Pakistan government under scrutiny
Aljazeera.net – Qatar
Benazir Bhutto, leader of the Pakistan People’s Party, has said that some of her country’s religious schools are turning children into killers. …
english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F9F990FF-
CDED-4B21-966C-0497725993A8.htm

Seven killed, almost 30 hurt in Pakistan attack: military
Sydney Morning Herald – Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
A suicide bomber in Pakistan killed seven people and wounded almost 30 today when he rammed his car into a military convoy in the restive north-west valley …
www.smh.com.au/news/world/seven-killed-almost-30-hurt-in
-pakistan-attack-military/2007/12/24/1198344921671.html

Billions in Aid to Pakistan Was Wasted, Officials Assert
New York Times – United States
By DAVID ROHDE, CARLOTTA GALL, ERIC SCHMITT and DAVID E. SANGER ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After the United States has spent more than $5 billion in a largely …
www.nytimes.com/2007/12/24/world/asia/24military.html?
em&ex=1198645200&en=fc8069eb32747e06&ei=5087%0A

India need top six to shine to put Australia on back foot
Times Online – UK
On paper, their top six, who were full of runs in the recent 1-0 series victory against Pakistan, look as formidable as Australia’s. …
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/cricket/article3090522.ece

Suicide Bomber Kills Nine in Attack on Pakistan Military Convoy
Bloomberg – USA
24 (Bloomberg) — A suicide bomber killed nine people in an attack on a military convoy in northwestern Pakistan, two days after 50 people died in the same …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20
601087&sid=axMALXt3Iwdg&refer=home

Suicide Bomber Kills 9 in Pakistan
New York Times – United States
By REUTERS MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) — A suicide bomber killed four Pakistani soldiers and five civilians on Sunday in an attack on a military convoy in …
www.nytimes.com/2007/12/24/world/asia/24pakistan.html?ref=asia

Billions in Aid to Pakistan Was Wasted, Officials Assert
New York Times – United States
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After the United States has spent more than $5 billion in a largely failed effort to bolster the Pakistani military effort against …
www.nytimes.com/2007/12/24/world/asia/24military.html?hp

Australian delegation to assess security in Pakistan
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
LAHORE: A three-member Australian delegation will visit Pakistan in the last week of January 2008 to assess the security situation in the country.…
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007
%5C12%5C24%5Cstory_24-12-2007_pg2_5

Pakistan to play hockey tournament in China
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
LAHORE: Pakistan will participate in a four-nation hockey tournament in China prior to the Beijing Olympics next year, Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007
%5C12%5C24%5Cstory_24-12-2007_pg2_9

9 killed in suicide bomb attack in Pakistan
Xinhua – China
23 (Xinhua) — At least four Pakistani soldiers and five civilians were killed on Sunday in a suicide bomb attack in a valley in the northwest of Pakistan, …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/24/content_7300632.htm

Pakistan’s Northeastern India Agenda
The arrest of an alleged Pakistani intelligence operative by Indian police exposes a new front in the two country’s long insurgent proxy war.
www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=
com_content&task=view&id=950&Itemid=31

Pakistan’s most influential business magnates
By Naxal Watch(Naxal Watch)
Short-listing Pakistan’s most influential business magnates or Groups has never been an easy task because there are the people who have been very powerful in nearly every regime that has held this country’s reins since the last 60 years …
intellibriefs.blogspot.com/2007/12/pakistans-most-influential-business.html

Billions in Aid to Pakistan Was Wasted, Officials Assert
By Beau7890
… now acknowledge that there were too few controls over how the money was spent, and that the strategy to improve the Pakistani military needs to be complet. Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Pakistan military aid oversight al Qaeda terror.
donoevil.propeller.com/story/2007/12/23/billions-
in-aid-to-pakistan-was-wasted-officials-assert

Billions in Aid to Pakistan Was Wasted, Officials Assert
By munaeem@hotmail.com
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After the United States has spent more than $5 billion in a largely failed effort to bolster the Pakistani military effort against militants from Al Qaeda and the Taliban, some American officials now acknowledge …
www.pakistaniblogger.info/index.cfm?fa=conten
tNews.newsDetails&newsID=45677&from=list

Pakistan under house arrest
By arn(arn)
“People in the United States wonder why extremist militants in Pakistan are winning. What they should ask is why does President Musharraf have so little respect for civil society — and why does he essentially have the backing of …
bostonuniversity.blogspot.com/2007/12/
pakistan-under-house-arrest.html

Pakistan, Peru seek to buy Korea’s
Korea.net – South Korea
Pakistan and Peru are both keen to buy Korea’s aged ground attack
aircraft, currently grounded due to maintenance budget constraints, defense
officials here …
www.kois.go.kr/News/News/NewsView.asp?serial_no=20071224007

23/12/07

Nine killed in Pakistan suicide bombing:
Five civilians and four soldiers died in the attack on a military convoy in the north-west of the country – 23 others were injured.
snipurl.com/1vqws
 
Pakistani Lawyer Leader Re-Arrested :
The leader of the lawyers’ opposition movement in Pakistan was re-arrested Saturday after 24 hours of freedom from house arrest.
www.postchronicle.com/news/
breakingnews/article_212121169.shtml

22/12/07

Afghanistan condemns suicide attack in Pakistan mosque
Xinhua – China
“The Foreign Ministry of Afghanistan describes the terrorist attack as against Islamic norms and against humanity and condemns it,” said a statement issued …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/23/content_7296566.htm