Pakistan : Terrorist Wahabi Islamic Rep Pakistan 6

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[url="http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010/06/17/story_17-6-2010_pg7_14"]1. Actual defence expenditures to be Rs675bn[/url]

* Adviser says debt servicing 28% of budget, defence spending 22%

* Expert says any party would have made similar budget



ISLAMABAD : Saqib Shirani, principal economic adviser to Ministry of Finance, told parliamentarians on Wednesday that defence expenditures for the forthcoming fiscal year 2010-11 would actually stand at [color="#FF0000"]Rs 675 billion.[/color]

[url="http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=245413"]2. Arsenic in Wasa water supply confirmed[/url]

LAHORE : [color="#FF0000"]Out of 392, as many as 253 tube wells - almost 89.71 per cent[/color] - of the Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) are pumping out arsenic-contaminated water, posing serious health hazards to Lahorites who are unaware of the slow poison they are consuming daily, says a recent report by the Punjab Environmental Protection Department (EPD).



Sources in the EPD said that according to samples taken by the field staff, water of 253 tube wells, out of 392, was found to be contaminated with arsenic. They said the PU’s Chemistry Department also seconded the EPD’s report through Atomic Absorption Tests. The EPD would submit a complete report on the matter to the Punjab chief minister in a few days, they added.



Termed a slow poison, arsenic is present in rocks, soil, air, plants and animals and its long-term use might cause different forms of cancer. The element can not be easily detected during ingestion as it is tasteless, odorless and colorless.



Arsenic in drinking water is absorbed by the body and distributed by bloodstream. It does not enter the body through skin or by inhalation during bathing.

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