Two Pak ministers sacked
Wednesday, 15 December 2010
ISLAMABAD, Dec 14 (agencies): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani sacked two cabinet ministers Tuesday for engaging in a protracted and public war of words over a corruption scandal.
Gilani's office announced in a short statement that science and technology minister Azam Swati and religious affairs minister Hamid Saeed Kazmi had been removed from their portfolios.
Swati and Kazmi had been locked in a row over a scandal that reportedly implicated Kazmi's ministry in graft while booking accommodation for around 80,000 Pakistani pilgrims to Mecca.
Meanwhile: A US drone strike in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt on Tuesday killed four militants, destroying their vehicle, local security officials said.
Another report adds: Heavily armed militants attacked a paramilitary checkpoint in Pakistan's lawless tribal area on the Afghan border, killing two soldiers and wounding six others, officials said Tuesday.
The Frontier Corps (FC) said its troops were targeted in Mohmand district where a double suicide bombing killed 43 people last week.
Gilani's office announced in a short statement that science and technology minister Azam Swati and religious affairs minister Hamid Saeed Kazmi had been removed from their portfolios.
Swati and Kazmi had been locked in a row over a scandal that reportedly implicated Kazmi's ministry in graft while booking accommodation for around 80,000 Pakistani pilgrims to Mecca.
Meanwhile: A US drone strike in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt on Tuesday killed four militants, destroying their vehicle, local security officials said.
Another report adds: Heavily armed militants attacked a paramilitary checkpoint in Pakistan's lawless tribal area on the Afghan border, killing two soldiers and wounding six others, officials said Tuesday.
The Frontier Corps (FC) said its troops were targeted in Mohmand district where a double suicide bombing killed 43 people last week.