President Pervez Musharraf on Monday summoned the budget session of Pakistan’s parliament on June 2, during which the PPP-led coalition government is expected to table a package of constitutional reforms aimed at clipping his wings. Following the nod from Musharraf, the National Assembly secretariat issued a formal notification for the holding of the budget session from June 2. Before the budget presentation on June 7, the National Assembly will debate key political, constitutional and security issues. It was not immediately clear whether the government planned to table the reforms aimed against Musharraf before the budget.Pak must strike back at terror: USBAGRAM: The US homeland security chief called on Pakistan’s new government on Monday to strike back against terrorism in its regions bordering Afghanistan or face more attacks of the kind that killed ex-premier Benazir Bhutto. Michael Chertoff’s comments come as Pakistan is pursuing peace deals with militant groups. The US and NATO have expressed concern that such deals give extremists space to plan and execute attacks on foreign forces in Afghanistan, where US troops have seen many recent attacks.
