Youth Losing Faith in Democracy: Report
20 November 2009
'Report Warns of Pakistan's Younger Generation Losing Faith in Democracy', The Guardian, 20 November 2009
EXCERPT: "Pakistan faces a 'demographic disaster' if its leaders fail to invest in a youth population that is disturbingly cynical about democracy, has greatest faith in the military and is resentful of western interference, according to a study published tomorrow. . . Of the 1,200 young people surveyed for the...
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US-Induced Privatization of Security in Pakistan
20 November 2009
'US-Induced Privatization of Security in Pakistan', Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, 13 October 2009
EXCERPT: "To achieve these objectives and increase the level of American monitoring and supervisory capabilities, a new proposal forwarded by the American establishment seeks to employ private security contractors provided by the American private military company (PMC) Dyncorp. According to a recent New York Times report,...
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Security Forces Need Capacity Building: PM
20 November 2009
'Security Forces Need Capacity Building: PM', Daily Times, 20 November 2009
EXCERPT: "While terrorists are launching attacks out of 'desperation', security forces have the 'will, resolve and ability' to defend Pakistan, but law-enforcement agencies lack the capacity, said Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Thursday. 'We have the will, the resolve and the ability to fight this war, but we lack the capacity....
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Afghan Taliban Chief Hides in Pakistan
20 November 2009
'Taliban Chief Hides in Pakistan', The Washington Times, 20 November 2009
EXCERPT: "Mullah Mohammed Omar, the one-eyed leader of the Afghan Taliban, has fled a Pakistani city on the border with Afghanistan and found refuge from potential US attacks in the teeming Pakistani port city of Karachi with the assistance of Pakistan's intelligence service, three current and former US intelligence officials said. Mullah Omar, who...
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Why Pakistan Won't Fight the Afghan Taliban
20 November 2009
, TIME, 20 November 2009
EXCERPT: "The New York Times reported Monday that in the letter, Obama urged Zardari to rally his nation behind a joint campaign against militants who fight the Pakistani government and those who fight US and allied troops in Afghanistan. . . With a long fight ahead of it, the Pakistan army won't welcome demands that it expand its range of operations....
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Pakistan: Clear, Hold, Build
20 November 2009
'Pakistan: Clear, Hold, Build', The World Today, Vol. 65, December 2009
EXCERPT: "While the United States continues to contemplate the least-worst policy towards Afghanistan, Pakistan appears finally to have jettisoned any ambiguity over its relationship with Islamist extremism by launching a major ground offensive on South Waziristan. Whereas the US is focusing on counter-insurgency, Pakistan has simply ordered a military campaign,...
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