The Londoner

Today my concern is more about Pakistan than anything else. I want Pakistan government to protect my identity as Pakistani if that means giving up claim on the Indian part of the Kashmir region. Pakistan foreign policy must move away from the focus on India to other important issues like spreading the word about the true Pakistan which is peace loving and want to work on a live and let live policy. I want every constituent part of Pakistan to become a stake holder in the development of the nation. Pakistan must not always be associated with India all the time as it weakens us as nation. We must not worry about India because of the following reasons. There are so many insurgency movements going on in India that if India put one step wrong it will be the start of such communal violence that India will not be able to survive it. According to US government 2300 people have died in India due to terrorism related instances that is more than Afghanistan and Iraq and given the fact that the

India's Maoist movement is expanding its operations as its People's War develops along ideological and pragmatic lines. Dr P V Ramana looks at the rise of the rebellion and the country's poorly co-ordinated counter-insurgency strategies. While discussion of the threat posed to India by radical Islamist violence tends to dominate security assessments, the country's Maoist insurgency has been steadily expanding its areas of influence and building up its military capability. This expansion has been so great that in 2007 Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described the Maoists as the "single biggest internal security challenge facing India". The proscribed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was founded on 21 September 2004, following the merging of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) People's War, also known as the People's War Group, and the Maoist Communist Centre of India - two of India's most prominent insurgent groups. The

Building an international airport in Multan is the need of this hour and must be done as soon as possible. Multan is the Capital of South Punjab and must be treated as such. There are about 30 to 40 million people living in the region but it does not have an international airport is a travesty of the highest order. The present airport does not even deserve the status of a bus station, let alone an airport. With Yousaf Raza Gilanai hailing from the city of Multan, people of the city and the surrounding region have a lot of expectations and these expectations will not be satisfied by just announcing some plans as people want action and that action is needed soon.

By Jamil Khan KARACHI: The Transport and Communication Department (TCD) of the city district government of Karachi has planned to expand the existing terminal for Balochistan-bound buses to avoid clogging up the inner city. The current terminal is located at Yousuf Goth on Hub River Road in Baldia Town. But the city government needs to acquire another five acres adjacent to the existing Yousuf Goth terminal, where there will be more capacity for buses and other facilities. As the land is under the control of the Katachi Abadis (slums) Department of the city government, permission has to be sought for the transfer. The kaatchi abadies department had to construct a boundary wall around the area to thwart encroachers. Katchi Abadis DO Muhammad Rehan Khan said that they had sent this matter as a resolution to the City Council and it would be finalized in the upcoming session. After the City Council approves the transfer of the five acres, construction tenders will be invited. The inter-cit

(Asia Pulse Data Source via COMTEX) -- After a successful experiment in the NWFP, the stage is set to stabilise Balochistan through political means. Official sources told TheNation on Friday that the coalition government had launched efforts to bring the political forces in Balochistan on board to stabilise the troubled province. Apart from releasing political prisoners and tracing missing persons, the federal government has decided to do its utmost, including payment of compensation to the affected families as part of a well-planned strategy to bring the province back on path of progress and prosperity. The Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani gave a detailed briefing to Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on security situation in Balochistan. The briefing was a sequel to an earlier briefing given on FATAs security situation last month. General Kayani underlined the significance of development works initiated by the government with the assistance of the Army and Frontie

By Saleem Shahid QUETTA: The Balochistan cabinet was informed on Monday that Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani had assured the province that it would be represented in every meeting of the IPI gas project as one of the stakeholders.

By M Ilyas Khan BBC News, Karachi Tribesman say they are fighting for greater economic rights Pakistan's new government says it has pulled thousands of security personnel out of troubled Balochistan province as part of efforts to bring peace there. About 7,000 troops have left the cities of Quetta and Gwadar, a senator from the governing Pakistan People's Party said. The thinly-populated but resource-rich province has been the scene of a revolt by nationalist rebels since 2001. The rebels want autonomy and greater control over Balochistan's resources. Dialogue Military operations against the rebels led to considerable population displacement in 2006. In his inaugural speech to the newly-elected parliament last month, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said his government would talk to all segments of the Baloch population, including the rebels, to find a peaceful solution to the problems of the province. Later a committee was formed to clear the ground for an all-parties c