Ruling Party Authorizes Reduction in Cabinet Numbers
07 February 2011
Pakistan to Trim Large Cabinet, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 February 2011
EXCERPT: "Pakistan's ruling party Friday authorized a sweeping overhaul of the country's Cabinet that probably will mean a marked reduction in the number of ministers, a response to critics who have called the bloated government's size an impediment to economic reform. International lenders and opposition leaders have been keeping up pressure on...
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Men Killed by Davis Were Intelligence Operatives: Official
07 February 2011
Raymond Davis Case: Men Killed in Lahore Were Intelligence Operatives, Says Official, The Express Tribune, 7 February 2011
EXCERPT: "The government's reluctance to free Raymond Davis is attributed to the fact that the two killed in the Lahore shooting were believed to be the intelligence operatives. 'Yes, they belonged to the security establishment?they found the activities of the American official detrimental to our national security,' disclosed...
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Musharraf "Accused" over Bhutto Murder
07 February 2011
Pakistan: Pervez Musharraf "Accused" over Bhutto Murder, BBC News, 7 February 2011
EXCERPT: "Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency has named former military ruler Pervez Musharraf as 'an accused' in an interim criminal charge-sheet. He is said to have appointed two senior police suspected of not giving adequate protection to opposition leader Benazir Bhutto at the time of her murder. Mr Musharraf is accused of giving the pair their orders....
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Fresh Violence Threatens to Make Karachi the New Mogadishu: Analysis
07 February 2011
Fresh Violence Threatens to Make Karachi the New Mogadishu, The Jamestown Foundation // Global Terrorism Analysis, 4 Feburary 2011
EXCERPT: "Karachi, Pakistan's most populous city and its commercial capital, is yet again in the throes of violence. With Karachi generating 68% of the government's revenue and 25% of the country's gross domestic product, the implications for Pakistan are serious. The first three weeks of 2011 saw some 150...
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