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Afghanistan: Withdrawal Symptoms
Seeded on Wed Feb 3, 2010 2:04 AM EST (Policy Research Group)
Afghanistan's neighbours who are increasingly worried of Taliban must brace up for post-US withdrawal situation in Kabul and Pakistan's plans to fill up resultant vacuum, says the analyst, while holding the view that domestic compulsions will force President Obama to quickly roll …
US says it's not brokering any Kashmir deal
Seeded on Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:09 AM EST (The Daily Times)
ISLAMABAD: The US is not brokering any settlement between Pakistan and India to resolve the Kashmir dispute, the US embassy said on Tuesday.c The embassy was responding to an article published in a local national daily on Monday, which stated that the US Special Representative Am …
South Asia and the abiding security challenge
Seeded on Mon Dec 28, 2009 1:40 PM EST (Reuters)
By C. Uday Bhaskar December 2009 is a confluence of many blood-splattered anniversaries for the troubled South Asian region where the shadow of terrorism and violence, motivated by a distorted interpretation of the tenets of Islam has repeatedly punctuated the region.
Pakistani scientist depicts more advanced nuclear program in North Korea
Seeded on Mon Dec 28, 2009 12:45 PM EST (The Washington Post)
North Korea has constructed a plant to manufacture a gas needed for uranium enrichment, according to a previously unpublicized account by the father of Pakistan's atomic bomb program, a development that indicates Pyongyang opened a second way to build nuclear weapons as early as …
South Asia's `Tragedy of Errors'
Seeded on Sat Dec 26, 2009 1:28 AM EST (Kashmir Watch)
Any political analysis on Indo-Pakistan relations is like zodiac horoscope, most o which is prediction and the rest is prejudice. Within these limits, we can learn enough from the chain of events, to respect or share one another's delusions.
That girl in Swat Pakistan
Seeded on Sat Dec 26, 2009 12:29 AM EST (Indian Express)
Faiza Khan is my metaphor for Swat's future. And if I am right, turning Swat around post-military operation should not be difficult.
2 Pak Army officers gave Headley $25,000 for India trip: FBI dossier
Seeded on Sat Dec 26, 2009 12:23 AM EST (Indian Express)
The FBI dossier on David Coleman Headley, the Lashkar-e-Toiba operative charged in United States with helping plan the 26/11 Mumbai terror strikes, states that two serving Pakistani Army officers, Major Iqbal and Major Sameer Ali, were actively involved in handling Headley, direc …
Analysts: Democracy in Pakistan Yet to Take Root
Seeded on Fri Dec 25, 2009 11:57 PM EST (VOA News)
December 27, 2007. Pakistan's charismatic former Prime Miister Benazir Bhutto, was assassinated during her election campaign, as she vowed to end military rule and restore democracy in the country.
Is Music Prohibited In Islam?
Seeded on Thu Dec 24, 2009 2:27 AM EST (csss@mtnl.net.in)
Is music really prohibited? My studies show it is not prohibited per se. The Qur'an denounces what it calls lahw wa la'b (i.e. fun and play and there was background to it.
Doubt cast on Pakistan's battle claims
Seeded on Thu Dec 24, 2009 1:51 AM EST (National Post)
While Pakistan's Prime Minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani, has claimed a military offensive in South Waziristan is over and successful, a new study published by the Combating Terrorism Center at the U.S.
Obama Declares War On Pakistan
Seeded on Thu Dec 24, 2009 1:32 AM EST ( Pak Alert Press)
WASHINGTON, DC — Obama's West Point speech of December 1 represents far more than the obvious brutal escalation in Afghanistan — it is nothing less than a declaration of all-out war by the United States against Pakistan .
Retired Pakistani major charged with acting as al-Qaeda go-between
Seeded on Thu Dec 24, 2009 12:52 AM EST (Telegraph)
By Dean Nelson in New Delhi Published: 5:42PM GMT 09 Dec 2009
Pakistan to chop off mens ears and noses for brutalising a woman
Seeded on Thu Dec 24, 2009 12:48 AM EST (Telegraph)
The court in Pakistan's most liberal city ordered two men to have their nose and ears chopped off as punishment for inflicting similar injuries on a woman they abducted, an official said Tuesday.
Pakistan makes into top10 crises-hit countries
Seeded on Thu Dec 24, 2009 12:21 AM EST (The Dawn)
ISLAMABAD: As ill-luck would have it, Pakistan made into top ten humanitarian crises of the world this year, an independent global organisation reported.
North Korean plane stopped in Bangkok had weapons for Pak?
Seeded on Tue Dec 22, 2009 8:02 AM EST (Times of India)
NEW DELHI: Investigations into the illegal cargo seized from an aircraft which was stopped en route from North Korea at the Bangkok airport has revealed that it was carrying missile components and other weapons and it might have been meant for a country in South Asia.
Thailand to charge plane crew over North Korean arms
Seeded on Tue Dec 22, 2009 7:56 AM EST (Reuters)
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will press charges against the crew of a plane forced to land in Bangkok and found to be carrying arms from North Korea, officials said on Sunday, adding it was unclear where the plane had been going. Military and police sources, declining to be name …
Pakistan's role in missing PoK youths sparks protests
Seeded on Tue Dec 22, 2009 7:53 AM EST (Indian Express)
India is watching with concern incidents of alleged abduction and people disappearing in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir over the past few weeks which point to the involvement of Pakistani military officials and the ISI even as local political parties have stepped up protests in the ar …
A backlash builds up against China
Seeded on Tue Dec 22, 2009 7:50 AM EST (The Economic Times)
HANOI: Trung Son, Vietnam — It seemed as if this village in northern Vietnam had struck gold when a Chinese and a Japanese company arrived to jointly build a coal-fired power plant. Thousands of jobs would start flowing in, or so the local residents hoped.
Why Does Pakistan Hate the United States?
Seeded on Tue Dec 22, 2009 5:52 AM EST (Slate)
Of course, he said, it was vexing that Pakistan preferred to keep its best troops on the border with India (our friend) rather than redeploying them to FATA—the so-called Federally Administered Tribal Areas—where they could be fighting the Taliban and al-Qaida (our enemy).
Rebuffing U.S., Pakistan Balks at Crackdown
Seeded on Mon Dec 21, 2009 1:57 AM EST (The New York Times)
By JANE PERLEZ Published: December 14, 2009
Insurgents forced out of Pakistan's tribal havens form smaller cells in heart of nation
Seeded on Mon Dec 21, 2009 1:48 AM EST (The Washington Post)
By Griff Witte and Joby Warrick Washington Post Foreign Service Saturday, December 19, 2009
War on terror: Judging Pakistan
Seeded on Mon Dec 21, 2009 1:38 AM EST (The News International)
By Richard J Douglas
Pakistan's Dilemma
Mon Dec 21, 2009 1:24 AM EST
At a time when entire world is marching towards progress, Pakistan is one nation that has started its march backwards. Development had long been halted in the country that is facing the struggle of its existence.
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Unending water dispute
Seeded on Mon Dec 21, 2009 1:12 AM EST (The Dawn)
The dispute between Sindh and Punjab on water distribution from the Indus River system has dogged Pakistan's politics and federation for decades and soured ties between the two provinces.
Kashmir leader 'denied' Pakistan visa
Seeded on Mon Dec 21, 2009 1:01 AM EST (BBC News)
A leading politician in Indian-administered Kashmir has been denied a visa to visit Pakistan, her spokesman has said. Mehbooba Mufti, leader of the main opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP), had been invited to a conference in Islamabad, her spokesman added.
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