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Pak-Taliban truce rings alarm bells in New Delhi

Wednesday 18 February '09

Islamabad's purchase of peace by acceding to enforcement of Shariah has raised serious concerns in New Delhi on several counts, particularly Pak Army’s apparent inability to squarely check the influence of Pakistani Taliban that is now beginning to reverberate even in Punjab province.
How US leaned heavily on Pakistan

Friday 13 February '09

Significantly, all of Pak's crucial admissions indicate that Islamabad has acknowledged - and acted upon - evidence gathered by FBI.
How US leaned heavily - FBI’s evidence key to Pak’s admission

Friday 13 February '09

In his admission today that the Mumbai attack was indeed launched from Pakistan territory...
Exposed: Glaring gaps in hijack response

Thursday 12 February '09

The hijack drama at Delhi airport caused by unruly passenger behaviour aboard Indigo flight 6E-334 may not count for much today but the post-incident evaluation has exposed....
26/11 contrast: On Benazir death probe, Pak doesn’t trust its own agencies

Wednesday 11 February '09

When it comes to the probe in the Mumbai attacks, Islamabad backed its agencies to stonewall India’s demands and asked for more proof....
Fast-forward on security purchases: 5 months maximum to wrap up deal

Sunday 25 January '09

With military purchases running slow and new acquisitions being planned to beef up coastal security after the Mumbai attacks...
Be ‘generous’ in statements on Pak: Rice

Monday 19 January '09

Hours after Pakistan announced a probe into the Mumbai terror attacks, pledging an all-out effort and endorsing the Indian dossier as having credible leads, the United States asked India to be “generous” in its interpretations and statements on Pakistan...
3 weeks after 26/11, Azhar was moved out of home

Sunday 18 January '09

In the face of Pakistani denials that Jaish-e-Mohammed leader Masood Azhar is not in Pakistan...
Terror leads in Pak: From dinghy’s motor and money transfer to sat phones and GPS

Sunday 11 January '09

While Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Saturday that the Indian dossier had been examined and a response has been passed on...
Hours before Mumbai attack, India gave Pak list of wanted

Wednesday 7 January '09

On November 26, 2008, just hours before Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists attacked Mumbai, India handed over its latest list of 42 terror suspects to Pakistan.
Take govt official hostage, kill Jews to spoil India-Israel ties: Pak handlers told attackers

Tuesday 6 January '09

Directions from Pakistan-based handlers to try and take hostage “some important government functionary...
FBI moves step closer to Lashkar top brass

Thursday 1 January '09

While first signs of Pak moving forward on Mumbai probe emerged on Wednesday in form of media reports confirming role of Lashkar, India was clear that any concrete result could only be expected when US investigators obtain access to Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and Zarar Shah — the two Lashkar kingpins that FBI wants to interrogate at earliest.
Stay in country, Service chiefs told; troops on alert

Monday 29 December '08

While India is being careful about not causing unnecessary alarm in Western capitals by amassing troops like in 2002, sources said, the effort is to maintain a more alert posture so that the time taken for full operational readiness is reduced to the minimum.
Dismay in Delhi over America’s Pak blinkers

Sunday 28 December '08

It was meant to be a swift and airtight investigative effort after India opened all doors of cooperation with US investigators.
Lashkar vessel first came on radar when terrorist onboard called PoK

Saturday 27 December '08

There is more evidence now of how valuable the November 19 alert of a Lashkar-e-Toiba vessel...
Mumbai attack key to Pak Army comeback plot

Friday 26 December '08

New Delhi is fast coming to the conclusion that the terror attacks in Mumbai had the sanction of the highest levels in the Pakistan Army...
FBI gathers evidence to follow trail in Karachi

Tuesday 23 December '08

Behind the diplomacy to drum up international pressure on Pakistan after the Mumbai attacks...
Security upgrade? 90% of budget yet to be spent

Sunday 21 December '08

Behind the glaring images of police and security personnel armed with outdated weapons and equipped with hardly any preventive gear...
India cancels Jan cricket tour, Pak tries to give crisis a bilateral twist

Friday 19 December '08

India today called off its cricket tour of Pakistan in January even as Islamabad denied its own claims that Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar...
India cancels Jan cricket tour, Pak tries to give crisis a bilateral twist

Thursday 18 December '08

India today called off its cricket tour of Pakistan in January even as Islamabad denied its own claims that Jaish-e-Mohammad...
Obama will want ISI under civilian control: Kerry

Monday 15 December '08

Influential Democrat Senator John Kerry made it clear that Obama Admin will ask Pak Govt to bring ISI firmly under civilian control.
JuD’s got terror tag so arrest top brass, let us question them: India

Saturday 13 December '08

While Pakistan today said it needs more evidence to take any further action against the Jamaat-ud-Dawa and its leadership...
After Rice, Negroponte headed for India

Wednesday 10 December '08

Keeping up the high-level Indo-US diplomatic engagement following the Mumbai terror attacks, US is sending Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte later this week for consultations with Indian leaders and officials after Pakistan’s attempt to put together a response to India’s demarche.
US moved the UN on Lashkar men, China put it on hold

Sunday 7 December '08

As India weighs its diplomatic options after the Mumbai terror attack, it now emerges that four months ago the US had moved the United Nations...
Govt to probe how, why alert got lost, 7-point security action plan firmed up

Thursday 4 December '08

Under sharp criticism over the tardy response to the sea attack intelligence alert issued on November 19...
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