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RIP Saleem Shahzad
Jun 2nd
On Sunday, Pakistani journalist Saleem Shahzad went missing in Islamabad. Yesterday, news agencies reported that Shahzad’s body was found about 93 miles southeast of the capital, in Sira-e-Alamgir. In the aftermath of this tragic and shocking death, the question, Who killed Saleem Shahzad? continues to echo in the halls of the blogosphere and news outlets. [...]
UN denounces Libya war crimes, NATO extends air blitz
Jun 2nd
TRIPOLI: The UN Wednesday accused Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi”s regime of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity while trying to crush a revolt, as NATO extended its Libya air war by three months.
Libyan Oil Minister Shukri Ghanem announc…
37 killed in fighting in Yemen capital
Jun 1st
SANAA: Thirty-seven people were killed in overnight clashes between opposition tribesmen and security forces after a truce, that had ended four days of fighting in the Yemeni capital, collapsed, a medic said on Wednesday.
Most of the dead were combata…
WSJ reports on Pakistan preparatory moves for attack on NWA Taliban
Jun 1st
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan appears to be making preparatory moves for an attack on North Waziristan, a tribal region that has become a base for Afghan Taliban militants, amid pressure from the U.S. Such an invasion, one …
Shahzad’s work brought to light ‘troubles posed by extremism to Pak’s stability’: Clinton
Jun 1st
WASHINGTON: The United States has strongly condemned the abduction and killing of a Pakistani investigative reporter, who had published an article alleging that al-Qaeda had infiltrated the Pakistan Navy and carried out the recent attack …
Saleem Shahzad: When journalists bite the dust
Jun 1st
http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/6177/saleem-shehzad-when-journalists-bite-the-dust/
Charges filed against 9/11 accused at Guantanamo
Jun 1st
WASHINGTON: Prosecutors filed charges Tuesday against 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged co-conspirators, bringing the five a step closer to facing a Guantanamo military tribunal.
The charges, which must now be approved by a tribu…
Death of a Journalist. Warning to a Nation.
Jun 1st
Adil Najam Pakistanis have gotten used to feeling unsafe and afraid. Today they are feeling even more unsafe and afraid. And that is no accident. Afraid and unsafe is exactly how the butchers who tortured and then murdered Syed Saleem Shahzad want us to feel. Those who brutally murdered journalist, and author of the recent [...]
All options open in cyber-attack: Pentagon
Jun 1st
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon said Tuesday that it would consider all options if the United States were hit by a cyber-attack as it develops the first military guidelines for the age of Internet warfare.
President Barack Obama”s administration has been fo…
Shahid Afridi Vs Ejaz Butt
Jun 1st
Shahid khan Afridi left international cricket due some dispute with cricket board. This dispute begins from Waqar and Afridi over selection issues, which blew up after the latter’s return from the West Indies. Though Afridi didn’t take names but he was clearly referring to Waqar. Based on team manager Intikhab Alam’s reports, which blamed [...]
