In a delayed poll the Pakistani vote for a new parliament today. The election was originally scheduled for January 8, but the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi on December 27, 2007 forced a delay. The elections had a slow start at 8 a.m. (0300 GMT), as fears of violence kept...
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Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf held talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in London, reassuring his host that Pakistan will hold free and fair election next month and is ready to continue a sustained fight against terrorism and extremism. The visit has been widely called President Musharraf’s “charm offensive.” The Pakistani leader has held...
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The Pakistani army says it killed 40 Islamic militants and arrested 30 during two days of fighting along its border with Afghanistan. The United States, meanwhile, has offered to train Pakistani security forces in their fight against the al-Qaeda-linked militants. The fighting took place in South Waziristan province late Wednesday and Thursday. The army...
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At least 24 people were killed and more than 60 were injured when a suicide bomber struck outside a courthouse in the Pakistani city Lahore. The bombing took place at approximately 0700 UTC (1200 local time) Lahore Police Chief Malik Iqbal says the bomber was aiming at police, who were deployed outside the Lahore...
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I was shocked and saddened as the story of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination suddenly popped up while browsing news at the dead of night on 27th December 2007. She was probably the only one able to put the house in order in Pakistan. Now that she is gone, it can well be the end of...
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A small team from Britain’s Scotland Yard has arrived in the Pakistani capital to help with a government investigation into last week’s assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. VOA’s Nancy-Amelia Collins in Islamabad has more. Pakistani officials say the Scotland Yard team will lend forensic and technical expertise to the investigation, which is being...
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Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has denied accusations the security forces or intelligence services were involved in the assassination of former prime minister and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. President Musharraf, who blames al-Qaida for Ms. Bhutto’s death, told reporters he had warned the former prime minister about threats to her safety from Islamic militants as...
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Officials in Pakistan say parliamentary elections will be delayed until next month. VOA correspondent Nancy-Amelia Collins in Islamabad reports the Pakistan Election Commission says the delay is due to the destruction of election offices and materials in violence that broke out last week after Benazir Bhutto’s assassination. Chief election commissioner Qazi Mohammed Farooq says...
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Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto, who was killed in a suicide attack yesterday, has been buried in her ancestral home in the village of Garhi Khuda Bakhsh. Meanwhile, violence has erupted across the nation in protest to the 54-year-old opposition leader’s death. The Pakistani government has claimed to have evidence to suggest...
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The assassination of Benazir Bhutto has, we’re told, upended Washington’s foreign policy. “Our foreign policy has relied on her presence as a stabilizing force. . . . Without her, we will have to regroup,†explained Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) in the Washington Post. “It complicates life for the American government.†But in fact U.S....
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The murder of 16-year-old Canadian teen, Aqsa Parvez, by her Pakistani immigrant father for her refusal to wear a burka or hijab has shocked and saddened the nation. As people from all walks of life are mourning her tragic death, Muslims  particularly their religious leaders  have joined the chorus of denials that...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, federal agencies have faced the challenge of protecting sensitive information from terrorists and others without a need to know while sharing this information with parties who are determined to have such a need. One form of protection involves identifying and marking such information...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, federal agencies have faced the challenge of protecting sensitive information from terrorists and others without a need to know while sharing this information with parties who are determined to have such a need. One form of protection involves identifying and marking such information...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP The United States Department of Energy maintains emergency response capabilities and assets to quickly respond to potential nuclear and radiological threats in the United States. These capabilities are primarily found at DOE’s two key emergency response facilities — the Remote Sensing Laboratories at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and Andrews...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Congress has provided about $542.9 billion, as of May 2007, to the US Department of Defense for the Global War on Terrorism. That figure doesn’t include the amount spent on domestic security operations and the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. Prior...
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The government of Pakistan late on Friday has withdrawn the earlier detention notice and house arrest of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Police had served her with a temporary detention notice and ordered her to serve 30 days of house arrest. Bhutto was not detained by the police. The move came as Bhutto...
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Pakistani police have served former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto with a temporary detention notice and have ordered her to serve 30 days of house arrest. Bhutto has not yet been detained by police. The move comes as Bhutto planned to attend a protest, but she was stopped by troops who were ordered to...
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“This was an assassination attempt, no question. An extremist group was clearly responsible. There are a lot of suspects. A great number of extremist groups have been inside the establishment for a long time.” Iqbal Haider, former Pakistani law minister. After the advent of the September 11th attacks, General Perez Musharraf’s militaristic regime, metamorphosed...
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