20 April 2010

Officials Lose Posts over Bhutto Report: Spokesman, DAWN, 20 April 2010

EXCERPT: "Several senior Pakistani police and intelligence officials have been removed from their posts after a damning UN report into the killing of ex-premier Benazir Bhutto, officials said Tuesday. The United Nations investigation released Thursday found that Bhutto's death in a gun and suicide attack in December 2007 could have been prevented, and that the...

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20 April 2010

Army Announces Rs 20m [$237,500] Relief for Tirah Valley Victims, Daily Times, 20 April 2010

EXCERPT: "The Pakistan Army has announced a relief package of around Rs 20 million [$237,500] for the victims of the Khyber Agency where 61 civilian deaths were reported following air strikes over a Kokikhel jirga at Serawala area in remote Tirah valley on April 10. On behalf of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, a high...

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20 April 2010

Administration Declares 53 Bajaur Villages Cleared, The News International, 20 April 2010

EXCERPT: "The authorities formally announced here Monday that 53 villages of Bajaur Agency were being de-notified as conflict zones and giving green signal to the displaced persons for voluntary repatriation to their native areas. Speaking at a news conference Monday, Secretary for Law and Order of the Fata Secretariat Tariq Hayat said security...

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20 April 2010

, The Associated Press via Yahoo! News, 20 April 2010

EXCERPT: "An Islamist politician whose party [Jamaat-e-Islami] lost several members in a suicide attack blamed Pakistan's alliance with the U.S. for the violence and urged Islamabad on Tuesday to break ranks in the war on terror. The comments showed the depth of anti-Americanism in Pakistan, whose support Washington considers key...

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