18/12/07
Osama not in Pakistan, say Taliban
Pakistan Dawn – Karachi,Pakistan
A spokesman for the recently-formed United Taliban Movement of Pakistan
(UTMP) in a statement accused President Pervez Musharraf of making false
claims to …
www.dawn.com/2007/12/18/top11.htm
Pakistan Seeks End to Commonwealth Ban After Emergency Lifted
Bloomberg – USA
18 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan appealed to the Commonwealth to lift its
suspension from the 53-nation group after President Pervez Musharraf met
demands to step …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20
601087&sid=acZgcQOaaQCA&refer=home
Pakistan Hunts for Plane Plot Suspect
The Associated Press –
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — A British suspect in an alleged plot to blow
up trans-Atlantic jetliners slipped out the back door of a mosque after two
police …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gLC_WfXS
MyU0TCMNwZlAtlYJahaAD8TJEG4G0
Lawson’s inexperience cost Pakistan the series: Inzamam
Sify – Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
Lahore: Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has said Geoff Lawson’s lack
of experience as a coach was one of the reasons behind Pakistan’s Test and
…
sify.com/sports/fullstory.php?id=14577030
He Still Calls The Shots
Times of India – India
On December 13, 2007, just two days before the emergency was to be lifted
in Pakistan, President Pervez Musharraf promulgated an ordinance called
‘National …
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/He_Still_
Calls_The_Shots/articleshow/2629657.cms
EU urges Pakistan to lift all curbs ahead of vote
Reuters – USA
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission welcomed on Monday the lifting
of emergency rule in Pakistan but called for all restrictions to be removed
…
www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL1732214120071217
9 Pakistan soldiers killed in blast
Hindu – Chennai,India
He said the media was free in Pakistan, and termed reports to the contrary
as propaganda by the international media. Geo television, the only
Pakistani …
www.hindu.com/2007/12/18/stories/2007121855591300.htm
Pakistan escape policemen charged
BBC News – UK
Pakistan police say two guards who were accused of negligence over the
escape of Briton Rashid Rauf have now been charged with helping him get
away. …
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7148326.stm
Pakistan’s Bhutto takes vote campaign to heartland
Reuters South Africa – Johannesburg,South Africa
By Faisal Aziz HYDERABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani opposition leader
Benazir Bhutto took her election campaign into her heartland on Monday, …
africa.reuters.com/world/news/usnISL111074.html
Pakistan’s nukes safely guarded: Narayanan
Hindu – Chennai,India
New Delhi: India believes that the nuclear weapons in Pakistan are
“pretty safely guarded,” making it “extremely difficult” that they
will fall into the …
www.hindu.com/2007/12/18/stories/2007121855281000.htm
7335 candidates in field for Pakistan’s elections
Xinhua – China
17 (Xinhua) — A total of 7335 candidates are in the run for the national
and provincial assemblies seats in Pakistan’s upcoming parliamentary
elections, …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/17/content_7269052.htm
Burgers, prayers before Briton’s Pakistan escape: official
AFP –
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Pakistan police took a British plane bombing suspect
who escaped from custody out for prayers and fast-food before he made his
break to …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jTTnHm3KzvjU5qx4QGD6SGRBk4RQ
WHO team arrives to probe Pakistan bird flu cases
Reuters – USA
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A World Health Organization team headed for
Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province on Monday to investigate how eight
people were …
www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSISL9397820071217
At least nine dead in Pakistan suicide attack: army
AFP –
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) — At least nine members of a local Pakistan army
football team were killed and four wounded in a suicide attack in the
country’s …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h01LlBKE6nzWs6OT2txj_fUIZ8wQ
Around 9000 to contest Pakistan polls: official
AFP –
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Around 9000 candidates will contest next month’s
parliamentary elections in Pakistan, officials said, as the country’s main
opposition …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iKUMlV4_o-BSjp0HdmBTLEUc2iKA
Pakistan’s Kaneria hits out at Indian pitches
AFP –
KARACHI (AFP) — Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria hit out at the
lifeless pitches prepared by arch-rival India following the countries’
recent Test series …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gdjMom2iyEzgH_I4z6LL3MOQqaJA
India determined to defy history in Australia
AFP –
Ganguly, top-scorer against Pakistan with 534 runs in three matches, will
make his 100th Test appearance when India open a four-match series in
Melbourne on …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5grbIOy19rmNHSPD4W53Pv7WxgGuw
Pakistan’s emergency not yet over
Asia Times Online – Kowloon,Hong Kong
By Beena Sarwar KARACHI – President Pervez Musharraf’s lifting of emergency
rule over Pakistan and restoration of the constitution is insufficient to
put …
www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/IL18Df01.html
‘Eight killed’ in Pakistan attack
BBC News – UK
At least eight people have been killed in a suicide attack in north-western
Pakistan, police say. Reports said the attack happened at Kohat town, …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7147517.stm
Pakistan Will Be Wild in January
By Alex Thurston
We have a strong interest in a stable Pakistan, not only because of our problems in Afghanistan but also because of overall regional stability. However, as storms brew on the horizon, many of them connected to Musharraf’s policies and …
www.theseminal.com/2007/12/17/pakistan-will-be-wild-in-january/
Terror suspect escapes in Pakistan
By cohara@ceip.org (Carolyn O’Hara)
Rashid Rauf—arrested last year as the alleged mastermind of a plot to blow up a dozen airplanes over the Atlantic (and relegating all of us to live in carry-on hell ever after)—has escaped in Pakistan just after appearing at an …
blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/7401
Pakistan’s Elections
By China Hand(China Hand)
Sharif’s statements on pro-Taleban, pro-al Qaeda, and militantly Islamic strains in Pakistan’s society are apparently more in tune with the popular mood than Bhutto’s America friendly “we will fight them on the beaches” anti-terrorist …
chinamatters.blogspot.com/2007/12/pakistans-elections.html
Pakistan’s self-inflicting fight for survival
By Vikram Johri(Vikram Johri)
Democracy in Pakistan has had a checkered history right from the country’s inception in1947. A healthy democracy has four pillars: an independent and impartial judiciary, free and fearless press, an honest legislature, and a committed …
patrakaar2b.blogspot.com/2007/12/
pakistans-self-inflicting-fight-for.html
Pakistan, Bangladesh: 36 years
By Neha Viswanathan
All Things Pakistan on Bangladesh turning 36, and the need to bring Pakistanis stranded in camps back to Pakistan.
www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/12/
17/pakistan-bangladesh-36-years/
Law Enforcement, Pakistan Style
Rashid Rauf, one of the main suspects in the plot to blow up airplanes flying from Britain to the US, escaped after a court appearance in Pakistan when his police guards took off his handcuffs and let him go into a mosque to pray—while …
digg.com/world_news/Law_Enforcement_Pakistan_Style
WHO team arrives in Pakistan
By Crof
A World Health Organization team headed for Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province on Monday to investigate how eight people were infected with bird flu, after the country reported its first human death from the virus. …
crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2007/12/who-team-arrive.html
Huckabee and Pakistan
By Ilan Goldenberg
This is also quite reasonable. Iraq may be the hot war, but Pakistan is where the cold, calculating planning is going on. If al Qaeda strikes us tomorrow, the attack will be postmarked “Pakistan.”
www.democracyarsenal.org/2007/12/huckabee-and-pa.html
Siddiqui: Musharraf ‘Defacing’ Pakistan Constitution
By Juan Cole(Juan Cole)
The USG Open Source Center translates from Urdu a critical commentator on Pervez Musharraf’s ‘defacing’ of the Pakistan constitution. Musharraf has lifted the state of emergency in preparation for elections, but there are suspicions he …
www.juancole.com/2007/12/siddiqui
-musharraf-defacing-pakistan.html
Pakistan’s emergency not yet over—Asia Times by Beena Sarwar
By united4justice
KARACHI – President Pervez Musharraf’s lifting of emergency rule over Pakistan and restoration of the constitution is insufficient to put the country on the path to democracy, say civil-rights activists. …
united4justice.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/pakistans-
emergency-not-yet-over-asia-times-by-beena-sarwar/
Musharraf Says, “Pakistan is not a Banana Republic”
“Pakistan is not a Banana Republic.” Perhaps, not, if only because they don’t grow bananas there. And in an interview with Lally Weymouth of the Washington Post, Musharraf makes a now well quoted claim that bin Laden is in the Bajaur …
digg.com/politics/Musharraf_Says_
Pakistan_is_not_a_Banana_Republic
At least 10 dead in Pakistan suicide attack
A suicide bomber has killed at least 10 people in north-west Pakistan in an attack on a security checkpost.
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/17/2121181.htm
India speeding up nuclear missile production
New Delhi (AFP) Dec 14, 2007 – Nuclear-armed India said on Friday it was ready to jump-start production of long-range nuclear missiles which can hit targets deep in China or Pakistan. V. K. Sarswat, the chief of India’s missile development project, said the assembly lines were in place to speed up the production of the precision rockets. Military insiders told AFP the announcement was a response to reports of growin
www.spacewar.com/reports/India_speeding
_up_nuclear_missile_production_999.html
17/12/07
British Investigator Is Subject of Probe
www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121707N.shtml
Joby Warrick reports for The Washington Post, “A British customs agent who investigated the nuclear smuggling network of Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan has himself become the target of a British criminal probe after being prominently featured in a book by American researchers.”
PAKISTAN: Emergency Lifted But Democracy Elusive
Analysis by Beena Sarwar
KARACHI – President Pervez Musharraf’s lifting of emergency rule over Pakistan and restoration of the Constitution is insufficient to put the country on the path to democracy say civil rights activists.
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