5 March, 2009

Sri Lankan Cricketers: Pakistan Ignored Terror Warning Homeland …
By national
Sri Lanka had stepped in to play Pakistan after India withdraw following last november’s attack on Mumbai by Pakistani terrorists. The Sri Lankans came under intense pressure to pull out from India amid concerns about the country’s poor …
www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2009/03/04/
sri-lankan-cricketers-pakistan-ignored-terror-warning/

Taliban blow up Pakistan music shops: police
AFP
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) — Taliban militants blew up 16 shops selling music and DVDs in northwest Pakistan overnight, police said Thursday. …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article
/ALeqM5hBMCt5YhEC4hRzH2UqzEI1FKHoOg

Fresh questions raised over Pakistan’s security measures
ABC Online – Australia
ELEANOR HALL: As allegations surface that Pakistan’s police received advanced warning of a terrorist incident this week, survivors of the attack on the Sri …
www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2008/s2508153.htm

Pakistan detains scores, but no breakthrough on attack
Reuters – USA
By Kamran Haider LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani police have rounded up scores of people in their investigation of an attack on Sri Lanka’s cricket …
www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL46590220090305

Pakistan, US share Mumbai probe details
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday shared with the United States details of the probe conducted by the Pakistani investigation agencies into last year’s …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=
2009%5C03%5C05%5Cstory_5-3-2009_pg1_9

Pakistan, an ordinary nation
Livemint – Delhi,Delhi,India
That Pakistan is an ordinary country with extraordinary problems. That Pakistan’s security forces are hand-in-glove with terrorists. …
www.livemint.com/2009/03/04215728/
Pakistan-an-ordinary-nation.html?h=B

Pakistan Shows Tape of Gunmen Escaping After Attack
Bloomberg – USA
Sri Lanka had only agreed to play in Pakistan after India pulled out of matches for security reasons following the November terrorist attack in India’s …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20
601081&sid=akGSVrqD10aI&refer=australia

Pakistan needs to take responsibility
guardian.co.uk – UK
Sri Lankan authorities are already being attacked for sending their team to Pakistan. In spite of assurances from Islamabad, it is unlikely that another …
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/
mar/04/pakistan-attack-sri-lanka-cricket

Cricket-Australian umpires slam Pakistan security
Reuters UK – UK
By Julian Linden SYDNEY, March 5 (Reuters) – The two Australian umpires caught up in the attack by gunmen on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan have …
uk.reuters.com/article/cricketNews/idUKSP45184820090305

Global Voices Online “ Pakistan: The Blame Game.. Again..
By Rezwan
Teath Maestro describes the blame game after the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, Pakistan: “Right now, collectively, (media, bloggers, political parties and government) all search for escape goats elsewhere – primarily …
globalvoicesonline.org/2009/03/04/pakistan-the-blame-game-again/

Pakistan Poses Bigger Security Threat Than Afghanistan: Top US …
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Pakistan Poses Bigger Security Threat Than Afghanistan: Top US Diplomat In Kabul – The Huffington Post.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/04/
pakistan-poses-bigger-sec_n_171975.html

Cricket: Pakistan’s blameless cricketers are in desperate need of …
By Gideon Haigh
Gideon Haigh: Who will step forward to save cricket in Pakistan in the wake of the attacks on the Sri Lanka team?
www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2009/mar/
05/pakistan-cricket-lahore-attacks-sri-lanka

Pakistan and nuclear proliferation
Boston Globe – United States
By Evelyn N. Farkas A 2007 Foreign Policy magazine poll of 117 nongovernmental terrorism experts found that 74 percent consider Pakistan the country most …
www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/
articles/2009/03/05/pakistan_and_nuclear_proliferation

4 March, 2009

Wake up, stop supporting jehadis: British media to Pakistan
Hindu – Chennai,India
London (IANS): British newspapers Wednesday described Pakistan as a“failing state” and said it was time its politicians and generals stopped supporting …
www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200903041840.htm

Pakistan drops mobile courts plan
BBC News – UK
Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari has dropped plans to establish mobile courts that can adjudicate on minor offences on the spot, officials say.…
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7923835.stm

Virginia M. Moncrieff: Despair In Pakistan Over Cricket Attack …
By Virginia M. Moncrieff
Despair In Pakistan Over Cricket Attack, Government’s Incompetence – The Huffington Post.
www.huffingtonpost.com/virginia-moncrieff/
despair-in-pakistan-over_b_171852.html

Pakistan: Now or Never? “ Blog Archive “ Pakistan: Somalia …
By Sanjeev Miglani
India’s ruling Congress party thinks Pakistan is fast becoming the“Somalia of South Asia”. The attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore was the result of the state ceding its territory to the fundamentalists and Taliban of the world, …
blogs.reuters.com/pakistan/2009/03/04/pakistan-
somalia-comparisons-should-worry-india-too/

EU Referendum: What to do about Pakistan?
By Richard
Michael Burleigh tells us Pakistan presents a terrifying threat to world stability far greater than Iraq or Afghanistan, and The Daily Telegraph says, “It is no use blaming outsiders: the canker is within. Pakistan needs to wake up.” …
eureferendum.blogspot.com/2009/03/what-to-do-about-pakistan.html

Lahore attack grips Pakistan as police continue hunt for gunmen …
Pakistani investigators were following “important leads” to identify who was behind the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore.
tvnz.co.nz/world-news/attack-grips-
pakistan-police-hunt-gunmen-2517482

Security worries for sports after Pakistan attacks – MSNBC Wire …
LONDON (AP) -With authorities in Pakistan still trying to find the gunmen who attacked Sri Lanka’s cricket team, sports event organizers in the region and around the world have already started to think about how to protect their future …
nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/29510713/

US lawmakers want easier Afghan, Pakistan imports
Reuters – USA
The Afghanistan-Pakistan Security And Prosperity Enhancement Act foresees so-called “Reconstruction Opportunity Zones” in the two countries, that are at the …
www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN04194099

Conflict Between Pakistan’s Political Rivals Prompts Protests, Turmoil
Voice of America – USA
By Ravi Khanna The rivalry between Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari and his former coalition partner Nawaz Sharif is creating more turmoil in a country …
www.voanews.com/english/2009-03-04-voa34.cfm