27/12/07

2007 saw India’s win over Pakistan on the Baglihar dam issue
Economic Times – Gurgaon,Haryana,India
India stole the march over Pakistan in the early part of the outgoing year when the World Bank gave a green signal to Balighar power project in …
economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/2007_saw
_Indias_win_over_Pakistan_on_the_Baglihar_dam_issue_/
articleshow/2654491.cms

Pakistan boys wait on deportation fate
ic Wales – United Kingdom
But Christopher and Calvin – who use their father’s first name as their surname – were due to be sent back to Pakistan after the alleged discovery of visa …
icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/wales-news/2007/12/27/
pakistan-boys-wait-on-deportation-fate-91466-20288087/

Security fears over Pakistan cricket tour
Melbourne Herald Sun – Australia
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd says he’s not inclined to intervene to stop the Australian cricket team’s planned tour of Pakistan. The Australians are scheduled …
www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/
0,21985,22976567-5005961,00.html

Pakistan’s Elections: Not Free, Not Fair
Washington Post – United States
Nadeem Kiani, the press attach¿ of the Embassy of Pakistan [letters, Dec. 21], would have us believe that imprisoning sitting judges of the Pakistani…
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2007/12/26/AR2007122601569.html

Karzai in Pakistan to Mend Ties
New York Times – United States
By SALMAN MASOOD and CARLOTTA GALL ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan and President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan signaled an …
www.nytimes.com/2007/12/27/world/asia/27pakistan.html
27/world/asia/27pakistan.html

Pakistan Backs Afghanistan in Terrorism Fight, Musharraf Says
Bloomberg – USA
27 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan supports Afghanistan in the fight against terrorism and the two countries need to stand together to defeat extremism,…
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=2060
1087&sid=aD8Ch5IDM_dk&refer=home

Bhutto’s Party Goes On-Line Globally for Support
FOX News – USA
The Pakistan People’s Party is ready to lead our beloved country into a brighter future of prosperity, peace, and security. For you and for our country’s …
www.foxbusiness.com/markets/industries/finance/article/
bhuttos-party-goes-online-globally-support_418936_9.html

PAKISTAN DECIDES 2008: 20 community leaders vie for 25 NA …
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
Unlike the past, old Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) stalwart Saleh is contesting from the platform of the Pakista Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) while Abida …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=20
07%5C12%5C27%5Cstory_27-12-2007_pg7_44

At least 405 US military deaths in Afghanistan, Pakistan since …
International Herald Tribune – France
26, 2007, at least 405 members of the US military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the US invasion of Afghanistan in late …
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/27/america/Afghan-US-Deaths.php

Pakistan, Afghanistan Governments Pledge Enhanced Cooperation
Chosun Ilbo – Seoul,South Korea
Pakistan and Afghanistan have pledged to enhance cooperation between their spy agencies and tighten border controls in an effort to curb militant activities …
english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200712/200712270003.html

Afghan leader to travel to neighboring Pakistan for talks on …
International Herald Tribune – France
AP ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Afghanistan’s president headed to neighboring Pakistan on Wednesday to coordinate the fight against Taliban and al-Qaida militants …
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/26/asia
/AS-GEN-Pakistan-Afghanistan.php

Pakistan Is Defeating Militants in Swat Valley, Musharraf Says
Bloomberg – USA
26 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan’s army is defeating Islamic militants in Swat Valley near Afghanistan, President Pervez Musharraf said, three days after a …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601
087&sid=a8ROd7MNruyQ&refer=home

India waits for Iran, Pakistan
Tehran Times – Iran
NEW DELHI (IANS) — Pakistan and Iran are yet to confirm their participation in the Indian Navy’s pioneering initiative, a 31-nation regional conclave which …
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=159997

Pakistan’s hushed media is criticized
Houston Chronicle – United States
By LAURA KING KARACHI, PAKISTAN — It’s the height of election season, and Pakistani television audiences might expect the airwaves to be crackling with live …
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/5402875.html

Pakistan adrift from Quaid’s vision: former CJP
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Deposed chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said that this is the “darkest period in the country’s constitutional and …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=200
7%5C12%5C26%5Cstory_26-12-2007_pg7_13

PAKISTAN DECIDES: Peshawar: NA-1, NA-2, NA-3 and NA-4
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
Peshawar district had been a stronghold of the Pakistan Muslim League. When President Pervez Musharraf removed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in a…
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007
%5C12%5C26%5Cstory_26-12-2007_pg7_18

Pakistan bars live reporting of poll rallies
Times of India – India
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s broadcast regulator on Monday barred “live and extensive” reporting of election rallies and meetings by TV news channels,…
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan_bars_
live_reporting_of_poll_rallies/articleshow/2650849.cms

Pakistan opposition leader Bhutto promises to fight Islamic extremists
The Canadian Press –
LODHRA, Pakistan – Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto on Tuesday accused President Pervez Musharraf of failing to stop the spread of Islamic…
canadianpress.google.com/article/ALe
qM5icQ9v_Hlp3ZQKbUk6GcNkl-qx59A

2 killed, 5 injured as violence continues in NW Pakistan
Xinhua – China
25 (Xinhua) — Two people were killed and five others injured as clashes between rival groups continued for the third day in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/25/content_7312619.htm

US aid plan for Pakistan mired
The Age – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
AN AMBITIOUS US aid plan to counter militancy in Pakistan’s tribal areas is threatened by questions about who will monitor the money and whether it could …
www.theage.com.au/news/world/us-aid-plan-f
or-pakistan-mired/2007/12/25/1198345010350.html

US aid ‘diverted’ in Pakistan
By forums@www.military-quotes.com (SwordFish_13)
Hi, Source:BBC News More than $5bn in US military aid to Pakistan has often failed to reach frontline units fighting al-Qaeda and the Taleban, the New York Times says. It quoted officials saying much of the money was diverted to weapons …
www.military-quotes.com/forum/showthread.php?t=50518

Pakistan adrift from Founding Father’s vision: Deposed Chief …
By Hassan Abbas(Hassan Abbas)
ISLAMABAD: Deposed chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said that this is the “darkest period in the country’s constitutional and political history” and that after 60 years of its creation Pakistan has drifted …
watandost.blogspot.com/2007/12/pakista
n-adrift-from-founding-fathers.html

Pakistan: Call for frozen-chicken markets
By Crof
Government should promote frozen chicken market to avoid threats of H5N1 virus, says Dr Alamdar Hussain Malik, secretary/registrar, Pakistan Veterinary Medical Council, the other day. He said 2500 poultry farms were without NOC from the …
crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2007/12/pakistan-call-f.html

US left Pakistan ‘defenceless’ : Kissinger’s ‘76 remarks revealed
By munaeem@hotmail.com
WASHINGTON, Dec 25: The United States would also have built a nuclear bomb if it were in Pakistan’s position after India’s first nuclear test in 1974, according to former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. …
www.pakistaniblogger.info/index.cfm?fa=content
News.newsDetails&newsID=45764&from=list

Muhammad Reports From Tribal Areas, Pakistan, December 26, 2007
By johnibii
According to Online, when the Pakistan Army reached Kalam, local dignitaries, including Union Council nazim Kalam Habibullah, Haji Seikhi Malik, Hameed Kalami, Haji Shah Jehan Kalami and local media person Rehmat Din Siddiqi, …
johnibii.wordpress.com/2007/12/26/muhammad-reports
-from-tribal-areas-pakistan-december-26-2007/

25/12/07

NYT accuses Pakistan of diverting terrorism funds
Pakistan Dawn – Karachi,Pakistan
By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Dec 24: Pakistan has used much of the $5 billion it received from the United States for fighting terrorists to buy weapons to …
www.dawn.com/2007/12/25/top8.htm

Pakistan military ‘misusing US aid’
Aljazeera.net – Qatar
Pakistan’s government has misused billions of US aid dollars meant for anti-terror efforts, channelling the money to finance weapons against India, …
english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/72F5FC31
-378A-4705-BEB8-A74D5F96C5BC.htm

Pakistan: All’s well? Not yet
Seattle Post Intelligencer – USA
All’s well in Pakistan, getting back on track to democracy, restoring human rights and returning to stability? For all the Bush administration’s happy talk, …
seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/344766_lawyersed.html

US military aid misused in Pakistan: reports
ABC Online – Australia
By Washington correspondent Michael Rowland Concern is mounting in the United States that billions of dollars in military aid to Pakistan might be getting …
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007
/12/25/2127119.htm?section=world

Musharraf expresses firm resolve for free elections in Pakistan
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
BEIJING: President Pervez Musharraf has emphasised his commitment to free elections in Pakistan in an article published on Monday, while defending the …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007
%5C12%5C25%5Cstory_25-12-2007_pg7_11

Pakistan still probing human transmission in bird flu: ministry
AFP –
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Pakistan’s health ministry said Monday it was still investigating whether there was human transmission in the country’s first death from …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i-phxYJk3H-o1vt-BQ9s-yIXJXjA

Cricket-Pakistan board imposes domestic ban on ICL players
Reuters.uk – UK
KARACHI, Dec 24 (Reuters) – Pakistan’s cricket authorities have banned players who appeared in the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) from playing in the …
uk.reuters.com/article/cricketNews/idUKL2461711220071224

US Aid Plan for Tribal Areas in Pakistan Is Threatened
New York Times – United States
By JANE PERLEZ PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Weeks before it is to begin, an ambitious American aid plan to counter militancy in Pakistan’s tribal areas is …
www.nytimes.com/2007/12/25/world/asia/25pakistan.html?hp

Pakistan ‘soaked in blood’
News24 – South Africa
Sukkur, Pakistan – Pakistan’s election campaign intensified on Monday with the three top political leaders rallying supporters across the country just two …
www.news24.com/News24/World/
News/0,,2-10-1462_2243163,00.html

Report: US military aid to Pakistan not well controlled
Xinhua – China
24 (Xinhua) — More than 5 billion US dollars in the US anti-terrorism aid to Pakistan has not been well controlled and was diverted to some other programs, …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/24/content_7306303.htm

Christmas in Pakistan: Greetings and Reflections
By Adil Najam
Christmas greetings to all our Christian readers in Pakistan and elsewhere. On this auspicious day, we at ATP pray for peace and goodwill to all. Last year our Christmas post had carried the picture on the right below. …
pakistaniat.com/2007/12/25/pakistan-christians-christmas/

Pakistan Follies
By Matt Zeitlin
The New York Times article looking at our military aid to Pakistan is quite good and really exposes the incompetence behind both the administration’s Pakistan policy and our South Asia policy more generally. The first major problem is …
whippersnapper.wordpress.com/2007/12/24/pakistan-follies/

US Official – No Hold Up On Pakistan’s F-16s
By Cernig(Cernig)
A report in the NY Times today has raised what the Counterterrorism Blog calls “thinking eyebrows” with the news that up to two thirds of the $5 billion in US taxpayers money the Bush adminsitration sent to Pakistan for its help in the …
cernigsnewshog.blogspot.com/2007/12/us
-official-no-hold-up-on-pakistans-f.html

Who will lead the New Pakistan Freedom Movement of Jinnah?
By The Neem Revolution(The Neem Revolution)
In 1986 – the year that a single, young Benazir had come to Pakistan to stand for change and battle the harsh General Zia-ul-Haq – I was a schoolgirl in Islamabad fascinated by the prospect of a woman becoming Prime Minister in a …
pakistanmartiallaw.blogspot.com/2007/12/
who-will-lead-new-pakistan-freedom.html