jan10--musharaf aired his joint mangement of kashmir solution again as a new float...he has previously mentioned it to the indians and suggests that it would be in between autonomy and self governance...both limits have been rejected by the indians so far...
jan9--after india shutdown any remote hopes for the initiation of a kashmir settlement the pakistan foreign office spokeswomen insisted on burying her head in the sand even deeper than before...
Jan9--northern areas cold wave toll rises to 47
Jan9--two bombs exploded in sibi and wadh(khuzdar)...The Military started an operation in the coalmine area of margat as opponents fired rockets at them from the hills...
Jan9--ARD postponed its balochistan rally in lahore after ection 144 was imposed..
jan9-- meanwhile in north waziristan the military issued an ultimatum to the tribe that kidnapped eleven FC men to hand over the men and the kidnappers...
jan9--the mqm gave an ultimatum to the government from london to end military operations in balochistan and not build the kalabagh dam or they would leave the coalition...after local mqm leaders informed altaf that they had assured the government support on both issues they later withdrew the ultimatum...apparently musharaf and shaukat assured altaf that no military operation was going on and kalabagh would not be built without the provinces support...independent observers suggested that the mqm must be mad or totally ignorant of what is happening in the country...the military operation balochistan has been widely condemned inside the countyry...
jan8--military- bugti clashes conttinued in pirkoh, loti and dera bugti...a power pylon was brought down with a rocket attack in mach while three maritime security boats were set on fire in pasni...
jan8--US copters attacked a local clerics house with missiles inside pakistan killing eight...eight FC men were killed in attacks in north waziristan after the pakistan military apparently attacked several villages...
jan8--india rejects pakistans latest suggestion of demilitarisation and self rule and also stiffens attitude on further autonomy...
jan7--JWP spokesman suggests that military responsible for fighting in dera bugti as tribesmen know the futility of fighting the state...tribesmen returning from mountains they suggest...in other news rocket attacks on the cadet college mastung and bomb blasts at power pylons in nasirabad were foiled
jan7--two UN helicopters were stormed by survivors in banamula demanding tobe taken to muzaffarabad...
Jan7--another bomb blast blows up rail track near dg khan...TV booster damaged in dera bugti fighting which suspends PTV transmissions in the area...
jan7--APHC suggests that indians unable to understand difference between autonomy and self rule..APHC not working for a solution under indian constitution or a permanent LOC...
jan6--saboteurs arrested at pirkoh gas field as rocket duels continued in various bugti localities...
jan5--a train track near dg khan was blown up as clashes continued in the dera bugti areas with the jwp suggesting the military using helicoter gunships to attack
jan5--wapda clarifys that no canals are planned at the kalabagh dam
jan5--The governments price increase oriented agriculture policy has collapsed...wheat reserves rose to alarming levels as the governments wheat support price of Rs450 was substantially above international rates...government forced to remove 15% export tax on wheat as importers/flour mills started to eye cheaper wheat imports...
jan4--wapda suggests that munda dam on the river swat essential to kalabagh dams success
jan4--ADP forecast a substantial slowdown in the pakistan economy compared to last years expansion...projected growth was expected to fall to 6.5 from last years 8.4..pakistans forex reserves were also down by a billion to 8.8billon which can finance just 4.3 months of imports...agricultural and industrial output is also expected to fall substantially...
jan4--The gas pipeline to the uchh power plant was blown up while a water pumping plant at the loti gas field was damaged...there were rocket duels between the military and the tribesmen in bekar, loti and dera bugti area...
jan4--in what can be said tobe teh last gasps of a dying dictator musharaf assured pakistans docile worthless corp commanders that the militaries dominance would be restored in balochistan and dams would be built...the militaries involvement in kashmir rehabilitation is yet to take off with ERRA suggesting reconstruction costs of 180 billion and that they are still working on the basics of starting eight or nine construction material hubs...
jan3--pakistan reacts angrily to indian observations on balochistan and accuses india of being involved...with no real progress on kashmir pakistans military junta has no options left but to allow the kashmiris to restart their movement...
jan3--ARD and baloch groups held a protest demo outside parliament against the military operations in balochistan
jan3--government claims smashing an outlaw camp but the outlaws escaped near bekar, rajanpur...while the tribesmen apparently attacked the sui and loti gasfields and were repulsed with further attacks on dera bugti by the FC...while the tribesman claim that the FC mounted several attacks in the jori and pehbagoee areas...
jan3--opposition battered in senate lottery to retire 50 senators...while the govt. retained 27 seats the opposition left with 19...the PPPP lost 7 of its eleven senators , mma lost 13 out of 22, PML 21 out of 34....
jan2--jwp and BNP leaders call for the end of themilitary operation in dera bugti and kohlu
jan2--a bomb exploded in kharan and the bugti tribesmen and teh FC twice exchanged fire..
jan2--sindh continues to play the spoiler in the NFC award as it now is not satisfied apparently with 10% more tobe distributed to sindh, nwfp and balochistan...That 10% effectively should also come from the provinces resources and the NFC thus is really meaningless..
Jan2--rainfall and snow hit northern areas causing more problems to the quake hit who are shivering in makeshift tents with low supplies and minimal food and warm clothing...The government and UN agencies should at least have shifted new born children to saferplaces...
jan1--gas prices scaled increased by 15.5%
jan1--the military-aziz government has decided to drop the national consensus theory of teh PPP and adopt/approve dams on sheer understanding and need even if their restarted CCI fails to approve the dams...
