Karachi Haunted by Ethnic Violence
20 January 2011
Pakistan: Karachi Settlers Haunted by Violence, IRIN, 20 January 2011
EXCERPT: "Last year, according to police, over 1,000 people died in murders carried out in most cases by gunmen who roamed the streets, appatently killing at random. The murders continued throughout the later months of the year. Pathans, who have moved to Karachi from the northern province of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa over many decades, usually in a quest for jobs...
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US Adds TTP Commander Qari Hussain to List of Designated Terrorists
20 January 2011
US Adds Qari Hussain Mehsud to List of Designated Terrorists, The Long War Journal, 20 January 2010
EXCERPT: "The US State and Treasury departments have added Qari Hussain Mehsud, a top Pakistani Taliban commander and trainer of suicide bomber who is known for his ruthlessness and willingness to sponsor deadly attacks in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the US, to its list of global terrorists. Today under Executive Order 13224, State and...
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Worsening Violence in Balochistan "Largely Unnoticed"
20 January 2011
Why We Should Worry about Balochistan, BBC News, 19 January 2011
EXCERPT: "Worsening violence in Balochistan is going largely unnoticed as Pakistan slides ever deeper into crisis. The province has become the epicentre for regional warfare - threatening stability in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran, reports guest columnist Ahmed Rashid. [...] As Pakistan slithers down the slope of Islamic extremism, economic meltdown and a continuing political...
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14 Militants Responsible for Pearl Killing Committed Other Terror Attacks: Report
20 January 2011
, The New York Times, 20 January 2011
EXCERPT: "Nine years after an American reporter Daniel Pearl was captured and killed by operatives of Al Qaeda in Pakistan, more than a dozen of the militants involved in his murder remain at large, a testament to the lack of will by Pakistani authorities to prosecute the cases, according to a report released Thursday. Some of the 14 men who are...
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