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    Pakistan amnesty puts pressure on president  Nov 24, 2009
    "He's a man nobody likes, but the fact is, he is the president of the most important political party, which was popularly elected," said Pervez Tahir, chairman of the economics department at Foreman Christian College in the eastern city of Lahore. The Pakistani news media reported that several top politicians - including Zardari; Rehman Malik, the interior minister; Ahmed Mukhtar, the defense minister; Hussain Haqqani, the ambassador to the United States; and Wajid Shamsul Hassan, the ambassador... (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Red tape binds Kashmirbusiness to barter  Nov 24, 2009
    " Even with all the barriers, the trade on this route is duty free, and so has attracted the attention of traders from non-Kashmir parts of India and Pakistan. "Whatever minimal trade we carry on is also being eyed by traders from Delhi and Lahore, and they have planted their agents to do the trading," said one businessman. Trade is at present carried out under rules termed the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). Under these, goods imported in dozens of trucks have to be unloaded within two... (Asia Times Online)

    TV channel claims Saudis, Pakistanis, Afghan leaders assisting talks  Nov 24, 2009
    LAHORE: The Obama administration is engaging the Afghan Taliban in secret talks with the help of Britain, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, a private TV channel reported on Monday. According to the channel, sources said that eight years after the US-led invasion of Afghanistan, the US was engaging top Afghan Taliban leaders in talks. (Daily Times, Pakistan)

    Pakistan is compiling hard evidence of India`s involvement and interference in Balochistan and FATA  Nov 23, 2009
    LAHORE: Pakistan is compiling hard evidence of Indias involvement and interference in Balochistan and FATA, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Sunday. Speaking with the German Press Agency, dpa, Qureshi said India was supporting insurgents in Pakistan, including those present in areas bordering Afghanistan, a private TV channel reported. (Daily Times, Pakistan)

    '75% in Pak say they're Muslims first'  Nov 22, 2009
    LAHORE: A British Councils report has shockingly revealed that an overwhelming three quarters of people in Pakistan consider themselves as Muslims first and Pakistanis second. Only 10% have faith in national or local government, the courts or police, while three quarters see themselves as Muslims first, Pakistani second, compared to just 14% who see themselves as primarily a citizen of Pakistan, the Daily Times quoted the report, as saying. (India Times, India)

    Newsweek: Indian PM on Afghanistan, Pakistan  Nov 22, 2009
    That is their whole IDENTITY. Their EXISTENCE IS DEPENDENT ON HATING INDIA. Terrorists from Lahore called Indian news channels in a fake south Indian accent after 26/11. Taliban bombed ISI headquarters in Peshawar. (MSNBC -- International)

    Headley vowed to 'retaliate against India' in email message: NYT  Nov 22, 2009
    Ranas father is a former principal of a high school outside Lahore. One of his brothers is a Pakistani military psychiatrist who has written several books, and another is a journalist at a Canadian political newspaper, The Hill Times. (India Times, India -- Community News)

    Indian PM says New Delhi concerned over rise of terrorism in Pakistan  Nov 21, 2009
    LAHORE: Pakistan has nothing to fear from India, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday. In an interview with the Washington Post, Singh said, Its a tragedy that Pakistan has come to the point of using terror as an instrument of state policy. (Daily Times, Pakistan)

    US officials say Taliban chief fled Quetta last month with `help of ISI` to avoid drone attacks  Nov 21, 2009
    LAHORE: Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar has fled Quetta and has found refuge from potential US attacks in Karachi, with assistance of the ISI.. Two senior US intelligence officials and a former senior CIA officer told The Washington Times that Omar traveled to Karachi last month, adding that he inaugurated a new senior leadership council in the city. (Daily Times, Pakistan)

    LAHORE: Former caretaker prime minister Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi passed away at the St Mary`s Hospital in London after a prolonged illness  Nov 21, 2009
    LAHORE: Former caretaker prime minister Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi passed away at the St Marys Hospital in London after a prolonged illness, a private TV channel reported on Friday. He was 78. (Daily Times, Pakistan)

    Well, that sucks  Nov 20, 2009
    The PCB then imposed a five-year ban on Akhtar in April last year for publicly criticising its policies, but the Lahore High Court has temporarily suspended that ban, allowing him to return to the side. Always a controversial character, Akhtar has failed to sustain the irresistible form he displayed early in his career. (The Age, Australia)

    Finance minister says tax collection, generation will be discussed on Dec 9  Nov 20, 2009
    Forthcoming meeting: He said it had been decided that the tax collection and generation would be discussed in the forthcoming meeting scheduled for December 9 in Lahore. A practical formula would be figured out about the proportions of this factor in the Lahore meeting, he said. (Daily Times, Pakistan)

    Tax offers Pakistanescape from poverty  Nov 20, 2009
    During her October 28-30 visit, she met business leaders in Lahore, capital of the Punjab, Pakistan's most populous and most prosperous province, for plain talk. Addressing a conference in the Governor's House, where captains of industry were assembled, she stunned her audience by setting aside diplomatic niceties to hammer home a straight. (Asia Times Online)

    Major militant attacks in Pakistan since the beginning of October  Nov 19, 2009
    Oct. 15: Teams of gunmen attack three security facilities in the eastern city of Lahore, leaving at least 28 people dead, including nine militants, while car bombs kill 11 people in northwestern Kohat district and a 6-year-old boy in Peshawar. Oct. 12: A suicide car bomb explodes near a market in the northwestern Shangla district, killing 41 including six security officers. (FOX61, CT)

    Militants change tack in Pakistan  Nov 18, 2009
    Asia Times Online has been told that the recent attacks on ISI offices in Peshawar and Lahore were undertaken by militants who had been interrogated jointly by Americans and Pakistanis. The Pakistan army is looking for familiar options under which it battles the militants in their strongholds of South Waziristan and North Waziristan, and then strikes ceasefire deals. (Asia Times Online)

    Taliban bomb Peshawar in response to Pakistan offensive  Nov 17, 2009
    Its proximity to the frontline of Pakistan's battle with the Taliban leadership in South Waziristan make it an easier target for terrorists than the capital Islamabad or the eastern city of Lahore, says Rahimullah Yusufzai, the Peshawar bureau chief of the News, an English-language daily ... "Earlier they could launch audacious strikes in Islamabad and Lahore. Now the frontline has fallen to Peshawar. As the battle goes on it may fall further back to Tank and Bannu, the towns around South... (Christian Science Monitor)

    Terrorist Attacks Roil Businesses in Pakistan's Punjabi Economic Heartland  Nov 17, 2009
    While Punjab has seen fewer terrorist attacks than Pakistans ethnic Pashtun northwest, guerrillas in Lahore attacked three police headquarters last month and ambushed the Sri Lankan national cricket teams bus in March ... We have to keep so many security guards, set up surveillance cameras at the factories, said , chief executive of Ltd., Pakistans second-biggest cement maker, based in Lahore, Punjabs capital and the countrys second-largest city ... For , chief executive... (Bloomberg)

    Political turmoil in Pakistan may slow anti-terror efforts  Nov 16, 2009
    After becoming president, he was not in a position to make deals, have good relations with the opposition," said Hasan Askari Rizvi, a political analyst based in the eastern city of Lahore. "Zardari has landed himself in trouble by his own deeds as president, without even speaking of what he did earlier. "Zardari was already an unpopular figure before he became president, as the husband of slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, he was blamed for miring her two governments in allegations of... (Anchorage Daily News)

    The Election Commission has announced the official results of polling in 19 constituencies of Gilgit-Baltistan for seats in the area`s newly-formed legislative assembly  Nov 16, 2009
    LAHORE: The Election Commission has announced the official results of polling in 19 constituencies of Gilgit-Baltistan for seats in the areas newly-formed legislative assembly, a private TV channel reported on Sunday. According to the channel, Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Election Commissioner Rahem Nawaz Durrani said that re-polling would be held in four polling stations of LA-17 Diamir, while results from two constituencies have yet to be announced. (Daily Times, Pakistan)

    US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton believes Pakistan`s nuclear weapons are safe  Nov 16, 2009
    LAHORE: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton believes Pakistans nuclear weapons are safe, as the government and the military have taken adequate steps to protect the arsenal. The nuclear arsenal that Pakistan has, I believe, is secure. (Daily Times, Pakistan)

    LA Times quotes ex-officials as saying it is money well-spent despite corruption fears  Nov 16, 2009
    LAHORE: The CIA has funnelled hundreds of millions of dollars to the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) since the 9/11 attacks, accounting for as much as one-third of the foreign spy agencys annual budget reported an American newspaper, citing current and former US officials. The Los Angeles Times quoted officials as saying that the ISI had also collected tens of millions of dollars through a classified CIA programme that pays for the capture or killing of wanted militants, a clandestine... (Daily Times, Pakistan)

    Pakistan blast toll up to 17: official  Nov 14, 2009
    Friday's bombing was the first major attack outside an ISI installation since May, when a suicide attack on a police building in the city of Lahore killed 24 people. 2009. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)

    Pakistan Army Says Troops Will Soon Enter Mountainous Taliban Strongholds  Nov 14, 2009
    The army complex Abbas spoke from was among the places targeted by militants in recent weeks, along with police complexes in the eastern city of Lahore and a twin suicide bombing at the International Islamic University in Islamabad. Peshawar, the capital of the North West Frontier Province, has been repeatedly struck. (Bloomberg -- Asia)

    Taliban target creator, blow up ISI jihad lab  Nov 14, 2009
    The last time an ISI building was targeted was in May, when 24 people were killed in a suicide attack in Lahore. Minutes after Friday's attack, soldiers sealed off the area around the ISI headquarters but another suicide attack on a police station in Peshawar killed six other people and wounded 40. (India Times, India)

    * Suicide blasts kill 16 in Pakistan  Nov 14, 2009
    A suicide squad using guns, grenades and a van packed with explosives attacked a police and an ISI building in Lahore in May, killing 30 people. The ISI has been involved in scores of covert operations in the northwest against al-Qaeda targets since 2001, when many militant leaders crossed into the area following the US led invasion of Afghanistan. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)

    Bomb hits Pakistan's spy agency in northwest  Nov 13, 2009
    A suicide squad using guns, grenades and a van packed with explosives attacked a police and an ISI building in Lahore in May, killing 30 people. The ISI has been involved in scores of covert operations in the northwest against al-Qaida targets since 2001, when many militant leaders crossed into the area following the U.S. led invasion of Afghanistan. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Bombings kill 13 in Pakistan as spy agency hit  Nov 13, 2009
    Friday's bombing was the first major attack outside an ISI installation since May, when a suicide attack on a police building in the city of Lahore killed 24 people. The government blames increasing attacks on Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which is the target of the ongoing offensive and which wants to avenge the killing of their leader Baitullah Mehsud by a US missile in August. (Yahoo! Asia News)

    Unofficial results for 18 seats show ruling party candidates have won elections for nine seats  Nov 13, 2009
    LAHORE: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has scored a resounding victory in the polls for the 24-member Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly with counting still underway according to unofficial results winning nine of the 23 seats up for grabs. According to the unofficial results for 18 seats which were revealed on Thursday the PPP is leading the pack of political parties with 10 seats, followed by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) with three seats and the PML-Quaid, the Muttahida... (Daily Times, Pakistan)

    Blast hits Peshawar security HQ  Nov 13, 2009
    The last time an ISI building was targeted was in May, when 24 people were killed in a suicide attack in the eastern city of Lahore. The blast at the Baka Khel police station in the North-West Frontier Province killed three and wounded at least 15 people, police said. (BBC News -- South Asia)

    Musharraf admits Taliban two-timed him  Nov 12, 2009
    LAHORE: Ex-Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has admitted that his governments secret agreement with the Taliban had backfired. The Taliban had misled Musharrafs administration, the Daily Times quoted him as saying. (India Times, India)

    'Headley visited 5 Indian cities'  Nov 11, 2009
    His location was traced to Karachi and Lahore till December 7 last year when he finally left Pakistan ... It was an analysis of the IP addresses which pointed to Headley's location in Karachi, Lahore and FATA region of Pakistan. (India Times, India)

    Train family in India cash row  Nov 11, 2009
    The children of Rana Shaukat Ali and his wife were on the "Friendship Express" from Delhi to Lahore when it was attacked in February 2007. At least 65 people were killed in the two blasts and the fire which followed. (BBC News -- South Asia)

    City of fear  Nov 11, 2009
    PAKISTAN is shrouded by a cloud of dust, but the heavy smog that envelopes Karachi and Lahore hardly bothers the locals ... The situation is similar in Lahore, where big companies and major hotels have barricaded their compounds, only leaving a narrow lane for vehicles to drop passengers off. (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    China has agreed to sell Pakistan at least 36 advanced fighter jets in a landmark deal worth as much as $1.4bn, Pakistani and western officials said on Tuesday  Nov 11, 2009
    LAHORE: China has agreed to sell Pakistan at least 36 advanced fighter jets in a landmark deal worth as much as $1. 4bn, Pakistani and western officials said on Tuesday. (Daily Times, Pakistan)

    Pakistan seeks Malaysias expertise in halal meat  Nov 11, 2009
    LAHORE: Pakistan is seeking Malaysias expertise to tap the billion dollar meat market in the Middle East. Pakistans Punjab Livestock and Dairy Development Department secretary Mohammad Jehanzeh Khan said Pakistan had plenty of potential but lacked the expertise and technology to slaughter, process and market meat commercially. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)

    Zardari Urges Pakistan to Confront Extremism as Bombings, Death Toll Mount  Nov 10, 2009
    Insurgents have mounted increasing attacks on military and government targets in recent weeks, including an assault on the army headquarters in Rawalpindi last month, commando-style raids on police complexes in the eastern city of Lahore and twin suicide bombings at the International Islamic University in Islamabad. Clinton Interview. (Bloomberg -- UK)

    Former SCBA president says details of offer will cause some people sleepless nights  Nov 10, 2009
    LAHORE: Former Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Aitzaz Ahsan has admitted that he was offered a top position in the government, a private TV channel reported on Monday. Talking to reporters at the Aiwan-e-Iqbal in Lahore, Aitzaz said he was associated with the Pakistan Peoples Party and found nothing wrong in accepting a government position. (Daily Times, Pakistan)

    Calling media reports regarding alleged Pak-US negotiations on Islamabad`s nuclear arsenal false and baseless  Nov 9, 2009
    LAHORE: Calling media reports regarding alleged Pak-US negotiations on Islamabads nuclear arsenal false and baseless, US Ambassador to Pakistan Anne W Patterson on Sunday said the US had no intention of seizing the countrys nukes. According to a private TV channel, Patterson said Pakistan was capable of securing its own nuclear weapons. (Daily Times, Pakistan)

    Seymour M. Hersh: Defending the arsenal  Nov 9, 2009
    There were also attacks on police installations in Peshawar and Lahore, and, once the offensive began, an Army general was shot dead by gunmen on motorcycles on the streets of Islamabad, the capital. The assassins clearly had advance knowledge of the general s route, indicating that they had contacts and allies inside the security forces. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)

    Headley was in India on recce  Nov 8, 2009
    His location during the period was traced to Karachi and Lahore. Topics. (India Times, India)

    Pop prince of Pakistan finds a new vibe in US  Nov 8, 2009
    Growing up the son of two college professors in Lahore, Zafar was exposed to a diverse array of art forms spanning literature, painting, and music ... For Zafar, his sudden ascension to celebrity status didn t sink in until his first large-scale concert in Lahore. (Boston Globe)

    Newsweek: Pakistan artists workwith violence  Nov 8, 2009
    "We were so delighted she was back," recalls one of Pakistan's best-known contemporary artists, Rashid Rana, who was in Lahore at the time. "One felt sure good times were ahead." A few hours into the procession, two bombs exploded among the crowd. (MSNBC -- International)

    State of denial over Taliban tactics  Nov 8, 2009
    Militants have also gone after a range of targets in other Pakistani cities, striking at an Islamic university and a U.N. compound in Islamabad, army facilities in Rawalpindi and police academies in Lahore. The widening terrorist scourge has increased public antipathy for the militants, solidified support for the military crackdown and turned the capital into a virtual garrison city, with riot police and traffic checks every few blocks. (MSNBC -- International)

    Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Saturday that the appointment of Pakistan People`s Party leader Aitzaz Ahsan as Punjab governor was not discussed in his meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari  Nov 8, 2009
    LAHORE: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Saturday that the appointment of Pakistan Peoples Party leader Aitzaz Ahsan as Punjab governor was not discussed in his meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari. According to a private TV channel, after inaugurating a power plant in Pattoki, Gilani told reporters that the federal government was not planning to replace Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer with Aitzaz. (Daily Times, Pakistan)

    Pakistanis back assault  Nov 7, 2009
    "I don't have a problem with the operation," says Nazish Mohsin, a young mother of three in Lahore ... Mrs Mohsin's concerns are shared by most parents and students, not just in Lahore but across the country ... " US and India blamedWhat is surprising is that Ms Azhar, like many others, says it is not just the Taliban who are to blame for the violence. Everyone is taking advantage - India and America all have a hand in the violence Nazish Mohsin, Lahore "There are many different people... (BBC News -- South Asia)

    Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif has urged the government to implement the Charter of Democracy  Nov 7, 2009
    Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan. Saturday, November 07, 2009. (Daily Times, Pakistan)

    African view  Nov 6, 2009
    we should try to live peacefully and try to stop the rape cases in our world sajid, lahore, pakistan. my heart goes out to these women, my hope is the strength of their voices, raised in sorrow will rise up and stifle the brutalities of man's inhumanity to each other. (BBC News -- Africa)

    The geek in charge at the Department of Energy  Nov 6, 2009
    Buildings shook in the Pakistani cities of Peshawar and the capital Islamabad, and the quake was felt as far east as Lahore near the Indian border, Pakistani television stations reported. The Afghan Interior Ministry said it had no immediate reports of deaths or damage. (Salon)

    US puts its faith in Pakistan's military  Nov 6, 2009
    In March, when an opposition rally started from Lahore to besiege Islamabad to demand the restoration of the chief justice, Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary, who had been sacked by Musharraf, Zardari urged Kiani to control the situation with the army. He refused and prevailed on the prime minister to order the restoration of Chaudhary when the rally was still only half way to Islamabad. (Asia Times Online)

    Karachi Police Hunt Terror Cells as Taliban Militants Flee Army Offensive  Nov 6, 2009
    Attacks in cities like Lahore and Peshawar have rattled investors and led to short-term share declines. Karachi authorities have arrested 70 people in the last few months and recovered explosives, suicide jackets and rocket launchers, city police chief said. (Bloomberg -- Asia)

    Gas load management plan aims at suspension of supply to industrial units and CNG stations for eight days a month on rotation basis in Punjab, NWFP  Nov 5, 2009
    According to the plan, gas supply to all CNG stations would be suspended in Lahore region on the first two days of the schedule. Lahore region, as defined by the SNGPL includes all areas from Kasur to Muridke, including Sheikhupura ... According to the load management plan for industrial units, Lahore has been divided into two zones. (Daily Times, Pakistan)

    Analysis: For Clinton, Tough Talk But Few Results  Nov 5, 2009
    But despite finding some success in Africa and Asia earlier this year communicating Clintonian warmth with foreign audiences, Lahore was not Portsmouth, N.H. ... In Lahore, Clinton certainly won domestic consumption brownie points by saying what many Americans have complained about for years - that Pakistan's government had done little to root out al-Qaida's upper echelon. (CBS News)

    2 Pakistani blasts ratchet up bloodshed; 35 die  Nov 4, 2009
    Hours later, another suicide bombing ripped through a police checkpoint on the outskirts of the eastern city of Lahore. At least seven policemen were wounded and two were in critical condition after a car with two men inside blew up as police went to search it. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    17 killed in Pakistan's Karachi rail mishap  Nov 4, 2009
    An eyewitness railway official said Allama Iqbal Express coming from Lahore to Karachi rammed into stationary goods train. The impact of collision was so high that bogies after the train engine were badly affected, resulting in so many casualties, he said. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Pakistan takes Taliban stronghold  Nov 4, 2009
    On Monday, the Pakistani cities of Lahore and Rawalpindi were hit by separate suicide bombings ... Hours later, two suicide bombers detonated their explosives at a police checkpoint in Lahore, injuring 17 police and civilians. (CNN)

    Pakistan blast kills 35  Nov 3, 2009
    On Monday evening two suicide bombers blew themselves up at a police checkpoint at the entrance to Lahore city, wounding seven people, a senior police official said. We have found legs and a head. (iAfrica.com)

    Terrorist blows himself up after being stopped by police at motorway  Nov 3, 2009
    Police avert terror attack in Lahore ... LAHORE: Police on Monday thwarted a terrorist attack targeting a police checkpost at the Babu Sabu Interchange of the Lahore-Islamabad motorway, an entry point into Lahore. (Daily Times, Pakistan)

    Pakistan train collision kills five  Nov 3, 2009
    Most of the casualties occurred in one passenger coach of the train, which was coming from the eastern city of Lahore, he said. Rescue teams were working at the crash site. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)

    Suicide bomber kills 35 in Pakistan  Nov 3, 2009
    Hours later, another suicide bombing ripped through a police checkpoint on the outskirts of the eastern city of Lahore ... By putting their lives in danger, our men have saved the city from enormous sabotage, Lahore Police Chief Pervaiz Rathor told reporters at the scene. (Boston Globe)

    Clinton met with anger and frustration in Israel, Pakistan  Nov 2, 2009
    "I find it hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are and couldn't get them if they really wanted to," she told a group of newspaper editors during a meeting in Lahore. Noting the exchange, The News said with a touch of admiration: "She occasionally gave a glimpse of the mailed fist inside the velvet glove.". (Christian Science Monitor -- World)

    Pakistan's Capital Resembles Besieged City  Nov 2, 2009
    Suicide bombers hit the International Islamic University and a U.N. office in Islamabad; militants took officers hostage for 22 hours at army headquarters in the neighboring city of Rawalpindi; commando-style raids paralyzed the eastern city of Lahore; and bombs have ripped through markets in the northwest. More than 300 people have been killed, most of them Pakistani civilians. (Time.com)

    No proof of involvement in Baloch  Nov 2, 2009
    I mean, we just have no evidence of that, Ms Clinton told a group of Pakistani editors in Lahore. Islamabad has repeatedly accused New Delhi of fomenting trouble in the province. (India Times)

    Nawaz Sharif says beneficiaries of ordinance should face courts  Nov 1, 2009
    LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has decided to mobilise public opinion against the National Reconciliation Ordinance, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif announced on Saturday. He said the NROs approval by parliament would be an insult to the sacrifices offered by the masses, the media, the civil society and political workers for the restoration of the judiciary. (Daily Times, Pakistan)

    Clinton blasts official inaction in al Qaeda hunt  Oct 31, 2009
    "I find it hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are and couldn't get them if they really wanted to," Clinton said in an interview with Pakistani journalists in Lahore ... With Pakistan reeling from Wednesday's devastating bombing that killed more than 100 people in Peshawar, Clinton also engaged in an intense give-and-take with students at the Government College of Lahore. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Clinton faces Pakistani ire overCIA drone attacks  Oct 31, 2009
    A day earlier she had been more explicit in her skepticism, telling a Pakistani journalist in Lahore: "I find it hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are and couldn't get them if they really wanted to. Maybe that's the case. Maybe they're not gettable. I don't know.". A top Pakistan official insisted Friday that his country is fighting back against militants. (MSNBC -- International)

    Clinton `Broke the Ice' With Pakistanis Angry Over U.S. Actions in Region  Oct 31, 2009
    Clinton broke the ice by risking her security to visit Lahore and Islamabad, two cities that have suffered terrorist attacks, and listening to suspicion, anger and aggression from Pakistani audiences, Jugnu Mohsin, publisher of the Lahore- based Friday Times newspaper group, said in an interview ... Clinton told editors in the eastern city of Lahore that al-Qaeda has a safe haven in Pakistan and she found it hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are and... (Bloomberg -- Asia)

    Clinton to Pakistan: Where Is al-Qaida?  Oct 31, 2009
    "I find it hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are and couldn't get them if they really wanted to," she told a group of newspaper editors during a meeting in Lahore. Clinton's pointed remark was the first public gripe on a trip aimed at turning around a U.S.-Pakistan relationship under serious strain, but bound in the struggle against religious extremism. (Newsmax)

    Pakistan: Peshawar blast death toll hits 120  Oct 31, 2009
    He said that volunteers from Lahore had also arrived in Peshawar to participate in rescue operation and hoped that rubble of the mosque's building would be cleared by the end of the day. Meanwhile, rescue work on the blast site continued and workers kept removing debris of damaged buildings from the area from which smoke was billowing out even on third day of the attack. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Clinton ends tough Pakistan trip  Oct 31, 2009
    Mrs Clinton also faced America's critics when she addressed a group of belligerent students in Lahore ... But speaking to Pakistani newspaper editors in Lahore on Thursday evening, she said she found it hard to believe that nobody in the Pakistani government knew where al-Qaeda was hiding in the country and "couldn't get them" if they wanted. (BBC News -- South Asia)

    * Clinton wraps up visit to Pakistan amid terse words  Oct 31, 2009
    Al-Qaeda has had safe haven in Pakistan since 2002, Clinton told senior newspaper editors in the countrys cultural capital, Lahore. I find it hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are and couldnt get them if they really wanted to. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Hard to believe Pak clueless on Qaida  Oct 31, 2009
    Clinton appeared to get feisty after a meeting with university students in Lahore where she had to entertain several whiny questions about the United States treatment of a long-serving ally. They described a litany of slights, betrayals and. (India Times, India)

    Passports of Jihadists Found by Pakistani Army  Oct 31, 2009
    "I find it hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are and couldn't get them if they really wanted to," Clinton told Pakistani journalists at a meeting in Lahore. No Pakistani officials reacted to her remarks. (Time.com)

    Clinton: US is standing with Pakistan  Oct 30, 2009
    Speaking at a university in Lahore, she condemned Wednesday's car bomb in the north-western city of Peshawar, which killed at least 105 people. SEE ALSO. (BBC News -- South Asia)

    Obama considers scaled-down war  Oct 30, 2009
    "I would imagine that he will be coming to a decision sometime after the Afghan election is finally resolved," during an interview in Lahore. Counterinsurgency strategyTwo officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the troop numbers under the narrowed scenario probably would be lower than McChrystal's preference, at least at the outset. (MSNBC -- International)

    Sikhs ignore advisory, 165 leave for Pak  Oct 30, 2009
    ATTARI: Ignoring the Union governments advisory against travelling to Pakistan, 165 Sikh devotees left for Nankana Saheb in Lahore to observe the 540th birth anniversary of the first Sikh preceptor, Guru Nanak Dev, who was born there ... The Sikh jatha comprising groups from Taran Tarans Baba Sewa Singh Kar Sewa and Sri Guru Nanak Dev Yatra boarded Samjhauta Express for Lahore at Attari station ... Ignoring the govts advisory against travelling to Pakistan, 165 Sikh devotees left for... (India Times, India -- Community News)

    Clinton, Pakistani students in lively exchange  Oct 30, 2009
    LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday that Pakistan had little choice but to take a more aggressive approach, starting last summer, to combatting Taliban and other extremist forces that threaten to destabilize the country. In a lively give-and-take with students at the Government College of Lahore, Clinton said inaction by the government would have amounted to ceding ground to terrorists ... Before flying to Lahore from Islamabad, Clinton visited... (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)

    Passports linked to 9/11 seized  Oct 30, 2009
    Pakistani Rangers escorted US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday at Iqbal s Mausoleum in Lahore ... I find it hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are and couldn t get them if they really wanted to, Clinton said in an interview with Pakistani journalists in Lahore. (Boston Globe)

    Bollywood gets political  Oct 30, 2009
    The Hindi film industry began to grow in Mumbai after the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, which divided the Bengali film industry based in Kolkata and the Punjabi film industry based in Lahore along with their respective audiences ... Since partition, their shared border of over 2,900 kilometers has been highly regulated through a single crossing point that connects Lahore to Amritsar ... Khuda Kay Liye narrates the stories of two musician brothers growing up in Lahore, whose different... (Asia Times Online)

    US taxes everything, and `that`s not what we see in Pakistan`  Oct 30, 2009
    LAHORE: The leadership of Al Qaeda is in Pakistan, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday ... As far as we know, they are in Pakistan, Clinton told senior Pakistani newspaper editors in Lahore, AFP reported. (Daily Times, Pakistan)

    Clinton kicks off last day in Pakistan  Oct 30, 2009
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    Clinton irked by al-Qaeda 'haven'  Oct 30, 2009
    Mrs Clinton said in an interview with journalists in Lahore she found it "hard to believe" nobody in the government knew where they were. She also challenged opposition to a US aid package, criticising Pakistan's investment levels and taxation system. (BBC News -- Americas)

    Blame and anger  Oct 30, 2009
    Town hall-style meetings with students in Lahore and round-table debates with senior news broadcasters in Islamabad may be seen as steps in the right direction. Go America Go. (BBC News -- South Asia)

    * Pakistan mourns market victims  Oct 30, 2009
    SECURITY: Shops and markets in Peshawar are closed for three days of mourning, while visiting US Secretary of State Clinton urged young people to avoid extremism AFP, PESHAWAR AND LAHORE, PAKISTAN Friday, Oct 30, 2009, Page 5 ... and that you guys are not going to be betraying us like you did in the past, one student asked at a townhall-style meeting Clinton held at the Government College University in Lahore. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    US secretly funding Pakistan offensive  Oct 30, 2009
    Hasan Askari Rizvi, a military analyst in Lahore, said publicly acknowledging the military aid an open secret in Pakistan could hand militants fresh ammunition for propaganda attacks. The Pakistanis insist on no US face on their war. (India Times, India)

    US gasps at Hillary's charm offensive that leaves Pakistan stunned  Oct 30, 2009
    " Clintons caustic comments came even as Pakistani forces recovered the passport of 9/11 plotter Said Bahaji in South Waziristan, underscoring yet another reason for the relentless U.S pressure not to allow al-Qaida and its affiliates to have a safe base there. In US, several terror suspects apprehended by authorities over the years, including a Pakistani-American from Chicago held earlier this month, have said they visited Pakistans Fata region to hook up with terrorist handlers. But... (India Times, India)

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