Source: The Daily Telegraph
By Con Coughlin

They are exploiting the political chaos in Pakistan in a bid to acquire nuclear material for a ’spectacular’ attack.
At least one plot has been uncovered involving Pakistani-based terrorists planning to use nuclear material against a major European target.
Osama bin Laden’s al-Qa’eda terror group, whose terrorist infrastructure is based in the […]

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Source: AP

A U.S. official says two U.S. diplomatic outposts in Pakistan received envelopes containing an unknown white powder last week, sparking a security scare.
U.S. Embassy spokesman Lou Fintor says tests are being conducted on the substance. He declined comment Sunday on whether any embassy staffers had become ill or were under observation.
The envelopes were sent […]

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Source: Jihad Watch

Her crime? Trying to annul her marriage. If “honor killings” have “nothing to do with Islam” (so the argument goes, including below) marrying female children at age 9 is wholly based on the example of Islam’s prophet. At any rate, that this sort of thing keeps happening in Pakistan — that is, “Land […]

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Source: The Hindu
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday said the United States presidential nominee Barack Obama’s charge against Pakistan was a serious issue and the Manmohan Singh government should take it up with the Pakistan High Commissioner here.
Mr. Obama had accused Pakistan of misusing American aid for preparing for a war against India.
BJP spokesman Ravi […]

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Source: CNN

A suicide car bomb targeting a security checkpoint in northwest Pakistan killed at least 25 people, including 10 police officers, and wounded 50 others, a Peshawar police spokesman said Saturday.
Most of the wounded are civilians, police said. Hospital officials reported many victims in critical condition.

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Source: Tehran Times

First Vice President Parviz Davoudi and Pakistani Premier Yousaf Raza Gilani on Thursday called for adoption of a defined strategy to fight terrorist groups and terrorism.
The two sides discussed the issue over phone on Thursday.
According to the Presidential Office Information Center, Davoudi strongly condemned the recent terrorist act against the Pakistani premier […]

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Source: Daily Times
By : Rafia Zakaria
Is it true that Pakistanis find it easier to condemn those unlawful and gruesome acts committed by a defiant superpower than those committed by Pakistani citizens?
Six Pakistani women have fuelled international headlines in the past week. Five of them are the hapless victims of the grotesque live burial that took […]

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Source: Al Jazeera
By Kamran Rehmat

President Asif Ali Zardari.
It is a description that has led to much disquiet in Pakistan ever since the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) named him their candidate for the highest office.
The presidential election, which follows the resignation of Pervez Musharraf, the former president, last month after nine years in power, will […]

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Source: All Things Pakistan
There are, of course, a number of other Pakistan auction website, some seemingly having much more to offer but, luckily, no kidneys. We have carried a post in the past about someone wanting to sell his kidney to make ends meet, but this Ad on the auction website reaises so many issues […]

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Source: MSN News
David Cameron will round off his trip to turbulent Pakistan by visiting projects designed to help the country’s poor.
The Tory leader is to view development schemes after spending Wednesday holding talks with senior political figures.
Mr Cameron was guest of honour at a lavish banquet thrown by prime minister Yusuf Gillani, despite an […]

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Source: BBC
Shots have been fired at the motorcade of Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, although it is not clear if he was in the convoy at the time.
Interior ministry officials said the car was on its way to collect Mr Gilani from Islamabad’s airport.
Earlier, his press secretary told the BBC that unidentified gunman fired […]

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Source: Sify
Pakistan cricket coach Geoff Lawson said Tuesday that his team is eagerly awaiting the home series against India, scheduled to get underway early next January.
Starved of international cricket, Pakistan will be playing their first Test in almost 13 months when they host India for a three-match Test series. Pakistan’s last Test was also against […]

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Source: CNN
Pakistan’s military discovered the location of al Qaeda’s second in command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, recently but missed catching him, a top official said Monday night.
A $25 million reward has been offered for Ayman al-Zawahiri, al Qaeda’s second-in-command.
Rahman Malik, the adviser to the prime minister on internal affairs and, effectively, Pakistan’s interior minister, told reporters that […]

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Source: Cellular News
Huawei says that it has deployed the world’ s largest next generation Home Location Register (HLR) solution for Telenor Pakistan. Huawei’ s HLR solution is fully-distributed and has been deployed in the country’ s three major cities of Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore, and will serve 40 million subscribers.
Telenor Pakistan ended the first […]

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Source: Ohmy
By Muhammad Aslam Khan

95 militants killed in clashes in Kurram Agency on Sunday

Taliban militants in Pakistan have accepted a truce offer from the government in deference of the holy month of Ramadan.
Last month, the same offer of a truce during Ramadan by the Taliban was vehemently rejected by the government.
The self-appointed spokesman of […]

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Source: China National News

Two Chinese engineers have been missing since Friday in the troubled northwest Pakistan, an official of the Chinese embassy said here Sunday.
A search operation has been launched to trace the engineers who were found missing along with their driver and security guard, both Pakistanis, the official said.
The two engineers are from Zhongxing […]

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Source: Reuters

 Stung by controversies involving some of its top cricketers, Pakistan has launched an ambitious drive to educate young players and stamp out deviant behaviour.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) wants to teach its future national team players how to handle fame and fortune and will provide coaching and an education to its best under-12s.
“The idea […]

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Source: Associated Press

Parliamentarian defends killing of five women buried alive, says ‘these are centuries old traditions’
A Pakistani lawmaker defended a decision by southwestern tribesmen to bury five women alive because they wanted to choose their own husbands, telling stunned members of Parliament this week to spare him their outrage.
“These are centuries-old traditions and I will […]

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Source: Boston.com

Pakistan yesterday announced a suspension of military operations against Islamist militants for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, after a 24-hour assault in which it said nearly 40 militants were killed.
Violence has intensified in Pakistan in recent weeks, with the military battling militants in three parts of the northwest. The militants have responded with […]

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Source: The Terror Wonk
This short analysis from the invaluable Middle East Media Research Institute is well worth a read. It discusses the controversy Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader, Asif Zardari set off when, while delivering the keynote address at the 23rd Internationalist Socialist Congress, he described madrassas as propagating Islamist extremism.
Unsurprisingly, Pakistan’s religious leaders condemned […]

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Source: AP
By : Asif Sahzad
Pakistan’s presidential front-runner has moved into a tightly guarded government compound over security fears, officials said Friday as a militant campaign against the government led to more violence in the country’s volatile northwest.
The party of Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of slain ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, has sought to assure the […]

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Source: Emergency Mailing List
“I have been combing through some Israeli websites in order to conjure up points that can make up as an immature guide towards surviving and dealing with suicide attacks, that are a ‘reality’ in our every day life. “
Who is a suicide bomber?
As of now, there are three sorts of suicide bombings taking […]

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Source:New York Times

A car bomb apparently planted by Taliban insurgents blew up a police bus in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least eight people, security officials said.
The bombing followed a pattern of Taliban attacks against government security installations in retaliation for a fierce Pakistani military campaign, including airstrikes, in the tribal area of […]

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Source: Teeth Maestro
Tables have turned for the better for Asif Zardari since the assassination of his wife Benazir Bhutto on 27th December, he is been literally handed the leadership of the most popular party on a silver platter, he then spins it all to his advantage and consequently his party wins the elections to make […]

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Source: BBC
Eight of the judges sacked last November by former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf have been reinstated.
They took their oaths at the governor’s house in Karachi. Reports say seven or eight more may be sworn in next week.
Mr Musharraf sacked some 60 judges, including Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, but some were restored later.
Former Prime Minister […]

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