May 25, 2010 at 12:24 AM UTC
CPR MEETS WITH SENATOR UDALL’S OFFICE
The Council on Pakistan Relations met last week with the office of Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) to discuss his recent visit to Pakistan and ways in which CPR and his office can work together to strengthen U.S.-Pakistan relations. (more…)
May 25, 2010 at 12:11 AM UTC
CPR MEETS WITH THE OFFICE OF CONGRESSMAN DAVID PRICE
The Council on Pakistan Relations recently met with the office of Congressman David Price (D-NC) to discuss U.S.-Pakistan relations and what steps the U.S. can take to improve its image in Pakistan. (more…)
May 24, 2010 at 12:15 AM UTC
CPR MEETS WITH CONGRESSMAN ROBERT WHITTMAN
The Council on Pakistan Relations met last week with Congressman Robert Whittman (R-VA) to discuss U.S.-Pakistan relations and the importance of the U.S. taking a regional approach to South Asia that includes India. (more…)
May 23, 2010 at 12:28 PM UTC
CPR Quoted – Community concerns : Pakistani Muslims based in the US have to ‘fight an image’, and the (failed) Time Square bombing episode has only aggravated matters
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/may2010-weekly/nos-23-05-2010/spr.htm#7
“I haven’t done anything wrong but still I feel hesitant and even ashamed sometimes to tell the people around that I am Pakistani. That is all because of Faisal Shahzad,” laments Muhammad Nasir, 45, Pakistani American living in New York. (more…)
May 17, 2010 at 10:10 PM UTC
Pakistan and Times Sq. By Nicholas D. Kristof
If we want Times Square to be safer from terrorists, we need to start by helping make Pakistan safer as well. People with links to Pakistan have been behind a hugely disproportionate share of international terror incidents over the last two decades: the 1993 and 2001 World Trade Center attacks; Richard Reid’s failed shoe bombing in…
May 17, 2010 at 9:52 PM UTC
CPR MEETS WITH THE OFFICE OF SENATOR BAUCUS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 18, 2010 CONTACT: Mahera Rahman mahera@pakistanrelations.org
The Council on Pakistan Relations met with the office of Senator Max Baucus to discuss the importance of increasing trade relations between the U.S. and Pakistan and other issues.
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May 17, 2010 at 12:24 AM UTC
The radicalization of Faisal Shahzad by Hassan Abbas
May 7, 2010
The radicalization of Faisal Shazad raises important questions for three sets of actors: the people and government of Pakistan, U.S. intelligence and law enforcement, and American Muslims. Before delving into these aspects further, allow me to present my basic theory about how he got radicalized. (more…)
May 17, 2010 at 12:15 AM UTC
Georgetown Professor: ‘Drones Are Not Killing Innocent Civilians’ in Pakistan
I’m not sure how many of you caught the segment last Friday on the Dylan Ratigan show on MSNBC featuring Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer, a 25 year army veteran and former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Task Force STRATUS IVY and Georgetown University professor Christine Fair of the Center for Peace and Security Studies (CPASS). (more…)
May 16, 2010 at 11:55 PM UTC
A test of US Pakistan ties
Published on May 9, 2010 by Lisa Curtis
Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad’s attempt to bomb New York’s Times Square will test US-Pakistan ties, which are already strained by mutual mistrust and differing perceptions of regional security. While the investigation of Shahzad is in its early stages, it is probable that he had contact with international terrorist networks during his five-month stay in Pakistan that helped motivate and train him for the attack. (more…)
May 9, 2010 at 5:46 PM UTC
CPR MEETS WITH SENATOR CARPER (D-DE)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Mahera Rahman
May 8, 2010 mahera@pakistanrelations.org
May 8, 2010 mahera@pakistanrelations.org
Last week, the Council on Pakistan Relations had an extended meeting with Senator Carper to discuss his recent trip to Pakistan as well as a broad range of other U.S.-Pakistan issues. Senator Carper told CPR that he had an extremely productive trip to Pakistan and recognized the many challenges facing the government there. (more…)
