2007 – Year of political turmoil in Pakistan
Sify – Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
Islamabad: The outgoing year will go down as one of the rare years in Pakistan’s history when its pet obsessions — India and Kashmir— appeared to have …
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Pakistan – The Army Won’t Return To Barracks
Free Internet Press – New York,NY,USA
Pervez Musharraf wants to impose an authoritarian presidential system on Pakistan in which the army preserves the dominant role. His people want a civilian …
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Report: Pakistan police guards helped escaped Briton suspected in …
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) – Wien,Austria
AP ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) – A high-level probe into the escape of a British suspect in an alleged plot to blow up trans-Atlantic jetliners has concluded …
www.pr-inside.com/report-pakistan-
police-guards-helped-escaped-r356909.htm

Toll rises in Pakistan train crash
Aljazeera.net – Qatar
The toll from a train crash in Pakistan has risen to at least 56, with 200 injured. Pakistan railway officials say they still do not know what caused the …
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C600-1F64-40DF-B054-CCB2BA04D2B7.htm

World Briefing | Asia Pakistan: Leading Artist Found Strangled
New York Times – United States
By REUTERS One of Pakistan’s most renowned artists, Ismail Gulgee, was found strangled at his home in Karachi, along with his wife and maid, the police said …
www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/world
/asia/20briefs-artist.html?ref=world

58 killed in Pakistan rail tragedy
The Press Association –
An express train crowded with holiday travellers has derailed in southern Pakistan, killing at least 58 people and injuring another 150. …
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Train Derails in Pakistan, Killing 58
The Associated Press –
MEHRABPUR, Pakistan (AP) — Plunged into darkness and chaos, Shahid Khan used the light from his cell phone to escape the wreckage of an express train that …
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Rights Group: Free and Fair Elections Impossible in Pakistan
Voice of America – USA
By VOA News A rights group says free and fair elections are impossible in Pakistan under the current political climate. The US-based Human Rights Watch says …
www.voanews.com/english/2007-12-19-voa20.cfm

Fair elections not possible in Pakistan: HRW
AFP –
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Fair and free elections in Pakistan are “impossible” following the dismantling of an independent judiciary and a crackdown on critics by …
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Pakistan says no threat of bird flu pandemic
Reuters – USA
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan said on Wednesday there was no threat of a pandemic from bird flu, as World Health Organization experts visited the country’s …
www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSISL13704320071219

Afghan president to pay two-day visit to Pakistan
Xinhua – China
19 (Xinhua) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai will pay a two-day visit to Pakistan from Dec. 26 at the invitation of President Pervez Musharraf, according to …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/19/content_7281629.htm

Pakistan releases ‘missing’ prisoners
The Australian – Sydney,Australia
The Times said Mr Memon was picked up in South Africa in March 2003, according to his family, and later brought to Pakistan and held by the intelligence …
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/s
tory/0,25197,22950345-2703,00.html

At least 16 children die in Pakistan road accident
RIA Novosti – Moscow,Russia
ISLAMABAD, December 19 (RIA Novosti) – At least 16 children were killed in a road accident in the Punjab province, northeast Pakistan, local TV reported, …
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Pakistan says no threat of bird flu pandemic
Reuters – USA
ISLAMABAD, Dec 19 (Reuters) – Pakistan said on Wednesday there was no threat of a pandemic from bird flu, as World Health Organisation experts carried out …
www.reuters.com/article/africaCrisis/idUSSP158194

14 Die in Pakistan Road Accident
The Associated Press –
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A trailer truck hit a rickshaw crowded with children going to school in eastern Pakistan on Wednesday, leaving 14 people dead, …
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2 killed, 5 injured in blast in Pakistan
Xinhua – China
19 (Xinhua) — Two people were killed and five others were seriously injured in a bomb blast in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province on Wednesday, …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/19/content_7281398.htm

Pakistan stared into abyss in 2007
AFP –
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — With landmark elections just weeks away, the political upheaval and record violence that left Pakistan staring into the abyss this year …
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Pakistan derailment kills at least 50
Baltimore Sun – United States
MIRPURKHAS, Pakistan // An express train crowded with holiday travelers derailed in southern Pakistan early today, killing at least 50 people and injuring …
www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/
bal-te.briefs19dec19,0,7081405.story

US Congress Sets Limits on Aid to Pakistan
By Hassan Abbas(Hassan Abbas)
Congress yesterday slapped restrictions on military aid to Pakistan and withheld $50 million of the administration’s $300 million request until Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice can certify that Islamabad is restoring democratic …
watandost.blogspot.com/2007/12/
us-congress-sets-limits-on-aid-to.html

Pakistan parties urged to sign for free media
By caloy
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) fully supports its affiliate, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), in calling for all political parties in Pakistan to sign a declaration that they will not support any move …
www.pinoypress.net/2007/12/20/pak
istan-parties-urged-to-sign-for-free-media/

Childhood in Pakistan: the situation, the challenges and the response.
Pakistan population was 153 million in 2003. Annual number of births in the same year was 55 million and annual under age five deaths were 567000. The life expectancy at birth was 61 years. By the beginning of 1980, although infant …
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Shakespeare in Pakistan
By Crof
… reminiscent of those old Cold War reports on Kremlin politics, based on who was standing close to whom while watching the May Day parade. But at this point that’s about the best anyone can do to understand what’s going on in Pakistan.
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WHO says Pakistan bird flu cluster no cause for alarm as yet
According to an expert at the World Health Organization, the cluster of suspected bird flu cases in Pakistan may be a combination of infections from poultry with limited person-to-person transmission.
www.news-medical.net/?id=33693

Questions for the Two Rulers of Pakistan and America
By Insouciant(Insouciant)
How will you address the increasing anti-Americanism in Pakistan in light of the growing, and not unjustified, perception among Pakistan’s democratic moderates that the United States is not willing to stand with the people of Pakistan …
unitedstudentsfederation.blogspot.com/2007/
12/questions-for-two-rulers-of-pakistan.html

Pakistan: End Persecution of Lawyers and Judges – Human Rights Watch
By Hassan Abbas(Hassan Abbas)
(New York, December 19, 2007) – Scores of lawyers, judges and other government critics remain detained in Pakistan despite the lifting of the state of emergency on December 15, Human Rights Watch said today in a new report. …
watandost.blogspot.com/2007/12/pakistan
-end-persecution-of-lawyers-and.html

PAKISTAN : Extremist group operates openly
By Naxal Watch(Naxal Watch)
LAHORE, PAKISTAN — Although the war against Islamic militancy has focused on shadowy underground organizations such as Al Qaeda, counter-terrorism officials say there is a growing worldwide threat from an extremist group operating in …
intellibriefs.blogspot.com/2007/12/
pakistan-extremist-group-operates.html

Shakespeare in Pakistan
By Scott McPherson
The first World Health Organization team is on the ground and working in Peshawar province in northwest Pakistan. And barely within hours of the arrival of the advance team, declarations were made and assurances were given that things …
www.scottmcpherson.net/journal/2007/
12/19/shakespeare-in-pakistan.html

In Pakistan’s villages, it’s the economy, Musharraf
By admin
Westerners overestimate the popularity of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the main opposition leader, he said, because they only meet “human rights activists” in Pakistan’s cities. And he scoffed at Bhutto’s claim that her party …
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Sabotage ruled out as cause of Pakistan train crash
The death toll from a train derailment in Pakistan has been revised to 40, with more than 120 people reportedly injured.
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/20/2123451.htm

EVENT : Public Opinion in Pakistan
By Naxal Watch(Naxal Watch)
This in-depth survey of public opinion in Pakistan, conducted just before Musharraf’s declaration of emergency rule, will shed light on many of the issues that will play out in the January 8, 2008 parliamentary elections. Speakers …
intellibriefs.blogspot.com/2007/12
/event-public-opinion-in-pakistan.html

At least 45 dead after Pakistan train derails
By AFP(AFP)
MEHRABPUR, Pakistan (AFP) – A Pakistan train packed with holiday travellers slipped off the rails and crashed overnight, killing at least 45 people and leaving more than 100 injured, officials said on Wednesday.
www.afp.com/english/news/stories/071219104646.w1qhya6s.html

Pakistan train derails – 45 dead
By Hasan Mansoor, AFP MEHRABPUR, Pakistan – A Pakistan train packed with holiday travellers slipped off the rails overnight and crashed, killing at least 45 people and leaving more than 100 injured, officials said today. …
www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=665367

Hence Proved Emergency in Pakistan was not futile
By Kaptain
A bomb blast rocks a city in the NWFP killing a couple of soldiers and civilians; another incident is marred in the most backward province of Pakistan, Sindh, where a train is derailed and scores are killed; although the ‘free’ but …
kaptainmirza.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/hence
-proved-emergency-in-pakistan-was-not-futile/

NYTimes: Picture of Secret Detentions Emerges in Pakistan
By HRCP
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s military and intelligence agencies, apparently trying to avoid acknowledging an elaborate secret detention system, have quietly set free nearly 100 men suspected of links to terrorism, few of whom were …
hrcpblog.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/nytimes-
picture-of-secret-detentions-emerges-in-pakistan/

Political Turbulence Shakes Pakistan in 2007
By sheff
For Pakistan, 2007 was a year of unrest and political turmoil. After seven years in power, President Pervez Musharraf faced the first direct and sustained challenges to his rule from armed Islamic groups and the political opposition. …
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Pakistan Train Wreck Kills Dozens
An express train crowded with holiday travelers derailed in southern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least 56 people and injuring another 150, officials said. … abbym0308. abbym0308; added; 1 hour ago; 1 response.
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Pakistan News – Breaking World Pakistan News – The New York Times
World news about Pakistan. Breaking news and archival information about its
people, politics and economy from The New York Times.
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