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Archive for February, 2008
The Next Prime Minister: Amin Fahim Out?
Friday, February 29th, 2008 Posted in Ahmed Mukhtar, Amin Fahim, Shah Mehmood Qureshi | 1 Comment »
As late as a few days ago, Amin Fahim was widely believed to be the People's Party's prime ministerial nominee. His fate has since changed. The potential candidate pool has ... Read more..Breaking News: Suicide Bomb Blast in Swat at Funeral Procession
Friday, February 29th, 2008 Posted in Swat, Terror Attacks | 2 Comments »
A deadly bomb blast, believed to be a suicide attack, hit a funeral procession this evening in Swat. The attack occurred at the funeral of Deputy Superintendent of Police ... Read more..Sharif Not Biden’s Sher
Friday, February 29th, 2008 Posted in Joe Biden, Nawaz Sharif | No Comments »
Senator Joe Biden commented during yesterday's Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Pakistan: “One of the things that startled us the day after the election is the first comment by [Nawaz] ... Read more..Bush Appoints Pakistani American as Special Envoy to OIC
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Sada Cumber | No Comments »
After an eight month search, President George W. Bush has appointed Sada Cumber, a Karachi-born Pakistani American, as special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference. Cumber, who received ... Read more..Radio Appearance: BBC Radio 5
Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in Admin | 2 Comments »
Just finished a live interview on BBC Radio 5. The segment was on the YouTube ban by the Pakistani government. I'll put up an audio clip once it's available. Read more..Partnerless in Pakistan
Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in U.S.-Pakistan Relations | No Comments »
By Arif Rafiq [Published in the Daily Star (Lebanon), Daily Times (Pakistan), and Guardian's Comment is Free] President George W Bush rightly called Pakistan's recent national and provincial elections "a victory for ... Read more..Army Surgeon General Killed in Rawalpindi Suicide Blast
Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in Mushtaq Ahmad Baig, Pakistan Army, Terror Attacks | 1 Comment »
The cease fire is apparently over. Earlier today, a suicide bomber attacked the vehicle of Lt. Gen. Mushtaq Ahmad Baig, the surgeon general of the Pakistani Army, killing ... Read more..Telegraph: Musharraf ‘will exit in days, not months’
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 Posted in Pervez Musharraf | 2 Comments »
The Sunday Telegraph quotes an unnamed "close confidante" of Pervez Musharraf as saying that Musharraf's resignation could (not definitely, as its headline states) be imminent: "He has already started discussing the ... Read more..Bolta Pakistan Returns; Cable Operators Shut it Down
Friday, February 22nd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
Bolta Pakistan, the political talk show featuring Nusrat Javed and Mushtaq Minhas, is appearing for the first time in four months. Javed and Minhas were banned from Pakistani television ... Read more..The Sharif-Zardari Meeting: Slow, Soft Steps To Nowhere?
Thursday, February 21st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
People's Party Chairman Asif Zardari and Muslim League President Nawaz Sharif held a press conference less than an hour ago at Zardari House in Islamabad. It was largely conducted ... Read more..