25 March, 2009

Pakistan to Seek $10 Billion From Friendly Nations
Bloomberg – USA
By Khaleeq Ahmed and Khalid Qayum March 25 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan will seek $10 billion over the next three years from the “Friends of Democratic Pakistan” …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=
20601080&sid=abY0558vyi.U&refer=asia

Pakistan must be stabilized: Russia – GEO.tv
MOSCOW: Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said Russia is “very much concerned” about the security of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal, and the country must be stabilized before peace can be achiev.
www.geo.tv/3-25-2009/38153.htm

Postmodern Pakistan “ Tech Lahore
By techlahore
Pakistan is such an absolutely amazing place. If you put that copy of Newsweek down for a moment and think what we’ve built in the last 60 years, I think rationality would require you to be close to awe-struck. …
techlahore.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/postmodern-pakistan/

Kashmir fight kills 25, Lashkar vows more attacks
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
By Sheikh Mushtaq NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Pakistan-based militant group blamed for the Mumbai attacks threatened on Wednesday more violence in disputed …
in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-38693120090325

Pakistan govt in crisis after a year in office
AFP
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Pakistan’s government marks one year in office Wednesday still battling to contain the political and security meltdown threatening to …
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ALeqM5glqCvhsEMKCV7lh9p09KOH7M2wfg

Russia ‘Concerned’ About Security of Pakistan’s Nuclear Arsenal
Bloomberg – USA
“They hit and run back to Pakistan. So you have to deal with both. Both are very unstable.” Ivanov said Russia seeks to toughen ineffective nuclear controls …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=2060
1087&sid=alAi4AZaKmno&refer=home

US Weighs Sharif as Possible Partner
New York Times – United States
More Photos By JANE PERLEZ LAHORE, Pakistan — The opposition leader, Nawaz Sharif, sealed his place as the most popular politician in Pakistan this month …
www.nytimes.com/2009/03/25/world/asia/25sharif.html?ref=world

JURIST – Paper Chase: Reinstated Pakistan CJ Chaudhry calls for …
[JURIST] Pakistan’s Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry [official profile; JURIST news archive] returned to work Tuesday after being reinstated [JURIST report] earlier this week and immediately called for members of the Pakistani …
jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/03/reinstated-pakistan-cj-chaudhry-calls.php

Pakistan: India involved in attack against Sri Lankan cricket team …
By webinfo@adnkronos.com
(AKI/DAWN) – The rocket-launchers and explosives used in the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team are used by Indian security forces, Pakistani daily Dawn reported on Tuesday, quoting…
www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3136083609

US tells Delhi to back off Pakistan and lay low in Afghanistan
By admin
Washington wants to concentrate and does not want any distractions from it focus on Afghanistan. Everything else is a distraction. Delhi’s bickering is more.
rightnreal.com/us-tells-delhi-to-back
-off-pakistan-and-lay-low-in-afghanistan/

Scoop: UN Staffer In Pakistan Must Be Released
New York, Mar 24 2009 4:10PM On the eve of the International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members, the UN refugee agency is again appealing for the immediate release of John Solecki, who was abducted in Pakistan …
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0903/S00498.htm

US Weighs Sharif as Possible Partner
New York Times – United States
By JANE PERLEZ LAHORE, Pakistan — The opposition leader, Nawaz Sharif, sealed his place as the most popular politician in Pakistan this month when he defied …
www.nytimes.com/2009/03/25/world/asia/25sharif.html?hp

How Pakistan can help to stop terrorist camps training Britons
Times Online – UK
Since the September 11 attacks the British security services have agonised over how to monitor British Pakistanis who regularly travel back to Pakistan to …
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5971074.ece

24 March, 2009

Al Qaeda-trained Britons return from Pakistan
Long War Journal – Medford,USA
By Bill RoggioMarch 24, 2009 6:32 PM More than 20 Britons who have trained in al Qaeda terror camps inside of Pakistan have returned to Briton, according to …
www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/03/al_qaedatrained_brit.php

Pakistan – ‘The Most Dangerous Country’ in the World? | Crooks and …
By Susie Madrak
The war in Afghanistan and its potentially catastrophic impact on Pakistan are complex and dangerous issues, which further make the case why our country needs a national debate on this now – starting with congressional oversight …
crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/pakistan-most-dangerous-country-world

Russia ‘Concerned’ Over Security Of Pakistan’s Nukes
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Russia ‘Concerned’ Over Security Of Pakistan’s Nukes – The Huffington Post.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/24/russia-concerned-over-
sec_n_178652.html

Global Voices Online “ Pakistan Day And The Lawyers’ Movement
By Rezwan
Pakistanis celebrated Pakistan day yesterday. Chapaty Mystery discussed the significance of the day and mentioned how the recent successful lawyers’ movement has provided “an opportunity for Pakistan to undertake a serious…
globalvoicesonline.org/2009/03/24/pakistan
-day-and-the-lawyers-movement/

Pakistan to get US $ 840 from IMF in March | Pakistan Times!
By Mian Ahsan Liaqat
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is likely to get second tranche of US $840 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by the end of this month, official sources.
www.pak-times.com/2009/03/24/pakistan
-to-get-us-840-from-imf-in-march/

Pakistan: a path through danger | open Democracy News Analysis
Such plans have a way in Pakistan of being sabotaged by their supposed beneficiaries. In this case, Musharraf did not relent from his authoritarian path, even as he promised fair and free parliamentary elections. …
www.opendemocracy.net/article/pakistan-a-path-through-danger

The Weekly Standard
At some point it will be difficult to sell engagement and aid for Pakistan to the American people while we conduct strikes throughout half the country because the Pakistanis are unwilling to tackle the Taliban and al Qaeda problem. …
www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/200
9/03/expanding_strikes_in_pakistan.asp

India felicitates Pakistan on National Day – GEO.tv
NEW DELHI: Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has extended felicitations to his Pakistani counterpart Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Pakistan Day celebrated on March 23.In his.
www.geo.tv/3-24-2009/38110.htm

Russia ‘Concerned’ About Safety of Pakistan’s Nuclear Arsenal
Bloomberg – USA
By Lyubov Pronina and Ellen Pinchuk March 24 (Bloomberg) — Russia is“very much concerned” about the safety of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal, and the country …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601
091&sid=aHuINoymG0Hc&refer=india

Pakistan on edge after two blasts | csmonitor.com
Government officials warn that foreign Taliban militants have infiltrated the country and could carry out more attacks.
www.csmonitor.com/2009/0324/p99s01-duts.html
Christian Science Monitor | World
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EdCone.com: The Pakistan problem
By Ed Cone
David Kilcullen says the real central front in fighting terrorism is“Pakistan. Hands down. No doubt.” Previously: Kilcullen ahead of the curve; central front misidentified…
edcone.typepad.com/wordup/2009/03/the-pakistan-problem.html

Creative-Pakistan.com “ Pakistan Law
By Editor
Creative-Pakistan.com is platform to showcase web and CSS designs of
creative Pakistani web desginers “ Pakistan Law.
www.creative-pakistan.com/2009/03/pakistan-law/

President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardai Charges …
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-of-pakistan-asif-ali-zardai-charges-against-isi/

Snowblog – Pakistan: inside Taliban-controlled Swat
By Nick Paton Walsh
Swat is only about three hours’ drive from the capital Islamabad, and you can understand why policy wonks in Washington get the hives when they see masked men called Taliban in control of a large swathe of Pakistan. It has nuclear arms, …
blogs.channel4.com/snowblog/2009/03/24/
pakistan-inside-taliban-controlled-swat/

‘Forceful diplomacy’ led to Pakistan’s 26/11 admission, says …
By Sindh Today
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) Attacking the BJP’s divisive approach towards terrorism, the Congress Tuesday underlined its commitment to an independent foreign policy and claimed that Pakistan’s admission of the role of its citizens in the …
www.sindhtoday.net/south-asia/78660.htm

LiveLeak.com – Video Of Taliban Terror In Pakistan
Video Of Taliban Terror In Pakistan. CLOSE [X]. Sky News has obtained new video of Taliban training camps and the murder of Pakistani security forces. Stuart Ramsay’s reports contains evidence of extreme violence and shows video of the …
www.liveleak.com/view?i=79e_1237894816

Pakistan’s president calls for reconciliation | Otago Daily Times …
Pakistani police officers escort the Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar
Mohammed Chaudhry, centre, as he arrives at the Supreme Court compound in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday, March 24, 2009. Photo Emilio Morenatti/AP.…
www.odt.co.nz/news/world/48768/paki
stan039s-president-calls-reconciliation

Back on the bench in Pakistan – AOL Video
Back on the bench in Pakistan Video on AOL Video – CNN’s Reza Sayah examines the great expectations greeting Pakistan’s top judge on his first day back at work.
video.aol.com/video-detail/back-on-the-bench-in-pakistan/1874211887

Countering a changing terror threat
BBC News – UK
The international context also receives more attention than in the past, with sections on Pakistan and Afghanistan and on the relationship between…
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7961299.stm

Pakistan militants strengthen in heartland – AP NEWS
BAHAWALPUR, Pakistan (AP) – The compound bore no sign. Residents referred to it simply as the school for “jihadi fighters,” speaking in awe of the expensive horses stabled within its high walls – and the extremists who rode them …
www.ntdaily.com/news/2009/03/24/ApNews/
Pakistan.Militants.Strengthen.In.Heartland-3680224.shtml

Pakistan Could Collapse in Six Months: Warns Top Adviser to the US …
By admin
Pakistan in danger; says Pak security services a rogue state.
ekawaaz.org/2009/03/24/pakistan-collapse-month
s-warns-top-adviser-central-command-david-kilcullen/

Pakistan: Suicide blast targets police in Islamabad – Adnkronos …
By webinfo@adnkronos.com
(AKI) – By Syed Saleem Shahzad – At least one person was killed in a suicide blast which targeted the intelligence branch of the police in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Monday…
www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3134575165

Pakistan Day 2009
By sepoy
On March 23rd, Pakistan celebrates “Pakistan Day” to commemorate the Muslim League session in Lahore in 1940 at which Muhammad Ali Jinnah most crisply articulated a “Muslims are a nation’ ideology. I want to highlight some sections for …
www.chapatimystery.com/archives/homistan/pakistan_day_2009.html