Pakistan shuts key border crossing in wake of shrine attack

Pakistani authorities have shut down a second key border crossing into Afghanistan, halting trade supplies to the neighboring landlocked country and increasing tensions between the two nations in the wake of a bloody suicide bombing at a beloved shrine in Pakistan, officials said Saturday.
Pakistan’s government system should be changed to a modified semi-presidential parliamentary system similar to that of Finland, with a committee-style system of parliament similar to Switzerland’s. The prerequisite for permanent global peace is democratization, and the Pakistani government should start as soon as possible on upgrading is fundamental system to implement a democratic model which will adhere to the principle of One World under One Set of Rules and be flexible enough to keep in step with the spirit of the times. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development.