Pakistan and US Explore Strategic Ties
24 March 2010
Pakistan and US Explore Strategic Ties, Al Jazeera, 24 March 2010
EXCERPT: "The US and Pakistan have called for boosting their ties in an effort to overcome mistrust that has arisen between the two nations in recent years over the fight against terrorism. Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, and Shah Mehmood Qureshi, the Pakistani foreign minister, pledged to increase relations at the opening of high-level talks in Washington...
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Govt Revamps Anti-Narcotics Policy to Curtail Drug Trade
24 March 2010
[pdf], Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency, March 2010
EXCERPT: "Production and trafficking of narcotics and its nexus with insurgency and terrorism targeting Pakistan is a critical issues for Pakistan. The Government of Pakistan is about to announce its new Anti-Narcotics Policy 2010. [...] This background paper, prepared by Ms. Soufia Siddiqui under the guidance of PILDAT, set the draft...
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Swat Trains Community Police to Keep Taliban Away
24 March 2010
Pakistan's Swat Pins Hopes On Community Police Force, Reuters Africa, 24 March 2010
EXCERPT: "Swat Valley community policemen show off martial arts skills as regional officials high on the Pakistani Taliban hit list clap at a graduation ceremony. An anti-aircraft gun taken by the Taliban and then recaptured by Pakistan's army and a heavy dagger used for beheadings are displayed, a chilling reminder of what the militants were...
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Drone Strikes Raise Legal Questions
24 March 2010
Illegal and Ineffective? Drone Strikes and Targeted Killing in the "War on Terror", openDemocracy // openSecurity, 17 March 2010
EXCERPT: "The use of drone strikes in Pakistan and around the world has been attacked as counterproductive and ineffective but the question of whether such strikes are legal is less frequently raised. When and where does a drone strike contravene international law, and what are the implications of...
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Lessons Learned from World Bank Aid to Pakistan in the '90s
24 March 2010
The US Aid "Surge" to Pakistan: Repeating a Failed Experiment? Lessons for US Policymakers from the World Bank's Social-Sector Lending in the 1990s, Center for Global Development, 17 March 2010
EXCERPT: "During the 1990s, the World Bank and several donor partners provided a 'surge' in external aid to support Pakistan's social sectors. Despite the millions of donor dollars spent, the program failed. Poverty was...
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