Pakistan Security Brief –April 16, 2010

UN reports on the 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto; US drone strike kills at least four militants in North Waziristan; suicide bomber kills ten in Quetta; police in Karachi detain a TTP commander; SSP and LeJ have formed splinter groups in Karachi.

UN report on Bhutto

FATA

Balochistan

Karachi



[1] Sabrina “U.N. Report Finds Faults in Pakistani Bhutto Inquiry,” New York Times, April 15, 2010. Available at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/16/world/asia/16bhutto.html?ref=asia. Colum Lynch, “U.N. investigators blame Musharraf government, security lapses for Bhutto death,” Washington Post, April 16, 2010. Available at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/15/AR2010041505748.html. “Benazir Bhutto murder 'avoidable', UN inquiry concludes,” BBC, April 16, 2010. Available at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8623175.stm. UN, “Report of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry into the facts and circumstances of the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto.”  Available at http://www.un.org/News/dh/infocus/Pakistan/UN_Bhutto_Report_15April2010.pdf.
[2] Abdul Sattar, “Suicide bomber kills 8 at SW Pakistan hospital,” AP, April 16, 2010. Available at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100416/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan. “Two drone strikes take place in North Waziristan,” Dawn, April 16, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-drone-strike-near-miramshah-in-north-waziristan-ss-05.
[3] “Pakistan suicide attack kills 10 at Quetta hospital ,” BBC, April 16, 2010. Available at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8624338.stm. Abdul Sattar, “Suicide bomber kills 8 at SW Pakistan hospital,” AP, April 16, 2010. Available at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100416/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan.  “Ten killed in Quetta hospital bomb blast,” Dawn, April 16, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/14-bomb-blast-in-quettas-civil-hospital-zj-07.
[4] “Police arrest Taliban leader from Karachi,” Express Tribune, April 15, 2010. Available at http://tribune.com.pk/story/7074/police-arrest-taliban-leader-from-karachi/.
[5] Faraz Khan, “SSP forms subgroup to avenge killings,” Daily Times, April 16, 2010. Available at http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\16\story_16-4-2010_pg12_1.
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