Six British detectives leave Pakistan: official
AFP –
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Six British detectives left Pakistan bound for London Monday with evidence collected from their investigation into the assassination of …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jsimzcv-E1yBFY1BJhzMZop9rgyw

Pakistan Opposition Attacks Musharraf
The Associated Press –
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Opposition leader Nawaz Sharif accused Pakistan’s president Monday of blindly following America and ordering anti-terror …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jIE0IU
n4WIiaMBpjG8SI_6H5RXzgD8U5RD100

Al Baraka achieves Pakistan targets
Gulf Daily News – Manama,Bahrain
MANAMA: Bahrain-based Al Baraka Islamic has posted a strong performance from its Pakistan operations. The bank saw total assets increased by 15.1 per cent …
www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Art
icle=205770&Sn=BUSI&IssueID=30301

Troops deployed to guard grain stores in Pakistan
By Alex Evans
The authorities in Pakistan have deployed paramilitary troops to guard wheat supplies around the country amid fears of a massive shortfall. The government has blamed hoarders and smugglers for the problem. …
www.globaldashboard.org/scarcity/troops
-deployed-to-guard-grain-stores-in-pakistan/

Blogs banned in Pakistan
By The Neem Revolution(The Neem Revolution)
In another desperate measure, the government has banned access to blogs (particularly blogspot/wordpress) from Pakistan. Hence, The Emergency Times and other such avenues of information are no longer accessible to Pakistanis. …
pakistanmartiallaw.blogspot.com/
2008/01/blogs-banned-in-pakistan.html

ThreatsWatch.Org – RapidRecon: Suicide Terrorism in Pakistan: al …
By Steve Schippert
Suicide terrorism inside Pakistan spiked in 2007, particularly after the Pakistani raid on the pro-Taliban and pro-al-Qaeda Lal Masjid (the Red Mosque) in July. It is worth mentioning here that the Taliban (Afghanistan) were originally …
threatswatch.org/rapidrecon/2008/0
1/suicide-terrorism-in-pakistan/

Bhutto and Pakistan: Lessons from Other Troubled Hot Spots
The crisis in Pakistan is bad, but it isn’t much better than places like China, India, and Russia…
digg.com/political_opinion/Bhutto_and_Pa
kistan_Lessons_from_Other_Troubled_Hot_Spots

Fears Deepen after Pakistan Bombing
By vsadmin
It was only a matter of time. A suicide bomber struck in the Pakistani city of Lahore today, ending a two-week lull since the spate of spontaneous violence that followed the December 27 assassination of former prime minister and …
journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/coveringasia/
2008/01/14/fears-deepen-after-pakistan-bombing/

Pakistan’s Opposition Criticizes US Ties
The Associated Press –
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani opposition leader said Monday that US-backed anti-terror operations have left Pakistan “drowned in blood,” issuing …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jIE0IUn4
WIiaMBpjG8SI_6H5RXzgD8U5OJEG0

Seven Troops, 23 Militants Killed in Pakistan Clash
Voice of America – USA
By VOA News Pakistan military officials say fighting in a remote tribal area near the country’s border with Afghanistan has killed 23 Islamic militants and …
www.voanews.com/english/2008-01-14-voa29.cfm

Bomb wounds 20 in Pakistan’s Karachi
Reuters UK – UK
KARACHI (Reuters) – At least 20 people were wounded in a roadside bomb attack in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi on Monday, police said. …
uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKISL4581420080114

At least nine dead in Pakistan suicide attack: army
Hindustan Times – India
At least nine members of a local Pakistan army football team were killed and four wounded in a suicide attack in the country’s restive northwest on Monday, …
www.hindustantimes.com/Redir.aspx?ID=19127a4d-a19b-4d4
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Pakistan Army Moves To Control Wheat Stores
By Cernig(Cernig)
But it also strikes me, in Pakistan’s case, that if a soft totalitarian state wants to ensure it has control of the populace, there must be few better ways to do so than being able to decide who eats.
cernigsnewshog.blogspot.com/2008/01/
pakistan-army-moves-to-control-wheat.html

Pakistan’s Democracy Quandary
By ourvoicestogether
As it gets harder to understand the real motives and the role players involved in the rampant onslaught of suicide bombings and terrorism in Pakistan, it makes one wonder if its even worth a try to give democracy a chance and trust that …
ourvoicestogether.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/
pakistan%E2%80%99s-democracy-quandary/

Angry Pakistanis Turn Against [Pakistan] Army
By iaoj
Islamabad, Pakistan (The Sunday Times) – It is the most expensive – and talked about – property development in Pakistan, but few can get near it. Hidden behind barbed wire, the new state-of-the-art [Pakistan] Army headquarter to replace …
iaoj.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/angry-
pakistanis-turn-against-pakistan-army/

Pakistan army guards scarce grain
BBC News – UK
The authorities in Pakistan have deployed paramilitary troops to guard wheat supplies around the country amid fears of a massive shortfall. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7187719.stm

Rumours of unity deal in Pakistan
The Australian – Sydney,Australia
SPECULATION about the formation of an emergency national unity government to try to halt Pakistan’s downward spiral into chaos was rife last night after the …
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23051795-2703,00.html

In Pakistan, Sharif Slams Musharraf
The Associated Press –
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Opposition leader Nawaz Sharif said Monday that US-backed anti-terror operations have left Pakistan “drowned in blood,” issuing …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jIE0IUn4
WIiaMBpjG8SI_6H5RXzgD8U5KOJ80

Seven troops, 23 militants killed in Pakistan clash: military
AFP –
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) — At least seven Pakistani troops and 23 Islamic militants were killed in a major battle Monday near the Afghan border, …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gVxPtsbJ2nn9-fhghl_c3UMfU33A

Chamberlin supports Musharraf’s stance against unilateral anti …
Associated Press of Pakistan – Pakistan
Chamberlin, who served as US ambassador in Islamabad in 2001-02 told Fox News channel that when Pakistan had joined the international coalition in the wake …
www.app.com.pk/en/index.php?option=
com_content&task=view&id=26234&Itemid=2

Nurturing democracy in Pakistan
New Statesman – London,England,UK
There are, broadly speaking, two schools of thought about what the international community should do next to help alleviate the chaos consuming Pakistan. …
www.newstatesman.com/200801140007

Future Prime Minister of Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Yes, Bilawal Zardari Bhutto, the nominee for future Prime Minister of Pakistan. Who cant follow the Islam how could he will be even the nominee for Prime Minister of Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
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_Minister_of_Islamic_Republic_of_Pakistan

7 troops, 23 militants killed in Pakistan clash
At least seven Pakistani troops and 23 Islamic militants were killed in fighting in a remote tribal area near the Afghan border, the military said.
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/14/2138299.htm

U.Va. Historian Offers Insight on Pakistan
By University of Virginia
Richard Barnett, who for 25 years has taught a course on the history of Pakistan at U.Va., discusses the aftermath of Benazir Bhutto’s recent assassination.
feeds.dev.virginia.edu/~r/uvatogo/
~3/216247142/newsRelease.php

Pakistan witnesses ten-fold increase in suicide attacks
Times of India – India
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan witnessed a ten-fold increase in suicide bombings on security personnel in 2007 as compared to the previous year, with hundreds of …
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan_witnesses_ten
-fold_increase_in_suicide_attacks/articleshow/2698547.cms

Pentagon Concerned Over al Qaeda In Pakistan
By News Editor
“There are concerns now about how much [al Qaeda] turned inward, literally, inside Pakistan, as well as the kind of planning, training, financing and support that the worldwide effort is,” Adm. Mullen said. …
www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2008/01/13
/pentagon-concerned-over-al-qaeda-in-pakistan/

Pakistan army: declining credibility By Andy McCord
By Hassan Abbas(Hassan Abbas)
In the coming days and months, the Pakistan army’s role in the deterioration of the state will come under more and more scrutiny. Few will be able to repeat the canard one used to hear from outsiders that the army was the “only …
watandost.blogspot.com/2008/01/pak
istan-army-declining-credibility-by.html

Commentary: Pakistan’s Terror Inc.
Washington (UPI) Jan 11, 2007 – Most terrorist trails lead back to Pakistan, Britain’s MI5 (internal intelligence service) concluded a year ago. An average of some 400000 Pakistani Brits a year fly back to the old country for vacation …
www.spacewar.com/reports/Comment
ary_Pakistans_Terror_Inc_999.html

No More Guilt Trips on Currency Notes in Pakistan
By Owais Mughal
For many years every banknote in Pakistan reminded its owners that to make an honest living was a form of piety in itself. No one really paid heed. And those who did probably laughed it away as a joke. So the State Bank of Pakistan has …
pakistaniat.com/2008/01/13/no-more-
guilt-trips-on-currency-notes-in-pakistan/

Pakistan poll indicates many believe gov’t had role in Bhutto’s death
Jerusalem Post – Israel
By AP Nearly half of Pakistanis surveyed suspect that government agencies or government-linked politicians killed opposition leader Benazir Bhutto,…
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=119996
4916045&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Pakistan Guards Flour Mills to End Smuggling, Secure Supplies
Bloomberg – USA
14 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan sent troops to guard flour mills to prevent smuggling to Afghanistan and illegal hoarding as the government said there is enough …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=2
0601091&sid=apwFijxdJ_GM&refer=india

‘BB’s assassination is part of a great game against Pakistan’
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
KARACHI: Politicians and former judges said that the assassination of Benazir Bhutto was a part of a great game against the Federation of Pakistan. …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=
2008%5C01%5C14%5Cstory_14-1-2008_pg12_5

BB was very unpopular with army: Musharraf
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
‘Militants want to take over Pakistan’: He said Pakistan’s efforts against terrorism were working in case of the Taliban, and the country was now dealing …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page
=2008%5C01%5C14%5Cstory_14-1-2008_pg1_1

Pakistan wary on Bhutto’s killing
Detroit Free Press – United States
BY CHRIS BRUMMITT AP ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A poll shows nearly half of Pakistanis suspect the government played a role in the assassination of Benazir …
www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?
AID=/20080114/NEWS07/801140361/1009

What Bhutto’s Death Mean for Pakistan, US
Korea Times – South Korea
27 during a campaign stop in northern Pakistan. Not far from where she was killed are the ``tribal areas” of Pakistan — a swath of wild, …
www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news
/opinon/2008/01/137_17249.html

Arrested and sent into void in Pakistan
Toronto Star – Ontario, Canada
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan-Amina Masood Janjua keeps a picture of her husband in her purse, another on her cellphone and a third in her mind – the way he looked …
www.thestar.com/News/article/293714