When the Zardari-led Pakistan Peoples– Party swept into power in the Feb 2008 general elections and struck an alliance with Nawaz Sharif Pakistan Muslim League and Awami National...
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Balochistan Weekly Monitor (September 5 – 11, 2011)
There was an unparallel surge in violence during this week. Twin suicide blasts, targeting a senior security official in Quetta on Wednesday, September 7 was among the deadliest...
The 9/11 Tragedy – Pakistan a Decade Later:
It has been a decade of trauma and pain for most Pakistanis ´ dominated by a gradual but unprecedented spike in violence, largely attributable to Al Qaeda and its Pakistani...
Balochistan Weekly Monitor (August 28- September 4, 2011)
Executive Summary: The current week witnessed a lower frequency of violence and militant activities compared to the previous ones, but an event of deadly sectarian violence...
Karachi: ethno-political cauldron on the boil again
Dr.Zulfiqar Mirza, a former home minister of the volatile Sindh province in the south, and a very close associate of President Asif Ali Zardari, rattled entire Pakistan on...
Balochistan Weekly Monitor (August 21- 28, 2011)
Executive Summary: The Balochistan High Court disqualified Senator Mohammad Ali Rind from holding any public office on August 26, in connection with corruption charges leveled...
Gas Pipeline – Regional Stabilisation Factor?
Background Pakistan currently finds itself at the heart of two major gas pipeline projects, both conceived in the early 1990s. One involves import of at least 750 mcfd (million...
Balochistan Weekly Monitor (August 15 – 21, 2011)
Executive Summary: In his address to the nation in connection with the celebration of 65th Independence Day of Pakistan on August 14, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani announced...
Balochistan Weekly Monitor (August 8 – 14, 2011)
Executive Summary: The current week saw sharp spike in violence compared to the previous ones as a result of a spate of blasts and acts of subversion around Balochistan. The...
Pakistan: Caught between defiance and diktat
"We will guard our interests, come what may," says a top Pakistani general. His posture indicates the defiant mood in the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi. Army chief Gen...
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