Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) — Indian special forces stormed a house in Jammu and Kashmir state and freed seven people being held hostage by militants. The gunmen killed three captives and a soldier during the battle with troops.
“The special forces of the army killed all three militants,” army spokesman S.D. Goswami said by telephone from Chinore […]

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President Musharraf leaves office alone, besieged and abandoned. He is not leaving the country into strong hands. In fact, in the hands of the most the corrupt, unscrupulous and dangerous criminals this country ever produced. The regime-change game which CIA had initiated about one year ago […]

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Source: Reuters Blog
This is definitely a case of “the more you know, the less you understand”.
There has been much talk in the media about whether PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari is heading for a showdown with President Pervez Musharraf to force him out of office.
But it is not clear whether Zardari is really looking for […]

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Source: PK Politics.com
Thanks to PK Politics for providing such an informative article in the time of need!
Anma Masood Janjua reveals the whereabouts and locations of Hundreds of Pakistani National Missing Persons in custody of Pakistani Fauj and their agencies including ISI and FIA.
Locations revealed in Capital Talk:
- ISI Detention Center in Kent Garrison Chaklala (Near […]

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Source: Reuters
While living in Delhi after 9/11, and in particular after India and Pakistan nearly went to war over an attack on the Indian parliament on December 13, 2001, one of the questions that cropped up frequently was about how much the Pakistan army had been permeated by hardline Islamists. In other words, how much […]

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Source: New York Times
WASHINGTON — Since Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani took command of Pakistan’s Army last November, a parade of top American officers and spymasters has trooped to Islamabad to urge him to wage an aggressive campaign against Al Qaeda and other militants in the country’s restive tribal areas.
The American officials have come away gushing […]

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Source: Times of India
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan army on Monday shuffled commanders of some key formations and appointed a new chief for its medical services following the assassination of the previous incumbent in a suicide attack last month.
Lt Gen Ijaz Ahmed Bakhshi was posted as the Commander of the Lahore Corps while Lt Gen Nadeem Ahmed […]

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Source: Reuters
By Zeeshan Haider
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan’s army chief called for harmony on Thursday as a coalition opposed to President Pervez Musharraf prepared to form a government that could force him from power.
Recent opinion polls showed the vast majority of people would like U.S. ally Musharraf, who came to power as a general in a […]

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Source: Sify News
Islamabad: India and Pakistan could set aside the Kashmir issue to be resolved by a future generation while they focus on trade and economic ties to improve bilateral relations, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said.
Dismissing the belief in some sections in India that the Kashmir issue could best be […]

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Source: The Associated Press
By MATTHEW PENNINGTON
The Associated Press
Tuesday, February 26, 2008; 4:16 AM
UCHRAI SAR, Pakistan — Hardcore militants who seized Pakistan’s most scenic valley are still holed up in its snowy heights, three months after President Pervez Musharraf sent in the army to show his resolve against spreading Islamic extremism.
Down below, life in the towns […]

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Source: AFP
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — A suicide blast killed the Pakistani military’s top medical officer and three others on Monday, as key US “war on terror” ally President Pervez Musharraf rejected fresh pressure to step down.
The deadly attack, which also injured 29 in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, marks a resurgence in violence after a lull […]

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For the last sixty years of its existence, Pakistan has been subjected to undemocratic practices, for whatever reason it may be, but the time to set things right is now. Now is the time to set the nation in the right direction. Ironically the correct direction for this nation, which was created in a very […]

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Source: The Times of India
A return to democracy is on the cards for Pakistan but will it prove to be a success this time round?
A string of army coups has meant that Pakistan has been under military rule for more than half its 60-year history. Musharraf may be down and on his way out but […]

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by Jasmine Rafique
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan’s government is beefing up security for a “fair, transparent and peaceful” parliamentary election on Monday, a Pakistani government spokesman said.
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Source: The New York Times
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A suicide bomber on a motorbike packed with explosives destroyed a military bus carrying doctors in the Pakistan military headquarters city of Rawalpindi on Monday, and officials said at least six people had been killed, including a high-ranking army physician.
At least 40 people were wounded, the officials said, […]

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Source: Teeth Maestro
A picture is worth a thousand words

Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Kayani and President (retired Gen and former COAS) Pervez Musharraf sit together during the missile training launch of Ghauri (Hatf V). According to analysts, their postures and body languages indicate “all’s not well” between the two. It has been reliably learnt […]

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Source: The Hindu
Nirupama Subramanian
ISLAMABAD: President Pervez Musharraf reiterated on Friday that his country was capable of thwarting all threats to its sovereignty and nuclear capability, even as the Pakistan Army Strategic Force Command (ASFC) conducted a training launch of an intermediate ballistic missile.
The military said the launch of the nuclear-capable Ghauri, also known as Hatf […]

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Source: BBC News
Pakistani security forces say they have recaptured an important road tunnel which was seized by pro-Taleban militants on Thursday.
A battle has raged around the Kohat tunnel since Pakistan launched an operation to reclaim it on Friday.
The military said as many as 70 militants had died in the assault.
In holding the tunnel, the militants […]

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At present, the scenario in our country is a state of commotion. There is a proviso of skepticism and mayhem. Nobody knows whom they should follow. It has become very tough to differentiate between erroneous and correct personage. It is a predicament-our country is facing “Leadership Crises”. We are totally stand still on the alleyway […]

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Source: AFP
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AFP) — Pakistani troops backed by tanks and gunships cleared militant hideouts near the Afghan border, sparking gunbattles that left eight troops and 40 rebels dead, the army said Thursday.
Thirty militants were also arrested in the clashes over the last 24 hours in the South Waziristan tribal district, the hideout […]

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President Musharraf is seen by some observers and political opponents as having weakened after having shed his uniform as Chief of Army Staff. This, I believe is a myth. Consider the following:
As far as foreign observors are concerned, I think they make their observations based on the opinions expressed in Pakistan and therefore they cannot […]

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Source: Los Angeles Times
In a country where extremists rage against the cosmopolitan, Ali Saleem dons the persona — and sari — of a flirty middle-aged widow for a TV talk show watched by everyone from models to mullahs.
By Bruce Wallace
January 21, 2008
Out of costume but not out of character, one of Pakistan’s hottest TV stars […]

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Source: Teeth Maestro
Considering that the Government of Pakistan has been quite active in issuing eviction notices to all the freshly retired government employees more specifically targeting the judges who stood up and refused to take oath to the illegal PCO enforced on Nov 3rd of last year. Granted a retired personnel must soon vacate the […]

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Source: Daily Times
President Pervez Musharraf’s view, expressed to an American magazine, that the late PPP chairperson, Benazir Bhutto, “was very unpopular with the military”, clears the issues surrounding his policy drift in the last eight years and foreshadows what might transpire in the coming months.

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By Christina Lamb
Islamabad, Pakistan (The Sunday Times) - It is the most expensive and talked about property development in Pakistan, but few can get near it. Hidden behind barbed wire, the new state-of-the-art  Army headquarter to replace a garrison in Rawalpindi is costing a reputed 1 billion UK pounds and will cover 2,400 acres of […]

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