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1. US to `steer clear` if Israel responds to Iran`s onslaught
The United States said on Sunday it will not join any Israeli counterattack on Iran, with President Joe Biden warning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to `think carefully` about any escalation.
The White House said Mr Biden did not want a wider war after helping key ally Israel repel a massive aerial attack by Tehran itself in retaliation for a presumed Israeli strike that killedsenior Iranian military officers in Damascus
2. One Pakistani killed, another injured in Sydney attack
A Pakistani man was killed and another injured in a weekend knife attack in a Sydney shopping mall, according to two local community groups and media reports.
The Australian Pakistani National Association and an Ahmadiyya community organisation on Sunday said 30-year-old Faraz Tahir, the mall`s security guard, was killed by a knife-wielding man who also killed five women, AFP reported.
3. President`s address to joint session now on 18th
Delaying his parliamentary address, President Asif Zardari has now summoned a joint sitting of both houses of parliament on April 18, as the National Assembly Secretariat on Sunday issued a six-point agenda for the sitting on Monday (today), which includes the laying of an ordinance promulgated by the caretaker government and a calling attention notice on the issue of the construction of a barrage on Ravi River by India
4. Finance minister reaches Washington for crucial talks with IMF
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb arrived in Washington on Sunday with his team to participate in the IMF and World Bank`s spring meetings and initiate talks on a new financial package ranging from $6 billion to $8 billion.
The IMF ministerial meetings and events are scheduled for April 17-19, with additional activities planned from April 15-20
