Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Pakistan Civil War News Updates -- September 2, 2009

Men carry Pakistan's Religious Affairs Minister Hamid Saeed Kazmi into the back of a vehicle moments after he was shot in the leg in Islamabad. Reuters

Pakistan Official Survives Assassination -- New York Times

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Gunmen wounded Pakistan’s religious affairs minister on Wednesday in an attack near his office in a busy commercial and residential neighborhood of Islamabad.

Two men on a motorcycle fired on the minister, Hamid Saeed Kazmi, when his government car was just 20 yards from the Ministry of Religious Affairs. An escort police car had left early, apparently to get gas. The two gunmen escaped.

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More News On Pakistan's Civil War

Taliban target Pakistan's religious minister -- Long War Journal
Pakistan minister wounded in gun attack -- AFP
Pakistani religion minister shot -- BBC
Pakistani minister shot and wounded - police -- Reuters
Pakistani Minister Survives Terrorist Attack -- Time Magazine
Pakistan minister escapes assassination attempt -- CNN
Clear signals -- Dawn
Pakistan security forces kill 2 militants, arrest 24 in operations -- China View
Forty suspected militants killed in Bara operation -- Dawn
Pakistan forces kill 40 militants in Khyber raids -- AP
Pakistani military launches operation in Khyber -- Long War Journal
Pakistan court again puts curbs on nuke scientist -- AP
A.Q. Khan still poses proliferation risk, US warns -- Dawn
‘Pakistan’s nuke arsenal is a concern’: India -- Dawn

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