7 April, 2009

Pakistan probe seeks Sri Lankan statements
AFP
LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) — A Pakistan commission investigating last month’s deadly ambush of Sri Lanka’s cricket team on Tuesday requested evidence from the …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/
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Official: Pakistan-US trust key to counter terror
The Associated Press
US envoy Richard Holbrooke and Adm. Mike Mullen of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff were visiting Pakistan on the heels of President Barack Obama’s announcement …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM
5jGZpVhxTZJutt—aeNvpnUl8sSvgD97DHBQO0

Pakistan a thriving sanctuary for Afghan, Al Qaeda militants …
By Sindh Today
Washington, April 7 (IANS) Noting that Pakistan is a thriving sanctuary for both Afghan and Al Qaeda militants operating in Afghanistan, a leading US think tank says Washington needs to get Pakistan on board with its new Af-Pak strategy …
www.sindhtoday.net/south-asia/84014.htm

Pakistan Seen ‘Reluctant’ on US Agenda of Escalation | News From …
By Jason Ditz
With President Obama escalating the war in neighboring Afghanistan, and centering much of that strategy around fighting militants in Pakistan’s tribal areas, that agenda is being undercut, some say, by a Pakistani government reluctant …
news.antiwar.com/2009/04/06/pakistan-
seen-reluctant-on-us-agenda-of-escalation/

Suspected US strike kills 13 in Pakistan: officials
Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) April 4, 2009 – A suspected US missile strike killed 13 people including alleged Al-Qaeda militants in a Pakistan extremist stronghold on the Afghan border Saturday, security officials said.
www.spacewar.com/reports/Suspected_
US_strike_kills_13_in_Pakistan_officials_999.html

U.S. needs to convince India it can keep Pakistan in check
Washington: As the United States tries to sell Pakistan its plan of negotiating with Afghan Taliban, it will have to assure India that Washington can keep Pakistan and its militants in check, says a leading US think tank. …
www.siliconindia.com/shownews/US_needs_to_convince
_India_it_can_keep_Pakistan_in_check-nid-54871.html

Vajood Blog | Daily Fix on Pakistan
By maira
The match was headed for a draw when a quick counter attack rattled Pakistan right half Zeeshan Ali, whose foul in the D gave away a penalty stroke converted in the 68th minute by Dean Couzins. The Kiwis, ranked world number seven, …
beta.vajood.com/?p=2463

Taliban ‘Justice’ Preys on the Weak and the Scared | Jihadistan …
By Christopher Allbritton
A recent video of Taliban militants flogging a 17-year-old girl for alleged adultery has outraged Pakistanis around the world. | Jihadistan – Reporting and Analysis from Pakistan and Afghanistan.
www.jihadistannow.com/2009/04/the-talibans-face-in-swat-valley/

Taliban blow up Pakistan music shop: police
AFP
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Suspected Taliban militants planted a remote-controlled bomb that blew up a music shop and neighbouring stalls in Pakistan’s northwest …
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US envoys told Pakistan ‘fighting for survival’
AFP
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — The United States’ military commander and regional troubleshooter Tuesday held key talks in Pakistan, where President Asif Ali Zardari …
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Pakistan’s Top Judge Rebukes Officials
New York Times – United States
Students in Lahore, Pakistan, protested against the flogging of a 17-year-old woman in the Taliban-controlled area of Swat. By JANE PERLEZ ISLAMABAD, …
www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/world/asia/07pstan.html?ref=asia

Humanitarian Relief – Change.org: Initial Report: Aid Workers …
By Michael Kleinman
“About four workers of an international Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) were killed by unknown suspects in a Pakistan’s earthquake-hit northern district, said reports here on Monday. The bullet-riddled dead-bodies of three female …
humanitarianrelief.change.org/blog/view
/initial_report_aid_workers_killed_in_pakistan

Pakistan: Govt making efforts to provide opportunities to special …
By ismailimail
Islamabad, April 02 (PPI): Federal Secretary of Welfare and Special Education, Imtiaz Qazi, Thursday said ten percent of the total population of Pakistan consisted of special persons and Ministry of Special Education and Welfare trying …
ismailimail.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/pakistan-govt-
making-efforts-to-provide-opportunities-to-special-persons/

Living Legend – Sohail Rana – Music Pakistan
By musicpakistan@gmail.com
Lollywood News And Downloads Of Pakistani Film and Music.
www.musicpakistan.net/modules.php
?name=News&file=article&sid=466

Chale Chalo Ke Woh Manzil Abhi Nahi Aai | Behind The Curtains …
By Ghouri
Latest Pakistani Urdu columns, newspaper editorials,articles, ebooks, novels, reports & videos to keep everyone aware with current affairs. IBITIANS is a thought provoking effort especially for the young generation of Pakistan.
www.ibitians.com/2009/04/07/chale
-chalo-ke-woh-manzil-abhi-nahi-aai/

Time Is Short as U.S. Presses Pakistan, a Reluctant Ally …
Reviews on ‘’Time Is Short as US Presses Pakistan, a Reluctant Ally’’ from New York Times. NewsTrust, your guide to good journalism.
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More Drone Attacks in Pakistan Planned
New York Times – United States
On Sunday, a senior Taliban leader vowed to unleash two suicide attacks a week like one on Saturday in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, unless the Central …
www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/world/asia/07drone.html?ref=world

6 April, 2009

Preventing Waste and Fraud in Afghanistan and Pakistan Spending
By Center for American Progress
The lessons from Iraq reconstruction efforts are particularly relevant today, with the Obama administration unveiling a new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan last month that includes large increases in development assistance to both …
www.americanprogress.org/events/2009/04/hardlessons.html

Children of Darkness – Killing “them” (Part 2) “ Wonders of Pakistan
By Dr. Nayyar Hashmey
Wonders of Pakistan. First Blog on Heritage, Culture and Tourism in Pakistan. Children of Darkness – Killing “them” (Part 2). al-qaida_hunt3. by David Edwards. To be fair to the BBC, Rageh Omaar’s observation generalises: the whole of …
wondersofpakistan.wordpress.com/2009/04/
07/children-of-darkness-killing-them-part-2/

US pushes Pakistan to boost fighting of militants
The Associated Press
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The US launched its latest effort Monday to get Pakistan to step up its fight against Islamic militants, sending special envoy Richard …
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Commentary: Pakistan is armed and extremely dangerous | McClatchy
Last week, while President Barack Obama and world leaders prepared to meet in London, an event halfway around the world sent an ominous reminder that terrorism remains as much a threat to peace and stability as economic dislocation.
www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/65566.html

Pakistan: Now or Never? “ Blog Archive “ India not the enemy, U.S. …
By Sanjeev Miglani
U.S. envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke has begun a fresh trip to the region this week that will also take him to New Delhi, and a report released by the Asia Society just before that trip suggests ways through which …
blogs.reuters.com/pakistan/2009/04/06
/india-not-the-enemy-us-tells-pakistan/

State of Telecom Industry in Pakistan “ Extreme Learning â …
By Babar Bhatti
Intel has committed $100 million annually for global education and has a huge footprint in Pakistan claiming to have trained 175000 teachers in this nation with illiteracy exceeding half its population of 175 million— the 6th most …
telecompk.net/2009/04/06/extreme-learning-30-pakistan/

“Obama’s Domino Theory” “ Wonders of Pakistan
By Dr. Nayyar Hashmey
“So let me be clear,” he said, “Al-Qaida and its allies — the
terrorists who planned and supported the 9/11 attacks — are in Pakistan and Afghanistan.” But his characterization of what is going on now in Afghanistan, almost eight years …
wondersofpakistan.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/
%E2%80%9Cobama%E2%80%99s-domino-theory/

Pakistan court investigates Taliban flogging video
guardian.co.uk – UK
Pakistan’s supreme court today launched an investigation into a video showing Taliban militants flogging a 17-year-old woman, hours before top American …
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/
06/pakistan-flogging-video-court

Counterterrorism Blog: American Interests in Pakistan
By Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
In 2007, [Pervez] Musharraf’s last full year as president, the United States located over 20 terrorist targets in Pakistan and requested permission to strike about 15, but Pakistan’s leadership approved only 3 strikes. …
counterterrorismblog.org/2009/04/
american_interests_in_pakistan.php

Pakistan recall Shoaib Akhtar for Australia series | Sindh Today
By Sindh Today
Karachi, April 6 (IANS) Pakistan Monday recalled controversial pacer Shoaib Akhtar in a 15-man squad for the one-day series against Australia to be played in Dubai and Abu Dhabi from April 22 to May 7.
www.sindhtoday.net/sports/83878.htm

Pakistan: Bodies found in container will be sent to Kabul …
By webinfo@adnkronos.com
(AKI/DAWN) – The bodies of victims of a human smuggling racket found in a container truck near Quetta on Saturday were due to be taken to Kabul on Monday by an Afghan cargo plane…
www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3185146643

Jihad Watch: Pakistan: Taliban plans on carrying out two suicide …
By director@jihadwatch.org
Hakimullah Mehsud, a deputy to Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, says his group will carry out two suicide attacks per week in Pakistan like the one in Islamabad on Saturday. Hakimullah warned last week that his group would …
www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025533.php

US plans three billion dollar military boost for Pakistan …
Washington: The US Defense Department has a three billion dollar plan to train and equip Pakistan’s military over the next five years, US media reported.
www.defencetalk.com/us-plans-three-
billion-dollar-military-boost-for-pakistan-17233/

obamanation Wants Taliban Talks, Not Military Escalation, in …
Huffington Post – New York,NY,USA
With respect to Afghanistan and Pakistan, while there have been some encouraging signals, in terms of actually implemented policies the folks who voted for …
www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/
obamanation-wants-taliban_b_183407.html

Pakistan: Suicide bomber kills 22 at Shiite mosque “ Rational Review
By Thomas L. Knapp
“A suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shiite religious ceremony in northern Pakistan yesterday, killing at least 22 people and wounding 60 others. The attacker struck at the gates to a mosque in the town of Chakwal, 60 kilometers (37 …
www.rationalreview.com/content/61507

Taliban threaten 2 attacks per week in Pakistan | Euro News 24
07:10 ISLAMABAD – A suicide bombing at a crowded Shiite mosque south of Pakistan’s capital killed 22 people Sunday, the latest evidence of how security in the US-allied nation is crumbling well beyond the Afghan border region where …
www.euronews24.org/world/taliban-
threaten-2-attacks-per-week-in-pakistan/

Muslim Kills 22 Muslims In Pakistan Mosque | Sweetness & Light
By Steve
From those tireless defenders of the faith at the Associated Press: Suicide bomber kills 22 in Pakistan Shiite mosque By Zarar Khan, Associated.
sweetness-light.com/archive/muslim-
kills-22-muslims-in-pakistan-mosque

Mullen, Holbrooke to visit Pakistan tomorrow – GEO.tv
ISLAMABAD: US special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke and US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen will visit Pakistan on April 6.The two would meet Pakistan’s.
www.geo.tv/4-5-2009/39141.htm

‘Pakistan repatriates bodies of Afghan migrants’
AFP
QUETTA, Pakistan (AFP) — The bodies of 45 Afghans who suffocated to death in a human smugglers’ container in southwestern Pakistan were being driven back to …
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ALeqM5h9ZLzXJ6yzYxJaSHcsXWZsdH9IDg

Pakistan flogging probe begins
BBC News – UK
A court hearing has begun in Pakistan over a video in circulation showing the public flogging of a teenage girl in the north-western Swat valley. …
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7984958.stm

Pakistan girl denies flogging by Taliban: Reports
NDTV.com – New Delhi,India
Now, Pakistan media reports claim the girl has reportedly denied the entire incident. The Supreme Court of Pakistan has started hearing the case taking suo …
www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id
=NEWEN20090089854&ch=462009111700AM

Pakistan remains wary of US aim
Atlanta Journal Constitution – GA, USA
By Stephen Graham AP Islamabad, Pakistan —- When US envoy Richard Holbrooke arrives in Pakistan this week he will be publicly feted for President Barack …
www.ajc.com/services/content/printedi
tion/2009/04/06/pakistan0406.html

PrairiePundit: Pakistan lacks a sense of urgency in dealing with …
By Merv
President Obama’s strategy of offering Pakistan a partnership to defeat the insurgency here calls for a virtual remake of this nation’s institutions and even of the national psyche, an ambitious agenda that Pakistan’s politicians and …
prairiepundit.blogspot.com/2009/04/pakis
tan-lacks-sense-of-urgency-in.html

The Online News Page “ Taliban threaten 2 attacks per week in Pakistan
By Editor
A suicide bombing at a crowded Shiite mosque south of Pakistan’s capital killed 22 people Sunday, the latest evidence of how security in the U.S.-allied nation is crumbling well beyond the Afghan border region where al-Qaida and Taliban …
www.rocketnews.com/2009/04/05/taliban-
threaten-2-attacks-per-week-in-pakistan/

At Least 35 Killed in Pakistan Mosque Attack | News From Antiwar.com
By Jason Ditz
The suicide attack was the second in as many days, and the latest in a string of massive suicide bombings against mosques and security posts across Pakistan. Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud has claimed …
news.antiwar.com/2009/04/05/at-least-3
5-killed-in-pakistan-mosque-attack/

Classroom of diverse dreams destroyed
USA Today – USA
Parveen Ali, 26, emigrated with relatives from Pakistan eight years ago. In America, she became her struggling family’s bedrock and her mother’s voice,…
www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-04-05-binghamton_N.htm

Pakistan suicide bomber kills 22 outside mosque
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
It’s the third major attack within six weeks in Pakistan’s heartland. The bloodshed might have been worse: Guards kept the bomber from entering the compound …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-
fg-pakistan-bombing6-2009apr06,0,2309987.story

News Analysis Time Is Short as US Presses Pakistan, a Reluctant Ally
New York Times – United States
Emilio Morenatti/AP Soldiers standing guard on March 23 after a suicide bomber staged an attack on a police station in Islamabad, Pakistan. …
www.nytimes.com/2009/04/06/world
/asia/06islamabad.html?ref=world

Pakistan bombings spur hunt for new al-Qaeda boss
Globe and Mail – Canada
With every new terrorist attack in Pakistan, authorities look to one man, Baitullah Mehsud. He claimed responsibility for Saturday’s blast, …
www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.200
90405.wpakistan06/BNStory/International/home

Pakistan Hit With Three Suicide Attacks In 24 Hours
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Pakistan Hit With Three Suicide Attacks In 24 Hours – The Huffington Post.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/05/
pakistan-hit-with-three-s_n_183316.html

Is OUR humanity dead yet? | Pro Pakistan
By Balvinder Singh Lahori
During the last American elections, I watched the people of US vote for a different party. I watched them vote for a different candidate. I watched them.
www.pro-pakistan.com/2009/04/05/is-our-humanity-dead-yet/

Taliban threaten 2 attacks per week in Pakistan › Japan Today …
A suicide bombing at a crowded Shiite mosque south of Pakistan’s capital killed 22 people Sunday, the latest evidence of…
www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/
taliban-threaten-2-attacks-per-week-in-pakistan

UN hostage John Solecki released in Pakistan | War News …
By war-news.net
John Solecki, the head of the UN refugee agency’s office in the southwestern province of Baluchistan, was found on Saturday night by the side of a road near.
www.war-news.net/north-america/united-states
/un-hostage-john-solecki-released-in-pakistan/

Pakistan: Obama’s Reluctant Partner Against Al Qaeda
New York Times – United States
By JANE PERLEZ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — President Obama’s strategy of offering Pakistan a partnership to defeat the insurgency here calls for a virtual remake …
www.nytimes.com/2009/04/06/world/asia/06islamabad.html