5 July, 2009

Details emerge on woman accused of al-Qaida ties
The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — A US-trained scientist accused of being an al-Qaida operative was living freely in Pakistan and Afghanistan for portions of the five years …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeq
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U.S. Missile Strike Kills 15 in Pakistan
Wall Street Journal – USA
He is blamed for a string of suicide attacks in Pakistan. More than 60 militants were killed last week in the bloodiest drone strike yet in the tribal …
online.wsj.com/article/SB124659906
446391161.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Pakistan gov’t challenges release of outlawed group chief
Xinhua – China
ISLAMABAD, July 4 (Xinhua) — Pakistani federal government filed a petition on Saturday in the Supreme Court of Pakistan to challenge the release of the …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/04/content_11653432.htm

Officials say 16 killed in clashes in NW Pakistan
The Associated Press
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Clashes between tribesmen and Taliban militants left 16 people dead in Pakistan’s northwest on Saturday, officials said,…
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5
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PML-N chief nails Musharraf? – Pakistan News
By Reporter
Reading out from a newspaper clipping, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif nailed what he called a falsehood spread by Gen (retd) Musharraf that he did not know about Sharif-Clinton meeting of July 4, 1999 until the former informed him …
www.pakistanviews.com/pml-n-chief-nails-musharraf/

News | The Independent UK – Pandora: Dragon Caan tackles …
By Alice-Azania Jarvis
Caan, who has worked at length in Pakistan’s venture capital markets with his private equity firm Hamilton Bradshaw, is to lend his backing to the creation of a Pakistani version of street magazine The Big Issue. …
news.independentminds.livejournal.com/3330026.html

4 July, 2009

Pakistan repeats call for fencing Afghan border
DAWN.com – Karachi,Pakistan
APP ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday has again called for fencing its border with Afghanistan to effectively stop illegal crossings especially of militants to …
www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn
/news/pakistan/09-pakistan-repeats-call-for-fencing-afghan-
border-szh—07

British immigration officials in Pakistan ‘have 11 minutes per visa’
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
British immigration officials in Pakistan have just 11 minutes to check each visa application fuelling concerns over security, The Daily Telegraph can …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/5734001/British
-immigration-officials-in-Pakistan-have-11-minutes-per-visa.html

Taliban claim to down Pakistan military helicopter
AFP
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) — Taliban militants Saturday claimed responsibility for a military helicopter crash that killed 26 people in the rugged tribal area …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeq
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US Drone Targets Taliban in Pakistan
Washington Post – United States
By Joshua Partlow and Pamela Constable ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 3 — The followers of one of Pakistan’s most feared Taliban commanders, Baitullah Mehsud, …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2009/07/03/AR2009070300457.html?hpid=sec-world

Pakistan Army Helicopter Crash Kills 26
New York Times – United States
By PIR ZUBAIR SHAH and ISMAIL KHAN PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A Pakistani Army helicopter crashed in a northwestern tribal area that is a Taliban stronghold on …
www.nytimes.com/2009/07/04/world/asia/04pstan.html?hpw

UN sanction on Lashkar operative a blow to Pakistan
Hindu – Chennai,India
New Delhi: Attempts by Pakistan to link the Mumbai terrorist attack of November 2008 to the earlier explosion on board the Samjhauta Express are likely to …
www.hindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070461031400.htm

India among nations charged with marginalising Pakistan
The Statesman – Kolkata,India
KARACHI, 3 JULY: The Pakistan Cricket Board has accused, among others, India and Australia of trying to “marginalise” the strife-torn country in the …
www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?
clid=5&theme=&usrsess=1&id=259988

Pakistan may appeal against Saeed’s release
Hindu – Chennai,India
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government is preparing to file a “leave to appeal” petition against the release of Lashkar-e-Toiba founder and Jamat-ud-dawa chief …
www.hindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070456181400.htm

Women of History: Pakistan: Women & Politics
By Melisende
Pakistan: Women & Politics. From The Star: The women wings of PAS, DAP and PKR have vowed to be the stabilising factor in Pakatan Rakyat in light of the Kedah DAP’s pullout from the state coalition. Central committee member Dr Lo’Lo …
womenofhistory.blogspot.com/2009/07/pakistan-women-politics.html

Untold Stories: Just Back from Pakistan
By Anna-Katarina Gravgaard
Reporting summary on a trip to Islamabad to report on the status of the Indus water treaty. follow our work here.
pulitzercenter.typepad.com/untold_stories/
2009/07/just-back-from-pakistan.html

PM Gilani rules out formation of more provinces – Pakistan News
By Reporter
Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani on Friday ruled out the creation of more provinces by the division of Punjab, saying that it would open up a new‘Pandora’s box.’
www.pakistanviews.com/pm-gilani-rules
-out-formation-of-more-provinces/

International Aid – Grant Montgomery: U.S. and Islamic charities …
By Grant Montgomery
Islamist charities and the United States are competing for the allegiance of the two million people displaced by the fight against the Taliban in Swat and other parts of Pakistan — and so far, the Islamists are in the lead. …
grant-montgomery.blogspot.com/2009/07/
us-and-islamic-charities-compete-in.html

Pakistan Politics” Blog Archive “ Front Line – 3 July 2009
By admin pkpolitics
Capital Talk – 2 July 2009 by baitullahmehsud: He has done too much for Pakistan and Muslims all over the world, for… UN Starts Benazir Bhutto Assassination Inquiry by baitullahmehsud: asalam o likum ya muslimin BB died when a lever. …
pkpolitics.com/2009/07/03/front-line-3-july-2009/