17 March, 2009

JURIST – Paper Chase: Pakistan lawyers, supporters welcome …
By Andrew Gilmore
[JURIST] Members of the Pakistan lawyers’ movement [JURIST news archive] on Monday welcomed the reinstatement [JURIST report] of Pakistan Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry [JURIST news archive], hailing the move as …
jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/03/paki
stan-lawyers-supporters-welcome.php

Global Voices Online “ Pakistan: Suicidal Attack in Rawalpindi
By Rezwan
Pakistan: Triumph of Democracy · › Protests Galore in Nepal · ›
Global recession and its discontents · › Pakistan: Live Coverage Of The Long March · › Video: Celebrating Women on their International Day …
globalvoicesonline.org/2009/03/16/p
akistan-suicidal-attack-in-rawalpindi/

As Pakistan Restores Judges, Taliban in Swat Sends Some Home …
March 17 (Bloomberg) — Taliban guerillas in Pakistan’s Swat Valley replaced judges appointed by the government with Islamic religious courts, undermining the judiciary hours after the nation’s chief justice won back his job. …
www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboa
rd.php?az=view_all&address=102x3786689

Pakistan Celebrates Restoration Of Chief Justice
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Pakistan Celebrates Restoration Of Chief Justice – The Huffington Post.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/16/
pakistan-celebrates-resto_n_175487.html

NewsDaily: American U.N. official kidnapped in Pakistan said sick
By Gul Yousafzai
The United Nations is very concerned about the health of an American UN official kidnapped in Pakistan last month and wants him released as soon as possible, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52g21y-us-pakistan-kidnap-un/

Pakistan: Deadly suicide bomb strikes northeastern garrison town …
By webinfo@adnkronos.com
(AKI/DAWN) – A suicide bomber hit a crowded bus-stop in the northeastern Pakistani city of Rawalpindi late on Monday, killing at least 11 people and injuring more than 25 others. No…
www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3118071079

Nawaz Sharif is Pakistan’s most popular politician: report | Sindh …
By Sindh Today
London, March 17 (IANS) Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has emerged as Pakistan’s most popular and shrewd politician despite having been ignored by the US and Britain, a newspaper reported Tuesday. The Daily Telegraph newspaper said …
www.sindhtoday.net/pakistan/75577.htm

American UN official kidnapped in Pakistan said sick
Reuters – USA
By Gul Yousafzai QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – The United Nations is very concerned about the health of an American UN official kidnapped in Pakistan last …
www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE52G21Y20090317

India May Subsidize Wheat Exports, Pakistan to Resume Imports
Bloomberg – USA
US Wheat Associates expects Pakistan, Asia’s third-biggest wheat producer, to resume imports later this year to bridge a shortfall in domestic supplies.
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206
01091&sid=aMcibSq5RwHs&refer=india

Pakistan suicide bomber kills 14: police
AFP
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AFP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a restaurant in Pakistan’s garrison city of Rawalpindi, killing 14 people and wounding …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALe
qM5iVmUveLSS2K4pvvPRtHe4BqqmU5Q

News Analysis Pakistan Avoids Pitfall, but Path Ahead Is Unclear
New York Times – United States
By JANE PERLEZ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — It was a signal moment in Pakistan’s political development: A huge demonstration forced the restoration of a dismissed …
www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/world/asia/17pstan.html?em

Obama’s Quandary in Pakistan
By BRIJ KHINDARIA, International Columnist
There are growing murmurs in Europe that Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has overplayed his hand under advice from the Americans, setting off the slow demise of Pakistan not only as a democracy but also as a governable country. …
themoderatevoice.com/27179/obamas-quandary-in-pakistan/

U.S. Zeros In On Chitral Pakistan In Hunt For bin Laden Homeland …
By national
Six U.S. and foreign officials confirmed to The News that northwestern Pakistan’s impenetrable Hindu Kush mountains – which boast some of the world’s tallest climbs – in the Chitral region have been eyed as Bin Laden’s hideout since …
www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2009/03/16/us-
zeros-in-on-chitral-pakistan-in-hunt-for-bin-laden/

Australia urges Pakistan to combat extremism
AFP
SYDNEY (AFP) — Australia urged Pakistan’s rival political parties Tuesday to work together to combat the “common enemy” of extremism, as a ninth Australian …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/
ALeqM5iSwefVQPheeAGqDbTKALE0OBDbsg

Pakistan suicide attack toll rises to 14
AFP
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AFP) — The death toll from a suicide bombing in Pakistan’s garrison city of Rawalpindi has risen to 14, with another 18 people wounded …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/
ALeqM5jZ7N-L4232B2uuH8JL9z-bEPT0Rg

Reinstatement of Pakistan’s Chief Justice Ends a Crisis, but It …
New York Times – United States
Emilio Morenatti/AP Lawyers danced Monday in Islamabad, Pakistan, outside the home of Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry after his reinstatement as the chief…
www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/world/asia/17judge.html?ref=asia

Report: US does not consult with India over situation in Pakistan
Xinhua – China
NEW DELHI, March 17 (Xinhua) — The United States did not consult with India over the latest political events in Pakistan and acted alone to pressure a …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/17/content_11025415.htm

Pakistan rape victim gets married
BBC News – UK
Since being raped she has also written a best-selling autobiography and opened a school and a chain of women’s crisis centres in Pakistan. …
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7947458.stm

Pakistan’s Asif Ali Zardari may become a figurehead
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
By Laura King Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan — On a day of delirious public celebrations over Pakistan’s popular chief justice getting his job back, …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-
pakistan-zardari17-2009mar17,0,7524090.story

Pakistani Political Crisis Jeopardizes US Regional Strategy
Washington Post – United States
By Karen DeYoung Pakistan’s ongoing political crisis, the Obama administration’s first real-time foreign policy emergency, threatens to upend a new …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2009/03/16/AR2009031603254.html

Pakistan’s Quick Fix
New York Times – United States
Pakistan’s president, Asif Ali Zardari, made the right choice on Monday in agreeing to reinstate the independent-minded former Supreme Court justice, …
www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/opinion/17tue2.html

Pakistan Overcomes Major Political Crisis
By gbhaskar
Pakistan government averted a major political crisis by agreeing to the major demands of the opposition party, Pakistan Muslim League (N) led by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The current crisis was precipitated when the Supreme …
www.huliq.com/4603/78535/pakistan-
overcomes-major-political-crisis

In Pakistan, Elation Over Restoration of Judges
Washington Post – United States
Zardari faced increasing pressure from a broad coalition of opponents who demanded the reinstatement of Pakistan’s independent judiciary. …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2009/03/16/AR2009031601755.html?hpid=topnews

Pakistan defuses crisis, agrees to restore judge
Reuters – USA
By Kamran Haider ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s government agreed on Monday to reinstate Iftikhar Chaudhry as chief justice in a surprise bid to defuse a …
www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed1/idUSTRE52B02220090316

16 March, 2009

India appoints new HC to Pakistan
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
By Iftikhar Gilani NEW DELHI: The Indian government on Monday appointed Sharat Sabharwal as its new high commissioner to Pakistan. …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2
009%5C03%5C17%5Cstory_17-3-2009_pg1_9

India welcomes end to Pakistan standoff
Hindu – Chennai,India
NEW DELHI: India on Monday welcomed the end to the political crisis in Pakistan and hoped that the government there would be stable to act as a“bulwark” …
www.hindu.com/2009/03/17/stories/2009031755671000.htm

Pakistan kidnappers set new US hostage deadline
AFP
QUETTA, Pakistan (AFP) — A group claiming to be holding an American UN official in Pakistan Monday threatened to kill him in 48 hours if the government does …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/
ALeqM5jkBQCBGiTkzjCDx8zds2slYPhanA

Sabharwal is envoy to Pakistan
Hindu – Chennai,India
NEW DELHI: Sharat Sabharwal was on Monday named the next High Commissioner to Pakistan at a time when bilateral ties between the two countries have entered …
www.hindu.com/2009/03/17/stories/2009031755661000.htm

Big win for Pakistan protesters | csmonitor.com
The government agreed Monday to restore deposed judges. Activists want further reforms.
www.csmonitor.com/2009/0317/p01s02-wosc.html

Hot Air “Blog Archive” Pakistan caves on judges
By tips@hotair.com (Hot Air Network, LLC)
The decision marked an extraordinary victory for Pakistan’s legal community, which has been agitating peacefully for the judges’ reinstatement for the past two years, and for Zardari’s major political rival, former prime minister Nawaz …
hotair.com/archives/2009/03/16/pakistan-caves-on-judges/

Political Turmoil in Pakistan Poses New Challenges for Obama …
By Barbara Crossette, The Nation
Huge protests challenging Pakistan’s president have shaken up the country’s politics.
www.alternet.org/audits/131857/political_turmoil
_in_pakistan_poses_new_challenges_for_obama/

Clinton praises Pakistan’s restoration of judge
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Pakistan’s decision to reinstate a fired Supreme Court chief justice will allow the country …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM
5h1aBshjF1CnfJ4noaEXA_Vb8dm-gD96V9LBO0

Pakistan suicide bomber kills eight: police
AFP
RAWALPINDI (AFP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a restaurant in Pakistan’s garrison city of Ralwapindi on Monday, killing at least eight people …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/
ALeqM5gsYtFhAmU36dtnXu5bTtLo95Zt4w

Pakistan president Asif Zardari ‘mortally wounded’, says party
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
Senior figures in President Asif Zardari’s Pakistan People’s Party have said he has been “mortally wounded” by the reinstatement of the country’s chief …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/5001708
/Pakistan-president-Asif-Zardari-mortally-wounded-says-party.html

Blast strikes Pakistan bus depot
BBC News – UK
An explosion has struck a bus depot on the outskirts of the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi, killing at least five people, police say. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7946843.stm