Swat Tribesmen Expel Taliban Families
25 May 2010
Polarisation not to Help Swat Peace Efforts, Daily Times, 24 May 2010
EXCERPT: "Men and women, and children as young as two, were all in tears as their belongings were loaded on a bus after their expulsion from Swat, because their 'wanted relatives failed to surrender within the deadline'. The Swat district administration facilitated the expulsion of 28 families from Kabal tehsil on Friday by transporting them out of Malakand....
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Mehsud Militants to Leave North Waziristan
25 May 2010
Mehsud Militants Agree to Leave NWA, The News International, 25 May 2010
EXCERPT: "Following successful talks between Hafiz Gul Bahadur and Hakimullah Mahsud-led banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Mahsud militants along with some Punjabi Taliban have finally started leaving North Waziristan for the adjoining South Waziristan tribal region. Tribesmen were astonished when they saw markets in Miramshah, the principal town of North...
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Supreme Court Releases Alleged Mumbai Mastermind
25 May 2010
SC Upholds Release of Cleric Linked to Mumbai, DAWN, 25 May 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistan's Supreme Court upheld Tuesday the freedom of the head of a charity linked to the Mumbai attacks and blacklisted in the West, quashing government appeals against his release from house arrest. Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, who heads the charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa and who founded the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) faction blamed by India and the United States for the 2008...
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Poll Offers Unique Insights from Both Sides of Kashmir
25 May 2010
Counting in Kashmir, The World Today // Chatham House, June 2010
EXCERPT: "As India and Pakistan haltingly re-engage after the hiatus caused by the deadly Mumbai terror attack in November 2008, the publication of the first poll to be held on both sides of the LoC offers unique insights into Kashmiri views of the dispute and paths to its solution. The conclusions are indeed striking. They reflect the great social and regional diversity...
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Afghan Spy Agency Accuses Pakistani Counterpart in Suicide Bombing
25 May 2010
, The New York Times, 24 May 2010
EXCERPT: "A spokesman for Afghanistan's intelligence agency on Monday accused Pakistan's intelligence agency of involvement in the suicide bombing here last week that killed six NATO soldiers, including four colonels. [...] 'All the explosions and terrorist attacks by these people were plotted from the other side of the border and most...
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Electoral Reforms Aim to Promote Democracy and Stability
25 May 2010
Pakistan Election Commission Plans Democracy Reforms, Reuters, 24 May 2010
EXCERPT: "[...] Under the changes reached after consultations with groups such as political parties and the media, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) hopes to bring about greater transparency and prevent any rigging, said joint secretary Muhammad Afzal. 'This is designed to promote democracy and stability,' he told Reuters. Afzal said the commission...
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Radicalism on the Rise among Pakistan's Elite?
25 May 2010
, The Washington Post, 23 May 2010
EXCERPT: "[...] A Pakistani intelligence official said Saturday that the U.S.-educated co-owner of a catering firm to swanky events, including American Embassy functions, might have given money to the suspect in the Times Square bomb plot and been asked to aid attacks on diplomats' gatherings. Salman Ashraf Khan, 35,...
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