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July 2013 - Pakistan Special Weapons News
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- Background Briefing Prior to Secretary Kerry's Visit to Islamabad, Pakistan US Dept. of State 31 Jul 2013
- Pakistan Police Re-Arrest 41 Prisoners From Jail Break VOA 31 Jul 2013 -- Police in northwest Pakistan have re-arrested at least 41 of the nearly 250 prisoners who escaped during a Taliban attack on a major jail that killed more than a dozen people.
- Pakistani Officers Suspended After Jailbreak RFE/RL 31 Jul 2013 -- Pakistani authorities have suspended 27 law-enforcement officers suspected of neglect after militants attacked a heavily guarded prison and freed around 250 prisoners in the country's northwest.
- Militants move freed prisoners to northwestern Pakistan PressTV 31 Jul 2013 -- Top Taliban commanders say they have managed to smuggle over two dozen militants they broke out of a prison in the restive northwestern Pakistan.
- Pakistan Chief Election Commissioner resigns PressTV 31 Jul 2013 -- Pakistan's Chief Election Commissioner Fakhruddin G Ebrahimi has tendered his resignation amid allegations of vote rigging.
- Reading Between The Red Lines Of U.S.-Afghan Security Talks RFE/RL 30 Jul 2013 -- A months-long effort by the United States and Afghanistan to hammer out a long-term security arrangement has so far achieved one obvious result.
- Militants Free 250 Inmates In Attack On Pakistani Prison RFE/RL 30 Jul 2013 -- Taliban militants have launched a coordinated assault on a prison in the northwestern Pakistani town of Dera Ismail Khan.
- Pakistani Prison A 'Sweltering Hell' RFE/RL 30 Jul 2013 -- Those who have stayed there simply call it a "sweltering hell" - a moniker earned for the suffocating conditions prisoners must endure during the hot summer months.
- Taliban Free Fellow Jailed Terrorists from Pakistani Prison VOA 30 Jul 2013 -- Security forces have launched a massive manhunt in a city in the northwestern Pakistani province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, where more than 200 prisoners have escaped.
- 13 die as Pakistani forces clear jail after Taliban attack IRNA 30 Jul 2013 -- Pakistani officials said that the security forces have cleared a jail in the country's northwest hours after attack by heavily armed Taliban militants.
- Police kill four pro-Taliban militants in southwestern Pakistan PressTV 30 Jul 2013 -- Pakistani police forces have killed at least four pro-Taliban militants during a security clean-up operation in the volatile southwestern city of Quetta.
- Low-Key Businessman Named Pakistan's President VOA 30 Jul 2013 -- Pakistani lawmakers have elected Mamnoon Hussain, a close political ally of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, for the largely ceremonial post of president.
- Pakistani Lawmakers Elect Hussain As President RFE/RL 30 Jul 2013 -- Pakistan's Election Commission says Mamnoon Hussain has been elected as the country's next president.
- Pakistan lawmakers elects Mamnoon Hussain as new president PressTV 30 Jul 2013 -- Pakistani lawmakers have elected the candidate for the ruling party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, as the country's 12th president.
- Pakistan to restore US strategic dialogue during Kerry visit IRNA 29 Jul 2013 -- Pakistan will strive to restore strategic dialogue with the United States during the forthcoming visit of Secretary of State John Kerry.
- Pakistan slams US killer drone strike PressTV 29 Jul 2013 -- Pakistan has condemned the latest US assassination drone strike in North Waziristan, which led to the death of several people.
- Pakistani court grills two top pro-Taliban militant commanders PressTV 29 Jul 2013 -- Two pro-Taliban militant commanders have appeared in court for their role in a recent violent deadly bomb attack that targeted a convoy of senior judicial officials.
- Pakistan troops target civilian areas, one injured IRNA 29 Jul 2013 -- One person was injured when Pakistani troops opened fire on civilian population in Kathua district of Jammu region along Indo-Pak border in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Explainer: All You Need To Know About Pakistan's (Indirect) Presidential Election RFE/RL 29 Jul 2013 -- With its July 30 indirect presidential vote, Pakistan will complete the task of electing a new civilian leadership.
- Afghan President To Visit Pakistan Soon RFE/RL 28 Jul 2013 -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai will visit Pakistan soon in an effort to improve ties between the two neighbors.
- Pakistan: Stronger Ties With US Would Help Afghan Peace Efforts VOA 28 Jul 2013 -- Pakistan's new government, headed by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, says it seeks deepened economic, trade and political ties with the United States despite differences over how to conduct joint anti-terror efforts.
- At Least 53 Killed In Twin Pakistan Bombings RFE/RL 27 Jul 2013 -- Officials in northwest Pakistan have told RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal that the death toll from twin bombings has risen to at least 53, with more than 180 people injured.
- Pakistani Taliban Attack Raises New Fears VOA 25 Jul 2013 -- Taliban militants in Pakistan have claimed responsibility for Wednesday's unprecedented suicide gun-and-bomb attack on a regional headquarters facility of the country's main spy agency. Authorities say the raid and ensuing shootout left nine people, including five attackers, dead. The high-profile attack in an otherwise sleepy district has refueled criticism of Pakistan's anti-terrorism campaign.
- Pakistan Says it Cannot Verify Drone Strike Casualty Figures VOA 24 Jul 2013 -- Pakistani officials say they cannot verify new casualty figures from drone strikes in a Pakistani government report that was leaked to a British media outlet this week. The report says as many as one fifth of those killed in CIA-directed drone attacks in the country's northwest were civilians.
- Premier Sharif slams US drone attacks on Pakistani soil Iran Press TV 16 Jul 2013 -- Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has called on the United States to put an end to CIA-operated assassination drone campaign in Pakistan's troubled northwest tribal region.
- Pakistan says Afghan peace process face many challenges IRNA 11 Jul 2013 -- Pakistan admitted that Afghan reconciliation process face many challenges but all sides will have to show patience to achieve the goal of elusive peace.
- Sharif offers dialogue to end terrorism across Pakistan PressTV 11 Jul 2013 -- Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif says the option of dialogue with pro-Taliban militant groups should be kept open.
- Bomb explosion rocks Pakistani town of Kohat, kills 2 PressTV 11 Jul 2013 -- A powerful explosion has killed at least two people in Pakistan's troubled northwestern tribal region.
- Pakistan fighter aircraft crashes, pilot ejected safely IRNA 11 Jul 2013 -- A fighter jet of Pakistan Air Force crashed in eastern parts of the country.
- Pakistani Taliban Fires Spokesman For Controversial Remarks RFE/RL 10 Jul 2013 -- Pakistan's Taliban has fired its spokesman for comments that could have offended the group's Afghan counterpart.
- President Zardari's security chief, 2 others killed PressTV 10 Jul 2013 -- A powerful explosion has rocked an area of the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi.
- Bin Laden Probe Finds Pakistan 'Negligent And Incompetent' RFE/RL 09 Jul 2013 -- Report that was commissioned by Pakistan says Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was able to live in the country undetected for nine years because of "negligence and incompetence."
- A leaked report assails Pakistani officials over Bin Laden affair PressTV 09 Jul 2013 -- A recent leaked Pakistani government report has blasted the country's civilian and military leadership for failing to detect the presence of slain al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden for years.
- Report Blasts Pakistani Leaders Over Bin Laden VOA 08 Jul 2013 -- A leaked Pakistani government report says "collective failure" by that country's military and civilian leaders allowed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden to live there undetected for years.
- Pakistani Report Criticizes Government Over Bin Laden RFE/RL 08 Jul 2013 -- A Pakistani government report into Osama bin Laden has strongly criticized the country's military and civilian leaders.
- Haqqani, Al-Qaeda men died in US drone attack IRNA 08 Jul 2013 -- A ‘commander’ of the Haqqani network and an Al-Qaeda operative were among the 17 people killed in US drone strike in Pakistan.
- Bomb explosion kills six, injures 10 in northwestern Pakistan PressTV 08 Jul 2013 -- A powerful bomb explosion has killed at least six people and injured 10 others in Pakistan's troubled northwestern tribal region.
- Pakistani PM Says China Ties 'Sweeter Than Honey' RFE/RL 05 Jul 2013 -- Visiting Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has met with his Chinese counterpart, Premier Li Keqiang.
- US drones attacks may lead to stand-off with Pakistan IRNA 04 Jul 2013 -- Pakistan has warned the United States that continuation of the drone attacks in the country’s tribal regions could lead to a direct stand-off between the two countries.
- Pakistani Taliban commander, police officer die in clashes IRNA 04 Jul 2013 -- A senior Pakistani Taliban commander, Roohul Ameen, was killed in a clash with security men in northwest of the country.
- China Hosts Pakistani PM, Indian Defense Minister VOA 04 Jul 2013 -- China is hosting Pakistan's prime minister and India's defense minister for separate talks aimed at improving ties with its two powerful neighbors.
- Afghan Army Chief Says Pakistan Could End War Soon RFE/RL 03 Jul 2013 -- Afghanistan's top general says Pakistan could end the the war in his country "in weeks."
- Pakistan Denounces Latest Drone Attack VOA 03 Jul 2013 -- At least 17 suspected militants were reported killed by a predawn U.S. drone attack in Pakistan’s volatile northwestern tribal region, on the border with Afghanistan.
- Suspected US Drone Strike Kills 17 in Pakistan VOA 03 Jul 2013 -- Pakistan has condemned a suspected U.S. drone strike that killed 17 suspected militants in the country's northwestern tribal area.
- Pakistan protests against US drone strike IRNA 03 Jul 2013 -- Pakistan has strongly condemned the US drone strike in North Waziristan tribal region, which local media says has killed 18 people.
- Pakistan slams US drone strike in Miran Shah PressTV 03 Jul 2013 -- The Pakistani government has strongly condemned the latest US assassination drone strike in Miran Shah in North Waziristan.
- Court asks Pakistani gov’t to begin probe against Musharraf IRNA 03 Jul 2013 -- Pakistan’s top court instructed the government to initiate investigation against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in the high treason case.
- Archrivals India, Pakistan Renew Peace Efforts VOA 02 Jul 2013 -- Officials from archrivals India and Pakistan say there is political will on both sides to take the often-contentious relationship to a new level.
- Pakistan dismisses Afghan gov’t remarks over Taliban power sharing plan IRNA 02 Jul 2013 -- Pakistan rejected as completely baseless the comments and “ideas” attributed to it by Afghan officials relating to alleged “power-sharing formula” with the Taliban.
- Pakistan pushes Afghan govt. to share power with Taliban: Report PressTV 02 Jul 2013 -- Senior officials in Islamabad are persuading the Afghan government to ink a power- sharing deal with Taliban militants across the war-ravaged country.
- UN agency welcomes extension of stay for Afghan refugees in Pakistan UN News Centre 02 Jul 2013 -- The United Nations welcomed the renewed commitment of Pakistan to continue to provide protection and safety for over 1.6 million registered Afghan refugees.
- India, Pakistan Can Play Role in Afghanistan's Development VOA 01 Jul 2013 -- Even after the drawdown of the American troops from Afghanistan, the region’s stability will remain an important part of the U.S. foreign policy.
- Violence Threatens New Pakistani Government VOA 01 Jul 2013 -- Authorities in Pakistan say the death toll from Sunday’s several bombings across the country has risen to more than 50.
- Attacks Kill Dozens In Pakistan RFE/RL 01 Jul 2013 -- Nearly 50 people were killed in attacks in Pakistan on June 30.
- Dozens Killed in Pakistan Bombings RIA Novosti 01 Jul 2013 -- Over 40 people have been killed in bombings in Pakistan.
- Pakistani PM to Visit China VOA 01 Jul 2013 -- Newly elected Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has picked China as his first overseas trip.
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