Pakistan Warns against International Support for India's Nuclear Program
26 January 2011
, AFP, 25 January 2011
EXCERPT: "Pakistan warned on Tuesday that growing international support for rival India's nuclear programme would force Islamabad to bolster its deterrence and destabilise the region. In the opening session of the 2011 Conference on Disarmament, Pakistan's ambassador Zamir Akram sharply criticised reported moves to bring its neighbour into the Nuclear Suppliers...
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Government Plans to Revitalize Tribal Areas
26 January 2011
Pakistan Plans Ambitious Boost for Remote Tribal Areas, The National, 26 January 2011
EXCERPT: "The Pakistani government has drawn up ambitious plans to revitalise civilian life in the remote tribal regions bordering Afghanistan, signalling a change of strategy in its 42-month war with militant insurgents. A series of announcements from Islamabad late last week have laid out the agenda. Yousaf Raza Gilani, the prime minister, said last Thursday...
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Polio Eradication at Forefront of Pakistan's Domestic Agenda
26 January 2011
, Foreign Policy / The AfPak Channel, 25 January 2011
EXCERPT: "This week, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari put the fight against polio at the forefront of his domestic agenda, announcing emergency measures to vaccinate 32 million children at risk of the disease. Pakistan is one of four countries in the world to continue to suffer serious incidences of the disease, and this new attention to polio eradication...
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Internal Security Strategy for Pakistan
26 January 2011
Internal Security Strategy for Pakistan, Pak Institute for Peace Studies, January 2011
EXCERPT: "Internal security holds pivotal place in national security policy of any country. Pakistan faces extensive internal threats and challenges to its physical and human security, which arise mainly out of intolerance, extremism, militancy and terrorism ? both in the hinterlands and urban areas. Criminal corruption and societal crimes further...
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