The security is absolutely becoming precarious and this poses a threat for US and NATO supplies, but it is also a source of concern for Pakistan ... It's a complex mix (of factors), but it is getting more dangerous. 
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A Pakistani paramilitary soldier stands guard in a troubled area of Karachi, Pakistan on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. Three days of shooting and violence in parts of Karachi, the largest city and commercial hub of Pakistan, has left 32 people dead.
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National councillor Ueli Maurer arrives before a faction meeting of the Swiss Liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) in Bern December 2, 2008.
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Chelsea Clinton (L) and former US President Bill Clinton watch as US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks at the National Building Museum in Washington June 7, 2008. Clinton endorsed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) to be the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate on Saturday and suspended her own White House bid less than a week after the Illinois senator secured enough support to win the nomination. Clinton's endorsement of Obama in a speech at the National Building Museum marked the beginning of efforts to reunite the Democratic Party after a long and divisive campaign battle that ended on Tuesday when Obama won the support of enough delegates to clinch the nomination.
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A tear runs down the face of U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) as he speaks about his grandmother who died earlier on Monday, during a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, November 3, 2008. On the eve of Tuesday's U.S. presidential election, Obama's grandmother Madelyn Dunham died after a battle with cancer.
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...32; Ikramullah Khan 4-46, Irad Ali 3-45) and 225 in 59.1 overs (Rameez Aziz 81, Jahangir Shah 31, Talha Shafi 39; Ikramullah Khan 4-76, Irad Ali 4-48). Abbottabad 196 in 71.5 overs (Rehan Afridi 39; Khalid Mahmood 4-72) and 124 in 45.1 overs (Sohail Anjum...
...3-39) and 58-6 in 17 overs. Multan 237 in 78.3 overs (Sajjad Mushtaq 72, Junaid Iqbal 57, Aamer Yamin 39*; Ikramullah Khan 3-37, Irad Ali 3-61). Lahore Ravi 257 in 75.3 overs (Ameer Hamid 113; Zakir Afridi 4-79) and 205 in 47.3 overs (Jumma Khan 58, Ameer...
...and abducted acting prayer leader Omer Gul Mullagori, although the LI men wanted to pick up the prayer leader of the seminary Ikramullah for using insulting language against the LI and its chief Mangal Bagh. The armed men also killed Roz Khan, a watchman who...
...and 126 in 42.1 overs (Rehan Afridi 31; Sarmad Bhatti 4-50, Shahbaz Hussain 3-25). Islamabad 157 in 66 overs (Wajid Ali 37; Ikramullah Khan 6-57) and 94 in 37.1 overs (Farooq Ahmed 4-26, Irad Ali 5-31). Multan 230 in 78.2 overs (Waleed Iqbal 34, Junaid Iqbal...
...98, Farooq Ahmed 61; Afsar Zaheer 3-20). Multan 237 in 78.3 overs (Sajjad Mushtaq 72, Junaid Iqbal 57, Aamer Yamin 39*; Ikramullah Khan 3-37, Irad Ali 3-61) and 222-9 in 41 overs (Umair Khan 101*; Aamer Shahzad 3-33). Inter-Region Under-19 Three-day Table Pool...
...Magistrate Mirza Muhammad Kashif from Abbottabad to Besham, Civil Judge-cum-Judicial Magistrate Danish Khan Afridi from Kohat to Nowshera, Civil Judge-cum-Judicial Magistrate Abid Zaman from Tall to Takhtbhai, Civil Judge-cum-Judicial Magistrate Mahjabeen...
...Mohammad Naeem 3-60). Abbottabad 76 in 20.4 overs (Adil Raza 6-36, Bilawal Bhatti 3-15) and 129-6 in 44 overs (Rehan Afridi 35, Mohammad Younis 50; Adil Raza 3-66, Raza Hasan 3-14). Karachi Whites 248 in 80.2 overs (Fakhar Zaman 73, Jahangir Shah 35, Saeed...
...the match finally ended. Scores: Sialkot 163 in 39.1 overs (Zahidullah 50, Yasir Ali 41, Extras 37; Irad Ali 3-38, Ikramullah Khan 4-38) and 214 in 55 overs (Nasir Iqbal 70, Irad Ali 6-35, Mohammad Naeem 3-60). Abbottabad 76 in 20.4 overs (Adil Raza 6-36,...
Quotes spotlight for "Ikramullah Khan Afridi"
The security is absolutely becoming precarious and this poses a threat for US and NATO supplies, but it is also a source of concern for Pakistan ... It's a complex mix (of factors), but it is getting more dangerous.
said Mehmood Shah
in Boston Globe
The traditional mechanism of controlling the area through the jirga (council of elders) of the tribal area has been weakened while the mullahs are taking the law into their own hands
in Boston Globe
