Pakistani Taliban begin imposing rule in new area (The Malaysian Insider)
ISLAMABAD, April 13 Pakistani Taliban are imposing their rule in a Pakistani mountain valley they took over last week, spreading fear in the area only 100 km from the capital, police and residents said today. Surging militant violence across Pakistan and the spread of Taliban influence through the northwest are reviving concerns about the stability of the nuclear-armed US ally. Pakistan is …
Pakistan: Taliban asserts itself in north and south (Adnkronos)
Pakistan: Taliban asserts itself in north and south (AKI) – By Syed Saleem Shahzad – The Taliban reasserted its power in the north and south of Pakistan on Monday, seizing control of a new district of Buner in the country’s North West Frontier Province, torching NATO supplies in Peshawar and positioning militants for terror attacks in the southern port city of Karachi.Pakistani police arrested a …
Pakistan’s Sharif invited back to government (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters By Kamran Haider ISLAMABAD, April 13 (Reuters) – Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has asked former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s party to rejoin the government but Sharif’s party said on …
Pakistan takes another Mumbai suspect into custody (NBC26 Green Bay)
ISLAMABAD (AP) – Pakistan’s top civilian security official says authorities have arrested a fifth suspect in last year’s deadly siege of Mumbai. Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik says Shahid Jamil Riaz was arrested in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi.
625 arrested in Pakistan terror sweeps (UPI)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, April 13 (UPI) — More than 600 people were arrested during a four-day Pakistani police sweep of suspected militants, officials said Monday.
Pakistani PM rejects conditions attached to U.S. aid (People’s Daily)
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Monday that the United States should not set conditions for its financial assistance, demanding stop of drone attacks inside Pakistan. “Pakistan-U.S. relationship should be based on mutual respect and trust,” said Gilani while meeting with visiting U.S. Senator John Kerry. Pakistan has done a lot in war against terrorism. Conditional aid will …
Pakistan takes another Mumbai suspect into custody (Pakistani Newspaper)
ISLAMABAD, Apr 13: Pakistan’s top civilian security official says authorities have arrested a fifth suspect in last year’s deadly siege of Mumbai. Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik says Shahid Jamil Riaz was arrested in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi.
U.S. Sen. Kerry visits Pakistan (UPI)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, April 13 (UPI) — U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry, D-Mass., met with Pakistani leaders Monday to discuss aid to the country, officials said.
625 arrested in Pakistan terror sweeps (Moldova.org)
More than 600 people were arrested during a four-day Pakistani police sweep of suspected militants, officials said Monday.Those arrested — 625 people — were detained in Islamabad and Rawalpindi and include Afghan nationals with suspected ties to Taliban militants in the Swat Valley near the Afghanistan border, Pakistan’s English-language newspaper Dawn reported.Police also arrested people …
Pakistan’s Sharif invited back to government (Reuters) (Yahoo!7 World News)
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has asked former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s party to rejoin the government but Sharif’s party said on Monday it was unlikely to do so.
