20/1/08

Indian minister walks into Pakistan at Wagah
By IceCold
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office has sought a report from officials concerned on how and why an Indian minister crossed into Pakistan territory at the Wagah border on Friday, violating all rules and regulations. …
www.defence.pk/forums/strategic-geopolitical-issues/
9269-indian-minister-walks-into-pakistan-wagah.html

Pakistan forces press attack on militant stronghold
Reuters – USA
Public cynicism toward Musharraf’s government spawned many conspiracy theories over Bhutto’s death, and Pakistan is on edge ahead of a national election …
www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSISL142332

Pakistan on alert for religious holiday
AFP –
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Pakistan was on high alert Sunday as Shiites prepared to observe the Muslim festival of Ashura, a day after security officials said they …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hrJ8wnVfcmtFptmZGe-4o1aJKQGQ

Musharraf vows to improve Pakistan’s image in Europe visit
Xinhua – China
20 (Xinhua) — Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said Sunday that his four-nation European visit is aimed at improving Pakistan’s image and removing …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/20/content_7458248.htm

Pakistan braced for violence on religious holiday
AFP –
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Pakistan was on high alert as Shiites prepared to observe the Muslim festival of Ashura, a day after security officials said they had …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i8oGomIHoeSeXE5ozsyfu_V4HGng

Iran, Pakistan to be at the heart of Rice’s Europe trip
AFP –
In Davos, she will have bilateral meetings with presidents Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan and Hamid Karzai of neighboring Afghanistan, the State Department …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jl5iAP3vU_U72N938BI5X6fPG04A

Correction: Ghosts That Haunt Pakistan
New York Times – United States
6 on Pakistan’s history of difficulty in sustaining democracy misidentified the military leader under whom Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who would later become prime …
www.nytimes.com/2008/01/20/weekin
review/20corx.html?ref=weekinreview

Fighting terror without Pakistan by Lisa Curtis
By moinansari
Let’s say the US gets fed up with an undemocratic Pakistan and abandons its alliance out of principle. How would that affect the war on terrorism? Brian Katulis and Lisa Curtis continue their debate on the US alliance with Pakistan. …
moinansari.wordpress.com/2008/01/20/
fighting-terror-without-pakistan-by-lisa-curtis/

“Who Is The Real Terrorist?” Reports From Pakistan And Afghanistan …
By Winter Patriot(Winter Patriot)
The subject was Pakistan and Afghanistan: The piece by Gall and Rhode talked about Pakistan having lost control of the extremists that had been nurtured by the Pakistani intelligence agency, ISI, before Pakistan joined the War on Terror …
winterpatriot.blogspot.com/2008/01/
who-is-real-terrorist-reports-from.html

Pakistan’s nuclear delusion
By asianwindow
A cacophony of protests in Pakistan greeted a recent statement by the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohammad ElBaradei. “I fear that chaos, or an extremist regime, could take root in that country, which has 30 to 40 …
asianwindow.wordpress.com/2008/01
/20/pakistans-nuclear-delusion/

‘Unwired’ Pakistan
By Tim Johnson
But Pakistan, where I am now, is an exception. Only 2.12 percent of Pakistanis regularly use the internet. And many of them are still on slow dial-up connections. According to this article, Pakistan has barely 3.5 million internet users …
washingtonbureau.typepad.com/china/
2008/01/unwired-pakista.html

Pakistan collapsing under Musharraf; he has to go
By The Neem Revolution(The Neem Revolution)
Pakistan is on fast rout of collapsing under Musharaf dictatorship. The state is in immense crisis. The infrastructure, industrial and social, is in total chaos. The economic crisis is showing its muscles. …
pakistanmartiallaw.blogspot.com/2008/01/
pakistan-collapsing-under-musharraf-he.html

Pakistan’s Musharraf Seeks European Support
No description.
www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/
pakistan/2008/pakistan-080119-rferl01.htm

Bernier letter attempt to reassure Pakistan
Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier sought to reassure Pakistan on Friday and distance the federal government from controversial comments made by Opposition Leader Stephane Dion about Pakistan’s role in the war in neighbouring …
digg.com/political_opinion/Bernier_le
tter_attempt_to_reassure_Pakistan

What exactly has been brewing in Pakistan?
By Cheetah786
And so I found that democracy in Pakistan was destabilized. Again and again, my party cautioned about the rise of what we call the jihad forces, or the force of extremism. There was a nexus between some of our military officers and …
www.defence.pk/forums/strategic-geopolitical-issues/
9264-what-exactly-has-been-brewing-pakistan.html

Don’t Mess With Us: Pakistan’s Nukes Are Here To Stay, Get Used To It
By irdial
The key thing here is that Pakistan investigated those situations and now we have a system that takes care of all aspects, even for our very respected scientists who retire. There is a system where they will be occupied in various ways …
irdial.com/blogdial/?p=947

Pakistan authorities arrest two over Bhutto plot
Pakistani security agents have arrested a youth who said he had been trained as a suicide bomber to kill opposition leader Benazir Bhutto had other militants failed to kill her, in the first arrests in the case, a security official.
www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=250546

Pakistan Confirms Two Arrests in Bhutto Assassination, AP Says
Bloomberg – USA
By Jacob Greber Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) — A 15-year-old boy arrested near the Afghan border has confessed to joining a team of assassins sent to kill Benazir …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=
20601091&sid=ati4LjQrzf.0&refer=india

Pakistan at centre-stage over Canadian politician’s remarks
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
By Khalid Hasan WASHINGTON: A virtual storm broke out over Pakistan in Canada last week following Liberal party leader Stéphane Dion telling a press …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=
2008%5C01%5C20%5Cstory_20-1-2008_pg7_52

State of siege in Pakistan as ‘al-Qaeda’ tightens grip
Scotsman – United Kingdom
But Pakistan’s war with Islamic militants has spilled right into its alleys and bazaars, its forts and armouries, killing policemen and soldiers and scaring …
news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Stat
e-of-siege-in-Pakistan.3691638.jp

Only 2.12 percent people use Internet in Pakistan
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
By Romail Kenneth KARACHI: Pakistan has only 2.12 percent of Internet users, leaving a vast majority of population without any knowledge of the world wide …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=
2008%5C01%5C20%5Cstory_20-1-2008_pg5_9

Pakistan Opp to visit Washington next week
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan will arrive in Washington on Monday. He will be speaking on the situation in Pakistan at the Centre for …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=20
08%5C01%5C20%5Cstory_20-1-2008_pg7_11

A joke appropriate the prevailing situation of Pakistan
By iaoj
Pakistan Zindaabad. Dr Ayoub Shaikh, UAE. A man went and caught a big fish.He came home and asked his wife to cook the fish. The wife replied she cant cook the fish as There is;. No Gas. No Electricity. No Cooking Oil …
iaoj.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/a-joke-
appropriate-the-prevailing-situation-of-pakistan/

Pakistan Arrests Suspect in Bhutto’s Assassination
No description.
www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/
pakistan/2008/pakistan-080119-voa01.htm

19/1/08

Pakistan authorities arrest two over Bhutto plot
Reuters – USA
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jan 19 (Reuters) – Pakistani security agents have arrested a youth who said he had been trained as a suicide bomber to kill opposition …
www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSISL208401

Pakistan says Islamic rebels die in clashes
Dallas Morning News – Dallas,TX,USA
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan – Dozens of Islamic militants died in clashes with Pakistani troops Friday, the army said, amid reports that government forces …
www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/stories/
DN-pakistanbox_19int.ART.State.Edition1.37c005d.html

Spain arrests 14 terror suspects
BBC News – UK
Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said the suspects included 12 from Pakistan and two from India. Local media reports that the Spanish …
news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/1.0/-/2/hi/europe/7197562.stm

Pakistan Arrests Two In Bhutto Assassination
By SG
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani security agents have arrested a youth who said he had been trained as a suicide bomber to kill opposition leader Benazir Bhutto had other militants failed to kill her, in the first arrests in the …
sweetness-light.com/archive/pakistan
-arrests-two-in-bhutto-assassination

Liberals to Pakistan: This Means WAR!!
By WillBlog(WillBlog)
Yes, apparently Stephane Dion got so excited by his trip to Afghanistan that he decided NATO forces should be deployed into Pakistan. Now, some people may note the slight inconsistency between withdrawing troops from Afghanistan and …
noisefromtheright.blogspot.com/2008/01/
liberals-to-pakistan-this-means-war.html

The implications of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan threats to …
By moinansari
Are these threats orchestrated misinformation to get Pakistan to retaliate against Are these threats real? Are these “statements” orchestrated misinformation to get Pakistan to retaliate against the Uzbeks and discredit the IMUs …

The CIA was complicit with Pakistan’s ISI and let 9/11 occur do …
By an average patriot(an average patriot)
They all lied about Pakistan’s involvement. Why should we believe the CIA now? Especially in light of what they are continuing to do against us and for Bush. The movie documents factually that we heard in 1995 that planes may be used …
anaverageamericanpatriot.blogspot.com/2008/
01/cia-was-complicit-with-pakistans-isi.html

Pakistan foils ‘Ashura attacks’
Police in Pakistan have arrested five men, including an alleged suicide bomber, on charges of planning to attack Shia processions in Karachi.
digg.com/world_news/Pakistan_foils_Ashura_attacks

Pakistan’s Musharraf Seeks European Support
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty – Prague,Czech Republic
Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf is due to start a four-nation tour of Europe on Sunday, during which he is expected to seek to bolster his credibility …
www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2008/01/fd
3b55be-d921-43da-aef5-d8dea46e4f4f.html

Spain Arrests 15 in Suspected Plot
New York Times – United States
Two Pakistani men suspected of transferring large amounts of money on behalf of extremists based in Pakistan were arrested in Catalonia in September in a …
www.nytimes.com/2008/01/19/
world/europe/19cnd-spain.html?hp

Pakistan and Its 55 Years Fears
By Mrs. Rizwan Aqil
Then Pakistan had to look over the fears of Kashmir why now that Pakistan is feared by its own people called Shiddat Pasand (Terrorists). What has changed why cannot we have a life without fear. What are the factors that lead Pakistan …
www.chowrangi.com/pakistan-and-its-55-years-fears.html

Pakistan troops reported to have fled border outpost
By shobhitmathur
By Sadaqat Jan in Islamabad DOZENS of Pakistani troops are understood to have fled an outpost near the border with Afghanistan yesterday after receiving …
shobhitmathur.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/paki
stan-troops-reported-to-have-fled-border-outpost/

Teenager Arrested in Pakistan for Part in Murder of Bhutto
By toothdigger(toothdigger)
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan – A teenager who said he was part of a team of assassins sent to kill former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was arrested near the Afghan border, Pakistani officials said Saturday. …
toothdigger.blogspot.com/2008/01/tee
nager-arrested-in-pakistan-for-part.html

Pakistan security forces arrest teen suspect in Bhutto’s …
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
From AP DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Pakistani intelligence officials said today they arrested a teenage suspect in the killing of former Prime Minister …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-
fg-pakistan20jan20,0,5758271.story?coll=la-home-center

Bernier letter attempt to reassure Pakistan
Canada.com – Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier sought to reassure Pakistan on Friday and distance the federal government from controversial comments made …
www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html
?id=8787728b-f4fe-44ce-abd3-f9074e2418ad&k=58047

Pakistan Arrests Teenage Suspect in Bhutto’s Assassination
Voice of America – USA
Security has been tightened across Pakistan due to threats of sectarian violence, as Shiites mourn the death of the Prophet Mohammed’s grandson during the …
www.voanews.com/english/2008-01-19-voa9.cfm

Pakistan Arrests Teenage Bhutto Assassin
By Pat Dollard
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) – A teenager who said he was part of a team of assassins sent to kill former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was arrested near the Afghan border, Pakistani officials said Saturday. …
patdollard.com/2008/01/19/pakistan-arrests-bhutto-assassin/

Dictator has Never Lost an Election in Pakistan
By admin
This is an old (May 20, 2007) call-in interview by Washington CSPAN hosting Hasan Askari Rizvi, Visiting Pakistan Studies Professor at John Hopkins University. Professor Hasan coins the above title at minute 26:16. …
pkpolitics.com/2008/01/19/dictator-has
-never-lost-an-election-in-pakistan/