30/11/07
Ten civilians killed in Pakistan’s Swat: police
AFP –
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) — At least 10 civilians were killed when Pakistani troops shelling suspected militant positions hit houses in the restive …
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Exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to return to Pakistan Sunday
The Canadian Press –
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will return home Sunday from Saudi Arabia, a senior leader of his party told The Associated …
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Bush could send troops into Pakistan to strike Bin Laden
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The US would send troops into Pakistan if intelligence was received enabling a strike at Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, AFP quoted US President …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2
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Musharraf: Emergency in Pakistan to be lifted on Dec. 16
Xinhua – China
ISLAMABAD, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) — Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced on Thursday that he intended to lift the state of emergency on Dec. 16. …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/30/content_7171250.htm
India will show no mercy to injury-hit Pakistan
Rediff – Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
India captain Anil Kumble [Images] on Thursday sounded a firm warning to Pakistan, saying his team is keen to wrap the three-Test series in Kolkata itself. …
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11 Civilians Die in Pakistan Fighting
The Associated Press –
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A shell aimed at Islamic militants in northern Pakistan killed 11 civilians, while a roadside bomb killed five soldiers in
another …
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Pakistan police clash with protesting lawyers
USA Today – USA
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Violent clashes broke out Thursday in the eastern
Pakistan city of Lahore between police and lawyers protesting against the
rule of …
www.usatoday.com/news/world/200
7-11-29-pakistan-protests_N.htm
Pakistan’s Tricky Transition
By Council on Foreign Relations
November 29, 2007. Pervez Musharraf may have stepped down as army chief but the Pakistani military remains strong and democratic prospects are cloudy.
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04593/pakistans_tricky_transition.html
Pakistan: A brief history of Swat
By Neha Viswanathan
Chapati Mystery explains the issues surrounding Swat in Pakistan.
www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/
11/29/pakistan-a-brief-history-of-swat/
Pakistan Power Transfer
By germanm
Here was a man who had controlled the most powerful institution in Pakistan, the military, for 9 years (far longer than this nation’s constitution allows). All of his power came from his uniform, and now, under intense international …
blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2007/11/pakistan-power.html
Robert Scheer: Playing Roulette in Pakistan
By Robert Scheer(webmaster@huffingtonpost.com)
Now, to be fair, Musharraf and Bhutto also favored Pakistan’s nuclear program and actively supported the Taliban. I am not referring to the fact that Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were the only countries to extend …
www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-scheer/
playing-roulette-in-pakis_b_74666.html
Musharraf takes off his uniform: Pakistan enters a new phase of …
By Alan Woods
Nawaz Sharif, who was deported to Saudi Arabia after only four hours in Pakistan, was permitted to return home at the insistence of the Saudis, allies and paymasters of both Musharraf and Sharif. The Saudi royal family took Sharif back …
portland.indymedia.org/en/2007/11/369250.shtml
Musharraf: Emergency in Pakistan to be lifted on Dec. 16 30 Nov 2007
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced on Thursday that he intended to lift the state of emergency martial law on Dec. 16.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/30/content_7171250.htm
President Bush offered his strongest support of embattled Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, saying the general “hasn’t crossed the line” and “truly is somebody who believes in democracy.”
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US to spend $97 mn to equip Pakistan’s Frontier Corps :
Even as an official review of US aid to Islamabad is underway following imposition of emergency rule in the country, the Pentagon wants to nearly double the funding to train and equip a Pakistani paramilitary force.
www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/145537.html
Defiant Musharraf starts new term as civilian president
Islamabad (AFP) Nov 29, 2007 – Pakistan’s Pervez Musharraf was sworn in as president for a second term Thursday and set a defiant tone for his new civilian leadership by swatting away international calls to end emergency rule. A day after standing down from the army which brought him to power in a coup in 1999, Musharraf took the oath of office for another five years at the presidential palace in Islamabad. He called
www.spacewar.com/reports/Defiant_Musharra
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11 civilians killed in Pakistan :
A shell aimed at Islamic militants in northern Pakistan killed 11 civilians, while a roadside bomb killed five soldiers in another troubled region near the Afghan border, officials said Thursday.
www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=1026878
“Pakistan will grow stronger with me as civilian President” :
In Lahore, police baton-charged 200 lawyers who gathered at the city courts to protest Gen. Musharraf’s swearing-in, the emergency and the detention of their colleagues. Lawyers observed a “black day” across the country and journalists held protests, while politicians mulled over their options.
www.hindu.com/2007/11/30/stories/2007113063181400.htm
US backs out-of-uniform Musharraf:
The Bush administration on Wednesday conveyed that it still backs retired General Pervez Musharraf as Pakistan’s supreme leader, and will continue to do business with him. The assurance enabled the military ruler-turned-civilian ‘president’ to announce that he is meeting a key US demand – rolling back the Emergency before the January 8 polls.
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29/11/07
Does Washington really want democracy in Pakistan?
Aijaz Ahmad: Democracy stuck in secrets and deals view
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General Musharraf’s Second Martial Law: The Hidden Agenda!
By Mehroz Siraj Sadruddin
www.countercurrents.org/siraj291107.htm
Pakistan needs a fresh start that should enable Pakistanis to enmesh democratic, pluralistic and secularist values within its social and political psyche and fabric. The sooner we do away with military dictatorships and civilians like Miss Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, the better
Assailants kill 3 Pak soldiers in Baloch:
Assailants attacked security forces in Pakistan’s insurgency-hit Balochistan province on Wednesday, shooting to death three troops and wounding five others, officials said.
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Musharraf retires as Pakistan’s army chief:
He remains president after fulfilling long-delayed pledge
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21993955/
Uniform not enough, Pakistanis want Musharraf gone:
President Pervez Musharraf may have finally made good on a pledge to quit as army chief, but many ordinary Pakistanis on Wednesday said it was time the coup-leader was jettisoned from politics altogether.
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Robert Scheer: Playing Roulette in Pakistan:
It was a very good week for Saudi Arabia. The royal family’s favored Pakistani “president-in-exile,” Nawaz Sharif, returned in a triumphant homecoming, throwing down a major challenge to the rule of Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who’s still favored, for the moment, by the United States.
www.alternet.org/columnists/story/69134/
‘Israel wanted to destroy Pak nukes’:
A new book claims that Mossad, Israel’s external intelligence agency, ran a highly secretive bombing campaign directed at individuals in Europe helping Pakistani scientist AQ Khan build a nuclear weapon.
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Pervez Musharraf steps down from military command 28 Nov 2007
Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf has officially stepped down as head of the armed forces, ending eight years of military rule. He has handed over his uniform to his designated successor, General Ashfaq Kiyani.
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