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Military leadership backed drone strikes: US cable
May 20th
KARACHI: A secret cable of American government claimed that Pakistans military leadership requested the US to provide drone assistance for its military operations against terrorism in January 2008, WikiLeaks revealed. Army Chief General Ashfaq Kayani…
Wikileaks: Kayani wanted more drone strikes in Pakistan
May 20th
Cables obtained state that Kayani was requesting the US for greater drone back-up.
‘Somebody’ in Pakistan knew of Bin Laden hideout: US
May 19th
Gates says there is no evidence that leaders in Islamabad were aware of Bin Laden’s whereabouts, but somebody knew.
The Death of Osama
May 19th
Dr Ghayur AyubThe Abbotabad attack on May 2nd put many Pakistanis in shame. They felt like this back in 1971 when half of the country was lost and over 90 thousands Pak army surrendered. But there is a difference between the two feelings of shame. This…
Pakistan has four Bin Laden probes: Kerry
May 18th
Kerry says he does not know when the probes might produce results.
Pakistan probing Osama”s life, death: Kerry
May 18th
WASHINGTON: Pakistan has launched four separate probes into Osama bin Laden”s life and death on Pakistani soil, US Senator John Kerry said on Tuesday, adding that Pakistan”s intelligence chief has promised to tell him if it turns out someone in his a…
Some pragmatism, finally
May 17th
Pakistan has long-term economic and governance problems that cannot be solved in quick time.
Clinton to visit Pakistan for ‘strategic’ talks
May 17th
Clinton to covey the US government’s views on the way forward with Pakistan.
Clinton to visit Pak but no date set: US
May 17th
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Pakistan for strategic talks following the US raid that killed Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, but no date has been set, a spokesman said. Clinton “does plan to visit Pakistan in order t…
Pak, US to cooperate on future high-value targets
May 17th
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said Monday it would work together with the United States on any future operations against high-value targets in the country, in the wake of the row over Osama bin Laden”s killing. “It was agreed that all tracks of US-Pakistan enga…
