Conspiracy To Make Pakistan A Failed State: Qazi Hussain
Lahore, Pakistan: The chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said that we [Pakistanis] are passing through the worst turmoil in the nation’s history. Conspiracies are being hatched through terror attacks to prove …
www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/4618.htm

Bush’s war on terror leaves Pakistan drowned in blood: Sharif
Tehran Times – Iran
ISLAMABAD (The News) — Former prime minister and head of Pakistan Muslim League-N Nawaz Sharif on Monday accused President Musharraf of blindly following …
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=161332

Militants escape control of Pakistan: officials
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
Their growing strength and support for Al Qaeda presents a “grave threat” to Pakistan’s security, as well as NATO efforts to push back the Taliban in …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=20
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Reporter recalls Pakistan deportation
BBC News – UK
By Brajesh Upadhyay US journalist Nicholas Schmidle never felt unsafe in a crowd of Kalashnikov-wielding Taleban fighters near the Pakistan-Afghanistan …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7190384.stm

Democracy as much embedded in Pakistan as India
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
WASHINGTON: Democracy is as much embedded in Pakistan as it is in India. The people of Pakistan have always had democratic aspirations since the birth of …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=
2008%5C01%5C16%5Cstory_16-1-2008_pg7_51

The story of Pakistan`s bomb
Business Standard – Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
The New York Times has revealed that the US has been using a $100 million program to secretly help Pakistan guard its nuclear arsenal. …
www.business-standard.com/lifeleisure/storypag
e.php?leftnm=lmnu4&subLeft=6&autono=310828&tab=r

‘Pakistan plunged into abyss because of govt misrule’
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
LAHORE: Bad governance and misrule has plunged Pakistan into an abyss of crises, said participants of a seminar called ‘Dealing with the current crisis in …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=200
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Conflict in Pakistan – the Long View
By vinod(vinod@vinod.com)
The degree to which the Pakistan has been patched together is expressed in its very name. “The name was coined by Cambridge student and Muslim nationalist Choudhary Rahmat Ali … he saw it as an acronym formed from the names of the …
www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/004969.html

Pakistan’s Political Theater
Washington Post – United States
Last month, I wrote that the US and Pakistan had finalized a deal to expand the presence of US Special Forces in Pakistan to train and support indigenous …
blog.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2008
/01/pakistans_political_theater_an.html?nav=rss_blog

Pakistan used US billions to fight India, not ‘Qaeda’
Hindustan Times – India
Pakistan has used funds provided by the United States to cover costs in the campaign against terrorism to help purchase weapons systems directed against …
www.hindustantimes.com/Redir.aspx?ID=ece10969-4ad6-427
1-8be8-d4a8a8411708&ParentID=978dab9d-96e2-4ff6-b01e-f1
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Pakistan: Musharraf on the horns of an election dilemma
Monday Morning – Beirut,Lebanon
On January 2 the price of oil hit 100 dollars a barrel for the first time, partly in reaction to fears about the continuing stability of Pakistan Even if …
www.mmorning.com/ArticleC.asp?Article=5435&CategoryID=7

Pakistan’s Confronts Economic Tremors
By Council on Foreign Relations
January 15, 2008. Seized by political turmoil, Pakistan lowers economic forecasts and confronts serious questions over inflation and trade.
feeds.cfr.org/~r/cfr_main/~3/217113563/
pakistans_confronts_economic_tremors.html

PAKISTAN : A case before the nation
By Naxal Watch(Naxal Watch)
People of Pakistan! Let us, for the sake of deliberation and in good faith, give the benefit of the doubt to the government and accept all of its claims: Yes, Benazir killed herself by hitting the car’s sunroof lever. …
intellibriefs.blogspot.com/2008/01/pa
kistan-case-before-nation.html

Pakistan Asks Candidates to Shun Rallies
The Associated Press –
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s government urged candidates Tuesday to avoid large rallies ahead of upcoming elections, citing a “looming threat” …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jIE0IUn4W
IiaMBpjG8SI_6H5RXzgD8U6C4CO0

Order in Pakistan to shoot on sight
The Australian – Sydney,Australia
SHOOT-on-sight orders were issued to Pakistan’s security forces last night after suspected al-Qa’ida and Taliban-linked militants detonated a powerful bomb …
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23058202-2703,00.html

Pakistan militant ambush kills 30
CNN International – USA
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Suspected Islamic militants ambushed a military convoy in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, sparking a clash that left 23…
edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/14/pakistan.militants.ap/

Pakistan Zardari not meeting Musharraf, says PPP
Merinews – New Delhi,India
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari is not meeting President Musharraf in Karachi. PPP today emphatically rejected all rumours…
www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=129374

Invitation to the Amnesty International USA and Washington-Pakistan
By The Neem Revolution(The Neem Revolution)
(InformPress.com) – Amnesty International USA and Washington-PakistanForum (WPF) invite you to attend our next meeting to analyze the humanrights crisis in Pakistan and discuss some proposed activities at theUnited States Congress, …
pakistanmartiallaw.blogspot.com/2008/01/
invitation-to-amnesty-international-usa.html

Abrahamic Faith: Assassination Of Benazir Bhutto A Sad Loss Or New …
By Job
In other words he allegedly owns what is claimed to be ten percent of Pakistan. He had all sorts of scandals and proven corruption charges levelled against him and have also served eight years jail term. Both …
healtheland.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/abrahamic-faith-
assassination-of-benazir-bhutto-a-sad-loss-or-new-beginning-
for-pakistan/

Musharraf says troops to shoot rioters in Pakistan polls
Reuters South Africa – Johannesburg,South Africa
The elections are meant to complete a transition to civilian rule and allies of nuclear-armed Pakistan hope they will promote stability after months of …
africa.reuters.com/world/news/usnISL60482.html

10 die, 40 hurt in Pakistan bombing
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
By Shahid Husain and John M. Glionna, Special to The Times KARACHI,
PAKISTAN — Ten people were killed and more than 40 injured when a bomb
exploded here …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-pakista
n15jan15,1,5668605.story?coll=la-headlines-world

Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf’s Interview
By David Ben-Hame / HIRAM7 REVIEW
Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf says in an interview with Newsweek International’s Fareed Zakaria he is “totally against” a US military operation in Pakistan. He adds: “We will ask for assistance from outsiders. …
hiram7.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/pakistan%E2%80%99s
-president-pervez-musharraf%E2%80%99s-interview/

Musharraf under pressure as Pakistan police probe bombing
AFP –
“The rulers must admit their failure and quit,” said Raja Zafar-ul Haq, chairman of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s opposition party, the Pakistan …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5j6Y4URpZIF02BRPVk9gpzzTcDDZA

The Bush Policy at Work in Pakistan
By Doug Bandow
The Bush administration’s policy in Pakistan continues to be a fantastic success. Nawaz Sharif, who was allowed to return to Pakitan in the wake of the Bhutto-Musharraf deal brokered by Washington, recently expressed his love for …
conservablogs.com/bandow/?p=436

Guest Voice: How America Can Help Pakistan
By Joe Gandelman
The delayed elections in Pakistan now scheduled to be held on 18th February are rocking with suicide bombings, allegations of pre-poll rigging, and apathy of Pakistani voters. On the fringes, some American bloggers and columnists are …
themoderatevoice.com/politics/democracy/17078
/guest-voice-how-america-can-help-pakistan/

Militants Escape Control of Pakistan, Officials Say
By Human Security Report Project
EXCERPT: “Pakistan’s premier military intelligence agency has lost control of some of the networks of Pakistani militants it has nurtured since the 1980s, and is now suffering the violent blowback of that policy, two former senior …
www.afghanconflictmonitor.org/2008/01/militants-escap.html

Troops deployed to manage Pakistan grain ‘shortfall’
Authorities in Pakistan have deployed paramilitary troops to guard wheat supplies around the country amid fears of a huge shortfall.
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/15/2139052.htm

Police probe fresh Pakistan bombing
AFP –
He said security forces were conducting random spot-checks on commuters and vehicles at all entry and exit points to the city, Pakistan’s largest. …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hdoYBpHY-CBsw3rtHw7-3GbB0LPA

Militants Escape Control of Pakistan, Officials Say
New York Times – United States
General Kayani previously led the ISI, Pakistan’s premier military intelligence agency. By CARLOTTA GALL and DAVID ROHDE ISLAMABAD, Pakistan— Pakistan’s …
www.nytimes.com/2008/01/15/world/asia/15isi.html?ref=asia

Two more Uzbek militants killed in Pakistan clash
Tehran Times – Iran
WANA, Pakistan (AFP) — Two more Uzbek militants have been killed and one arrested in Pakistan’s tribal region where militants linked to Al-Qaeda are active …
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=161280

File Under: Revolution Eats its Children (Pakistan Edition)
By Charlie(Abu Muqawama)
Long article this morning from veteran NYT Pakistan and Afghanistan reporters Carlotta Gall and David Rhode. In addition to a detailed background of the ISI’s involvement with Islamist elements in the region (aka, Taliban), they report: …
abumuqawama.blogspot.com/2008/01/file-
under-revolution-eats-its-children.html

Why Pakistan Army is against PPP?
By Hassan Abbas(Hassan Abbas)
He began his career as the ruler of Pakistan by stigmatising both the mainstream parties, then plumping for the breakaway PML, in line with his military indoctrination against the PPP. The army’s dislike of Ms Bhutto dated from her …
watandost.blogspot.com/2008/01/why
-pakistan-army-is-against-ppp.html

Pakistan in Peril
A Report from the Field on Bhutto’s Death, Terrorism, and US PolicyFlynt Leverett, Peter Bergen, Steve Coll, Steven Clemons and journalist Nicholas Schmidle, who was expelled from Pakistan last week after the New York Times Magazine …
digg.com/world_news/Pakistan_in_Peril

Scotland Yard detectives leave Pakistan: official
Six British detectives have left Pakistan bound for London with evidence collected from their investigation into the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, an official has said.
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/15/2138751.htm

Editorial: PPP and the Pakistan army
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
He began his career as the ruler of Pakistan by stigmatising both the mainstream parties, then plumping for the breakaway PML, in line with his military …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=20
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Special Article
The Statesman – Kolkata,India
Benazir Bhutto was a “flawed and feudal princess”, but like her father, Zulfikar, she was the rallying point for Pakistan’s dual fight against militarism …
www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?
clid=3&theme=&usrsess=1&id=185790

Pakistan Post increases service charges
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
By Sohail Chaudhry ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Post (PP) has increased its service charges with the start of 2008, according to an official notification made …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=20
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