Education in Chaos in Northern Conflict Zone
21 April 2010
Education Chaos in Northern Conflict Zone, AlertNet, 21 April 2010
EXCERPT: "Schools across the conflict-zone in Pakistan's northern areas are open, but many are damaged, and there are concerns about the quality of education and funding for schools for displaced children in camps. In Swat District, where Taliban militants destroyed 356 schools according to government officials, pupils are back in class. 'My son's school...
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Militants Held in Indefinite Detention
21 April 2010
, The Washington Post, 21 April 2010
EXCERPT: "The Pakistani military is holding thousands of suspected militants in indefinite detention, arguing that the nation's dysfunctional civilian justice system cannot be trusted to prevent them from walking free, according to U.S. and Pakistani officials. The majority of the detainees have been held for nearly a year and have...
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In Swat, Taliban Back in Action
21 April 2010
Target Killings Show Swat Taliban Are Back in Action, Daily Times, 21 April 2010
EXCERPT: "The Swat Taliban are back: the group is selectively killing those described by a senior police official as 'pro-government people' to the horror of anti-Taliban voices in the former ?valley of terror?, according to police and residents. After Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani ordered a military operation last year against the Taliban in...
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PM Seeks Help to Defuse Power Protests
21 April 2010
Gilani Seeks CM's Help to Defuse Power Protests, DAWN, 19 April 2010
EXCERPT: "Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has sought chief ministers? support in containing the countrywide protests against loadshedding and stopping them from snowballing into an anti-government movement. According to a senior official, the prime minister spoke to the chief ministers overt the past days and urged them to take steps to defuse the public outburst....
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Pakistan's Constitutional Reform
21 April 2010
Pakistan's Constitutional Reform, Council on Foreign Relations, 21 April 2010
EXCERPT: "In a significant move to strengthen its democratic institutions, Pakistan's political leaders have signed into law constitutional reforms (BBC) that include limiting the power of the presidency and restoring power to the provinces. Many hope the reforms will help the country tackle its many crises--security, economic, and political. Some experts...
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