Native Nomads Resist the Call to Arms
21 January 2010
Pakistani Nomads Resist the Call to Arms, The National, 21 January 2010
EXCERPT: "Impoverished native nomads of central Pakistan's desert region have been practically immune to concerted recruitment drives by militant groups over the past 20 years, a series of interviews has revealed. The Seraiki-speaking nomads, an underclass in a rural, feudal society where position is determined by ownership of agricultural land, have instead clung...
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Zardari Re-emerges, But Likely to Face Legal Battle
21 January 2010
, The New York Times, 20 January 2010
EXCERPT: "For the first time in months, President Asif Ali Zardari is doing what presidents normally do ? giving rousing speeches, traveling around the country and asserting himself publicly as the country's chief official. This is unusual behavior for a leader who rarely left the presidential palace, except to travel abroad, and hunkered...
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Britain Says Pakistan Aid Rises Despite Crunch
21 January 2010
Britain Says Pakistan Aid Rises Despite Crunch, Reuters UK, 21 January 2010
EXCERPT: "Britain said on Thursday it was bolstering its support for Pakistan's counter-terrorism efforts after a minister caused a storm by saying the slumping pound had led to cuts in crucial overseas programmes. Foreign Office minister Glenys Kinnock told the House of Lords that the Foreign Office budget for counter-terrorism in Pakistan was expected to...
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Military Undermines Government on Human Rights
21 January 2010
Military Undermines Government on Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, 20 January 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistan's military actively undermined the civilian government's human rights agenda in 2009, Human Rights Watch said today in its new World Report 2010... The report says that Pakistan's military publicly and privately resisted the government's reconciliation efforts in the troubled province of Balochistan and attempts to...
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Mehsud Jirga Agrees to Hand Over TTP Chief
21 January 2010
Mehsud Jirga to Hand Over Hakimullah, The News International, 21 January 2010
EXCERPT: "A Jirga of the Mehsud tribe on Wednesday agreed to hand over their 378 wanted men, including the chief of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Hakimullah Mehsud, to the government and announced to fully support the government in maintaining peace and reconstruction process. The Jirga announced to accept all the seven conditions put forward by the government...
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Despite Renewed Pressure from US, Pak Army Says No New Offensives Planned
21 January 2010
, The Washington Post, 21 January 2010
EXCERPT: "Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates made an unannounced visit to the Pakistani capital Thursday to reassure a skittish ally about the Obama administration's revised war strategy in Afghanistan as well as its long-term commitment to Pakistan. Gates, making his first trip to this country in three years, said he would...
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