15 July, 2009

Violence flares in Pakistan’s Swat: officials
AFP
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) — Pakistani troops have killed six militants in the Swat valley, where the government has started bussing home thousands of those …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/
ALeqM5jBWjfOfrBoJahL6uQo_eGkkFYxMg

UN’s Bhutto Commission to soon arrive in Pakistan
Hindu – Chennai,India
The Commission’s mandate, agreed to in consultation with the Pakistan, is to determine the facts and circumstances of the assassination. …
www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200907150933.htm

Pakistan, India Must ‘Build Bridges,’ Gilani Says Before Talks
Bloomberg – USA
By Paul Tighe July 15 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan and India must “build bridges,” Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said before he meets with his Indian …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?
pid=20601080&sid=a5BMHaGkFsJ4

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 663
Washington Post – United States
By AP AP — As of Tuesday, July 14, 2009, at least 663 members of the US military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the US …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2009/07/14/AR2009071403309.html

Pakistan Requests $4 Billion More IMF Aid, Tarin Says
Bloomberg – USA
By Lester Pimentel July 15 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan has requested $4 billion more in aid from the International Monetary Fund as it seeks to shore up its …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=aoHaIJB1PqtA

Here’s proof that Pakistan wasn’t serious
Times of India – India
NEW DELHI: In what could stick out like a sore thumb when PM Manmohan Singh meets his counterpart Yusaf Raza Gilani in Egypt, the government of Pakistan’s …
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS-World-Pakistan- Heres-proof
-that-Pakistan-wasnt-serious/articleshow/4778188.cms

Tribesmen Kill 23 Militants in Northwest Pakistan
Voice of America – USA
Pakistan’s government has encouraged tribesmen in the area to form local militias, known as lashkars, to combat Taliban militants blamed for attacks in …
www.voanews.com/english/2009-07-14-voa42.cfm

India says Pakistan talks “crucial”
Reuters – USA
By Rina Chandran SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – Pakistan’s prime minister said on Tuesday he hoped a meeting in Egypt with his Indian counterpart would …
www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE56D5PJ20090714

Trends: Broadband Becomes a Necessity | State of Telecom Industry …
By Babar Bhatti
TelecomPk.Net is a leading source of information and analysis about Pakistan Telecom industry. More here. Mkhoj. Online Directory. Enter a 7 digit phone number. Cheap Calls to Pakistan with Localphone.com …
telecompk.net/2009/07/15/mobile-broadband-necessity-growth/

KERA Art&Seek Blog “ Our Man in Pakistan: Day 4
By Stephen Becker
Next, we had a small meeting with some of the top filmmakers in Pakistan, who gave us a history of the film industry – once rich, but is now suffering. There are very few theaters and no film infrastructure. They said that TV killed the …
www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2009/07/14/our-man-in-pakistan-day-4/

India, Pakistan foreign secretaries talk, to meet again Wednesday …
By SindhToday
Sharm-el-Sheikh (Egypt), July 15 (IANS) Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and his Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir, who met here late Tuesday, will meet once again Wednesday before the prime ministers of the two countries …
www.sindhtoday.net/news/1/30692.htm

14 July, 2009

Pakistan hands over fresh dossier on Mumbai attacks
Times of India – India
PTI 14 July 2009, 10:20am IST PARIS: Pakistan has handed over a fresh dossier on its probe into the Mumbai terror attacks to India, ahead of the meeting …
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS-India-Pakistan-hands-over-
fresh-dossier-on-Mumbai-attacks/articleshow/4775000.cms

India-Pakistan Talks To Steal Limelight From NAM Summit
NASDAQ – New York,New York,USA
Prime Ministers Yousuf Raza Gilani of Pakistan and Manmohan Singh of India are to meet at the summit venue in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh Thursday …
www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=
200907132321dowjonesdjonline000658&title=india-pakistan-
talks-to-steal-limelight-from-nam-summit

Clinton Will Seek to Resolve US-India Dispute on Nuclear Arms
Bloomberg – USA
War in Afghanistan, instability in Pakistan and upheaval in Iran have diverted attention from India. Its cooperation is essential to slow climate change, …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=atr0WV.m_qtA

Preserving Pakistan
BBC News – UK
The current fighting in Pakistan is vicious. On the one hand, there have been the Taliban’s beheadings and child suicide bombers. …
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/analysis/8148210.stm

Explosion Kills 17 in Eastern Pakistan
Voice of America – USA
… were killed and more than 70 others wounded in an explosion Monday at a home used for religious education in Pakistan’s Punjab province. …
www.voanews.com/english/2009-07-13-voa10.cfm

India hopes for forward movement
Hindu – Chennai,India
PARIS: On the eve of India and Pakistan’s first substantial official interaction since last November’s terrorist attacks in Mumbai, the Indian side accepts …
www.hindu.com/2009/07/14/stories/2009071460561000.htm

Refugees From Region in Pakistan Trickling Home
New York Times – United States
By SALMAN MASOOD and SABRINA TAVERNISE ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Hundreds who fled a military offensive against the Taliban in Swat valley began trickling back …
www.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/world/asia/14pstan.html?hp

Pakistan to set monetary policy on July 25 -c.bank
Forbes – NY,USA
KARACHI, July 13 (Reuters) – Pakistan will announce its monetary policy for the first quarter of the 2009/10 (July-June) fiscal year on July 25, …
www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2009/07/13/afx6646417.html

Explosion in Pakistan’s Punjab province kills 11 – The Long War …
An explosion at what appears to be an extremist training camp for children in Pakistan’s Punjab province has killed 11 people and wounded more than 120. A massive explosion in the town of Mian Channu in the Khanewal district in northern …
www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/07/explosion_in_pakista.php

KERA Art&Seek Blog “ Our Man in Pakistan: Day 3
By Stephen Becker
He told us that the Pakistan secret police probably have looked at our laptops that were in the hotel safe, which was interesting, and that we could not take our laptops into the consulate. Some places we couldn’t even take our …
www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2009/07/13/our-man-in-pakistan-day-3/

NewsDaily: Pakistan’s displaced head home, blast rocks village
By Kamran Haider
Pakistan began on Monday to send home about two million people who fled their homes two months ago because of an army assault on Taliban militants in the Swat valley.
www.newsdaily.com/stories/isl501993-us-pakistan/

Kalsoom Lakhani: Pakistan Refugees Reluctant To Return For Lack Of …
By Kalsoom Lakhani
This past Thursday, Prime Minister Gilani announced that a “phased return home” for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Malakand Province will begin today, July 13. According to Dawn,
www.huffingtonpost.com/kalsoom-lakhani
/pakistan-refugees-reticen_b_230774.html

KERA Art&Seek Blog “ Our Man in Pakistan: Day 1
By Stephen Becker
Guest blogger Bart Weiss is director of VideoFest. He’ll be checking in from Pakistan, where he’s participating in the American Documentary Showcase. He sent in this post over the weekend. We’ll have his next post up shortly. …
www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2009/07/13/our-man-in-pakistan-day-1/