Pakistan

Top Pakistan People’s Party Leadership To Meet In Dubai Today

Pakistan News (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

DUBAI The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman, Asif Ali Zardari, has convened an emergency party meeting in here on Wednesday. Sources said the PPP leaders who would attend the meeting include Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman, Khursheed Shah and the PPP Karachi Division president. According APP, PPP spokesman Farhatullah Babar has said on Tuesday [...]

US Says Pakistan Not Involved In Kabul Suicide Attack

Pakistan News (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

WASHINGTON: The US has expressed concern over the bombings in Islamabad and Afghanistan and said that Pakistan is not involved in Kabul suicide bombing, State Department acting spokesman Gonzalo Gallegos told reporters. Gallegos said US will continue to work with the new elected government in Islamabad in fighting the common enemy of terrorism, while letting [...]

• US ready to assist new Pak govt in fight against terror - Times of India

Pakistan blamed for embassy bomb

Daily Express (Free subscription) | yesterday

Afghan officials have "sufficient evidence" to say that Pakistan's intelligence agency was behind the bombing of the Indian embassy that killed 41 people, President Hamid Karzai's spokesman said.

Afghans implicate Pakistan in embassy bombing

The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday

Officials say they have "sufficient evidence" to indicate that Pakistan's intelligence agency was behind the bombing which killed 41 people

PAKISTAN: New flood warning system in Rawalpindi

Alertnet (Free subscription) | yesterday

Source: IRIN About 150,000 people living alongside Leh Nullah, a drainage channel running through Rawalpindi, should benefit from a new flood warning system launched on 7 July with Japanese assistance.

Rubin: Afghanistan Accuses Pakistan of Responsibility for Attack on Indian Embassy

Informed Comment Global Affairs (Free subscription) | yesterday

In a press conference yesterday, Humayun Hamidzada, the official spokesman of President Karzai (and a former colleague at the Center on International Cooperation at NYU) virtually accused Pakistan of responsibility for the bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul yesterday: Afghan officials have evidence that foreigners were behind a massive suicide bombing against India's embassy in Kabul, President...

ICC put Pakistan's security under microscope

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday

The International Cricket Council could move the Champions Trophy from Pakistan because of security concerns and will continue to monitor the situation before making a decision on the fate of the September tournament.

• ICC Ready To Shift Champions Trophy: Chief - Pakistan News
• ICC to keep a close watch - The Telegraph India
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Pakistan Linked To Embassy Bomb

Sky News (Free subscription) | yesterday

The Afghan government has said that "foreign intelligence" was behind a bomb blast outside the Indian embassy in Kabul in an apparent reference to Pakistan.

Australia to decide on Pakistan tour within fortnight

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday

BRISBANE (Reuters) - Australian cricket officials said on Tuesday they could decide within a fortnight whether or not to pull out of the Champions Trophy in Pakistan because of security concerns.

Pakistan hand pretty obvious, says Kabul

The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

Kabul, July 8 (Agencies): Afghan authorities today claimed to have "sufficient evidence" that the Indian mission here was bombed by a particular intelligence agency with a record of attacks in the country, prompting the Pakistan Prime Minister to issue an official denial.

Pakistan denies involvement in Kabul bombing

Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday

Pakistan's Prime Minister has denied that his country's intelligence agency played any role in yesterday's suicide attack outside the Indian Embassy in Kabul.

SECURITY COUNCIL SOUNDS ALARM ON RECENT TERRORIST ATTACKS IN PAKISTAN

International (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

SECURITY COUNCIL SOUNDS ALARM ON RECENT TERRORIST ATTACKS IN PAKISTAN New York, Jul 8 2008 6:00PM The United Nations Security Council today strongly condemned recent terrorist attacks in Pakistan which claimed numerous lives and wounded many others, calling on those behind these "reprehensible" incidents to be brought to justice. On 6 July, a suicide bombing in front of a police station near the Red...

• SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES PAKISTANIS TO UNITE AGAINST TERRORISM AFTER DEADLY ATTACKS - Stevie Wonder's Personal Blog
• SOMALIA: KILLING OF UN OFFICIAL ELICITS CONDEMNATION FROM SECURITY COUNCIL - Stevie Wonder's Personal Blog
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11 killed in Pakistan blast: Official

IndianPad - Popular Stories (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008

At least 11 policemen were killed in an apparent suicide bombing on Sunday targetting police deployed at a rally by Islamist hardliners near Pakistan’s Lal Masjid, a security official said. “We have 11 policemen dead and it appears to be a suicide attack,” the senior security official said. “The blast happened 15 minutes after the meeting dispersed. A heavy contingent of police was at a main crossing...

• Bomb kills 15 in Islamabad on anniversary of mosque siege - Times Online
• Suicide bomber kills 10 in Islamabad - Financial Time
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Embassy attack hardens mistrust of Pakistan

Christian Today (Free subscription) | yesterday

Ordinary Afghans mistrust of the Pakistani military and its spies deepened on Tuesday in the wake of a suicide car bomb attack outside the Indian Embassy in Kabul which killed 41 people and wounded 139

Pakistan - Multan, Pakistan

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