Sify (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The chief of the UN commission probing former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination case, Heraldo Munoz, has said that while there has been substantial progress in the
baithak (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
What has already happened is known but what is likely to come is more important. All stakeholders agree, and this I can claim after meeting almost all of them in the last few days in Islamabad and Lahore, that President Asif Ali Zardari will have to either step down with dignity, hand over his presidential powers to the PM through a fast-track constitutional amendments process, or become a figure head...
Understanding Each Other, Diversity and Dissent (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
202 Blackwater personnel arrive By: Nisar Mehdi The Nation Nov 4, 2009 KARACHI – The foreigners affiliated with the notorious private military contractor Blackwater, whose security company Blackwater was later renamed as Xe Services LLC, arrived in Islamabad on Tuesday through a PIA flight, sources told TheNation. "Of the 274 passengers, who boarded Pakistan's national flag carrier-PIA,...
Times of India (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Former president Pervez Musharraf had introduced the amnesty — the National Reconciliation Order (NRO) — in 2007 to strike a power-sharing deal with former PM Benazir Bhutto.
Sify (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
The United Nations commission, which is probing former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto' s assassination case, is finding it difficult to quiz former President General Pervez Musharraf.
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pledged U.S. support for Islamabad's campaign against Islamic militants, after a car bomb struck a busy market in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing 100 people, most of whom were women and children. "I strongly condemn the cowardly attack today in Afghanistan," Clinton said. "My thoughts and prayers are with all those who were injured...
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
"The most recent research demonstrates that Pakistanis are overwhelmingly against religious extremism, the Taliban, Al Qaeda, and all related manifestations of violent expressions of political Islam." Every school, college and university in Pakistan is closed. The seemingly most impenetrable building in Pakistan, the General Headquarters (GHQ) of the Pakistan Army has been breached, and...
Infidel Bloggers Alliance (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Walid Phares at Human Events Taliban's War on Pakistan by Walid Phares Posted 10/21/2009 ET The war between the Taliban and Pakistan continues to accelerate. Just last weekend, Pakistan’s army responded to a long string of Taliban attacks by launching a massive ground operation in Waziristan. But through this already-long fight, the press and other observers have only focused on the continuing...
ENN: Top Stories (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Twenty-five of the poorest households in Village Haji Jaffar Jamari, Pakistan were chosen as beneficiaries for the People’s Housing Program, dubbed 'Benazir Model', named after the late Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. It was launched on May 1, 2009 to provide energy-efficient, low-cost and disaster-proof housing for the poor in Sindh province. The housing program, which will see the construction...
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
From Time Magazine: After nearly three months of planning, and very public anticipation, Pakistan's military moved on the South Waziristan stronghold of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an umbrella group of militants that Pakistani officials say have been behind some 80% of terrorist attacks in the country over the past few years, including the 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto and a recent...
PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Cliff May: I picked an interesting moment to visit Pakistan: four terrorist attacks in less than a week. The first was at the World Food Program office here in the capital; five killed. The second was in the Khyber Bazaar in Peshawar; more than 50 killed. The third was at the military's general headquarters in Rawalpindi where Taliban insurgents, armed with automatic weapons, grenades and rocket launchers,...
PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
Washington Post Editorial: ONE OF the ideas the Obama administration is considering in response to the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan reportedly is called "Pakistan First." Championed by Vice President Biden, the idea is to focus U.S. efforts on attacking al-Qaeda targets in Pakistan's tribal areas with drones or Special Forces, while backing the government's efforts to pacify and...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Granted we women are no angels and are rather more likely to be devils in Prada. The line of steely female leaders is fearsome – Benazir Bhutto, Indira Gandhi, Golda Meir, Margaret Thatcher, Madeleine Albright, later Condi Rice and Hillary Clinton, now Angela Merkel. I'd rather be locked in a dark room with bullish Tory Eric Pickles than any of the those. Too many of Eve's daughters use the...
Islamization Watch (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Everybody knew he was playing both sides!! With all the US money pouring in - how could he have allowed these delusional thugs to take over the SWAT - 100 miles from the capital. And the arsenal of weapons at the Red Mosque - just across the street from the country's ministry of defense - was another curious matter. LAHORE: Ex-Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has admitted that his government's secret...
Times of India (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
A Pakistani court issued notice to former president Pervez Musharraf and nine others after they failed to appear for a hearing in a case relating to the December 27, 2007 assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.
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