25 June, 2009

Pakistan court rejects Sarabjit’s death verdict appeal
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court dismissed on Wednesday an appeal by Sarabjit Singh, an Indian man seeking a review of a death sentence …
in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-40578320090624

WSJIDEBATE: Guns and Roses: Can India and Pakistan settle their …
Wall Street Journal – USA
ISLAMABAD — The leaders of India and Pakistan met for the first time since the peace process between the nuclear-armed neighbors ground to a halt after …
online.wsj.com/article/SB124585143438847545.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

US Senate passes bill to triple civilian assistance to Pak
Hindustan Times – India
PTI The US Senate has unanimously passed the Kerry-Lugar Bill, which triples America’s civilian assistance to Pakistan to $7.5 billion in the next five …
www.hindustantimes.com/Redir.aspx?ID=be64d863-
7507-4131-bccd-37cce478ca40&SectionName=HomePage

WSJIDEBATE: There Are No Quick Fixes
Wall Street Journal – USA
Manufactured in Pakistan, devoured by many an Indian family and unavailable in the local market, this sizzler of a dish is stashed on the shelves of Indian …
online.wsj.com/article/SB124585070585
247467.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Pakistan Says Taliban Supplied With Guns, Cash From Afghanistan
Bloomberg – USA
By Michael Heath June 25 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan says Taliban insurgents fighting security forces in the country’s northwest are supplied with guns, cash, …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=aqy.4qBjOfcY

US team to advise Pakistan on economy
Livemint – Delhi,Delhi,India
PTI Washington: A high level team of US officials is on its way to Pakistan to discuss mechanisms to help Islamabad come out of the economic crisis,…
www.livemint.com/2009/06/25103650/US-
team-to-advise-Pakistan-on.html?h=B

Swiss to destroy papers in intl nuke smuggling case
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
Thousands of papers were confiscated from Urs Tinner, who is being prosecuted for his suspected role in a trafficking network run by Pakistan’s Abdul Qadeer …
in.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idINLO56587620090624

US Senate approves sweeping Pakistan aid package
Channel News Asia – Singapore
WASHINGTON: The US Senate approved a bill to triple civilian US aid to Pakistan, a bid to cement a long-term partnership and help defeat Islamists who …
www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp
_asiapacific/view/438377/1/.html

Beyond easy solution to Pakistan’s terrorist threat
Boston Globe – United States
However, I find his analysis somewhat shallow regarding how to counter the terrorist threat within Pakistan (”The other Islamist threat in Pakistan,’’ Op-ed …
www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles
/2009/06/25/beyond_easy_solution_to_pakistans_terrorist_threat

Pakistan Foils Major Terror Attacks : Homeland Security News
By national
Pakistan Foils Major Terror Attacks. … Browse Home / World Report / Pakistan Foils Major Terror Attacks. Pakistan Foils Major Terror Attacks. June 24, 2009 by national. Filed under World Report · Leave a Comment …
www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2009
/06/24/pakistan-foils-major-terror-attacks/

Can the Taliban be defated in Pakistan? “ melange
By isiria
The impact on Pakistan’s women is enormous. Throwing acid, or threatening to do so, has been spectacularly successful in making women embrace modesty. Today there is scarcely a female face visible anywhere in the Frontier province. …
isiria.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/can
-the-taliban-be-defated-in-pakistan/

Dates for India-Pakistan talks being finalised: Report | Sindh …
By SindhToday
Islamabad, June 25 (IANS) Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India Shahid Malik is here to help finalise the dates and the agenda for the forthcoming India-Pakistan talks, a media report said Thursday. Malik, who met Indian Foreign …
www.sindhtoday.net/news/1/23585.htm

Infidel Bloggers Alliance: Deadliest Strike Yet in Pakistan … 3 …
By Epaminondas
Baitullah Mehsud, the head of Pakistan’s Taliban, may have been the target of a deadly drone strike that claimed dozens of lives at a funeral in northern Pakistan, but details are still emerging about what looks like the most dramatic …
ibloga.blogspot.com/2009/06/deadliest-strike-yet-in-pakistan-3.html

US drone attack claims 80 lives in Pakistan – Yahoo! News
What appeared to be the deadliest US missile attack ever on Pakistani soil brought an unusual reaction Wednesday in a country that has previously denounced …
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan

24 June, 2009

Chief minister: Pakistan’s IDPs to return home within days
Xinhua – China
The official selected under this programme would get a salary of 10000 Pakistan rupees each. The Chief Minister apprised the house that the federal …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/23/content_11589702.htm

Missile death toll at 55 in Pakistan
The Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Intelligence officials denied reports Wednesday that the head of Pakistan’s Taliban narrowly escaped death in a suspected US …
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hkiMxbHNH0BqgpWA2ZG6VD6wVTmAD990SO9G0

India to urge Pakistan to arrest alleged Mumbai mastermind
The News International – Karachi,Pakistan
NEW DELHI: India will urge Pakistan to arrest a key militant leader for his role in the Mumbai attacks, a day after an arrest warrant was issued against the …
www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=81296

No resumption of talks unless some ‘movement’: India
Hindu – Chennai,India
New Delhi (PTI): Ruling out resumption of talks with Pakistan unless India sees some “movement”, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Tuesday said…
www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200906240320.htm

Taleban commander rival Qari Zainuddin killed in Pakistan
Times Online – UK
Pakistan mounted a military offensive against Mr Mehsud this month in South Waziristan which is suspected to be the centre of the terrorism that has rocked …
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6559525.ece

Afghan Kidnappings: Local Journalists Face Bigger Risks
TIME – USA
Rahim Faiez / AP The escape of veteran New York Times correspondent David Rohde from Taliban captors was a rare piece of good news from the Afghan-Pakistan …
www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1906595,00.html

Pakistan army says in final phase of Swat offensive
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
By Zeeshan Haider ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan security forces are near the end of their offensive in the Swat valley, the army said on Monday, …
in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-40515220090622

Iran in G8 spotlight
Straits Times – Singapore
Richard Holbrooke, the US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, will attend the talks. George Mitchell, the US special envoy for the Middle East, …
www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2B
News/World/Story/STIStory_394710.html

US Desperately Needs Re-Examine Approach To Pakistan, Says Foreign …
By Staff
Malou Innocent, a foreign policy analyst and who recently came back from a fact-finding trip to Pakistan, says that the U.S. presence in Pakistan does impact Pakistan’s people. Innocent also advised that the US needs to look at the …
talkradionews.com/2009/06/us-desperately-needs-re
-examine-approach-to-pakistan-says-foreign-policy-analyst/

A U.S. drone attacked militants in Pakistan in Tuesday, killing …
June 23, 2009. photo (Reuters) – A U.S. drone attacked militants in Pakistan in Tuesday, killing at least 45 of them, Pakistani intelligence officials said. …
www.nbtalk.com/2009/06/23/a-us-drone-
attacked-militants-in-pakistan-in-tuesday-killing/

Pakistan to UK: UK must do more to combat militants | Vlad Tepes
By Eeyore
Objects in history may be closer than they appear” – Eeyore for Vlad.
vladtepesblog.com/?p=9467

Assassination in Pakistan exposes Taliban rifts (AP) | News Logging
By Yahoo! News: Top Stories
Assassination in Pakistan exposes Taliban rifts (AP) · Family members of the slain Taliban faction leader Qari Zainuddin, look at his dead body AP– The assassination of the leader of a renegade Pakistani Taliban faction by one of his …
www.newslogging.com/general-news/assass
ination-in-pakistan-exposes-taliban-rifts-ap

Taliban commander shot dead in northwest Pakistan – Yahoo! News
A Taliban faction leader who was seen as the chief rival to the militant group’s Pakistani head was fatally shot Tuesday, reportedly by one of his own …
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090623/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan