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Boosted US Presence Rankles Pakistan

Military fears too many strings are attached to new $7.5 billion in aid

Oct 6, 09 1:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - The $7.5 billion aid package to Pakistan recently approved by the Senate appears to have triggered more suspicion than goodwill. Many in Pakistan, especially in the military, object that the conditions tied to the aid—which include keeping the military out of politics—are an unacceptable encroachment on national... More »

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Pakistan • Inter Service Intelligence • security contractors • DynCorp • Asif Ali Zardari • al-Qaeda • Pakistan military

(Newser) - Revamped leadership in India and Pakistan and some behind-the-scenes encouragement from the US could lead to negotiations over the disputed Kashmir region, the New York Times reports. But while there are shimmers of hope, the relationship is still strained. “I am happy to meet you,” India’s PM... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • India • Kashmir • international relations • Asif Ali Zardari • Manmohan Singh • Richard Holbrooke

 Pakistan High Court 
 Lifts Ban on Sharif 

Two-time ex-PM will be allowed to contest elections

May 26, 09 6:40 AM CDT
(AP) - The Pakistani Supreme Court has lifted a ban on opposition leader Nawaz Sharif that prevented him from running for election, clearing the way for the popular politician to vie for a third term as prime minister. Sharif had been blocked from public office because of a criminal conviction in 2000... More »

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Pakistan • Pakistan Supreme Court • Nawaz Sharif • Muslim League • Pakistan Muslim League • Asif Ali Zardari

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Cheney: I'm 
 Speaking Out 
 to Keep US Safe 

Petraeus says US routing al-Qaeda; Gingrich likens torture talk to McCarthyism

May 10, 09 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dick Cheney says he’s been outspoken because the Obama administration has “moved to take down a lot of those policies we put in place to keep the nation safe for 8 years.” On CBS’ Face the Nation, Cheney denied the Bush administration was in the “torture... More »

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Afghanistan • Dick Cheney • Taliban • Newt Gingrich • Pakistan • David Petraeus • nuclear weapons • Jim Jones • Asif Ali Zardari

 Obama Praises Afghan, 
 Pakistan Commitments 

Delicate diplomacy ends with unified resolve to fight militants

May 6, 09 4:15 PM CDT
(AP) - President Obama said he got the commitments he wanted today from the leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan to more aggressively fight militants gaining power and sowing violence inside their countries' borders. The high-stakes diplomacy had Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai and Pakistan's Asif Ali Zardari meeting with officials separately and together. Looming... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • Pakistan • Hamid Karzai • Asif Ali Zardari • Afghanistan war • President Obama

Stakes Massive Ahead of Obama Af-Pak Summit

Zardari, Karzai in DC
 as Taliban surge in crumbling Pakistan

May 6, 09 6:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama begins two days of talks with the leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan today as his administration faces what may be its first foreign policy crisis: rising militancy in the Swat Valley that threatens to spread across the nuclear-armed nation. Obama and his team are expected to pressure Asif... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • Pakistan • Hamid Karzai • Pakistan militants • Asif Ali Zardari • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • Richard Holbrooke

Taliban Uses Human Shields in Pakistan Fight

90K refugees flee
terror campaign as battles continue

May 2, 09 6:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's attempt to reclaim control of Taliban-seized districts—perhaps his last shot at maintaining power—ran into new terror tactics today, the Times of London reports. In the Buner district, Taliban are using 2,000 villagers as human shields, while elsewhere they are waging an aggressive... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Asif Ali Zardari • terror attack

US Reaches Out to Pakistani Opposition

Administration presses bitter rivals to unite against Taliban threat

May 2, 09 5:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration is seeking closer ties with the Pakistani president's biggest—and most bitter—rival, the New York Times reports. The US previously shunned Nawaz Sharif because of his links to Islamists, but diplomats now believe Sharif's popularity among that group could help bolster Asif Ali Zardari's embattled government... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan militants • Asif Ali Zardari

(Newser) - Pakistan’s president suggested today that Osama bin Laden could be dead, an assertion the US strenuously objects to, the New York Daily News reports. “He may be dead. But that’s been said before,” Asif Ali Zardari said. “It’s still between fiction and fact.”... More »

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War on Terror • terrorism • Pakistan • United States • Osama bin Laden • Asif Ali Zardari • al-Qaeda

Brown Talks Terrorism With Pakistani PM

Snubbed by Zardari, British PM focuses on tackling extremism

Apr 27, 09 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - British PM Gordon Brown held talks with Pakistani leaders today, appearing at a joint press conference with his counterpart, Yusuf Raza Gilani, after President Asif Ali Zardari dropped out at the last minute. The BBC attributes the snub to unhappiness with the recent British arrest of 11 Pakistani nationals... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • Pakistan • Gordon Brown • Hamid Karzai • Asif Ali Zardari

OPINION

Fatima Bhutto: US Should Cut Pakistan Off

Don't give cash to corrupt government, says Zardari's niece

Apr 27, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is going to Washington next week to seek billions more to combat terrorism and keep the troubled nation afloat—and the Obama administration should swat away his outstretched hand, says Fatima Bhutto, estranged niece of Zardari's slain wife, Benazir Bhutto. "No amount of money,... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Benazir Bhutto • Asif Ali Zardari • Fatima Bhutto • US-Pakistan relations • graft • Obama administration

 Taliban Flouts 
 Deal to Disarm 
 in NW Pakistan 

Critics see signs that nascent deal won't quell violence

Apr 16, 09 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Taliban's refusal to disarm in Pakistan's Swat province—believed to be a provision of the recent deal that officially brought Islamic law in the area—raises doubts about the prospects for peace, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The strict cleric who brokered the Swat deal agreed to the weapons... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • insurgents • Asif Ali Zardari • weapons • Swat Valley

 Pakistan's Top Justice 
 Returns to Jubilation 

Reinstated judge calls for end to corruption

Mar 24, 09 8:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan's chief justice triumphantly returned to the bench today, reports the BBC, as supporters showered him with rose petals outside the supreme court in Islamabad. Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry was suspended by former president Pervez Musharraf during the 2007 state of emergency. Last week current president Asif Ali Zardari finally fulfilled... More »

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Pervez Musharraf • Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry • Pakistan Supreme Court • Iftikhar Chaudhry • Nawaz Sharif • Asif Ali Zardari • Pakistan lawyers • Pakistan judges

(Newser) - Pakistan's tensions reached new heights today as President Zardari put rival Nawaz Sharif under house arrest, the New York Times reports. The move comes just hours before Sharif was to address supporters at a demonstration in Lahore. The government, meanwhile, has begun pulling troops away from the fight against militants... More »

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Pakistan • house arrest • Nawaz Sharif • Asif Ali Zardari

 US Envoys  
 Try to Defuse 
 Pakistan Crisis 

Obama administration holds talks as violence, protests continue

Mar 13, 09 8:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US is attempting to defuse the escalating political crisis in Pakistan, reports the New York Times, as the police continued to beat and arrest protesters marching to Islamabad. The American ambassador yesterday visited Nawaz Sharif, the former PM whose supporters have joined the lawyers movement in anti-government demonstrations. Later... More »

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Pakistan • Islamabad • Nawaz Sharif • Muslim League • Asif Ali Zardari • Pakistan lawyers • protesters • Richard Holbrooke

 Pakistan Protests 
 Escalate, Sharif 
 Alleges Death Threat 

Dozens beaten and arrested as 'long march' to Islamabad begins

Mar 12, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistani police continued their crackdown on protesters today as Nawaz Sharif, a former PM turned opposition leader, accused the government of conspiring to kill him. Political activists and the country's lawyers defied a ban on protests, facing beatings and arrests in demonstrations from Karachi to Lahore. Sharif said he had... More »

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Pakistan • death threats • Nawaz Sharif • Muslim League • Asif Ali Zardari • Pakistan lawyers • Pakistan judges

Musharraf
Mulls Return
to Politics 

Pakistani leaders' bickering stokes ex-president's hopes

Mar 11, 09 2:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan's civilian leaders have squandered months on a struggle to oust one another, just when the global financial crisis and ever-bolder religious militants are further destabilizing the country, Time reports. One man sees opportunity in the current fiasco: Pervez Musharraf. After months out of the public eye, the ousted former... More »

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War on Terror • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Islamic extremism • Asif Ali Zardari • Islamic terrorism • Pakistan army

(Newser) - Pakistan’s government began cracking down on the opposition today in ways reminiscent of deposed dictator Pervez Musharraf, the New York Times reports. Police arrested hundreds of political workers today, and the government banned a protest national march scheduled for tomorrow, declaring that demonstrators wouldn’t be allowed into... More »

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Pakistan • Nawaz Sharif • police crackdown • Shahbaz Sharif • Asif Ali Zardari • political protest

 Weakness at Top 
 Worsens Pakistan's Woes 

Zardari has alienated party allies and foes alike: officials

Feb 26, 09 12:19 PM CST
(Newser) - In less than 6 months at Pakistan's helm, Asif Ali Zardari has surrounded himself with cronies, alienated top advisers, and created a situation that has diplomats warning that he's undercutting efforts to oppose al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Benazir Bhutto's widower is holed up inside his palace, and cabinet ministers who... More »

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War on Terror • Pakistan • Benazir Bhutto • political factions • Nawaz Sharif • infighting • Asif Ali Zardari • Afghanistan war

Pakistan Court Upholds Ban on Sharif; Tensions Rise

Political infighting may cause more instability

Feb 25, 09 3:29 PM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan’s supreme court refused today to let opposition leader Nawaz Sharif or his brother hold elected office, prompting fears of political infighting that could further destabilize the country, the BBC reports. President Asif Ali Zardari immediately moved to dismiss the provincial government in Punjab led by Sharif’s brother... More »

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War on Terror • Pakistan • Pakistan Supreme Court • political factions • Nawaz Sharif • Shahbaz Sharif • Asif Ali Zardari

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