17 April, 2009

‘’Pakistan in danger of fracturing into Islamist fiefdom’’: report …
WASHINGTON: With extremist elements gaining ground every passing day, Pakistan is in an imminent danger of disintegrating into a fiefdom controlled by Islamist warlords, having “disastrous” implicatio.
www.geo.tv/4-17-2009/40024.htm

Op-Ed Contributor Wary on Obama
New York Times – United States
Indians recall Obama’s campaign comments that Pakistan would be “less likely” to cooperate with terrorists if it could look east “with confidence” toward …
www.nytimes.com/2009/04/18/opinion/18iht-edweiss.html

Mumbai raid suspect ‘killed 166'
BBC News – UK
Prosecutor Ujwal Nikam said this was a conspiracy hatched in Pakistan to wage war on India by attacking multiple cities and claim Kashmir. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8003813.stm

Experts Predict Pakistan’s Collapse : Homeland Security News
By national
Experts Predict Pakistan’s Collapse A growing number of US intelligence, defense and diplomatic officials have concluded that there’s little hope of preventing nuclear-armed Pakistan from disintegrating into fiefdoms controlled by …
www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2009/04/16
/experts-predict-pakistan%E2%80%99s-collapse/

JURIST – Paper Chase: Pakistan urged to overturn provincial Sharia …
The statement accused the Taliban of violating international human rights standards as well as the Pakistani constitution [text] and called for
details of a February 15 agreement [JURIST report] between the Taliban and Pakistan to be …
jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/04/rights
-group-urges-pakistan-to-overturn.php

Pakistan’s Zardari urges support to stabilise country | Euro News 24
05:40 TOKYO – Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday called for the support of the international community in stabilizing Pakistan and said his government would do its part in the fight against terrorism. We are willing to fight, …
www.euronews24.org/world/pakistans-
zardari-urges-support-to-stabilise-country/

Registan.net “ China Jumping into Pakistan’s Terrorist Game
By Joshua Foust
Registan.net – Central Asia News — All Central Asia, All The Time.
www.registan.net/index.php/2009/04/16/
china-jumping-into-pakistans-terrorist-game/

Pakistan’s struggle | The Japan Times Online
“Pakistan is in a struggle for its survival,” acknowledges President Asif Ali Zardari. He is not exaggerating. Earlier this month, the country suffered three suicide bombings in 24 hours and the Pakistan Taliban has vowed to maintain …
search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20090417a1.html

Far Eastern Economic Review | Pakistan Needs the World’s Support
By feer
The vote in Pakistan’s parliament to allow a traditional judicial system based on Islam in the Taliban-infested Swat Valley has raised questions in both Pakistan and around the world. President Asif Zardari clarified the situation when …
www.feer.com/international-relations/20098/
april55/Pakistan-Needs-the-Worlds-Support

Zardari asks friends to help Pakistan in winning war against …
TOKYO: Conference of Friends of Democratic Pakistan Forum continues in Tokyo, capital of Japan.Addressing the conference, Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari said that we have to win the war a.
www.geo.tv/4-17-2009/40006.htm

Aid for Pakistan in terror fight
BBC News – UK
The United States and Japan have each pledged $1bn (£671m) to Pakistan so far at an international donors conference. The meeting, in Tokyo, …
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8003557.stm

Experts predict Pakistan’s collapse
Kansas City Star – MO,USA
“It’sa disaster in the making on the scale of the Iranian revolution,” said a US intelligence official with long experience in Pakistan who requested …
www.kansascity.com/news/nation/story/1146830.html

Global Voices Online “ Pakistan: Job Opening At Taliban
By Rezwan
Pakistan: Job Opening At Taliban. Thursday, April 16th, 2009 @ 23:14 UTC. by Rezwan … Full Category List. English · Humor · Pakistan · Religion· Roundups · South Asia · War & Conflict. Excerpt. no excerpt. Post-Thumbnail …
globalvoicesonline.org/2009/04/16/pakistan-job-opening-at-taliban/

Japan sets $1 billion aside for Pakistan | The Japan Times Online
Japan is ready to pledge $1 billion in aid for Pakistan over two years at a donors conference Tokyo will host Friday to assist the country in stabilizing its economy and fighting terrorism, Prime Minister Taro Aso said Thursday.
search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090417a3.html

Pakistan’s Zardari urges support to stabilise country
Reuters – USA
TOKYO, April 17 (Reuters) – Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday called for the support of the international community in stabilising Pakistan and …
www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUST269602

‘Drone strikes not so intolerable to Islamabad’
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
LAHORE: While both Pakistan and the United States sides have grown accustomed to a diplomatic dance around the drones, behind the scenes, …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=
2009%5C04%5C17%5Cstory_17-4-2009_pg7_9

Out on bail, radical cleric calls for Islamic law across Pakistan
MiamiHerald.com – Miami,FL,USA
Earlier this week, Pakistan’s president bowed to pressure from extremists and agreed to impose Islamic law in Swat, a valley northwest of Islamabad,…
www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1003656.html

Pakistan key to Afghan war victory: Mullen
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
“That’s why the relationship with Pakistan is so important because I think that in the end Pakistan has to address this (issue of safe havens),” Mullen said …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=200
9%5C04%5C17%5Cstory_17-4-2009_pg1_8

PPP unhappy with PML-N’s decision over rejoining govt
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) decision not to join the federal government proves that the PML-N is a provincial party, Pakistan…
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009
%5C04%5C17%5Cstory_17-4-2009_pg7_31

16 April, 2009

Rob Asghar: A Primer on Pakistan: Why It Matters
By Rob Asghar
A Primer on Pakistan: Why It Matters – The Huffington Post.
www.huffingtonpost.com/rob-asghar/a-
primer-on-pakistan-why_b_187390.html

Japan pledges up to $1 billion to Pakistan › Japan Today: Japan …
Prime Minister Taro Aso announced Thursday that Tokyo will provide up to $1 billion in aid to Pakistan to support…
www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view
/japan-pledges-up-to-1-billion-to-pakistan

They’re having a party in Pakistan | The Best Defense
By Thomas E. Ricks
The new issue of CTC Sentinel, West Point’s terrorism monitor, has an interesting article about the connection between Pakistan’s FATA and terrorism in Europe. Essentially, it says that the FATA is fuelling much of the terror in Europe. …
ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/04/16/
theyre_having_a_party_in_pakistan

Tokyo: $4 bln aid likely for Pakistan in donors’ conference – GEO.tv
TOKYO: Pakistans allies and aid donors are expected to promise about 4 billion dollars in tomorrow’s donors’ conference but will also try to spur it to more urgent action against an increasingly for.
www.geo.tv/4-16-2009/39975.htm

Memo From Islamabad Pakistan Rehearses Its Two-Step on Airstrikes …
By Afghan Mission NY
By JANE PERLEZ— ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – With two senior American officials at his side, the Pakistani foreign minister unleashed a strong rebuke last week,
www.afghanistan-un.org/2009/04/memo-from-islamabad
-pakistan-rehearses-its-two-step-on-airstrikes/

Matthew Yglesias “ Pakistan and “Strategic Rents”
By myglesias
This great Peter Juul post on Pakistan at the Wonk Room points me to this fascinating Newsweek article from January 2008 which introduces me to the concept of “strategic rents.” I think it’s a great way of thinking about some of the …
yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009
/04/pakistan_and_strategic_rents.php

RealClearWorld – Articles – How Pakistan Almost Blew Up
A month ago, Pakistan came close to a political breakdown that could have triggered a military coup. How that crisis developed — and how it was ultimately defused — illuminates the larger story of a country whose frontier region …
www.realclearworld.com/articles/2009/
04/how_pakistan_almost_blew_up.html

Pakistan: Radical cleric returns to Red Mosque – Adnkronos Religion
By webinfo@adnkronos.com
(AKI) – By Syed Saleem Shahzad – Almost two years after the bloody siege on the Red Mosque in Islamabad, the radical cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz returned to the mosque late Thursday…
www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.3219920641

The Raw Story | Obama team on wrong foot with Pakistan?
Obama, announcing his new strategy last month, said that the United States should take a broader regional approach that encompasses both Pakistan and Afghanistan in the fight to eliminate Islamic extremism. …
rawstory.com/news/2008/Obama_team_on_wrong_foot_with_0416.html

Foreign reservations on Swat deal ‘premature’: Pakistan – GEO.tv
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Thursday described the global reservation on Swat deal as premature.Foreign Office spokesman, responding to a question during a press briefing said, the majority of Pakista.
www.geo.tv/4-16-2009/39976.htm

Pakistan’s Red Mosque cleric freed (Lead) | Sindh Today
By Sindh Today
Islamabad, April 16 (DPA) Pakistani authorities Thursday freed Maulana Abdul Aziz, the hard-line cleric of Islamabad’s Red Mosque, a day after the Supreme Court granted him bail. Deputy Commissioner of Islamabad Asadullah Faiz told DPA …
www.sindhtoday.net/pakistan/87764.htm

Pakistan must face up to the threat from Islamic militants …
The Obama administration must do more to impress upon Pakistan’s government the need to deal more forcefully with the increasing power of Islamic militants.
www.kansascity.com/340/story/1144770.html

RealClearPolitics – Video – Adm. Mullen Talks About the Taliban in …
Lehrer: “Economic Crisis Affects Everything” · Adm. Mullen Talks About the Taliban in Pakistan · Kinky Friedman on Perry and Sovereignty · Olbermann Uses Sexual Innuendo To Cover Tea Parties · O’Reilly On Nationwide Tea Parties …
www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/04/15/adm_
mullen_talks_about_the_taliban_in_pakistan.html

Pakistan’s Red Mosque cleric freed, supporters cheer
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
The release of the former chief cleric of Islamabad’s Red Mosque, Abdul Aziz, will be welcomed by militants throughout Pakistan and took place days after …
in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINLG95034020090416

Thursday editorial: Pakistan must face up to threat from the Taliban
Kansas City Star – MO,USA
In Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province, militants allied with the Taliban are making inroads in towns and villages. This heightened activity suggests …
voices.kansascity.com/node/4279

The Man Who Really Runs Pakistan – The Plank
By tnr1.com
The New Republic has done its fair share to invent and reinvent opinion journalism in this country. And we’ve had our share of success in the blogosphere.
blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2009/
04/16/the-man-who-really-runs-pakistan.aspx

Japan Pledges $1B To Pakistan At Donors Conference
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Japan Pledges $1B To Pakistan At Donors Conference – The Huffington Post.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/16/
japan-pledges-1b-to-pakis_n_187709.html

Pakistan to seek $4 bn aid at Tokyo meet | Sindh Today
By Sindh Today
Islamabad, April 16 (IANS) Pakistan will seek $4 billion in aid at a donor conference to be held in Tokyo Friday. Shaukat Tarin, finance adviser to Pakistan’s prime minister, has said that the $4 billion assistance will be spent on …
www.sindhtoday.net/pakistan/87424.htm

Scoop: Murder Of 3 Baloch Leaders In Pakistan
New York, Apr 15 2009 10:10AM The United Nations refugee agency has added its voice to the concern expressed over the killing of three Pakistani Baloch leaders last week, urging the South-Asian Government to launch an investigation into …
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0904/S00253.htm

Britons facing execution in Pakistan seek Miliband’’s help: Report …
LONDON: Lawyers for two British nationals who face the death penalty in Pakistan, after allegedly being tortured to give confessions for murder they insist they did not commit, have asked the Foreign.
www.geo.tv/4-16-2009/39973.htm

The actual story of Parachinar Pakistan “ Therearenosunglasses’s …
By therearenosunglasses
In 1947 the British Government granted independent status to the northern areas of Pakistan and they were henceforth called agencies. There are a total of 7 agencies and most of them border Afghanistan. Kurram Agency that is landlocked …
therearenosunglasses.wordpress.com/2009/04/
16/the-actual-story-of-parachinar-pakistan/

Death toll in Pakistan suicide attack rises to 18: officials
By AFP
A suicide car-bomber blew himself up at a security post in Charsadda, near Peshawar in Pakistan on Wednesday, initially killing nine policemen and three civilians, police said. (REUTERS). Print story Contact newspaper editor Send to a …
www.business24-7.ae/Articles/2009/4/Pages/Deatht
ollinPakistansuicideattackrisesto18officials.aspx

Taliban defy Pakistan’s mainstream courts – GEO.tv
LONDON: The promulgation of Nizam-e-Adl regulation-2009 (NAR-2009) has become a subject of heated debate as a senior Taliban leader said on Wednesday that Pakistans mainstream courts, including the.
www.geo.tv/4-16-2009/39952.htm

Filling the Skies with Assassins “ Wonders of Pakistan
By Dr. Nayyar Hashmey
Remember that, as you read, they’re cruising Iraqi, Afghan, and Pakistani skies looking for potential “targets,” and in Pakistan’s tribal borderlands, are employing what Centcom commander General David Petraeus calls “the right of last …
wondersofpakistan.wordpress.com/2009/
04/16/filling-the-skies-with-assassins/

Pakistan: Red Mosque cleric granted bail – Adnkronos Security
By webinfo@adnkronos.com
(AKI) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to the radical cleric accused of inciting the bloody siege at Islamabad’s Red Mosque and seminary nearly two years ago…
www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3217461619

Pakistan “ Blog Archive “ Civil society speaks
By Bilal Qureshi
This article is by a progressive blogger in Lahore, (Pakistan) Raza Rumi. It was first published by Friday Times (picture of the march in Lahore– courtesy Friday Times.) Raza’s article gives voice to millions of Pakistanis who are …
pakistan.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/04/16/civil-society-speaks/

We’ll be strong opposition, says Nawaz
Hindu – Chennai,India
DUBAI: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leader Nawaz Sharif has said that his party will continue to be a strong and constructive opposition, rebuffing Prime …
www.hindu.com/2009/04/16/stories/2009041656361500.htm

Pakistan: Suicide attacker strikes police checkpoint – Adnkronos …
By webinfo@adnkronos.com
(AKI) – At least 18 police and civilians were killed when a suicide bomber rammed a car full of explosives into a police checkpoint in north-west Pakistan late Wednesday…
www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3219037667

Man kills ten family members in Pakistan land row | Sindh Today
By Sindh Today
Islamabad, April 16 (DPA) A man killed his brother and nine other members of his family in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province Thursday over an inheritance dispute, police said. The gruesome incident took place in Sialkot district, …
www.sindhtoday.net/pakistan/87411.htm

Enterprise Resilience Management Blog: Afghanistan and Pakistan
By Steve DeAngelis
With military commanders in Iraq indicating that plans for the withdrawal US troops remain on track, more and more attention is being paid to the conflict in Afghanistan (which has overflowed into the wild regions of northwestern …
enterpriseresilienceblog.typepad.com/enterprise_
resilience_man/2009/04/afghanistan-and-pakistan.html

Children of the Taliban “ CHUP! – Changing Up Pakistan
By Kalsoom
In the case of Pakistan, many living in the tribal areas and the frontier have witnessed countless incidents of death and violence at a young age; many have lost family members not to old age or sickness, but to bombings and drone …
changinguppakistan.wordpress.com/2009/
04/16/children-of-the-taliban/

David Drake: At Least 15 Killed In Pakistan Bombing; More …
By David Drake
A suicide bombing in Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province Wednesday killed at least 15 people, including at least nine police officers, officials said. Police in the Charrsadah district of the NWFP said a suicide bomber rammed his …
mrssatan.blogspot.com/2009/04/at-least-
15-killed-in-pakistan-bombing.html

Q+A-How will Pakistan’s Friends, donors help?
Reuters – USA
By Robert Birsel April 16 (Reuters) – Two meetings on Pakistan are being held in Tokyo on Friday with a Friends of Pakistan gathering in the morning and aid …
www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSISL424862

Pakistan tax reform key, instability weighs -IMF
Reuters – USA
By Chisa Fujioka TOKYO, April 16 (Reuters) – Pakistan must focus on reforming its tax system and lowering inflation to restore its economy, but political …
www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUST254974