FACTBOX-Is Pakistan’s Taliban war about to get bigger? (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters (For full coverage on Pakistan, double click on [nSP102615]) By Robert Birsel ISLAMABAD, July 1 (Reuters) – Militants ambushed a Pakistani military convoy in North Waziristan on the Afghan border …
Pakistan: UN inquiry begins into Bhutto’s death (Adnkronos)
Pakistan: UN inquiry begins into Bhutto’s death (AKI) – A United Nations inquiry into the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is due to begin on Wednesday. Chile’s ambassador to the UN, Heraldo Munoz, heads the inquiry which includes a former Indonesian attorney general and a former Irish police officer.The inquiry will last six months and is to investigate the “facts …
UN inquiry into Bhutto’s assassination begins (New Kerala)
Islamabad, July 1 : A UN panel began an inquiry Wednesday into the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto 18 months after her death.
Pakistan militant faction scraps pact, vows attacks (Reuters) (Yahoo!7 World News)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani militants in a northwestern region have scrapped a peace deal with the government and vowed to launch attacks, threatening to open a new front against the army, already fighting in two areas.
Pakistan now facing 2-front war in Waziristan (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan A militant commander in northwest Pakistan tore up a peace deal with the Pakistani government Tuesday, dealing a major blow to the government’s campaign against Islamist insurgents in the extremist-controlled Waziristan region.
Pakistani militant faction scraps pact, warns of attacks (The Daily Star Lebanon)
Pakistani militants in a northwestern region have scrapped a peace deal with the government and vowed to launch attacks, threatening to open a new front against the army already fighting in two areas. The military says it is nearing the end of an offensive in the Swat region, northwest of Islamabad.
Share Pakistan’s burden in fight against terror (Asia News Network)
Will the world disappoint Pakistan again? Having survived a balance of payments crisis in November last year thanks to an International Monetary Fund (IMF) emergency loan, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is now hoping for an additional US$5 billion from other sources.
Pakistan targets suspected Taliban hideouts in northwest (The Durango Herald)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistani jets bombed suspected Taliban hideouts after a stray mortar shell crashed into a mosque during prayers, part of a wave of violence that killed about 70 people in 24 hours along the northwest region bordering Afgh- anistan, officials said Monday.
Pakistan militants scrap deal (AFP via Yahoo! Canada News)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) – A group of Pakistani Taliban said they had scrapped a peace deal in a northwest tribal region, provoking fears Tuesday that fighting between government troops and insurgents will expand.
UN inquiry into Bhutto’s assassination begins (EARTHtimes.org)
Islamabad – A UN panel convened an inquiry Wednesday into the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto 18 months after her death. The three-member commission – headed by Chile’s ambassador to the United Nations, Heraldo Munoz -…
