Source: CNN
A suicide bomber killed 10 people on Sunday after attacking a bakery on a Pakistan army base near the northwestern city of Peshawar, according to police and the Pakistani military.
Nineteen others were wounded in the suicide attack in Mardan, in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province, according to a Pakistani military news release.
The bomber […]

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Source: China View
ISLAMABAD, May 13 (Xinhua) — Pakistan and Sudan on Tuesday agreed to increase cooperation in divergent fields, particularly in the area of defense, official Associated Press of Pakistan reported.
At a meeting held here between Federal Minister for Defense Chaudhary Ahmad Mukhtar and the visiting Chief of Naval Staff of Sudan Vice Admiral Al […]

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Source: Globe and Mail 
Former top Mountie was briefed on $500,000 reward
COLIN FREEZE
May 13, 2008
A U.S. intelligence agency paid a bounty of $500,000 (U.S.) to Pakistani military officials who arrested a Canadian citizen wanted for links to al-Qaeda, according to a new Federal Court ruling.
Mr. Justice Richard Mosley ordered an Oct. 19, 2004, RCMP memo released […]

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Source: Daily Times
Policies for FATA and Balochistan are most important and should not be formulated as a reaction to previous policies but rather on the basis of having learnt from them
Post-9/11, when the US struck the Al Qaeda-Taliban combine in Afghanistan, Pakistan became the anvil for the US-Northern Alliance hammer. While the attack was largely […]

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Source: BBC News 
Pakistan has played down a recent US report that in February the Pentagon refused its request for funds to fight Taleban and al-Qaeda militants.
The military’s spokesman conceded that the funds had still not been released but called it a “routine matter”.
Pakistan receives some $80m (£41m) a month from the US to help […]

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Source: Boston.com
By Eric Schmitt
When the Pentagon announced in March that Major General Jay W. Hood would become the senior officer based in Pakistan, it reflected the military’s aim to put a crisis-tested veteran in a critical job at a pivotal time in the fight against Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Pakistan’s tribal areas.
more stories […]

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Source: International Herald Tribune
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Pakistan said that a missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead anywhere in India is ready for wartime use after troops launched it on Monday during a field exercise.
Scientists and engineers had prepared the Hatf VI missile, also known as Shaheen II, for the exercise with a test-firing on Saturday.
Monday’s […]

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Source: International Herald Tribune
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Pakistani security forces recovered two U.N. employees after a gunbattle Monday with their captors in a militant stronghold near the Afghan border, an official said.
One paramilitary soldier was killed and four were wounded in the clash in Khyber tribal region, said Mohammed Iqbal, a local government official. The two employees […]

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Source: The New York Times
WASHINGTON — American commanders in Afghanistan have in recent months urged a widening of the war that could include American attacks on indigenous Pakistani militants in the tribal areas inside Pakistan, according to United States officials.
The requests have been rebuffed for now, the officials said, after deliberations in Washington among senior […]

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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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The people of Pakistan have voted in this elections to condemn the policies of Musharaf and band. Sixty percent of the inhabitants have chosen the Anti-Musharaf forces to get rid of sucide bombers, empty stomachs and victimisation from their lives.
Firstly, the war on terror is not our battle and Pakistanis have realised it. Through the […]

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The ‘war on terror’ in Afghanistan is an unending war as its pinnacle where no one is able to surrender. Americans have brought so much carnage that they cannot leave the battlefield untill and unless stability starts to reside in Afghanistan again. Afghanis consists of Taleban supporters and Karzai supporters which includes the Northern Alliance, […]

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Letter to Pakistan Chief of Army Staff
General Pervaiz Ashfaque Kayani,
Abdul Basit Khawaja
Campaign to Restore Democracy to Pakistan
General Kiyani Sahib,
Every citizen of Pakistan who wants to chose the path majorly of Jinnah’s Ideologies would applaud your February 13th decision to recall all military officers from Pakistan’s civil departments. Pakistan’s bourgeoning civil society will be strengthened through […]

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Source: The Times of India
ISLAMABAD: Mehdi Hasan is one of Pakistan’s leading political analysts and media historians. A regular commentator on political affairs on TV and radio, Hasan is the author of The Political History of Pakistan, a widely acclaimed book. He spoke to Shobhan Saxena about the emerging political situation in the country. Excerpts:
With […]

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Source: VOA News
At least six people have died in an overnight clash between Pakistani security forces and insurgents operating near the border with Afghanistan.
A five-hour battle erupted in the Bajaur tribal area of northwestern Pakistan late Tuesday night, after a security vehicle on patrol was hit by an improvised roadside bomb. Military personnel exchanged fire […]

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Source: PK Politics
Author: Dr Qaisar Rashid
March 9, 2007 has left a deep, lasting impact on the politico-social history of Pakistan. In past, where the institution of politics was found coming head on with the institution of military, this time the institution of judiciary has defied the verdict of the institution of military and hence invited […]

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Source: The Guardian
America’s massive military aid package to Pakistan has come under scrutiny after allegations that as much as 70% of $5.4bn in assistance has been misspent.
Since 2002, the US has paid the operating costs of Pakistan’s military operations in the tribal belt along the Afghan border, where Taliban and al-Qaida fighters are sheltering.
Pakistan provides […]

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Source: Globe and Mail
New government must mend deteriorating economy and tackle Islamic extremists in tribal areas bordering Afghanistan
SAEED SHAH
ISLAMABAD — The challenges facing the new government in Pakistan can be summed up as FATA and atta.
FATA is the acronym for the federally administered tribal areas - the badlands on the Afghan border that are reputedly […]

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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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Source: Globe and Mail
Democracy is bringing a change in Pakistan that will have far-reaching consequences not just for its people, but for the rest of the world. The forces of the mullah-military alliance have been dealt a decisive blow. However, while the focus thus far has been on the national
elections and the drubbing President Pervez […]

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Source: Associated Press
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Sen. Joseph Biden urged Pakistani authorities to ensure that Monday’s parliamentary election is free and fair, warning that the country could face greater instability if the vote is rigged.
“Without an open election that gains the confidence of the vast majority of the middle class here there will be great […]

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Source: BBC News
Three Pakistani security forces have been killed in a bomb explosion near a military convoy in the tribal region of north-western Pakistan, the army said.
The blast happened near Khair, the main town in the Bajaur tribal area on the border with Afghanistan.
The dead included a senior paramilitary officer, officials said.
The incident comes ahead […]

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From: http://www.washingtonpost.com
By Walter Pincu
Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Radical elements are now a threat to the survival of Pakistan, prompting Pakistani military leaders to recognize that more aggressive efforts are needed to get the elements under control, Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell said yesterday in testimony before […]

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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
Kaiser Bengali is currently working for Collective for Social Science Research, a research company based in Karachi, economist Bengali has also served as the managing director Social Policy Development Centre between 2001-2004. Here he talks with TNS about a range of issues and gives his own economic blueprint which is closely tied up […]

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