• Gen. (Retd.) Mirza Aslam Beg, a former Pakistani army chief, opines that the United States is preparing for a fresh attack in Pakistan. (Ummat)
• Jeffery Goldberg, a columnist for the Atlantic magazine and an expert on U.S. state policy, has criticised the American decision to halt aid to Pakistan. A western diplomat has said tensions with USA could push Pakistan into political isolation. (Nawa-i-Waqt)
• Nawa-i-Waqt writes about a US conspiracy to plant Jews in J&K in order to spy on Pakistan and China and to strengthen the Indian lobby in Balochistan to further US interests. The daily asks the government to expel the US personnel and monitor the activities of foreign NGOs. (Edit in Nawa-i-Waqt)
• Daily Intekhab has criticised editorially Leon Panetta statement that al-Qaeda leader Zawahiri is in Pakistan. It says: ‘Zawahiri is an enemy of Pakistan; he wants to destroy the country for being an ally of the US. Obviously, America just wants to shift the theatre of war from Afghanistan to Pakistan with the help of India in order to contain China’s power in the region by maintaining its presence. (Edit in Daily Intekhab) 
  

1. Daily Dharti’s editorial   on recent conference on Kishanganga project asked Kashmiris to stop referring to Kishanganga as Indian water terrorism and said the project would offer many benefits to the Kashmiris. The edit said: ‘The conference on Kishanganga project was held by a NGO, Lok Sanjh, which appears to be backed by Punjab. This is clear because speakers emphasized how the construction of the dam would hinder Punjab’s agricultural industry. But the fact of the matter is Kishanganga dam could solve power problems for Kashmiris and would strengthen the Kashmiri economy. Pakistan government had made similar promises but had failed to fairly distribute the proceeds from the Mangla Dam to Kashmiris; instead this dam benefits are mainly utilized by Punjab. Being a Kashmiri we should not go against such an important project as it will offer many benefits to Kashmir. Hence Kashmiris should even refrain from calling the Kishanganga India’s water terrorism. (Daily Dharti EDIT)

• Indian hackers have hacked an email account of ISI Chief Ahmad Shujaa Pasha (Jang)
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• JI Chief Munawar Hasan said that the army should not defame itself and it should return to its slogan of Aljihad Fi-Sabilillah-(‘Jihad in the path of Allah in Arabic). (Jasarat)
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• Pakistan Army spokesperson Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas said cutting of U.S.military aid will not make any difference to military operations. Operations in Swat or South Waziristan were conducted without American assistance. He pointed out that the army chief Gen. Ashfaq Kayani had already called for converting US military assistance to into civilian aid.  (Jasarat, Khabrain)

TERRORISM- EXTREMISM

1. The second round of sessions for ‘explanations of Quranic verses related to Jihad’ was completed in Rawalpindi, Mardan, Kohat, Haripur, Patuki and two other places. Thousands of people, including students and women participated. The preachers were Maulana Mufti Mansoor Ahmed, Mufti Muhammad Asghar Khan Kashmiri, Maulana Qari Muhammad Sadiq, Maulana Ghulab Shah and others. The ‘discourse’ was on the lines perfected by JeM chief Maulana Azhar Masood; the objective was to remove suspicions created about enemies of Jihad.. (Al Qalam Weekly, 7-12 July)

POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS

• Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani’s daughter Fizza has entered active politics. (Nawa-i-Waqt, Daily Pak, Jinnah)
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• A break-through has been attained in a meeting between MQM’s Ishratul Ibad and President Zardari in Dubai – ironing out details regarding seats in Kashmir, and Sindh governor’s appointment. (Khabrain)
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• Political sources have said that the actual purpose of the PML-Q-PPP deal was to get Moonis Ilahi released and if the PPP fails to get him released then the PML-Q will quit the federal government. (Nawa-i-Waqt)
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• Nawa-i-Waqt editorial says people of Pakistan had removed Musharraf from power because they wanted to end their enslavement by the U.S. The current democratic government is guilty of the same charge and it is time that it lived up to it promises. (Nawa-i-Waqt) 
  

• JI Chief Munawar Hassan has warned that operations in North Waziristan will be disastrous for the country. (Khabrain)
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• Daily Pak editorial is on the plight of people trying to shift from Central Kurram Agency in view of military operations there. (Daily Pak Edit)

SINDH

• Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that certain elements were guiding the disturbances in Karachi from behind bars in prison through cell phones. He also said that any party or group colluding with the Taliban in Karachi will be held responsible for this. (Ibrat, 9-10 July)
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• Manzoor Wassan has been appointed the new Interior Minister of Sindh and Zulfikar Mirza has taken over as Senior Minister for Works and Services. Zulfikar Mirza told reporters that he has contacted the MQM- Haqeeqi leader Afaq Ahmed in jail. (Ibrat, 10 July)
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• PML-F and PML- Q have been offered the ministerial berths vacated by the MQM.  While PML-F will have three ministries while the PML-Q will get two ministerial slots and one post of advisir. (Khabrain)
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• Sindh Police Order 2002 has been abolished and the old policing system of Commissionerate that dates to 1861 has been reinstated. The 2002 police order was considered a failure because it has split the investigative wing and the operational wing of the Sindh police into two. The investigation wing will now be absorbed by the operational wing. The five districts of Karachi
  will now function under five deputy commissioners. (Kawish, 10 July)
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• Rallies were taken out in Karachi supporting and opposing the revival of  Commissionerate System. (Ibrat)
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• Several Sindhi newspapers over the weekend commented editorially on the targeted killings and strikes in Karachi after the MQM pulled out of the government and held MQM and the PML-N  mainly responsible for the chaos in Karachi.. (Awami Awaz Edits, 9 July)
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• People have come out on the roads in Sukkur to hold dharnas against power cuts. (Ibrat)

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