Pakistan Arrests 9 in Plot on President
Police arrested nine people believed linked to the planners of last month’s assassination attempt against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, a security official said Sunday. The suspects, including some students, were detained during a raid Saturday on an Islamic school in the eastern city of Lahore, the official said on condition of anonymity. He refused to give any more details. Meanwhile, Pakistan toughened its punishments for terror financiers, raising the maximum jail term from five to 10 years, and banning them from posting bail, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said. Full Story