A.Q. Khan sends documents showing North Korea-Pakistan nuclear transaction; TTP commander back on radio;  Woodward says Kayani has “real power” in Pakistan; Gilani warns U.S. against selfish action in Pakistan; Cross-border violence continues; Forty militants killed in Kurram operation; Seven killed in tribal clash in South Waziristan; Senior militant commanders killed in Upper Dir clash; Four bodies found in Balochistan; Gas pipeline attacked in Dera Bugti; Eighteen more killed in targeted killings in Karachi; Shahzad commission summons sixteen journalists; Indian Home MInister says Pakistan not investigating Mumbai attacks.

 

  Pakistan-North Korea Nuclear Exchange

  • On Wednesday, an expert on the Pakistani nuclear program at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP,) Simon Henderson, told the Associated Press he received documents from Abdul Qadeer Khan proving two Pakistani military officials had given North Korea nuclear technology in exchange for $3.5 million. To prove the exchange, Khan submitted a letter addressed to him from a North Korean official describing the deal in English. Henderson commented that he thought Khan shared the documents with him because he believed it showed he was not the “rogue operator” he has been accused of being in recent years.[i]

Militant Commander Back on Radio

U.S.-Pakistan Relations

Afghanistan-Pakistan Relations

FATA

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa

Balochistan

Karachi

  • On Wednesday, at least eighteen people were killed in Karachi, bringing the total number of targeted killings in the last two days to twenty-eight. Two of those killed on Wednesday were affiliated with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM.)[xi]

Shahzad Commission

  • The commission established to investigate the death of Pakistani journalist Saleem Shahzad has summoned sixteen “senior journalists” to appear when the commission meets next on July 9. The Express Tribune reports the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) provided the commission with the names of journalists who would be “willing to come forward and help.”[xii]

Pakistan Not Investigating Mumbai Attacks

 

[i] “North Korea Paid Pakistan for Nuclear Technology, scientist says,” AP, July 7, 2011. Available at http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/07/06/us/politics/AP-US-Pakistan-NKorea-Nuclear.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
“Letter from North Korean Offficial to A.Q. Khan,” Washington Post, July 7, 2011. Available at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/documents/north-korea-letter.html?hpid=z2
[ii] “Taliban commander back on the air in Pakistan,” AP, July 7, 2011. Available at http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_PAKISTAN_TALIBAN_RADIO?SITE=JRC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
[iii] “‘Kayani has real power in Pakistan,’” Dawn, July 7, 2011. Available at http://www.dawn.com/2011/07/07/kayani-has-real-power-in-pakistan.html
[iv] “Gilani hits out at US for pursuing narrow interests,” Dawn, July 7, 2011. Available at http://www.dawn.com/2011/07/07/gilani-hits-out-at-us-for-pursuing-narrow-interests.html “Kayani calls for collective response to terrorism,” Dawn, July 7, 2011. Available at http://www.dawn.com/2011/07/07/kayani-calls-for-collective-response-to-terrorism.html
[v] “Gilani calls Karzai over militant raids,” Dawn, July 6, 2011. Available at http://www.dawn.com/2011/07/06/gilani-calls-karzai-over-militant-raids.html “Pakistani Taliban attack kills up to 38 Afghans,” AFP, July 7, 2011. Available at http://www.dawn.com/2011/07/07/pakistani-taliban-attack-kills-up-to-38-afghans.html “Border war stokes Af-Pak tensions at key juncture,” AFP, July 7, 2011. Available at http://www.dawn.com/2011/07/07/border-war-stokes-af-pak-tensions-at-key-juncture.html
[vi] “40 militants killed in Kurram clashes,” Geo, July 7, 2011. Available at http://www.geo.tv/7-7-2011/83406.htm
[vii] “Seven killed in SWA clash,” The News, July 7, 2011. Available at http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=56344&Cat=7
[viii] “2 militants killed as hideout hit,” The News, July 7, 2011. Available at http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=56348&Cat=7
[ix] “Cross-border attack: 2 senior Taliban commanders killed in Upper Dir,” Express Tribune, July 7, 2011. Available at http://tribune.com.pk/story/204502/cross-border-attack-2-senior-taliban-commanders-killed-in-upper-dir/
[x] “Missing persons: 4 bodies found in Quetta,” Express Tribune, July 7, 2011. Available at http://tribune.com.pk/story/204250/missing-persons-4-bodies-found-in-quetta/ “Gas pipeline blown up in Dera Bugti,” The News, July 6, 2011. Available at http://www.thenews.com.pk/NewsDetail.aspx?ID=18174
[xi] “Violence continues: At least 18 more killed in Karachi target killings,” Express Tribune, July 7, 2011. Available at http://tribune.com.pk/story/204275/ethnic-violence-at-least-18-more-killed-in-karachi/
[xii] “Saleem Shahzad commission summons 16 senior journalists.” Express Tribune, July 6, 2011. Available at http://tribune.com.pk/story/203695/saleem-shahzad-commission-summons-16-senior-journalists/
[xiii] “No indication of Pakistan sending judicial commission, Chidambaram,” Express Tribune, July 7, 2011. Available at http://tribune.com.pk/story/204355/no-indication-of-pakistan-sending-judicial-commission-chidambaram/
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