Pakistan Bleeds with Bomb Blasts and Inflation
POLITICS / K. Venkateshwar Rao 19 FEBRUARY 2020 While Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan is jealously pursuing his foreign jaunts to seek support from the Muslim nations against India’s accession of Kashmir and to prevent Pakistan from being blacklisted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) over inadequate measures to rein in terror, Pakistan is bleeding on account of serial bomb blasts and rising inflation. A deadly bomb blast near a religious rally in Pakistan’s city of Quetta on February 17 created mass havoc, claiming seven dead and injuring over 25 people. The explosion took place just three days ahead of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) start of the new season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL). PCB has decided to host the entire season of PSL in Pakistan and promised to provide the best security to players across the country. Earlier in January, a bomb blast triggered by ISIS during evening prayers in Quetta—inside a mosque used by the Taliban—kil