Obama says Pakistan used US aid to prepare for war against India
By Myra MacDonald
Senator Barack Obama has accused Pakistan of misusing US military aid meant to help it fight al Qaeda and the Taliban to prepare for war against India. In an interview with Fox News he also says the United States must put more pressure …
blogs.reuters.com/pakistan/2008/09/06/obama-says
-pakistan-used-us-aid-to-prepare-for-war-against-india/

Pakistan cuts supply lines to Nato forces
PakTribune.com – Pakistan
Independent sources, however, claimed that the government feared retaliation by the tribesmen against a recent ground attack conducted by the Nato forces in …
www.paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?205389

Zardari Wins Pakistan’s Presidency
Wall Street Journal – USA
By PETER WONACOTT ISLAMABAD — Asif Ali Zardari won the presidency of Pakistan Saturday, in a vote that continued the country’s shift from military rule and …
online.wsj.com/article/SB12206996804
4906833.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Zardari Is Elected Pakistan’s President
New York Times – United States
By JANE PERLEZ and SALMAN MASOOD Islamabad, Pakistan – Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and a controversial …
www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/world/asia/07zardari.html?ref=asia

6 killed in Pakistan car bomb
Belfast Telegraph – United Kingdom
A car-bomb has killed at least six people in Pakistan as the country chooses a new president. Hospital staff claim that forty were hurt after the blast, …
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/world/
asia/6-killed-in-pakistan-car-bomb-13962572.html

Pakistan cuts supply lines to NATO troops in Afghanistan - US may ...
By eldib
Pakistan cuts supply lines to NATO troops in Afghanistan In a move seen as the latest fallout from Wednesday morning’s US attack on South Waziristan, the Pakistani government has ordered that supply lines to NATO troops in Afghanistan ...
http://eldib.wordpress.com/2008/09/06/pakistan-cuts-supply
-lines-to-nato-troops-in-afghanistan-us-may-step-up-raids-in-pakistan/

USA, Pakistan, China vis-a-vis India
In an interview to Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly, Obama bluntly articulated what has been said discreetly in Bush administration audits: US aid worth billions to Pakistan, ostensibly meant for the war on terror, has been used by Islamabad’s …
o3.indiatimes.com/ssbedi1945/archive/2008/09/06/4938922.aspx

Pakistan votes for new president
By expressyoureself
Many in Pakistan fear the country is facing a return to an old-style politics of confrontation at a time when urgent action is needed to improve the economy and deal with a raging Islamist insurgency. Juggling demands…
expressyoureself.wordpress.com/2008/09/
06/pakistan-votes-for-new-president/

Pakistan presidential election overshadowed by protests
ABC Online – Australia
Pakistan’s defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar says ISAF has been told Pakistan is responsible for tracking down the terrorists on its side of the…
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357311.htm

Pakistan to pick Bhutto widower
National Post – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Asim Tanveer, ReutersSupporters of Pakistan’s Peoples Party celebrate the nomination of Asif Ali Zardari, Benazir Bhutto’s widower, as presidential…
www.nationalpost.com/news/world/story.html?id=774530

Pakistan goes to polls in presidency election
Irish Times – Dublin,Ireland
Members of Pakistan’s parliament and four provincial assemblies began voting in a presidential election today to choose a replacement for Pervez Musharraf, …
www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0906/breaking6.htm

Police: Blast near northwest Pakistan checkpoint
The Associated Press –
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say there has been an explosion near a police checkpoint in Pakistan’s volatile northwest, and that there are an unknown …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iOiNT_O7
MYpG6MzupugzRbGJsi-QD93136JG1

Voting begins in Pakistan presidential election
CNN – USA
Asif Ali Zardari, 53, took over Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) after her death. Under Pakistan’s constitution, the president is elected by a …
www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09
/06/pakistan.presidential.election/

Asif’s gatecrashing into presidency
By bilal qureshi
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Sept 5: An assorted majority of a parliamentary electoral college will on Saturday deliver a divisive presidency to Asif Ali Zardari, whose double march to succeed former president Pervez Musharraf in what is now …
pakistan.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/09/05/
asif%E2%80%99s-gatecrashing-into-presidency/

Voting begins in Pakistan presidential election
By dukea
Zardari’s main challengers are Pakistani Sen. Mushahid Hussain,
representing the Pakistan Muslim League-Q party of former President Pervez
Musharraf, and retired Chief Justice Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqui.
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Q&A: Pakistan presidential poll
BBC News – UK
Mr Musharraf’s resignation has prompted concerns over the future political stability of Pakistan, triggered by uncertainty over whether his successor would …
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7596763.stm

Pakistan condemns ISAF’s attack
Jakarta Post – Jakarta,Indonesia
The Government of Pakistan strongly condemns the assault by the International Security Assistance Force’s (ISAF) troops on a village near Angoor Adda inside …
old.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20080906.F05&irec=4

Pakistan’s presidential poll today; Zardari front-runner
Times of India – India
PAKISTAN: Pakistan holds a presidential election on Saturday to replace Pervez Musharraf, who resigned on August 18 under threat of impeachment by the …
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pakistans_presidential_
poll_today_Zardari_front-runner/articleshow/3451196.cms

Deposed judges in Pakistan rejoin court
GulfNews – Dubai,United Arab Emirates
… by former president Pervez Musharraf last year rejoined the top court on Friday after their reappointment by the Pakistan Peoples Party government. …
www.gulfnews.com/world/Pakistan/10242999.html

Pakistan…the Taliban’s Safe Haven
Whenever you read or hear about a Pakistani offensive against the taliban in the FATA just remember this quote… “I cannot lie to you,” Namdar said, smiling at last. “The army comes in, and they fire at empty buildings. …
mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/193968.php

Iran, Pakistan to jointly fight terrorism: VP
Tehran Times – Iran
He also referred to kidnapping of some Iranian nationals by bandits and terrorist groups and their transfer to Pakistan and said “”We hope that Tehran and …
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=177135

Zardari May Be Voted in as Pakistan’s President by Lawmakers
Bloomberg – USA
6 (Bloomberg) — Asif Ali Zardari, co-head of the Pakistan Peoples Party, may be voted in today as the nation’s president, eight months after inheriting a …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=
20601080&sid=a7EId31MllOs&refer=asia

Pakistan vows to defend its frontiers after deadly US raid
Financial Times – London,England,UK
By Farhan Bokhari in Islamabad Pakistan vowed to defend its territory against foreign intrusion yesterday as anger mounted after a raid on a border village, …
www.ft.com/cms/s/cc5e2f06-7ae1-11dd-adbe-000077b07658.html

Pakistan restores judges ousted by Musharraf
International Herald Tribune – France
AP ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Pakistan’s Supreme Court reinstated three judges ousted by former President Pervez Musharraf in another victory for the man set to …
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/06/asia/AS-Pakistan-Politics.php

Video vows more Denmark attacks
TVNZ – New Zealand
Al Qaeda has issued new threats against Denmark in an internet video released on Friday, saying an attack on the Danish embassy in Pakistan was the start of …
tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/2060406

Asif Ali Zardari and the battle to hold Pakistan together
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
By Ahmed Rashid It is a sign of the times in Pakistan that Asif Ali Zardari, the man most likely to be elected president today, had to move from his heavily …
www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?
xml=/opinion/2008/09/06/do0602.xml

Obama says Pakistan misusing US aid for war against India
WASHINGTON: Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama has said Pakistan is misusing US aid given for the war on terror to prepare for war against India. In an interview to Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly, Obama bluntly articulated what has …
www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/
duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3473382

Pakistan gets even trickier
By Mark, Ottawa(Babbling Brooks)
US military officials insisted that there was no new policy authorizing an increase in raids into Pakistan. Assaults by US special operations forces into Pakistan have taken place before, and US-operated unmanned aircraft have attacked …
toyoufromfailinghands.blogspot.com/2008/
09/pakistan-gets-even-trickier.html

opinion: Six Pakistani women —Rafia Zakaria
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
Since details of her arrest were finally made public, groups across Pakistan, from the Jama’at-e Islami to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan have …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=
2008%5C09%5C06%5Cstory_6-9-2008_pg3_3

‘PML-N won’t withdraw presidential candidate’
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has no intention of withdrawing its candidate from the presidential election and the statement by Raja …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=
2008%5C09%5C06%5Cstory_6-9-2008_pg7_33

‘Allied forces should desist from attacking Pakistan’s territory’
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
In a meeting with German Defence Minister Dr Franz Joseph Joung at Prime Minister’s House, Gilani said Pakistan greatly valued its relations with Germany as …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=
2008%5C09%5C06%5Cstory_6-9-2008_pg7_31

Al-Qaida Sees Opportunity In Pakistan’s Flux
NPR – USA
by Tom Gjelten All Things Considered, September 5, 2008 · Pakistan gets a new president on Saturday: The country’s parliament and provincial assemblies …
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94332511

Purported bomber warns Denmark of more attacks
The Associated Press –
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — A new al-Qaida video identifies the Saudi purportedly behind a suicide bombing at the Danish Embassy in Pakistan, and he is shown…
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hPsHRGn
pEArRKBmgy60-UqRALV3gD930PUO80

New helmsman for Pakistan’s war on terror
By bilal qureshi
While the United States has frequently been connected with missile attacks in Pakistan – usually carried out by pilotless drone aircraft – this claim, if true, would mark “a threshold being crossed,” says Ikram Sehgal, editor of Defence …
pakistan.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/09/05/
new-helmsman-for-pakistans-war-on-terror-2/

Pakistan’s Zardari marked by corruption, tragedy
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The likely next president of unstable, nuclear-armed Pakistan following Saturday’s election is a horse-loving aristocrat who has spent more years in prison than in politics _ a novice leader lifted to prominence by …
www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20080905/pakistan-zardari

Pakistan yearns for political saviour
By bilal qureshi
Saturday’s Pakistan presidential contest is the final stage in the consolidation of power over the past year by the Pakistan People’s party, which used to be led by Benazir Bhutto, the assassinated former prime minister. …
pakistan.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/09
/05/pakistan-yearns-for-political-saviour/

Pakistan ‘needs help’ on economy
By expressyoureself
Pakistan’s public finances have deteriorated in the past 18 months amid political instability and violence which culminated in the resignation of former President Musharraf last month. …
expressyoureself.wordpress.com/2008/
09/05/pakistan-needs-help-on-economy/

US hints at more raids in Pakistan
The Age – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
WITH angry protests spreading in Pakistan, US defence officials have said that the number of cross-border commando missions might grow in coming months to …
www.theage.com.au/world/us-hints-at-more
-raids-in-pakistan-20080905-4apu.html

US strike claims innocent lives in Pakistan
Radio Netherlands – Netherlands
This is the third attack on militants operating from Pakistan in the past few days. On Wednesday, a helicopter strike by United States led forces in South …
www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/59
50955/US-strike-claims-innocent-lives-in-Pakistan

Pak funding Mujahideen in Kashmir
Hindustan Times – India
Press Trust Of India Noting that Pakistan has tolerated or in some cases funded the Mujahideen in Kashmir, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has …
www.hindustantimes.com/Redir.aspx?ID=44046a02-6d8c-45b4
-b48a-4fa4cd0c30b5&ParentID=2c47d9d6-32f3-4e83-b000-3ad1753b241f

Pakistan denounces recent US raid against Taliban stronghold
By Raymond
(AKI) – American forces were responsible for Wednesday’s deadly raid on a suspected Taliban haven near the Afghan border that has generated widespread condemnation in Pakistan, an unnamed senior official has said.…
www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022554.php

Storm clouds gather over Pakistan vote
By CNNi blog producer
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – When I got up this morning, heavy storm clouds were gathering over the pale sprawling buildings of the National Assembly. On the eve of the first fully democratic presidential election in more than a decade, …
inthefield.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/05/
strom-clouds-gather-over-pakistan-vote/

White House: US respects Pakistan sovereignty
AFP –
WASHINGTON (AFP) — The White House said it respected Pakistan’s sovereignty and always mourned any loss of innocent life, but declined to comment directly …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gc0Om5kLKjUVEJoxUhxzljoJxGsQ

Pakistan believes in minimum credible deterrence for peace
The News International – Karachi,Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is a peace loving country which believes in maintaining minimum credible deterrence for ensuring durable peace and stability in the…
www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=54281

Pakistan set for presidential poll
Aljazeera.net – Qatar
Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of Benazir Bhutto, the assassinated former prime minister and leader of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), …
english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/09/20089511858382700.html

3 deposed supreme court judges take fresh oath of office in Pakistan
Xinhua – China
5 (Xinhua) — Three deposed judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan took oath of their offices on Friday, according to official Associated Press of Pakistan …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/05/content_9804022.htm

Pakistan ‘needs help’ on economy
BBC News – UK
Pakistan needs a “substantial” injection of external funds if it is to improve its worsening economic situation, an IMF official has said. …
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7599993.stm

Raid in Pakistan
By Marcus
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — American forces conducted a raid inside Pakistan on Wednesday, a senior US military official said, in the first known foreign ground assault against a suspected Taliban haven. Pakistan’s government condemned the …
www.soldiersperspective.us/2008/09/05/raid-in-pakistan/

Pakistan lawmakers to choose Musharraf replacement
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The real question in Pakistan’s presidential election is not who the winner will be but whether the new leader will be any more successful than his predecessor in tackling extremism and economic malaise. …
www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20080905/pakistan-politics

Pakistan’s lethal turmoil
Toronto Star – Ontario, Canada
But Pakistan’s integrity is threatened as much, if not more, by the relentless Talibanization of its border region. Pakistan’s leading politician, Asif Ali …
www.thestar.com/Opinion/article/491000

Pakistan lawmakers to choose Musharraf replacement
The Associated Press –
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — The real question in Pakistan’s presidential election is not who the winner will be but whether the new leader will be any more …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iWe152
N60O8rfHfthVTBaXBeBs3wD930GL580

We did it, says Taliban outfit
Hindu – Chennai,India
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Thursday an apparent attempt to assassinate him was carried out by forces that did not want …
www.hindu.com/2008/09/05/stories/2008090560551600.htm

Suspected US drone attack kills 5 in Pakistan
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
By Haji Mujtaba MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) – Five Islamist militants were killed on Friday in a missile attack by a suspected US drone in Pakistan’s …
in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-35333120080905

Pakistan condemns American attack
Edmonton Sun – Alberta, Canada
By AP ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s Parliament voted yesterday to condemn this week’s precedent-setting US ground attack on Pakistani territory. …
www.edmontonsun.com/News/World/2008/09/05/6667921-sun.html