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Pakistan Times! (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
... and is the brother of Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir. Federal Minister for Defence Chaudry Ahmed Mukhtar has congratulated vice Admiral Noman Bashir on his promotion and assuming the charge as Chief of Naval Staff. The Defence Minister expressed his hope that the newly appointed Naval Chief would further strengthen the maritime Defence of the country and will continue to play the...
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TexasFreds (Free subscription) | 09/21/2008
... he told The Associated Press. Within hours of the explosion, Pakistan’s Defense Minister Ahmed Mukhtar was quoted on local television channels blaming “foreigners” for the bombing. He pointed the finger at al Qaida and its Chechen and Uzbek members, whose hideouts in the tribal regions have been targeted by the Pakistan military. Full Story Here: Bomb a warning to end Pakistan-US...
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 09/21/2008
... struggle," he told The Associated Press.Within hours of the explosion, Pakistan's Defense Minister Ahmed Mukhtar was quoted on local television channels blaming "foreigners" for the bombing. He pointed the finger at al Qaida and its Chechen and Uzbek members, whose hideouts in the tribal regions have been targeted by the Pakistan military.Terrorism researcher Evan Kohlmann told The...
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Times of India (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
... Plans Division, Lt Gen (retd) Khalid Kidwai. The meeting was also attended by Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar, Finance Minister Naveed Qamar, federal secretaries and senior government officials. Pakistan has stepped up efforts to acquire nuclear technology and know-how in the wake of the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal. President Asif Ali Zardari is expected to discuss the acquisition...
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Pakistan Times! (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
... Secretary Water and Power and DG SPD. The meeting was also attended by Minister for Defence Ahmed Mukhtar, Minister for Finance Naveed Qamar, Federal secretaries and senior government officials. Input from Agencies
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Times of India (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reacted angrily at US intelligence reports which claimed that Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani was aware of the plot to bomb India embassy in Kabul. Pakistan Federal Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar told Times Now , "US reports are completely baseless and unacceptable." "Pakistan is a peaceful state. Our Army Chief was not aware of the plot to blast Indian embassy...
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Pakistan News (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
... on a remote border village in Pakistani tribal lands on September 3. Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar told private channel on Saturday that the fuel supply route through Torkham had been blocked “to tell how serious we are”. The five-month-old civilian coalition is more sensitive to public opinion than former army chief Pervez Musharraf, who was forced out of office in August....
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The Fourth Rail (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
... them that we will take action and we have already taken action today," Defense Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar said. "We have stopped the supply of oil and this will tell how serious we are." The US has recently stepped up attacks against Taliban and al Qaeda safe houses and training camps inside Pakistan's tribal areas of North and South Waziristan over the last week. The US has...
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The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
... have stopped the supply of oil and this will tell how serious we are,” defence minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar told Dawn Television.Fuel supplies have been blocked from crossing through the main crossing point at Torkham on the Pakistani-Afghan border near Peshawar, capital of North West Frontier Province.Earlier, an official in the northwest said the fuel was being stopped temporarily...
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Mission & Justice (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
... Pakistani officials said, drawing a furious response from the Pakistani government. Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar, Pakistan’s defence minister, said on Saturday: “We have told them that we will take action and we have already taken action today. “We have stopped the supply of oil and this will tell how serious we are,” he told Pakistan’s Dawn Television. Nato has not confirmed the reports.See:...
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Times of India (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
... have stopped the supply of oil and this will tell how serious we are," defence minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar told Dawn Television . Fuel supplies have been blocked from crossing through the main crossing point at Torkham on the Pakistani-Afghan border near Peshawar, capital of North West Frontier Province. Earlier, an official in the northwest said the fuel was being stopped temporarily...
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
Online edition of India's National NewspaperSunday, Sep 07, 2008InternationalPakistan stops oil supplies Islamabad: To mark its protest against the continuing cross-border raids by the U.S.-led forces from Afghan soil, Pakistan on Saturday said it was suspending overland oil supplies to the coalition troops in Afghanistan.Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar said the decision to stop...
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Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung has criticised the United States over an air raid on targets in Pakistan in which as many as 20 people were killed earlier this week. Following a meeting with Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gillani in Islamabad, Jung said that Pakistan's territorial integrity must be respected. Earlier in the day, Jung met with his Pakistani counterpart, Ahmed Mukhtar...
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Pakistan Times! (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
... oil and gas discoveries were made during the last three years. Minister for Defence Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar informed the House that Civil Aviation Authority has incurred two point eight billion rupees on various projects to develop and improve twenty-three airports in the country during the last three years. Parliamentary Secretary for Communications Chaudhry Saeed Iqbal informed the...
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Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung says Pakistan remains committed to the US-declared global war on terror. Jung was speaking to reporters following a meeting with his Pakistani counterpart, Ahmed Mukhtar and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, General Tariq Majid, in Islamabad. Jung also used the meeting to discuss ways of increasing security along the country's border with...
