5/3/08

Tribal Region of Pakistan a Dual Threat
By Herschel Smith
But the Afghan Taliban grew suspicious when the self-styled Pakistani Taliban, awash with money and weapons, turned their guns on Pakistan. In January, Mullah Omar withdrew recognition from Baitulah Mehsud. …
www.captainsjournal.com/2008/03/05/tr
ibal-region-of-pakistan-a-dual-threat/

Aitzaz asks America: Why are you still supporting Musharraf?
By Arif Rafiq
An impassioned Ahsan said the people of Pakistan have made their decision and Pervez Musharraf is near his exit. He asked the United States and other Western states why, despite this clear message, they continue to support Musharraf. …
pakistanpolicy.com/2008/03/05/aitzaz-asks-
america-why-are-you-still-supporting-musharraf/

Suicide Bombings Kill 4 in Pakistan
New York Times – United States
By SALMAN MASOOD ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Two suicide bombers attacked a naval war college in the eastern city of Lahore on Tuesday, killing at least four …
www.nytimes.com/2008/03/05/world/asia/05pstan.html?ref=asia

Doing his bit for Indians in Pakistan jails
Hindu – Chennai,India
Charan Singh, 61, resident of Amritsar, was arrested in 1986 and was charged under the Pakistan Army Act. His wife has since died. Charan Singh asked Lal to …
www.hindu.com/2008/03/05/stories/2008030559981200.htm

Musharraf Is Still Focus in Pakistan
New York Times – United States
A protester burning and spitting on a picture of Pakistan’s president, Pervez Musharraf, in February. Protests against the removal of the country’s chief …
www.nytimes.com/2008/03/05/world/
asia/05islamabad.html?ref=asia

Explosion rocks Lahore, Pakistan
CNN International – USA
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — An explosion rocked an upscale neighborhood of the eastern city of Lahore Tuesday, police said. Television reports said two people …
edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/04/pakistan.blast.ap/

‘Terror groups have links in Pakistan, AJK’
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
NEW DELHI: Most individuals and terror groups operating in India had linkages with groups and agencies across the border – mainly in Pakistan and Azad Jammu …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=200
8%5C03%5C05%5Cstory_5-3-2008_pg7_7

Suicide bomber kills 4 at Pakistan’s naval college
Scotsman – United Kingdom
A SUICIDE attack at Pakistan’s Navy War college killed four people and injured another 14 yesterday, underlining the security challenge facing the winners …
news.scotsman.com/world/Suicide-bomber-kills-4-.3842852.jp

Pakistan Bombings Aim to Pressure New Government, Official Says
Bloomberg – USA
By Ed Johnson March 5 (Bloomberg) — Militants are challenging Pakistan’s new government by carrying out four suicide bombings in the past week, …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=
20601091&sid=ag4N6V_wENqw&refer=india

4/3/08

Suicide blast kills six at Pakistan navy college
National Post – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
LAHORE — A suicide bomber killed at least six people and wounded 19 in an attack on Tuesday on a Pakistan naval college in the eastern city of Lahore, …
www.nationalpost.com/news/world/story.html?id=352658

Two Weeks After the Elections, Is a Government in Sight?
By Arif Rafiq
Roughly two weeks have passed since Pakistan’s elections, but parliament and the provincial assemblies have yet to convene, governing coalitions haven’t been finalized, and Pakistan’s largest party hasn’t chosen its prime ministerial …
pakistanpolicy.com/2008/03/04/two-weeks-a
fter-the-elections-is-a-government-in-sight/

Pakistan Frees Kashmir Singh: Reaches India After 34 Years
By Owais Mughal
He was granted amnesty by the President of Pakistan. Amid a festive and emotional ceremony, he crossed the border into India today (March 4, 2008) and got reunited with his family. In my opinion this is a great humanitarian gesture by …
pakistaniat.com/2008/03/04/pakistan-frees-
kashmir-singh-reaches-india-after-34-years/

The Destabilization of Pakistan by Prof Michel Chossudovsky
By alaiwah
The assassination of Benazir Bhutto has created conditions which contribute to the ongoing destabilization and fragmentation of Pakistan as a Nation. The process of US sponsored “regime change”, which normally consists in the …
alaiwah.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/the-dest
abilization-of-pakistan-by-prof-michel-chossudovsky/

Pakistan: Healthcare
By Neha Viswanathan
The Pakistani Spectator takes a closer look at the health care system in the country.
www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/03/04/pakistan-healthcare/

PAKISTAN: 20 Killed in Northwest Pakistan
By warvictims
20 Killed in Northwest Pakistan By Candace Rondeaux and Imtiaz Ali Washington Post PESHAWAR, Pakistan, March 3 — Pro-Taliban guerrillas launched attacks in northwest Pakistan for the fourth day in a row Monday, touching off a gun battle …
warvictims.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/paki
stan-20-killed-in-northwest-pakistan/

Suicide bombers kill 5 in Pakistan
By admin
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) — Twin suicide bombers set off explosives at a naval college in Pakistan Tuesday, killing at least five other people and wounding at least 16, one critically, the government said. …
fairproxy.com/2008/03/04/suicide-bombers-kill-5-in-pakistan/

Pakistan and the United States: Now What?
By webhelp@kuow.org (KUOW 94.9 Public Radio)
The secular Awami National Party triumphed in recent elections in Pakistan. Is the election result a rejection of US foreign policy? They promise talks with Islamic militants allied with al Qaida, and pledge to spend more money on …
www.kuow.org/podcast/WeekdayA20080304.mp3

Pakistan’s Election Commission likely to allocate reserved seats …
Xinhua – China
ISLAMABAD, March 4 (Xinhua) — The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is likely to allocate seats reserved for women and minorities to candidates of…
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/05/content_7718317.htm

US Military Chief Visits Pakistan
By kyros(kyros)
The US top soldier is making his second visit to Pakistan in less than a month for anti-terror talks with President Pervez Musharraf. Adm Mike Mullen, the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, will also hold talks with top army …
reportonarrakis.blogspot.com/2008/
03/us-military-visits-pakistan.html

Pakistan’s Lawyers Are the ‘Vanguard of Democracy’
It was largely thanks to Pakistani lawyers’ stalwart demands for the rule of law, the integrity and supremacy of the judiciary, and the restoration of the constitution that the country’s recent parliamentary elections were able to take …
us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82754

Kashmir back from Pakistan after 35 years
NDTV.com – New Delhi,India
Kashmir Singh was arrested in Pakistan in 1973 on charges of spying and sentenced to death by an Army court. President Pervez Musharraf pardoned him, …
www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=
NEWEN20080042991&ch=3/4/2008%208:06:00%20PM

Mullen hold talks with Pakistan army chief
USA Today – USA
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff held talks Tuesday with Pakistan’s army chief, whose troops have battled al-Qaeda- …
www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-03-04-pakistan-us_N.htm

Fourth jihad attack in Pakistan in five days kills five at Lahore …
By Robert
It is the fourth terrorist attack in the past five days in Pakistan. There has been another suicide attack in Pakistan, targeting a prestigious naval college in the eastern city of Lahore, where at least five people have been killed. …
www.jihadwatch.org/archives/020181.php

Suicide bombers kill five at Pakistan navy college
AFP –
LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) — Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at a prestigious naval college in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Tuesday, …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iZRf2QBjEOx_dJU9Lw5yBBHvz7yg

Indian prisoner back home after 35 years on Pakistan death row
AFP –
WAGAH, India (AFP) — An Indian man, freed by Pakistan after languishing on death row for suspected espionage for 35 years, was given a hero’s welcome when …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gm3S_2ACuppLOOR-XDUgPcjkvENg

Bloodied valley now a test case in Pakistan
Chicago Tribune – United States
By Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah | TRIBUNE CORRESPONDENT March 4, 2008 MINGORA, Pakistan – Here in the picturesque Swat Valley, a vacation spot turned war zone, …
www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/
chi-pakistan-swatmar04,0,3120875.story

US deploys troop advisers in Pakistan
The Australian – Sydney,Australia
THE US will send a squad of military advisers to Pakistan to train soldiers
fighting militants in the country’s restive tribal areas. …
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/
0,25197,23319874-25837,00.html

What a letter, indeed! By Kamran Shafi – IT IS MUSHARRAF’S DNA …
By civilsocietypakistan
But you have to see to believe the letter sent to the president of the American Bar Association (ABA) by the president of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on Dec 26, 2007. The letter, spread over four pages and a 14-page annexure, …
civilsocietypakistan.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/what-a-letter-
indeed-by-kamran-shafi-it-is-musharraf%E2%80%99s-dna-
which-needs-attention/

Pakistan: Technology transforming the journalism landscape
The rapid growth of electronic media is changing Pakistan’s print-heavy traditional media, said panelists at the recent National Endowment for Democracy conference in Washington, DC Media censorship, epitomized by President Musharraf’s …
www.editorsweblog.org/newsrooms_and_journalism/
2008/03/pakistan_technology_transforming_the_jou.php

Suicide blast kills 5 in Pakistan
By Dave Keating
Another suicide blast in Lahore “ A suicide bomber, prevented from entering a naval college in Pakistan, set off explosives that killed at least five people and wounded 15 others Tuesday, an army official… read more.
www.nowpublic.com/world/suicide-blast-kills-5-pakistan

Freed Indian Man Leaves Pakistan
The Associated Press –
WAGAH, Pakistan (AP) — An Indian man granted clemency returned home Tuesday after 35 years in Pakistani prisons, receiving an emotional send-off by his …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5go1L2Oi6K
kLncTftIkTuVuXyy4NQD8V6HK680

Suicide blast kills 5 in Pakistan
CNN – USA
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) — A suicide bomber, prevented from entering a naval college in Pakistan, set off explosives that killed at least five people and …
www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/04/pakistan.blast/

US military chief holds talks with Pakistan leaders
AFP –
Admiral Mike Mullen arrived late Monday in nuclear-armed Pakistan, which is battling a wave of Islamic militant attacks blamed on Osama bin Laden’s Al-Qaeda …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h4F8YMuP_MxTVO4tGJm3Gur4mN7Q

Blast rocks Lahore in Pakistan
An explosion rocked an upscale neighbourhood of the eastern city of Lahore, police say. Television reports said two people were killed.
news.smh.com.au/blast-rocks-lahore
-in-pakistan/20080304-1wuv.html

Top US commander visits Pakistan
Xinhua – China
Mullen, the highest-ranking military officer in the United States, arrived here Monday for his second visit to Pakistan in less than one month. …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/04/content_7714946.htm

Mukherjee briefs parliament on ties with Pakistan
Pakistan Dawn – Karachi,Pakistan
By Jawed Naqvi NEW DELHI, March 3: Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee briefed parliament on Monday on his policies with China, Pakistan and others and …
www.dawn.com/2008/03/04/top11.htm

Are we at war in Pakistan?
By DM(DM)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Eight suspected Islamic militants, including four men of Middle Eastern origin and two from Central Asia, were killed early Thursday in a triple missile attack on a house used as a training facility in Pakistan’s …
stopwarblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/are-we-at-war-in-pakistan.html

US to deploy training troops in Pakistan
Guardian – UK
The United States will send dozens of military advisers to Pakistan to train soldiers fighting extremist groups in the country’s restive tribal areas, …
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/04/pakistan.usa

US Military Offers Pakistan Help in Fight Against Al-Qaeda
Bloomberg – USA
By Ed Johnson March 4 (Bloomberg) — Admiral Michael Mullen, the top US military official, offered Pakistan help in its fight against al-Qaeda as he visited …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=
20601091&sid=a0zCaNAlvA_Y&refer=india

US Uneasy About Political Developments in Pakistan
Voice of America – USA
By Meredith Buel Violence has continued to spiral in Pakistan as the United States and other Western countries watch closely to see if moderate political …
www.voanews.com/english/2008-03-03-voa62.cfm

support the rule of law in pakistan
By skippy(skippy)
the lawyers in pakistan will carry black flags. and they will probably march, as they have done since november, for the reinstatement of the judiciary, for the rule of law, and for the return to the constitution and democracy in …
xnerg.blogspot.com/2008/03/support-rule-of-law-in-pakistan.html

KABUL HOTEL ATTACK MASTERMIND IN PAKISTAN
By pogger
The participants who carried out the attack on the Hotel in Kabul may have been recruited and trained by the Taliban in Pakistan but the order to carry it out that attack came directly from the leadership of al Qaeda. …
pogger.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/kabul
-hotel-attack-mastermind-in-pakistan/

Pakistan’s Islamic Scholar: Ulema Should Play Their Role to Make …
The founder of Pakistan’s Tanzeem-e-Islami Dr. Israr Ahmed has urged the Ulema to play their role in order to make Pakistan an Islamic state. The Urdu daily Roznama Express quoted Israr Ahmed as saying that Pakistan came into existence …
www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/5902.htm