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Suicide bomber attacks Pakistani hotel U.S. was to buy
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A massive truck bomb Tuesday struck the only luxury hotel in Peshawar, a volatile city in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 11 and injuring 70, with several foreign nationals among the victims.
The Pearl Continental Hotel has been a landmark in the capital of the North West Frontier Province, and it’s frequented by foreigners on business and protected by tight security. Peshawar’s elite also used the hotel as a meeting and dining place, and at least one provincial minister was among the injured.
McClatchy reported last month that the U.S. government was negotiating to buy the hotel, which would be used to accommodate the city’s Continue reading
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The Extremists of Pakistan – Asif Salahuddin
They have no tolerance. They speak, abusively if necessary, and desire little debate in return. They order and demand to be obeyed. They care not of another’s grievance or state of affairs, nor make any effort towards an understanding of such. They choose to remain ignorant of the world around and its realities that impact them. They wish their every whim to be met and every diktat to be followed by all. They are prepared to use violence – brutal, unrelenting and destructive violence – until they get their way. Continue reading
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Pakistan Coverage – Updated 27 Aug.09 (am)
Al-Qaeda Says Would Use Pakistani Nuclear Weapons 6/21/2009
Can Pakistan Take on the Lashkar-E-Taiba? 6/21/2009
7 Militants Killed by Pakistan Citizens’ Militia 6/21/2009
At Least 46 Militants Killed as Pakistan Launches Strikes Along Afghan Border Region 6/21/2009
Al-Qaeda Leader Hopes to Use Pakistani Nukes Against US 6/21/2009
Ten Civilians, Seven Militants Killed in Pakistan Air Strikes, Clashes 6/21/2009
More Than 30 Militants Killed in Pakistan 6/21/2009
Pakistani Aircraft Hit Militants Near Afghan Border 6/21/2009
New Crisis in Pakistan’s Swat Valley as Residents Run Out of Food 6/20/2009
Pakistan Says It’s Wrapping Up Swat Campaign 6/20/2009
Ex-Aide Claims Taliban Chief Behind Bhutto Assassination 6/20/2009
Pakistanis Trickling Back to Shattered Towns 6/20/2009
Obama: No Plan to Send Troops to Pakistan 6/20/2009
Officials: 50 Militants Dead in Pakistan Fighting 6/20/2009
‘Dozens Dead’ in Pakistan Clashes 6/20/2009
Pakistan Fires Up Big Guns to Destroy Taliban Leader 6/20/2009
Taliban Gains Money, al-Qaeda Finances Recovering 6/20/2009
US Owes Pakistan $1bn for NATO Fuel Supply, Says UN Representative 6/20/2009
Pakistan Announces ‘Formal Launch’ of South Waziristan Offensive 6/19/2009
19 Militants Killed in Bajaur, Buner 6/19/2009
Pakistani Jets Bomb Suspected Taliban Facilities 6/19/2009
Ground Forces Move in for Pakistan Offensive 6/19/2009
Pakistan’s Offensive Opens New Forum for Militants: Refugee Camps 6/19/2009
Fighter Jets Bomb South Waziristan 6/19/2009
Congress Okays $1.4 Billion Pakistan Aid 6/19/2009
UN Probe of Bhutto Killing to Start July 1 6/19/2009
Displaced Swatis Eager to Return Home 6/19/2009
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Redefining Pakistan – Asif Salahuddin
The real motives for placing Pakistan in the crosshairs of the Western, indeed American military nexus are however deeper and more complex than that which is being projected across the media in and outside Pakistan alike. Pakistan, and the surrounding areas, are of immense political, economic and military significance, and this is the real impetus behind why the United States today is busy ensnaring Pakistan in its tentacles. Continue reading
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The myth of Talibanistan By Pepe Escobar
To believe this rag-tag band could rout the well-equipped, very professional 550,000-strong Pakistani army, the sixth-largest military in the world, which has already met the Indian colossus in battle, is a ludicrous proposition. Continue reading
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Why Pakistan cares about Chaudhry
Why is Pakistan’s deposed chief justice causing such a political storm? Continue reading
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Paradise Lost – Zahid Hussain
Residents of Mingora often wake up to find bodies of those executed by the militants slung from electric poles in the town’s central square in the full view of the military, with a note of warning not to remove them till midday. Some 28 people, most of them women, have been executed over the past few months and their bodies thrown in the square which is now known as ‘Zibahkhana Chowk’, or Slaughter Square. Continue reading
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A Myopic Bargain – The Pakistani Monster By WAJAHAT ALI
In fact, neither the leaders of the US nor Pakistan have ever sincerely committed their resources and money to empowering Pakistan’s electorate, building infrastructure or creating sustainable social, economic and political reform programmes. Continue reading
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Pakistan on the Brink By BRIAN M. DOWNING
Pakistan might collapse. It faces regional insurgencies, political failures, rising Islamism (in the public and army alike), and reprisals from India over the Mumbai attacks of last November. The trouble in the US’s principal though duplicitous partner in the war on terror is all the more worrisome because it has nuclear weapons. A great deal of Pakistan’s trouble is the fault of its military, which has thwarted political development, encouraged Islamism, and supported terrorism.
From its inception in 1947, Pakistan was predisposed to military rule. The British colonial army of the subcontinent was drawn predominantly from the Punjab, a region that became part of Pakistan upon independence. From that point on, the Pakistani army was more unified and capable of concerted action than were the political parties. Seeing itself as embodying the nation far more than they did, the army would push aside civilian governments and take the reins of power when it saw fit. There’s no edifying morality play here. Pakistan’s political parties are corrupt, oligarchic patronage networks that bear considerable blame as well for the situation today.
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Buried Alive in Pakistan – In Cold Bold By AHMAD FARUQUI
The headline was “Five women buried alive.” Readers wondered if the victims had been felled by a natural disaster. As they read on, they discovered to their horror that it was not a mudslide or earthquake that was responsible for these tragic deaths. The women had been murdered! Continue reading
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