20 April, 2009

Pakistani Cleric Demands End to Conventional Courts by April 23
Bloomberg – USA
Malakand, a district in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province, includes Swat Valley, once Pakistan’s biggest tourist destination. …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=2060
1091&sid=aim971iZNzaw&refer=india

Taliban complex in Pakistan leveled
Philadelphia Inquirer – Philadelphia,PA,USA
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Suspected US missiles leveled a Taliban compound in northwest Pakistan yesterday, officials said, killing three people despite threats …
www.philly.com/inquirer/world_us/20090420_In_the_World.html

Pakistani security forces kill 10 militants in tribal region
Xinhua – China
ISLAMABAD, April 20 (Xinhua) — Pakistan’s security forces, backed by gunship helicopters, continued their attacks on militants’ hideouts in northwestern …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/20/content_11220964.htm

Islamist Leader in Pakistan Reveals Troubling Plans
world Islamist Leader in Pakistan Reveals Troubling Plans 01:46 ISLAMABAD, April 19 — A potentially troubling era dawned Sunday in Swat Valley, where a top Islamist militant leader, emboldened by a peace agreement with the federal …
www.euronews24.org/world/islamist-lea
der-in-pakistan-reveals-troubling-plans/

Pakistan attacks militants after bomb; 20 dead
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
PARACHINAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani jets and helicopter gunships killed 20 militants, residents and a military official said on Monday, …
in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-39130820090420

Islamization Watch: Pakistan in danger of fracturing into Islamist …
By Cole
If it is understandable that the Pakistan Taliban insurgency will continue– in an attempt to bring the whole country under its version of Islamic law– then it must also be understandable that these Taliban fighters will begin to …
islamizationwatch.blogspot.com/2009/04/
pakistan-in-danger-of-fracturing-into.html

Pakistan lacks capacity to fight Taliban: Kaufman
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
LAHORE: The biggest challenge for the US is fighting the Taliban in Pakistan, US Senator Ted Kaufman has said. “Pakistan is a big problem right now,” he …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=
2009%5C04%5C20%5Cstory_20-4-2009_pg1_6

Who wants war between India and Pakistan? | The Pakistani Spectator
By Johann
The following link gives some fascinating details about link between Jundoaalh (cheneys army), Saudi arabia, Taliban , Alqueada,Mossad etc. I thought it was.
www.pakspectator.com/who-wants-war-between-india-and-pakistan/

Pine River World News: Pakistan: U.S. temptation for interference
By Steve in Wisconsin
Despite enormous sacrifices by Pakistan after joining the war on terror, members of the U.S. administration, U.S. Generals, think tanks and western media continue with their campaign to malign Pakistan on one pretext or another. …
pineriverspirit.blogspot.com/2009/04/
pakistan-us-temptation-for-interference.html

Holger Awakens: U.S. Predator Drone Hits Gangi Khel In Pakistan …
By Holger Awakens
I was getting nervous as we hadn’t seen a predator drone attack inside of Pakistan for a number of days but today, the silence was broken as two hellfires hit an al Qaeda/Taliban training camp inside of Pakistan at the village of Gangi …
holgerawakens.blogspot.com/2009/04/us
-predator-drone-hits-gangi-khel-in.html

Lawyers slam Sufi’s statement against apex courts
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
By Akhtar Amin PESHAWAR: Lawyers in the NWFP strongly criticised a statement by Swat cleric Sufi Muhammad that Pakistan’s superior courts were‘un-Islamic’. …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=
2009%5C04%5C20%5Cstory_20-4-2009_pg7_17

19 April, 2009

Economists Split on Odds of First Pakistan Rate Cut Since 2002
Bloomberg – USA
By Khalid Qayum and Farhan Sharif April 20 (Bloomberg) — Economists are divided on whether Pakistan will lower interest rates for the first time since 2002 …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206
01080&sid=avPJHmXmcdhQ&refer=asia

t r u t h o u t | US Drone Bombs Pakistan, Killing at Least Three
The semi-autonomous South Waziristan tribal area is a stronghold of
Pakistan’s top Taliban commander, Baitullah Mehsud, who recently threatened attacks across the country and in the United States to avenge missile strikes. …
www.truthout.org/041909A

Pakistan: Now or Never? “ Blog Archive “ A letter for Pakistan’s …
By Sanjeev Miglani
Colonel Harish Puri says it is incredible that the Pakistan Army allowed something as reprehensible as the public flogging of a teenage girl in the Swat Valley without lifting a finger, even though it coudn’t have happened very far from …
blogs.reuters.com/pakistan/2009/04/19/a-letter
-for-pakistans-kayani-from-an-indian-officer/

Humanitarian Relief – Change.org: Bad Moon Rising in Afghanistan …
By Michael Kleinman
Yet another not-so-good week – more attacks against aid workers, and threats of more to come: – On April 15th, an aid worker was killed in Charsadda district, Pakistan. According to a report from…
humanitarianrelief.change.org/blog/view/bad
_moon_rising_in_afghanistan_and_pakistan

As Goes Punjab, So Goes Pakistan | TaylorMarsh.com
By Taylor Marsh
While the world joins in at a donor’s conference, pledging $5 billion to keep Pakistan from falling to Islamic extremists, though we’ll have to monitor the money like a hawk, that’s for certain (with Kerry and Lugar promising more). …
www.taylormarsh.com/2009/04/19/as-goes-punjab-so-goes-pakistan/

Fears for Pakistan grow as Taliban make gains | eKerala News
By eKerala
News, World News, India News, Kerala News, Cricket News, Bollywood News.
ekerala.net/news/general/2009/04/20/
fears-for-pakistan-grow-as-taliban-make-gains-3/

Suspected U.S. missiles level Taliban compound in Pakistan; 3 dead …
ISLAMABAD – Suspected US missiles levelled a Taliban compound in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, kil… – International Breaking News – Winnipeg Free Press.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/breakingnews/Suspected-
U_S_-missiles-level-Taliban-compound-in-Pakistan_-3-dead_
-5-wound-43248477.html

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari calls for help in fighting …
By Mc Parry
BOAO, China, April 19, 2009— Pakistan’s president appealed Saturday for help in combating terrorism in the region, a day after international donors pledged.
www.armybase.us/2009/04/pakistan-president-asif-
ali-zardari-calls-for-help-in-fighting-terrorism/

Islamist Leader in Pakistan Reveals Troubling Plans
Washington Post – United States
By Pamela Constable ISLAMABAD, April 19 — A potentially troubling era dawned Sunday in Pakistan’s Swat Valley, where a top Islamist militant leader, …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2009/04/19/AR2009041901731.html

Pakistan in great danger, says Musharraf
Hindu – Chennai,India
The people, instead of bogging down in minor issues, should think about the future of Pakistan, Pakistan News quoted him as saying. …
www.hindu.com/2009/04/20/stories/2009042053871400.htm

The Left Coaster: Taliban Exploiting Pakistan’s Rural Poverty
By eriposte
Discussions on the precarious situation in Pakistan today tend to be focused mostly on the threat from fundamentalist or “jihadi” militants. The focus on that threat is absolutely critical, however, there are underlying structural …
www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/014015.php

Pakistan facing ‘grave’ situation: Holbrooke – GEO.tv
WASHINGTON: US special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke has termed the current situation in Pakistan very perilous, saying that the United States has expressed concerns over Swat t.
www.geo.tv/4-19-2009/40195.htm

Pakistan must do more to fight Taliban: U.S. commander
world Pakistan must do more to fight Taliban: US commander 07:09 KABUL– Pakistan must do more to erase Taliban bases inside its territory which are destabilizing the entire region, the US commander of Western troops in neighboring …
www.euronews24.org/world/pakistan-must-
do-more-to-fight-taliban-u-s—commander/

Pakistan in danger,says Musharraf | Sindh Today
By Sindh Today
Islamabad, April 19 (IANS) Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf Sunday said the country is in great danger, and added that the people should not get bogged down by minor issues and focus on bigger challenges.
www.sindhtoday.net/pakistan/88632.htm

Religion Clause: Radical Cleric In Pakistan Returns To Red Mosque …
By Howard Friedman
Time Magazine yesterday reports on another victory in Pakistan for those who favor imposition of Islamic law in the country. Radical cleric Abdul Aziz has been released on bail by Pakistan’s Supreme Court after it ruled that there was …
religionclause.blogspot.com/2009/04/
radical-cleric-in-pakistan-returns-to.html

Pakistan: Suspected US missiles kill 3, wound 5 | Antiwar Newswire
Suspected U.S. missiles leveled a Taliban compound in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, officials said, killing three people despite militant threats of a wave of suicide bombings if the strikes don’t end. …
wire.antiwar.com/2009/04/19/pakistan-
suspected-us-missiles-kill-3-wound-5/

Suspected US Drone Hits Pakistan Militant Camp – 3 Dead
Voice of America – USA
South Waziristan is known as a stronghold for Pakistan Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, who is accused of orchestrating the assassination of former …
www.voanews.com/english/2009-04-19-voa12.cfm

‘US drone attack’ claims 4 in Pakistan
Two strikes by a suspected US drone have killed at least four people in Pakistan’s tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, witnesses say.
www.prisonplanet.com/us-drone-attack-claims-4-in-pakistan.html

Pakistan’s Double Game | The Hollywood Liberal
By HL
Pakistans Double Game The Left is Still Angrier Than the Right Dana Milbank, Washington Post Obama Calls for Thaw in Cuban Relations Stolbergy& Barrionuevo, NYT.
www.thehollywoodliberal.com/2009/04/19/pakistans-double-game/

Suspected US airstrike kills three in Pakistan (Lead) | Sindh Today
By Sindh Today
Islamabad, April 19 (DPA) A suspected US missile strike in Pakistan’s troubled South Waziristan tribal district near Afghan border Sunday killed at least three people, an intelligence official said. Missiles believed to have been fired …
www.sindhtoday.net/pakistan/88510.htm

Holbrooke lauds Mideast, Japan for Pakistan aid | The Japan Times …
US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke said Saturday that Middle Eastern nations, including Iran, played a key role in gathering aid for Pakistan at the Donors Conference in Tokyo the previous day.
search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090419a3.html

Taliban claim responsibility for NWFP suicide attack
Press Trust of India – New Delhi,India
Islamabad, Apr 19 (PTI) The Taliban have claimed responsibility for a suicide car bombing that targeted a security forces’ convoy in Pakistan’s restive …
www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/03797B70
7F8F08096525759D0037EC3C?OpenDocument

Suspected US missiles kill 3 in NW Pakistan
The Associated Press
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Suspected US missiles struck a Taliban compound in a northwestern Pakistan militant stronghold bordering Afghanistan on Sunday,…
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hki
MxbHNH0BqgpWA2ZG6VD6wVTmAD97LFLJO0

Pakistan gateway for Central Asia: PM
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is playing a vital role for the economic growth of the region, as it is a gateway for the Central Asian states, Prime Minister (PM) …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%
5C04%5C19%5Cstory_19-4-2009_pg7_26

Fears for Pakistan grow as Taliban make gains
Reuters – USA
By Robert Birsel – Analysis ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan has repeatedly vowed action to stop militants but analysts say denial and dithering and a…
uk.reuters.com/article/burningIssues/idUKTRE53I0DR20090419

GMANews.TV – Suspected US missiles kill 3 in NW Pakistan – World …
ISLAMABAD – Officials say suspected US missiles have struck a Taliban compound in a northwest Pakistani militant stronghold near the Afghan border, killing three people.
www.gmanews.tv/story/157675/Suspe
cted-US-missiles-kill-3-in-NW-Pakistan

Exposing Liberal Lies: Pakistan Moves to Become a Hard-line …
By Debra Moore
Pakistan, which possesses nuclear weapons, is going the way of hard-line Islam, via Sharia law. The writing is on the wall. Do people not recognize the potential danger this nation represents to the free world? …
exposingliberallies.blogspot.com/2009/04/
pakistan-moves-to-become-hard-line.html

Bombings kill 31, including 25 troops, in Pakistan | Inditop
By admin
Islamabad, April 19 (Inditop) Two separate bombings Saturday killed at least 31 people, including 25 soldiers, in Pakistan’s restive northwestern region, police.
www.inditop.com/world/bombings-kill
-31-including-25-troops-in-pakistan