Pakistan to take action against militants

Pakistan\'s government has pledged to take targeted action against militants, following a suicide bomb, which killed 53 people in the capital, Islamabad.



Interior Ministry adviser, Rehman Malik, said raids would be carried out in some hotspots near the Afghan border.



Earlier, the authorities revealed that a truck laden with 600 kilograms of high-grade explosives had rammed the Marriott Hotel security gate before blowing up.



Rescuers have been combing the wreckage for survivors and bodies.

The blast left 266 people with injuries.



Although most of those killed were Pakistani, the Czech ambassador and two US defence department workers were among the dead.