aug2006

aug31--a 14 year old kid brother of a dawn journalist was killed in wana...militants and the government have reached a stalemate in negotiations on demands of compensation...militants apparently demanding Rs200 million...!
aug31--in an encouraging sign from the opposition there were indications that the MMA might leave the balochistan provincial coalition and that opposition MNA's might resign en bloc...shaukat aziz however left for a pleasure trip despite the country being in a state of emergency...
aug31--road links to balochistan were blocked despite a relative calm however violent reactions were reported from khuzdar and wadh with quetta almost totally shut down...
aug31--the brave pakistan army which does not hesitate to kill its own people has finally reached the akber bugti cave and according to newspaper reports is putting up wooden supports to the cave...the entrance apparently blownup by brave commandos...
aug31--the pMLq madman sher afghan now suggests that the killing of akber bugti was not only deliberate but appropriate...
aug31--apparently the government has already started to terrorize akber bugtis remaining family and the army supported jirga in dera bugti has refused anyones participation in the burial of akber bugti...
aug30--violent reactions to akber bugtis killing continued in balochistan with bomb blasts in lahore and hub...the governments insensitivity to the situation continued and people fired on police and kicked out pro government figures from a namaze janaza in quetta...after repeatedly suggesting a military operation... military sources now say it happened without their intervention...akber bugtis bodies whereabouts are not yet known...
aug29--it seems very apparent that the government is involved in a deeprooted coverup and that there seems tobe no focus of authority in the present regime...it also demonstrates that the government seems to have no knowledge of the deeprooted sentiments against it and the pakistan army in balochistan...
aug29--while military officers who died have already been buried the interior minister suggested that they werent doing anything and the cave collapsed...other reports suggest that the military operation in the area was at least a week old...
aug29--in quetta protestors ransacked and torched a college and polytechnic, torched buses and ransacked the UNDP office..many other government, wapda offices and installations were also torched...in gwader two banks, a hotel and a hospital and a dozen shops were torched..in pasni the provincial finance ministers market was set on fire alongwith several offices and a telephone exchange..
aug29--balochistan was totally crippled by a shutterdown strike and violent reactions continued...gas and power to kalat was suspended after a gas pipeline and electricity tower were blown up...
aug29--several days after teh incident confusion remained over the body of akber bugti and it had still not been recovered from a 120 foot cave...rumours persisted about the whereabouts of the body and the government was coming across as insensitive,irresponsible and lacking any knowledge of the militaries actions...
aug28--as is common with the pakistan army it seems tobe running a seperate government of its own without any sense of responsibility or common sense...
aug28--the government statements seem tobe an attempt to confuse and get out of their responsibility for the incident...there seems tobe a lack of governance with nobody showing responsibility or complete knowledge of the event...
aug28--the killing of akber bugti by the pakistan army is being widely condemned and there have been violent reactions in balochistan where there have been the burning of buses, cars, tyres,banks,government offices,pmlq offices and several deaths.....air and train links to quetta have remained suspended due to curfews and the uncertainty and violent reactions all over balochistan
aug27--in what can only be described as an act of premeditated murder by the pakistan army... nawab akber bugti the ailing leader of the bugti clan was killed in cold blood by army gunship helicopters in an encounter in the bugti-kohlu area that is still shrouded in uncertainty and inhumane propaganda by teh countries interior and information ministries...initial reports were issued to suggest an encounter however it seems to have been a one sided brutal elimination of a government opponent...the military escalated an ordinary conflict and brought it to an inhumane conclusion with further aggravation caused to baloch nationalists...initial reactions suggested an almost overwhelming backlash against the current military supported regime which continued to issue propaganda statements without any sense and reason...
aug27--two 132kv power pylons were blownup in the kohlu area as well as a loti gasfield pipeline...
aug26--india moving towards ending a ceasefire on the LOC as a second violation occurs...
aug26--the pakistan army mounts helicopter gunship raids in kohlu killing six as pro government sardars reject the bugti sub clan gathering as it tries to impose a dictatorship of its own in teh bugti area...the sub clans seem quite well off while others suggest that the pakistan army is funding their activities...
aug26--poor quality and poor governance has caused even bangladesh to increase its textile exports over pakistan...
aug26--militants extend a ceasefire in north waziristan and suggest that the fight is over and that the government is slow in reaching an accord...
aug26--A US think tank suggests that pakistan has upto five plutonium bombs and 48 enriched bombs and would attack any indian invasion with atomic bombs even onits own soil
aug26--Darryl Hair shoots himself in the foot by attempting to blackmail the ICC and Inzamam now only needs to defend his actions of walking off...
aug25--a pakistan army orchestrated bugti sub clan gathering ends sardar rule and imposes its own dictatorship
aug25--pakistan army loses two soldiers in a gunbattle with marris...
aug25--two bomb blasts in quetta near frontier corps headquarters blowup several cars.........
aug24--combined opposition files a no confidence motion against shaukat aziz alongwith a huge dossier of alleged corruption...PMLq rolls out the disgraced qadeer khan as he is diagnosed with prostrate cancer...
aug24--ICC backs down and delays inzamam's hearing to allow one day series to go ahead....!!as wasim raja dies at 54 of a heart attack...
aug24--blast blows up uchh gas pipeline in balochistan...
aug24--india rejects musharafs joint control of kashmir as nonsense and suggests that confidence building measures are all that pakistan can achieve this way...as their air chief suggests that they might initiate military action inside pakistan to handle terror groups...musharaf's india policy seems tobe a total failure..
aug23--in dera bugti the bugti sub clans are being coerced to end the rule of akber bugti by ending teh sardari system for good...
aug23--in what seems tobe a repeat of the earlier agreement with the north waziri militants an agreement may soon be announced between the governor nwfp and a tribal jirga represening the militants...the government is willing now to allow foreign residents but seems reluctant to give in to all the militant demands...in the earlier agreement the military killed teh militants chief within a few days of the agreement......
aug22--inzamam the pakistani cricket captain has been formally charged with ball tampering and bringing the game into disrepute...regarded as a poor captain and nearing the end of his career he poorly handled a daryl hair bouncer and is now facing charges...musharaf is supporting his errant captain...many suggest that if teh ICC ban inzamam the england tour might be called off with a possibility of further losses for the pakistani cricket authorities and those in england...
au21--in one of the biggest fiascos in test cricket darryl hair the racist australian umpire caused the pakistan cricket team to forfeit its last test match against england...Inzamam could not take it any more as the biased doctorov and hair finally called them cheats and they eventually refused to play...both umpires had openly shown their anti pakistan bias and Darryl hair was already known to give bad decisions against pakistan...inzamam's career maybe nearing its end and he finally showed a temper that could have been avoided by just issuing a statement aginst the bad umpires...
aug21--gas pipeline blown up near the loti gasfield...
aug19--rains continue to play havoc with karachi as railways still unable to repair a small rail bridge between hyderabad and karachi...
aug18--five soldiers killed by landmines in bugti and kohlu areas
aug18--musharaf ready to give up on kashmir for friendship with indians...kashmiris might soon be fighting both india and pakistan under his proposals...
aug17--terror suspect linked to everybody...jaish and alqaeda..
aug16--eight die in explosions on august 14 in hub, quetta and rakhni areas of balochistan...
aug16--a group of sidelined politicians urge army/musharaf to leave power...
aug14--mqm organizes a rally of 15000 at minar pakistan in lahore...their childish politics of pitting people against people continues...it could serve the PPPP as mohajirs in punjab generally vote for the PMLQ in the punjab...ethnic oriented mohajirs combined with others are already a force in punjab..in both politics and bussiness.....mqm is generally a failure in karachi...unable to uplift the people or civic facilities ...punjabis voting for the mqm just for politics is hardly imaginable..current problems in karachi shows how mqm has damaged and mismanaged karachi...underpasses also blamed on shaukat aziz who changed previous policy of overheads causing disastrous consequences...
aug13--reports of ISI attempts to infiltrate iran on CIA orders as bombs explode in Chaman and Kohlu...
aug13--shaukat aziz, salman shah and omar ayub linked to brokers that caused inflated stock market to crash say the PPPP...
aug13--$5 billion f-16 purchase a waste of resouces...
aug12--rockets fired at military posts in the shakai region of south waziristan
aug11--independence seeking baloch blew up a key bridge between karachi and balochistan...the baloch have been targeting punjabis when it is sindhis and mohajirs that have been usurping baloch righs...more rockets fired at army agencies in dera bugti areas...
in what is seen as a further example of musharafs indian subjugation hafiz saeed of the Lashkar Tayyaba was put under house arrest...the indians who have refused any change in he status of kashmir have suggested a pre 1953 scenario with autonomy...however the main aspects of indian and pakistani troop withdrawals have not been suggested by both sides...
aug10--two gas pipelines blownup on two consecutive days in balochistan as 20 rockets are fired on government security agencies mostly in dera bugti where teh government had apparently gained the support of many militants...
aug10--LJ man hafiz shafiqurrehman hanged as musharaf refuses clemency...
aug10--opposition now convinced that economy clown shaukat aziz is as corrupt as musharaf..however opposition seems wary of initiating motions against musharaf who is literally unable to control the security situation despite using teh army and frontier constabulary to bomb, pillage and kill...facial no confidence motion against shaukat aziz on the 23rd...
aug9--politicians allege british involvement in balochistan as US teams up with india to fight terror groups in pakistan...?
aug9--gas pipeline to karachi blownup near sui
aug7--pakistan asks iran to monitor indian consulate in zahidaan for baloch militant connections...
aug6--PMLn suggests that musharaf would have been court martialled by a kargil inquiry commission...!!
aug6--mqm blackmails PMLq in punjab...suggest that they be allocated 30 seats in punjab...
aug6--pakistan expels indian diplomat and india retaliates...
aug6--military suggests that a suicide bomber rammed into a military base in south waziristan blowingup several vehicles and injuring soldiers on friday...
aug5--shahid malik tobe next ambassador to india
aug04--three soldiers killed in a blast in the lahore cantonement
aug04--manmohan singh apologises for jangli indian police search of asma jehangirs room and that of justice fakhruddin and others of HRCP as they arrived at a hotel in delhi......
aug2--PMLn calls musharaf regime most corrupt in southasia as teh army, mqm and PMLq fight it out to save government in sindh...
aug12--military officer travels to london to meet altaf hussein...
aug1--blast at pakistan ordnance factories...
aug1--Sind HC calls MI director to explain the detentions of baloch leaders saleem baloch, rauf sasoli,saeed brohi, afan leghari and ibrahim saleh...suspicions of illegal army involvement in baloch situation is very apparent and dangerous...
aug1--in what maybe a landmark case against military generals a NAB case has been initiated for corruption against lt general zahid akber who has assets of around Rs176 million...it is generally surmised that military generals in civilian positions are always corrupt...!!