16/12/07

Life after Emergency in Pakistan
NDTV.com – New Delhi,India
Things seemed much the same on the streets of Karachi, the morning after emergency was lifted in Pakistan after 42 days. It was business as usual, …
www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=
NEWEN20070036128&ch=12/17/2007%2011:10:00%20AM

Pakistan manhunt for escaped British terror suspect
Guardian Unlimited – UK
A nationwide manhunt began in Pakistan last night after a handcuffed British terrorist suspect escaped outside an extradition hearing at an Islamabad court. …
www.guardian.co.uk/pakistan/Story/0,,2228620,00.html

WHO to investigate bird flu cases in Pakistan, Myanmar
Xinhua – China
17 (Xinhuanet) — The World Health Organisation (WHO) has sent experts to help investigate the cause of first bird flu cases in people in Pakistan and …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/17/content_7265095.htm

As Pakistan lifts emergency rule, Musharraf eyes next step
Christian Science Monitor – Boston,MA,USA
In six weeks of emergency rule, which was lifted on Saturday, Pakistan’s president has tightened his hold on power. By Mark Sappenfield | Staff writer of …
www.csmonitor.com/2007/1217/p04s01-wosc.html
p04s01-wosc.html

Pakistan election campaign gains momentum
Times of India – India
ISLAMABAD: As the winter chill sets in across Pakistan, political parties are making a concerted pitch to come to power in next month’s general election …
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pakistan_
election_campaign_gains_momentum/articleshow/2625941.cms

Bali Climate Accord, Pakistan Emergency Lifted: Weekend Roundup
Bloomberg – USA
15 (Bloomberg) — President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan lifted emergency rule as promised and pledged to hold free and fair parliamentary elections. …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=2060
1109&sid=a.yyI.c7_eGo&refer=home

PAKISTAN DECIDES
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
By Qamar Jabbar the centuries’ old city Lahore is the heart of Pakistan – its cultural capital and the origin of every successful political movement in the …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=
2007%5C12%5C17%5Cstory_17-12-2007_pg7_20

US: Afghan Border Attacks Drop 40 Prcent
The Associated Press –
BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) — A top American general said Sunday that attacks along the Afghan-Pakistan border have dropped more than 40 percent since July and …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i8dGf
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Musharraf Says Emergency Rule Saved Pakistan
Voice of America – USA
By VOA News Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf says he imposed a controversial state of emergency as a last resort to save Pakistan from destruction. …
voanews.com/english/2007-12-15-voa15.cfm

Pakistan: Another Embarassing Terror Suspect Escape on President …
By Brian Katulis
Though the news media is abuzz about yet another videotape from Ayman Zawahiri (Al Qaeda’s second in command probably somewhere in Pakistan or Afghanistan), people should carefully watch what happens in the case of Rashid Rauf’ in the …
www.democracyarsenal.org/2007/12/pakistan-anothe.html

Bangladesh Turns 36: Bringing Stranded Pakistanis Home
By Owais Mughal
Whatever the past may have been – the good times and the bad – we at ATP pray for a bright future for both Pakistan and Bangladesh. We want to wish good luck to Bangladesh and its citizens for a bright future. …
pakistaniat.com/2007/12/16/bangladesh-
turns-36-bringing-stranded-pakistanis-home/

East Pakistan tragedy : Who was responsible ?
By irfanzafar
read more.
www.buzzvines.com/east-pakistan-tragedy-who-was-responsible

Summoning Caesar to Trial in Pakistan
By Bernard Hibbitts(Bernard Hibbitts)
JURIST Contributing Editor Ali Khan of Washburn University School of Law says the time has come to call President Pervez Musharraf – the latest of Pakistan’s military “Caesars” – to account for his contemptuous disregard of Pakistan’s …
jurist.law.pitt.edu/forumy/2007/12/
summoning-caesar-to-trial-in-pakistan.php

Pakistan: Early report on WHO activities
By Crof
People who came into contact with those infected in Pakistan are being monitored, WHO said. Khalif Bile, WHO representative in Pakistan, said that preliminary tests had been carried out. He said WHO was encouraging the government to …
crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2007/12/pakistan-early.html

Politics in educational institutions of Pakistan
By Dr Farrukh Malik
by Aijaz Ali Soomro The Politics of any state has a sound impact on each and every individual of the state. Whatever is going on in a country, whatever the future political planning is and the direction in which the country is …
drfarrukhhmalik.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/
politics-in-educational-institutions-of-pakistan/

Bird flu in Pakistan, the picture at this point
If I knew for sure what was going on with the reported human bird flu outbreak in Pakistan’s northwest border region I’d tell you. At this point it appears no one knows for sure — not WHO, not CDC, not even the Pakistani authorities. …
scienceblogs.com/effectmeasure/2007/
12/bird_flu_in_pakistan_the_pictu.php

Pakistan: At Christmas Eve
By Vikram Iyengar
The recent Emergency fiasco and historically strained relations between India and Pakistan resulted in obvious economic set backs. A recent study by the Indian Council of Research on International Economic Relations indicated a trade …
exciton.wordpress.com/2007/12/16/pakistan-at-christmas-eve/

India, Pakistan have $11 billion bilateral trade potential: Icrier
By CustomerSupport@LiveMint.com (PTI)
India and Pakistan have a trade potential of $11.7 billion (Rs46,098 cr), but the two neighbours need to take proactive measures to exploit untapped areas of economic cooperation.
www.livemint.com/2007/12/16235954
/India-Pakistan-have-11-billi.html

Pakistan nukes safely guarded, says Narayanan — Indian National …
By Naxal Watch(Naxal Watch)
New Delhi (PTI): India believes that nuclear weapons in Pakistan are “pretty safely guarded” making it “extremely difficult” of it falling in “wrong hands” with the US paying “very close attention” to the issue. …
intellibriefs.blogspot.com/2007/12/pakist
an-nukes-safely-guarded-says.html

Musharraf ends emergency law in Pakistan – 15 Dec 07
By Vinny
Musharraf ends emergency law in Pakistan – 15 Dec 07. Musharraf ends emergency law in Pakistan – 15 Dec 07.
www.nowpublic.com/musharraf-ends-
emergency-law-pakistan-15-dec-07

Demons of December — Road from East Pakistan to Bangladesh
By Hassan Abbas(Hassan Abbas)
December is the anniversary month of the independence of Bangladesh and break up of Pakistan. The memories of that critical period of the history of the two countries are very painful for everyone who was affected in one way or the …
watandost.blogspot.com/2007/12/d
emons-of-december-road-from-east.html

British Bomb Suspect On The Run In Pakistan
A British man suspected of being involved in a plot to blow up trans-Atlantic flights has escaped from police custody in Pakistan.
news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1297191,00.html?f=rss