ISLAMABAD, JUNE 9, SPA - PAKISTAN HAS DESCRIBED THE KILLING OF ABU MUSAB AL-ZARQAWI IN IRAQ AS A "SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT" IN THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISM AND HOPED THESECURITY SITUATION IN THE WAR-RAVAGED GULF COUNTRY WOULD NOW IMPROVE. "IT IS A SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT IN THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISM," FOREIGN OFFICE SPOKESPERSON TASNEEM ASLAM SAID WHILE COMMENTING ON AL-ZARQAWI’S DEATH IN AIRSTRIKE. SHE SAID PAKISTAN HAD ALWAYS EXPRESSED CONCERN AT THE LEVEL OF VIOLENCE IN IRAQ IN WHICH SO MANY PEOPLE WERE BEING KILLED. MS ASLAM SAID PAKISTAN WOULD CONTINUE TO HOPE THAT SECURITY SITUATION WILL NOW IMPROVE (IN IRAQ). --SPA 09/06/2006 14:43 ت م www.spa.gov.sa/367419