The Daily PakistanPolitics-July3-4, 2009

July4-2009--military helicopter crashes in the tribal region near chapri ferozkhel in the mountaneous region between khyber and orakzai killing 41 or 26...could be overloaded or proper maintenance schedules of teh MI17 probably not followed...

July4-2009--drone attacks kill 17 in south waziristan

July4-2009--while one pakistani regime member asked Janet Napolitani a sort of interior minister of teh USA for gadgetry for the police system the other asked for help in building a fence on teh afghan border...both actions can be handled by local resources but the regime seems bent upon seeking help whatever the situation

July4-2009--Yusuf Raza Gilani not the best of analysers and who seems generally simplistic in attitude or lacking any real political vision seems set against teh almost popular claim for a seraiki province...the smaller provinces would be happy to see punjab divided into two or even three and teh seraikis suggest that they have been enslaved by lahore...it could be a good move althought it troubles other provinces as they also have provincial movements...the basis of the four pakistani provinces has become suspect as they are no longer dominated by a single ethnic component

July4-2009--many are mocking the PPP's zardari-gilani government which seeks friendly relations with neighbours in a region where there is no friendliness... all the countries in the region have a tough attitude towards them ...even iran remained intransigent on an exorbitantly high gas price which they meekly gave in to...a country can only be successful when it tolerates no nonsence and is tough and hardline onits positions

July4-2009--Mullah fazlur rehman says he has brokered a shia sunni agreement in DI Khan which has seen numerous sectarian attacks...both groups to hand over teh culprits he says

July4-2009--FC raids provincial minister Sanaullah Zehris residence in quetta while case of murder of two STPT activists initiated against sindh interior minister

July4-2009--Foreign minister unable to resolve teh exceptional since it has never happened before appointment of a relatively junior grade 20 district management group official as ambassador to france...how the presidency can appoint an ambassador directly when the primeminister and foreign minister are unaware..usually either senior foreign office officials or top ranking civilian or retired officials are given such positions...

July4-2009--five militants killed in bajaur

July3-2009--suicide bomber attacks KRL bus in rawalpindi injuring many passengers...many are suggesting that indian suicide bombers maybe infiltrating pakistan as one doubts that taleban would be able to attack a KRL bus...

July3-2009--grenade attacks in quetta and turbat

July3-2009--two killed in DI Khan grenade attack

July3-2009--pakistan moves troops to 130 mile helmand border with afghanistan as US troops start major operation there...

July3-2009--Army kills another 23 in mopping up operations in swat

July4-2009--norway closes its embassy for two days under security threats

July4-2009--SHC asks PIA to appoint pilots on merit...many say that nobody has ever been appointed in PIA on merit with sifarish the only consideration