90% Dislike Taliban, Most See Country in Crisis: Survey
18 June 2010
Majority Dislikes Taliban, Dissatisfied with Govt: Survey, DAWN, 18 June 2010
EXCERPT: "Eighty-nine per cent Pakistanis surveyed by a leading US research group say they think of themselves first as Pakistanis, rather than as members of their ethnic groups. The global attitudes survey by the Pew Research Centre, Washington, also shows that eighty-six per cent Pakistanis believe the military is having a good influence on the country. The Pakistani...
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Court Summons ISI over Disappearances
18 June 2010
Pakistan Court Issues "Disappearances" Ruling, BBC News, 17 June 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistan's Supreme Court has ordered the powerful ISI intelligence agency to appear in court to explain what has happened to a missing political leader. Akash Mallah went missing in October 2009 in the city of Hyderabad in the southern province of Sindh. He is believed to be held by the ISI. Pakistan's security agencies routinely detain...
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Pakistan to Assist China against Uighur Separatists
18 June 2010
China Seeks Pak Help to Deal with Separatists on Border, The Times of India, 17 June 2010
EXCERPT: "China on Thursday made it clear it is banking heavily on Pakistan's support to fight the Uighur separatists in the border region of Xingjian, who have posed on of the biggest challenges to Chinese authorities. The two countries have devised an anti-terrorism program under which Pakistani security forces will push back Uighur fighters...
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Jury Charges Times Square Bomber, Links Him to Taliban
18 June 2010
, AFP, 18 June 2010
EXCERPT: "The Pakistani-American arrested over last month's botched car bombing in New York's Times Square was formally charged Thursday with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and terrorism. Faisal Shahzad has been in custody since his arrest at New York's John F. Kennedy airport on May 3 as he was pulled off a flight to Dubai two days after...
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Falling Financial Reserves Threaten Army Operations: Govt
18 June 2010
Pak Army Claims that Its Financial Reserves Depleting Fast, Hindustan Times, 18 June 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistan's war on terror could be affected as the financial reserves of the armed forces are depleting fast because of the on-going counter insurgency operations on the border with Afghanistan, the Defence Secretary Syed Athar Ali has said. Ali, a retired lieutenant general has told parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC)...
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