At Least 80 Killed in Attacks on Minority Sect
28 May 2010
Deaths in Pakistan Mosques Raids, Al Jazeera, 28 May 2010
EXCERPT: "Assailants with guns and grenades have attacked two mosques in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, killing at least 80 people. The co-ordinated assaults on mosques of the minority Ahmadi sect wounded scores more in different residential neighbourhoods of the city shortly after Friday prayers, police said. The armed men, including three suicide bombers, stormed into...
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AfPak "the Epicentre of Violent Extremism": US Report
28 May 2010
Afghanistan, Pakistan Epicentres of Extremism: US, DAWN, 28 May 2010
EXCERPT: "The new US national security strategy, released on Thursday, describes Afghanistan and Pakistan as the epicentre of violent extremism practised by Al Qaeda. [...] 'We must work with others to keep the pressure on Al Qaeda and increase the security and capacity of our partners in this region.' The document notes that within Pakistan, the Obama administration...
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UN "to Seek" End to CIA Drone Raids
28 May 2010
, The New York Times, 28 May 2010
EXCERPT: "A senior United Nations official is expected to call on the United States next week to stop Central Intelligence Agency drone strikes against people suspected of belonging to Al Qaeda, complicating the Obama administration's growing reliance on that tactic in Pakistan. Philip Alston, the United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or...
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Q&A: Terrorism Groups in Pakistan
28 May 2010
, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 27 May 2010
EXCERPT: "Terror groups operating in Pakistan have been linked to numerous attempted attacks in the United States and Europe and, most recently, to the failed bombing in New York's Times Square. Renewed attention on militancy spreading from Pakistan's tribal areas is raising fears that the country's instability threatens Western security. In a Q&A,...
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The Rise and Fall of the Maoist Movement in Pakistan
28 May 2010
[pdf], Institute for South Asian Studies, 26 May 2010
EXCERPT: "During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Maoist ideas gained considerable popularity and influence in left politics and the labour movement, and made an impact on Pakistani mainstream politics, which was out of proportion to its political strength in the overall balance of power. Neither class structure nor the ideological...
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