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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06LAHORE159 |
JAMAAT-UD-DAWA RALLY URGES MUSLIMS TO UNITE AGAINST WEST [...] (U) Approximately 20,000 people turned out for an anti-cartoon rally organized by Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JUD) and held at Lahore's Minar-e-Pakistan park on Friday, March 17. Representatives from various conservative religious and political organizations joined with prominent JUD leaders in accusing t [...] |
2006-03-24 09:57:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PK |
| 06LAHORE318 |
MNA ALLEGES ABUSE AFTER RELEASE FROM JAIL [...] (U) On May 22 a Lahore anti-terrorism court released PML-N MNA Saad Rafique on bail after more than three months in jail. Accused by the government of inciting the violent February 14 anti-cartoon protests in Lahore, Rafique was originally taken into custody outside the National Assembly on Feb [...] |
2006-06-27 04:12:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PK |
| 06LAHORE590 |
TEST LAHORE CLASS NET CABLE RECEIPT - [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-28 11:06:00 | Consulate Lahore | SECRET | ACOA |
| 06LAHORE592 |
TEST MESSAGE: LAHORE CABLE TRAFFIC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-29 06:36:00 | Consulate Lahore | SECRET//NOFORN | ACOA |
| 07LAHORE671 |
ROUND-UPS UNDERWAY IN PUNJAB [...] (S) Summary: Normalcy still prevails in Lahore and throughout the Punjab in the wake of the suspension of the constitution. Reports are surfacing, however, that the police are conducting sweeps against key opponents of the government. Punjabi opposition leaders, lawyers and civil society eleme [...] |
2007-11-04 15:59:00 | Consulate Lahore | SECRET | PGOV PREL AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PINR AMGT PK |
| 07LAHORE707 |
NAWAZ SHARIF TOUCHES DOWN AT LAHORE [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani authorities permitted exiled former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif to enter Pakistan on Sunday November 25th, arriving at Lahore's Allama Iqbal International Airport at approximately 6:30 p.m. local time via a personal aircraft of the [...] |
2007-11-25 16:42:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PINR AMGT PK |
| 07LAHORE715 |
PML-N WILL NOT BOYCOTT ELECTIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: According to a close confidant of Nawaz Sharif, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) does not/not intend to boycott elections but will continue publicly and privately to threaten to do so in order to extract concessions from the government by insisting on the selection of a new [...] |
2007-11-26 14:37:00 | Consulate Lahore | SECRET | PGOV PREL AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PINR AMGT PK |
| 07LAHORE722 |
PML-N TO COMPETE IN SPITE OF ADPM ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The nephews of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif indicated November 30 that PML-N will participate in January 8 elections regardless of recent press coverage and public statements. We would not be surprised, however, if Nawaz milks the threat of a boycott a b [...] |
2007-11-30 17:08:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PINR AMGT PK |
| 07LAHORE733 |
IT'S OFFICIAL--THE PML-N WILL COMPETE IN ELECTIONS [...] (S) On December 9 in Lahore the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) announced it will participate in upcoming elections in the wake of the failure of the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) to reach a consensus on whether or not to boycott the upcoming legislative elections. According to R [...] |
2007-12-10 14:43:00 | Consulate Lahore | SECRET | PGOV PREL AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PINR AMGT PK |
| 08LAHORE208 |
PML-N BLASTS APPOINTMENT OF NEW PUNJAB GOVERNOR [...] (C) Summary: On May 14 President Pervez Musharraf, with at least the tacit agreement of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari, nominated Salman Taseer, media mogul and former caretaker Federal Minister for Production and Industries, as Governor of Punjab province. The Pakistan Mus [...] |
2008-05-16 14:30:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
| 08LAHORE209 |
AMBASSADOR BRIEFS NAWAZ SHARIF ON USG ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and members of the country team briefed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his closest advisors on USG assistance programs and the terrorist threat on May 15. This was similar to the briefing provided to Ambassador Durrani and ANP leader Wali Khan at CIA headquarter [...] |
2008-05-22 05:59:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PK |
| 08LAHORE219 |
AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW PUNJAB GOVERNOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador paid a courtesy call on newly appointed Punjab Governor Salman Taseer on June 13. Taseer stated the lawyers' movement Long March had flopped, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was bent on confrontation with President Musharraf, the majority of Pakistan People's Party [...] |
2008-06-23 11:53:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PK |
| 08LAHORE221 |
NAWAZ INELIGIBLE TO CONTEST ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: In a surprise verdict, the Lahore High Court ruled on June 23 that Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was ineligible to contest the June 26 National Assembly by-elections. In the same ruling, his brother Punjab Chief Minister and [...] |
2008-06-24 15:02:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PK |
| 08LAHORE233 |
BOUCHER PAYS COURTESY CALL ON SHAHBAZ SHARIF WEARING CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Boucher paid a courtesy call on Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in Lahore on July 1. Shahbaz outlined his priorities for the Punjab, expressing concern that terrorist cells already present in the province could be activated in light of the Federally Adminis [...] |
2008-07-17 12:47:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON PK |
| 08LAHORE234 |
NAWAZ REMAINS FIXATED ON MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Boucher met with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Chief Nawaz Sharif in Lahore on July 1. Nawaz said the judges' restoration issue was a matter of principle not subject to political compromise. Nawaz expressed lukewarm support for the Federally Administered Tribal [...] |
2008-07-17 12:57:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON PK |
| 08LAHORE260 |
PAKISTAN PEOPLES PARTY WORKING TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE [...] (C) Principal Officer met August 26 with PPP Central Executive Member and Member of the Punjab Provincial Assembly Qasim Zia to review Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) efforts to wrest control of the Punjab provincial government from its former coalition partner, the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz [...] |
2008-08-28 11:00:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PK |
| 08LAHORE261 |
REQUEST FOR FIRE INSPECTION TEAM ASSISTANCE [...] (S) Post requests OBO/OM/FIR send a team of cleared Americans to inspect and repair Post's malfunctioning System 3 Fire Alarm. 2. (S) Over the past two months Post has experienced a series of problems of increasing severity with the System 3 Fire Alarm, the panel for which is located in t [...] |
2008-09-04 10:18:00 | Consulate Lahore | SECRET | ABLD ACOA |
| 08LAHORE273 |
LAHORE EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING - GENERAL [...] (SBU) Lahore's core EAC convened on Tuesday, September 30th and was chaired by the Principle Officer (PO). In attendance were representatives from RSO, RAO and IPC. The core EAC met to review the Consulate's security posture over the long Eid-Ul-Fitr holiday (October 1st to October 5th). [...] |
2008-09-30 11:13:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER |
| 08LAHORE276 |
PUNJAB GOVERNOR TASEER TELLS AMBASSADOR THAT SHARIFS ARE TOO [...] (C) Summary: Punjab Governor Salman Taseer told Ambassador Patterson September 30 that Punjab Chief Minister Shabaz Sharif and his brother Nawaz have ignored the growing extremist threat in the Punjab. Taseer, a member of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), criticized the Sharifs' focus on pol [...] |
2008-10-07 06:05:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EFIN PK |
| 08LAHORE289 |
PUNJAB POLITICIANS FOCUSED ON U.S.-PAKISTAN RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary: In a series of October 9 meetings, Punjab politicians told Director of the Office of Pakistan and Bangladesh (SCA/PB) Brent Hartley that the bilateral relationship remained critical for Pakistan to survive the series of crises currently underway. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PM [...] |
2008-10-21 10:28:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON PK IN |
| 08LAHORE290 |
MASSIVE BLACKOUTS PROMPTS PUNJAB PROTESTS [...] (SBU) Multi-hour blackouts, known locally as "loadshedding," over the past week sparked several protests in and around Lahore October 20 and 21. Protestors have told reporters that while overbilling by the Lahore Electricty Supply Company (LESCO) had made them angry, frustration over the worse [...] |
2008-10-22 06:11:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PK ENRG PGOV |
| 08LAHORE291 |
BT COTTON WILL NOT BE QUICK FIX FOR PUNJAB'S TEXTILES, WHICH [...] (C) Summary: Leadership of the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Punjab Zone) told Poleconoff October 17 that the global crisis has resulted in a 15-20 percent drop in exports during the last three months. Moreover, the lack of bank liquidity has constricted capital, making it difficult [...] |
2008-10-22 06:11:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ENRG PK ETRD |
| 08LAHORE295 |
NO CHANGE IN PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT TERRORISM POLICY LIKELY -- [...] (S/NF) Summary: In... [...] |
2008-10-28 08:35:00 | Consulate Lahore | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER EFIN ENRG PK |
| 08LAHORE302 |
(S/NF) EXTREMIST RECRUITMENT ON THE RISE IN SOUTHERN PUNJAB [...] (S/NF) Summary: During recent trips to southern Punjab, Principal Officer was repeatedly told that a sophisticated jihadi recruitment network had been developed in the Multan, Bahawalpur, and Dera Ghazi Khan Divisions. The network reportedly exploited worsening poverty in these areas of the [...] |
2008-11-13 10:30:00 | Consulate Lahore | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV KISL PK |
| 08LAHORE309 |
BLASTS MAR INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL EVENT IN LAHORE [...] (C) Summary: Three small blasts at an international cultural festival in Lahore November 24 injured two persons; no Americans were injured. The Punjab police arrested one suspect, a 16-year-old Afghan worker. Although no group has taken credit, most commentators speculated that the explosion [...] |
2008-11-24 14:45:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PK |
| 08LAHORE313 |
MOST PUNJABIS BELIEVE INDIAN GROUPS ARE BEHIND MUMBAI [...] (C) Summary: Although a few Punjabis see the possibility the Mumbai attacks could have been launched in Pakistan, overall politicians and lawyers in Punjab province believe that India should look to internal insurgent groups as the sole actors of the Mumbai attacks. After Prime Minister Manmohan S [...] |
2008-12-03 13:02:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
| 08LAHORE314 |
GOVERNOR TASEER KEEPS PUNJAB CHIEF MINISTER ALERT [...] (C) Summary: In response to a series of critical letters that Punjab Province Governor Salman Taseer sent to Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in November, Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah circulated incriminating photographs depicting Taseer and his family as un-Islamic. Although the leaders of [...] |
2008-12-06 11:40:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PTER |
| 08LAHORE315 |
NAWAZ SHARIF TELLS CODEL MCCAIN PAKISTANIS WERE INVOLVED IN [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) leader and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif told Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham December 6 he is convinced Pakistanis were involved in the Mumbai attacks and he would push for strict action against the responsible extremists. Sharif point [...] |
2008-12-09 07:43:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IN PK |
| 08LAHORE316 |
SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN TELLS PAKISTANI OPINION-MAKERS PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-09 07:52:00 | Consulate Lahore | SECRET | PREL PTER PK AF IN |
| 08LAHORE318 |
JAMAATUD DAWA BAN HASTILY IMPLEMENTED IN PUNJAB [...] (C) Summary: Punjab police confirmed that they detained twelve Jamaatud Dawa (JUD) leaders and sealed their offices as part of a December 11-12 crackdown directed by the Ministry of the Interior. According to the police and eyewitness accounts, mosques, madrassahs and hospitals run by Jamaatud Dawa [...] |
2008-12-12 15:13:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EFIN PK IN |
| 08LAHORE320 |
CHIEF MINISTER SHAHBAZ SHARIF PLEDGES TO CONTINUE STRONG JUD [...] (C) Summary: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif told Principal Officer December 13 that he intended to follow the directive to shut down Jamaatud Dawa (JUD). While he planned to take over JUD schools and hospitals, the madrassah network posed a challenge, he admitted. Pushed to cooperate wi [...] |
2008-12-15 07:32:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL EFIN PK IN |
| 08LAHORE325 |
CORRECTED COPY: CHIEF MINISTER SHAHBAZ SHARIF PLEDGES TO [...] (C) Summary: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif told Principal Officer December 13 that he intended to follow the directive to shut down Jamaatud Dawa (JUD). While he planned to take over JUD schools and hospitals, the madrassah network posed a challenge, he admitted. Pushed to cooperate with the [...] |
2008-12-18 11:36:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL EFIN PK IN |
| 08LAHORE326 |
PUNJAB SHUTS DOWN JUD ADMINISTRATION BUT KEEPS SERVICES [...] (C) Summary: The Punjab provincial government has taken steps to shut down JUD offices and take over the administrative functioning of ten schools and 18 dispensaries while ensuring that people continued to receive necessary services. Provincial authorities related that they could easily handl [...] |
2008-12-20 08:50:00 | Consulate Lahore | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV PK IN |
| 08LAHORE328 |
GOVERNOR TASEER BLASTS PUNJAB'S CHIEF MINISTER [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-31 10:31:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PK |
| 09LAHORE100 |
TERRORISTS ATTACK LAW ENFORCEMENT AND INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS [...] (C) A large explosion on Mall Road approximately a mile from post flattened the emergency response "Rescue 15" building and a wing of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Punjab headquarters on May 27 at 10:25. The adjacent Capitol City Police Office (CCPO) also suffered extensive damage. [...] |
2009-05-27 06:33:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PK |
| 09LAHORE101 |
ATTACK ON RESCUE 15 AND ISI IN LAHORE -- SITREP 2 [...] (C) According to press reports, as of 16:00 the May 27 car blast that demolished the Rescue 15 headquarters and damaged a wing of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) building killed 45 people, including several of military rank, and injured 292. Although media have focused exclusively on the [...] |
2009-05-27 13:14:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PK |
| 09LAHORE11 |
PUNJAB CHIEF MINISTER THREATENS "OPEN WAR" IF NAWAZ IS DISQUALIFIED [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-23 15:45:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
| 09LAHORE110 |
JUD CHIEF ORDERED RELEASED [...] (SBU) After more than five months of house arrest, the Lahore High Court (LHC) ordered the release of Jammat-ud-Dawa (JUD) Chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, who had been placed in preventive detention since the Mumbai attacks. After a series of delays, a full bench of the LHC heard a habeaus corpus [...] |
2009-06-02 13:23:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PK |
| 09LAHORE116 |
PUNJAB SUPPORTS IDP EFFORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Human Rights Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has registered 54,396 individuals in Punjab as of June 6, the majority of whom have taken refuge in private residences, but UNHCR expects many more have arrived in the province. The Punjab Government, Governor and other politi [...] |
2009-06-16 02:28:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV EAID PK |
| 09LAHORE118 |
PUNJAB LAWYERS FIGHT FOR AND AMONG THEMSELVES AFTER LONG [...] (SBU) Summary. Lawyers from Punjab have continued the fight for lawyers' rights, but have focused their efforts on improving their own status and ensuring job security. Punjab attorneys have demanded pay raises, housing from the provincial government and a resolution that requires companies t [...] |
2009-06-16 11:43:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK |
| 09LAHORE119 |
SARFRAZ NAEEMI LAID TO REST AMIDST PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary: Funeral services for Dr. Sarfraz Naeemi brought Lahore to a standstill June 13 as mourners flocked from all over the city to pay their respects to the Brelvi leader killed in June 12 suicide attack. Shopkeepers observed a day-long strike while political leaders unanimously condemn [...] |
2009-06-19 10:51:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PK |
| 09LAHORE122 |
TRAFFICKING STILL PREVELANT IN RAHIM YAR KHAN [...] (SBU) Summary. The southern district of Rahim Yar Khan has served as Pakistan's hub for children trafficked to the Gulf States to work as camel jockeys. Since 2005, the Federal government has repatriated over 800 trafficked children from the United Arab Emirates. According to UNICEF, the Gov [...] |
2009-06-23 02:01:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PK |
| 09LAHORE123 |
EDUCATION, HEALTH AND AGRICULTURE CAN BEAT EXTREMISM IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Improved education, health care and economic development can counter the rise of extremism in south Punjab, politicians and administrators told a USAID and State delegation that visited south Punjab June 2-8. Local leaders in Multan, Bahawalpur, Khanewal, Dera Ghazi Khan and Raj [...] |
2009-06-23 02:39:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID PTER PK |
| 09LAHORE129 |
NAWAZ SHARIF ACQUITTED IN HELICOPTER CASE [...] (SBU) Summary: A two-member Rawalpindi branch of the Lahore High Court (LHC) acquitted Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif of the alleged illegal purchase of a helicopter on June 26. The original sentence was handed down in 2000, immediately before Sharif was sent into ex [...] |
2009-07-06 06:57:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK |
| 09LAHORE131 |
MINORITY RIGHTS ADVOCATE ARRESTED IN LAHORE [...] (SBU) Summary. Joseph Francis, National Director of the Center for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS) and prominent human rights advocate, was arrested and denied bail by the Lahore High Court on July 9 after traveling to London while on bail in a forced conversion case. Francis is [...] |
2009-07-11 11:40:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF PK |
| 09LAHORE132 |
PAKISTAN MUSLIM LEAGUE ELECTIONS SHOW PARTY IS ADRIFT [...] (C) Summary: Although the July 8 provincial party elections of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML; also known as the "Q League") strengthened the Chaudhry family control over the PML, a prominent faction of dissidents who boycott the PML polls could could damage the national standing of the PML in [...] |
2009-07-13 04:33:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
| 09LAHORE133 |
CHRISTIANS ATTACKED IN KASUR [...] (SBU) Summary: A drunken fistfight erupted into an alleged incident of blasphemy, which sparked a mob attack on a Christian community in rural Punjab, prompting 700 people to flee their homes June 30. Federal Minister for Minority Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti offered compensation to the affected [...] |
2009-07-13 06:07:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF PK |
| 09LAHORE154 |
ICE MAY HAVE CRACKED, BUT SHARIFS STILL DISTRUST IN ZARDARI [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-24 12:45:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
| 09LAHORE155 |
RAPE VICTIM PORTRAYED BY NY TIMES FACES CORRUPT POLICE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Police in Khanewal district in south Punjab have refused to arrest the rapists and police whom New York Times subject Assiya Rafiq has accused of rape, women's rights activist Mukhtar Mai told Acting Principal Officer July 28. According to the July 26 article by Nicholas Kristof, [...] |
2009-07-28 13:36:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KCOR PK |
| 09LAHORE156 |
FEMALE MADRASSAHS IN PUNJAB PREPARE WOMEN FOR THE HOME [...] (SBU) Summary. Poloff visits to three female Ahl-e-Hadith madrassahs in Punjab has shown that they provide Islamic studies, Quran memorization and basic life skills training, but little else to prepare women for an independent life. Aside from the Quran, girls learn to cook, clean and sew; th [...] |
2009-07-30 02:41:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PGOV KISL PK |
| 09LAHORE164 |
POWER IN PUNJAB: LIMITED OPTIONS FOR ADDING SUPPLY, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Punjab provincial government is increasingly concerned about persistent rolling blackouts, but has few options to respond to the electricity crisis. In a July 28 meeting with A/PO, son of the Chief Minister and Member of the Provincial Assembly, Hamza Sharif, acknowledged t [...] |
2009-08-08 10:24:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ECIN EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
| 09LAHORE165 |
PROSECUTIONS AND PEACE PROMISED IN STRIFE-TORN VILLAGE [...] (C) Summary: While politicians and religious leaders have sought to establish inter-religious peace in Gojra village after the August 1 burning of eight Christians, human rights activists have urged the government to reconsider the blasphemy law, which sparked the killing of a Muslim businessma [...] |
2009-08-10 10:59:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER PK |
| 09LAHORE167 |
PUNJAB ATTORNEYS CONSIDER SUPREME COURT RULINGS PIECEMEAL [...] (C) Summary: Punjab attorneys from across the political spectrum criticized Chief Justice Iftikar Chaudhry's July 31 rulings against judges appointed during former President Musharraf's last 18 months in office as political and piecemeal, they said in a series of meetings with Acting Principal [...] |
2009-08-17 06:25:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK |
| 09LAHORE175 |
SHAHBAZ SHARIF CLAIMS ZARDARI GOVERNMENT LACKS CREDIBILITY [...] (C) This is an action request for S/SRAP. Please see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif told PO August 31 that the federal government as lacked credibility, hampering improvement in economic and social development. He pledged to prosecute the perpetrators of the A [...] |
2009-09-01 08:10:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER TU PK |
| 09LAHORE177 |
U.S. DAIRY IN PUNJAB: A $34 MILLION SUCCESS STORY [...] (SBU) Summary: Sweetwater International's Punjab dairy operation demonstrates how private business can lead economic development in Pakistan without government assistance. The firm's methods might provide a replicable model for modern milk production in the region. Acting Principal Office [...] |
2009-09-02 07:18:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID ECIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
| 09LAHORE178 |
PROSPECTS FOR POVERTY REDUCTION THROUGH NON-FARM EMPLOYMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Non-farm employment is vital to help alleviate poverty in southern Punjab, according to local policy makers and academic experts. Population growth has vastly outpaced increases in both agricultural productivity and non-farm jobs, which resulted in higher poverty rates in sout [...] |
2009-09-03 02:35:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID ECIN EIND EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
| 09LAHORE179 |
AGRICULTURE IN PUNJAB: MODERN AGRI-BUSINESS CAN LEAD [...] (SBU) Summary: A key strategy for enhancing agricultural production in Punjab is to leverage private sector connections to export markets, and to use supply chain development to drive broader improvements in agricultural practices, according to many researchers in the field. Ten years of smal [...] |
2009-09-03 03:02:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID ECIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
| 09LAHORE183 |
NON-STOP FLIGHTS FROM LAHORE TO NEW YORK LOOK LIKELY [...] (SBU) Summary: Lahore International Airport (LHE) may meet security standards required for direct flights to the United States, according to a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) observation team that conducted a survey at LHE August 24-28. The TSA team noted that LHE officials had ac [...] |
2009-09-09 06:41:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EAIR ECIN PGOV PREL PK |
| 09LAHORE190 |
MUKHTAR MAI: STRUGGLING AGAINST THE PUNJABI FEUDAL SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Summary. The Mukhtar Mai Women's Welfare Organization (MMWO), named for the survivor of a gang rape ordered by community leaders as vengeance for a family honor violation, is at a crossroads. As it fights the feudal system and its oppression of women, it struggles with sustainability, [...] |
2009-10-02 07:16:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KWMN PK |
| 09LAHORE195 |
UNICEF SUSPENDS SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN TRAFFICKED BETWEEN [...] (SBU) Summary. UNICEF temporarily suspended programs aimed at rehabilitating children trafficked to the United Arab Emirates as camel jockeys, pending the resolution of a partisan squabble that has essentially closed a district office of the Child Protection and Welfare Bureau, UNICEF's gover [...] |
2009-10-14 05:34:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI PK |
| 09LAHORE196 |
BLASPHEMY ACCUSED DIES IN POLICE CUSTODY IN NORTHEAST [...] (SBU) Summary: A young Pakistani Christian man died in police custody, three days after he was arrested and charged with blasphemy. On September 11, 20-year-old Fanish Masih, an illiterate sweeper, allegedly grabbed a copy of the Quran from a teenage Muslim girl and threw it in the drain. [...] |
2009-10-14 05:55:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF PK |
| 09LAHORE197 |
LAHORE EAC MEETING - 15 OCTOBER 2009 [...] (SBU) Principal Officer (PO) convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on October 15, 2009 at 1200 hours to review Post's response to three simultaneous attacks on Pakistani security-related facilities in Lahore. In attendance were A/RSO, POL/ECON, RAO, MGT, GSO/CONS, IPC, and PAO. [...] |
2009-10-15 09:12:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER PK |
| 09LAHORE198 |
SIMULTANEOUS ATTACKS ON THREE SECURITY INSTALLATIONS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: At least 30 terrorists, armed with grenades, guns, and suicide bomb vests simultaneously attacked three police facilities in Lahore on October 15 - Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Regional Headquarters, the Punjab Elite Police Force Training Academy, and the Manawan Police [...] |
2009-10-15 13:26:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PK |
| 09LAHORE200 |
RAMADAN CHARITABLE EVENTS WELL RECEIVED IN LAHORE [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the holy month of Ramadan Consulate Lahore distributed gift bags containing school supplies, juice, and a snack to over 1,000 children from four madrassahs and three orphanages. We also provided a package of basic food stuffs to 150 underprivileged families. Major Urdu [...] |
2009-10-19 08:25:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL PK |
| 09LAHORE204 |
CHRISTIANS DEMAND JUSTICE FROM PUNJAB PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 5, Christian villagers from Gojra made a show of rejecting USAID winterization kits and demanded justice after Muslim mobs burned houses in two Christian villages in August, killing eight people. Frustrated by the release on bail of a man arrested in connection wit [...] |
2009-10-21 09:57:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF PK |
| 09LAHORE205 |
ATTACK ON ISLAMABAD ISLAMIC SCHOOL SHOCKS PUNJABIS, CLOSES [...] (C) Summary. On October 21, the Punjab provincial government called for all educational facilities in the province to close until further notice. Immediately after the October 15 attacks on three security installations in Lahore, some public and private schools closed for a few days while th [...] |
2009-10-21 13:37:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
| 09LAHORE207 |
PAKISTAN'S TEXTILES INDUSTRY IS FRAYING AT THE EDGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Garments and textiles constitute the single largest industrial sector in Pakistan, accounting for 40 percent of all industrial employment and 8.5 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). While the industry has several globally competitive firms, the bulk of the business is mired [...] |
2009-11-01 09:14:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON BEXP BTIO EAGR EAID ECIN EIND ELAB ETRD |
| 09LAHORE209 |
NEW TEXTILE POLICY WON'T CURE WHAT AILS PAKISTAN'S INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan's 2009-2014 federal textile policy correctly identifies and seeks to rectify many of the sector's weaknesses, but experts predict it will not deliver the desired transformation of the industry. Despite accounting for 40 percent of all industrial employment and 8.5 per [...] |
2009-11-05 10:44:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON BEXP BTIO EAGR EAID ECIN EIND ELAB ETRD |
| 09LAHORE210 |
NAWAZ SHARIF ON ZARDARI: SUPPORTING DEMOCRACY, NOT THE [...] (C) Summary: Former Prime Minister/Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leader Mian Nawaz Sharif said he resisted attacking President Zardari, despite pressure from his own party to do so. Zardari had called to thank Sharif for his responsible reproach, and Sharif responded that he was not tr [...] |
2009-11-12 12:38:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PK |
| 09LAHORE215 |
NOVEMBER 10 VISIT TO MUKHTAR MAI AND SECURITY ASSESSMENT [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST IN PARAGRAPH 8. After the leadership of a local non-governmental organization (NGO) contacted Department of State personnel regarding terrorist threats, ConGen Lahore spoke with NGO staff and relevant security organizations. Police told us they recently contacted staff of Mu [...] |
2009-11-19 08:23:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PK |
| 09LAHORE216 |
THE SECRETARY'S MEETINGS WITH THE PUNJABI GOVERNOR, BUSINESS [...] (U) October 29; 17:15; Lahore, Pakistan 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Anne W. Patterson SRAP Ambassador Richard Holbrooke CG Carmela Conroy Pakistan (Both events) Punjab Governor Salman Taseer Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi [...] |
2009-11-20 09:33:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP CLINTON HILARY PK |
| 09LAHORE223 |
LAHORE PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL SUSPENDED DUE TO FINANCIAL, [...] (U) Summary: Organizers of the Lahore International Performing Arts Festival recently announced they were cancelling the festival for 2009, citing security concerns and financial constraints. The 2008 Festival, the 25th anniversary event, drew performers from 23 countries, thousands of festiv [...] |
2009-11-24 11:02:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS SCUL PK |
| 09LAHORE230 |
UPDATE ON OCTOBER 15 ATTACKS ON LAHORE SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. On October 15, 2009, extremists killed eighteen police personnel and injured over 100 in three simultaneous attacks on security installations in Lahore. The extremists had learned from previous attacks, enhancing their weapons and disguising themselves as police. Attackers app [...] |
2009-12-10 06:08:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PK |
| 09LAHORE236 |
PUNJAB CHIEF MINISTER ON SARGODHA DETAINEES, NRO, AND OTHER [...] (C) Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif asked for more time as Pakistani authorities need to thoroughly investigate the Sargodha detainees. As the Supreme Court decides on the NRO, Shahbaz believes the next five weeks are critical and reiterated the PML-N's position that it wants to see the d [...] |
2009-12-21 10:36:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PTER PK |
| 09LAHORE240 |
DEPARTURE OF ACTING CONSUL GENERAL BRYAN D. HUNT [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-29 10:02:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA PK |
| 09LAHORE27 |
BLAST IN DERA GHAZI KHAN LINKED TO SECTARIAN CONFLICT [...] (SBU) An alleged suicide attacker killed 33 people in the southwestern Punjab district of Dera Ghazi Khan February 5. According to press and consulate contacts, the blast targeted a Shia procession converging on the imambargah, or house of worship, in the middle of Dera Ghazi Khan city. "It is [...] |
2009-02-06 14:48:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PGOV PK |
| 09LAHORE35 |
PUNJAB GOVERNOR TAKES OVER WHILE PROTESTS CONTINUE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-27 04:20:00 | Consulate Lahore | SECRET | MOPS PGOV PK PTER |
| 09LAHORE38 |
THE NUMBERS GAME IN THE PUNJAB [...] (C) Summary: The key to power in the Punjab lies with the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) and its leaders the Chaudhrys of Gujrat. The Chaudhry cousins told the Principal Officer on February 28 that they were being assiduously courted by both the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Mus [...] |
2009-03-03 13:13:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
| 09LAHORE41 |
(S) SHAHBAZ SHARIF OPEN TO NEGOTIATIONS WITH PRESIDENT ZARDARI [...] (S) Summary: In a March 6 meeting with Principal Officer, Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) President Shahbaz Sharif laid out a number of preconditions for a quick negotiated settlement to the current political impasse with President Asif Zardari including that (1) the agreement included [...] |
2009-03-06 19:08:00 | Consulate Lahore | SECRET | PGOV PTER KDEM PK |
| 09LAHORE46 |
LAHORE EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING MEETS TO DISCUSS [...] (U) Lahore's EAC convened on Thursday, March 12, 2009 to review the impact the "Long March" on Islamabad, planned by lawyers, PML(N), Jamat-e-Islam and Tehreek-e-Insaf political parties in Pakistan, will have on the Punjab Province. The EAC was chaired by the Principal Officer. In attendance [...] |
2009-03-12 11:33:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER AMGT CACS PK |
| 09LAHORE49 |
SHARIFS REMAIN OPEN TO NEGOTIATION [...] (S) Summary: In a March 14 meeting, Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) President Shahbaz Sharif told Principal Officer that he and his brother -- former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif -- welcomed efforts by the United States, United Kingdom, and the Pakistan Army to negotiate a political sett [...] |
2009-03-14 11:25:00 | Consulate Lahore | SECRET | PGOV KDEM PTER PK |
| 09LAHORE50 |
GOVERNOR RESISTS COMPROMISE IN PUNJAB [...] (C) Summary: Punjab Governor Salman Taseer told Principal Officer (PO) March 14 that the best solution to stabilize the provincial government continues to rely on a tie-up between the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) with a PPP Chief Minister at the helm. He d [...] |
2009-03-14 12:06:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
| 09LAHORE54 |
SIPAH-E-SAHABA STEPS UP ACTIVITIES IN FAISALABAD [...] (S) Summary: A well-placed Deobandi religious leader told Principal Officer in a meeting on March 18 that extremist group Sipah-e-Sahaba (SSP) was increasing its activities in the central Punjab city of Faisalabad, the province's second largest, in collaboration with elements of the Tehrik-e-T [...] |
2009-03-20 10:51:00 | Consulate Lahore | SECRET | PTER PGOV PK |
| 09LAHORE6 |
LAHORE ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) [...] Overall Crime and Safety Situation: (U) Due to on-going concerns about the possibility of terrorist activity directed against American citizens and interests, the Department of State continues to advise U.S. citizens to defer non-essential travel to Pakistan. Family members of official Ameri [...] |
2009-01-16 06:39:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ASEC |
| 09LAHORE64 |
ATTACK ON POLICE TRAINING CENTER IN LAHORE -- SITREP 1 [...] (SBU) Between 20 and 25 unidentified terrorists attacked a police training center in the village of Manawan situated on the main road from Lahore to the Wagah border with India at approximately 7:30 am on March 30. Preliminary reports have placed the number of casualties at 20 with over 100 i [...] |
2009-03-30 10:38:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PK |
| 09LAHORE66 |
ATTACK ON POLICE TRAINING CENTER -- SITREP 2 [...] (SBU) Punjab Elite Police with the support of Punjab Rangers and the Pakistan Army took back the Police Training Center facility in Manawaan at 15:40 on March 30, according to police contacts on the scene. Press reports claim that the police took three terrorists into custody and lethally shot [...] |
2009-03-30 16:06:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PK |
| 09LAHORE67 |
POLICE FOCUS ON DOMESTIC EXTREMISTS AS MARWAN INVESTIGATION [...] (C) Summary: Senior police contacts have told post that the current investigation into the March 30 attack on the Manawan Police Training School is focusing on domestic extremist groups with ties to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Police are under pressure to concentrate on Baitullah [...] |
2009-03-31 12:19:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PK |
| 09LAHORE68 |
SUPREME COURT RESTORES SHAHBAZ SHARIF AS PUNJAB CHIEF [...] (C) Summary:The Supreme Court March 31 issued a stay order against its February 25 decision to disqualify Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif from holding public office. The immediate impact of this decision was to restore the status quo and temporarily restore Shahbaz Sharif as Chief Minister. It did n [...] |
2009-04-01 11:14:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PK |
| 09LAHORE69 |
CHIEF MINISTER SHAHBAZ SHARIF READY TO CORRECT GOVERNOR'S [...] (C) Summary: Newly restored Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif told Principal Officer (PO) April 3 that he will focus on the terrorism issues that afflicted Punjab while Governor Salman Taseer had taken over. He noted that the March 31 court ruling only stayed his disqualification from office, whil [...] |
2009-04-06 11:08:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PK |
| 09LAHORE72 |
PUNJAB GOVERNOR TASEER TELLS CODEL KYL THAT EXTREMISM IS [...] Summary (C) Punjab Governor Salman Taseer told a congressional delegation led by Senator Jon Kyl that only a small minority in Pakistan supports extremism. He highlighted assistance to Pakistan's education system as the best way to counter terrorist recruitment. Taseer also envisioned Pakist [...] |
2009-04-10 14:08:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PK |
| 09LAHORE76 |
NAWAZ SHARIF TELLS CODEL KYL TO TALK TO ALL PARTIES [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-17 10:58:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PK |
| 09LAHORE77 |
PUNJAB AGRICULTURE OFFICIALS CRITICIZE PAKISTAN WHEAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior bureaucrats in the Punjab Ministry of Agriculture realize that government wheat policy endangers Pakistan's food security and perpetuates rural poverty and isolation, creating fertile ground for extremists. Despite the cost and corruption fueled by price supports and subsi [...] |
2009-04-20 10:27:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID ECIN ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
| 09LAHORE87 |
PUNJAB WHEAT HARVEST JEOPARDIZED BY CORRUPTION AND LACK OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Corruption and inadequate storage facilities have hindered the Punjab government's ability to take full advantage of a bumper crop of wheat. Many farmers, faced with transportation and bureaucratic hurdles, have chosen to sell their wheat to middlemen, who have pocketed the diff [...] |
2009-05-07 06:30:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID ECIN ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
| 09LAHORE9 |
THE BATTLE TO CONTROL THE PUNJAB [...] (S) Summary: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) coalition in the country's most-populous Punjab province is looking increasingly weak. Both parties are openly courting the opposition Pakistan Muslim League (PML) in an effort to solidify control over the [...] |
2009-01-22 07:16:00 | Consulate Lahore | SECRET | PGOV KDEM PK |
| 09LAHORE95 |
MODERATE ISLAMIC LEADERS IN PUNJAB LOOK TO U.S. FOR GUIDANCE [...] (C) Summary: Although historically divided by sometimes violent sectarian differences, Punjab's Islamic religious leaders have found common cause in recent years in pressing for a moderate alternative to the Taliban-style Islam increasing in Pakistan's Pashtun areas. While infiltration by wel [...] |
2009-05-18 10:46:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PK |
| 09LAHORE96 |
LAHORE EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING - DETAINEE [...] (U) Per reftel, Lahore's EAC convened on Monday, May 18th and was chaired by the Principal Officer. In attendance were representatives from RSO, POL, ECON, CONS, PAS, RAO, IPC and MGT. The EAC met to assess the impact on the mission and AMCIT security of media attention to the issue of unrel [...] |
2009-05-18 10:53:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER |
| 09LAHORE99 |
PUNJAB HOME SECRETARY FEARS HAFIZ SAEED'S RELEASE [...] (C) Summary: Punjab Home Secretary Nazim Hassan Asif warned that a full bench of the Lahore High Court could free Jamaatud Dawa leader Hafiz Saeed on May 21. He lamented that he lacked sufficient evidence to support the detention orders under which the Home Department has extended their detention. [...] |
2009-05-22 05:41:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PK |
| 10LAHORE14 |
MUKHTAR MAI: THE NEXT STEP [...] (SBU) Summary. In 2009, Mukhtar Mai Women's Welfare Organization (MMWWO) expanded its advocacy programs, trained community volunteers and provided assistance to over 800 victims of gender-based violence (GBV) while facing pressure from feudal powers in an unstable security environment. For [...] |
2010-01-22 07:46:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KWMN PK |
| 10LAHORE18 |
PUNJAB AMENDS 2001 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORDINANCE [...] (C) Summary: The Punjab Assembly passed an amendment on February 4 to replace current district nazims with "administrators" appointed by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif until local elections are held. Meanwhile, the provincial cabinet is discussing a new ordinance that would basically return th [...] |
2010-02-05 08:10:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PK |
| 10LAHORE2 |
SUCCESSFUL RECEIPT OF CLASS POUCH IN LAHORE -- LESSONS [...] On December 19, 2009, Consulate General (ConGen) Lahore received and processed through the Allama Iqbal International Airport its first-ever classified pouch shipment. The shipment was a learning experience for both the ConGen staff and the airport staff and we believe it paved the way fo [...] |
2010-01-08 10:28:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED | ADCO ADPM AMGT PK |
| 10LAHORE20 |
PUNJAB'S DEFICIT SPENDING POSES CHALLENGES FOR NEXT IMF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An August 2009 deal to finance Punjab province's deficit received sudden attention from the media in January, despite the absence of new issues arising from that deal - yet. The size of Punjab's growing deficit, however, raises concerns about the next review of Pakistan's financ [...] |
2010-02-08 06:20:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK |
| 10LAHORE24 |
WINDS OF CHANGE FOR MUKHTAR MAI [...] (SBU) Summary. Samson Salamat, manager for Mukhtar Mai Women's Welfare Organization (MMWWO), has disclosed a rift between Mukhtar Mai, her husband, and organization management. Salamat, worried about the power Mai may give to her husband, has chosen to leave MMWWO in March. The loss of this [...] |
2010-02-12 02:03:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KWMN PK |
| 10LAHORE25 |
ACCUSATIONS OF TORTURE IN DEATH OF ADOLESCENT MAID IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The death of 12-year old girl, allegedly at the hands of her employers, offers a glimpse into the world of child labor in Pakistan. Shazia Masih, who died on January 22, worked for seven months as a servant in the home of a Lahore attorney. The attorney, his wife, son, and sis [...] |
2010-02-13 06:26:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF KWMN PK |
| 10LAHORE26 |
LAHORE ARRESTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 8 Punjab Police held a press conference to announce they had arrested six Pakistani men on suspicion they were planning to attack the Pearl Continental Hotel in Lahore. The men reportedly intended to target U.S. Nationals. The RSO and CG reviewed the current securi [...] |
2010-02-19 13:49:00 | Consulate Lahore | SECRET | ASEC PTER PREL AMGT CASC PK |