London, Sept 22: Only a few legal formalities are left after which newly-elected Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari would pocket nearly three million pounds from the Pakistani exchequer, the sale proceeds of Surrey Palace – the “Rockwood House” - which was sold through a liquidator in 2004 after Zardari and his slain spouse Benazir Bhutto were found guilty of corruption.

The total worth of the mansion today is estimated to be around 8.5 million pounds.

Islamabad, Sept 22 : Pakistan’s Information and Broadcasting Ministry has reportedly ordered an inquiry into Saturday night’s gaffe wherein state owned TV channel, the PTV telecast President Asif Ali Zardari speech after the hotel blast as he was still rehearsing.

Zardari’s address to the nation was aimed at sharing the nation’s grief after the tragic blast which destroyed the Marriott Hotel. On the President’s insistence only, it was decided not to telecast it live, but first record it.

London - British Airways (BA) has suspended flights from London to Islamabad following the massive bomb blast in the Pakistani capital, a spokesman said Monday.

Islamabad, Sept 22 : The Saturday’s suicide bombing attack on a hotel in Islamabad could be the beginning of a fresh wave of attacks targeting the country’s large cities, feel Pakistani security and intelligence officials.

At least 60 people had died and more than 200 were injured in the attack, which reduced the five-star hotel’s building to ashes within a few hours. It has been likened by politicians and security officials to the New York attacks in 2001.

The bombing has sparked a security rethink for all of Pakistan’s biggest urban areas, reported the Financial Times.

“This attack could be the beginning of a [new] terror campaign,” the paper quoted one senior Pakistani intelligence official as saying.

Islamabad, Sept 22: After India, Iran has also reportedly expressed serious concerns over the security situation in Pakistan, and asked Islamabad to make enough security arrangements for the billion dollar Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project.

The demand came a day after Saturday’s bombing in which at least 60 people were killed and more than 200 injured.

Islamabad, Sept 22 : A day after Saturday’s massive bomb blast at Hotel Marriott, Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Kayani has reportedly vowed to eliminate terrorism from his country by defeating the extremist forces.

Condemning the bomb attack, the General said the Army stood with the Pakistani nation in its resolve to fight terrorism.