15 May, 2009

Pakistan’s Taliban Fight Threatens Key Economic Zone
Wall Street Journal – USA
By DAVID ROMAN SINGAPORE — Pakistan’s widening fight against the Taliban is threatening key areas for the country’s economy, potentially turning a…
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23343.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

AP source: US wants faster training in Pakistan
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press has learned that the Pentagon is looking at plans to significantly accelerate and expand the training of Pakistan’s …
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Pakistan lifts Swat valley curfew
BBC News – UK
Pakistan’s army has temporarily lifted a curfew in large parts of the Swat valley to allow civilians to flee the intense fighting against the Taleban.…
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8051226.stm

Pakistan hospitals, camps are overwhelmed
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
By Mark Magnier Reporting from Mardan, Pakistan — Shaista Behran lay on a hospital bed with a battered leg and a burdened psyche after watching several …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-
fg-pakistan-medical15-2009may15,0,6428355.story

Senators link Pakistan aid to focus on extremists
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators voiced doubts Thursday about sending millions of dollars to Pakistan without assurances it will be spent to fight extremists who …
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US drones tracked militants in Pakistan
Reuters – USA
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Washington has given Pakistan data on militants in the Afghanistan border area gathered by surveillance drones in …
uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE54D55020090514

Pakistan’s ‘Daily Show’ Diplomacy
New York Times – United States
By Robert Mackey Last week on “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart showed part of a CNN interview (embedded above) in which Pakistan’s ambassador to the United …
thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/
14/pakistans-daily-show-diplomacy/?hp

Senator: To get funding, Pakistan must commit to Taliban fight
CNN – USA
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Pakistan should commit to increased fighting against the Taliban on the border area it shares with Afghanistan if it wants more defense …
www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/14/us.pakistan.funding/

Members of banned group help Pakistan war refugees
The Associated Press
MARDAN, Pakistan (AP) — Members of a charity banned for its alleged links to the Mumbai terror attack have resurfaced in northwestern Pakistan under a new …
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Scoop: Displaced Children in NW Pakistan Need Help
Save the Children New Zealand has announced that it is sending NZ$63000 to support the organisation’s international appeal for the humanitarian situation in Pakistan. The organisation is also appealing for public support worldwide to …
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0905/S00215.htm

Pakistan Cracking Down On Banned Charity
By The Huffington Post News Editors
By Andrew Buncombe and Omar Waraich | The Independent Pakistani authorities have ordered a fresh crackdown on a banned charity linked to militants blamed for the Mumbai attacks after dozens of its volunteers were discovered at the …
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/14/
pakistan-cracking-down-on_n_203552.html

Pakistan: “Scores of Taliban” die in fighting “ Rational Review
By Thomas L. Knapp
“Pakistan’s military has continued its offensive against the Taliban amid confirmation from the US that it has shared data from its unmanned drones with Islamabad. At least 124 suspected Taliban fighters have been killed by Pakistani …
www.rationalreview.com/content/63512

Pentagon, Pakistan No Longer Cooperating in Drone War? – NewsTrust.net
Reviews on ‘’Pentagon, Pakistan No Longer Cooperating in Drone War?’’ from Wired. NewsTrust, your guide to good journalism.
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GOING BACK TO YESTERDAY | Pakistan Daily
It was the mid of 1999, I still remember the evening when I was introducing myself to a pretty German girl in Australia; I am from Pakistan and she asked me in a surprisingly strange way where Pakistan is. I again wish to meet the same …
www.daily.pk/local/other-local/10091-going-back-to-yesterday-.html

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An organized news portal based on the positives and important issues of Pakistan.
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BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | UN calls for massive Pakistan aid
The UN’s refugee chief calls for a huge aid effort to help hundreds of thousands of people displaced by fighting in Pakistan.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8050649.stm

Pakistan Wire Topix
stop the spread of Taliban influence which had alarmed the United States and other Western allies of nucleararmed Pakistan The military said the curfew had …
www.topix.com/wire/world/pakistan

Pakistan Eases Curfew in Swat NYTimescom
The military relaxed its curfew to allow residents stranded by government operations against the Taliban to flee to refugee camps in adjacent districts.
www.nytimes.com/2009/05/16/world/asia/16pstan.html?hpw

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Pakistan lifts Swat valley curfew
Pakistan temporarily lifts the curfew in large parts of the Swat valley, to allow civilians to flee intense fighting against militants.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8051226.stm

14 May, 2009

Pakistan ‘shells Taliban bases’
Aljazeera.net – Qatar
Pakistan’s military has continued its offensive against Taliban fighters in the country’s northwest, amid reports that the US has for the first time shared …
english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/05/200951475710533747.html

ADVISORY-Pakistan security risks
Reuters – USA
The stories are: Reports of Pakistan’s demise greatly exaggerated. Loose nukes in Pakistan: how real is the risk?…
www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSSP416792

SCENARIOS – Potential outcomes in Pakistan’s war with Taliban
Reuters – USA
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s military is pressing ahead with an offensive to try to crush the Taliban, following warnings from Washington that the …
uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE54D1JJ20090514

Pakistan, Warning of Refugee Flood, Says It Will Beat Militants
Bloomberg – USA
The United Nations health agency said yesterday it is bracing for a humanitarian crisis in northwestern Pakistan as the fighting threatens to uproot a …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=2060
1091&sid=a4r5nlHwH0SQ&refer=india

FACTBOX-Key quotes on threat posed by Pakistan turmoil
Reuters – USA
“I am very comfortable that nuclear weapons in Pakistan are secure.”— Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Pentagon news conference …
www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed1/idUSSP120676

Pakistan Regulator to Assess Cartel Practices in 15 Industries
Bloomberg – USA
By Khalid Qayum and Khaleeq Ahmed May 14 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan’s antitrust regulator is assessing the prevalence of collusion in 15 industries including …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20
601091&sid=aNWpzCUfXCtk&refer=india

Afghan-Pakistan border bomb blast
BBC News – UK
A suicide car bomber has attacked a police station near the Afghan border with Pakistan, killing himself and wounding four policemen, officials say.…
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8049312.stm

Banned group helping out Pakistan refugees
The Associated Press
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A banned charity with alleged links to the Mumbai attacks is helping refugees fleeing the fighting between the Pakistani military …
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Afghan suicide attack kills policeman: commander
AFP
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) — A suicide attacker blew up a car bomb at an Afghan police station about 500 metres (yards) from the Pakistan border Thursday, …
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Pakistan needs no Indian certificate to prove its nukes are safe …
By Sindh Today
Islamabad, May 14 (ANI): Pakistan has said that it does not need any certification from India or any other country to prove that the control and command.
www.sindhtoday.net/south-asia/96554.htm

Banned group helping out Pakistan refugees | Home Other …
PESHAWAR (AP) – A banned charity with alleged links to the Mumbai attacks is helping refugees fleeing the fighting between the Pakistani military and the Taliban, a group member said Thursday, raising questions about the government’s …
www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=
467559&publicationSubCategoryId=200

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Counterterrorism Blog: Pakistan Fissures II: Ethnic Cleavages
By Aaron Mannes
The Punjab is Pakistan’s most powerful province. Home to about half of the country’s population, the Punjab dominates Pakistan politically and is the primary source of manpower for the army. Harrison argues that Pakistan’s Pashtuns are …
counterterrorismblog.org/2009/05/pakistan_fissures_ii_ethnic_cl.php