Pakistan Security Brief

Pakistan Security Brief – July 2, 2010 

Dozens killed in suicide bombing at Sufi shrine in Lahore; police arrest masterminds of Ahmadi attack, seize weapons and explosives; Chief of Army Staff General Kayani denies holding meeting with President Karzai and Sirajuddin Haqqani; one soldier killed, two wounded in attack on security checkpost in Khyber; ten militants killed in fighting between two extremist groups; four security personnel killed in attack on checkpost outside Peshawar; two police officers gunned down in Karachi; young girl killed, six others injured in two separate attacks in Quetta.

 

Punjab


Pak-Afghan Relations

 

FATA

 

Peshawar

 

Karachi


Quetta

 

 


[1] “Deadly blasts hit Sufi shrine in Lahore,” BBC, July 2, 2010. Available at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10483453.stm. Waqar Hussain, “Pakistan on alert after suicide attack kills 42,” AFP, July 2, 2010. Available at http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100702/wl_asia_afp/pakistanunrest. Babar Dogar, “Pakistanis blame US after shrine attack kills 42,” AP, July 2, 2010. Available at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100702/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan. Mubashir Bukhari, “Pakistan under pressure to act after Lahore violence,” Reuters, July 2, 2010. Available at http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100702/wl_nm/us_pakistan_bomb.
[3] “Pakistan army chief denies secret Karzai-Haqqani meets,” AFP, July 1, 2010. Available at http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100701/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanafghanistanunrestmilitarypolitics.
[4] “Security check-post attacked in Khyber Agency,” Dawn, July 2, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-security-check-post-attacked-in-khyber-agency-ss-05.
[5] “Clashes between two militant groups in Kurram, 10 dead,” Dawn, July 1, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/12-clashes+between+two+militant+groups+in+kurram+10+dead--bi-03. “10 die as two groups of militants clash in Kurram,” The News, July 1, 2010. Available at http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=248413.
[6] “Matni checkpost attack kills 4 security officials,” Express Tribune, July 2, 2010. Available at http://tribune.com.pk/story/25200/matni-checkpost-attack-kills-one-security-official/.
[7] “Policeman linked to ‘Karachi operation’ shot dead,” Dawn, July 2, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/local/policeman-linked-to-karachi-operation-shot-dead-270. “SHO, guard killed in attack near police station,” The News, July 2, 2010. Available at http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=248304.
[8] “One killed, six wounded in Quetta violence,” The News, July 2, 2010. Available at http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=248393.
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