February 2009 in Pakistan

Pakistan will implement sharia in the war-torn Swat Valley if the Taliban guarantees a ceasefire. (BBC)
The Taliban announces a ten-day ceasefire in its war in northwest Pakistan's Swat Valley. (BBC)
Two missiles fired from American drone aircraft kill at least 25 people in South Waziristan, Pakistan. (New York Times)
“Rehman Malik, Pakistan's adviser to the prime minister on the interior, shows pictures of fishing trawlers used by the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks, during a news conference at the interior ministry in Islamabad February 12, 2009. (OnePakistan.com)
“We urge the new administration to conduct a major strategic review of the US led war on terror, including the nature and kind of support that should realistically be expected of Pakistan keeping in mind its internal security interests,” The Daily Times quoted the open letter by Khan, as saying.(OnePakistan.com)
Militants kidnap Pakistan official in tribal area. Masked gunmen on Sunday kidnapped a senior local government official in a troubled tribal area in northwest Pakistan where Taliban militants are active(Rediff Pakistan)
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announces a commission to investigate the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto. (AFP via Google News)
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