Pakistan to talk with WB, ADB for IMF loan review (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
ISLAMABAD, July 12 (Reuters) – Pakistani officials will meet with the World Bank and Asian Development Bank from Monday to discuss progress in addressing the problem of circular debt and improving the power sector, the finance ministry said.
Pakistan: Mumbai attacks trial to start next week (AP via Yahoo! News)
The trial of five men accused in the Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people is likely to start next week, Pakistan’s interior minister says, calling it proof of Islamabad’s commitment to punishing those responsible for the assault.
China invests $31.2M in Pakistan during ’08-09 (China Daily)
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Federal Minister for Investment said here on Saturday that China has contributed US$31.2 million Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to Pakistan during the financial year 2008-09.
Private armies on frontline of Pakistan war (Channel NewsAsia)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Six months ago, Fahimuddin was a Pakistani businessman and local councillor. Today he heads a private militia using rocket launchers, guns, grenades and daggers to repel Islamist attacks.
Tribal region poses harsh test for Pakistan army (AP via Yahoo! News)
After relative success against Islamic extremists elsewhere, Pakistan’s military faces its toughest test yet a surgical operation against the country’s most dangerous militant in a region of harsh terrain and fierce tribal rivalries.
Private armies on frontline of Pakistan war (AFP via Yahoo! Canada News)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) – Six months ago, Fahimuddin was a Pakistani businessman and local councillor. Today he heads a private militia using rocket launchers, guns, grenades and daggers to repel Islamist attacks.
Three soldiers, 14 Taliban killed in NW Pakistan (AFP via Yahoo! Canada News)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) – Three Pakistan soldiers and 14 Taliban fighters were killed as Islamabad pushed its massive assault against the insurgents in the northwest, officials said Sunday.
Police: Ambush kills 5 police in NW Pakistan (The Washington Times)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Gunmen ambushed five police officers and a forestry official responding to reports of a dead body in northwestern Pakistan, killing all six, police said Sunday. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but authorities did not rule out Taliban militants. The insurgents, who have run roughshod over the Pakistani region bordering Afghanistan in recent years, …
Pakistan s fiercest fight – Sun, 12 Jul 2009 PST (The Spokesman-Review)
ISLAMABAD After relative success against Islamic extremists elsewhere, Pakistan s military faces its most difficult test yet: a surgical operation against the country s most dangerous militant in a region of harsh terrain and tribal rivalries. The target of the air and ground offensive now in its early phases is Baitullah Mehsud, the top commander of Pakistan s Taliban who has ties to …
Eyewitness: Pakistan (New York Times)
A reporter s bold on-the-ground account of recent unrest in Pakistan, from Musharraf to Bhutto to the Taliban.
