26 July, 2009

Pakistan police nab ex-lawmaker over Polish killing
Reuters India
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani police have arrested a former member of parliament for his alleged involvement in the beheading of a Polish engineer by …
in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-41319920090726

American forged own path into Al Qaeda
Los Angeles Times
One former senior US counter-terrorism official said Friday that American authorities were watching Vinas long before his arrest in Pakistan in November, …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/
la-na-american-jihadi26-2009jul26,0,3960970.story

‘US now understands Pakistan’s situation’
Daily Times
WASHINGTON: The US is beginning to understand Pakistan’s security dynamics in the regional context, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Hussain…
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2
009%5C07%5C26%5Cstory_26-7-2009_pg7_17

Target Musharraf: Are Activist Judges Helping or Hurting Pakistan?
TIME – USA
25, 2009 Former President of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf appears at the India Today Conclave conference in New Delhi. When General Pervez Musharraf …
www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1912681,00.html

No government-party rift over Pakistan: Manmohan
Hindu – Chennai,India
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has dismissed reports of differences between his government and the party over the recent India-Pakistan joint …
www.hindu.com/2009/07/26/stories/2009072650280100.htm

New Yorker Explains Path to Al Qaeda
ABC News – USA
“When I arrived in Pakistan, I made contact with and was accepted into al Qaeda,” said Vinas, a resident of Long Island, NY, explaining to US and European …
abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=8170093&page=1

Pakistan journalists targets in Taliban insurgency
The Associated Press
As Pakistan tries to stave off a Taliban insurgency, journalists have been threatened, attacked and killed, and even their relatives have faced harm.…
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5
ix6sH6eON1DykW_P7y4SiPOeFUigD99LL2KO0

France provides Pakistan advanced security equipments
Xinhua – China
ISLAMABAD, July 25 (Xinhua) — The French government would provide Pakistan sophisticated electronic security equipments besides sending experts to help …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/25/content_11772638.htm

Troops kill 14 militants in NW Pakistan: military
AFP
Pakistan launched the offensive in late April, under pressure from the United States to clamp down on militants who had advanced from Swat into the …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/
ALeqM5j_L4l67dNc3r3DNEaSAledEhCe2w

Pakistan court delays Mumbai case
BBC News
Pakistani officials say the trial is evidence of the seriousness with which Pakistan has pursued the suspects, despite Indian claims to the contrary.…
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8168707.stm

Pakistan / EU Relations – Assistance & Development “ Pakistan
By Zainab Jeewanjee
Major news outlets did a good job of covering our relations with Pakistan this week with in depth stories on talks as Secretary Clinton and Special Envoy Holbrooke visited. But a story that was relatively under reported involves …
pakistan.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/07/25/
pakistaneu-relations-assistance-and-development/

What’s the point in talking to Pakistan? “ Islamic Terrorism in India
By jagoindia
It is this changed India that Pakistan cannot deal with and this is why the jihad, this is why the attack on Mumbai and this is why there is no point in talking to Pakistan until it provides us with some evidence …
islamicterrorism.wordpress.com/2009/07
/26/whats-the-point-in-talking-to-pakistan/

In the Field: Hear from CNN reporters across the globe Blog …
By mimileitsinger
OUTSIDE PESHAWAR, Pakistan – General Nadeem Ahmad is about to make a stunning and frightening admission. In a crowded relief camp outside Peshawar in Pakistan’s northwest, he admits he may well be handing over money to Taliban fighters …
inthefield.blogs.cnn.com/2009/07/25/the-invisible-enemy-in-pakistan/

25 July, 2009

Pakistan puts off Mumbai court case till Wednesday
Reuters
India wants forceful action by Pakistan to bring to justice leaders of the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group it says were behind the November 26-29 attacks …
www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE56O0JL20090725

Friend describes al-Qaida terrorist’s life on LI
Newsday
IN 2007, Bryant Neal Vinas left Long Island for Pakistan, where he told friends he planned to study religion. He left a box with some of his belongings with …
www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/friend-
describes-al-qaida-terrorist-s-life-on-li-1.1326101

Pakistan’s South Waziristan puzzle
BBC News
By Syed Shoaib Hasan, Islamabad Since the middle of May, the army has been conducting a military offensive against Pakistan’s Taliban leader Baitullah…
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8160803.stm

India-Pakistan diplomatic duel on joint statement
Daily Times
By Iftikhar Gilani NEW DELHI: The controversies over the joint statement of the prime ministers of India and Pakistan issued in Egypt, intensified on Friday …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2
009%5C07%5C25%5Cstory_25-7-2009_pg1_9

‘France has supported Pakistan’
Daily Times
LAHORE: There are strong economic and trade ties between Pakistan and France and France has always supported Pakistan through thick and thin, Punjab Chief …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=200
9%5C07%5C25%5Cstory_25-7-2009_pg7_33

Editorial: The ‘Osama-in-Pakistan’ myth
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
He said Osama was in Pakistan’s tribal area, FATA, and the US army could not go after him as that violated Pakistani territory, while Al Qaeda was able to …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=
2009%5C07%5C25%5Cstory_25-7-2009_pg3_1

Composite dialogue only after Pakistan’s action
Hindu – Chennai,India
Denying that Pakistan submitted any dossier on Indian involvement in Balochistan, they pointed out that the only paper given by Foreign Secretary Salman …
www.hindu.com/2009/07/25/stories/2009072558430100.htm

Tales From Rural Pakistan, Lived and Shared
New York Times – United States
By SABRINA TAVERNISE MUEENABAD, Pakistan – In the steamy heat of central Pakistan, a novelist is writing. He describes a hidden world of servants and their …
www.nytimes.com/2009/07/25/world/asia/25pstan.html

Pakistan battles ‘kill 21 militants, soldier’
AFP
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — At least 21 militants and a soldier were killed Friday during an ongoing military offensive designed to eliminate the Taliban from …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/
ALeqM5glhA1KSotdAcwkjEiCz9IhOKlKLw

Global Voices Online “ Pakistan: Rain In Karachi
By Rezwan
Pakistan: Rain In Karachi. Very Simple Reason at the time of election most of us donot use thier voting right. more “ · Somalia: Piracy not something to be celebrated. There are all kinds of high and low technology methods for keeping …
globalvoicesonline.org/2009/07/24/pakistan-rain-in-karachi/

Pakistan offensive failed to dislodge Taliban, residents say …
The Pakistani army launched an operation 11 weeks ago against Taliban guerrillas who’d taken over the Swat, Buner and Dir districts. The army says the area was cleared of militants and last week began allowing the 2 million people …
www.mcclatchydc.com/world/story/72375.html

ISI Summons RAW Chief Over Terrorism In Pakistan – Pakistan …
By zavis2003
ISI Summons RAW Chief Over Terrorism In Pakistan ISI Chief Shuja Pasha has summoned his Indian Counterpart, KC Verma for a meeting through the Indian.
www.defence.pk/forums/pakistans-war/30527
-isi-summons-raw-chief-over-terrorism-pakistan.html

Fear and Loathing in the Noisome Abyss – The Invisible War …
By Granny Wolf
Pakistan is an interesting case study in Imperial strategic organization. When western corporate forces removed their immediate presence from South Asia and divided up the massive territory that was then called India, the largely …
starchamber007.livejournal.com/267472.html

24 July, 2009

A young American’s journey into Al Qaeda
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
Muslims pray at the Islamic Assn. of Long Island in New York, where Bryant Neal Vinas worshiped before moving to Pakistan. Vinas, the son of Latin American …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation
/la-na-american-jihadi24-2009jul24,0,2388102.story

Sangakkara, Samaraweera frustrate Pakistan
AFP
COLOMBO — Kumar Sangakkara and Thilan Samaraweera defied Pakistan’s bowlers to keep Sri Lanka in the hunt for a history-defying victory in the third and …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/
ALeqM5jq31PoKG8dN9U4yfOSxKVYbJYRmg

Bin Laden’s son reportedly killed by US strike in Pakistan
Boston Globe – United States
By Joby Warrick WASHINGTON – The second-oldest son of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden apparently was killed in a US missile strike inside Pakistan this year …
www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2009/07/24/
bin_ladens_son_reportedly_killed_by_us_strike_in_pakistan

WSJIDEBATE: Should India Consider US Mediation With Pakistan?
Wall Street Journal – USA
Topic: Should India Consider US Mediation With Pakistan? Associated Press In this photo taken Sunday, July 19, 2009, border guards of India, right,…
online.wsj.com/article/SB124832255632675031.html

Obama Lauds Pakistan’s Taliban Fight; Qureshi Says War ‘Fierce’
Bloomberg – USA
By Edwin Chen and Daniel Ten Kate July 24 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama praised Pakistan for battling Taliban militants as Pakistan’s Foreign…
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a6_dZ1PwtS8E

Captured US Recruit Reveals How Qaeda Screens and Trains Foreign …
New York Times – United States
Bryant Neal Vinas, the once-aimless young man who journeyed from Long Island to Pakistan to join Al Qaeda, agreed to carry out a suicide bomb attack last …
www.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/nyregion/24terror.html

Summoning Musharraf To Court Sends Out A “Crucial” Message For …
Huffington Post – New York,NY,USA
In a move unprecedented in Pakistan’s 62-year-old history, the Supreme Court summoned former president Pervez Musharraf to explain his November 2007 …
www.huffingtonpost.com/maria-tirmizi/
summoning-musharraf-to-co_b_243676.html

* US envoy says likely to announce help for Pakistan to overcome …
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
PESHAWAR: The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Thursday denied claims that Maulana Fazlullah, the architect of a brutal uprising in Swat, was wounded, …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page
=2009%5C07%5C24%5Cmain_24-7-2009_pg1

Pakistan May Cut Rate for Second Time This Year to Stoke Growth
Bloomberg – USA
By Khalid Qayum July 24 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan’s central bank will probably lower its benchmark interest rate for the second time this year to help boost …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aFxnlbdH.0bQ

“Creeping Talibanization” in Pakistan
New York Times – United States
By Natasha Yefimov Nick’s Thursday column is about the “Talibanization” of parts of Pakistan that lie far outside the tribal areas in the northwest, …
kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/
23/creeping-talibanization-in-pakistan/

Pakistan: Now or Never? “ Blog Archive “ Pakistan’s nuclear …
By Myra MacDonald
When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton raised the possibility in April of Islamist militants taking over Pakistan and its nuclear weapons, her words were dismissed as alarmist – and perhaps deliberately so as a way of putting pressure …
blogs.reuters.com/pakistan/2009/07/23/pakistans
-nuclear-weapons-and-the-doomsday-scenario/

Sports: Pakistan took an 425-run lead against Sri Lanka run 183-3
By Mamun
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Pakistan’s Danish Kaneria picked up two wickets to jolt Sri Lanka’s record victory chase as the hosts closed Thursday’s fourth day of the third Test on 183-3, needing 309 more runs on the final day with seven …
mamun-sportslegend.blogspot.com/2009/
07/pakistan-took-425-run-lead-against-sri.html

Made in Pakistan: A Q&A with Documentary Filmmaker Nasir Khan …
By Kalsoom
Made in Pakistan is a 60-minute documentary that follows the lives of four young, middle-class Pakistanis during Musharraf’s state of emergency in 2007 – Waleed Khalid, a lawyer, Rabia Aamir, a journalist and a working mother, …
changinguppakistan.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/made
-in-pakistan-a-qa-with-documentary-filmmaker-nasir-khan/

JURIST – Paper Chase: Pakistan high court summons Musharraf to …
JURIST – Paper Chase: Pakistan high court summons Musharraf to explain emergency rule declaration.
jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/07/
pakistan-high-court-summons-musharraf.php

Kindling Space Awareness in Pakistan
By uanwer
In January this year, I finally found some like me out there! I was contacted. By a fellow space enthusiast. Not quite like the artist
illustrations and descriptions of ETs in my encyclopedia, but essentiall identical in spirit.
www.scientificblogging.com/scientific_tape
stry/kindling_space_awareness_pakistan

23 July, 2009

Pakistan set Sri Lanka 492 to win final Test
AFP
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka faced a record chase of 492 runs after Pakistan declared their second innings at 425-9 soon after lunch on the fourth day of the third …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/
ALeqM5gYw62jbZvEHDoVeP4jo5s8Vv7ieA

‘US kills bin Laden’s son in Pakistan’
Jerusalem Post – Israel
COM STAFF Sa’ad bin Laden, the son of arch-terrorist Osama bin Laden, has been killed by a US drone attack in Pakistan, US officials told the National …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1248277867
858&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

RPT-Pakistan’s SECP approves futures trading in 18 stocks
Reuters – USA
KARACHI, July 23 (Reuters) – The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has approved 18 stocks for trading in the deliverable futures …
www.reuters.com/article/rbssEnergyNews/idUSISL439420090723

Pakistan: Court Summons Musharraf
New York Times – United States
By JANE PERLEZ In a surprise move, the Supreme Court on Wednesday summoned former President Pervez Musharraf, to appear next week to explain why he imposed …
www.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/world/asia/23briefs-Pstan.html

Bin Laden’s Son Believed Dead in Airstrike in Pakistan
FOXNews – USA
US officials believe Usama bin Laden’s son Saad bin Laden was killed in a US airstrike in Pakistan. Sources confirmed to FOX News news first reported at …
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,534439,00.html

US-born militant who fought for Al Qaeda is in custody
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
Since his capture at an extremist training camp last year in Pakistan, Bryant Neal Vinas of Long Island, NY, is working with authorities in investigations …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la
-na-american-jihad23-2009jul23,0,4748631.story

Washington Post Foreign Service
Washington Post – United States
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 22 — Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani on Wednesday called on the United States to provide real-time intelligence, …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2009/07/22/AR2009072202224.html

Pakistan starts cashing in on Baloch blunder
Economic Times – Gurgaon,Haryana,India
NEW DELHI: The after-effects of the Indo-Pak joint statement continued to play out with Pakistan making the outrageous claim of RAW involvement in a number …
economictimes.indiatimes.com/PoliticsNation/Pak-
cashing-in-on-Baloch-blunder/articleshow/4809978.cms

Pakistan needs ‘Marshal Plan’ to overcome economic problems …
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
President Zardari said Pakistan needed a ‘Marshal Plan’ to overcome its economic problems. He urged the international community, particularly the US, …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=
2009%5C07%5C23%5Cstory_23-7-2009_pg1_6

Is Pakistan still aiding Kashmir militants?
Reuters Blogs – USA
Is Pakistan still aiding militants fighting Indian troops in Kashmir, despite Islamabad’s assurances and a slow-moving peace process between New Delhi and …
blogs.reuters.com/india/2009/07/23/is-
pakistan-still-aiding-kashmir-militants/

Christian Persecution Blog: PAKISTAN: A Day of Prayer
By Stacy L. Harp
A weblog about Christian persecution around the world. The Persecution Blog shares news and information of concern to Christians about the persecuted church.
www.persecutionblog.com/2009/07/pakistan-a-day-of-prayer.html

Pakistan’s Taxing Democracy “ Pak Alert Press
By pakalert
Pakistan’s elected fake democrats have carried out a coup against democracy but no one is paying attention. Town and city governments were scrapped and Pakistanis are being threatened not to criticize the government using cell phones …
pakalert.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/pakistans-taxing-democracy/

The Jawa Report: American al Qaeda Member Arrested in Pakistan
By mypetjawa@gmail.com
A 26 year old Muslim convert from Long Island New York has been arrested in Pakistan and has been indicted on a number of terrorism related charges. Missing from the indictment? Treason. …
mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/198179.php

Pakistan – US plan falls into place – Shining Light In Dark Corners
By DEMarco
I came to understand that I am not the light or the source of light. But light — truth, understanding, knowledge — is there, and it will only shine in many dark places if I reflect it (Alexander Papaderosby). Comments about the news …
shininglight.us/archives/2009/07/pakistan_us_plan_falls_into_place.php

Pakistan: Now or Never? “ Blog Archive “ The Taliban “spillover …
By Myra MacDonald
According to the New York Times, Pakistan has objected to the influx of U.S. troops into southern Afghanistan, saying this will drive Taliban militants across the border into its troubled Baluchistan province. …
blogs.reuters.com/pakistan/2009/07/22/
the-taliban-spillover-into-pakistans-baluchistan/

Bin Laden Son Reported Killed In Pakistan : NPR
Jul 22, 2009 … US officials now believe Saad bin Laden — a minor player in al-Qaida — was killed earlier this year in a Hellfire missile attack.
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106903109