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Pakistan ‘Complete pack of b*stards’ says Cameron

Prime Minister David Cameron has caused further controversy after defending his comments relating to Pakistan’s record on tackling terrorism and calling the Pakistan President and his fellow countrymen “a complete pack of b*stards.”

At a press conference with Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh, he said no-one was in “any doubt” that everyone in Pakistan had “sh*t for brains” and that “they wouldn’t know how to tackle terrorism if they had an anti-terrorism guidebook, some easy-to-tackle terrorists and an ACME how-to-tackle-a-terrorist-kit.

“Useless,” the Prime Minister concluded.

A Downing Street spokesperson insisted that Mr Cameron was “looking forward” to talks with Pakistan’s president, Asif Ali Zardari next week.

“Having said that,” the statement continued, “Mr Cameron also said he was looking forward to scouring London’s sewerage system with a toothbrush, diving headfirst into a vat of his own vomit and holidaying in the Isle of Man.

“So, you know, your guess is as good as mine, really.”

Asked to clarify his remarks, the Prime Minister added: “Come on guys, let’s be fair to the Pakistan government. They’ve taken really progressive steps in recent years to combat some of the terrorism in their…ha ha ha ha ha ha. No, seriously, though. They’ve done absolutely nothing.”

Mr Cameron also insisted that he would be similarly candid when he met the Pakistan president in Britain next week:

“I’m going to look him straight in the eye and then slap him hard in the face to teach him a lesson for all the terrorist activity he has allowed to take place in his country,” Mr Cameron said.

“Then, I’m going to get a big custard pie and slam it into his stupid, ridiculous looking face. Frankly, it’s the least he deserves.”

A spokesperson for the Pakistani President was far too angry to offer any comment.

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Revealing the division within its ranks, the government struggled all day on Friday to come up with a unified response to British Prime Minister David Cameron’s disparaging terror remarks.

For once the PPP leaders were not just at odds with the military leadership, but also the Foreign Office, led by their party man. The army conveyed its displeasure after the ISI chief cancelled his upcoming visit to UK. After hectic day-long consultations, sources said the final decision was on these lines – President Zardari will go ahead with his visit to UK; ISI chief to call off the trip; and the Foreign Office, which is torn between the political and military cross-currents, to summon a British High Commission official. British Prime Minister Cameron’s remarks in India earlier in the week accusing Pakistan of exporting terror created uproar here with demands for a strong response to the statement.

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Rioters in the Afghan capital have set fire to two US embassy vehicles shouting “death to America” after one of the SUVs collided with a civilian car killing a number of passengers, officials and witnesses have said.Police fired into the air to disperse the crowd of angry Afghans who threw stones and chanted “death to Karzai” in reference to Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president.Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Afghanistan James Bays said the exact details of the incident are still unclear, but security officials are concerned.“Some in the crowds said people got out of a vehicle and embassy guards started firing,” our correspondent said on Friday.

Police fired into the air to disperse the crowd of angry Afghans who threw stones and chanted “death to Karzai” in reference to Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president.Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Afghanistan James Bays said the exact details of the incident are still unclear, but security officials are concerned.

“Some in the crowds said people got out of a vehicle and embassy guards started firing,” our correspondent said on Friday.

Nato’s International security assistance force (Isaf) said it had dispatched a quick reaction force to the area outside the American embassy and near Afghan and US army bases in the centre of Kabul. Saleh Ahmed, a local resident in Kabul, said the accident happend when the civilian vehicle attempted to drive onto the main road from a side street and was hit by one of the two SUVs.

“The civilian vehicle was trying to get into the main road when the two foreign vehicles hit it and killed all four occupants,” Ahmed said. “People gathered around the crash site to see what happened, got angry and started attacking the foreigners.” continue

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How can we have information and intelligence-sharing with a country that has systematically done and continues to do a hatchet job on our premier intelligence agency and Pakistan military? It is time for Pakistan to sever its links and cooperation with the US.

From our nuclear program to the ISI, there is a continuous ongoing war being waged on us by the US. It may not be a military war but it has economic, political, diplomatic and psychological components. What is simply absurd is why the “PakMil” – a term Admiral Mike Mullen has coined to show his intimacy with General Kayani and is used only by him when he meets the COAS apparently – is not seeing the ground realities?

Instead of the ISPR issuing press releases now suddenly condemning the drone attacks in an attempt to fool the Pakistani nation, when they know only too well that these are being carried out with the support of the Pakistan civil and military leadership, the military should take a long hard look at what the US is doing to Pakistan on all fronts. If the Pakistani government, including the military, sees the drones as doing more harm than good, why do they remain complicit in this policy? Should they not send a clear message to the US by downing one of these drones? continue

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Since late 2006, United States government, military, intelligence and media have been orchestrating regular attacks against Pakistan, creating a false alarm about its nuclear capability and portraying its premier spy agency, the ISI, as a threat to world peace.

The weak and apologetic reactions by Pakistan’s political and military officials encouraged this American double game.

But here comes the smoking gun, more than 90,000 leaked US intelligence documents, which prove how the Washington establishment has been running a vilification campaign against Pakistan both under Bush and Obama administrations, without any evidence except malicious intent.

Here is a chance for Pakistan to use these documents to argue its own case more confidently.

As soon as the classified documents were leaked over the weekend, US government sprung into action to minimize damage by shifting the focus toward Pakistan.

US government and military officials succeeded in making Pakistan and ISI the main story and hide the massive and spectacular US failures in Afghanistan, including evidence on war crimes and civilian carnage. It’s an exercise that bears the hallmarks of a CIA-style public diplomacy [a la Iraq invasion]. Author : Ahmed Quraishi   continue

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Pakistan has strongly criticised David Cameron, the British prime minister, for his remark that Islamabad should not “promote the export of terror”.

Abdul Basit, a foreign ministry spokesman, on Thursday said Cameron seemed to have based his comments on leaked US documents, which he called “biased and self-serving”.“We are obviously disappointed at these comments because these are not coming from any original source, rather biased sources and I would say not even raw intelligence but disinformation against Pakistan,” he told Al Jazeera.

On a visit to India, Cameron on Wednesday said Pakistan should know “that it is not right to have any relationship with groups that are promoting terror”.

He said: “We cannot tolerate in any sense the idea that this country [Pakistan] is allowed to look both ways and is able, in any way, to promote the export of terror, whether to India or whether to Afghanistan or anywhere else in the world.” Though his comments were likely to be welcomed in India, Pakistan’s reaction has been quick and angry. continue

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A series of diplomatic meetings and events have been observed in the past two weeks in Pakistan. The prominent figures to have visited here include: Indian External Affairs Minister, S.M. Krishna; US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton; and, US Envoy to Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke. While these three did not have a joint meeting, it seems that their collective presence had an objective that would obviously not favor Pakistan. S.M. Krishna’s demeanor made things horribly obvious, even though his presence here was supposed to be a good gesture. While he spent his time here, rather uncomfortably, Clinton and Holbrooke fulfilled their evil designs in the form of getting Af-Pak Transit Trade Deal approved. Implementation of this trade route will leave a gaping hole in Pakistan’s security, as it will open the road for more Indian-trained militants in Afghanistan to carry out attacks on Pakistani soil.

The Pakistani people largely focused on S.M. Krishna’s gesture visit in the form of the proceedings and outcomes of the talks between him [S.M. Krishna] and Pakistani Foreign Minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi. The Pakistani people had not paid enough attention to something going on that was terribly undemocratic; the so-called Af-Pak Transit Trade agreement, through which India will send and receive goods to and from Afghanistan, through Pakistan. This agreement has not been tabled in parliament, and there has been little or no objection to it at the government or opposition level. The terms of the agreement have been agreed to behind closed doors, and the people have not been taken on board through the parliament — Is this the brand of democracy we preach? While this is an important point to make, the major emphasis in this article is on the connivance of the US and India to manipulate and deceive our people with the help of our naïve leadership. It is important to also turn particular attention to the role of Hillary Clinton; being a well known Zionist Mouthpiece of India, it is no surprise at all that when she is around, things seem to work against our interests. continue

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"We have known that US forces have been operating in secret inside the territories of Pakistan without congressional approval," Democratic Representative Dennis Kucinich said Friday, pointing to reports the United States was stepping up its presence there. Paul said the US military has "significantly increased" its operations in Pakistan, without providing figures.

He also noted the increased use of unmanned drone attacks in Pakistan since President Barack Obama came to office a year and a half ago."This increasing US military activity in Pakistan has little to do with protecting the United States and in fact is creating more enemies than it is defeating," Paul said.

"The administration, like its predecessor, is misusing language in the original post-9/11 resolution to prosecute a wider regional war and Congress is sitting quietly on the sidelines. This must stop."

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It was a relatively flawless performance. With Washington stuck in its Afghan review and Pakistan’s cities under bombardment, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton touched down in a hostile Pakistan in October 2009 on a self-proclaimed propaganda mission. Greeted with bombs from Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and treated with hard questions on the freshly signed Kerry-Lugar bill, Clinton left a foul impression after deploying her grating “do more” mantra on al-Qaeda’s leadership.

July 2010 would be different. No major explosions signaled her arrival, which Clinton attributed to Pakistan’s military success in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Drones have lost their controversial potency and US aid, always a third rail, grows increasingly palatable to an economically struggling Pakistan. Clinton beamed throughout her photo-ops and Pakistani leadership reflected the shine. She even managed to accuse someone within the government of knowing Osama bin Laden’s location without drawing attention, having landed in South Korea by the time her Fox News interview aired.

From Islamabad Clinton triumphantly landed in Kabul for what she hailed as a “turning point” in Afghanistan: a six hour international conference that pledged $20 billion in aid and declared Afghan security forces would assume command of all provinces by 2014. The choreography went off as planned, which of course is the point when the show is too good to be true. 

Like a bridge, errors in one part of the span expose other flaws and threaten to bring the entire structure down with it.Though Clinton undoubtedly improved upon her last visit, charm can only beautify an ugly reality so much. Promises of aid were automatically linked to a military invasion of North Waziristan rather than Pakistan’s current strategy of negotiating with its hosts, Sirajuddin and Jalaluddin Haqqani. Clinton explicitly ruled out a dialogue with them, tagging US aid as conditional.

Already fearful of military servitude, it doesn’t help that US and foreign aid lacks the track record to inspire confidence among  average Pakistanis. The Kerry-Lugar bill, President Barack Obama’s celebrated achievement in civilian aid, stalled in Congress due to fears of misappropriated funds; a trade bill designed for the FATA similarly gridlocked. Pakistan had to jump through hoops to receive long-delayed reimbursement from the Coalition Support Fund (CSF), while the Friends of Pakistan have delivered only $725 million of $5.6 billion pledged in April 2009.

So when Clinton announced “$500 million in several new development programs,” funded in part by the Kerry-Lugar bill, the many strings attached cast ominous shadows over her smiles. The attitude of Pakistan’s press was straightforward: “Given Pakistan's current plight, any assistance from the outside world has to be welcomed. The recognition by the US that policy cannot be focused only on security issues is also a step in the right direction.”

Whatever the strings and grudges, Pakistan simply isn’t in the position to turn down assistance. continue

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Indian Government Pulled Own Foreign Minister’s Leg 

New Pattern: Indian Extremists Strike Before Every Peace Move With Pakistan 

• On 17 Feb. 2007, one day before Pakistan foreign minister arrived in India, Indian intelligence officers & Hindu terrorists burned alive 59 Pakistani peace visitors touring India 
  
•  A nexus of Indian government, military, intelligence and Hindu extremist and terror groups is violently opposed to peace in Pakistan and Kashmir
  
• Time to expose the pr-war camp within the Indian establishment that is behind meddling in Afghanistan and increasing tensions with Pakistan, China, Nepal and almost every nation neighboring India

This is not the first time that Indian extremists have sabotaged crucial peace talks with Pakistan. 

On 19 February 2007, one day before Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri landed in New Delhi for peace talks, a bomb exploded aboard Samjota Express, or the friendship train launched as a peace gesture. Fifty nine Pakistani visitors to India were burned alive. Cynically, the Indian government accused ISI and Kashmiri freedom fighters but it turned out later that serving Indian Military Intelligence Officers and members of a Hindu terror group were involved. The Indian officers were arrested for a trial but a gradual blackout was slapped on the investigations.  continue

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•  Time to take a hard line on this US-led farce called Friends of Democratic Pakistan
  
•  FoDP – a group that will immediately dissipate when NATO and the US pull out of Afghanistan
  
•  Pakistan cannot afford to remain in this US-led mess of a war anymore since the costs on all fronts are too great
  
•  IMF and the economic managers imposed on us will lead Pakistan further down the road to economic disaster
  

The Friends of Democratic Pakistan met in Islamabad on Saturday and Pakistan’s Foreign Minister informed them of the losses suffered by Pakistan in terms of civilian and military personnel killed, as well as the financial losses due to lost markets, investments and trade. He also made it clear that unless the FoDP fulfilled its commitments, Pakistan could not, as he put it, “win” the war against terror. 

Apparently, there was an agreement to start implementing the Integrated Energy Sector Recovery Report. However, the real point was once again missed by the FoDP and it would seem by the Pakistani government as well: that unless Pakistan is given the access to the markets of the US and EU, it will continue to suffer economically because of the disastrous US-led “war on terror”. 

Already, since 9/11 Pakistan has suffered losses of over $ 43 billion. Even more critical, it has lost 3000 civilians, and 2,550 security personnel as well as over 7000 citizens injured. And no one has tallied up the costs to the environment and the social structures of the country. 

In other words, what the Pakistani government should be doing is informing the FoDP that it simply cannot afford to remain in this US-led mess of a war anymore since the costs on all fronts are too great and the main players like the US have failed to live up to any of their commitments. As for the FoDP, they have been holding continuous meetings but nothing substantive has come Pakistan’s way from them. In fact, the IMF and World Bank continue to insist on distortions in our economy that target the poor more than the rich. If anything, the IMF and the economic managers thrust on the country by them will lead Pakistan further down the road to economic disaster and political instability. It is time Pakistan took a hard line posture towards what is fast becoming the farce of the FoDP. 

Not that that mere economic assistance would have reduced the costs for Pakistan. Certainly access to markets would have had a more enduring positive spin off. But at the end of the day, what is required is for Pakistan to delink itself from the US-led war against terrorism and devise its own strategies taking into account ground realities so that we can fight our extremist and terrorist threats more effectively. This is what the Foreign minister should have told the FoDP – a group that will immediately dissipate when NATO and the US pull out of Afghanistan, leaving Pakistan with the collateral damage. Already US troops are suffering a major morale problem and June 2010 saw the highest number of US army suicides than in any month since the Vietnam War and things will not improve for the US military. That is why it is desperate to extricate itself from its Afghan mess. It is time Pakistan realized the US game plan and began distancing itself from the US which seeks to shift the centre of gravity of the whole war on to Pakistan and its territory. That is simply unacceptable. posted in The Nation

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The stage had been set for another round of the cordial, cosmetic but utterly pointless excercise at the behest of Washington as the US and NATO try and control the India-Pakistan proxy war on Afghan soil and convince Pakistan to shift its focus to the Western border. A lot of groundwork had been done to project the gradual normalization of relations between India and Pakistan in the run-up to the foreign minister-level talks. 

However, India's Home Minister GK Pillai's direct allegation on the eve of the talks that Pakistan's ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence) was 'literally controlling and coordinating it (the Mumbai attacks) from the beginning till the end' – had doomed the latest round of talks even before they commenced. continue

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WE, THE PEOPLE OF PAKISTAN, progeny of the Great Nara (Sarasvati), Indus, Gandhara and Muslim Civilizations that predate all civilizations of the world; and a bastion of knowledge since antiquity; and those who have withstood all imperial adventures. Having evolved a civilization founded on acceptance of higher values of civilized life, respect for others’ rights, culture of giving not taking, and imbibing an ideology of submission to God’s will, with the firmest of beliefs and faith in our abilities to discern the correct civilization path to a better tomorrow. 

Disturbed and aghast at the policies being pursued by the oldest and nascent democracies; overtaken by the imperialist, expansionist and exploitative mindset; concerned that democracy is fast becoming the domain of the highest bidders; political-military and industrial complexes, financial cartels and believers of the doomsday scenarios,Saddened at the gross violations of human rights defined in the Magna Carta, Bill of Rights of the American Founding Fathers and UN Resolutions, an infringement on the values of cultures, Faith in God that reflects separate standards and values; liberal for self and barbaric for others inherently leading to conflict,

Cognizant that silence is acceptance and complicity in the murder of the innocent; considering such militarized preemptions a violation by the governments on the largest suffering class of the poor in Pakistan, Afghanistan and all coalition countries fighting in Afghanistan. 

Spiritually disturbed, because all faiths propagate peace, forgiveness and a quest for truth; rightfully asserting that all those who resort to violence and murder of innocent blatantly violate the universal common values of humanity. Desiring that political and religious leaders in all our nations lead the way to peace for humanity, to stand united as equals, to save mankind and our planet from extinction.

Appealing to the international and national conscience to stand up and declare that ‘enough is enough’ because, civilizations, cultures and ideologies cannot be bombed out of the minds, We, the Coalition of Conscience demand, that this, illegal, unjust, and inhuman war be stopped through the collective power of human resilience and conscience the world over. continue

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A former senior advisor to President Bill Clinton says that the only thing which can rescue Barack Obama’s increasingly tenuous grip on power as his approval figures continue to plunge is a terror attack on the scale of Oklahoma City or 9/11, another startling reminder that such events only ever serve to benefit those in authority. Buried in a Financial Times article about Obama’s “growing credibility crisis” and fears on behalf of Democrats that they could lose not only the White House but also the Senate to Republicans, Robert Shapiro makes it clear that Obama is relying on an October surprise in the form of a terror attack to rescue his presidency.

“The bottom line here is that Americans don’t believe in President Obama’s leadership,” said Shapiro, adding, “He has to find some way between now and November of demonstrating that he is a leader who can command confidence and, short of a 9/11 event or an Oklahoma City bombing, I can’t think of how he could do that.”

Shapiro’s veiled warning should not be dismissed lightly. He was undersecretary of commerce for economic affairs dung Clinton’s tenure in the Oval Office and also acted as principal economic adviser to Clinton in his 1991-1992 campaign. Shapiro is now Director of the Globalization Initiative of NDN and also Chair of the Climate Task Force. He is a prominent globalist who has attended numerous Bilderberg Group meetings over the past decade. Shapiro is clearly communicating the necessity for a terror attack to be launched in order to give Obama the opportunity to unite the country around his agenda in the name of fighting terrorists, just as President Bush did in the aftermath of 9/11 when his approval ratings shot up from around 50% to well above 80%. continue

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Pakistani politicians called on visiting Indian External Minister S M Krishna here on Friday. Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) delegation was the first who met with Krishna followed by ANP delegation.

Talking to media after a meeting, MQM leader Farooque Sattar said terrorism is a regional issue and India should also come forward to meet the challenge. He called for positive talks between Pakistan and India adding that all contentious issues including Kashmir should be discussed in the process of talks. He said the party delegation urged the Indian minister for arrangement of the visa facility (Indian consulate) in Karachi. He said the delegation also talked over boosting bilateral trade ties and making the SAARC forum more effective. He said the Indian foreign minister denied any deadlock in the talks. Indian External Minister invited MQM delegation to visit New Delhi. Later, a three-member delegation of ANP comprised of Haji Adeel, Hashmi Baber and Tajuddin met Krishna.

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In a critical development, Pakistan’s military establishment has pushed the government for a review of Pakistan’s policy and strategy on national security. General Shuja Pasha of Pakistan’s ISI in his recent statement, called for a review of country’s security strategy in the wake of the US and Indian strategic moves in the region. Coming off unusually and at a critical time, this is probably the first time that anyone from Pakistan Army [and in particular the ISI] has bracketed US and India together as a threat to Pakistan. Whatever the reasons, the statement, more than anything, signals a gradual shift in Pakistan Army’s thinking and a strong willingness to review Pakistan’s existing policies. Earlier also, following the Pakistan’s massive Azm e Nau exercises, the Pakistan army took a strong logical stand on the North Waziristan offensive. Then, there was talk of Pakistan disengaging from war on terror and of course most importantly, it was Pakistan’s unilateral initiative in establishing a silent talk process with Afghanistan. The talks were unannounced but effectively aimed at bypassing USA.

There are signs in these developments. There are reasons to it. Just what went so wrong that Pakistan has started to reprioritize? There is a critical timing and pace at which Pakistan army is ‘retaliating’ to growing and destabilizing American influence in the region. For Pakistan, a decade of cosmetic American alliance has eventually led it to believe that Pakistan’s problems are US created and therefore naturally, a cure to these problems also lies in reviewing Pakistan’s engagement with USA. Then also, the USA has done well in making Pakistan realize this by its unprecedented, subjective and almost racial targeting of Pakistan’s army and ISI. Almost taking turns on Pakistan, a day doesn’t go by before seeing at least one American daily targeting Pakistan or its military establishment. In this, sadly but religiously, the American media has shrinked to become merely an anti-Pakistan mouthpiece.

To go on, the biggest US mistake has been inviting India to Afghanistan. Unless it is for hidden reasons, it is simply not plausible to involve disagreeing forces [with altogether different objectives] on a common cause. Inviting India to Afghanistan was always avoidable but is now proving destructive and it will only be a matter of time before which this bears out. What US is not realizing [or perhaps doesn’t want to] is that its growing anti-Pakistan strategic alliance with India may eventually turn things upside down to the extents of a direct confrontation between Pakistan and USA/India [or again, perhaps that is what US also wants and so all the constant ignoring of Pakistan’s concerns]. But while the US may be willing to do so, the question it really needs to ask itself is: is confronting Pakistan ‘in Afghanistan’ really what US wants to do? Or more importantly, will it be able to make sure that this will turn out as good as it expects? The history, at least doesn’t tell so.

Pakistan has without question done a lot to save its alliance with USA [and it is still trying to do] but is constantly suffering from hostile American policies. For USA, this is perhaps a first and last formal call to behavior. It comes because the ground realities tell a hypocritical American tale. Pakistan expects a friendly behavior from a friendly American alliance, otherwise who knows if Pakistan has already gone into versus mode against USA in Afghanistan. Article by Ahmed Shahid – PKKH Exclusive Report

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During the recent high-level meetings and briefings about the ongoing operations against the militants in different parts of the country, the lack of political and civil administration’s role was identified as the main reason behind the resurgence of the militants in the areas cleared of miscreants by the Armed Forces.

Sources aware of the development informed TheNation that Armed Forces had made it clear to the political leadership that it would not be possible to maintain durable peace in the troubled areas without the active and participatory role of civil administration and political leadership.

These sources further informed that the resurgence of militants in the areas of Malakand, Swat, Tira and Mohmand Agency was evident from the fact that they had started attacks on military check-posts and also coming up with threatening warnings to all those who stood by the Armed Forces during the military action in those areas a few months back.

The Parliamentary Committee on National Security had also expressed concerns over the sporadic attacks by militants on the civil and military installation in the areas, which were cleared of these militants by Army after heavy military operation backed by air cover.

During the briefing to Parliamentary Committee on National Security, the DG ISI had given the detailed insight to the MPs on the ongoing military operation against militants and the reasons behind the reappearance of the miscreants in the areas earlier cleared by the Army.

The sources aware of the deliberations of the meeting informed TheNation that one of the main reasons listed by the DG ISI about the reappearance of these militants in some of the military combed areas was slackness shown by the Government in the installation of civil administration to the advantage of the militants who attempted to fill the void but could not fully succeed as Army was still present there.

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Backing the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS), Inter-Services Intelligence chief Lieutenant General Shuja Pasha has asked the government for a review of country’s security strategy in the wake of the US and Indian strategic moves in the region.

Briefing the 18-member PCNS, Pasha stressed on the need of revamping the national security policy in the wake of political instability being created in the country due to ‘external interference’.

Sources privy to the meeting quoted Pasha as saying that some “foreign forces” were creating disturbances in various parts of the country, and that the ISI was keeping a close eye on their activities.

“Pakistan should consider making changes in its strategy because of changes in US policy about dealing with terrorists in Afghanistan and the Afghan government’s focus on finding an indigenous solution to the problem,” Pasha opined.

The committee headed Senator Raza Rabbani was also briefed by the defence secretary on the military operation and law and order situation, The News reports.

During the briefing, Rabbani made it clear that it was for the government to decide over launching a military operation in North Waziristan, and that it would not take dictates from any other country over the issue.

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Backing the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS), Inter-Services Intelligence chief Lieutenant General Shuja Pasha has asked the government for a review of country’s security strategy in the wake of the US and Indian strategic moves in the region.

Briefing the 18-member PCNS, Pasha stressed on the need of revamping the national security policy in the wake of political instability being created in the country due to ‘external interference’.

Sources privy to the meeting quoted Pasha as saying that some “foreign forces” were creating disturbances in various parts of the country, and that the ISI was keeping a close eye on their activities.

“Pakistan should consider making changes in its strategy because of changes in US policy about dealing with terrorists in Afghanistan and the Afghan government’s focus on finding an indigenous solution to the problem,” Pasha opined.

The committee headed Senator Raza Rabbani was also briefed by the defence secretary on the military operation and law and order situation, The News reports.

During the briefing, Rabbani made it clear that it was for the government to decide over launching a military operation in North Waziristan, and that it would not take dictates from any other country over the issue. (ANI)

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Chairman of the Parliament’s Special Committee on National Security Senator Mian Raza Rabbani, Thursday, made it clear that Pakistan being a sovereign country would not pay heed to the US demand for military operation in North Waziristan.

“Pakistan would itself decide when and where the military operation was imperative”, he told the media persons shortly after chairing a meeting of the committee, which also had detailed input on the issues relating to the national security from DG ISI Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha at theparliament House.

Other members of the committee who participated in the meeting were Amir of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Maulana Fazlur Rehman, MNAs Haider Abbas Rizvi, Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, Senators Ishaq Dar, Abdur Rahim Mandokhel, Leader of Opposition in the Senate Wasim Sajjad and Secretary Defence Lt Gen (R) Syed Athar Ali.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik also briefed the committee about the prevailing law and order situation in the country. “It was a detailed briefing that covered all the important national issues,” Mian Raza rabbani said, advising the political leaders to refrain from criticism in order to maintain the `national consensus’ as it was imperative to keep the national interests supreme.

“The issue of missing persons is a serious matter and the government will ensure their recovery,” he said. He said that the committee had decided to seek reports from ministries of Interior, Defence and Foreign Affairs about implementation status on the recommendations of the parliamentary body.

Rabbani said the committee would hold regular meetings after August 2 to prepare new recommendations in the light of earlier suggestions. He said the body would take briefing from ministries of Interior, Defence and Foreign Affairs on August 2, 3 and 4 respectively.

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Vikram Sood, another former top spy in India, has elaborated on Ind ia's covert warfare options to target Pakistan in the following words: "Covert action can be of various kinds. One is the paramilitary option, which is what the Pakistanis have been using against us. It is meant to hurt, destabilize or retaliate. The second is the psychological war option, which is a very potent and unseen force. It is an all weather option and constitutes essentially changing perceptions of friends and foes alike. The media is a favorite instrument, provided it is not left to the bureaucrats because then we will end up with some clumsy and implausible propaganda effort. More than the electronic and print media, it is now the internet and YouTube that can be the next-generation weapons of psychological war. Terrorists use these liberally and so should those required to counter terrorism." continue

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CIA officers alerted their Pakistani counterparts. Pakistan promised to look into the matter and, with neither side acknowledging the man was a double agent, the affair came to a polite, quiet end.The incident, recounted by former US officials, underscores the schizophrenic relationship with one of America's most crucial counterterrorism allies. Publicly, officials credit Pakistani collaboration with helping kill and capture numerous al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders. Privately, that relationship is often marked by mistrust as the two countries wage an aggressive spy battle against each other.

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