended 30 June 2008 are up by 33 per cent to Rs 7.09.ICI Pakistan board of directors has approved an interim dividend at the rate of 25 per cent or Rs 2.50 per share.Despite increasingly difficult business environment, net sales income for half year ended 30 June 2008 stood at Rs 14.1 billion registered a strong growth of 34% compared to 2007 figures through a combination of higher volume, better pricing and launch of new products.Operating results also improved by an impressive 36% to Rs 1.7 billion during the period under review over the previous year.

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