October2001

Oct31--The main ISI stooges in the political arena teh PML(shujaat) met musharaf under continued rumours of an interim setup...Maj Gen Ihtesham Zamir becomes musharafs new ISI politics controller..?
Oct31--The KKH reopens as the ulema backout of a military confrontation
Oct31--Musharaf adopts cruel insensitive policy of not accepting dead bodies of pakistanis from afghanistan
Oct31--The US bombed the rubble and devastation of kanadahar for over five hours...
Oct31--Newly promoted Lt gen Shahid Hameed appointed corp commander bahawalpur..
Oct31--Military spokesman gives comical reply on arrest of former nuclear scientists..Actually they are involved in finding alternate crops to poppy growth in afghanistan...
Oct30--According to a foreign news report pakistan has 24 nuclear weapons.
Oct30--PPP critisizes appointment of punjab governor calling him crooked and manipulative
Oct30--Afghan bombings tobe halted in ramazan...US says mid level al qaeda leaders killed but most hiding in a complex network of caves
Oct30--State Bank Of Pakistan opposes support for the bombing of afghanistan...Growth in 2000/01 fell to 2.6% despite negative agricultural output..Rupee/dollar parity fell by a huge 18.6%
Oct30--KKH blockade continues for a fifth day as military prepares for action
Oct30--The News suggests the possibility of musharaf forming a rightwing govt comprising, Qazi Hussein Ahmed, Farook Leghari, Imran Khan, Tahir Qadri, Samiulhaq and Mustafa Jatoi...
Oct29--Taleban refuse to allow in TNSM lashkar at bajaur..Tribesmen continue to block the KKH at various places and have occupied chilas airport..Abdul Haq buried in afghanistan..9 children killed in US raid on a mud hut..Indians storm occupied kashmir mosque as 13 killed in clashes..
Oct29--Bomb blast in Quetta bus kills three
Oct29--Germany resumes loans to pakistan
Oct29--Zahir Shah to visit pakistan..
Oct29--The cruel US bombardment of afghanistan continues with more civilian casaulties..
Oct28--In what can be considered a new tendency in pakistan six motorcyclists opened fire on a church goers in bahawalpur killing 15 christians..Some consider it to be a retaliation by sectarianists for the attacks on afghanistan by the mostly christian US....
Oct28--Exports from pakistan have declined by 30% in October while they fell 10% in September
Oct28--Seven muslims in an indian town near Bombay killed by police firing as they campaigned for a boycott of US goods..
Oct28--Forty prisoners escape from Chilas prison as the Karakorum Highway is blocked for the thrid day
Oct28--20 die in clashes in Occupied kashmir
Oct28--Interior minister Moinuddin haider critisizes US bombing of afghanistan while musharaf urges US to continue teh war against afghanistan
Oct27--The Punjab governor Mohd Safdar has been replaced by the money conscious Lt Gen Khalid Maqbool(retd) who was earlier removed from the militaries politician control organisation NAB...Others say that Maqbool took premature retirement as he was superceded..Musharaf immediately appointed him to a new position so asto decrease the sense of insecurity that is being felt by many in the armies senior positions..Musharaf generally prefers mohajirs and syeds for senior appointments and has a tendency to pick and choose personal favourites overriding seniority concerns.. Lt Gen Munir Hafeez the corp commander bahawalpur has been appointed the NAB Chairman...The continuous upheaval in teh military regime recently shows a sidelining of musharafs earlier advisors and coup plotters...Possibly anti democracy advocates amongst the army are being retired...The only surviving coup participants amongst senior generals is Musharaf himself and Mohd Aziz the CJCOSC...The change in NAB and Punjab comes soon after a couple of NAB colonels beatup and killed a PPP supporting bussinessmen...The innocuous mohd safdar is probably being replaced by khalid maqbool as the musharaf regimes support graph in the punjab is very low...
Oct27--The US in a bid to reduce the food supplies available to the Taliban bombed three Red Cross warehouses destroying wheat and cooking oil..This is the second time that teh Red Cross warehouses have been bombed..
Oct27--Revolting tribesmen continued to block the Karokarum Highway for the second day..
Oct27--The main objective in the US bombing of afghanistan is the toppling of the taleban govts says Colin Powell
Oct27--Abdul Haq and at least two others were executed by the taliban for spying...they were captured as they ventured into afghanistan on the instructions of the musharaf/zahir shah group...
Oct26--Abdul Haq a former mujahideen commander and now allied with the zahir shah group has apparently been killed in a shootout near Kabul..
Oct26--Japan has lifted sanctions imposed on pakistan after the 1998 nuclear tests..
Oct26--Tribals blocked the karakorum highway at various points to protest musharafs support to the US.
Oct26--The US is using destructive cluster bombs against taliban positions..On the 19th day the US bombed a bus killing around 40 pasengers and people leaving a mosque..After the US reluctance to send in ground troops the British are preparing todo so instead..
Oct26--Armed religious activists in malakand marched on the roads against teh musharaf regime and held four foreigners as hostages..
Oct26--The US apparently wants to shift from the jacobabad airport to the pakistani airbase near Mianwali..
Oct26--A hand grenade was thrown at a UNHCR vehicle in Quetta
Oct26--Thousands shouting anti us slogans attended the funeral of a harkat commander killed in kabul
Oct25--At least three former nuclear scientists have been arrested by pakistans intelligence agencies...reports The News
Oct25--A pro zahir shah meeting of afghans exiles in peshawar called for teh formation of an interim administration
Oct25--USAID regards US bombing as useless and without any real objective...The bombings he said would cause too many casaulties if continued into the winter...
Oct25--The World bank has approved a $300 million loan for teh pakistani banking sector for closing down over 600 branches and firing 25000 employees..The pakistani banking sector is teh largest employer in pakistan after teh state sector..
Oct25--The haphazard US bombing of afghanistan continued for teh eighteenth day with more civilian casaulties..
Oct25--A huge crowd that had gathered in karachi for teh funerals of teh harkat men clashed with police..
Oct25--22 pakistani fighters belonging to the Harkatul Mujahideen were killed by US bombardment in kabul...Eight bodies handed over to pakistan which refused to accept them..The bodies were than brought in thru the tribal areas and sent to there homes all over pakistan
Oct24--Almost a hundred killed in afghanistan as US bombs out an entire village Chukar..The US obviously fails to realize that there are no military bases in the taleban setup and everybody lives together...
Oct24--A JI rally aginst the occupation of Jacobabad airport by the US was broken up by tight security measures..However demonstrators still got thru and clashed with police as over a 100 were arrested..
Oct23—The US seems to have lost at least two helicopters as they bombed a hospital in herat killing over a hundred say the taleban..The taleban also claim that about 30 US commandos died in one helicopter crash and a substantial number are under arrest…In another helicopter crash Ismail Khan a former mujahideen commander is said to have died in Herat..
Oct23—The army has stopped Qazi Hussein ahmed from entering Sind…The provinces routinely stop inter province entry under military rule to disrupt opposing politicians…
Oct23—Musharaf a supposedly terrified US ally against Afghanistan is not being consulted by the USA on when they are going to end the bombing on Afghanistan…Bangladesh, Pakistan and Indonesia now want the bombings to end before ramazan…One wonders why they gave their consent in the first place..Musharaf now regards his decision to support the attacks on afghanistan tobe disastrous and wrong…The war against terrorism has obviously nothing todo with the destruction of Afghanistan and the deaths of so many afghans…
Oct23—Pakistan which has very few options left after having jumped into the US embrace willingly is now brazenly suggesting a political solution starting with a neutral zone around Kabul…Musharaf who seems to have some personal grudge against the taleban and afghans has been unable to find any moderate taleban leaders as yet..
Oct23--The US obviously seems to be enjoying bombing an undefended poor country…The US attacks on civilian targets also seem tobe deliberate..
Oct23—In occupied Kashmir four mujahideen and two Indians were killed after they opened fire on a fortified airforce base near Srinagar
Oct22--Armed men fired at US helicopters with small arms as they landed at Panjgur airport with the wreckage of the blackhawk helicopter that crashed a few days ago..Army and US faujis fired back..
Oct22-JI's qazi hussen ahmed has again demonstrated the pakistan militaries lack of support on afghanistan policy..by organising a huge rally in rawalpindi
Oct22--US to help pakistan in the financial field by long and short term measures based primarily on debt relief arranged by the paris club of countries and reducing trade barriers.....
Oct22--Alan Larson a US economic official again expressed the same troubled views about how the US aims to handle india's concerns and suggested a different approach for both countries...It still seems that the US is still unable to tell india to buzz off and express its concerns on indian human right abuses/and a kashmir solution...India's missile/nuclear development is also of no concern to the US in comparision to pakistans, iraq's and irans......?
Oct22--Pakistan army fires at afghan refugees trying to enter chaman in balochistan...Pakistan being urged to open its borders to refugees
Oct22--Lakhdar Ibrahimi suggests that progress on a new setup in afghanistan soon as he will attempt to bring the various parties together on teh issue...
Oct22--Pakistani interior ministry suggests that almost 479 died in afghan backed sectarian terrorism in punjab alone over the last decade..Most pakistanis however discount afghan involvement ..
Oct22--There are some suggestions that musharaf told Colin Powell that he will teach the taleban a lesson for not obeying his orders....
Oct21--Over 2000 US military personnel, dozens of attack and support helicopters and many C-130's stationed in pakistan..This is the biggest US deployment in pakistan..All three of pakistans military coup leaders namely Ayub Khan, Zia Ul Haq and Pervez Musharaf have cooperated militarily with the USA..In ayub's sixties U-2 spy planes were stationed in peshawar and in teh Zia eighties over 500 american CIA/military advisors ran the mujahideen operations against the russian invasion of afghanistan... It seems that pakistans weak military/ISI governments cant deal with situations in afghanistan without US help...
Oct21--Pakistans Debt Of $38 billion comprises $12billion in bilateral loans+$6 billion in commercial loans+$20billion in institutional loans...Of these Over $3 billion are owed to the US and and $5 billion to the japanese..Japan, France and Germany have refused to write of any debt..Institutional and commercial loans can also not be written off...That leaves the US as the only state that can write off some loans...The musharaf debt writeoff strategy is therefore a complete failure..
Oct21--Canada has converted all its $300 million in bilateral loans into grants.. There has also been a minor writeoff from Britain of Pounds 20 million...
Oct21--The US will provide a grant of $673 million in return for tactical support in teh campaign against afghanistan
Oct21--Minor bomb blast outside islamabad airport..Domestic travellers also start getting worried in pakistan
Oct21--Russia and China wary of losing support in the area call for a political solution in afghanistan..malaysia to opposes bombing of afghanistan
Oct21--A US commando helicopter crashes near Chagai in pakistan killing two..
Oct20-- The refugee trickle into chaman from afghanistan reached 3500..
Oct20--The army is so woried about the situation around jacobabad that they have called in 2000 extra police and three battalions of rangers and army..About 200 US commandos and their aircraft are operating missions into afghanistan from jacobabad
Oct20..Pakistan seems to have been totally marginalized in the afghan situation after becoming a totally US controlled state
Oct20--Taliban warn of a long guerrilla war as mulla zaeef returns with new proposals for handing over ossama to a third neutral country...
Oct20--According to the News the musharaf regime has hired over 336 cronies as consultants without even taking the trouble to advertise..Most of these personal friends of musharaf & co were hired not for some extremely difficult technical tasks but because of the lack of any expertise in the musharaf setup...
Oct20--JI holds huge anti US rally in peshawar
Oct20--US comandos have begun raids inside afghanistan and preperations may have started to capture an area inside afghanistan to setup a base..
Oct20--Despite the already extensive burden on consumers the musharaf regime raises electricity prices by 13 paisas per unit...
Oct20--China which only recently hanged several islamic militants in the Uighar region bordering pakistan agrees to cooperate with the USA in anti afghan operations..Almost all the nations in the US coalition against afghanistan are worried about islamic movements...
Oct19--US defence minister suggests a ground assault on afghanistan maybe imminent...!!Also suggests that total victory only possible by invading and capturing afghanistan
Oct19--Pakistan hands over a third airport in dalbandin balochistan to the US forces..Pakistani airports being used for launching raids into afghanistan
Oct19--According to latest information both musharaf and colin powell were unable to agree on a post taleban govt..The task was refferred to the UN who are uneasy about the three options discussed..The UN was previously unable to handle the issues between the northern alliance and teh taleban
Oct19--The bombing of afghanistan is apparently being targeted according to ISI advice which is resulting in the blowing up of residential areas, mudhuts, civilian targets and warehouses..
Oct19--The musharraf regimefrightened of indian cross border attacks says that no fighters are crossing over into occupied kashmir
Oct19--Pakistans sellout price on afghanistan seems tobe $50 million a month
Oct19--UK becoming uneasy at the US attitude on afghan bombings
Oct19--Pakistan to suffer huge losses especially in trade due to war against afghanistan
Oct19--Three jailed for life for involvement in bombings of US embassies in kenya and tanzania.
Oct18--According to ARYTv a pakistani general was attacked in the tribal areas by supporters of religious groups
Oct18--According to the News The afghan foreign minister and Colin Powell could not reach an agreement on cessation of hostilities
Oct18--In afghanistan the bombing continues and the battle for Mazar e Sharif is hotting up as the Northern Alliance is rearmed by the anti afghan alliance
Oct18--The pakistan armed forces moved to a state of high alert when there were suspicious moves by the indian army which could be preparing for an attack on azad kashmir
Oct18--Vajpayee rejected musharafs talks offer until he ceases to make kashmir the core issue tobe discussed
Oct18--Two rockets were fired at the Quetta cantonment
Oct18--Mullah Mutawakil the afghan foreign minister seems tobe the taleban point man on attempts towards a peaceful resolution..
Oct16--Musharaf despite recognizing the almost total opposition to support for the US agreed to support it all the way..Colin Powell continued to accuse pakistan of terrorism in kashmir while suggesting that teh issue should be resolved thru peaceful means rather than violence.. Powell also said that teh afghan bombardment would continue till the afghans submitted..an almost impossibility..Obviously there is no relationship to terrorism in the issues involved..They also agreed to include the taleban in a future afghan govt..which would be formed indigenously..?
Oct16--Five including a union nazim gunned down in faisalabad
Oct16--The US bombs the Red Cross Office in kabul..
Oct16--The News reports that taleban popularity inside afghanistan is on the rise while musharaf, pakistan and teh USA are becoming targets of revulsion...!!
Oct16--15 fighters killed in occupied kashmir as mortar shelling and gunfire continues on the LOC for teh second day..Grenade explosion outside occupied kashmir assembly..
Oct16--Musharaf charges his pro taleban opponent Malana Fazlur Rehman with inciting revolt..The maulana on the other hand said that musharaf was no longer acceptable as the COAS as he continued to belittle his office
Oct15--A country wide strike greeted Colin Powell whose visit caused differences to emerge as musharaf continued to behave as a pet dog who does not know when to start growling and biting his owner..?It appears that the dog is looking for something real apart from the bare bones that he is being fed with... Despite differences musharaf agrees to total cooperation on ousting the taliban...A comment making the rounds these days is that musharaf disagrees on the meaning of the word " short".. While others think that it means a day or two.. musharaf now thinks that it actually means a few months...many say that the visit was just a photo opportunity to explain that and at times it looked like Colin was beating up an ally who wouldnt toe the line...Musharaf came out of the meeting looking like a man truly chastened and/or looking like a mongrel with overgrown hair...also called a hangdog expression.
Oct15--India attacks 11 pakistani positions on the LOC for arming and funding militants in kashmir...pakistani army found wanting despite knowing that india was preparing todo so...
Oct15--Musharaf continues to regard protestors against his policies as the enemy and the interior ministry identifies over 3000 for incarceration...!!
Sattar meets zahir shahs representative and pakistan moves into a position of urging a pushtun dominated but broad based alliance..meaning that pushtuns, tajiks, hazaras as well as a sunni/shiite balanced govt be formed thru discussion of groups that survive the US bombing...?
Oct14--The Al qaeda organisation has suggested that muslims avoid air travel and tall buidings for the present...!!
Oct14--Police fired teargas and bullets at JUI protestors who tried to move towards the jacobabad airport and one person is said to have been killed
Oct14--Mullah Zaeef the afghan ambassador returns to kandahar as teh US destroys the Mullah Omar car..As the US bombings seem to have achieved nothing apart from raising militant feelings amongst muslims teh US might have sent some conciliatary message...?
Oct14--According to The News grenades were thrown at police in karachi during protests in the last few days...
Oct14--Also according to The News musharaf is also a terrorist under teh US definition as he belonged to an organisation setup by Alqaeda members
Oct14--There are rumours that the new setup in teh army wants musharaf to go as soon as possible.. It is being suggested that decision making has shifted to the armies new leadership...
Oct14--According to all available information the taleban are handling teh US bombings much better than expected..there are also very few people moving over teh border into pakistan...Also people especially in the pakistani tribal areas are being recruited for a prolonged anti US war in afghanistan..while the Zahir Shah group tries to prepare for an eventual taleban toppling..Zahir Shah seems to be preparing to form a govt which will exclude all the former mujahideen which many suggest will not last very long
Oct13--Fears are rising that the uncontrollable bush administration might resort to strikes on a country other than afghanistan as well.. There is rising hysteria in the bush cabinet against arabs as demonstrated by Linda Chavez in a TV interview in which she demonstrated her poor knowledge of saudi arabia, wahabis and islam..Islam might be a peaceful religion but when attacked it has the right to retaliate too..!!
Oct13—It is generally ascertained that almost the entire country opposes the musharaf policy on US bombings of Afghanistan..Almost 65% oppose the musharaf policy while over 80% oppose the bombings on Afghanistan
Oct13—The musharaf government which is literally assisting the uSA in bombing Afghanistan is hypocritically refusing to accept that there are any US troops in Pakistan..One fails to understand how musharaf is giving complete logistical, planning and intelligence assistance without US troops on Pakistani soil..
Oct13—On the sixth day of bombings the taleban have rejected handing over Ossama…
Oct13--In Pakistan generally peaceful demos were held all over the country opposing the musharaf govt and the bombing of Afghanistan…However a soldier was killed in sakhakot as demonstrators overran a levies checkpost…In Karachi a complete strike was observed with the burning of two KFC outlets and three cars while demonstrators clashed with the police all day.A huge peaceful rally was held in a quetta stadium where even a child made a firy anti US speech..
Oct13—In zahedan,iran a violent anti US crowd attacked the Pakistani consulate
Oct13--The US already seems tobe backing out of any real financial help to Pakistan and any resolution of the kashmir problem..It seems that the US is going to restrict itself to verbal assurances as usual..
Oct12--The musharaf govt which is literally frightened of a new break in relations with the US has hastily suggested that musharraf was clearly mistaken when he suggested that bombings on Afghanistan would be short and targeted.There have already been around 300-500 casaulties..
The military has been called out in Quetta for expected demonstrations..In Islamabad the situation is tense as the military has been unnerved into placing its troops behind sandbags….to defend against what many ask..
Oct12—Abdul Sattar who obviously does not know that musharaf has literally become a US stooge has said that there will be no support for the US beyond Afghanistan..This in response to suggestions that the US may also strike iran, iraq and syria..
Oct12—it is being suggested that musharaf removed the OCT 12 coup plotters because they were hypocrites on relations with the USA and preferred to depend on more subordinate bootlicking junior officers
Oct12—In what is being seen as a defeat for musharaf and his pro American bootlickers two remote airports have been handed over to US forces for the next stage of operations..The airports in Jacobabad and Pasni are remote rural airports. Previously the airports of quetta and peshawar had been earmarked however violent demos in city areas have caused a change in plan..From 200 to 2000 US troops have already landed at these airports..It is being suggested that they will be used for blackhawk helicopter commando missions into afghanistan
Oct11—The taleban have removed all restrictions on Ossama
Oct10--In what is being seen by many as a desperate move musharaf has literally begged Vajpayee to restart teh Agra process and visit pakistan asap so that they can again disagree on what to discuss first...In their last attempt at talks they had been unable to decide what they wanted to talk about..The reasons many say is the failure of musharafs anti terrorism agenda ..Musharafs timing as usual is strange and many are unable to understand any need for further meaningless talks...Many think that musharaf is trying to adhere to a preset timetable despite the Afghanistan crisis..Given the situation a vajpayee visit under such a situation is going to look extremely odd..
In what is becoming a daily merry go round Lt general Gulzar Kiani has been appointed the Adjutant General, Arif Hasan(VCGS) promoted and appointed Corp Commander Rawalpindi..Another surprise promotion to Lt General is that of a very junior maj gen Shahid Aziz who has been appointed the armies Chief Of General Staff..Major general Khalid Qidwai has also been promoted as the resignation of several senior lt generals is expected…Some suggest that the pakistan army is becoming the biggest pool of bootlickers in the country after PTV..The promotions are consistent with musharafs known attitude of promoting the muhajirs
4 protestors against American bombardment of Afghanistan have been killed by police in quetta.. Apart from quetta serious demos have been held in Peshawar, hangu and mardan..Clashes with police and burning of govt and NGO offices seems tobe the routine…
A killer of over 100 children and his accomplice have been found hanged in a Lahore jail..
In what is being seen as world bullying a poor country with no effective means of even defending itself the American bombardment of Afghanistan has already served any intended/supposed purpose..The Americans obviously seem to lack any real objective in the whole process…With everything already bombed out a helicopter based offensive is being suggested as the next move..which will wipe out any specific human targets as the northern alliance starts it push to take control…
Almost all religious islamic groups now approve of a jihad against the USA…
Oct9--After the meek acceptance by the world of the bombing on afghanistan washington is threatening other states as well
Oct9--After a second night of meaningless bombing the taleban say that teh strikes are a failure.There have been around 25 deaths..Actually afghanistan being totally underdeveloped lacks realistic targets..
Oct9--Zarrar Azeem and Faiz Gillani ahve been promoted as lt generals and appointed to the lahore and gujranwala corps.Adj General Aurakzai has been given the peshawar corp and at least two new maj generals will be promoted..Lt general Khalid maqbool or lt general Amjad are expected tobe named teh CGS..Lt Gen Zulfikar(wapda) and Lt gen hamid javed (COS) have been superceded but have chosen not to resign..The seniormost maj generals now are Arif Hasan, Khalid Qidwai,Iqbal Akber, Fahim Akhter and Pervez Akmal
There have been minor protests against the bombings on afghanistan all over the country.However there have been serious demos in quetta where a UN office, two cinemas, several shops, a bank, a truck and a police station were burnt..There have been gunbattles with police and one person was killed
Oct 9--maulana samiulhaq and maulana fazlur rehman have been arrested again
Oct8--The USA with the support of the british mounted a relatively cowardly night time bombing raid on afghanistan using all the aircraft, missiles and submarines in their arsenal...The attack is in retaliation for the attacks on teh Pentagon and the WTC. Ossama who alongwith the taleban are the targets in this war has vowed to retaliate.The US expects its hit and run attacks to help the afghan opposition to topple the taleban..One however does not see that happening in the near future without the intervention of ground troops.
Oct8--Pakistan saw the removal of two key musharaf allies from the military while a third was transferred..The ISI director Mahmud Ahmed and DCOAS Muzaffar Usmani were replaced by Ehsanul Haq and Yusuf Khan.. The corp commander quetta Mushtaq Ahmed was transferred ostensibly for not controlling anti musharaf demos.A key musharaf crony Aziz Khan was appointed the Chairman Joint Chiefs..Both Yusuf and Aziz were promoted to the rank of general..The reasons for the removal of Mahmud and Muzaffer and are not known..Some suggest that both wanted musharaf to retire on the completion of his military tenure...Others reason that it is a fallout of the afghan crisis and that serious differences on issues had emerged between the top military leaders on kashmir and afghanistan..Musharaf too was thought to be on the verge of removal but seems to have survived albeit temporarily..<
Oct7--Musharaf has put the pro taleban Maulana Fazlur Rehman(JUI)under house arrest after he started to organise increasingly anti musharaf rallies all over the country..The maulana an old politician from DI Khan is popular amongst deobandi maulvis and has a cult like following..The SSP and LJ two sunni terrorist organizations are off shoots of his party.The maulana was released after being detained for twekve hours
Oct7--USA to lift curbs on textile quotas and tariffs
Taliban offer to release aid workers.British journalist tobe released.Ask US to withdraw threats..
Pakistan on the verge of breaking realtions with kabul
Musharaf whose tenure as COAS is over refuses to retire
4 shot dead outside sunni madressa in karachi..While many regard the sectarianists ie SSP/shia/sunni groups as responsible for the killings..others suggest that it is the work of anti islamic groups such as ahmedis, christians,ethnic groups and aethists..
Benazir suggests that the Taleban do not have public support..?
Western media suggests attacks on afghanistan near
Oct6--Tony Blair the most hostile western leader wants all ethnic groups included in a future afghan govt.He said the taleban are in trouble because musharaf opposes them
Oct6--The musharaf govt has quitedly handed over to the US a palestininan hijacker Zayd Hassan Safirini who was jailed for hijacking a US plane in 1986 in which 22 people were killed.He had already completed his life sentence....
Oct6--US Senate approves pakistan sanctions removal provisionally for the next two years
Oct5--US and allies to cover all additional costs says Shaukat Aziz while all US sanctions tobe lifted soon in a senate bill
Oct5--Six shot dead in a motorcycle attack on a shiite mosque in karachi
Oct4--Pakistan will soon break off ties with the taleban--Japanese newspaper
Oct4--Pakistan prepares to ditch Ossama and Mullah Omar.Foreign minister Sattar says US evidence against Ossama impressive and sufficient for indictment.Others say that most of the evidence is aganst the egyptian Islamic Jihad rather than ossama and is based on the evidence of one Daoud Ovali arrested in the Kenya bombings..Dislike for Ossama based on his speeches which are typical of anti american sentiment amongst middle east radicals
Oct4--India threatens Azad Kashmir
Oct4--Mullah Omar says taleban do not accept orders from pakistan and are an indigenous movement
Oct3--Tariq Altaf the ambassador to Canada may been killed in a premeditated attack carried out either by canadian security officials or a Sept11 reactionist..Police have arrested a teeneager who was involved in teh incident
Oct3--The dollar fell in the open market substantially as people stopped travelling abroad, dollars started moving into pakistan as fears of Ossama probes rose..Also expectations of substantial US aid caused teh fall to around Rs62 from Rs64..The dollar is expected to fall further
Musharaf prepared to ditch Mullah Omar by apparently attempting to lure Zahir Shah to settle in Waziristan from where he can mount a takeover of Kabul..
Khaleda Zia wins election in bangladesh
Jaish Mohammed denies role in Srinagar bomb blast which pakistanis says is work of the indian government
Us prepares a $600 million facesaving package for musharaf
Ben Laden seen in Kabul.. ISI's afghan sources said tobe drying up..
Big pro taleban JUI rally in quetta chants "death to musharaf"..
Oct2-29 killed in srinagar assembly explosion carried out by suicide bomber Wajahat Hussein of the Jaish Mohammed
Afghan Northern Alliance and Zahir Shah agree to a 120 member council to appoint government figures if situation develops..
Musharaf indicates he is no longer supporting taleban and ready to work with whoever comes to power eventually..
taleban get ready to fight the US
Ossama hiding in Pamir russian era base in teh Pamirs..
US starts funding anti taleban forces
Oct1, 2001--Taleban unlikely to hand over Ossama
Mulla Omar warns of renewed civil war if toppled
PAF vacates Quetta airport
Two JUI leaders and 3 cops killed in sind town.
Army/NAB interrogators kill Bussinessman friend of PPP secretray general Jehangir Badr during interrogations