In the light of the cowardly attack against the Muharram procession on Karachi’s MA Jinnah road on Monday 28 December, killing at least 40 Muslims and wounding dozens of others, Hizb ut-Tahrir Wilayah Pakistan held nationwide demonstrations and sent a delegation to the Imambaragh.
Hizb ut-Tahrir strongly denounced the relentless campaign of bombings, funded and organized by America’s agencies and private military organizations, such as Xe Services LLC (formerly known as Blackwater). Hizb ut-Tahrir condemned America’s brutal tactics, which she has employed in Afghanistan and Iraq, and called for the immediate …

WASHINGTON: The United States wants to empower those elements in the Pakistani government and the military who want to cooperate effectively in the war against terror but are prevented by the ISI from doing so, says a senior Pentagon official.
During a US Senate hearing on the new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Undersecretary of Defence for Policy Michele Flournoy said the United States was also trying to reduce the current level of cooperation between the ISI and the Pakistani military.
The agency’s role in the war against terror, described as ‘ambiguous’ …

Wednesday, 25 February 2009 – A high level delegation from Hizb ut-Tahrir today attended the offices and presented its demands to the Pakistan High Commission in London.
Delegates included Qasim Ali, from Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain’s Executive Committee and Asif Salahuddin, a senior member of Hizb ut-Tahrir.
Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain demanded an explanation from the Pakistani government regarding the disclosure by US Senator Dianne Feinstein, head of the US Senate Intelligence Committee, that the drones that frequently attack Pakistan were being flown from bases in Pakistan, provided by the Pakistani government.
Taji Mustafa, Media …

Americas Undeclared War on Pakistan
On Wednesday 25th February 2009 a high level delegation from Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain delivered its demands to the Pakistani High Commissioner to the UK, Mr Wajid Shamsul Hassan, to provide the details of the agreement between the Zardari-Gilani government and the US army that has been killing Muslims in the North Western Region of Pakistan. It further demanded that the American bases in Pakistan be closed down and that all cooperation with the Americans is ceased until they stop their undeclared war on Pakistan.
Despite statements from …

London, UK, February 26 2009 – The NWFP provincial government announced on the 22nd February that it will arm local people in the tribal areas with 30,000 small arms as part of a newly announced Village Defence Committee in Pakistan’s tribal areas. Mahmood Shah, a former head of security for Pakistan’s tribal regions, reacted by saying arming civilians could trigger civil war in the northwest saying “This is Pakistan, not Iraq or Afghanistan. There is complete anarchy in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that is not the case her. It is …

According to the Chicago Tribune (12 February 2009) a senior U.S. Senator has admitted that unmanned U.S. CIA Predator aircraft operating in Pakistan are flown from an American airbase inside that country.
The disclosure by Senator Dianne Feinstein, the Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee, marked the first time a U.S. official had publicly commented on where the U.S. predator aircraft patrolling Pakistan take off and land.
This confirms an open secret that the democratically elected Zardari-led PPP Government has not only been tacitly approving the attacks but in fact has …

ISLAMABAD(Xinhua) — A provincial government in Pakistan has ordered closure of a transportation station for NATO forces based in Afghanistan, a minister told the regional assembly Thursday. The private transportation station to facilitate NATO forces was established on a 12-acre land in Fateh Jang, a town in the eastern Punjab province.
“The Punjab government has ordered the local administration to wind up the NATO transportation system,” Law Minister Rana Sanaulah told the assembly.
Opposition lawmaker Sher Ali Khan raised the issue in the house and said that transportation system had been set …

The turmoil over the Supreme Court’s decision to bar the opposition leader, Nawaz Sharif, from office worsened after President Zardari dismissed the state government in Punjab and imposed federal rule there. The province had been ruled by Mr Sharif’s party and there were violence clashes as his supporters took to the streets to protest the President’s decision.
About 20 lawmakers from Mr Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), the country’s second biggest political party, were herded into police trucks as they gathered for a protest outside the provincial assembly in Lahore.
Security officials …

BARA, Pakistan: More than 70 United States military advisers and technical specialists are secretly working in Pakistan to help its armed forces battle Al Qaeda and the Taliban in the country’s lawless tribal areas, American military officials said. The Americans are mostly Army Special Forces soldiers who are training Pakistani Army and paramilitary troops, providing them with intelligence and advising on combat tactics, the officials said. They do not conduct combat operations, the officials added.
They make up a secret task force, overseen by the United States Central Command and Special …