Spread of Violence in Karachi Risks Financial Hub's Appeal, Country's Image
15 November 2010
Volatile Mix of Politics and Crime Plagues Karachi, Reuters, 15 November 2010
EXCERPT: "If you want to measure the level of political strife in Pakistan's financial capital Karachi, take the body count at the morgue. 'There are 30 to 40 bodies some weeks,' said morgue worker Miraj Mohsin. 'When just one member of a party is killed, I know the other will respond and there could be many more deaths.' He held...
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New Investigation Unearths Links between ISI, Lashkar and Mumbai Attack
15 November 2010
Mumbai: The Plot Unfolds, Lashkar Strikes and Investigators Scramble, ProPublica and The Washington Post, 13 November 2010
EXCERPT: "The Mumbai case could put Washington and Islamabad on a collision course. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has vowed to prosecute the killings of the six Americans as required by law. The prosecutions of the Mumbai and Denmark plots are being led by U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald in Chicago. But...
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"Trust Deficit" in US-Pakistan Relations: Policy Brief
15 November 2010
US-Pakistan Relations: What Trust Deficit? [pdf], The Middle East Institute, 12 November 2010
EXCERPT: "The 'trust deficit' between the US and Pakistan is symptomatic of a deeper problem, rather than the problem itself. It masks a complex of issues that impinge on some of the fundamentals of the two countries? foreign policies not only concerning systemic problems on each side, but also their respective national interests and...
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Govt Failure to Rebuild Swat Turns "Hope into Despair"
15 November 2010
, The New York Times, 12 November 2010
EXCERPT: "People here felt a surge of optimism last year when the military declared the Swat Valley cleared of Taliban insurgents, who had bullied their way to power by publicly whipping and beheading opponents. But more than a year after millions of residents returned home, the absence of virtually any government follow-through has turned that hope...
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