The Daily PakistanPolitics Nov9-7, 2009

Nov9-2009--suicide bombing kills UC nazim and lashkar chief in adezai cattle market near peshawar...12 dead

Nov9-2009--sharpshooter guns down suspected suicide bomber has he runs towards an islamabad margalla road checpost on sunday

Nov9-2009--in the south waziristan conflict army claims twenty militants killed

Nov9-2009--Foreign office denies consultations with teh USA on nuclear safety issues..reports that kayani would allow a special US military group to aid them in teh safety of nuclear weapons if teh conflict worsens seem untrue despite earlier reports of pakistanis having asked for technical support from various countries in teh fields of remote monitoring and modelling of nuclear tests and missiles..militants have especially been active of late in areas surrounding and near suspected nuclear sites...US reports suggest that US forces have trained for a mission to capture pakistans nuclear sites and remove nuclear warheads..in musharafs time pakistan had sent its chief nuclear general to teh USA who many say gave away too many actual details...pakistan has not replaced its retired strategic assets chief probably because they have no person experienced enough to replace him...

Nov9-2009--faced with teh ignominy of literally becoming subjugate to the MQM yusuf raza gilani defended suspicious talks in dubai and said all that had been achieved was a two member committee had been formed on teh NRO...after altaf hussain literally derided asif zardari teh PPP went to dubai to meet an mqm extremist involved in many heinous crimes in karachi...the mqm said to still be gunning down mohajir opponents in karachi and some say even balochistan...PPP only implementing policies that are strangely linked either to sindh PPP views or teh mqm...now yusuf-zardari trying to placate the PMLn by saying that nawaz sharifs views will be implemented...PPP whose maker oppposed teh six points of mujib ur rehman said tobe willing to give up all federal powers...if water releases, electricity distribution, gas distribution, railways, airlines,communication systems become provincial subjects who knows what will happen given provincial animosities

Nov9-2009--successful sri lankan general sarath fonseka being urged to become a presidential candidate

Nov9-2009--training being given to ex commandos by americans at rawat might have been a joint military operation to create super commandos who can go into kill or eliminate targets rather than just be superior guards for teh USAid officials..some suggest that they were being trained to act as human drones before teh project was killed

Nov9-2009--ten militants killed in mohmand in clashes with security forces

Nov9-2009--chinese say they are ready to challenge teh USA in space based weapons...

Nov9-2009--Punjab moves to end legal loopholes in procurement corruption with fines of 10 times losses...this only leaves corruption in government deptts such as police and customs which should also legally be banned...indirect corruption thru agents should also be tackled... most corruption is reported in bigger contracts, land deals and political handouts

Nov8-2009--after inaugurating a useless power station near pattoki yusuf raza says he is under the impression that he cannot be removed by 58-2b..like everything else the power station was soon shut down...primeministers can be removed by other means as well...by parliament or a coalition breakup or public movements or loss of ruling party support ...coalition partners of teh PPP seem to have some agreement with teh PMLn...although as yet nawaz sharif does not seem inclined to topple the PPP...on the NRO everyone pulled out of the coalition...not even a long march was needed

Nov8-2009--4 militants and three security personnel killed in an attack on a checpost in hangu...hangu emerging as another taleban base

Nov8-2009--two grenade attacks in quetta...

Nov8-2009--World Bank report suggests that balochistans growth is sluggish compared to other provinces...since 72-73 balochistans economy grew 2.7 times while sindh and nwfp grew at 3.6 times and punjab 4 times... many say it is due to disturbed conditions that have hindered oil exploration that have increased oil/gas supplies/discoveries from sindh and reduced balochistans share of gas supply to 25% despite almost teh same volume of over 300bcf...others suggest it is due the balochs lack of resourcefulness compared to nwfp most of whose population now works in other provinces...while others say that it is due to the improper provision of resources by the center, teh provinces small population, huge size and restrictions/harassment on immigrant labour...punjab many regard as having the greatest distribution of wealth...government for the last twenty years has banked on teh gwadar port and a roads network to improve things and now proposing to bring in foreign agricultural investments...by giving them huge blocks of land...balochistan demanding over 300 billion for being the main gas supplier since the fifties

Nov8-2009--12 militants killed in south waziristan

Nov8-2009--Electricity prices raised in karachi by 28 paisas where losses are over 40% of the total...prices should be substantially lower in the rest of teh country due to lower losses and hydel power supplies..

Nov8-2009--mna's have over 400 private armed guards in islamabad as security guards of a PMLq mna attacked khawaja asif in his hostel room for remarks against their mna...?

Nov7-2009--another brigadier shot at in islamabad

Nov7-2009--in south waziristan military moves into baitullah mehsuds home town of makin after fierce battles...24 militants killed...

Nov7-2009--in swat eight militants killed in cleanup operations

Nov7-2009--PPP officials meet mqm's terrorist chief in dubai

Nov7-2009--parliament panel suggests that center giveup teh concurrent list and only keep communications, finance,defence,currency and foreign affairs a new twist on mujib ur rehmans 6 points many say...The center at the moment apart from these subjects deals with higher education, power, water, petroleum and natural resources ...so not much expected to change...The present regime at the center seems to think that it only has to live in government accommodation and visit naudero or multan and just play mindless politics...little or no development initiatives have been noticed...

Nov7-2009--two militants killed in balakot

Nov7-2009--security jawan killed in khyber

Nov7-2009--vice chancellor of kohat university of science and technology kidnapped in darra

Nov7-2009--khawaja asif apologizes to women mna again after being harassed by 15 armed men in the mna's hostel