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Major General Athar Abbas stated that the Pakistani Army has launched an offensive against the Taliban occupation of the Swat valley, insisting that the security forces will remain in the area until the government’s writ is established. |
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Pakistani officials refuse to halt offensive operations in the North-West Frontier Province, as militancy continues to increase and government authority is declining. |
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Taliban forces have agreed to vacate the Bruner region after two platoons of Pakistani troops were sent to the area earlier this week. |
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The radical leader of Islamabad’s Red Mosque was released on bail and led thousands of Pakistanis in Friday prayer. |
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President Asif Ali Zardari is confident, after speaking with Richard Holbrooke and Admiral Mike Mullen, that the U.S. will not expand drone bombing operations into the southwestern province of Baluchistan. |
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NATO firefighting vans and four-by-four jeeps were targeted with petrol bombs and rockets in Peshawar; no casualties were reported. |
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The Obama administration will support a $1.5 billion per year non-military aid program to Pakistan over the next five years, conditional on the governments’ efforts to eliminate ties to insurgents and intended to bolster infrastructure development. |
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Seven sharia courts have opened in the Swat valley as part of the peace agreement between tribal leaders and the Pakistani government. |
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Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have all agreed to meet every quarter to discuss terrorism, trade, and development. |
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After the attacks on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan, which left seven people dead and six players injured, the media are questioning the future of international cricket. |
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced that the U.S. will hold three-way meetings with Pakistan and Afghanistan in the near future. |
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The head of Pakistan’s Interior Ministry, Rehman Malik, acknowledged on Thursday that part of the conspiracy to attack Mumbai occurred in Pakistan; The Pakistani government has also charged eight people connected to the attacks with aiding terrorism. |
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Six people were killed and 20 wounded in central Pakistan when a bomb went off during a religious procession in the city of Dera Ghazi Khan. |
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Five Christians, who had been jailed in 2007 due to charges of blasphemy against Islam, were recently released in Pakistan. A series of meetings between Islamic leaders and a Christian NGO helped to resolve the issue outside of court, demonstrating the success of interfaith dialogue. |
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The major Islamist party in Pakistan praised President Obama’s pledge to work with the Islamic world. A senior party leader believes that Obama’s work should include closing Guantanamo Bay. |
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Pakistani officials have denounced statements from Indian President Manmohan Singh who suggested government agency involvement with the terrorist attacks on Mumbai. Islamabad has accused the Indian government of intentionally increasing tensions in the region by issuing such statements. |
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The IMF estimates Pakistan may need as much as $10 billion (USD) in economic aid over the next two years in order to avoid defaulting on national debts. |
Pakistani President Zardari will spend four days in China beginning October 14th. The high-profile visit signifies the priority Pakistani leadership places on healthy Chinese relations
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A suicide bomb attack targeted a Shiite lawmaker's home on Monday, killing at least 19 people. It was the third attack targeting Pakistani politicians this week. |
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While the nation is still reeling from last Saturday's bombing in Islamabad, Pakistan is now also experiencing a sharp financial downturn. |
