Pakistan – Security forces kill 10 militants fleeing army offensive in northwest Pakistan (Kitchener – Waterloo Record)

Security forces kill 10 militants fleeing army offensive in northwest Pakistan (Kitchener – Waterloo Record)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistani security forces targeted militants fleeing a major army offensive close to the Afghan border Monday, killing 10 of them, an army officer said.

Pakistan festival organisers honoured (The Peninsula)
DOHA: The Pakistani mission in Qatar recently organised a function to honour members of the Pakistan Day Festival 2009 organising committee, at the embassy auditorium.

Pakistan’s Premier Gilani says he is running government, not Zadari (EARTHtimes.org)
Islamabad – Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday said that he and not President Asif Ali Zadari is running the country. Zadari is under growing pressure to relinquish his sweeping powers that the premier is envisaged to have in the c…

In Pakistan, militants begin to establish new strongholds (Boulder Weekly)
ISLAMABAD Since the Pakistani army launched a long-awaited offensive last month to destroy the Taliban in South Waziristan, many militants have fled to nearby districts and begun to establish new strongholds, a strategy that suggests they will regroup and remain a potent threat to the country’s weak, U.S.-backed government.

Osama not in Pakistan: Interior minister (New Kerala)
London, Nov 30 : Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Monday that Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was not in Pakistan and that any information about his whereabouts should be passed on to the government.

Pakistani president discusses security issues with British PM (People’s Daily)
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari to discuss security issues through a telephone, reported the local news agency NNI on Monday. President’s spokesman Farhatullah Babar said that matters relating to bilateral relations between the two countries, Pakistan’s fight against extremism and militancy, rehabilitation of displaced persons as a result of …

4 militants killed, over 70 arrested in northwest Pakistan (People’s Daily)
At least four militants were killed in a military operation in northwest Pakistan’s tribal areas on Monday, local TV channels reported. According to the Frontier Constabulary (FC) media cell, Pakistani security forces surrounded militants strongholds at Barain Khyber tribal agency, four militants killed and several others injured during clashes, the private TV Express reported. Sources said 67 …

Pakistani prime minister begins Germany visit – Summary (EARTHtimes.org)
Berlin – Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani began Monday a four-day official visit to Germany to promote economic cooperation and discuss the insurgency in the border areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. He was set to meet with German Chancell…

Pakistani PM Gilani says he, not Zardari, is running government (MalaysiaNews.net)
Islamabad, Nov 30 (DPA) Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Monday said he, and not President Asif Ali Zadari, is running the country.

Pakistan: Islamist group denies link with US terror suspects (Adnkronos)
Pakistan: Islamist group denies link with US terror suspects (AKI) – Lashkar-e-Toiba, the Pakistan-based militant group blamed for last year s attacks on the Indian city of Mumbai, on Monday denied that two men arrested in the US on terrorism charges were members of the group. David Coleman Headley, a Pakistani-born American, and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a Canadian citizen of Pakistani origin …

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