Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07ISLAMABAD3236
2007-07-26 10:20:00
SECRET
Embassy Islamabad
Cable title:
DEMARCHE ON AL RASHID TRUST DELIVERED TO GOP
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S E C R E T ISLAMABAD 003236
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/PB, EB/ESC LLAMBERT
JUSTICE FOR LSAMUEL
TREASURY FOR PDERGARABEDIAN, ASHARMA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/26/2017
TAGS: ECON EFIN EINV KTFN PREL PK
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON AL RASHID TRUST DELIVERED TO GOP
REF: STATE 95746
Classified By: DCM PETER W. BODDE FOR REASONS 1.4(b) AND (d)
(S) On September 25, EconOff delivered reftel demarche to
Brigadier Javed Iqbal Cheema, Director General of the
National Crisis Management Cell. (Note: It was Cheema's
office that ordered the closure of Al Rashid Trust offices in
February 2007. End Note). He appreciated the classified
information released to him and assured EconOff it would not
be released publicly. He stated there would be a meeting of
Foreign Home Secretaries and Inspectors General of Police
tomorrow, and he would pass on this information to them to
make discreet inquiries. He will also pass on this
information to the provinces for their investigation. He
promised to follow up with Post on any information indicating
Al Rashid Trust is still operating.
PATTERSON