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Hillary visits Lahore as blast death toll reaches 105

AFP, lahore
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Pakistan's cultural capital Lahore where she answered critical questions on US policy from Pakistani students yesterday, second day of a diplomatic mission overshadowed by a massive bomb attack killing 105 people.
On a day devoted to public diplomacy, Hillary covered her head and chest in a royal blue dupatta to visit the shrine ol a Muslim saint in the capital Islamabad before touring the 16th century Badshahi mosque in Lahore.
Accompanied by Interior Minister Rehman Malik, Hillary closed her eyes and pressed her fingers together in prayer, then doled out alms to the needy at the Bari Shafi Latif mausoleum near the heavily guarded seat of government.
Hillary's visit to the second largest city in Pakistan, which has been hit by a series of gun, suicide and grenade attacks this year, has been accompanied by draconian security measures a day after a car bomb killed 105 in Peshawar.
Hillary said the “horrific bombing" in the north-western city left no doubt that "Pakistan is in the midst of a battle against extremists".
Hiis is not your fight alone... You're standing on the frontlines of (his battle but we are standing with you." she said.
Answering questions from students on US intentions and perceived failings, Hillary acknowledged past mistakes but called for a new era and was treated to applause when she voiced opposition to US president GeorgeW Bush.
Pakistan's relations with the United States, on whom it depends for cash and weapons to fight Islamist militants bombing the country, can be uneasy.
Many Pakistanis blame the US-led war on terror’ and the government's alliance with Washington for the attacks sweeping the country, and US missile attacks on al-Qaeda and Taliban-linked extremists have inflamed sensibilities.
Following previous announcements of cash for poverty, border security and energy development, Hillary pledged a 45-million-dollar investment for higher education in Pakistan and was to meet business leaders later I hursday.
Fending off a question about perceived US bias towards Pakistan's arch rival India, Hillary told the hand-picked audiencethat peace was the way forward.
" If there were peace between Pakistan and India, and the outstanding issues were resolved, Pakistan would take off like a rocket in terms of economic development.
"Pakistan has such an opportunity to be a power house. You arc so strategically located," she said -- referring to the possibility of trade opening up to the north, east and west and with the Arabian Sea.
Hillary, who says the United States wants to "turn the page" on its relationship with Pakistan, is devoting significant energy to public diplomacy to counter rising Pakistani criticism of the alliance with Washington.
President Barack Obama's administration wants to engage with Pakistan, which traditionally sees the United States as interested only in securing its military cooperation in the fight against the Taliban and al-Qaeda.
Hillary has already committed 85 million dollars to countering poverty, 125 million dollars to improving Pakistan's woefully inadequate electricitysupply and 104 million dollars to law enforcement and border security assistance.