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ISI Abducted Me: Aafia Siddiqui Tells Her Lawyer

If Pakistanis honestly consider Dr. Aafia Siddiqui “daughter of the nation,” they must demand structural changes in how ISI operates and demand their government to demonstrate political will to trace all the disappeared.

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Fear Vs Fact in Aafia Siddiqui Case

No issue has evoked such impassioned and divergent opinions than the case of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman who was found guilty on 7 counts of attempted murder and assault of U.S. Nationals by a 12 member jury in a federal court in New York City this week. With allegations of being an Al-Qaeda operative [...]

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Two Blasts Kill 22 In Karachi – Pakistan On High Alert

Two blasts in the southern port city of Pakistan killed twentytwo people, wounded over fifty and virtually paralyzed the city Friday. In a latest attempt to ignite sectarian violence in Karachi, a terrorist on motorcycle rigged with explosives rammed into a bus carrying people of Shia community Friday at the bridge on Faisal Highway, killing [...]

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Aafia Siddiqui Was Part Of al-Qaeda Sleeper Cell: Says Pakistan Government

When asked how he knows that she was part of al-Qaeda Mr. Asif said he had a meeting with the Director of the FBI in 2008. “Ambassador Haqqani met with the FBI director and I was in that meeting. They told us they will not pursue terrorism charges because it will expose sophisticated intelligence gathering techniques.”

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Aafia Siddiqui Trial Exposes American Media Bias

American journalists who roam around the world teaching the subjugated how to report- how they must not be emotionally attached to the story – how they must remain unbiased can’t follow what they preach.

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Bodyguards Killed, Sheikh Rasheed Escapes Attack

Posted on 08 February 2010

Chief of Awami Muslim League Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed, narrowly escaped an armed attack on his election office here on Monday in which two others were killed and three wounded. Sheikh Rasheed was attacked by unknown gunmen on Monday 8th February 2010, at his party’s Rawalpindi election office. He is contesting the bye-polls at NA-55 scheduled [...] Continue Reading

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Police Asked To File FIR Of Missing Pakistanis

Posted on 08 February 2010

Interior Minister Rehman Malik, ordered the respective Police Stations and the all provincial Home Secretaries Saturday to immediately file first information report (FIR) of each missing person and speed up the investigations. A high level meeting was held in the committee room of Interior Ministry, attended by Secretary of interior and defense and representatives of the [...] Continue Reading

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Karachi Paralyzed, Citywide Strike After Two Blasts

Posted on 06 February 2010

Twin blasts in Karachi that killed atleast 27 and left more than 100 injured within two hours Friday has paralyzed the city and few vehicles are on the streets of this southern port city of Pakistan today. The first incident took place at about 3:00 PM Friday, on Shahrah-e-Faisal, at Shahrah-e-Quaiden Bridge, Karachi. The explosion [...] Continue Reading

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PPP-MQM Tussle Averted For Now

Posted on 05 February 2010

Muttahida Qaumi Movement( MQM) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) seem to have reconciled their differences as a result of the efforts made by the Federal interior minister, Rehman Malik, but critics question the longevity of this tenuous coalition. A meeting was held between the coalition partners and as a result most of the [...] Continue Reading

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TV channels In Pakistan: Breaking News Without Substance

Posted on 05 February 2010

Television was introduced in Pakistan after fourteen years of its independence in 1964. Pakistan Television (PTV) was the only channel available for the viewers. The state and board of governors controlled its affairs and the Managing Director, were appointed by the Government of Pakistan. State-run television and radio monopolized news and current affairs for decades [...] Continue Reading

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Pakistan Tightens Forex Monitoring

Posted on 04 February 2010

The State Bank of Pakistan will monitor all foreign exchange transactions with finer granularity to curb outgoing remittances and stabilize value of the Pakistan Rupee, reports on Thursday suggest. Foreign exchange firms in Pakistan are currently required to report transactions above $5,000 at the close of business every day. Transactions below $5,000 were not the [...] Continue Reading

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