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July 2004 Pakistan Special Weapons News

  • Night curfew in Pak tribal areas IRNA 31 Jul 2004 -- A night curfew has been imposed in vast areas of the South Waziristan Agency in Pakistan`s tribal areas close to the Afghan border over the last three days.
  • PAKISTAN / MINISTER / ATTACK VOA 30 Jul 2004 -- Pakistan's prime minister-designate, Shaukat Aziz, has survived an assassination attempt. The suicide bomb attack in central Punjab province left at least five people dead.
  • Pakistan questioning top Al-Qaeda suspect: minister IRNA 30 Jul 2004 -- Authorities in Pakistan are questioning a top Al-Qaeda suspect, wanted by the United States, who was arrested in the country`s eastern Punjab province on Sunday, said Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat Friday.
  • PAKISTAN AL-QAIDA VOA 30 Jul 2004 -- Pakistan has captured an alleged al-Qaida ringleader wanted by the United States for the 1998 attacks on its embassies in East Africa. Authorities are hoping the arrest will lead to other key al-Qaida figures.
  • PAKISTAN AL-QAIDA VOA 29 Jul 2004 -- Pakistan has captured an alleged al-Qaida ringleader wanted by the United States for the 1998 attacks on its embassies in East Africa. Authorities are hoping the arrest will lead to other key al-Qaida figures.
  • Pak president, PM condemn killing of nationals in Iraq IRNA 29 Jul 2004 -- Pakistan`s President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain have condemned the reported murder of two kidnapped Pakistanis by their captors in Iraq.
  • Pakistan seeking bodies of nationals killed in Iraq, says FM IRNA 29 Jul 2004 -- Foreign Minister of Pakistan Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri Thursday said the government is in touch with its embassy in Iraq and with the Iraqi embassy in Pakistan for the recovery of the bodies of two executed Pakistanis.
  • Pak opposition warns against sending forces to Iraq IRNA 29 Jul 2004 -- Parliamentary parties in Pakistan on Thursday condemned killing of two Pakistan nationals in Iraq and warned the government not to send troops to the war-shattered country, as it will be against the aspirations of the people.
  • PAKISTAN / HOSTAGES / REACTION VOA 29 Jul 2004 -- The Pakistani government has denounced the slaying of two of its nationals by Iraqi militants, calling it a humanitarian and religious crime. Officials also dispute the militants' claim that Pakistan plans to send troops to Iraq.
  • PAKISTAN/INDIA/TALKS VOA 23 Jul 2004 -- Pakistan and India say they're committed to settling their territorial dispute over Kashmir. The divided region is at the center of decades of hostility between the two nuclear-armed rivals.
  • Pak, US hold nuclear safety talks - report IRNA 22 Jul 2004 -- For the first time, the United States and Pakistan discussed safety of Islamabad`s civilian nuclear reactor program in Washington.
  • PAKISTAN/INDIA/TALKS VOA 19 Jul 2004 -- Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan are set to meet this week in Islamabad to discuss a peace process to improve bilateral ties. The talks will take place on the sidelines of a meeting of the regional forum known as South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, SAARC.
  • Islamabad denies militant training camps in Pakistan IRNA 16 Jul 2004 -- Islamabad said Friday that there are no militant training camps in Pakistan, rejecting claims by the US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage.
  • PAKISTAN/U-S/INDIA VOA 15 Jul 2004 -- The United States is again urging both India and Pakistan to take steps to reduce the violence plaguing the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir. During a trip to the region, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage urged India to improve the human rights situation in Kashmir, and urged Pakistan to dismantle remaining terrorist training camps. The top U.S. diplomat's visit comes ahead of peace talks between the two countries later this month.
  • US to buy small arms from Islamabad - Pak daily IRNA 15 Jul 2004 -- The United States will buy from Pakistan small arms and ammunition for Iraq and Afghanistan.
  • US to consider supply of necessary weapons to Pakistan: Armitage IRNA 15 Jul 2004 -- The United States will consider providing weapons to Pakistan to alleviate any security gap to deal with terrorism, visiting US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said on Thursday.
  • PAKISTAN/U-S/INDIA VOA 15 Jul 2004 -- The United States is again urging both India and Pakistan to take steps to reduce the violence plaguing the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir.
  • PAKISTAN/TERRORISM LAWS VOA 13 Jul 2004 -- Pakistan is planning to tighten its anti-terrorism laws in an effort to close legal loopholes. Pakistan's Interior Ministry believes progress in the fight against terrorism is greater than some think.
  • Pakistani army, militants clash in tribal region IRNA 11 Jul 2004 -- Pakistani troops and `foreign` militants clashed in the country`s tribal region on Sunday but there was no report of any casualty, a military spokesman said.
  • Pak, Afghan, US officials discuss military cooperation IRNA 09 Jul 2004 -- Pakistani, Afghan and US military and diplomatic officials have met in Afghanistan to develop a "common understanding" of current operations along the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan, said a US statement received here Friday.
  • Pakistan concerned over Indian defense budget increase: minister IRNA 09 Jul 2004 -- Pakistan Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Friday Islamabad is "concerned" but not worried over the increase in the Indian defense budget.



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