Drone strikes kill 16 in South Waziristan; Militants target security forces; Peace committee targeted in suicide attack; IED kills one police officer in KP; Girls to complete education following school bombing; Militants destroy a NATO container in Mastung district; Balochistan denies foreign mining applications; Pakistan summons Ambassador to U.S.; Pakistan and India work toward trade expansion; Pakistan to implement India’s MFN status by February 2012; German Foreign Minister to visit Islamabad; PPP to fight Qureshi allegations; Chinese woman pleads guilty to conspiring to ship nuclear materials.

Drone Strikes

FATA

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa

Balochistan

U.S.-Pakistan Relations

  • Pakistan has reportedly recalled its Ambassador to the U.S., Hussain Haqqani, for a “routine” visit to Islamabad.  However, speculation abounds that the visit, which comes in the “midst of the high-temperature controversy created by…Mansoor Ijaz,” the U.S.-based businessman who allegedly delivered an “incriminating memo” from President Asif Ali Zardari to former U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen, may have been recalled by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leadership.  Meanwhile, on Tuesday, sources reported that Zardari had assured Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani that an investigation into the letter had been launched.[8]

Pakistan-India Relations

Bonn Conference

Pakistani Politics

Nuclear Reactor



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Ishtiaq Mahsud, “Pakistani officials: Suspected US missiles kill 16,” AP, November 16, 2011. Available at
[2] Umer Farooq and Iftikhar Firdous, “Army official, 20 militants killed in Kurram clash,” Express Tribune, November 16, 2011. Available at http://tribune.com.pk/story/292684/army-official-20-militants-killed-in-kurram-clash/
“Officials: Pakistan security forces kill 20 militants,” CNN, November 16, 2011. Available at http://edition.cnn.com/2011/11/16/world/asia/pakistan-militants-killed/index.htmleref=edition_asia&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&
[3] “Leader of Aman Lashkar among six killed in Tirah blast,” Geo, November 16, 2011. Available at http://www.geo.tv/11-16-2011/88933.htm
[4] Umer Farooq and Iftikhar Firdous, “Army official, 20 militants killed in Kurram clash,” Express Tribune, November 16, 2011. Available at http://tribune.com.pk/story/292684/army-official-20-militants-killed-in-kurram-clash/
[5] Michael Georgy and Qasim Nauman, “Pakistani girls defy Taliban school bombings,” Reuters, November 16, 2011. Available at http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/16/us-pakistan-taliban-schools-idUSTRE7AF0GP20111116
[6] “Set Ablaze: NATO container torched in Mastung,” i, November 16, 2011. Available at
[7] “Pakistan says no to Antofagasta-Barrick Gold mine,” Dawn, November 16, 2011. Available at http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/16/pakistan-says-no-to-antofagasta-barrick-gold-mine.html
[8] “Husain Haqqani summoned to Islamabad, embassy confirms,” The News, November 16, 2011. Available at
“Probe into memo issue under way, Zardari tells Kayani,” The News, November 16, 2011. Available at
[9] “Gilani terms meeting with India fruitful,” Dawn, November 16, 2011. Available at
[10] Aditi Phadnis, “Bringing down barriers: Phased expansion of India trade from February,” Express Tribune, November 15, 2011. Available at http://tribune.com.pk/story/292309/india-pakistan-report-gains-in-secretary-level-trade-talks/
[11] “Pakistan visit: German FM to arrive on Thursday,” Express Tribune, November 16, 2011. Available at
[12] “PPP ready for frontal attack on Qureshi,” Dawn, November 16, 2011. Available at http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/16/ppp-ready-for-frontal-attack-on-qureshi.html
 “'I resigned because I was being forced to give immunity to Raymond Davis,'” Express Tribune, November 15, 2011. Available at http://tribune.com.pk/story/292152/i-resigned-because-i-was-being-forced-to-give-immunity-to-raymond-davis/
[13] “Woman pleads guilty in illegal export to Pakistan,” Boston, November 15, 2011. Available at http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2011/11/15/woman_pleads_guilty_in_illegal_export_to_pakistan/
 
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