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March 27th, 2010
Judges go mad as bar protects a criminal; take to the streets
DAWN report below Read more »
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March 26th, 2010
The most important concerns for Pakistan today are economy and energy: Kayani
| Dawn Correspondent
Friday, 26 Mar, 2010 |
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WASHINGTON: Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said on Thursday that the military was willing to forgo its requests for hardware to ensure that Pakistan’s energy and economic needs were met. At a briefing at the Pakistan Embassy, Gen Kayani also said that there had been a marked change in the US attitude towards Pakistan because of the army’s success in South Waziristan and Swat. “I told Senator John Kerry and Senator Richard Lugar that in order to make sure that Pakistan’s economy and energy needs are met, we are willing to forgo the military equipment that we have asked for,” he said. “The most important concerns for Pakistan today are economy and energy and we have emphasised that with the American administration that these are the needs that need to be met,” he added. Gen Kayani met the two senators earlier this week when he arrived in Washington for the two-day strategic dialogue, which concluded on Thursday. |
March 26th, 2010
Jundullah terrorists acquitted by court
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| The News has reported that Qasim Toori and others of Jundullah have been acquitted. Leading US networks such as ABC News have reported Jundullah to be an outfit of the CIA. |
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March 26th, 2010
The military is resisting the 18th amendment: Hamid Mir
Interview with Hamid Mir Read more »
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March 25th, 2010
Afghanistan, China: Karzai’s Opportune Visit to Beijing
March 24, 2010
Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) and Afghan President Hamid Karzai (R) at a welcoming ceremony in Beijing, China, on March 24
Summary
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is on a three-day trip to China, during which he has met with Chinese President Hu Jintao and is scheduled to meet with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. He is expected to seek financial aid and economic deals along with support for his plans to establish a stable government in Kabul after U.S. forces leave. China, meanwhile, has reasons of its own to forge closer ties with Afghanistan. Read more »
March 23rd, 2010
Employees turn millionaires overnight; Govt gives 12pc of shareholding in PPL to employees
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
By Saad Hasan
SUI: Hundreds of junior-cadre workers of the state-run Pakistan Petroleum (PPL) became millionaires overnight after getting ownership certificates of their company under the Benazir Employees Stock Option scheme. Read more »
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March 23rd, 2010
Key Al Qaeda suspect released by US court after eight years in jail
From the Wall Street Journal
March 22, 2010
By Jess Bravin
WASHINGTON—A suspected al Qaeda organizer once called “the highest value detainee” at Guantánamo Bay was ordered released by a federal judge in an order issued Monday.
March 22nd, 2010
RENT-A-RAMBOS
A fascinating scandal has erupted in Washington that is exposing the sordid underbelly of the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan.
By Eric Margolis Read more »
March 22nd, 2010
Limits of military power
Published in DAWN
By Yousuf Nazar
Monday March 22, 2010
IN a rare press briefing last month, Gen Ashfaq Kayani said the success of military operations in the tribal regions have caused a substantial decline in cross-border attacks on Nato forces in Afghanistan and warned that it was essential to address Pakistan’s long-term strategic concerns for stability in the region. Read more »
March 22nd, 2010
Jirga urges Army to destroy Talibans - dismisses earlier offensives as ‘military dramas”
March 21, 2010
Army must destroy Taliban, jirga declares
* National peace jirga urges govt to reach out to terrorists, but also to crush those unwilling to negotiate
* Dismisses earlier offensives as ‘military dramas’
* Tribal leader says ‘it should be a genuine military operation like the Sri Lankans did against the Tamil Tigers’
March 22nd, 2010
Nations don’t march to U.S. beat : Wall Street Journal
Leaders from Brasilia to Beijing sling arrows at Obama administration; Americans deny opposition is growing
March 21, 2010
By JAY SOLOMON And PETER SPIEGELMOSCOW—A string of public rebukes of U.S. foreign policy in recent weeks, from Jerusalem to Red Square, is highlighting how the global goodwill U.S. President Barack Obama enjoyed on taking office last year has often failed to translate into wins on the foreign-policy front. Read more »
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March 22nd, 2010
Afghan bombs grow
Militants now have IEDs big enough to destroy any armored vehicle
March 22, 2010
By YOCHI J. DREAZEN [WSJ]
WASHINGTON—Militants in Afghanistan are building bigger and bigger roadside bombs, eschewing the kinds of sophisticated munitions that were used in Iraq in favor of mammoth explosives capable of destroying any U.S. armored vehicle. Read more »
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