Pakistan's nuclear procurement exposed in 1987, US declassified documents reveal - World. Blowback: Pakistan Taliban Say Killing of Foreign Hikers Retaliation for US Drone Strikes. A spokesman for the Taliban movement in Pakistan on Monday publicly claimed the group's responsibility for the killing of nine foreign hikers in the Himalayas over the weekend, saying that the massacre was a direct result of a US drone strike last month along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border.
The body of one of the 9 foreign tourists killed near the Nanga Parbat peak. (Photo: Reuters/Sohail Shahzad) "We did it and we claim responsibility for this attack," said Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan in a phone call to Agence France-Presse. "One of our factions, Junood ul-Hifsa, did it. It is to avenge the killing of Maulvi Wali ur-Rehman," he said. Ehsan was explicit about the motivation for the killings by adding, "We want to convey to the world that this is our reply to US drone attacks. " Pakistan Petroleum Discovers Gas In Sindh Eurasia Review. By Shabbir H.
Kazmi Pakistan Petroleum Limited has successfully hit gas reserves in its exploratory well Wafiq at Gambat South Block (located in Sindh province). The field is operated by PPL with 65% working interest in the block. Drill stem tests indicated different gas flows at different choke sizes. Peshawar IED defused. Pakistani schoolgirl shot by Taliban moved to army HQ hospital. Earlier Wednesday, surgeons removed a bullet from Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban for speaking out against the group and promoting education for girls.
The shooting has drawn condemnation from the United Nations, rights groups and world leaders, as well as many Pakistanis. White House spokesman Jay Carney said Wednesday that the United States had offered any assistance necessary. “The president found the news reprehensible and disgusting and tragic,” Carney said. Yousafzai began standing up to the Pakistani Taliban when she was just 11, when the government had effectively ceded control of the Swat Valley, where she lives, to the militants.
Her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, who runs a school for girls, said his daughter had defied threats for years, believing the good work she was doing for her community was her best protection. Pakistan: 14 Killed In Blast Eurasia Review. Militants kill at least 20 Shiites in Pakistan. Suspected militants forced passengers to step out of three buses and shot dead at least 20 of them in an attack on Thursday in northwest Pakistan, officials said.
Pakistani Shias are 'victims of regional politics' Last week, several gunmen, who were in the guise of Pakistani security officials, stopped a passenger bus travelling from Rawalpindi to the northwestern Gilgit region and dragged the travelers off the bus.
Karachi attack injures UN doctor, driver. US drone strike 'kills at least five' in NWA. TTP reportedly beheads 7 Pakistani soldiers. Pervaiz Elahi made deputy PM. Pakistan Bus Bomb Kills 19. By VOA By Sharon Behn A bomb has blown up a bus full of government employees in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing at least 19 people, Pakistan’s second lethal blast in as many days.
Did Anyone Ever Bother To Get The Pakistani Perspective? By Ivan Eland The U.S. targeting of Abu Yahya al-Libi, the number-two man in al-Qaeda, continues the American quest to kill its way out of its terrorist problem using pilotless drones, Special Forces raids, and other secret methods.
Gen. Report: Pakistan cancels high-level CIA talks to protest aid cuts - The Hill's DEFCON Hill. Tensions between Islamabad and Washington again came to a boil on Monday, when Pakistan's head of intelligence abruptly canceled high-level talks with the CIA.
The talks, slated for this week, would have been the first visit by Pakistani intelligence chief Lt. Gen. Zaheer ul-Islam to Washington, according to reports in The Washington Post. Islam was scheduled to meet with CIA chief David Petraeus to discuss a slate of national-security challenges facing both countries. But the head of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI) scrapped the visit due to "pressing commitments" back in Islamabad, according to a Pakistani military statement issued Monday. However, a top Pakistani official confirmed to the Post that the meeting was canceled due to growing furor in the country over American lawmakers' decision to slash U.S. aid to Pakistan.
US Drone Strike in Pakistan Reeks of Political Retaliation Yet Again. Map of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas in Pakistan.
Note Orakzai and North Waziristan are as close as 50 milies in some spots. (Wikimedia Commons) Today, US drones killed four more people in North Waziristan in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Some Accuse US of Hypocrisy Over Pakistan Doctor Case. Tensions rose higher between Pakistan and the United States this week after a tribal court gave a long prison term to a Pakistani doctor who tried to help U.S. forces gather information about Osama bin Laden.
American forces later killed the terrorist, and the doctor's actions angered many Pakistanis. Some critics say the case of Dr. Shakil Afridi has some parallels to the plight of a U.S. citizen who sold U.S. secrets to Israel, and who is serving a life term in an American prison. U.S. forces found and killed Osama bin Laden after Dr. Invisible Hands Behind Shia Massacre In Pakistan. By Press TV By Dr. Ismail Salami Death is whimsical these days, manifesting itself in shapes most repellent to man: men posing with the mangled parts of dead bodies; men urinating on dead bodies; men cutting out the eyes of their brothers and killing them in the name of religion. US and Pakistan stuck on deal to reopen Afghan supply routes - The Hill's DEFCON Hill. A U.S. -Pakistan deal to reopen critical supply routes to Afghanistan won't be finished in time for a key NATO summit this May, a top U.S. official said Saturday. Negotiators on both sides continue to hammer out the details of the plan, which would reopen American supply lines in Pakistan for the first time since Islamabad shut them down last November.
Reopening those supply lines is a critical issue to American war planners, as U.S. and coalition forces gear up for the upcoming fighting season in eastern Afghanistan. It is also one one of many regional issues American officials hoped to discuss at the NATO summit in Chicago on May 20-21. However, a senior U.S. official told Reuters on Saturday that both parties remain worlds apart on a pending agreement.
Implications of 'US-Afghan Pact' on Pakistan. In Hiding, Bin Laden Had Four Children and Five Houses. Islamabad, Pakistan - spent nine years on the run in Pakistan after the Sept. 11 attacks, during which time he moved among five safe houses and fathered four children, at least two of whom were born in a government hospital, his youngest wife has told Pakistani investigators. The testimony of Amal Ahmad Abdul Fateh, Bin Laden’s 30-year-old wife, offers the most detailed account yet of life on the run for the Bin Laden family in the years preceding the American commando raid in May 2011 that killed the leader of at the age of 54. Her account is contained in a police report dated Jan. 19 that, as an account of that frantic period, contains manifest flaws: Ms. Fateh’s words are paraphrased by a police officer, and there is noticeably little detail about the Pakistanis who helped her husband evade his American pursuers.
Pakistani forces take control of Shamsi airbase. President asks CJ: what happened to Benazir case? Afghan Taliban on Night Raids, New Explosives, the ISI, Peace. US-Pakistan jousting. Pakistan holding trump card on NATO supply halt. Photo Gallery « THE PEOPLE OF PAKISTAN.
Shipping activity at Port Qasim. Wednesday, 09 November 2011 17:54. University Lecturer Target Killed in Quetta. Varsity teacher gunned down in Quetta. Quetta satellite view. Iran guns down three Pakistani fishermen. Evacuation: Seven aircraft land at Shamsi base. Sources also reported that that some equipment was loaded onto the aircraft. Latest news, Breaking news, Pakistan News, World news, business, sport and multimedia.
Nato tankers burnt, driver killed. Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - quetta—A Nato truck driver was killed and at least eight tankers burnt after unknown gunmen attacked Nato convoy late Sunday night. According to police, the Nato fuel supply tankers convoy was attacked while returning to the port city Karachi from the Afghan border as they were barred to enter Afghanistan after closure of supplies to Nato and Isaf forces in response to the attack on check post in Mohmand Agency killing 24 Pakistani soldiers. Targeting minorities: Abducted Hindu trader found dead near Quetta. Kumar had been abducted three months ago. Latest news, Breaking news, Pakistan News, World news, business, sport and multimedia.
Acid attacks. ISI fanatics acid attack on four Baloch female school teachers in Quetta. ISI fanatics acid attack on four Baloch female school teachers in Quetta (September 12, Islamabad, Sri Lanka Guardian) Pakistani fanatic intelligence agencies ISI and MI third time acid attack on Baloch women in order to spread panic among the Baloch female teachers and women who are playing a vital role in Balochistan’s independence movement. Jamil Ahmad: Pakistan's unlikely storyteller of the Swat Valley - latimes.com. American war lies exposed. Analysis: Pakistan's double-game: treachery or strategy? Who Killed Burhanuddin Rabbani? Afghanistan and the war. Pakistan Christian Post. PAKISTAN: Gun City Profits From Killings. US puts the squeeze on Pakistan. Latest news, Breaking news, Pakistan News, World news, business, sport and multimedia.