Holder: TTP responsible for the Times Square bombing bid; Clinton satisfied with Pakistan’s cooperation in Times Square investigations; Qureshi: Resumption of dialogue process an “important step forward in bilateral relations”
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    • US Attorney General Eric Holder on May 16 stated that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was responsible for the Times Square bombing attempt and that the US had credible evidence to prove its involvement.1 After earlier warning Pakistan that it will face severe consequences if terror links of the New York bomber to elements on its soil were proved, Hillary Clinton seemed satisfied with Pakistan’s cooperation in the on-going investigations into the incident. Talking to a think-tank audience on May 13, she admitted that the US and Pakistan were cooperating in the investigations and that the cooperation was “working well together”.2 Meanwhile, amidst reports of differences between the US and Pakistan in the aftermath of Times Square incident, the US has denied that Gen. McChrystal had asked Gen. Kayani to launch a military offensive in North Waziristan to rein in the Taliban.3

    Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi addressing presspersons after his telephonic conversation with his Indian counterpart S.M. Krishna on May 11 stated that the resumption of the dialogue process was an “important step forward in bilateral relations”.4 Qureshi and Krishna are scheduled to meet on July 15 in Islamabad.

    Baroness Sayeeda Warsi became the first women of Pakistani origin to become a cabinet minister in the newly-elected government of David Cameron. Warsi will also concurrently be the chairperson of the Conservative Party.5

    In other developments, at least 64 people were abducted by members of an unidentified armed group near the border area between the Kurram Agency and the Hangu district on May 15.6

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