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01ISLAMABAD648	UPDATE: PAN AM HIJACKERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. ALL FIVE PAN AM 73 HIJACKERS REMAIN INCARCERATED AT ADIALA PRISON, RAWALPINDI. A JANUARY 31 LAHORE HIGH COURT (RAWALPINDI BENCH) DEPORTATION HEARING CONSIDERED THE CASE OF HIJACKER SULIEMAN AL-TURKI ONLY. ACTION ON AL- TURKI'S DEPORTATION REMAINS PENDING AS THE LIBYAN EMBASSY [...]	2001-02-06 06:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EAIR PLO PK

03ISLAMABAD8950	2003 TERRORISM REPORT FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-01 13:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PK
05ISLAMABAD15208	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: WHAT THEY NEED [...] (c) Summary and Comment: The scale of devastation from yesterday's earthquake is becoming increasingly clear as information comes in from remote, outlying provinces. The Government now estimates that the number of fatalities could range between 32,000 and 40,000 -- and possibly more. Villag [...]	2005-10-09 15:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR CASC EAID MASS PK PREL SENV
05ISLAMABAD15254	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE - WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT'S NEXT [...] Summary and introduction: The Government of Pakistan (GOP) says that it has confirmed 19,136 deaths and 42,397 injuries from the October 8 earthquake; both figures will climb as rescue/recovery efforts continue. The GOP has centralized disaster relief coordination in the Prime Minister's of [...]	2005-10-11 02:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AADP AEMR CASC EAID MASS PK PREL SENV ASEC PA
05ISLAMABAD15278	TFPK01: PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE -- DISASTER RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: The Government of Pakistan (GOP) now has a firmer grasp on managing relief efforts, but still faces coordination problems between its civilian and military leaders. The Prime Minister's coordination center is considering a USG proposal to have embassy liaison [...]	2005-10-12 02:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PK PREL PAS
05ISLAMABAD15286	TFPK01: POLITICAL PARTIES AND MILITANT [...] (U) Summary: Pakistan's political parties are mobilizing their own relief/recovery operations for victims of the South Asian earthquake. All have promised to send funds, supplies, and teams to the affected areas and several are setting-up independent relief camps. In addition, Kashmiri mil [...]	2005-10-12 09:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID MOPS PK
05ISLAMABAD15316	TFPK01 - PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: RELIEF OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Relief supplies and assistance teams are beginning to reach affected areas even as transportation remains a serious on-going problem. There is great concern that deteriorating weather conditions -- snow has already begun falling in parts of Kashmir -- may exace [...]	2005-10-12 16:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD15463	POLITICAL FALLOUT FROM DISASTER RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: The GOP and the Pakistan military have faced substantial media and public criticism, much of it unjustified, for their perceived ineffectiveness in earthquake response. Musharraf's public address on October 12, a damage control exercise, was overshadowed by continued media images [...]	2005-10-14 09:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID MASS PK
05ISLAMABAD15513	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: RELIEF MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Relief efforts in Pakistan are pushing forward, as the government begins to implement a coherent Concept of Operations for managing its response to the crisis. The U.S. has received diplomatic clearance to double its milair relief flights into Islamabad, and a [...]	2005-10-14 14:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PK MASS PARM AEMR ASEC PGOV AADP CASC AID
05ISLAMABAD15518	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: SURVEY TRIP TO MUZZAFARABAD [...] Summary: A USG survey team consisting of personnel from State, USAID, and DOD visited Muzzafarabad and surrounding areas of Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) from October 11-13. During the visit, the team met with officials from the local and AJK government, the Pakistani military, and relief workers [...]	2005-10-15 08:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD15522	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: ONE WEEK LATER [...] (C) Summary and introduction: One week after the October 8 South Asian earthquake, public and private relief operations on the ground are pushing forward. The Government of Pakistan's (GOP) strategic concept of operations for the relief campaign, however, continues to evolve, with the Army' [...]	2005-10-16 05:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC EAID MASS MOPS PGOV PK PREL
05ISLAMABAD15531	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: UNHCR PLANS FOR CAMPS AND [...] The October 8, 2005 magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Pakistan left an estimated 3.3 million people without shelter (UN Office of Humanitarian Coordinator, October 15). Providing temporary shelter from them remains a top priority of the international assistance effort and the government of Pakist [...]	2005-10-16 12:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID MASS PARM PGOV PK PREL AID UN
05ISLAMABAD15550	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: MFA EMPHASIZES URGENT NEED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 15, Foreign Secretary Muhammed Riaz Khan, in a meeting with Ambassador Crocker, explained the GOP,s highest near term priority was obtaining winterized tents and blankets for the three million people needing shelter in the affected areas, and he requested U.S. assi [...]	2005-10-17 02:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON ETRD MASS PK PREL
05ISLAMABAD15555	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION [...] From October 13 to 15, the USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) conducted an assessment in Muzaffarabad. The USAID/DART,s assessments confirmed that winterized tents are the priority in earthquake affected areas. The health cluster estimates that 67,000 persons are in need of imme [...]	2005-10-17 08:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR ASEC EAID ECON KMDR KPAO MASS OIIP OPRC PGOV PK PREL
05ISLAMABAD15677	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: ONLY MINOR MISSTEPS IN [...] (U) In the days since a violent 7.6 earthquake rocked northern Pakistan at 0853 October 8th, the Pakistan military has responded to the national crisis with valor and dedication. Army helicopters were in the air less than two hours after the quake struck, flying reconnaissance missions over [...]	2005-10-19 07:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PK MASS AEMR PREF ASEC PGOV EAID
05ISLAMABAD15728	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Eleven days into Pakistan's earthquake disaster, substantial U.S. assistance continue to encourage the Pakistani public and give confidence to the government that it has strong international backing as it confronts the worst catastrophe in its history. Over the next several days, a U.S. [...]	2005-10-19 12:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PK PREL SENV
05ISLAMABAD15730	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] The U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) estimates that there are 100,000 to 250,000 people who are not receiving relief in remote areas. UNICEF will be assessing these un-accessed areas. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) requested that the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) establish camps [...]	2005-10-20 01:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD15731	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: AN OPEN DOOR TO KASHMIR? [...] (C) Summary: During an October 18 press conference, President Musharraf sent out a trial balloon on Kashmir, announcing that Pakistan would allow Kashmiri civilians--including Kashmiri politicians--from across the LOC to come to Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) to meet relatives and assist in rec [...]	2005-10-20 01:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV IN
05ISLAMABAD15736	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: PUBLIC REACTION TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) Summary: Public criticism of the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) relief operations continues. Media images of angry survivors still waiting for adequate relief, coupled with often-inaccurate and inflamatory editorials are fueling this resentment. Opposition parties have seized on this c [...]	2005-10-20 05:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD15766	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] The Government of Pakistan (GOP) estimates that the earthquake killed 41,121 people and injured 67,634 others, and these numbers are likely to increase. The USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) reports that the GOP has made a credible effort to respond to the earthquake given [...]	2005-10-20 11:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD15769	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: ISLAMIST AND EXTREMIST [...] (S) Summary: Islamist parties, clergy, and militant/extremist groups are using the Kashmir earthquake to strengthen their public image in affected areas...and to raise money. Member parties of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) are engaged in independent relief efforts through their charitable [...]	2005-10-20 13:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PTER PK
05ISLAMABAD15856	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: TRANSPORTING TENTS FROM [...] With snow already falling on some areas affected by the October 8 earthquake, getting winterized tents or other forms of shelter to those whose homes were destroyed is quickly emerging as a critical element of relief efforts. Given the magnitude of the crisis -- the current estimate is three [...]	2005-10-21 12:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	CA EAID PK PREF PREL SENV
05ISLAMABAD15860	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] On October 21, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that 62,000 tents were delivered to Pakistan by the international community and 50,000 tents have been delivered by the Government of Pakistan (GOP). IOM further stated that there are currently 194,000 tents available [...]	2005-10-22 18:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD15862	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: KARZAI TO MAKE CONDOLENCE [...] (C) On October 21, the Afghan Embassy confirmed to post that AfghQsident Karzai plans to make a short condolence visit to Pakistan on Monday, October 24. According to Afghan Ambassador Tarzi, President Karzai will call on President Musharraff and PM Aziz, followed by a press event. The Paki [...]	2005-10-22 18:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PK PGOV AF
05ISLAMABAD15950	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: WHAT THE U.S. MUST ACCOMPLISH IN GENEVA [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-24 12:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC EAID MASS MOPS PGOV PK PREF PREL
05ISLAMABAD15959	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: KASHMIRI GOVERNMENT VIEWED AS [...] (C) Summary: The autonomous Government of Azad Jammu Kashmir (GAJK) has played virtually no role in earthquake relief. Its bureaucracy was devastated along with the capital of Muzzafarabad, while its political leadership (most of which was in Islamabad at the time of the earthquake) has been [...]	2005-10-24 12:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16005	KARZAI CONDOLENCE VISIT TO PAKISTAN OCTOBER 24 [...] (C) Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a brief visit to Pakistan October 24 to express condolences and support for Pakistan in the aftermath of the October 8 earthquake. Afghan Ambassador Tarzi told us that from his perspective, the visit went very well. Karzai first met with Musharraf who e [...]	2005-10-25 01:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON MASS PREL AF PK
05ISLAMABAD16024	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) continues to facilitate the movement of excess U.S. military commodities to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for distribution in affected areas. The USAID/DART observed market activity and the delivery of food stocks to private busines [...]	2005-10-25 09:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16025	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) continues to facilitate the movement of excess U.S. military commodities to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for distribution in affected areas. The USAID/DART observed market activity and the delivery of food stocks to private busines [...]	2005-10-25 09:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16051	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: MBS GEARING UP FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the detailed needs assessment is just beginning, multilateral development banks (MDBs) are trying to come up with funds to support reconstruction needs following Pakistan's October 8 earthquake. The World Bank board will vote October 25 on a $200 million package of e [...]	2005-10-25 11:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PREF PK
05ISLAMABAD16063	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) On October 25, Ambassador received USN VADM Stufflebeam, commander of the NATO team visiting Islamabad to coordinate NATO's earthquake relief deployment to Pakistan. VADM Stufflebeam told Ambassador that he would only be on the ground in Pakistan for the time necessary to conduct a Comma [...]	2005-10-26 02:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PK MASS PGOV EAID AEMR ASEC NATO UN
05ISLAMABAD16073	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] From October 22 to 23, a team of three Foreign Service nationals from USAID/Pakistan conducted an assessment in Muzaffarabad and several villages that were affected by the earthquake. The team visited Muzaffarabad city, Shaeed Gali, Hasan Gali, Jabbi Haider Shah, Lamian Battian, and Gari Hab [...]	2005-10-26 11:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16138	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] As of October 25, the death toll in Pakistan reached 53,000, and the total affected population was between 2.7 and 2.8 million people. Shelter continues to be the primary need of those affected by the earthquake. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) continues to monitor the water and sanitation [...]	2005-10-28 01:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16139	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] As of October 25, the death toll in Pakistan reached 53,000, and the total affected population was between 2.7 and 2.8 million people. Shelter continues to be the primary need of those affected by the earthquake. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) continues to monitor the water and sanitation [...]	2005-10-28 01:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16140	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: PARTS SHORTAGE MAY SOON [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Since October 8, Pakistan's Army Aviation has kept its fleet of heavy-lift MI-17 helicopters in the air flying daily sorties transporting relief supplies to areas devastated the South Asian earthquake. To accomplish this dramatic shift in its mission, reourcef [...]	2005-10-28 01:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC EAID MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL
05ISLAMABAD16190	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: UN TRYING TO GET UP TO SPEED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission staff with direct interaction with the UN's earthquake relief effort - from the team leader for USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) to emboffs attending UN sectoral cluster groups -- characterize the UN response thus far as "a day late and a dollar short," wit [...]	2005-10-31 01:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR EAGR EAID ECIN ECON MASS PGOV PK PREF PREL SENV AESC UN
05ISLAMABAD16220	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION [...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) reports that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) is increasingly open to non-tent shelter alternatives. In Muzaffarabad, the U.N. Children,s Fund (UNICEF) estimates that it has met 80 to 90 percent of SPHERE standards for water. The GOP h [...]	2005-10-31 04:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16473	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: CHANGING PERCEPTIONS OF [...] (C) The isolation of many areas impacted by the October 8 earthquake has long afforded Islamist politicians and conservative religious clerics an uncritical audience for their at times extremist worldviews, in which America (or the West) as enemy of Islam featured prominently. Anecdotal evide [...]	2005-11-04 02:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK PAS
05ISLAMABAD16474	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] From October 30 to 31, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) Economic and Livelihoods Advisor (ELO),Program Officer (PO),Water and Sanitation Officer (WSO),Shelter and Settlements Advisor (SSA),Earthquake Expert (EE),Military Liaison Officer (MLO),Field Officer (FO),[...]	2005-11-04 02:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16480	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE: WHERE WE ARE AND [...] (U) Summary. As we approach the one-month anniversary of the earthquake, post offers this overview of relief efforts to date and an assessment of key priorities for the future. The earthquake itself caused much more damage and loss of life than initially estimated, but the Pakistani and inte [...]	2005-11-04 15:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID MARR MASS PNAT PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16553	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: A VISIT TO BATTGRAM [...] (C) Forward Operating Base Mansehra Officer-in-Charge and Econoffs visited Battgram district on November 5. Settlement patterns have complicated relief as damage is spread across mountain villages with low population densities. Interlocutors were concerned for villages in the Allai tehsil, [...]	2005-11-07 13:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID MASS MOPS PGOV PK PTER ECON PREF ASEC
05ISLAMABAD16577	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: A VISIT TO BATTGRAM [...] (C) Forward Operating Base Mansehra Officer-in-Charge and Econoffs visited Battgram district on November 5. Settlement patterns have complicated relief as damage is spread across mountain villages with low population densities. Interlocutors were concerned for villages in the Allai tehsil, [...]	2005-11-08 08:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID MASS MOPS PGOV PK PTER ECON PREF ASEC
05ISLAMABAD16641	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: PROTECTION SECTOR REPORT [...] Due to the enormity and complexity of this emergency and the major focus on providing shelter to villages in the mountains, it has been extremely difficult to monitor relief distributions in order to ensure that vulnerable populations, including those without effective male protection, are id [...]	2005-11-09 06:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16643	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF [...] As of November 2, approximately 981,800 affected beneficiaries in Pakistan are receiving food aid. This is 98% of the 1 million caseload identified by the U.N. World Food Program (WFP). WFP's recent assessment estimates more than 2.3 million people are in need of food aid. Various non-gove [...]	2005-11-09 06:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC EAGR PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16741	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: FIELD VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] From November 2 through 9, Deputy Director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Greg Gottlieb visited Pakistan to work with USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) on developing programming and staffing plans for next approximately 150 days of the earthquake emerg [...]	2005-11-10 09:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16819	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] On November 5, Deputy Director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Greg Gottlieb, accompanied by the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART),traveled to earthquake-affected areas. The group met with implementing partners and members of the Government of Pakistan [...]	2005-11-12 07:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16827	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: THE ROLE OF NGOS IN THE [...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) subscribes to the overall Government of Pakistan (GOP) Federal Relief Commission (FRC) strategy that primary focus at this stage in the relief effort should be placed on providing in-situ shelter and food security support for earthquake-affec [...]	2005-11-14 02:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16834	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION [...] On November 6, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) met with representatives of all seven implementing partners in Pakistan. On November 7, Deputy Director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Greg Gottlieb and USAID/DART staff met with Kevin Kennedy, the ne [...]	2005-11-14 04:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16837	CRITICAL NON-FOOD RELIEF SUPPLIES: WHAT IS STILL [...] DART staff has reviewed documents from the Government of Pakistan Federal Relief Commission (FRC),information from various UN reports, and input from a number of NGO implementing partners, in order to evaluate current requirements and available supplies for a number of critical non-food items [...]	2005-11-14 10:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV PK
05ISLAMABAD16850	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: KAGHAN AND ALLAI VALLEYS [...] Summary: A team from the Embassy's Forward Operating Base in Mansehra (Officer-in-Charge (OIC),USAID/DART Field Officer, U.S. Military Liaison Officer) and representatives of five USAID-funded NGOs visited the Northern Kaghan and Allai Valleys on November 9. In both areas, Pakistan military [...]	2005-11-14 11:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS MOPS ECON PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16875	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: AREAS IN MANSEHRA DISTRICT [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Forward Operating Base - Mansehra Officer-in-Charge (OIC) and Emboff accompanied NWFP Parliament minority leader on a November 7 tour of Mansehra tehsil. During the visit, it became clear that relief was not reaching several areas damaged by the October 8 earthquake. R [...]	2005-11-14 12:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ASEC AEMR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16881	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART WATER AND [...] From October 19 through November 13, a water and sanitation officer (WSO) was deployed to Pakistan as part of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART). Through numerous trips through affected areas; assessments, and interviews with representatives of non-governmental organizations [...]	2005-11-15 01:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD17267	SUCCESSFUL DONOR CONFERENCE GIVES MAJOR BOOST [...] (SBU) summary and comment. The Musharraf Government is basking in the glow of a successful November 19 donor reconstruction conference that raised $6.0 billion (GOP's current internal figure, as of November 21 evening) in pledges for earthquake reconstruction, comfortably in excess of both t [...]	2005-11-21 21:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PK PREL SENV
05ISLAMABAD17311	SIX WEEKS AFTER PAKISTAN'S EARTHQUAKE: ASSESSING [...] With few exceptions, UN agencies were inadequate to the task in the weeks immediately following Pakistan's earthquake. In some cases they remain so. Certainly the challenges have been great, involving overwhelming needs, difficult terrain, multiple donors and the need to work closely with [...]	2005-11-22 11:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PHUM PK AORC UN
05ISLAMABAD17384	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: THE SITUATION IN KOHISTAN [...] Summary: Southern Kohistan fared somewhat better than neighboring provinces during the October 8 earthquake with only two subdistricts affected and comparatively less damage. In terms of assistance, however, the 50-55% of the affected areas, population left homeless have fared far worse. Onl [...]	2005-11-25 08:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD17421	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] With the onset of winter, some Pakistanis living at higher elevations are beginning to relocate temporarily to lower elevations. The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) has received reports, however, of people moving not just from the mountains to camps at lower elevations, but als [...]	2005-11-25 11:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD17426	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART ECONOMICS AND [...] Immediately following the October 8 earthquake, relief agencies concentrated efforts on providing affected populations with urgently needed humanitarian assistance and shelter to assure survival during the upcoming winter months. The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team's (DART) program ha [...]	2005-11-25 15:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD17557	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] In October 2005, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) reported that preliminary assessments by the UN World Food Program (WFP) estimated more than 2.3 million Pakistanis in need of food assistance per reftel. At that time, several NGOs suggested this figure was too high, but mor [...]	2005-11-28 13:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD17621	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: ONGOING NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR [...] With the onset of winter, relief activities are moving into a critical stage where the needs of the earthquake- affected populations must be met efficiently and quickly. The difficulty of this task has been exacerbated by the changing climatic conditions, which are significantly altering the n [...]	2005-11-29 14:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD17623	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: ONGOING NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR [...] With the onset of winter, relief activities are moving into a critical stage where the needs of the earthquake- affected populations must be met efficiently and quickly. The difficulty of this task has been exacerbated by the changing climatic conditions, which are significantly altering the n [...]	2005-11-29 18:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD17711	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART COLLABORATION [...] Coordinating relief efforts and ensuring that USAID implementing partners reach populations in need without duplicating efforts are significant aspects of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team's (DART) work. Given the difficulties of this humanitarian operation, there is a need for coll [...]	2005-12-01 08:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD17835	IRAN PIPELINE DEMARCHE DELIVERED; GOP DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOP officials took Ref B demarche points on the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline under consideration but had no immediate reply. Petroleum Secretary Waqar met with Iranian officials in Tehran November 16-17 in what was termed a "confidence building" meeting that discussed routing o [...]	2005-12-01 12:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON ENRG EPET ETTC IN IR PK
05ISLAMABAD17853	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART USING GIS TO [...] Since the beginning of the earthquake response, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) has included a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Officer. The GIS Officer, currently from the U.S. Department of State's Humanitarian Information Unit, regularly prepares maps and informatio [...]	2005-12-02 08:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD18030	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: UN CREATES ANOTHER MEDIA [...] On December 3, 2005, the UN Resident Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator (UNHC) in Pakistan stated that the relief effort is on a knife,s edge and called for increased donor support for the USD 550 million UN Flash Appeal. Local and international media picked up on the UNHC,s remarks a [...]	2005-12-06 07:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK UN
05ISLAMABAD18159	CORRECTED COPY -- PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: UN CREATES [...] On December 3, 2005, the UN Resident Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator (UNHC) in Pakistan stated that the relief effort is on a knife,s edge and called for increased donor support for the USD 550 million UN Flash Appeal. Local and international media picked up on the UNHC,s remarks a [...]	2005-12-07 12:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK UN
05ISLAMABAD18328	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART BOLSTERS SHELTER [...] The rapid onset of the Himalayan winter has brought greater urgency to efforts to winterize shelters of earthquake-affected populations. Agencies are stepping up efforts to ensure that families receive adequate winterization materials and tools, including blankets and plastic sheeting to rein [...]	2005-12-09 14:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD18492	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART MONITORS [...] On December 11, 2005, the US Military provided helicopter transport to Pashtu and Gangwal villages in the remote earthquake-affected Allai Valley for three USAID/DART members, the Commander of the 3rd Marine Hospital Shinkiari and Mansehra, and the US Embassy's Mansehra Forward Operating Base [...]	2005-12-13 04:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD18810	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: CONFUSION OVER WFP AND GOP [...] On December 1, 2005 the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) and the Government of Pakistan (GOP) implemented a new division of geographic responsibilities to distribute food to approximately 2.3 million people in the earthquake-affected areas of Northern Pakistan. The GOP requested that WFP move it [...]	2005-12-16 13:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD19100	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: UN PERFORMANCE SHOWS [...] More than two months into the earthquake relief effort, the UN has made some improvements in response to early criticisms of start-up delays and performance issues reported in ref A. However, a lack of overall UN leadership, poor coordination, and insufficient staff continues to undermine the [...]	2005-12-21 13:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK UN
05ISLAMABAD19471	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART WATER AND [...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) water and sanitation officer (WSO) in Mansehra is addressing critical sanitation and water supply issues in Mehra and other camps, and providing technical assistance to agencies working in earthquake-affected areas of Northwest Frontier Provin [...]	2005-12-29 05:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
06EFTOISLAMABAD17875	BALOCHISTAN CLOSED BUT QUIET IN FOLLOW-ON PROTEST; [...] (U) On September 6, Balochistan was again shut down by a general "wheel jam and shutter down" strike to protest the death and burial of Nawab Bugti at the hands of the government (reftels). As with the September 1 and 3 strikes, the province-wide shutdown was generally peaceful and extended i [...]	2006-09-07 13:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PK PREL PGOV KTER
06ISLAMABAD10142	GOP WELCOMES U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) On the evening of May 31, the Ambassador conveyed key points on the Secretary Rice's announcement that the U.S. will to join the EU-3 in direct talks with Iran, if Tehran first verifiably stops its enrichment and reprocessing program, to Foreign Minister Kasuri (Ref A). The Foreign Minis [...]	2006-06-01 10:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	IR KNNP PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD10237	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA AIDS DECLARATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-02 11:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL UNGA KHIV
06ISLAMABAD10261	FM KASURI TELLS IRAN "TAKE THE OFFER" [...] (C) On June 2, Pakistani Foreign Minister Kasuri told the Ambassador that he had telephoned Iranian Foreign Minister Muttaki the previous day to share Pakistan's assessment that Secretary Rice's May 31 statement on Iran (Ref B) was a SIPDIS positive shift in U.S. policy. Kasuri told Muttak [...]	2006-06-02 12:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV IR KNNP
06ISLAMABAD10429	KABUL DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE TO GENERATE PRESS IN [...] Pakistani papers continue to give attention to last week's demonstrations in Kabul, with most characterizing the precipitating incident as a sign of American arrogance and the resulting demonstrations as a bellwether of increasing Afghan impatience with the American presence. The high point [...]	2006-06-05 10:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK AF
06ISLAMABAD10467	ELECTION COMMISSION STARTS TO UNVEIL ITS PLAN FOR [...] (C) Summary: Encouraging developments out of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and from senior GOP officials indicate that US-led international pressure may be chipping away at the business-as-usual approach many expected from Pakistan,s electoral machinery. Building on over one year [...]	2006-06-05 12:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PREL PK AADP EAID
06ISLAMABAD10539	MUSHARRAF AND ADVISORS CONFER ON FATA PLAN [...] (C) In a May 6 conversation, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz told the Ambassador that President Musharraf had convened a meeting of his senior advisors on May 5 to discuss next steps in implementing the government's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) strategy. The participants [...]	2006-06-06 11:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV MARR
06ISLAMABAD10554	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NAM STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) On June 3, Poloff delivered reftel demarache points to the Ministry of Foreign Affair's UN Director, Imran Siddiqui. Siddiqui explained that for many delegations the preoccuption with the potential use of force against Iran drove the NAM's statement in support of Iran. Siddiqui said that [...]	2006-06-06 12:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR PK
06ISLAMABAD10555	PAKISTAN OBJECTION TO NAM STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) On June 3 Poloff meet with Ministry of Foreign Affairs UN Director, Imran Siddiqui. After delivering demarche points on the NAM's statement on Iran (reftel B),Poloff asked Siddiqui to explain why the Pakistani delegation objected to a paragraph in the final document at the NAM's Minister [...]	2006-06-06 12:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PK IN PREL
06ISLAMABAD10608	CORRECTED COPY: MUSHARRAF AND ADVISORS CONFER ON [...] (C) In a June 6 conversation, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz told the Ambassador that President Musharraf had convened a meeting of his senior advisors on June 5 to discuss next steps in implementing the government's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) strategy. The participants [...]	2006-06-07 03:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV MARR
06ISLAMABAD10740	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF [...] (C) On June 7, 2006, poloff joined Australian Deputy High Commissioner Jason Robertson in delivering demarche points and non-papers (Ref A) on the Chair's text of the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to MFA Director General (UN) Tasneem Aslam. (Note: Both the Australian High [...]	2006-06-07 12:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL UN PK
06ISLAMABAD10746	SNAPSHOT OF UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN AJK [...] Summary: In July, voters in Pakistan-administered Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) will elect a new President, Prime Minister (PM),and legislative assembly (AJKLA). Since 1975, elections in AJK have been regular and relatively fair. The position of AJK President and Prime Minister has traditi [...]	2006-06-07 13:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IN PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD10849	BIO: NWFP GOVERNOR MUHAMMAD ALI JAN ORAKZAI [...] (SBU) Recently appointed the Governor of the New North West Frontier Province (NWFP),Lt. General (retired) Muhammad Ali Jan Orakzai is an Alikhel-Orakzai Pashtun from Orakzai Agency. The Alikhel is the largest tribe in Orakzai Agency. Born in December 1947, he previously served as Corps Com [...]	2006-06-09 13:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD10850	GOP TELLS IRAN "ENGAGE WITH P-5 + GERMANY" [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-09 13:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR KNNP PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD11103	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FISSILE MATERIAL CUTOFF TREATY [...] (C) On June 12, poloff delivered ref A points to MFA Director (Disarmament Cell) Mohammad Kamran Akhtar, stressing the U.S. desire to avoid "linkages" in fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT) negotiations at the Conference on Disarmament (CD). Akhtar responded that the Government of Pakist [...]	2006-06-13 04:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PARM MNUC KNNP CDG
06ISLAMABAD11148	GOP READY TO RECEIVE BTIF DETAINEES [...] (C) At the June 6 Tripartite Commission meetings in Rawalpindi, GOP MFA Afghanistan Director, Aamir Shouket, told Poloff that he spoke with the Pakistani Ambassador to Kabul regarding the transfer of the four Pakistani detainees at Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF). The Ambassador h [...]	2006-06-13 12:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD11164	POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR COUNTERPART VISIT BY [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-13 14:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV MASS MCAP EAID
06ISLAMABAD11267	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) On June 14, poloff delivered Ref A points on the Human Rights Council (HRC) to MFA (UN) Director Shafqat Ali Khan. Khan responded by saying that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) also wants the HRC to get off to a strong start. To that end, the GOP agrees that this initial session of t [...]	2006-06-15 03:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL UN PHUM
06ISLAMABAD11311	POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR VISIT BY PAKISTAN VICE [...] (S) Pakistan,s President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan toward Musharraf's goal of "enlightened moderation." Both viewed President Bush,s March visit to Pakistan as a landmark in the bilateral relationship. In [...]	2006-06-15 12:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD11364	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MINISTER SHERPAO ON [...] (S/NF) On June 13, Ambassador delivered Ref A demarche in a meeting with Interior Minister Sherpao. (The meeting also covered a broad range of others issues which are reported in septels.) 2. (S/NF) Minister Sherpao agreed to Ambassador's request to provide the USG with a comprehensive li [...]	2006-06-16 02:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PK
06ISLAMABAD11365	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PAKISTAN'S TRAFFICKING [...] (U) On June 12, Ambassador met with Interior Minister Sherpao to cover a broad range of issues (other reported septels),including trafficking in persons. Minister Sherpao said he had read the 2006 TIP report and found the section on Pakistan to be encouraging. He also thanked Ambassador for [...]	2006-06-16 02:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PK KWMN
06ISLAMABAD11431	GOP CONCERNED BY POSSIBLE UN MANDATE REVIEW OF [...] (U) This cable has an action request; please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) On June 16, MFA Additional Secretary (UN & Policy Planning) Tariq Osman Haider convened Ambassador to express the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) concern that the U.S. had included the UN Military Observer Group in Indi [...]	2006-06-17 07:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL UNSC KPKO KUNR
06ISLAMABAD11504	PRIME MINISTER AZIZ DISCUSSES CHALLENGES ON THE [...] (C) Assistance Request. In the course of a June 12 discussion (other subjects reported separately),Prime Minister Aziz noted that the government is moving ahead with a comprehensive strategy to bring stability to the tribal areas and recalled his request for US funding to support an $200-35 [...]	2006-06-19 07:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EINV EAID PK AF PGOV
06ISLAMABAD11546	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OIC MINISTERIAL IN BAKU [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 11:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD11675	FATA: MISSING PAKISTANI JOURNALIST FOUND DEAD IN [...] (U) On June 17, Pakistani media reported that the body of Hayatullah Khan Dawar, a Pakistani journalist who has been missing since December 5, 2005, was discovered by local officials in North Waziristan on Friday, June 16. The Mir Ali Assistant Political Agent Muhammad Fida Khan told the "D [...]	2006-06-20 05:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD11708	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ANTICIPATED OIC ASSAULT ON [...] (C) At a June 19 lunch with Director General of the MFA Khalid Mahmood, Ambassador raised Ref A points regarding the possibility of highly politicized statements and resolutions regarding Israel at the initial session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva. Mahmood said that the Governm [...]	2006-06-20 12:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PHUM UN
06ISLAMABAD11740	POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR DOD U/S RYAN HENRY'S [...] (S) Embassy Islamabad welcomes your June 25-28 visit to Islamabad. Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan toward Musharraf's goal of "enlightened moderation." Both viewed President Bush,s March vis [...]	2006-06-21 08:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV MASS
06ISLAMABAD11883	INTERNATIONAL ELECTION MONITORING IN PAKISTAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Effective monitoring is vital to strengthen the credibility of Pakistan's upcoming elections. Among other things, this requires strong coordination and a broadly international response. Multiple election monitoring initiatives involving many donors will waste scarce resources a [...]	2006-06-22 13:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PREL PK AADP EAID
06ISLAMABAD12211	AFGHAN AMBASSADOR ON FM SPANTA'S JUNE 23 VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: On June 25, Afghan Ambassador Tarzi offered poloff a read-out of foreign Minister Spanta's June 23 visit to Pakistan, his first bilateral foreign travel since assuming office. While in Islamabad, Spanta was received by President Musharraf, Prime Minister Aziz [...]	2006-06-27 06:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL AF IN

06ISLAMABAD12261	FOREIGN STUDENTS STUDYING IN PAKISTANI MADRASSAS [...] (C) On June 23, in response to our request of June 13 (Ref A and B),Minister of Interior Sherpao passed to Ambassador documents on AMCIT and other Westerners studying in Pakistani madrassas. 2. (C) The GOP package identified a total of 77 students from the United States and nine (9) Eu [...]	2006-06-27 10:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV PTER
06ISLAMABAD12265	CONSENSUS ON ELECTION AND RECONCILIATION BEGINS [...] (C) Summary. The visit of elections expert Andrew Raucci provided a rare opportunity for a frank dinner discussion between senior representatives from most of Pakistan's key political parties: PML, PPP, PML-N/ARD, MQM and ANP. Raucci's comment about the critical need for credibility in the el [...]	2006-06-27 11:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD12319	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BIOSAFETY AND PATHOGEN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-29 07:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PK PREL PTER TBIO
06ISLAMABAD12389	FATA: TALKS AND TRUCES ON THE TABLE IN NORTH [...] (C) Summary. Militants in North Waziristan on June 25 offered a one-month "cease-fire" on their deadly attacks on security forces and pro-government elders, if the Government of Pakistan (GOP) acquiesces on five demands. North Waziristan tribal elders re-iterated these demands during a June 27 [...]	2006-06-30 02:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD12391	FATA: PAKISTANI TALIBAN THREATEN JUI-F INTERESTS [...] (S/NF) Summary: Senior officials from the Islamist Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazlur Rehman (JUI-F) report increasing concern over the influence and activities of Pakistani Taliban sympathizers in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA),border areas of Balochistan, and certain districts [...]	2006-06-30 04:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV KISL PK
06ISLAMABAD12517	END OF THE HUDOOD ORDINANCES? [...] (C/NF) Summary: Following a two month public awareness campaign, President Musharraf on July 1 instructed the Council on Islamic Ideology (CII) to prepare a revised Hudood Ordinance for review and adoption by August. In addition, the President announced his intention to sign an order on July [...]	2006-07-03 12:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KISL KWMN PK
06ISLAMABAD12688	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: G-77 AND UN MANAGEMENT REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-05 13:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PK PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD12689	PAKISTAN MANPADS COLLECTION PROGRAM: JULY 3 FIELD [...] (U) This cable contains an action request: please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) On July 3, 2006, poloff and PM/WRA Kabul-based EOD contractor Drew Prater flew to Quetta, Balochistan to assist Government of Pakistan (GOP) Ministry of Interior (MOI) program manager COL Abbas and field manager [...]	2006-07-05 13:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PK PREL PGOV MASS
06ISLAMABAD12740	PAKISTANI OFFICIALS, JOURNALISTS DISCUSS [...] (c) Summary: Visiting S/CT DAS Virginia Palmer, Chief S/CT Strategist David Kilcullen and SCA DAS John Gastright met June 22-24 in Islamabad and Peshawar with a range of officials and journalists to review developments in Pakistan's troubled tribal region. All interlocutors, whether civilian [...]	2006-07-06 05:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PK PTER
06ISLAMABAD12773	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN [...] Polcouns delivered reftel demarche July 6 to Imran Haider, Deputy Director of Disarmament at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Haider alluded to Foreign Minister Kasuri's July 6 comments in Paris, in which Kasuri characterized the North Korean missile launches as "a most unfortunate developme [...]	2006-07-06 12:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KN PARM KNNP PK
06ISLAMABAD12829	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE [...] (C) On July 6, Poloff delivered reftel points to the MFA Director for Americas, Diyar Khan. Khan recognized the name of the Pakistani detainee (RABBANI, ABDUL AL-RAHIM GHULAM, US9PK-001460DP) and said that Rabbani has been identified as a Pakistani national. Khan took note of the thirty day [...]	2006-07-07 05:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD13344	WOMEN'S RIGHTS: ONE STEP FORWARD, MORE IN THE [...] (C/NF) Summary. Minister of Women's Development Sumaira Malik's campaign to improve the state of women's rights in Pakistan won its second battle on June 8, when President Musharraf signed an Ordinance into law that will release nearly 1300 women from prison. The Ordinance orders women current [...]	2006-07-12 09:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD13345	UPDATE: SECURITY INSPECTION OF EMBASSY ISLAMABAD, [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-12 10:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASIG ASEC PK
06ISLAMABAD13376	MUKHTARAN MAI: ACCUSATIONS OF FAMILY MEMBERS [...] (S/NF) A range of credible NGO contacts have confirmed to post serious problems within the local community being instigated by Mukhtaran's family in her home district of Mianwalli. These six well-respected Pakistani NGOs, including Strengthening Participatory Organizations, Pattan, and Awaz C [...]	2006-07-12 13:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	KWMN PHUM PGOV PK
06ISLAMABAD13378	OPTIONS FOR DRL PROGRAMMING SUPPORT TO PROMOTE [...] (C) Summary: Consultations with Pakistan's Minister of Women's Affairs, as well as women legal scholars and activists from across Pakistan, point to two promising areas for USG assistance in promoting women's human rights in Pakistan. The first is support for public information campaigns to [...]	2006-07-13 04:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KWMN PGOV PHUM PK
06ISLAMABAD13519	MUMBAI BLASTS: BROAD CONDEMNATION IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary. Pakistani leaders and politicians have been unanimous in their condemnation of the July 11 Mumbai bombing, with the Foreign Ministry issuing a strong statement within hours of the attack that cited both President Musharraf and the Prime Minister Aziz. On July 13, President Mus [...]	2006-07-14 12:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PK IN PREL
06ISLAMABAD13677	JIRGA CALLED TO NEGOTIATE PEACE IN WAZIRISTAN [...] (C) Summary. NWFP Governor Jan Mohammad Orakzai on July 16 announced the convening of a 45 member grand jirga to bring peace to Waziristan (and FATA at-large). The jirga of FATA notables--comprised of MNAs, Senators and mostly JUI-F local politicians from 6 of the 7 agencies--will be tasked wi [...]	2006-07-18 02:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD13801	MUMBAI BOMBINGS: PAKISTAN SEES POSTPONEMENT OF [...] (C) Summary. Pakistani leaders, including President Musharraf, regret India's cancellation of the Foreign Secretary level Composite Dialogue talks planned for July SIPDIS 20-21. They confirm that Indian counterparts informed them over the weekend that the talks would not be taking place. [...]	2006-07-19 14:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PK IN
06ISLAMABAD13862	BALOCHISTAN: RAIDS ON ILLEGAL AFGHANS NET TALIBAN [...] (C) Summary. Police in Quetta arrested approximately 200 Afghan nationals during a series of raids July 16, 17, and 18 intended to round up illegal Afghans ahead of the closure of two refugee camps next month. Police officials indicate that those arrested are accused of being in Pakistan witho [...]	2006-07-19 18:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD140	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART UPDATE ON [...] Effective information management, implemented from the earliest stages of a natural disaster, can improve the quality of the humanitarian response. In the Pakistan earthquake, the UN introduced the cluster system without providing supporting documentation or comprehensive terms of reference a [...]	2006-01-05 09:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
06ISLAMABAD14096	EMBASSY ASSESSMENT OF SUNDAY TIMES JUD TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 21, London,s Sunday Times published a story written by Marie Colvin that detailed a slavery ring run by a member of a USG designated terrorist organization, Jamaat-ud-Daawa (JuD). The story follows a Pakistani Christian named 'Amir', whose real name is Pervaiz Yaqoob (pl [...]	2006-07-21 14:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER PHUM PK KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KFRD
06ISLAMABAD14190	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR [...] (C) On July 21, Poloff delivered ref A demarche points to the MFA Acting-Director for Americas, Abdul Hameed. Hameed accepted demarche points and said he would forward them to the appropriate parties. On July 22, Poloff followed up with MFA Director for Disarmament, Wasim Ashraf. Ashraf sa [...]	2006-07-24 10:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC PK
06ISLAMABAD14208	PAKISTANIS EXPEL 58 AFGHANS [...] (C) Summary. Pakistani authorities turned over 58 Afghan nationals to Afghanistan Sunday from among the more than 200 Afghans rounded up in and around Quetta early last week. It is not known whether any of the 58 have ties to the Taliban, but Embassy contacts say the 58 were among those arreste [...]	2006-07-24 13:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV KTER
06ISLAMABAD14209	JULY 24 UPDATE ON GRAND JIRGA [...] (C) Consulate Peshawar and Post have confirmed July 23 press stories that militants in Waziristan have extended a one-month ceasefire with Government of Pakistan (GOP) army troops until August 25. On July 21, militants also released four Frontier Corps scouts that were being held captive. [...]	2006-07-24 14:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD143	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART UPDATE ON [...] Effective information management, implemented from the earliest stages of a natural disaster, can improve the quality of the humanitarian response. In the Pakistan earthquake, the UN introduced the cluster system without providing supporting documentation or comprehensive terms of reference a [...]	2006-01-05 09:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
06ISLAMABAD14349	A PRIMER ON BALOCHISTAN [...] (C) Summary: This cable--the first in a series of cables on the province--is intended to serve as a primer on Balochistan, Pakistan's largest, least developed, and most sparsely populated province. Other cables in this series will cover the tribal and ethnic political dynamics of the province, [...]	2006-07-27 13:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV KTER
06ISLAMABAD147	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART UPDATE ON INFORMATION MANA [...] Effective information management, implemented from the earliest st ------------------------------------ Importance of Information Management ------------------------------------ 2. Effective information management during disasters is achieved by u 3. One essential component of informat [...]	2006-01-05 09:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PRE
06ISLAMABAD14910	REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON UPCOMING GOP VISIT TO [...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 3. 2. (C) On July 31, Poloff met with MOI LtCol Imran Yaqoob, who said that only two GOP officials plan to travel to Guantanamo to visit detainees of Pakistani nationality -- himself and MOI Operations Officer, Major Khalid Mahmood Khan. Yaq [...]	2006-08-02 02:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD15302	CONFIRMATION OF GOP VISIT TO GTMO [...] (S) On August 4, poloff delivered Ref A points in separate meetings with National Crisis Management Center (NCMC) Operations Director LTC Imran Yaqoob and MFA (Americas) Hameed Abdul. 2. (S) LTC Imran said that poloff's points track with the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) understanding [...]	2006-08-04 11:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PK PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC
06ISLAMABAD15543	SOUTH WAZIRISTAN PARLIAMENTARIANS POSITIVE ON LOYA [...] (C) Two senior and well-connected participants in the North Waziristan jirga expect the assembly to succeed and to issue binding decisions within 10-15 days. While not divulging the details of each side's negotiating positions, they report that if the jirga is successful, it will result in t [...]	2006-08-07 11:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PTER PGOV
06ISLAMABAD15567	POST CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR TRAVEL TO KARACHI AND [...] Embassy requests post clearance for Poloff C. Gordon Bonin to travel to Karachi and onward to Quetta for a series of meetings with Balochistan political figures. This will be a continuation of a visit to Balochistan with Ambassador Crocker. Itinerary is as follows: 2 August 11 -- arrive in [...]	2006-08-07 13:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC SNAR OTRA PK
06ISLAMABAD15637	LAHORE POST CLEARANCE REQUEST [...] Embassy requests post clearance for DCM Peter Bodde, Tanya Bodde, and Theresa Grencik. The party will be visiting post for meetings and a reception. 2. DCM Peter Bodde and Tanya Bodde's itinerary is as follows: August 11 Dep Islamabad on PK 387 at 1500; arrive at 1550. August 12 Dep L [...]	2006-08-08 04:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC SNAR OTRA PK
06ISLAMABAD15640	KARACHI POST CLEARANCE REQUEST [...] Embassy requests post clearance for Ambassador Crocker, Gordon Bonin, and ARSO Erin Pallack. The party will be visiting Karachi, Quetta, and Gwadar for meetings. 2. Proposed itinerary by DAO C-12 aircraft Depart Islamabad: 10 Aug @ by DAO C-12 aircraft Arrive Quetta: 10 Aug @ by [...]	2006-08-08 07:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC SNAR OTRA PK
06ISLAMABAD15649	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LEBANON SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-08 10:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PK PREL PTER MOPS UN IS LE
06ISLAMABAD15766	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DERAILING UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Polcouns delivered reftel demarche on August 9 to Tariq Osman Hyder, Additional Secretary for UN Affairs at the MFA. 2. Hyder responded that the decision to appeal to the Human Rights Council (HRC) was made at the August 3 meeting in Malaysia of the Organization of the Islamic Conference ( [...]	2006-08-09 12:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	IS LE MOPS PHUM PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD15977	GOP SIGNS CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS MAINTENANCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-11 15:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD ETTC LY MASS MCAP PINR PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD15981	DEMARCH DELIVERED ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] Polcouns delivered reftel demarche on the UNSC Lebanon Resolution to MFA UN Director Syed Haider Shah on August 12. 2. Shah responded that Pakistan was not in a position to comment at this time as it is still gathering information and developing its own assessment. He noted however that [...]	2006-08-12 12:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER MOPS UNSC IS LE PK
06ISLAMABAD16148	POST CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR VISIT TO LAHORE [...] This is a request for post clearance for Political Officer C. Gordon Bonin to visit Lahore August 19-20. The purpose of the visit is personal travel to see the Badshahi Masjid, the Lahore Fort, the gate closing ceremony at the Wagah Border Crossing, and other sites and events as recommended b [...]	2006-08-16 11:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC SNAR OTRA PK
06ISLAMABAD16256	PESHAWAR CLEARANCE REQUEST [...] Embassy requests post clearance for Mohammed Motiwala, Rohit Nepal, Ragini Gupta, and Jennifer Maatta. The party will travel to Peshawar for meetings with local officials and consultations at the Consulate. 2. The party will travel via armored GOV. The tentative itinerary is as follows: [...]	2006-08-17 09:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC SNAR OTRA PK
06ISLAMABAD16266	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BALOCHISTAN SECURITY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador,s August 10-11 visit to Balochistan, Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani said that Pakistan,s anti-Taliban efforts is currently focused on expelling undocumented Afghans, but that there is no long-term plan for dealing with the Afghan population. Ghani believes th [...]	2006-08-17 13:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK MOPS AF MASS MCAP PTER
06ISLAMABAD16269	GWADAR: THE NEARLY BLANK CANVAS [...] (U) Summary. During the Ambassador,s August 10-11 visit to Gwadar, Balochistan, provincial and Gwadar Development Authority (GDA) officials laid out their grand vision for the port,s future--which they hope will someday rival Dubai, providing a key transshipment point for trade with Afghanista [...]	2006-08-18 02:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK ECON EAID
06ISLAMABAD16302	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SOLITICITING UNIFIL [...] (U) This cable contains an action request; please see para. 5. 2. (C) On August 18, poloff presented reftel points to MFA (UN) Director Haider Shah. Poloff also asked about the accuracy of August 18 reports in the Pakistani press quoting Foreign Minister Kasuri, traveling in the Middle [...]	2006-08-18 11:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MARR MOPS PK PREL UN
06ISLAMABAD16434	POST CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR STAFFDEL SANOK VISIT TO [...] Embassy requests post clearance for Staffdel Sanok, Poloff Gordon Bonin, ODRP Major Benjamin Janes, ODRP Colonel Ronald Huther and FPD Greg Carter to visit Pakistan Air Force Mushaf Airbase, Sargodha, Punjab, on August 26. Travel to/from Mushaf Airbase is to be provided by PAF. No assistance [...]	2006-08-22 04:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC SNAR OTRA PK
06ISLAMABAD16441	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL SANOK, AUGUST 23-27 [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Stephanie Sanok, Regina Burgess, Julian A. Haywood, LTC Craig Greene, Mark J. Fedor, and Kelly Bulliner from August 23 to August 27. The purpose of the visit is fact-finding concerning F-16 aircraft security in Pakistan and narcotics [...]	2006-08-22 04:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC OTRA OREP AFIN PK UK AF
06ISLAMABAD16721	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION [...] (U) On August 23, poloff delivered reftel demarche and diplomatic note to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (UN-I) Director Haider Shah. Shah said that, in recent weeks, the MFA's missions around the world had received requests from other countries for support of their candidates to the Internation [...]	2006-08-24 01:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA PK
06ISLAMABAD16739	ISLAMIC BANKING IN PAKISTAN (C-TN6-00207) [...] (C) Summary. With limited government support, Islamic banking has gained momentum in Pakistan in the past three years. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reports that the capital base of the Islamic banking system has more than doubled since 2003 as the number of Islamic banks operating in P [...]	2006-08-24 12:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ECIN EFIN KTFN PK
06ISLAMABAD16800	NO CONFIDENCE VOTE ON THE PM: SOUND, FURY, SLIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition parties joined forces on August 23, tabling a long-anticipated, no confidence vote on Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. The opposition knows that it does not have the votes needed to succeed, but seems determined to relish this opportunity to ramp up its criticism of the Mu [...]	2006-08-25 02:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD16934	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KERRY KRONSTADT, CRS [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Senior CRS analyst Kerry Kronstadt from September 16, 2006 to September 20, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to meet with Embassy, GOP and other officials as part of his CRS portfolio. 2. Control officer for the visit will be R [...]	2006-08-28 11:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC OTRA OREP AFIN PK
06ISLAMABAD16935	POST CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR POLITICAL OFFICER RALPH [...] Embassy requests post clearance for Ralph Anske for the period August 31 - September 1, 2006. 2. Post's prompt attention to this clearance request is appreciated. Should approval be granted, schedule will be discussed with post via e-mail. . BODDE [...]	2006-08-28 11:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC PK
06ISLAMABAD16944	DEATH OF NAWAB BUGTI, BALOCH TRIBAL INSURGENT [...] (C) Summary: The killing of Baloch tribal insurgent leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti by security forces on Saturday has dismayed politicians across the political spectrum, including members of the party that President Musharraf relies on to run the country, and triggered riots in a limited number [...]	2006-08-28 12:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV KTER
06ISLAMABAD16956	HUDOOD AMENDMENTS MOVED TO COMMITTEE AS ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: After a initial failure to convene a quorum on August 18, the Pakistan Muslim League-led (PML) government of Prime Minster Shaukat Aziz introduced a bill during the August 21 National Assembly session proposing amendments to the Hudood Ordinance, the draconian 19 [...]	2006-08-28 13:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PGOV KWMN KDEM PHUM
06ISLAMABAD16962	BALOCHISTAN (2): THE GRIEVANCES [...] (C) Summary. While the Government of Pakistan (GOP) undertakes projects to develop Balochistan, in part to turn the province into a transit point linking Pakistan to western Afghanistan and the Central Asian states, it faces a distrustful and resentful provincial population. This wariness and [...]	2006-08-29 04:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV KTER PINR
06ISLAMABAD16987	BALOCHISTAN (3): A RESTLESS HISTORY [...] (C) Summary: Balochistan has a history of uprisings against Pakistani rule. Major insurrections occurred in 1947-48, 1958, throughout the 1960s, and 1973-77. The Bugti tribe has been waging a localized insurgency since 2004. This cable on insurrections in Balochistan since the founding of Pak [...]	2006-08-29 10:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV PTER PINR
06ISLAMABAD16994	BALOCHISTAN (4): WHO'S WHO - THE BALOCH TRIBES [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The Baloch people give their name to Balochistan Province in Pakistan, where roughly two thirds of them live, as well as Sistan-va-Baluchestan Province in Iran. The Baloch are further spread across the southern reaches of Afghanistan. Baloch society is tribal, wit [...]	2006-08-29 10:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV PTER PINR
06ISLAMABAD17014	REACTION TO DEATH OF NAWAB BUGTI SHIFTS FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: From Sunday's ""we've got him"" triumphialism, the government's position on the death of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti has evolved to a denial that the Baloch tribal leader was the victim of a targeted assassination. The back pedaling follows growing criticism of the security operation [...]	2006-08-29 12:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV KTER
06ISLAMABAD17255	DEATH OF NAWAB BUGTI CONTINUES TO ROIL THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Protests over the government's killing of Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti continued into the third day, August 29. Demonstrations, road blockages, riots and even several bombings appear to have been in reaction to the Nawab's death. The apparent inability of the government t [...]	2006-08-30 13:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV KTER
06ISLAMABAD17256	NO CONFIDENCE VOTE ON PM AZIZ FAILS [...] (C) Summary: The government easily defeated an August 29 no-confidence vote against Prime Minster Shaukat Aziz. Opposition leaders admitted they tabled the motion knowing it could not pass, but said the vote was intended to stake out a position against the government as an opening move in th [...]	2006-08-30 13:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK
06ISLAMABAD17257	NO CONFIDENCE VOTE ON PM AZIZ FAILS [...] (C) Summary: The government easily defeated an August 29 no-confidence vote against Prime Minster Shaukat Aziz. Opposition leaders admitted they tabled the motion knowing it could not pass, but said the vote was intended to stake out a position against the government as an opening move in th [...]	2006-08-30 13:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK
06ISLAMABAD17261	GOP RESPONSE ON DETAINEE REPATRIATION AND READ-OUT [...] (C/NF) On August 25, PolCouns met LTC Imran Farooq, MoI/National Crisis Management Cell Operations, to solicit his assessment of his visit to the detention facilities at Guantanamo (GTMO). LTC Imran said that interviews with the Pakistani detainees went well. The Pakistani delegation left [...]	2006-08-30 13:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KAWC PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD17546	BALOCHISTAN (5): THE PASHTUNS -- BALOCHISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary/Introduction: In Balochistan, violent Baloch tribal leaders and vociferous Baloch nationalists grab the headlines, while the Pashtuns interests and issues are buried on the inside pages. Like the Baloch, the Pashtuns share deep-seated anger toward the federal government for Islama [...]	2006-09-04 07:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV PTER PINR
06ISLAMABAD17547	BALOCHISTAN (6): THE NATIONALIST INSURGENCY [...] (C) Summary/Introduction: Despite widespread disillusionment with Islamabad, the most recent tribal uprising led by Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti is a localized insurrection, in which the Nawab had rhetorical support from Baloch nationalists, but little concrete backing in the province-at-large. The [...]	2006-09-04 07:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV PTER PINR
06ISLAMABAD17548	BALOCHISTAN (7): FINDING A SOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: To bring peace to the restive province of Balochistan, Islamabad must overcome pervasive distrust and skepticism toward the central government and its proposed development projects by ensuring the people of the province -- Baloch and Pashtun alike -- are the first and main benefic [...]	2006-09-04 07:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV PTER PINR
06ISLAMABAD17594	BUGTI INTERRED, FAMILY IGNORED, BALOCHISTAN QUIET [...] (U) Protests over the August 26 death of Bugti tribal leader Nawab Bugti (refs A,B, and C) continued over the weekend. On August 31, the government announced that it had retrieved Bugti's remains from the cave in which he was killed. Its decision to bury the body rather than to return the rem [...]	2006-09-05 12:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV KTER PINR
06ISLAMABAD17766	NORTH WAZIRISTAN PEACE ACCORD ANNOUNCED [...] (C) Summary: On September 5, the Government of Pakistan (GOP) and local tribal leaders announced that the 45-member Grand Jirga for North Waziristan Agency (NWA) had a peace agreement with the GOP. (Note: Consulate Peshawar has obtained a copy of the agreement and has translated the Urd [...]	2006-09-06 14:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PK PTER
06ISLAMABAD17768	SEPTEMBER 9 F-16 SIGNING DOUBTFUL [...] (C) Summary: GOP sources told Office of Defense Representatives Pakistan (ODRP) September 6 that the scheduled September 9 signing of the F-16 LOA would not happen. The same day, MODP (Ministry of Defense Production) sent ODRP a memo requiring an unspecified per-plane price cut; signific [...]	2006-09-07 02:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL MOPS UN MARR
06ISLAMABAD17890	JULY 27-29 COALITION SUPPORT FUNDS DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. From July 27-29 CENTCOM J-8 led a team of OSD-Comptroller, OSD-Policy, CENTCOM, Joint Staff and Embassy personnel to discuss Coalition Support Fund (CSF) issues with the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) Joint Staff, military services, and Ministry of Finance. The U.S. delegation [...]	2006-09-08 09:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK
06ISLAMABAD17908	DEMARCHE ON NAM SUMMIT DELIVERED [...] (C) Summary: On September 5, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (UN-I) Director Haider Shah. Poloff and Shah discussed the issues that might be discussed during the NAM summit in Havana: the UN Security Council race between Guatemala and Venezuela, an internationa [...]	2006-09-08 11:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU PK
06ISLAMABAD17916	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EMBASSY KABUL [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Ambassador Neumann and the rest of the Embassy Kabul country team from September 12, 2006 to September 13, 2006. The purpose of the visit is consultations with Embassy Islamabad. 2. Control officer for the visit will be Political [...]	2006-09-08 12:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	TAGS
06ISLAMABAD17963	NORTHERN WAZIRISTAN UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 8 [...] (S) Summary: While the September 5 agreement between the GOP and North Waziri leaders allows foreigners to remain in the North Waziristan Agency so long as they do not engage in attacks on or in Afghanistan, some foreigners reportedly are leaving NWA for neighboring areas, a development th [...]	2006-09-08 13:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PK PREL MOPS UN MARR LE
06ISLAMABAD17992	EMBASSY RECOMMENDATION ON ENGAGING GOP ON F-16 SALE [...] (C) Summary: Post requests senior officials from SCA, PM, H, and OSD convene Pakistani Ambassador Durrani and reinforce the importance of the September 15 Offer Expiration Date (OED) for signing the F-16 Letter of Acceptance(LOA.) End Summary 2. (C) Over the weekend, Ambassador Crocker enga [...]	2006-09-11 11:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL MASS
06ISLAMABAD18012	DEMARCHES DELIVERED: SPEECH ON GWOT DETAINEES, [...] (C) On September 7, 2006, PolCouns presented Ref A points to MFA (Americas) Director Mansood Khan. Khan appreciated the briefing and requested additional information on draft to establish military commission and the timeline for Congressional action. DCM also presented the same points to Fo [...]	2006-09-12 03:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	AF KAWC PHUM PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD18189	Test message [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-14 09:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PK
06ISLAMABAD18190	Test message [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-14 09:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ACOA
06ISLAMABAD18379	PAKISTAN MILITARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO OPERATIONS [...] (C) Operation MTN Thrust began in Southern Afghanistan (Kandahar, Helmand, and Nimroz) in May. The Operation set the conditions for NATO Operation Medusa, which began in July. Operation MTN Fury began in Eastern Afghanistan (Ghazni, Loghar, Paktika, Paktiya, and Khowst) August 1, with deci [...]	2006-09-18 10:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MCAP MOPS PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD18473	TERRORISM FINANCE: COMMENTS ON DRAFT PAPER ON [...] (S/NF) Embassy Islamabad provides the following comments and observations on the draft "Disrupting External Financing to the Taliban" paper. These comments are in addition to those forwarded to SCA/PB in Ref. B. 2. (S/NF) In "Introduction": Office of the Defense Representative Pakist [...]	2006-09-19 12:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL KTFN PTER
06ISLAMABAD18474	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL PHELAN [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Mr. Michael Phelan, Professional Staff Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committe from September 25, 2006 to September 28, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to assess the progress made and the ongoing challenges faced by the Un [...]	2006-09-19 12:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC OTRA PK OREP AFIN
06ISLAMABAD18707	LAHORE POST CLEARANCE REQUEST MOHAMMED MOTIWALA [...] Embassy requests post clearance for Poloff, Mohammed Motiwala, for personal travel to Lahore from September 30 to October 1. 2. Mr. Motiwala's itinerary is as follows: Arrive Lahore September 30 at 8:50 am via PK 385 Depart Lahore October 1 at 8:00 pm via PK 388 3. Mr. Motiwala request [...]	2006-09-21 13:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC SNAR OTRA PK
06ISLAMABAD18708	EMBASSY ISLAMABAD-EMBASSY KABUL-CFC-A [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Islamabad-Embassy Kabul-CFC-A cable. 2. (S/NF) Summary. On September 12, select Embassy Islamabad, Embassy Kabul and CFC-A personnel met to discuss the security situation in the border areas and ways to improve the political, economic and social ties between Af [...]	2006-09-21 13:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON PREF PTER EAID MASS PINR AF
06ISLAMABAD18778	OPTIMISTIC VIEW ON PAK-AFGHAN RELATIONS FROM MFA [...] (C) Summary: The MFA Afghanistan Director told PolOff September 20 that high level engagement between Pakistani and Afghan leaders would continue through the autumn and was, he hoped, becoming institutionalized. The official reported that Presidents Karzai and Musharraf would meet on Septem [...]	2006-09-22 08:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF EAID PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD18788	GOP REQUEST FOR HELP ON SATELLITE COORDINATION [...] (U) This cable contains an action request; see para 3. 2. (SBU) On September 22, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Disarmament-Director, Imran Haider, called in Poloff to pass diplomatic note Dismnt-1/9/06 dated September 22, 2006. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) is requesting the Depa [...]	2006-09-22 10:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PK FCC ITU ECPS
06ISLAMABAD18902	SPOT REPORT - RUMORS OF A COUP [...] (C) Summary. On September 24, Pakistan was abuzz with (unfounded) rumors of a coup against President Musharraf, who was away on official travel in the United States. Cell phones and text messages allowed the rumor to quickly spread and many Government of Pakistan (GOP) and Embassy officials [...]	2006-09-25 10:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PK
06ISLAMABAD18917	HUDOOD ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS: A BIG SLOPPY MESS [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: With President Musharraf on official travel in the U.S., the governing Pakistan Muslim League (PML) announced a tactical retreat in it beleaguered campaign to amend the Hudood Ordinance, the Sharia-based laws on criminalizing extramarital sexual relations and e [...]	2006-09-25 11:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM KWMN PGOV PHUM PK
06ISLAMABAD18929	REQUEST FROM GOP TO BAN TRAVEL BY ALLEGED BLA [...] (U) This cable contains action requests; please see para. 8. 2. (SBU) On September 14, the Consular Section received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) presenting a list of 80-some individuals that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) asserts are connected to the Ba [...]	2006-09-25 12:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	CVIS PGOV PHUM PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD18997	DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) On September 26, poloff delivered ref A and B demarche points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Human Rights and Security Council) Assistant-Director Wajit Hashmi. Hashmi said he would take demarche points under advisement and would forward them to his superiors. BODDE [...]	2006-09-27 07:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM UN PREL PK
06ISLAMABAD19121	PAKISTAN ELECTIONS (1): THE CYCLICAL NATURE OF [...] (C) Pakistan is now entering a year of high political stakes, as President Musharraf grapples with his own future in the run-up to provincial and federal parliamentary while political allies and rivals parry and position themselves for possible post-election scenarios. These elections will pl [...]	2006-09-27 13:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PINR PK
06ISLAMABAD19122	PAKISTAN ELECTIONS (2): THE BASICS [...] (U) This cable, the second in a series of cables mapping the political terrain as Pakistan approaches nationwide elections in 2007, reviews the fundamentals of the Pakistani electoral system, as well as possible time lines for the sequencing of provincial, federal and presidential elections. [...]	2006-09-27 13:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PINR PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD19123	PAKISTAN ELECTIONS (3): ELECTORATE AND PARTIES [...] (C/NF) Summary and introduction. Pakistani voters have historically alternated between anti-incumbent backlashes and populist ground swells in which voters simply join the bandwagon of expected winners. Which behavior prevails in the coming elections will depend on the ratio of anti-governm [...]	2006-09-27 13:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PINR PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD19124	PAKISTAN ELECTIONS (4): THE UNIFORM [...] (C) This cable, the fourth in a series mapping the political terrain as Pakistan approaches nationwide elections in 2007, reviews a uniquely Pakistani issues that will color the run-up to presidential, provincial and federal parliamentary elections: whether President Musharraf will relinqui [...]	2006-09-27 13:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PINR PK
06ISLAMABAD19125	PAKISTAN ELECTIONS (5): MUSHARRAF'S COALITION [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Pervez Musharraf has three options for ensuring a solid political foundation for his moderate and progressive agenda as he prepares for 2007 elections. He can stand by the present Pakistan Muslim League (PML) coalition and leadership; stick with the PML, but di [...]	2006-09-27 13:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PINR PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD19126	PAKISTAN ELECTIONS (6): THE U.S. ROLE [...] (C/NF) Summary and introduction: The U.S. casts an outsized shadow over Pakistani domestic politics; with the onset of these elections, we have an opportunity to nudge Pakistan toward a stable and sustainable democratic order. Throughout the coming year, we should confirm our support for a [...]	2006-09-27 13:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PINR PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD19152	NORTH WAZIRISTAN INCIDENTS UPDATE [...] (C) The following list of incidents reported in the local press appear to violate the North Waziristan Agency (NWA) Jirga Agreement which tribal leaders and the GOP signed on September 5. The list has been culled from local press reporting and contacts in the area. According to our conta [...]	2006-09-28 10:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL MOPS PTER
06ISLAMABAD19193	BALOCHISTAN: UNQUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-02 06:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PK
06ISLAMABAD19208	F-16 LOA SIGNED AT LAST. [...] (C) MG Tariq Salim Malik, Additional Secretary of Ministry of Defense Production (MODP),signed the Letter of Acceptance (LOA) to purchase 18 F-16s Saturday evening, September 30. Following the private signing ceremony, MODP presented to Office of Defense Representative Pakistan a side mem [...]	2006-10-02 10:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MASS MCAP PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD19795	AMBASSADOR'S OCT 5 MEETING WITH 11TH CORPS [...] (U) Ambassador met with 11th Corps Commander (Peshawar) LTG Mohammad Hamid Khan on October 5. ODRP Chief MG Helmly, Islamabad DATT, and Peshawar PO (notetaker) were also present. Meetings with NWFP Governor Orakzai and FATA Additional Chief Secretary Arbab reported septels. 2. (C) The 11t [...]	2006-10-10 09:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PK PREL MOPS PTER AF
06ISLAMABAD19796	AMBASSADOR'S OCT 5 MEETING WITH NWFP GOV. ORAKZAI [...] (U) Ambassador met with North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Ali Muhammad Jan Orakzai on October 5. Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Secretariat Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Shehzad Arbab, Secretary to the Governor Azmat Orakzai, ODRP Chief MG Helmly, Islamabad DATT, and [...]	2006-10-10 10:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER EAID PINR PK PREL SNAR AF
06ISLAMABAD19804	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FATA SECRETARIAT [...] (U) Ambassador met with Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Secretariat Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Shehzad Arbab on October 5. FATA Secretariat Secretary for Planning and Development Zafar Hassan, ODRP Chief MG Helmly, Islamabad DATT, Peshawar PO, USAID Officer (notetaker) were [...]	2006-10-10 12:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID ECON SOCI PK
06ISLAMABAD20570	FATA SECURITY UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 22-OCTOBER 12 [...] (SBU) Introduction: This cable reports on security developments in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) between September 22 and October 13, as culled from press reports and conversations with post's interlocutors. The cable also lists cross-border activity from FATA and N [...]	2006-10-19 04:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PK PREL MOPS PTER
06ISLAMABAD20669	DEMARCHES DELIVERED: GOP REACTION TO DPRK NUCLEAR [...] (U) This cable contains an action request -- please see para. 6. 2. (C) Summary: The Government of Pakistan has condemned the nuclear tests conducted by North Korea and is in the process of preparing administrative notices necessary for UNSCR 1718 to take effect in Pakistan. Despite t [...]	2006-10-20 06:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KN KNNP PK PREL UN
06ISLAMABAD20831	TERROR FINANCE: RESPONSE RECEIVED TO REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-23 12:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN KTFN PTER PK
06ISLAMABAD20834	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TRIPARTITE REQUEST ON THE UN [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-23 13:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA PHUM PREL PK UN

06ISLAMABAD20835	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PAKISTAN WILL SEND OBSERVERS [...] (C) On October 19, PolCouns delivered reftel points to MFA (Disarmament) Director Mohammad Kamran Akhtar, along with a copy of the letter from General Abizaid inviting the Government of Pakistan (GOP) to participate in Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Exercise "Leading Edge." The Off [...]	2006-10-23 13:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK KNNP EG KE MNUC PARM PREL
06ISLAMABAD20836	PAKISTANI CONCERNS OVER SPECULATION ON U.S. [...] (S) During an October 20 meeting with the Ambassador on Indo-Pak relations, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz shifted the conversation to ask about press reports that President Bush had likened the current situation in Iraq to the U.S. experience in Vietnam. (Note: Aziz's question was a [...]	2006-10-23 13:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PK PREL PTER IZ
06ISLAMABAD20837	PESHAWAR BOMBING UPDATE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The October 22 explosion in Peshawar's old city that killed at least seven people and wounded 40 others is a reminder that, while much of the world focuses on Pakistan's efforts to fight the export of terror, the GOP is also combating domestic terror and many other [...]	2006-10-23 13:27:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PTER
06ISLAMABAD21073	PAK-AFGHAN JIRGAS: THE VIEW FROM PAKISTAN [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: Pakistani officials have been tasked to coordinate a border region jirga to which Afghan President Karzai would be invited, but are proceeding at a measured pace. The Pakistan approach reflects a consensus that such an event must be organized with great care to [...]	2006-10-27 14:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PTER AF PGOV
06ISLAMABAD21222	INTERIOR MINISTER DISCUSSES BORDER AREA SECURITY, [...] (S/NF) Summary and Introduction: In an October 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao offered a candid assessment of the security situation in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Agencies (FATA),sharing his private assessment that vigorous Government of Pakist [...]	2006-10-31 10:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD21223	PAK-AFGHAN JIRGAS: PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (C) Summary and introduction: In a October 30 meeting, Presidential Chief of Staff Hamid Javaid shared with Ambassador a non-paper passed to Government of Pakistan (GOP) from the Government of Afghanistan (GOA) via the UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Javaid noted that the GOP envisione [...]	2006-10-31 10:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD21224	MFA PREVIEWS EXPECTATIONS FOR COMPOSITE DIALOGUE [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-31 10:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	IN PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD21698	FATA SECURITY UPDATE: OCTOBER 15-28 [...] (C) Embassy contacts in North Waziristan continue to report "foreigners" departing NWA for other tribal agencies, apparently a response to the September 5 jirga agreement. The contacts add that militant commanders who remain in NWA are "thriving," and that Taliban commanders are demanding fe [...]	2006-11-06 07:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD21879	PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF DETERMINED TO DEAL WITH BORDER [...] (S) Summary: In a November 7 meeting at his Army HQ office, President Musharraf told Asstsant Secretary Boucher that he would propose selective mining of the border with Afghanistan. Saying that it is too early to judge whether the North Waziristan jirga agreement is a success, the Preside [...]	2006-11-08 08:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	AF EAID ECON ETRD IN MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD21882	SUICIDE ATTACK IN MALAKAND AGENCY KILLS 35 [...] (U) This cable contains an action request; please see para. 9. 2. (C) Summary: At approximately 08:00 (local) November 8, a suicide attacker detonated a bomb at the front gate of Dargai Fort during morning exercises, killing himself and at least thirty five (35) Pakistani soldiers. Give [...]	2006-11-08 11:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PK PTER PGOV
06ISLAMABAD21904	SUBJECT: BALOCHISTAN -- PAST THE CRISIS? [...] SUMMARY: (C) In the ten weeks since Nawab Akbar Bugti was killed in an encounter with the Pak Army, the Government of Pakistan has moved on several fronts to defuse another "nationalist" uprising by Baloch tribals who feel increasingly marginalized in their own province. Massive development [...]	2006-11-09 08:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PK
06ISLAMABAD21931	THE RIGA SUMMIT AND PAKISTAN [...] (C) During Assistant Secretary Boucher's November 6-7 visit to Islamabad, post was struck by senior Pakistani officials' and politicians' pessimism over Afghanistan. Interlocutors repeatedly expressed concerns that the U.S. and NATO were not in Afghanistan for the long-haul. While we know t [...]	2006-11-09 12:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MASS MOPS PK PNAT PREL
06ISLAMABAD21946	ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S NOVEMBER 6 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: On November 6, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Pakistani Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan. The two discussed the upcoming strategic dialogue, including the status of dialogues on energy, education, and science and technology [...]	2006-11-13 02:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF EAID ECON ENRG ETRD MNUC PARM PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD21947	BOUCHER AND KASURI COVER F-16S, JIRGAS, NORTH [...] (C) Summary: On November 6, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Foreign Minister Kasuri. In the meeting, Kasuri asked for consideration on F-16 payments and previewed Pakistani thoughts on the joint jirgas announced after President Musharraf and [...]	2006-11-13 02:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MASS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD21948	THE RIGA SUMMIT AND PAKISTAN -- CORRECTED COPY, [...] (C) AmEmbassy Kabul concurs with this telegram. 2. (C) During Assistant Secretary Boucher's November 6-7 visit to Islamabad, post was struck by senior Pakistani officials' and politicians' pessimism over Afghanistan. Interlocutors repeatedly expressed concerns that the U.S. and NATO wer [...]	2006-11-13 02:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MASS MOPS PK PNAT PREL
06ISLAMABAD21968	ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH PAKISTANI PRIME [...] (C) Summary: On November 7, Assistant Secretary Boucher met with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. Aziz discussed the political situation, remarking that the Bajaur incident had played into the hands of the religious opposition, and that the mood of the general populace was truly angry. He re [...]	2006-11-13 10:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON ETRD EINV OPIC MNUC AF PK
06ISLAMABAD21999	UPCOMING PAKISTANI BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-15 11:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	KNNP MCAP PREL PK IN
06ISLAMABAD22023	PAK-AFGHAN JIRGAS: PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (C) Summary and introduction: In a October 30 meeting, Presidential Chief of Staff Hamid Javaid shared with Ambassador a non-paper passed to Government of Pakistan (GOP) from the Government of Afghanistan (GOA) via the UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Javaid noted that the GOP envisione [...]	2006-11-16 10:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22024	VOX POPULI: REACTIONS TO BAJAUR MADRASSA ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: The Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) public remains exercised over the October 30 Pak-Mil attack on an extremist madrassa in Bajaur Agency and the November 9 retaliatory suicide bombing at Dargai Fort. In the rest of Pakistan, neither event has resonated outside of the commu [...]	2006-11-16 11:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22025	INTERIOR MINISTER SHERPAO ON HIGH PROFILE TERROR CASES, IPR AND MISSING AMCITREF: [...] (C) Summary: In a November 13 meeting, the Ambassador and Interior Minister Sherpao reviewed U.S.-Pakistani cooperation on the investigation into the 2006 Karachi Consulate bombing. Sherpao assured the Ambassador that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) is committed to defending the conviction of Omar [...]	2006-11-16 12:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CASC ECON KCRM PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22026	GOP REQUESTS REPATRIATION OF GTMO AND BAGRAM [...] (U) This cable contains action requests; please see paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (C) In early November, POL received a copy of an MFA note verbale dated 12 October 2006 requsting the repatriation of six (6) Paksitani nationals currently in custody in the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay [...]	2006-11-16 12:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	KAWC PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22028	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES WOMEN'S PROTECTION BILL [...] (U) This cable contains an action request: please see para. 7. 2. (C) Summary: After weeks of acrimonious debate, Pakistan's National Assembly passed the controversial Women's Protection Bill on November 15, amending provisions in the Shari'a-based Hudood Ordinance on rape and sex outs [...]	2006-11-16 12:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	KWMN PGOV PHUM PK
06ISLAMABAD22046	FOREIGN MINISTER'S VIEWS ON PAK-AFG JIRGAS, BAJAUR [...] (C) Summary: In a November 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Kasuri reaffirmed Pakistan's commitment to hold a jirga as discussed at the September 27 trilateral iftar at the White House, but noted that Pakistan's vision for the event is limited to the tribal areas along the Pa [...]	2006-11-17 11:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	AF IN PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22057	BOMBINGS AND SUICIDE ATTACKS: A PLAGUE ON BOTH [...] (C) A November 17 suicide bomb attack on a police van in Peshawar that killed the bomber and seriously injured two police officers is another reminder that the recent spike in suicide bombings in Afghanistan is now mirrored on this side of the Pak-Afghan border. The November 8 suicide bomb a [...]	2006-11-17 11:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22070	TRIBAL AREAS: VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN THE [...] (S/NF) Summary: The jury is still out on the September 5 North Waziristan Agency (NWA) Jirga Agreement. Violations of the agreement continued during October 29 to November 12 period. However, cross-border attacks against coalition forces in Afghanistan's Paktika province appear to have decre [...]	2006-11-20 08:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22174	TERROR FINANCE: EMBASSY PRESSES GOP ON UN 1267 [...] (C) Summary: As noted in Ref A, post has raised the ongoing operations of two UN 1267 Committee-designated entities -- Al Rashid Trust, Al Akhtar Trust and Lashkar-e-Tayyba/Jamaat ud-Dawa (LeT/JuD) -- with contacts throughout the Government of Pakistan (GOP). While the Ambassador has pressed the is [...]	2006-11-27 09:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	AF EFIN PK PREL PTER KTFN UN
06ISLAMABAD22178	FOREIGN SECRETARY BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON NOVEMBER [...] (C) Summary: During a November 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan was positive about the tone of the November 13-14 Composite Dialogue talks, saying that the atmosphere was business-like with no "excessive restating of positions." The effort focused on exploring ar [...]	2006-11-27 10:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF IN PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22215	GOP NOTIFICATION OF BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-29 00:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PK KNNP MCAP IN
06ISLAMABAD22237	PAKISTAN KEEN ON GPOI, SEEKS MORE INFO [...] (U) This cable contains an action request -- please see para 6. 2. (SBU) On November 28, PolOff met MFA Director (UN I) Haider Shah to follow up on reftel USG proposal for Pakistan to participate in the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI). Shah said that Pakistan is amenable to takin [...]	2006-11-30 05:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO MARR MASS PK
06ISLAMABAD22251	FOREIGN MINISTER DENIES PREDICTING NATO FAILURE IN [...] (U) Following a November 29 press account (reftel) that described Pakistani Foreign Minister Khushid Kasuri as privately telling visiting foreign ministers of NATO member states that the Taliban is winning in Afghanistan and advising NATO members from sending in more troops, the Ministry of [...]	2006-11-30 12:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PK PREL NATO
06ISLAMABAD22290	PROTECTION OF PAKISTANI WOMEN: NOW, IT'S THE LAW [...] (U) Summary: On December 1st, President Pervez Musharraf signed the Women's Protection Bill (WPB) into law, marking the first time in three decades that a Pakistani government has successfully rolled back laws that have stood virtually untouched since the institution of the Hudood Ordinance [...]	2006-12-04 10:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KWMN PGOV PHUM PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD22303	SENIOR PAKISTAN SENATOR WANTS TO REACH OUT TO [...] (C) During a December 1 meeting with poloffs, Pakistan Muslim League Secretary General and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Mushahid Hussain Sayed discussed his desire to begin a regular parliamentary exchange with his counterparts in Afghanistan. He said that he discussed hi [...]	2006-12-05 03:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD22317	GLOBAL PEACE OPERATIONS INITIATIVE: PAKISTAN'S [...] This cable contains an action request -- please see para 3. 2. On December 4, MFA Director (UN I) Haider Shah delivered to Poloff the Government of Pakistan's written response to the U.S. proposal for Pakistan to participate in the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) (ref B). Pakistan [...]	2006-12-06 09:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO MARR MASS PK
06ISLAMABAD22323	PAKISTAN'S ELITE REACT DIFFERENTLY TO PRESIDENT [...] (U) On December 4, Indian television network NDTV interviewed President Musharraf in Islamabad for an Indian audience. Although his remarks were reported widely in the international press the day after the interview, Pakistan's news media was slower in picking up the story. During the interv [...]	2006-12-06 12:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PK
06ISLAMABAD22365	GOP ARRESTS BALOCH POLITICAL LEADERS TO STOP LONG [...] (U) On November 27, police raided Baloch National Party (BNP) President Sardar Akhtar Mengal's office and put him under house arrest. The arrest was the most prominent of a series that have occurred since the announcement of a "long march" from Gwadar to Quetta to protest President Musharraf's [...]	2006-12-08 03:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD22385	FIGHTING GWOT: IMPROVING FMF, FMS, AND OTHER [...] (S) As we enter the sixth year of this long war, it is increasingly clear that our Foreign Military Funding/Foreign Military Sales (FMF/FMS) programs, unchanged since 9/11, are not suited to the needs of GWOT allies like Pakistan. Difficulties we have encountered with some security assistanc [...]	2006-12-09 04:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	AF MASS MOPS PK PNAT PREL
06ISLAMABAD22440	GOP STRATEGY FOR AFGHAN REFUGEES PLAGUED BY DELAYS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Pakistan's three-year Afghan refugee strategy remains stalled at the ministerial level with no firm date for signature and final approval. The plan hinges on several components: the registration of Afghan refugees to distinguish between refugees and migrants; promised camp cl [...]	2006-12-13 10:42:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV AF PK
06ISLAMABAD22449	TRIBAL AREAS: TALIBANIZATION THREAT PERSISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Twelve weeks after the signing of the September 5 North Waziristan Agency (NWA) Jirga Agreement, the number of cross-border attacks from Pakistan into Afghanistan has declined. However, it is perhaps more likely that the decline is due to coalition force operations in Afghanistan [...]	2006-12-14 05:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PGOV PK AF PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22462	ANTI-TERRORISM COURT DECLINES JURISDICTION OVER [...] (U) On December 13, 2006, a judge of the Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) dismissed charges under Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) against 25 year old Rashid Rauf, who was arrested in August 2006 on charges of planning to carry explosives (29 bottles of hydrogen peroxide) aboard a [...]	2006-12-14 11:42:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PTER UK
06ISLAMABAD22479	VERBAL ATTACKS BY AFGHAN PRESIDENT WEARING ON [...] (U) Summary: A series of public statements by Afghan President Karzai accusing Pakistan of fomenting instability and violence in Afghanistan have deeply irritated Pakistani officials and popular opinion generally. Although official statements in response have thus far been restrained, Pakis [...]	2006-12-15 11:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MOPS PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22499	LEADING PAKISTANI PASHTUN BROADCASTER TROUBLED [...] (C) Summary and introduction: According to Hassan Khan, editor of Pakistan's leading Pashtun language foreign affairs television program on Khyber TV, Afghan President Karzai seemed "confused about many things" during their lengthy meeting in early December meeting. Khan, who described his [...]	2006-12-18 10:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PK PREL PTER NATO
06ISLAMABAD22572	POSTURING OVER WOMEN'S RIGHTS LEGISLATION REFLECTS [...] (C) With no fanfare and in the privacy of his office, President Musharraf signed the Women's Protection Bill (WPB) into law on December 1. The bill,s contentious journey through Parliament cast into sharp relief the cleavages within and between Pakistan's major political parties. The Pakista [...]	2006-12-23 05:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KWMN PK
06ISLAMABAD22617	FM KASURI DESCRIBES VISIT TO DECEMBER VISIT TO IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-28 05:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF IR PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD22618	FOREIGN MINISTER KASURI ON ANTI-PAKISTAN RHETORIC [...] (C) During a December 22 meeting following his return from Iran, Foreign Minister Kasuri speculated on the motives behind the verbal offensive that Afghan President Karzai and other senior Government of Afghanistan (GOA) officials launched against Pakistan only days after the Foreign Minister [...]	2006-12-28 05:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	AF MOPS PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22643	DUBAI WEDDING BRINGS PML, PPP TOGETHER [...] (U) On 26 December, ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain (Shujatt) and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairperson Benazir Bhutto (BB) spoke for more than 20 minutes at the Dubai wedding of Haji Abdul Razzak Yaqoob's daughter (Yaqoob is the Pakistani founder and chai [...]	2006-12-29 07:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PK
06ISLAMABAD3117	TERRORIST FINANCE: VIEW ON POTENTIAL DESIGNATIONS [...] (S/NF) Post welcomes intiative described reftel to target prominent inciters of terrorist acts. Should these test cases prove successful, we believe that a number of individuals from terrorist and militant organizations in Pakistan would make appropriate targets for future consideration. Pos [...]	2006-02-22 12:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN CVIS ETTC KTFN PREL PTER PK
06ISLAMABAD3195	GOP WILLING TO ACCEPT RETURN OF PAK GITMO DETAINEE [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-24 06:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD3208	PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF CONDEMNS AL-ASKARIYA SHRINE [...] (C) On February 23, 2006, per reftel instruction, PolCounselor contacted MFA Spokesperson Tasneem Aslam and MFA Americas Director General Sohail Mehmood to urge the Government of Pakistan (GOP) to issue a statement condemning the bombing of the al-Askariya Shrine. He also shared with the MF [...]	2006-02-24 11:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM KPAO PGOV PK PREL PTER PAS
06ISLAMABAD3253	POST CLEARANCE FOR GAUTAM RANA [...] Post welcomes and grants post clearance for the visit of Gautam Rana for February 27, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Avian Flu town hall meeting. 2. Control officer for the visit will be Mohammed Motiwala. He can be reached at the following numbers: Embassy: 92-51-208-00 [...]	2006-02-25 08:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC OTRA PK
06ISLAMABAD3318	AGREEMENT WITH PAKISTAN ON STATUS OF FORCES - [...] (U) On February 23, the Government of Pakistan (GOP) transmitted its proposed final text for a Status of Forces Agreement, based on the U.S. text in ref A. The only change to the U.S. text is in para 10, where the U.S. draft stated that: " The mutually agreed duration of this agreement is 90 [...]	2006-02-27 08:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL KTIA PK
06ISLAMABAD3542	15TH PAKISTAN-AFGHANISTAN-U.S. TRIPARTITE MEETING [...] (C) Summary: The 15th U.S.-Afghanistan-Pakistan Tripartite Commission meeting, held at Bagram on February 25, was characterized by frank discussion between the Afghan and Pakistani delegations. The agenda focused on cross-border issues, intelligence sharing, steps to counter IEDs, and the lin [...]	2006-03-03 02:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	AF MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD3575	SHIPMENT OF ALUMINUM ALLOW SHEETS AND RODS [...] (S) Ambassador delivered ref A talking points to Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan, who, in turn, discussed the issue with SIPDIS the Prime Minister. Based on this conversation, Khan subsequently informed the Ambassador that Pakistan was not in a position to touch the ship in Karachi. 2. (S [...]	2006-03-03 13:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC PK
06ISLAMABAD3576	KARACHI BOMBING: CONDOLENCES AND CONDEMNATIONS [...] Summary. Pakistani politicians at all levels--from President Musharraf and PM Aziz to a wide-spectrum of political party representatives--have reached out to US Embassy and Consulate officials to offer their condolences and express their condemnation of the 2 March bombing outside of the US Co [...]	2006-03-04 02:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PK PHUM PGOV PTER
06ISLAMABAD3684	PAKISTAN CONSIDERS NEW SOFA TO BE IN FORCE AS OF [...] (C) On March 2, poloff delivered to MFA Americas Desk Director Diyar Khan the diplomatic note (text ref A) confirming USG acceptance of the SOFA language in the earlier GOP note, reported ref B. Director Khan confirmed to poloff on March 7 that the GOP has no objections to the USG note and co [...]	2006-03-07 09:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL KTIA PK
06ISLAMABAD3705	POST REQUESTS TWO WEEK DELAY IN JUD DESIGNATION [...] (S) After reviewing the time line presented in ref A and B for moving forward with the UN 1267 and domestic terrorism finance designation of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) as an alter-ego of current terrorism finance designee Lashkar-e-Tayyba (LeT),Ambassador requests a two-week delay in pre-notificaion, pr [...]	2006-03-07 15:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	EFIN PK PREL PTER KTFN
06ISLAMABAD3754	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR US GOVERNORS DELEGATION [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Gov. James Douglas, Gov. Kenny Guinn, Gov. Phil Bredesen, Gov. Tim Kaine, Maj. Gen. Summaral, Maj Patrick Lewis, Dan Wilmot, Claude Chafin and Ltc. John Schroeder for March 15 and 16. The purpose of the visit is to transit Pakistan. [...]	2006-03-08 08:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC OTRA PK
06ISLAMABAD3804	CARTOONS FAIL TO UNITE OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: For a brief moment, Pakistan's political opposition appeared poised to transform popular anger over the Danish cartoon issue into protests against the Musharraf government. In the end, however, self-interest and government inducements have combined to split the divergent parties [...]	2006-03-08 13:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM PK
06ISLAMABAD3807	POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR PM - A/S JOHN HILLEN [...] (S) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your planned March 15 - 18 visit to Pakistan. As demonstrated during President Bush's recent visit to Islamabad, both President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan to [...]	2006-03-08 14:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	KDEM MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD3808	SLIGHT GAINS FOR PML IN SENATE ELECTIONS [...] (C) In a follow-up to the January 2nd "retirement" of 50 Senators (reftel A),Members of the Provincial Assembly (MPAs) in each of Pakistan's four provinces were charged with electing replacements on March 6. Each Provincial Assembly elected 11 Senators in a secret-ballot overseen by the Provi [...]	2006-03-08 14:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV KDEM
06ISLAMABAD3895	MILITARY AND MILITANTS CLASH IN NORTH WAZIRISTAN [...] (S//NF) Summary. March 1st and 2nd raids on militant training facilites by the Pakistan Special Operations Task Force (SOTF) in Miram Shah and Sedgai, North Waziristan led to the biggest clashes in the region in three years. The GOP military attacks and subsequent retaliatory strikes reportedl [...]	2006-03-10 04:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PK PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD3898	MILITARY AND MILITANTS CLASH IN NORTH WAZIRISTAN [...] (S//NF) Summary. March 1st and 2nd raids on militant training facilites by the Pakistan Special Operations Task Force (SOTF) in Miram Shah and Sedgai, North Waziristan led to the biggest clashes in the region in three years. The GOP military attacks and subsequent retaliatory strikes reportedl [...]	2006-03-10 06:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PK PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD4373	POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PACE [...] (S) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your planned March 20 - 22 visit to Pakistan. As demonstrated during President Bush's recent visit to Islamabad, both President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan to [...]	2006-03-17 11:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	EFIN ETTC PK PREL PTER KTFN
06ISLAMABAD4386	PUGWASH CONFERENCE: KASHMIRI CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: A three-day gathering of Kashmiris, Pakistanis and Indians in Islamabad highlighted the continuing effort of President Musharraf to build support for his peace proposals. The meeting featured a two-and-a-half hour exchange with Musharraf on his ideas for demilitarization, self-g [...]	2006-03-17 12:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PK IN PTER
06ISLAMABAD4595	DRL FUNDING FOR 2007 PAKISTAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Post has designed an electoral support strategy in order to promote free and fair elections national and provincial elections in 2007. In order to implement fully the various aspects of this strategy, we will require dedicated funding support from DRL to complement our USAID DG [...]	2006-03-20 14:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KDEM PK
06ISLAMABAD4597	ASFANDYAR WALI KHAN TO VISIT THE UNITED STATES [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 5 2. (C) Senator Asfandyar Wali Khan, Chairman of the secular Pashtun-nationalist Awami National Party (ANP) called on Ambassador on March 17 to discuss his recent meeting with President Musharraf (septel). According to Asfandyar, the ANP has taken [...]	2006-03-20 14:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK
06ISLAMABAD4761	VICE CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF WANTS ANA TO JOIN [...] (C) During a March 17 conversation with PM - A/S Hillen, Pakistan's Vice Chief of Army Staff GEN Ahsan Saleem Hyat said that he would welcome the expanding a joint exercise between the U.S. and Pakistan military schedule for later this spring to include a unit from the Afghan National Army ( [...]	2006-03-22 02:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL MOPS MASS AF
06ISLAMABAD4767	ANP AND PPP MOVING TOWARDS ACCOMMODATION WITH THE [...] (S) Summary: In recent separate meetings, Awami National Party (ANP) Chairman Senator Asfandyar Wali Khan and Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) Chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim delivered closely coordinated messages to the Embassy. Both leaders were prepared to support an alliance o [...]	2006-03-22 05:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PTER MOPS PK
06ISLAMABAD4960	COORDINATING PAKISTAN PROGRAM FOR SENATOR HAGEL [...] (SBU) Post is looking forward to the anticipated visit to Islamabad by Senator Chuck Hagel on 12-15 March. We understand from email and telephone communications with Senator Hagel's Legislative Assistant Rexon Ryu that the Senator desires a program addressing his interests as a chair of the [...]	2006-03-24 13:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	AMGT PREL OTRA OVIP
06ISLAMABAD5070	MFA SEEKS INFORMATION ON 1267 COMMITTEE [...] (S) Summary: On March 24, MFA Director Tasneem Aslam advised DCM that the GOP seeks "hard evidence" from the USG that could be used in domestic legal proceedings on the implemenation of terror financing sanctions against organizations designated by the UN 1267 Committee. Aslam claimed that [...]	2006-03-27 10:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	EFIN ETTC PK PREL PTER KTFN
06ISLAMABAD5123	A/S HILLEN VISIT TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Introduction: On his March 15-18 visit to Pakistan, A/S John Hillen and PM/RSAT Tom Canahuate met with senior Government of Pakistan (GOP) officials, as well as Pakistan's top military leadership. Describing his role in soliciting support for USG security assistance to Pakistan from the U [...]	2006-03-28 08:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PK PTER MOPS MASS MCAP PREL
06ISLAMABAD5234	PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-29 07:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD5235	PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-29 07:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD5307	PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary. President Bush's March 3-4 visit to Pakistan inspired a range of opinions on the state of the US-Pakistan relationship. Government officials, such as President Musharraf, PM Aziz, and FM Kasuri expressed satisfaction with the visit and its outcomes, including the launching of a [...]	2006-03-29 12:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD5357	TERRORIST FINANCE: LET AMENDMENT - EMBASSY [...] (U) This message contains action requests; please see Para. 5. 2 (S) Post has had several opportunities in the past week to update the Government of Pakistan (GOP) on the USG intention to request that the UN 1267 Committee amend the designation of Lashkar-e-Tayyba (LET) to include Jammat-u [...]	2006-03-30 12:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PK PREL PTER KTFN UN
06ISLAMABAD5358	END-USE, RETRANSFER AND SECURITY ASSURANCES FROM [...] This message contains an action request; please see para. 6. 2. By letter dated 18 March 2006, CAPT Muhammad Tahir, Pakistan Navy, forwarded to the Office of Defense Representative - Pakistan (ODRP) an original End User Certificate (EUC),serial number 71/2006, signed by BG Khan Azam Kh [...]	2006-03-30 12:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PK TU
06ISLAMABAD5381	AFGHAN AMBASSADOR SAYS PAK-AFGHAN ATMOSPHERICS ARE [...] (C) In a March 29 conversation, Afghan Ambassador Tarzi told Ambassador that he feels that the atmosphere between Islamabad and Kabul is clearing. On the eve of his return to Kabul for consultations, Tarzi said that he sensed that the GOP is eager to put aside the heated public rhetoric that [...]	2006-03-31 02:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	AF PGOV PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD5382	AMBASSADOR'S BILATERAL TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FOREIGN [...] (S) Summary: On March 29, Ambassador called on Foreign Secretary Mohammed Riaz Khan to discuss follow-on action SIPDIS after the March 3-4 visit by President Bush, particularly a time frame for the Foreign Secretary's Strategic Dialogue discussions with P - U/S Burns and cooperation on e [...]	2006-03-31 02:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL EAID ETRD PGOV PK AF PTER PARM KNNP
06ISLAMABAD5537	POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR HAGEL [...] (S) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your planned April 12-15 visit to Pakistan. As demonstrated during President Bush's recent visit to Islamabad, both President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan towa [...]	2006-04-03 06:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	EAID MASS MOPS OVIP PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD5596	GOVERNMENT'S CHARM OFFENSIVE LEAVES MANY BALOCH UNIMPRESSED [...] (S) Summary: While sporadic engagements continue between Baloch nationalists and military and Frontier Corps units, the Pakistan government has recently announced a series of political and economic initiatives to address some of Balochistan's long-standing grievances, including promises of more fed [...]	2006-04-03 14:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PTER PK
06ISLAMABAD5723	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NEVADA TEST SITE [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-05 04:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KTBT PK
06ISLAMABAD5724	GOP WILL CONSIDER U.S. CANDIDATE FOR INCB [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-05 04:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN PK SNAR
06ISLAMABAD5767	YASIN MALIK TELLS KASHMIRI MILITANTS "GIVE PEACE A [...] (S) Introduction: Srinagar-based Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik has told post that he has used his extended March-April 2006 visit to Pakistan to reach out to Kashmiri militant leaders, counseling them to lay down their arms and give the peace process a chance. In between highly-pub [...]	2006-04-05 13:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PK PGOV PTER IN
06ISLAMABAD5787	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR G/TIP GAYATRI PATEL [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Gayatri Patel from April 9 to April 14. Post also does not object to Consulate Lahore granting post clearance. The purpose of the visit is gather additional information on the GOP's anti-trafficking efforts. 2. Control officer [...]	2006-04-06 01:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC OTRA PKMN PHUM PREL
06ISLAMABAD5822	A/S BOUCHER AND PAKISTANI FM KASURI DISCUSS U-S [...] (C) Summary: In an April 4 meeting with visiting SCA Assistant Secretary Boucher, Pakistani Foreign Minister Kasuri repeated Pakistan's request that the U.S. consider a "package deal" on civil nuclear cooperation that would include Pakistan as well as India. At a minimum, the U.S. should choo [...]	2006-04-06 04:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG MNUC PGOV PK IN PREL
06ISLAMABAD5887	TERROR FINANCE: INFORMATION DELIVERED ON 1267 [...] (S) On April 5, Poloff delivered Ref A talking points and background papers on Laskhar-e-Tayyba (LET) and Al-Akhtar Trust to MFA (UN) Director Imran Siddiqui. Poloff pressed Siddiqui of the importance the U.S. places on full and vigorous implementation of UN 1267 Committee terror finance sa [...]	2006-04-06 12:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL KTFN PTER ETTD PK EFIN
06ISLAMABAD5903	A/S BOUCHER DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH [...] (C) Summary. SCA Assistant Secretary Boucher reviewed a range of regional issues in separate April 4 discussions with Pakistani Foreign Minister Kasuri and Foreign Secretary Khan. Kasuri and Khan were optimistic on relations with India, taking heart from PM Singh's recent speech in Amritsar [...]	2006-04-06 13:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IN AF PK IR
06ISLAMABAD5931	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: POSSIBLE GOP TROOP [...] (C) On April 5, poloff presented reftel demarche points to MFA (UN) Director Imran Siddiqui. Siddiqui said that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) was aware of the text of UNSCR 1663, but had not yet received a request from UN/DPKO to contribute troops or logistical support for a Darfur peacek [...]	2006-04-07 04:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PK KPKO UN MASS
06ISLAMABAD5945	MESSAGE DELIVERED THAT U.S. IS NOT RUNNING FOR UN [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-07 10:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KUNR PREL PHUM UNGA PK
06ISLAMABAD5978	A/S BOUCHER DISCUSSES U.S.-PAKISTAN STRATEGIC [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Boucher reviewed the status of Strategic Dialogue initiatives and options for structuring the Dialogue in April 4-5 meetings with Foreign Minister Kasuri, Foreign Secretary Khan and Additional Secretary for the Americas Shahid Kamal. All sides agreed SIPD [...]	2006-04-07 12:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PK
06ISLAMABAD5983	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GOVERNORS DELEGATION [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Gov. Mitch Daniels, Gov. Jeb Bush, Gov. Joe Manchin, Gov. Tom Vilsack, Lt. General Blum, Maj. Reale, Ltc. Schroeder, Dan Wilmot, and Anthony Welcher for April 16 and 17. The purpose of the visit is to transit Pakistan. 2. Contro [...]	2006-04-10 01:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP OTRA BE PK AMGT ASEC
06ISLAMABAD6116	A/S BOUCHER MEETS SENATE CHAIRMAN AND NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with visiting Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher, Senate Chairman Mohammedmian SIPDIS Soomro and National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain confirmed their support for the USAID legislative strengthening project. Both leaders promised to secure a si [...]	2006-04-11 12:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EAID PK
06ISLAMABAD6117	A/S BOUCHER MEETING WITH CHIEF ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: In his first meeting with A/S Boucher, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Qazi Mohammad Farooq stressed his commitment to holding a free and fair election in 2007. A/S Bouhcer pledged our continued support and stressed the importance of the commission's independence as vital to su [...]	2006-04-11 12:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PK
06ISLAMABAD6136	PAKISTAN REITERATES CALL FOR STRATEGIC RESTRAINT [...] (U) In an April 5 address at Columbia University, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz reiterated Pakistan's call for a "package deal" on civil nuclear cooperation involving both India and Pakistan and noted that Pakistan had sought a "strategic restraint regime" to prevent an arms race and stabilize [...]	2006-04-12 07:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PREL KNNP PK IN
06ISLAMABAD6198	KARACHI POST CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR AMBASSADOR [...] Embassy requests post clearance for Ambassador Crocker and ARSO Eric Alm who will be visiting post for meetings. Their itinerary is follows: April 14-Dep Islamabad on Air Blue 203 at 0930; arrive at 1135. April 15-Dep Karachi on Air Blue 204 at 1600; arrive at 1805. 2. Please provide [...]	2006-04-12 14:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC SNAR OTRA PK
06ISLAMABAD6242	INDIA-PAKISTAN COMPOSITE DIALOGUE MOVES FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: Although there have been no major breakthroughs since the opening meetings of the third round of Composite Dialogue talks in January, delegations from India and Pakistan have been busy working on a variety of issues. The frequency of these high-level meetings suggests that Pak [...]	2006-04-13 13:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	IN PK PREL ETRD
06ISLAMABAD6419	PRIME MINISTER AZIZ BRIEFS SENATOR HAGEL ON [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation with visiting Senator Hagel (R-NE),Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz reiterated Pakistan's opposition to any nuclear weapons program in Iran, but supported Iran's right to a civil nuclear energy program. He praised Afghan President Karzai, and highligh [...]	2006-04-14 14:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PREL MARR PK AF IN PGOV IR
06ISLAMABAD6420	PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF EXPRESSES CONCERN TO SENATOR HAGEL ON HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-14 15:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	AF IN MNUC PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD6647	WITH SENATOR HAGEL, FOREIGN MINISTER KASURI PUSHES FOR CIVIL NUCLEAR TRANSFERS AND WARNS THAT A MILITARY ATTACK ON IRAN WOULD MEAN DISASTER FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-17 16:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	IN IR PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD7164	A PRIMER ON PAKISTAN'S FEDERALLY ADMINISTERED [...] Summary. This cable is intended to serve as a basic primer on Pakistan,s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). The seven tribal agencies that make up the FATA are administratively, legally, and politically distinct from the rest of Pakistan. This primer focuses on these unique features o [...]	2006-04-24 11:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD7423	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION CHECK: [...] On March 7, 2006, EconOff and FCS FSN visited Advanced Engineering Research Organization (AERO),located at Air Weapons Complex (AWC),Haripur Road, Wah. The purpose of the visit was to conduct a Post Shipment Verification check on the shipment of a "Digital Compass Module" exported by GECS, I [...]	2006-04-27 05:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT ETTC PK

06ISLAMABAD7505	CABINET RESHUFFLE BRINGS PROMOTIONS, DEMOTIONS, [...] (SBU) Summary. After several weeks of speculation, Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has selected some bright party stars, rewarded PML loyalists, and switched the portfolios of four ministers in a cabinet reshuffle on April 26. Presiding over a ceremony at Aiwan-e Sadar, President Mushar [...]	2006-04-28 04:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PK PGOV PREL IRNB
06ISLAMABAD7537	BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST NOTIFICATION [...] (S) On April 28, 2005, MFA Disarmament Cell Director Muhammad Kamran Akhtar notified poloff that Pakistan would conduct a ballistic missile test on April 29-30 over the Arabian Sea. Akhtar said that the GOP has sent written notification to the Government of India regarding this missile test [...]	2006-04-28 11:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	KNNP MCAP PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD7563	SIXTEENTH MEETING OF U.S.-AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The Tripartite Commission (TPC) Met at GHQ in Rawalpindi April 19 -- the third Tripartite conducted at the four-star level and the second official visit to Pakistan by Afghanistan's Chief of the General Staff. Atmospherics were favorable, continuing a trend seen in earlier TPC [...]	2006-04-28 15:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PK AF PTER
06ISLAMABAD7564	SCENESETTER FOR S/CT AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON [...] (S) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your planned May 3-4 visit to Pakistan. As demonstrated during President Bush's visit to Islamabad, both President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan toward Musharra [...]	2006-04-28 15:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PK PGOV MASS MOPS PTER MCAP
06ISLAMABAD7629	POLITICAL AND SECURITY ASSISTANCE SCENESETTER FOR [...] (U) In anticipation of the U.S.-Pakistan Defense Consultative Group (DCG) meetings in Washingont May 1-5, Embassy Islamabad offers the following snapshots of political and security assistance developments in Pakistan. U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Partnership ----------------------------------- [...]	2006-05-01 11:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD7770	PRINCE SULTAN'S VISIT TO PAKISTAN: MOSTLY OPTICS; [...] (C) Summary. In the week following Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud's April visit to Pakistan, PolCouns sought assessments in separate meetings with the MFA Director General for the Gulf region Sajjad Haider, Saudi Embassy DCM Abdullah Al-Omari and a respected local journalist, Far [...]	2006-05-02 11:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PK SA
06ISLAMABAD7771	PSI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) See action request at para 5. 2. (C) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche in a meeting with MFA Director General for Disarmament Qazi Khalilullah and Director for Disarmament Kamran Aktar, urging that Pakistan endorse PSI Interdiction Principles as a precursor to participation in the Ju [...]	2006-05-02 11:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP PK
06ISLAMABAD7780	SCENESETTER FOR U.S. CENTRAL AIR FORCES COMMANDER [...] (S) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your May visit to Pakistan. As demonstrated during President Bush's visit to Islamabad, both President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan toward Musharraf's goal of [...]	2006-05-02 12:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD7822	GOP RESPONSE TO EXBS PROPOSAL [...] (U) This message contains an action request; please see para. 3. 2. (SBU) On April 28, POLCOUNS presented MFA Additional Secretary (UN & Disarmament) Tariq Usman Haider a proposed SIPDIS schedule of EXBS training courses and seminars (reftel). While affirming that the GOP is interested [...]	2006-05-02 13:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PK PREL ETTC KSTC PARM
06ISLAMABAD7823	GOP SUPPORTS PAKISTANI, NOT IRANIAN, HRC CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-02 13:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR PHUM PK PREL UNHRC
06ISLAMABAD7884	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: USG REQUEST TO EXTEND CWC [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-03 10:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PK PREL CWC
06ISLAMABAD8148	A STRATEGY FOR FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: With the appointment of a credible, permanent Chief Election Commissioner (CEC),Pakistan is moving in the necessary direction for free and fair elections in 2007. Post believes that the credibility of the 2007 contest has significant implications for long-term stability and de [...]	2006-05-05 08:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV KDEM EAID OIIP KPAO PK
06ISLAMABAD8207	DENIAL OF COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SANDIA LABS [...] Post regrets that it is unable to offer country clearance to reftel visitors due to the limited advance notice, While post strongly supports the objectives of the mission, visits like this, involving numerous meetings (especially in other cities) will require more than four days notice. 2. [...]	2006-05-05 12:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA PK
06ISLAMABAD8327	D-8 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-09 05:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BG EG ID IR IS IZ MOPS MY NI PGOV PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD8328	GOP REQUESTS INFORMATION FOR GUATANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) The Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivered a diplomatic note dated May 3 requesting complete addresses and other personal information to confirm Pakistani nationality for Guatanamo Bay detainees who have been identified by the Pentagon for release. Full text of the note follows: [...]	2006-05-09 05:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD8391	TERROR FINANCE: JI-4 AND JUD DOMESTIC DESIGNATION [...] (C) On April 28, 2005, poloff presented to MFA (UN) Deputy Director Shazia Ashraf Qazi non-papers containing the notice of the UN 1267 Committee designation of four members of Jemaah Islamiya (Ref A) and notice of the U.S. domestic designation of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JUD) (Ref B). On May 4, polo [...]	2006-05-09 16:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PTER KFIN ECON UN
06ISLAMABAD8487	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR US GOVERNORS DELEGATION [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Gov. Mitt Romney, Gov. Matt Blunt, Gov. Mark Sanford, Gov. Brian Schweitzer, Anthony Welcher, Dan Wilmot, Ltc. Kurt Vogel, Capt. Ernest Barringer, Eddie Johnson, Barbara Davis, and Maj. Matt Green for May 25 and 26. The purpose of th [...]	2006-05-11 09:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC OTRA PK OVIP
06ISLAMABAD8829	S/CT AMB CRUMPTON ENCOURAGES ROBUST GOP [...] (C) Introduction and summary: Visiting Islamabad on May 3-4, S/CT Ambassador Henry Crumpton and S/CT Senior Advisor Michael Hurley engaged political, diplomatic and military interlocutors on Pakistan's counterterrorim (CT) strategies and policies. Calling on National Security Advisor Tariq [...]	2006-05-16 02:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD8845	PAKISTANI COMPLIANCE WITH OIC AND AL BOYCOTTS [...] Post offers the following response to reftel queries regarding Pakistani observance of boycotts of Israel and Israeli-made products. 2. Pakistan is not a member of the Arab League (AL) and is not, therefore, bound by the AL boycott (ALB). 3. Pakistan is a member of the Organization of [...]	2006-05-16 10:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KBCT ABLD PHUM PIRF AL PK
06ISLAMABAD9088	AT D-8 SUMMIT, PAKISTAN AND TURKEY TELL IRAN TO [...] (S) Prior to his departure to the D-8 Summit in Bali last week, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz told the Ambassador that he and Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan would be meeting with Iranian President Ahmedinejad and asked if we had any advice. As conveyed to SCA and NEA Ambassador told Aziz that w [...]	2006-05-18 11:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PK PREL IR TK
06ISLAMABAD9098	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US TO TABLE FMCT DRAFT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-18 11:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD9152	PAKISTANI COMPLIANCE WITH OIC AND AL BOYCOTTS [...] Post offers the following response to reftel queries regarding Pakistani observance of boycotts of Israel and Israeli-made products. 2. Pakistan is not a member of the Arab League (AL) and is not, therefore, bound by the AL boycott (ALB). 3. Pakistan is a member of the Organization of [...]	2006-05-19 07:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KBCT ABLD PHUM PIRF AL PK
06ISLAMABAD9336	NSA TARIQ AZIZ READY TO REACH OUT TO AFGHAN [...] (S) During a May 22 conversation, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz told Ambassador that Pakistan's senior leaders are increasingly concerned by both the security situation in Afghanistan and by public accusations by Afghanistan President Karzai and Foreign Minister Spanta blaming Pakista [...]	2006-05-22 12:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PK PREL AF
06ISLAMABAD9358	PAKISTANI COMMENTS ON UPCOMING SIACHEN-SIR CREEK [...] (U) Summary. The Pakistani press has cast reports on the upcoming Composite Dialogue talks on Siachen glacier (May 23-24) and Sir Creek (May 25-26) in a lackluster light, mostly by lifting bylines from the Indian press. There has been little discussion on what proposals the GOP will bring [...]	2006-05-22 13:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IN PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD9473	EXPLAINING THE SECURITY FORCES IN THE FATA [...] (U) This cable provides an introduction to the myriad of security forces besides the regular Pakistani Army that operate in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and adjoining regions of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP). 2. (U) Frontier Corps. The paramilitary Frontier Corp [...]	2006-05-23 12:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PK MARR SNAR KCRM PTER EAID
06ISLAMABAD9486	GOP PM AZIZ CONGRATULATES NEW IRAQI PRIME MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 12:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PK PREL IZ KDEM
06ISLAMABAD9499	PM AZIZ TO TALK SENSE TO IRANIAN VICE PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 13:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	IR PGOV PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD9585	FATA: MISSION PAKISTAN REPORTING AND ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. This cable is intended to inform the inter-agency discussion on how to stimulate counterrorism progress, stability, and political change in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Mission Pakistan--in biweekly "Interagency FATA Working Group" meetings that include office [...]	2006-05-24 12:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PL PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD9696	LIMITED PROGRESS ON DOMESTIC EXTREMISM [...] (U) This is the third in a series of four cables assessing the GOP's progress in its crackdown on extremism. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Progress on combating domestic extremism, part of the GOP's July 2005 crackdown, has suffered from competing priorities, limited political capital, and a vocal op [...]	2006-05-25 11:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL PK
06ISLAMABAD9703	GOP DECLINES PSI INVITATION...AGAIN [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-25 11:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PK PHSA KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV
06ISLAMABAD9704	FREE, FAIR, AND ISI: THE PML ELECTION STRATEGY [...] (C/NF) Summary: According to PML Secretary General Mushahid Hussain, the party's goal in the upcoming elections is a plurality in the National Assembly. He identified urban areas in central Punjab (Lahore, Gujranwala, Faisalabad) as the chief battlegrounds, predicted a strong PML victory in [...]	2006-05-25 11:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PREL PTER MOPS PK AF IR
06ISLAMABAD9705	PAK-SINO RELATIONS: â€œHIGHER THAN THE HIMALAYAS, DEEPER THAN THE SEAâ€ [...] (C) Summary. At a May 23 conference celebrating 55 years of Pakistan-China relations, Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz characterized the Sino-Pak relationship as a model bilateral relationship, in which both countries are committed to peaceful co-existence, sovereign equality, and non-i [...]	2006-05-25 11:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	CH IN PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD9706	FATA: STRATEGIES AND REDLINES [...] (C//NF) Summary. The stabilization of Pakistan's Federally Administered Areas (FATA) and the acceleration of political and economic development in this troubled region is a complex task that will determine the success of USG and Government of Pakistan (GOP) counterterrorism efforts. Since 9/11, [...]	2006-05-25 12:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS EAID ECON
06ISLAMABAD9708	FATA OPERATIONS SINCE JULY 7TH: A MIXED BAG [...] (U) This is the second in a series of four cables assessing the GOP's progress in its crackdown on extremism. 2. (S) Summary. In the aftermath of the July 7, 2005 bombings in London, President Musharraf made a series of broad-reaching committments to tackle extremism and terrorism in Pakist [...]	2006-05-25 12:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PTER MOPS MARR PK
06ISLAMABAD9709	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO NAM/G-77 ON UN REFORM [...] (SBU) On May 25, Poloff delivered reftel demarche points on UN reform at the upcoming Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial-level meeting to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs's UN-I Director, Imran Siddiqui. Having recently served at Pakistan's Permanent Mission to the UN in New York and well [...]	2006-05-26 01:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AORC UNGA PK
06ISLAMABAD9710	FATA OPERATIONS SINCE JULY 7TH: A MIXED BAG [...] (U) This is the second in a series of four cables assessing the GOP's progress in its crackdown on extremism. 2. (S) Summary. In the aftermath of the July 7, 2005 bombings in London, President Musharraf made a series of broad-reaching committments to tackle extremism and terrorism in Pakist [...]	2006-05-26 01:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PTER MOPS MARR PK
06ISLAMABAD9711	NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR SUPPORTING WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN [...] (C/NF) Summary: In an introductory call with the Ambassador on May 25, recently appointed Minister for Women's Development and Youth Affairs Sumaira Malik provided an overview of her key programmatic priorities, offering new and valuable areas for immediate and medium-term USG assistance. Mal [...]	2006-05-26 04:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM KWMN EAID PGOV SOCI PK
06ISLAMABAD9712	PAK MIL SUPPORT IN BALOCHISTAN FOR OPERATION [...] (S) Per SCA request (ref A),post offers this summary of Pakistani military operations in Balochistan in support of CFC-A Operation Mountain Thrust. 2. (S) On May 20, Coalition Joint Task Force (CJTF-76) and the Office of Defense Representative - Pakistan (ODRP) representatives met with [...]	2006-05-26 05:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MCAP MOPS PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD9772	UK FACILITATES TRANSIT OF DANISH CARGO [...] (C) In response to inquiries via State and Defense Department channels (Reftel),post has confirmed through the British High Commmision (BHC) and Danish Defense Command Representatives that Danish military cargo transiting Pakistan en route to Afghanistan was successfully offloaded at Karach [...]	2006-05-26 11:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD9875	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORY [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Sandia National Laboratories' staff Jose R. Rodriguez and James W. Purvis from June 10 to 16. The purpose of the visit is to participate in an IAEA training course in Islamabad. Post understands that IAEA's local partner, the Pakista [...]	2006-05-30 05:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORC ASEC ENRG KNNP OTRA PK
06ISLAMABAD9890	PARTIES PREPARE THEIR ELECTORAL STRATEGIES [...] (S/NF) Summary: Electoral strategies for Pakistan's major parties are coalescing in advance of the likely late 2007/early 2008 national and provincial elections. At this stage, most parties, save the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N),have adopted a go-it-alone strategy. The ruling Pakist [...]	2006-05-30 08:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PREL PK
06ISLAMABAD9892	MUSHARRAF TELLS IRAN "STOP ENRICHMENT NOW" [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-30 09:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	IR KNNP PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD9911	GOP RESPONSE TO PROPOSED EXBS PROGRAMMING [...] (U) Post appreciates the comprehensive programming that ISN/ECC has laid out for Pakistan between July 2006 nd January 2007 (ref A). The Government of Pakistan (GOP),through the MFA Disarmament Cell, has indicated that it wishes to participate in all of the proposed programs and is committ [...]	2006-05-30 10:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PGOV PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD9964	PROGRESS TOWARDS DEMOCRACY [...] (C/NF) Summary: The upcoming national and provincial elections will be an important bellwether on progress towards democratization in Pakistan. However, free and fair elections must be supported by long-term systemic changes that are necessary to institute good governance and firm civilian co [...]	2006-05-31 07:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PHUM PK
06ISLAMABAD9997	AFGANISTAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST [...] Embassy Islamabad requests country clearance for the following to attend meetings with Embassy Kabul counterparts June 6- June 7: Â [...]	2006-05-31 11:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC SNAR OTRA PK AF
07ISLAMABAD1021	PAK SECURITY FORCES CAPTURE HIGH-LEVEL TALIBAN [...] (U) Local newspapers reported on March 2 that Pakistani security forces had captured high-ranking Taliban leader Mullah Obaidullah Akhund, along with up to five others, on February 26 in Quetta. An anonymous Pakistani official said that two of those captured with Obaidullah "could be" Amir Kha [...]	2007-03-03 08:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	AF PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD1028	FM KASURI'S FEBRUARY 20-21 VISIT TO NEW DELHI [...] (C) Summary: In a March 1 meeting with PolOff, MFA Director-General for South Asian Affairs Jalil Jilani provided a readout of Foreign Minister Kasuri's February 20-21 visit to New Delhi. Jilani previewed the upcoming March 6 anti-terror talks in Islamabad and described the nuclear accord [...]	2007-03-03 11:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	IN MNUC PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD1094	PAK MFA SAYS AFGHAN JIRGA COMMISSION COMING MARCH [...] (C//NF) In a March 7 phone call with PolOff, the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the Afghan jirga commission will visit Islamabad for meetings with the Pakistani jirga commission March 10 or March 11. The Ministry is waiting for confirmation of exact dates from Kabul. Th [...]	2007-03-07 13:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD1103	PAKISTANI QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (C) PolOff met March 5 with Kamran Akhtar, Director of the Pakistan Foreign Ministry's Disarmament Cell, to invite the Government of Pakistan to participate in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Akhtar said that Pakistan supported the initiative in principle but would not sig [...]	2007-03-08 10:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KNNP PK RS
07ISLAMABAD1124	PAKISTAN'S CHIEF JUSTICE SUSPENDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 9, President Pervez Musharraf suspended Pakistan's Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on various corruption charges. Chaudhry had developed a reputation for judicial activism during his short time on the bench and ruled against the Government of [...]	2007-03-11 11:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD113	DOMESTIC TERROR KILLS MORE THAN 900 IN 2006 [...] (U) SUMMARY: A well-regarded local think tank calculates that more than 900 Pakistanis died from terrorist-related attacks in 2006. In addition, more than 1,500 were wounded. The numbers, broken down by province and nature of the incidents, highlight the difficult domestic environment the gov [...]	2007-01-08 13:42:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD1147	OPERATIONAL PLAN REVIEW - PAKISTAN [...] We look forward to the upcoming Operational Plan Review for Pakistan, scheduled to take place in Washington on March 13. 2. In advance of that review, let us quickly highlight two items that were noted in the transmittal memo for our Operational Plan in early February: First, the importanc [...]	2007-03-12 13:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD115	NGO HOSTS POL PARTIES ON THE QT TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: On December 22, The Asia Foundation's Pakistan office convened a multiparty dialogue to discuss how political parties can assist democratic development with the goal of making some concrete recommendations ahead of upcoming parliamentary elections. The session was meant to be low [...]	2007-01-09 05:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD1176	NATIONWIDE PROTESTS FOLLOW CHIEF JUSTICE'S [...] (C) Summary. President Musharraf's March 9 suspension of Supreme Court Chief Justice Ifthikar Chaudhry has ignited the ire of Pakistan,s legal community and consumed the attention of the press and intelligentsia. Hundreds -- perhaps thousands -- of lawyers and other sympathizers protested na [...]	2007-03-13 14:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV
07ISLAMABAD119	EMBASSY PROTESTS ASSAULT ON NEW YORK TIMES [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-09 09:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1194	AITZAZ AHSAN ON HIS LATEST CLIENT: THE CHIEF [...] (C) On March 13, Aitzaz Ahsan, a lead attorney for now "suspended" Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, told Ambassador that the five-day-old saga of the Chief Justice was "maximum political theater." Seeming to relish his role in the drama (it is hard to turn on the television without [...]	2007-03-14 13:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1234	VIOLENCE ERUPTS AT DEMONSTRATIONS OVER CHIEF [...] (C) Fighting broke out between the police and demonstrators in front of Pakistan's Supreme Court the afternoon of March 16, the second day of the Supreme Judicial Council's proceeding against Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. Demonstrations in other cities around Pakistan were tense [...]	2007-03-16 12:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PK PNAT PREF PREL
07ISLAMABAD1240	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STATE/DOE DELEGATION [...] American Embassy Islamabad grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of SCA/RA Director John Schlosser and ISN/RA Kahtryn Schultz from the Department of State, and Kelly Cummins, Anne Kohnen, Jimmie Collins, Chis Landers, and Greg Herdes from the Department of Energy to Islamabad M [...]	2007-03-17 11:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PK PREL KNNP
07ISLAMABAD1267	AS PROTESTS OVER CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Summary: Protests over the proceedings against Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry continued over the weekend, drawing an estimated crowd of 10,000 - 12,000 in Lahore on Saturday. The protests continue to be minimally violent by Pakistani standards. The Chief Justice controversy conti [...]	2007-03-20 02:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1270	FOREIGN SECRETARY CONVENES AMBASSADOR TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan convened Ambassador March 19 to discuss the controversy surrounding President Musharraf's decision to make the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court "non-functional." Khan stressed that Pakistan was not in a "crisis situation." He admitted that government offic [...]	2007-03-20 07:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1279	PAKISTANI PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] (C) President Musharraf, Foreign Minister Kasuri, and Foreign Secretary Khan have all recently emphasized to Ambassador that one purpose of Pakistan's "Moderate Muslim States" initiative is to pressure Iran to modify its behavior. Pakistan believes that by not inviting Iran to the February [...]	2007-03-20 13:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	IN MNUC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1280	CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY: JUSTICES RESIGN, [...] (U) Pakistan's press and elite continue to focus on the controversy over Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry's suspension. As of mid-afternoon March 20, the following occurred: - There were no reports of large-scale demonstrations in any of Pakistan's cities on March 20. - On March 20, Naseer [...]	2007-03-21 01:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1293	LAWYERS, POLITICAL PARTIES PROTEST CHIEF JUSTICE'S [...] (SBU) On March 21, lawyers and political party members took to the streets once again to protest the suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. Except for a report that police in Quetta injured several demonstrators, protests nationwide were peaceful. Islamabad: A group of 300-400 protes [...]	2007-03-21 12:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1329	WHAT THE CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY IS. . .AND IS [...] (C) Two weeks in -- and occasionally breathless commentary in the international press aside -- observers increasingly believe that President Musharraf's government has not been seriously wounded by the Chief Justice controversy. Barring the outbreak of widespread street violence leading to [...]	2007-03-23 09:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD133	STATUS OF FRONTIER CORPS [...] (SBU) On December 29, 2006, PolCouns raised with the MFA's America's Desk post's request for information regarding the legal status of the Frontier Corps. (Reftel) Post had twice earlier requested the MFA's assistance in parsing the legal underpinnings of the Frontier Corps, as the issue ha [...]	2007-01-09 13:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD1331	INTERIOR MINISTER ON STATUS OF PAK-AFGHAN JIRGA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher on March 15 and with Ambassador on March 19, Interior Minister and Chairman of Pakistan's Jirga Commission Afthab Ahmed Khan Sherpao reviewed the status of the Pak-Afghan jirga process [...]	2007-03-24 06:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PREF PK AF
07ISLAMABAD1334	MUSHARAFF TO ATTEND ARAB SUMMIT [...] (U) Most of Pakistan's March 25 papers highlighted Saudi King Abdullah's invitation to President Musharraf to attend the March 28-29 Arab League Summit in Riyadh. According to the press, this is the first time the Arab League has invited a Pakistani leader to attend a League summit as a part [...]	2007-03-26 06:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1354	MUSHARRAF ON CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY, FATA, AND JIRGAS [...] (U) Ambassador paid his farewell call on President Musharraf on March 24. The meeting was front-page news in most Pakistani papers, with many articles emphasizing Musharraf's promise to "fight the war on terror to the end." The press coverage highlighted the strength of the U.S.-Pakistan st [...]	2007-03-26 12:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1362	CHIEF JUSTICE SUSPENSION PROTESTS SET ON "SIMMER" [...] (C) The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy called for further demonstrations on March 26 to protest Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry's suspension. Turnout was highest in Lahore (septel),where approximately 1,200 Pakistan People's Party, Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz, and Jamaat-e-Isla [...]	2007-03-26 13:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD1377	PAKISTAN WANTS EFFECTIVE VERIFICATION IN P-6 [...] (C) On March 26, Deputy Chief of Mission delivered points in reftel to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Additional Secretary for UN Affairs Tariq Osman Hyder. Hyder responded that Pakistan was firm in its opposition to a negotiating mandate for the Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty that did not inclu [...]	2007-03-27 12:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK IN KNNP PREL
07ISLAMABAD1417	UPCOMING BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-29 11:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PK PREL IN AF
07ISLAMABAD1451	PAKISTANI PARTICIPANTS IN AMMAN PROLIFERATION [...] The Government of Pakistan warmly welcomes the invitation of the United States to participate in the Proliferation Awareness Training taking place in Amman, Jordan, April 16-18. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has selected the following 9 individuals to participate: Â [...]	2007-04-02 12:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PK KNNP
07ISLAMABAD1456	CHIEF JUSTICE UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Judicial Council deciding the fate of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry is scheduled to meet again on April 3. Islamabad police are planning for a possibly large demonstration that day, but public interest in the Chief Justice controversy has declined markedly during [...]	2007-04-02 14:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1466	CHIEF JUSTICE UPDATE: MINOR PROTESTS THROUGHOUT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-03 14:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1490	CHIEF JUSTICE UPDATE: THE COURTROOM AND THE STREET [...] (C) The bulk of the April 3 session of the Supreme Judicial Council proceedings against non-functioning Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry involved a debate over the in camera nature of the Council. (The Chief Justice wants public proceedings; the government wants them closed.) In a conversatio [...]	2007-04-04 15:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1514	PAKISTANI PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] (C) President Musharraf, Foreign Minister Kasuri, and Foreign Secretary Khan have all recently emphasized to Ambassador that one purpose of Pakistan's "Moderate Muslim States" initiative is to pressure Iran to modify its behavior. Pakistan believes that by not inviting Iran to the February [...]	2007-04-05 14:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	IN MNUC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1515	PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF MEETS WITH CODELS REYES AND [...] (U) Codel Reyes -- Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX); Congressman Rush Holt (D-NJ); and Congressman Darrel Issa (R-CA) -- and Codel Tierney -- Congressman John Tierney (D-MA); Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN); Congressman George Miller (D-CA); and Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC) -- called [...]	2007-04-06 03:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1516	OFFICIALS INDICTED FOR MANHANDLING CHIEF JUSTICE [...] (U) On April 3, the Supreme Court indicted seven senior government and police officials on charges of contempt of court for their March 13 manhandling of non-functioning Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. A three-member bench of Acting Chief Justice Bhagwandas, Justice Jillani, and Justice Mulk [...]	2007-04-06 03:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1517	PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF MEETS WITH CODELS REYES AND [...] (U) Codel Reyes -- Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX); Congressman Rush Holt (D-NJ); and Congressman Darrel Issa (R-CA) -- and Codel Tierney -- Congressman John Tierney (D-MA); Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN); Congressman George Miller (D-CA); and Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC) -- ca [...]	2007-04-06 03:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1570	PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF MEETS WITH COMMANDER USCENTCOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: New U.S. Central Command Commander, Admiral William J. Fallon, met March 31 with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. They discussed Musharraf,s participation at the recent Arab League Summit (disappointing),Musharraf's interest in engaging on Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts [...]	2007-04-10 08:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1583	MUSHARRAF TELLS MCCAIN: DONâ€™T PULL OUT OF IRAQ [...] (U) On April 3, President Musharraf met with Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Representative Richard Renzi (R-AZ),Musharraf's third U.S. Congressional delegation of the day (reftel). The group,s discussion focused on Iraq, the broader Middle East, and the Pak-Afghan border region. ----------------- [...]	2007-04-10 12:27:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS PK AF IZ IR ID MY SA LE
07ISLAMABAD1607	INTERIOR MINISTER OUTLINES NEXT STEPS FOR [...] (C) During an April 10 meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs John Gastright SIPDIS and the Charge, Minister of Internal Affairs and Chairman of Pakistan's Jirga Commission Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao said that the Pak-Afghan Jirga Commission meeting schedul [...]	2007-04-11 13:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PK AF
07ISLAMABAD1631	CODEL LOWEY MEETS WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-12 12:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1647	3,000 WOMEN, A MOSQUE, AND GUNS: A STORY ANY [...] (C) Fiery headlines in the Pakistani and international press about Islamabad's Red (Lal) Mosque and the adjacent women's madrassah (seminary) could lead readers to believe that talibanization has spread to Islamabad -- or that extremism has appeared suddenly at the Red Mosque. In reality, [...]	2007-04-13 06:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1659	ANOTHER COUNCIL MEETING, ANOTHER ROUND OF PROTESTS [...] (SBU) The Supreme Judicial Council met again on April 13 to continue hearings on "non-functional" Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. Initial media reports indicate the proceedings focused on the composition of the Supreme Judicial Council. Media outlets reported Chaudhry's head lawyer, Aitzaz [...]	2007-04-13 11:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1687	AMBASSADOR TAHIR-KHELI'S ISLAMABAD VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State for Women's Empowerment Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli met with a wide spectrum of government officials, civil society, and media -- and garnered significant media coverage -- during her March 14-19 visit to Islamabad. Her interlocutors p [...]	2007-04-16 12:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KWMN PK
07ISLAMABAD1688	RED MOSQUE UPDATE [...] (C) Talks continued over the weekend between the leaders of the Red Mosque (Lal Masjid) and the government. Maulana Abdul Aziz and Maulana Ghazi, the two leaders of the mosque, have softened their public tone toward the government. During Friday,s sermon, Aziz delivered a more tempered message [...]	2007-04-16 13:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD1698	RED MOSQUE CALLS OFF NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) On April 16, the administration of the Red Mosque (Lal Masjid) announced that it would suspend talks with the government, after mosque leaders accused the government of aerial surveillance and spraying unknown gases on the mosque. Red Mosque leader Maulana Ghazi told a news conference that, [...]	2007-04-17 11:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD1737	CHIEF JUSTICE UPDATE: ORDERLY PROTESTS, SUPREME [...] (SBU) THE HEARING: The Supreme Judicial Council handling the reference against suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry met today (April 18) and, as expected, adjourned without major developments. The next hearings are scheduled for April 24, May 2 and May 3. Meanwhile, Chief Justice Chaudh [...]	2007-04-18 13:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PINS PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1779	DELEGATION ADVANCES NON-PRO DIALOGUE [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-20 10:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	IN KNNP PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1780	CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY: THE SUPREME COURT SET [...] (C) In an April 20 meeting, Aitzaz Ahsan, lead counsel for non-functioning Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, updated poloffs on the legal proceedings against his client. On April 18, Aitzaz appeared before the Supreme Judicial Council hearing Chaudhry's case and demanded that three justices o [...]	2007-04-20 11:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1781	SANCTIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (S/NF) On April 20, Post delivered reftel points to Kamran Akhtar, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Disarmament Cell. Akhtar noted that although Arif Durrani - the referenced individual being sanctioned under the Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act - is a Pakistani citizen, the Pa [...]	2007-04-20 11:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE
07ISLAMABAD1783	CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY: THE SUPREME COURT SET [...] (C) In an April 20 meeting, Aitzaz Ahsan, lead counsel for non-functioning Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, updated poloffs on the legal proceedings against his client. On April 18, Aitzaz appeared before the Supreme Judicial Council hearing Chaudhry's case and demanded that three justices o [...]	2007-04-20 11:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1786	TENSIONS FLARE OVER FENCING: UPDATE FROM PAKISTAN [...] (C) Pakistan Military contacts confirm that the April 19 Pakistan Military-Afghan National Army confrontation over the location of the Shkin-Angor Adda area fence transpired as reported reftel. Pakistan Military officials were unable to meet with Office of Defense Representative - Pakistan [...]	2007-04-20 12:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1813	GENERAL PASHA ON FENCE CONFRONTATION [...] (C) MG Helmly, Chief, Office of Defense Representative - Pakistan, met on April 21 with MG Ahmad Pasha, Pakistan Military Director General of Operations, to discuss the April 19 confrontation between Afghan Army and Pakistan Army troops near Angor Adda and Shkin. MG Helmly complimented Pasha [...]	2007-04-23 12:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MARR PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1815	MUSHARRAF OFFERS TO HELP ON ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN [...] (C) During an April 20 interview with the Al-Arabiya television network, President Musharraf offered to help ameliorate the Israel-Palestinian impasse any way he could. He volunteered to travel to Jerusalem if the parties involved thought it would be helpful. His offer followed months of hi [...]	2007-04-23 13:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1833	CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY CONTINUES: APRIL 24 [...] (C) Coinciding with the Supreme Judicial Council and Supreme Court hearings in Islamabad, demonstrations occurred around Pakistan on April 24. In a manner that has become routine since the Chief Justice controversy began in March, police established road blocks and barriers on all major avenue [...]	2007-04-24 13:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV ASEC
07ISLAMABAD1834	CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY CONTINUES: THE HEARINGS [...] (U) On April 24, both the Supreme Court and the Supreme Judicial Council considered petitions relating to the presidential reference against the Chief Justice. In the Supreme Court, Presiding Justice Muhammad Raza Khan excused himself from considering the Chief Justice's petition. Khan said h [...]	2007-04-24 13:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1842	PAKISTAN'S UPCOMING ELECTIONS, PART 1: STABILITY [...] (U) Pakistan's upcoming general elections -- expected to occur in late 2007 or early 2008 -- are a topic of frequent conversation and speculation among the country's elite, media, and international community (including recent U.S. Congressional delegations). When Pakistanis go to the polls the [...]	2007-04-25 11:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD1844	CHAUDHRY SHUJAAT WORRIED ABOUT PML'S SITUATION [...] (C) Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain told us April 25 he was worried that the ongoing Chief Justice controversy was harming his party's political situation. He described the opposition's ability to generate excitement over the Chief Justice's plight as a gro [...]	2007-04-25 12:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PK PREL

07ISLAMABAD1846	RED MOSQUE (LAL MASJID) STAND-OFF OFFICIALLY OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The stand-off between the Government and the Jamia Hafsa women's madrassa officially ended the night of April 24. Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain toured the madrassa and confirmed the students there had met all the government's demands. The governmen [...]	2007-04-25 12:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD189	RIFT IN PAKISTAN'S ISLAMIST PARTY ALLIANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The leader of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI),Qazi Hussain Ahmed, announced January 4 that he will quit as chairman of Pakistan's six-party Islamist political alliance, the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA). JI and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) -- its main MMA partner -- are at odds over [...]	2007-01-11 11:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD1943	PAKISTAN UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO IRAQ MISSION [...] (C) Post assesses that Pakistan would not be willing to contribute troops or other support to the current Iraq Coalition, nor would it be productive to raise the matter with the Government of Pakistan at this time. 2. (C) Pakistani officials have intimated privately in the past that they w [...]	2007-05-02 04:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER PK IZ
07ISLAMABAD1994	MUSHARRAF AND KARZAI IN ANKARA: AN INTERIM [...] (C) Summary: Working-level contacts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told us May 3 that the April 30 meeting between Presidents Musharraf, Karzai, and Sezer reinforced Pakistan and Afghanistan's common commitment to fighting the Taliban. The meeting also presented opportunities to further [...]	2007-05-03 13:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL AF PGOV
07ISLAMABAD2017	CHIEF JUSTICE UPDATE-- MAY 4 [...] (C) The legal process to decide the fate of Pakistan's Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry has split into two concurrent tracks -- one in the Supreme Court and the other in the Supreme Judicial Council. Both bodies resumed hearings May 2 and 3 on the reference against the Chief Justice. Acting C [...]	2007-05-04 12:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD2023	SINDH HIGH COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF AL RASHID TRUST [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 26, the Sindh High Court (SHC) suspended the Pakistan government's decision to freeze the assets of Al Rashid Trust (ART) and seal its offices. The two-member bench, which included the Chief Justice, ruled there was no justification for the closing of the offices. Th [...]	2007-05-05 09:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN EFIN KPAO PK
07ISLAMABAD2033	SUPREME COURT SUSPENDS SUPREME JUDICIAL COUNCIL [...] (C) On May 7, Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the Supreme Judicial Council (the ad hoc body hearing evidence against Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry since March) to suspend proceedings against the Chief Justice. The suspension will stay in force while the Supreme Court considers several peti [...]	2007-05-07 12:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2067	MUSHARRAF'S CHANGED POLITICAL SITUATION: LESS [...] (S) Two months in, observers, including some of President Musharraf's main supporters and advisors, believe that the Chief Justice controversy has inflicted political harm on the President. Musharraf's political position is now more fragile. We continue to agree with the prevailing informe [...]	2007-05-08 19:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2083	DARFUR MISSION DEMARCHE: PAKISTAN WOULD NEED TO [...] (SBU) On May 7, Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan, urging Pakistan to make a public commitment of troops and police for the future UN/AU hybrid operation. In response, Khan referred to Pakistan's clear, longstanding policy regarding its peacekeeping op [...]	2007-05-10 03:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KPKO PK SU
07ISLAMABAD2107	FOREIGN SECRETARY AND TURKISH AMBASSADOR REFLECT [...] (S) Summary. Charge d'Affaires met with Pakistan Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan May 7 and Turkisk Ambassador Engin Soysal SIPDIS May 8 to hear their reflections on the April 29-30 Pakistan-Afghanistan-Turkey trilateral in Ankara. Both Khan and Soysal were in Ankara for the meetings -- Khan as [...]	2007-05-10 12:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PK AF
07ISLAMABAD2113	PAKISTAN'S ACTION ON DISRUPTING EXTERNAL FINANCING TO THE TALIBAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-11 06:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN KPAO KTFN PK PTER
07ISLAMABAD2129	UNHRC VOTE: PAKISTAN INCLINED TO SUPPORT SLOVENIA [...] (C) PolOff discussed the upcoming UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) election with MFA Director (UN) Haider Shah on May 11 and emphasized demarche points per refs B and C, urging Pakistan to support Slovenia and Bosnia. Shah reacted positively to Bosnia's official candidacy (ref A),saying Pakis [...]	2007-05-11 12:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC PK
07ISLAMABAD2133	PAKISTAN WILL PUSH FOR SUPPORT OF KOSOVO [...] (SBU) On May 11, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General in charge of OIC affairs. Chaudhry said that he was aware of Albania's efforts to obtain OIC endorsement for UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's proposal during the upcoming OIC Sum [...]	2007-05-11 12:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC PK YI
07ISLAMABAD2157	VIOLENCE IN KARACHI: RUMOR MILL ACTIVE WHILE CITY WAITS [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-14 11:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2175	MAY 15 KARACHI UPDATE [...] (C) According to Consulate Karachi, as of 1500 Tuesday, April 15 (three days after the outbreak of violence),most Karachi businesses are operating normally and the city, while somber, is returning to normal. Public transportation is operating. The airport and all usual transport routes in Kar [...]	2007-05-15 11:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2193	ALL QUIET IN KARACHI; NO ONE YET HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-16 11:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2207	GOVERNMENT, CHIEF JUSTICE'S ATTORNEY REFUSE TO [...] (U) Since May 14, Pakistan's Supreme Court has held daily hearings to consider 23 petitions objecting to the filing of a reference against Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. The Court has issued no opinions since the opening of arguments. Supreme Judicial Council proceedings against th [...]	2007-05-17 10:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD2218	MQM HOLDING EMERGENCY MEETING IN LONDON [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-17 12:27:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2220	PROTESTS AND CLASHES OVER BEGINNING OF CAMP [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 16, the Government of Pakistan began the process of physically closing two Afghan refugee camps by bulldozing several buildings. At Jungle Pir Alizai camp in Balochistan, the action sparked protests and gunfire between the Frontier Corps and locals, resulting in a number o [...]	2007-05-18 02:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PTER PK AF
07ISLAMABAD2252	PAKISTAN'S IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1747 ASSET FREEZE AGAINST [...] (S) The External Finance Division of Pakistan's Finance Ministry detailed to Econ the country's procedures for implementing the asset freeze provisions of UNSCR 1747. The MFA is the entity that receives updates from the UN on additions to the 1747 designee list and then has this information p [...]	2007-05-18 13:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	EFIN KNNP PARM IR DA SW PK
07ISLAMABAD2270	RED MOSQUE ISSUE FLARES UP AGAIN [...] (C) In what has become a recurring spectacle in Islamabad, mosque supporters and seminary students-- better known as the Red Mosque brigade-- have again "kidnapped" police to draw attention to their demands. On May 18, the Red Mosque (Lal Masjid) "brigade" captured four plain-clothes police off [...]	2007-05-21 12:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD2292	TRUCKS DESTROYED IN ROCKET ATTACK AT TORKHAM BORDER [...] (C) According to Mission contacts, at approximately 0400 local time Monday, May 21, unknown persons fired two Russian-made MRB-12 rockets at a group of fuel trucks bound for Coalition forces in Afghanistan. The trucks were parked in a lot near the Torkham border crossing, about 35 miles west [...]	2007-05-22 14:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK AF PREL
07ISLAMABAD2316	SCENESETTER: CHAIRMAN JCS GENERAL PACE MEETING [...] (C//NF) Embassy Islamabad welcomes your meeting with Chief of Joint Staff General Ehsan Ul Haq of the Pakistan Army. Your meeting comes at an important time in U.S.-Pakistan relations: Politicians, opinion makers, and the press are paying close attention to what Pakistanis view as unfair pu [...]	2007-05-23 11:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PK AF IN
07ISLAMABAD2317	TRUCKS DESTROYED IN ROCKET ATTACK AT TORKHAM [...] (C//REL TO ISAF, NATO) According to Mission contacts, at approximately 0400 local time Monday, May 21, unknown persons fired two Russian-made MRB-12 rockets at a group of fuel trucks bound for Coalition forces in Afghanistan. The trucks were parked in a lot near the Torkham border crossing, a [...]	2007-05-23 13:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK AF PREL
07ISLAMABAD2334	RED MOSQUE RELEASES POLICE OFFICERS [...] (C) On May 24, the Red Mosque (Lal Masjid) brigade released the last two police officers kidnapped on May 18. The other two officers had been released on May 19. (Note. The Red Mosque "brigade" is a group of supporters and madrassa students who are often seen outside the mosque wielding large [...]	2007-05-25 09:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD2344	POLITICAL PARTIES WORRIED ABOUT MQM VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-26 07:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD2348	ISLAMABAD HOSTS ORGANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC [...] (U) On 15-17 May, the 34th Islamic Conference of Ministers convened in Islamabad. Ministers discussed the need for stability in Iraq and Somalia; assistance for Sudan and Afghanistan; concern over Iran; and independence for Kosovo. Other highlights were a brainstorming session on the causes o [...]	2007-05-26 08:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD2378	DISARMING KARACHI: A WORTHY BUT CURRENTLY UNLIKELY GOAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-30 11:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD2401	UPDATE ON MUSHARRAF'S POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (SBU) Frequently Asked Questions about President Musharraf's current political problems. 2. (C) Q: Is Musharraf in as much trouble as some Western journalists indicate? A: No, but he is not as strong politically as he was four or five months ago. 2007 is an election year in Pakistan, and the P [...]	2007-05-31 13:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PK PREL PINS
07ISLAMABAD2402	PRESS COVERAGE OF BAN ON LARGE GATHERINGS MISSES [...] (C) On May 30, the Islamabad district administration issued an official Section 144 order banning "all kinds of gatherings of five or more people" inside Islamabad for two months. Breathless press reports described the order as a new and dangerous decision, but in reality the document merely r [...]	2007-05-31 13:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC PK
07ISLAMABAD2435	SHUJAAT'S HEALTH [...] (C) During a June 1 meeting, Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain told us that, because of the political problems facing Musharraf, the President had insisted Shujaat cancel a recent trip to Germany, where he was to receive his regularly scheduled Botox treatment for his [...]	2007-06-01 10:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PK
07ISLAMABAD2467	MQM FEELING WOUNDED [...] (C) On June 1, Charge met with Minister of Ports and Shipping (and MQM member) Babar Khan Ghauri to discuss the May 11-13 violence in Karachi. Ghauri said the Karachi violence had "killed" the MQM's chances of gaining voters in Punjab province. The party was focusing on repairing its reputation in [...]	2007-06-04 12:42:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV
07ISLAMABAD2468	IMAM OF THE KAABA CONDEMNS THE RED MOSQUE'S [...] (C) Background: Reftels describe the situation at Islamabad's Red Mosque, where two imams have for several months been encouraging male and female madrassah students to engage in vigilante justice. The situation at the women's madrassah, which is located in the heart of Islamabad and is hom [...]	2007-06-04 13:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2469	CHIEF JUSTICE RALLY IN ABBOTTABAD DRAWS LARGE CROWD [...] (SBU) Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry addressed a large crowd of lawyers and political activists on June 2 in Abbottabad, about 120 miles Northeast of Peshawar in the Northwest Frontier Province. Reports of crowd numbers ranged from 15,000 to 25,000, and media contacts stated it took the Chi [...]	2007-06-04 13:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV ASEC PHUM
07ISLAMABAD2493	MOVING FORWARD ON NUCLEAR REGULATORY COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-05 12:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	KNNP PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2494	GOVERNMENT PLACES RESTRICTIONS ON MEDIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-05 13:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2495	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PAKISTAN MFA ON DARFUR [...] (SBU) On June 4, PolOff delivered reftel points urging Pakistan to weigh in with the UN and the AU on the need for UN command and control of the proposed hybrid operation to MFA Director (UN-I) Haider Shah. Shah said that the substance of our message made sense, as Pakistan has in the past al [...]	2007-06-05 13:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO PK SU
07ISLAMABAD250	POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PELOSI [...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your January 27-28 visit to Islamabad. The Government of Pakistan is a key ally in the War on Terror and an essential partner in our efforts to stabilize Afghanistan. President Musharraf and Prime Minister Aziz, both western-oriented modern [...]	2007-01-17 03:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PK PREL PTER PGOV KDEM OVIP OTRA
07ISLAMABAD2520	PAKISTAN'S ACTION ON BANK SEPAH [...] (U) Classified By: Economic Counselor Mary Townswick for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (S) On June 4 Econoff and Poloff spoke with Kamran Akhtar, Director, Disarmament Cell, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, concerning Pakistan's action in reference to Bank Sepah's (BS) and Bank Sepah Internation [...]	2007-06-06 10:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	KNNP EFIN IR PK
07ISLAMABAD2525	POINTS DELIVERED TO SENIOR OFFICIALS [...] (S) On June 6, Charge delivered reftel points to President Musharraf's Deputy Chief of Staff, Major General Akhtar Iqbal, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Additional Secretary for the Americas Shahid Kamal. The Acting Deputy Chief of Mission delivered the [...]	2007-06-06 12:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PK PREL PGOV
07ISLAMABAD2526	WHAT HAPPENED TO PRESS FREEDOM IN PAKISTAN? [...] (C) On March 24, President Musharraf told Ambassador Crocker that Musharraf intended to fire the head of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Agency (PEMRA),whose heavy handed interventions during the early stages of the Chief Justice controversy had been "unhelpful and wrong" (ref C). I [...]	2007-06-06 14:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD2527	PAKISTAN SUPPORTS A CREDIBLE JIRGA [...] (C) On June 6, Charge met with Minister of Culture (and Jirga Commission member) GG Jamal to discuss recent meetings between the Afghan and Pakistani Jirga Commissions. Jamal emphasized the commissions made significant progress, finalizing an agenda for the planned August jirga and bridging [...]	2007-06-06 15:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK AF PREL PGOV
07ISLAMABAD2530	SUBMISSION OF G/TIP PROPOSALS -- PAKISTAN [...] SUMMARY: Following are summaries of three anti-trafficking in persons proposals received by Embassy Islamabad for consideration for funding from G/TIP-managed FY07 funds to strengthen Pakistan's efforts in combating trafficking in persons. As requested, post forwarded the original proposals t [...]	2007-06-07 05:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN PK
07ISLAMABAD2544	POLICE ARREST HUNDREDS THROUGHOUT PUNJAB PROVINCE [...] (C) According to media reports, Pakistani police have arrested between 800 and 1,200 people -- mostly political party workers -- throughout Punjab over the last few days. Rahat Quddusi, special advisor to Punjab's Chief Minister, said that the arrests are an effort to maintain law and order, a [...]	2007-06-07 12:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD2545	PAKISTAN JOINS GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (U) On June 7, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs officially communicated by Note Verbale the Government of Pakistan's endorsement of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Pakistan intends to participate in the June 11-12 Global Initiative meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan. One offici [...]	2007-06-07 13:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PK PREL PGOV
07ISLAMABAD2546	IMRAN KHAN TAKES ON THE MQM IN THE UK [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-07 13:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PTER
07ISLAMABAD2547	PAKISTAN MEDIA SITUATION: JUNE 7 UPDATE [...] (SBU) MEDIA PROTESTS IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. Evening of June 6, the Pakistani press corps that regularly covers the National Assembly began a "walk-out" from the Assembly to protest the new PEMRA ordinance regulating the electronic media (see para 2). According to a media contact, while Parlia [...]	2007-06-07 13:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO PK
07ISLAMABAD256	MUSHARRAF TELLS BOUCHER ABOUT PAKISTANâ€™S PLANS FOR [...] (S) Summary and introduction: In his January 12 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher, Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf spoke of irritants in Pakistan's relationship with Afghanistan and Pakistan's tactical adjustments to enhance security i [...]	2007-01-17 06:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	EAID MOPS PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD2572	NEW POLL SHOWS WEAK SUPPORT FOR MUSHARRAF IN URBAN [...] (C) On May 15-28, just days after political violence in Karachi left 40 people dead, the International Republican Institute (IRI) polled 1,500 Pakistanis in six cities throughout Punjab, Pakistan's most populous province. Polling questions, which had been developed weeks earlier with the help [...]	2007-06-08 11:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD2574	FEDERAL RAILWAYS MINISTER DEFENDS MEDIA CRACKDOWN [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-08 13:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD2617	SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-12 12:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2647	DEMARCHE - PROMOTING TRANSPARENCY AND [...] (U) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel demarche June 13 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Assistant Director United Nations (III) Syed Mustafa Rabbani, who said the Government of Pakistan "can,t comment now" on the reftel points but would consult the GOP,s Permanent Representative to the Uni [...]	2007-06-14 05:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN KUNR PGOV PK PREL UNDP
07ISLAMABAD2648	SHANGHAI COOPERATIVE ORGANIZATION DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel demarche June 12 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Assistant Director of the Americas Kamran Mansoor, who stated the Government of Pakistan would consult the appropriate offices and respond within approximately one week. BODDE [...]	2007-06-14 05:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2654	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL FALLON'S JUNE 15-17 VISIT [...] (C) We look forward to your arrival in Pakistan. As always, your discussions with senior officials will strengthen joint U.S.-Pakistan efforts in the War on Terror. You may also have the opportunity to encourage your military counterparts to support democratization and the protection of huma [...]	2007-06-14 12:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PGOV AF IN PK
07ISLAMABAD268	GOVERNMENT HINDERS ACCESS TO INTERNALLY DISPLACED IN BALOCHISTAN [...] (C) Summary: In spite of a mid-December intervention from Ambassador Crocker to senior Pakistani officials, UNICEF reports it is still unable to assist internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Balochistan. End summary. 2. (U) On December 21, the Christian Science Monitor reported that UNICEF had fa [...]	2007-01-17 11:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF SOCI PK
07ISLAMABAD2699	CHIEF JUSTICE CASE: SUPREME COURT DEFERS RULING [...] BACKGROUND: In early March, President Musharraf presented a reference (charge sheet) to the Chief Justice of Pakistan. The same day, the President ordered the establishment of a "Supreme Judicial Council" to decide the merits of the reference against the Chief Justice and declared the judge [...]	2007-06-18 13:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD274	BOUCHER DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, INDIA, TRADE WITH [...] (C) On January 12, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Foreign Minister Mian Khurshid Kasuri for a wide-ranging discussion, which included Pak-Afghan and Pak-India relations, Reconstruction Opportunity Zones, the development plan for Pakist [...]	2007-01-17 12:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PREF PK AF IN CA
07ISLAMABAD277	BOUCHER AND PAKISTANI FOREIGN MINISTRY REVIEW BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: On January 12, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher held back-to-back meetings at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan and Additional Secretary Shahid Kamal. Khan stressed that improved intelligence coopera [...]	2007-01-17 12:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON ETRD EINV PK
07ISLAMABAD2780	BOUCHER'S FOREIGN MINISTRY DISCUSSIONS FOCUS ON CURRENT EVENTS, STRATEGIC DIALOGUE AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-22 11:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF ECON IN PGOV PHUM PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD2782	BOUCHER VISITS BALOCHISTAN [...] (C) Summary: On June 14, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher made his first visit to Balochistan. Inspector General of Police Tariq Khosa discussed the need for more contacts with his counterparts in Afghanistan and Iran and expressed doubt that Afg [...]	2007-06-22 11:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK AF
07ISLAMABAD2793	MUSHARRAF ASSURES NEGROPONTE THAT FIGHT AGAINST [...] (C) During a 90-minute cordial meeting with Deputy Secretary Negroponte, Assistant Secretary for South and SIPDIS Central Asian Affairs Boucher, and the Charge d'Affaires, President Musharraf emphasized that Al Qaeda and extremism are Pakistan's greatest threat. The National Security Counc [...]	2007-06-22 13:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV PK AF
07ISLAMABAD2794	F-16 SECURITY NOTES: REQUEST FOR TWO SPECIFIC [...] (C) Pakistan's September 2006 agreement to purchase 18 new F-16 aircraft marked an important milestone in our alliance. The agreement signaled Pakistan's and the United States' intent to continue strengthening our security relationship. We are grateful for both State's and DoD's enormous e [...]	2007-06-22 13:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2795	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OPPOSITION SUBMITS REFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: On June 21, opposition National Assembly members submitted a disqualification reference (complaint) against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz for financial misconduct. The reference comes on the heels of a similar reference against political leader (and former cricket star) Imran Khan, [...]	2007-06-23 05:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCRM PK UK
07ISLAMABAD2796	BOUCHER AND VICE CHIEF DISCUSS NEW STEPS IN THE [...] (C) Summary: While he demurred from speaking about Pakistan's political situation, Vice Chief of the Army Staff General Ahsan Saleem Hyat was eager to discuss a variety of topics during his June 13 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher. Hyat reported tha [...]	2007-06-23 05:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	AF MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD2797	FOREIGN SECRETARY DISCUSSES STRATEGIC DIALOGUE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Negroponte, Assistant Secretary Boucher, and Charge d,Affaires Bodde met Foreign SIPDIS Secretary Khan for a lunch meeting on June 16. Khan SIPDIS discussed details of the Strategic Dialogue between the U.S. and Pakistan, expressed concerns about a bilater [...]	2007-06-23 07:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ENRG PGOV PK PREL SOCI
07ISLAMABAD2798	DEPUTY SECRETARY AND FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte, Assistant Secretary Boucher, and Charge d,Affaires Bodde met with Foreign Minister Kasuri on June 15. Both sides expressed strong support for the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue. Kasuri noted that negative comments from the U.S. media and [...]	2007-06-23 07:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD2799	PRIME MINISTER STRESSES NEED FOR STABLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Negroponte, Assistant Secretary Boucher, and Charge d,Affaires Bodde met with SIPDIS Prime Minister (PM) Aziz on June 16. The PM stressed the importance of a stable Afghanistan and expressed concern about Afghan drug production. He reiterated Pakistan,s com [...]	2007-06-23 07:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PK PREL PTER SNAR
07ISLAMABAD2817	OIG REPORT ITEM TWENTY ONE UPDATE [...] (SBU) Post provides the following update on recommendation 21: 2. (SBU) Islamabad's Narcotics Affairs Section performed a technical evaluation of proposals for the design/build contract of a new secure compound in Quetta. Of six proposals recieved, two were found to be technically acceptabl [...]	2007-06-26 05:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABLD ASEC ASIG PK SNAR
07ISLAMABAD2818	OIG REPORT ITEM TWENTY ONE UPDATE [...] (SBU) Post provides the following update on recommendation 21: 2. (SBU) Islamabad's Narcotics Affairs Section performed a technical evaluation of proposals for the design/build contract of a new secure compound in Quetta. Of six proposals recieved, two were found to be technically acceptabl [...]	2007-06-26 05:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABLD ASEC ASIG PK SNAR
07ISLAMABAD2829	THE RED MOSQUE STRIKES AGAIN: MASSAGE PARLORS [...] (C) Summary: On June 23, students from men's and women's madrassahs associated with the Red Mosque kidnapped nine individuals, including six Chinese nationals, from a local massage parlor. The hostages were released sixteen hours later. The incident has embarrassed the Interior Minister, who o [...]	2007-06-26 08:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD283	PRIME MINISTER AZIZ RAISES ECONOMIC AND CROSS-BORDER AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: On January 12, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. Aziz discussed his recent visit to Afghanistan, noting that he had spent over two hours in a one-on-one meeting with Karzai, and that Karzai's [...]	2007-01-18 06:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON ETRD EINV OPIC MNUC AF PK
07ISLAMABAD2835	PAKISTAN'S PARTICIPATION IN PEACE JIRGA [...] (C) In response to reftel, PolOff spoke June 25 with Minister of Tourism and Culture GG Jamal, one of five members of the Pakistan jirga commission. Jamal reported that the two commissions had not discussed the duration of the upcoming jirga. Under jirga tradition, he said, such a conversat [...]	2007-06-26 14:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL AF
07ISLAMABAD2853	PAKISTAN TO PARTICIPATE IN JULY 2-3 AFGHAN RULE OF [...] (C) On June 28, PolOff delivered reftel points to Amir Shaukat, Director for Afghanistan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Shaukat told PolOff the Government of Pakistan would participate in the July 2-3 Afghan Rule of Law Conference in Rome. Shaukat said Interior Minister Sherpao would " [...]	2007-06-28 10:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK AF PREL PGOV
07ISLAMABAD2856	DEPUTY SECRETARY, GEN HYAT, AND GEN UL-HAQ STRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte, Assistant Secretary Boucher, and Charge d,Affaires Bodde met with Vice Chief of Army Staff GEN Ahsan Saleem Hyat and then separately with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff GEN Ehsan ul-Haq on June 16. Both sides emphasized the importance o [...]	2007-06-28 11:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PK MOPS AG
07ISLAMABAD2866	HIGH LEVEL APG DELEGATION TO VISIT REGARDING STALLED AML [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Asia Pacific Group is sending a high level delegation to Pakistan July 2-3 in order to impress on the GOP the seriousness with which they regard Pakistan's lack of progress on passing anti-money laundering legislat [...]	2007-06-29 12:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN PTER EFIN PK
07ISLAMABAD2870	DISASTER DECLARATION -- CYCLONE YEMYIN [...] (U) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: This cable declares areas affected by Cyclone Yemyin in Sindh and Balochistan provinces as a disaster, and requests U.S. government emergency assistance for those in need. The powerful cyclone is traveling along southern Pakistani coastal areas, killing over 2 [...]	2007-07-01 10:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD2873	MONITORING PAKISTAN'S COALITION SUPPORT FUNDS [...] (C) Summary: Post increasingly has engaged the GOP to ensure that Coalition Support Funds (CSF),used to reimburse Pakistan for costs related to the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban, are reasonable and credible. We have asked for additional information in order to verify pending Pakistani [...]	2007-07-02 07:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2889	PAKISTANI RESPONSE TO CAMEL JOCKEY CONFERENCE IN [...] SUMMARY: Poloff met with Khizar Hayat Khan, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Interior, a GOP participant at SIPDIS the UAE-hosted Camel Jockey conference in Abu Dhabi, June 26-27. Khan is preparing a longer analysis of the GOP's expectations from the bilateral MOU for his Minister and p [...]	2007-07-02 12:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KCRM AE SU BG MR PK
07ISLAMABAD29	SENIOR PAKISTAN SENATOR ASKS FOR HELP IN REACHING [...] (C) On December 28, Pakistan Muslim League Secretary General and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Mushahid Hussain Sayed told poloffs that his attempts to make progress on starting a regular parliamentary exchange with his Afghan counterparts (as discussed in ref A) are going [...]	2007-01-03 13:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PK AF
07ISLAMABAD2905	SITREP ISLAMABAD 20:00 LOCAL -- CONFRONTATION AT RED MOSQUE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-03 15:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PK PTER
07ISLAMABAD2907	RED MOSQUE -- SITREP ISLAMABAD 15:30 LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: The Pakistan Army has taken command of government forces in the immediate area of the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque). Approximately 700 people inside the mosque surrendered at the urging of the government; approximately 3,200 remain. Prime Minister Aziz told visiting Codel Davis July [...]	2007-07-04 11:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2908	RED MOSQUE -- SITREP ISLAMABAD 15:30 LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: The Pakistan Army has taken command of government forces in the immediate area of the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque). Approximately 700 people inside the mosque surrendered at the urging of the government; approximately 3,200 remain. Prime Minister Aziz told visiting Codel Davis July [...]	2007-07-04 12:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2919	SITUATION REPORT #1 - CYCLONE YEMYIN [...] (U) On Monday, July 2, 2007 Major General Farooq Ahmad Khan, Chairman of the Pakistan National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) held a meeting with the donor and diplomatic community to provide a briefing on the impact of the recent cyclone, what the Government of PakistanQs (GOP) respons [...]	2007-07-05 06:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD2932	RED MOSQUE -- SITREP 16:00 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Lal Masjid leader mullah Abdul Aziz was arrested July 4 while trying to escape disguised as a woman in a burqa. Pakistan Army Rangers estimate close to a thousand people have surrendered from the mosque. Abdur Rashid Ghazi, the remaining mullah in the mosque, reaffirmed his [...]	2007-07-05 11:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2934	RED MOSQUE -- SITREP 16:00 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Lal Masjid leader mullah Abdul Aziz was arrested July 4 while trying to escape disguised as a woman in a burqa. Pakistan Army Rangers estimate close to a thousand people have surrendered from the mosque. Abdur Rashid Ghazi, the remaining mullah in the mosque, reaffirmed his [...]	2007-07-05 13:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PHUM PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2944	PAKISTAN'S ELECTIONS: SOLVING THE VOTER ROLL [...] (C) Summary: Post is quietly engaged with senior Pakistani officials to press for a resolution to credible opposition complaints that perhaps 20 million voters have dropped off the latest Election Commission of Pakistan's voter list. A potential data merger of the Election Commission and Nat [...]	2007-07-06 07:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD2950	HIGH-LEVEL APG DELEGATION EXPRESSES CONCERN TO GOP [...] (C) Summary: A high-level delegation of the Asia-Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG),a regional subsidiary of FATF, traveled to Pakistan on July 2-3 to gage the country's progress on passing Anti-Money Laundering (AML) legislation, and to send a message that quick movement was necessary [...]	2007-07-06 08:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PTER ECON PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD2954	ATTACK ON MUSHARRAF / RED MOSQUE STANDOFF CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: Government sources confidentially confirmed that a rocket was fired at President Musharraf's airplane at Chaklala Air Base this morning; the Pakistan Army continues to publicly deny the attack took place. Security forces and militants at the Red Mosque continue to exchange spora [...]	2007-07-06 12:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD2960	RED MOSQUE -- SITREP JULY 7, NOON LOCAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The strict curfew in the area around the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) remains in effect as of noon on Saturday, July 7. Gunfire and explosions continued intermittently overnight. After a several-hour lull Saturday morning, sporadic exchange of fire resumed. The rest of Islamabad c [...]	2007-07-07 08:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2976	RED MOSQUE - SITREP JULY 9, 1600 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: There has been no major change in the Red Mosque situation since Post's July 7 report (reftel),but the government appears to be preparing for a final siege. Security forces and militants exchanged sporadic gunfire on July 8 and 9, and mosque leader Ghazi continues to refuse to [...]	2007-07-09 11:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2979	BIOSECURITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM HELPS STRENGTHEN S&T [...] (SBU) Summary: The Biosecurity Engagement Program team's second visit to Pakistan June 12-23 further strengthened the collaboration on the Science and Technology Agreement, part of the Strategic Dialogue between Pakistan and the U.S. The team met with high-level GOP officials and various membe [...]	2007-07-09 11:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PTER TSPL ETTC PK
07ISLAMABAD2980	PAKISTAN RAISES CONCERNS OVER PROPOSED ROZ LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 9, EconCouns met with Jamshid Khan, Joint Secretary and Raheela Tajwar, Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce in the Ministry of Commerce to discuss Pakistan's concerns over proposed ROZ legislation. Some concerns were resolved by discussing the wording in the do [...]	2007-07-10 01:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EIND ELAB ETRD PK
07ISLAMABAD2990	RED MOSQUE SITREP AND EAC -- JULY 10, 11:00 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Overnight on July 9, the Pakistani government escalated its operation against the Red Mosque. A high-level delegation tried to negotiate with militant leader Maulana Ghazi on July 9. The negotiations failed and the military operation resumed at 04:00 July 10. As of 11:00 local, [...]	2007-07-10 05:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3022	RED MOSQUE SITREP -- JULY 11, 1630 LOCAL [...] (U) Summary: The military operation launched against the Red Mosque at 0400 on July 10 continued for over 30 hours until 1030 on July 11. As of 1630, security forces continue to do a room-by-room search of the mosque compound but are no longer facing armed resistance. Militant cleric Abdul Rash [...]	2007-07-11 11:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3027	POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE RED MOSQUE OPERATION [...] (C) Summary. President Musharraf's decision to take military action against the Red Mosque removes a long-festering cell of extremism in Pakistan's capital. Although criticized for being "soft" on extremists, the government's delayed response reflected concern about keeping civilian casualtie [...]	2007-07-12 07:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINS PREL PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD3028	RED MOSQUE SITREP -- JULY 12, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Security forces continue to sweep the Red Mosque for any remaining weapons, but military operations are complete. The military has still not allowed journalists or other observers to the site of the Red Mosque as of 1300 July 12. The media is reporting 287 people killed in "Oper [...]	2007-07-12 09:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3030	STRENGTHENING SUPPORT FOR PAKISTAN'S ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pakistan's general elections are expected to take place in late 2007 or early 2008, and Post has been working with stakeholders, donors and the Pakistan Election Commission since 2005 to strengthen the process. This cable outlines current US and international donor projects unde [...]	2007-07-12 10:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD3084	RED MOSQUE AFTERMATH; DEMISE OF NORTH WAZIRISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) operation was a catalyst for implementation of this weekend's attacks on Pakistani security forces in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and the FATA. However, the attacks were primarily a tribal response to the growing re-deployment of government [...]	2007-07-16 11:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PK
07ISLAMABAD31	PRESIDENT MUSHARAFF BRIEFS GEN SCHOOMAKER AND [...] (C) Introduction and summary: During a December 29 meeting, President (and Chief of Army Staff) Musharraf reinforced for U.S. Chief of Army Staff GEN Schoomaker and the Ambassador that Pakistan and the U.S, are in the war on terrorism together, sharing the same goals and fighting the same enemy. No [...]	2007-01-03 13:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF MOPS PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD3111	SUICIDE BOMBER TARGETS ISLAMABAD CHIEF JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary: It is still too early to draw conclusions about the cause of the July 18 suicide bombing in Islamabad. The government's challenge will be to provide the increased security that opposition parties and the general public are demanding without imposing a state of emergency. End Summa [...]	2007-07-18 12:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PK

07ISLAMABAD3128	MUSHARRAF TELLS EDITORS: IT IS MODERATES VS. [...] (C) Summary: In a surprisingly wide ranging and confident interview with senior Pakistani editors July 18, President Musharraf flatly stated that Pakistan was in a direct confrontation with extremist forces and the biggest challenge was to stop the spread of Talibanization. To win that fight [...]	2007-07-19 14:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3154	SUPREME COURT RULES THAT CHIEF JUSTICE MUST BE [...] (C) Summary: On June 20, the Supreme Court of Pakistan ruled that President Musharraf's suspension of the Chief Justice had been unconstitutional. The court's decision was not unexpected, a fact that did not stop the media from turning the day leading up to the announcement into a live-fro [...]	2007-07-20 13:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3199	PAKISTAN POLITICAL LANDSCAPE, PART 1: POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Pakistan's multi-party parliamentary system includes large personality-based secular parties, regional nationalist/ethnic parties with limited appeal and surprisingly democratic religious parties. Party/personal loyalty and a spoils system count for more with voters than ofte [...]	2007-07-24 12:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3200	PAKISTAN POLITICAL LANDSCAPE, PART 2: FRACTURED OPPOSITION PREPARES FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Unable to unite at the All Parties Conference (APC) for en masse resignations or mass street protests, Pakistan's severely fractured opposition is unlikely to mount a credible challenge to President Musharraf's bid to seek re-election under the current assemblies. Unsurprisingly the Ju [...]	2007-07-24 12:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3201	GREENING THE RED MOSQUE [...] (C) Summary: The government plans to re-open the Red Mosque on July 27 under a newly repainted green dome. The work of bulldozers and painters is so far proving more straightforward than finding partners for President Musharraf's July 12 call to help bring Pakistan's madrassas into the mainstr [...]	2007-07-24 14:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PK
07ISLAMABAD3217	DEMARCHE ON AML BILL DELIVERED TO GOP [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 16 EconCouns delivered reftel demarche to Muhammad Javed Malik, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Finance and Nuzhrat Bashir, Joint Secretary for Banking, Ministry of Finance. EconCouns pointed out the extensive amount of time Pakistan has been working on passing Anti-M [...]	2007-07-25 09:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN PTER ECON PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3224	PRIME MINISTER: GOP COMMITTED 200 PERCENT TO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, DCM and Economic Counselor (notetaker) met with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz at his request at his residence July 24. Aziz took Ambassador to task over recent statements by U.S. officials regarding terrorist threats emanating from Pakistan. Aziz stressed to Ambassador tha [...]	2007-07-25 14:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG PK
07ISLAMABAD3236	DEMARCHE ON AL RASHID TRUST DELIVERED TO GOP [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-26 10:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	ECON EFIN EINV KTFN PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3246	F-16 BASING: REQUEST FOR BASING REVIEW [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. Following Ambassador's July 21 meeting with Pakistan Air Chief Marshall Tanvir, post requests a review of paragraph 9 (basing and personnel restrictions) of the pending security notes for the $3 billion sale of 18 block 52 F-16s to Pakistan before the Congres [...]	2007-07-26 13:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3247	SUPREME COURT TELLS ELECTION COMMISSION TO BEEF UP VOTER [...] (U) On July 26, a full Supreme Court bench -- including recently restored Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry -- directed the Election Commission of Pakistan to develop by August 10 a plan to increase the number of names on the draft voter rolls. 2. (U) The Supreme Court's direction was in respo [...]	2007-07-27 02:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD3269	RED MOSQUE FLARES UP AGAIN, SUICIDE BLAST AT [...] (U) Security forcces have re-taken the Red Mosque after July 27 demonstrations. Hundreds of unarmed religious students and local attendees of Friday prayers protested the re-opening of the Red Mosque. Refusing to pray behind the government-appointed prayer leader Maulana Ashfaq, protesters rem [...]	2007-07-27 13:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3290	RED MOSQUE UPDATE - JULY 30, 2007 [...] (SBU) The Government of Pakistan closed the Red Mosque indefinitely on Friday, July 27 following the re-occupation of the compound by unarmed students and a suicide bombing at nearby Aapbara Market (reftel). An investigation into the bombing has so far turned up few leads on the bomber's ide [...]	2007-07-30 12:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PK PREL ASEC
07ISLAMABAD3291	GROWING PERCEPTION THAT U.S. WILL ABANDON PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: News that the U.S. House and Senate had approved House Resolution 1 with language requiring the President report annually on Pakistan's efforts in the War on Terror predictably caused a stir in Islamabad. The media's interpretation of the bill narrowly focused on the perceived [...]	2007-07-30 14:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV
07ISLAMABAD3296	SITUATION REPORT #2 - CYCLONE YEMYIN [...] (U) SUMMARY: A USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Regional Advisor (RA) visited Pakistan from July 10 through 17 to assess additional needs following Cyclone Yemyin in Pakistan. To date 362 people have died in flooding and up to 2.5 million people have been affected. In add [...]	2007-07-31 06:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD333	SIX PAKISTANI DETAINEES TRANSFERRED FROM BAGRAM [...] (S/NF) On January 8, 2007, CJTF-76 and Bagram's Task Force Guardian repatriated six (6) Pakistani nationals previously held at Bagram (Ref A). PolCouns and an ODRP officer were present for the detainees arrival at Chakala Air Base, Rawalpindi. Ministry of Interior/National Crisis Managemen [...]	2007-01-19 11:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	AF KAWC PHUM PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD3342	POST APPROVES 1206 PROPOSAL FOR SSG ENHANCEMENT [...] (U) Post supports the transfer of funds from the Regional Maritime Awareness Capability (RMAC) 1206 program to a new 1206 program of higher priority. The new program will enhance Pakistan's border operations and maritime security forces. Specifically, the 1206 funds will be applied to improv [...]	2007-08-01 14:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PK
07ISLAMABAD3374	PAKISTAN'S POLITICAL PARTIES ENGAGE THE SUPREME [...] (C) SUMMARY: In light of the June 20 landmark Supreme Court decision reinstating the Chief Justice, Pakistan's opposition political parties and civil society have hailed what they see as an invigorated and independent judiciary. Both the Chief Justice and President Musharraf have lauded the ne [...]	2007-08-02 13:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3397	NEED TO GET IMET PROGRAM BACK ON TRACK [...] (U) This cable contains an action request -- see para 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy needs help urgently in getting our IMET program back on track. Nothing is more important to our long-term relationship in Pakistan than contact with mid-grade Pakistani military officers. We have lost 39 stu [...]	2007-08-04 09:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3399	WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT MINISTER TELLS AMBASSADOR: [...] (C) Summary: In a cordial, hour-long meeting on July 18, Women's Development Minister Sumaira Malik talked to the Ambassador about the after-effects of the Red Mosque operation, internal politics, new draft women's legislation, and her ideas for U.S. assistance programs to assist Pakistan's wo [...]	2007-08-06 03:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWMN PK
07ISLAMABAD3424	PAKISTAN'S CONTROVERSIAL NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: By offering to resign, Pakistan's Attoreny General became the only cabinet member to take the blame for the Chief Justice debacle. But his replacement, Malik Qayyum, has a checkered history and is already proving controversial. Qayyum was the presiding judge in the 1999 convict [...]	2007-08-06 11:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3434	NEW NATIONWIDE POLL SHOWS DIMINISHED SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: The results of a new nationwide poll show a 20 percent drop in support for President Musharraf's job performance since February -- from 54 percent to 34 percent. Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Benazir Bhutto's popularity continued to grow steadily, and she emerged as the c [...]	2007-08-07 09:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD3476	FATA STRATEGY UPDATE: AUGUST 8, 2007 [...] (U) Summary: Embassy is beginning biweekly snapshot reporting on implementation of the FATA Development Program. Embassy appreciates Washington's support for the FATA initiative, which will require coordination among a number of agencies and funding spigots. These cables will provide detai [...]	2007-08-08 12:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PK PREL PGOV
07ISLAMABAD3477	MUSHARRAF REAFFIRMS INTENT TO SEEK RE-ELECTION IN [...] (U) In public remarks August, 6, President Musharraf retierated his intention to run for re-election, in uniform, and before the current assembles. He indicated he did not believe the Connstitution would bar him from contesting the presidential election for a second term. He again asserted th [...]	2007-08-08 12:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3534	MUSHARRAF AND SENATOR DURBIN DISCUSS WAR ON [...] (C) Summary: Senator Durbin called on President Musharraf August 7 to discuss Pakistan's role in the war on terror, the state of Islamic extremism in Pakistan, relations with the U.S., and education in Pakistan, particularly in religious schools. Senator Durbin recognized Pakistan had been A [...]	2007-08-13 07:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD3694	Will Pakistan's growth continue [...] (SBU) Pakistan is in its fifth year of seven percent economic growth, but a number of international and private sector observers in Islamabad and Karachi question whether this growth is sustainable without additional reforms and a clear path through the election season. This cable is based on [...]	2007-08-23 13:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3706	PAKISTAN: A DAY AFTER THE NAWAZ VERDICT [...] (SBU) The Supreme Court's August 23 ruling in favor of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been lauded by Nawaz supporters and opposition parties as another sign of an independent judiciary standing up for democratic rights. People celebrated in the streets in Islamabad and in other Punjabi [...]	2007-08-24 11:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3714	IPR LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING A SUCCESS [...] SUMMARY: August 13-18, ECON presented the "Intellectual Property Rights and Cyber Investigative Techniques & Resources" law enforcement training program in Islamabad for Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officers, provincial police, Ministry of Interior (MoI) officials, and academics on tool [...]	2007-08-25 05:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3738	KARACHI STOCK MARKET CONTINUES DOWNWARD SLIDE [...] (U) The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) took another dive on August 23 on rumors of the Supreme Court's imminent decision to clear the Sharif brothers return to Pakistan. The market lost 319 points or 2.6 percent to close at 12,001 points, slightly less than its biggest one day loss on August 8 [...]	2007-08-27 11:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3739	PAKISTAN CONDUCTS SUCCESSFUL TEST OF RAAD CRUISE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-27 12:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM PK
07ISLAMABAD3744	PAKISTAN'S UNCERTAIN POLITICAL LANDSCAPE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-28 02:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3761	USG SUPPORT FOR PAKISTAN'S ELECTORAL PROCESS [...] (SBU) Summary. Post has been working with political parties, NGOs, donors and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to ensure Pakistan's upcoming elections are free, fair and credible. We are pleased that the Pakistan Supreme Court decided to act upon a petition filed by the Pakistan Pe [...]	2007-08-28 12:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD3762	MINISTRY OF COMMERCE ON BIT, ROZS AND DATA EXCLUSIVITY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. SUMMARY - - - - - - - - - 2. (SBU) Econ Counselor met August 27 with Jamshid Khan, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce at his request to discuss next steps SIPDIS on the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT),GOP concerns regarding t [...]	2007-08-28 13:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3777	PAKISTANI CHRISTIANS APPEAL TO THE SUPREME COURT [...] (C) Summary: On August 25, the Pakistan Christian National Party (PCNP) filed a petition with the Supreme Court seeking to declare as unconstitutional the requirement that the President of Pakistan be a Muslim. Christian groups and other minorities remain divided on many issues; however, all ha [...]	2007-08-29 10:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD3779	PAKISTAN SUPREME COURT: INCREASING CHALLENGES TO [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf's troubles with the Supreme Court are multiplying even as his negotiations with Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto intensify. On August 28, the Court agreed to hear two cases challenging Musharraf's right to seek re-election in uniform. The newly e [...]	2007-08-29 12:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3796	SOUTH WAZIRISTAN'S CONTINUING MILITANCY [...] (C) Summary: Concurrent with the much-publicized breakdown of the North Waziristan Agreement, the GOP's agreement in South Waziristan has also been faltering. The result has been increasingly brazen militant attacks on security forces, including the recent kidnapping of 19 Frontier Corps (FC [...]	2007-08-30 13:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3811	CONCERNS ABOUT JALOZAI REFUGEE CAMP CLOSING [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings, Ambassador and DCM raised with Interior Minister Sherpao our concern that the GOP's decision to close the Jalozai refugee camp by August 31 would create a political and humanitarian crisis. Sherpao confirmed receiving similar demarches from Afghanistan and U [...]	2007-08-31 12:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3857	SUICIDE ATTACKS SHAKE RAWALPINDI [...] (C) Summary: On September 4, 31 people were killed and 67 injured in two separate suicide bomb attacks on government targets in Islamabad's neighboring city of Rawalpindi. In the short-term these attacks and the kidnapping (reftel) of Frontier Corps soldiers in Waziristan will undermine public [...]	2007-09-05 14:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3873	THE NAWAZ FACTOR CONTINUED: RETURN SCENARIOS [...] (C) Summary. There are four scenarios regarding former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's return to Pakistan, which now seems likely September 10. (1) He could postpone his arrival because of Saudi persuasion or cold feet about his prospects. This seems the least likely option. (2) The government could [...]	2007-09-06 17:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3889	PAKISTAN'S SUPREME COURT KEEPS THE PRESSURE ON [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf's legal counsel told the Pakistan Supreme Court September 6 that Musharraf's term as President would end on November 15, but he will remain in office until a successor is chosen. The Chief Justice rejected efforts to immediately restrain Musharraf from seeking [...]	2007-09-07 15:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD389	ECONOMIC SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PELOSI [...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your January 27-28 visit to Islamabad. Your visit coincides with a period of expanding and deepening engagement between the U.S. and Pakistan on a range of key economic and trade issues. Reforms pioneered in 1999 by Prime Minister Shaukat Az [...]	2007-01-22 08:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP ECON EFIN EAID ETRD PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3901	PREPARING FOR NAWAZ SHARIF'S RETURN TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf's government is planning to deport Nawaz Sharif upon his expected arrival September 10, although some of his advisors continue to try to dissaude him of this. Saudi emissary Saad Hariri will be here today (September 8) to talk to Musharraf and reportedly make a [...]	2007-09-08 13:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD392	2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM -- PAKISTAN [...] Embassy Islamabad submits the following draft text for inclusion in the 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism: Few countries play as central a role as Pakistan in the long war on terrorism and few have experienced as much suffering at the hands of terrorists. Credible reports estimate that as [...]	2007-01-22 09:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD3923	NAWAZ DEPORTED ON RETURN TO ISLAMABAD [...] (C) Summary: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was deported from Islamabad to Saudi Arabia within hours of his return to Pakistan on September 10. Security forces kept the capital under tight security. Senior opposition leaders were placed under house arrest, and only small-scale demonstrat [...]	2007-09-10 11:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3952	NAWAZ: THE DAY AFTER THE DEPORTATION [...] (C) Summary: Twenty-four hours after former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's deportation from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia, Pakistan remains calm. While opposition parties called for nationwide demonstrations, turnout was weak, and many senior opposition leaders remained under house arrest. The gov [...]	2007-09-12 09:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3957	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BOEHNER [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Rep. John Boehner, Rep. Peter Hoekstra, Rep. Pat Tiberi, Rep. Tom Latham, Rep. Devin Nunes, Rep. Charles Wilson, Rep. Peter King, Ms. Jen Stewart, Mr. Brian Kennedy, COL Paul Kennedy, and GySgt Ramses Cypress, from September 14 to Se [...]	2007-09-12 12:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC OTRA PK
07ISLAMABAD3994	PPP ANNOUNCES BENAZIR'S RETURN ON OCTOBER 18 [...] (U) At a press conference September 14, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) President Makhdoom Amin Fahim announced that Party Chairman Benazir Bhutto would return to Pakistan on October 18, three days after the window for presidential elections closes. Fahim announced that on October 18, Bhutto wi [...]	2007-09-15 09:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4008	REASSURING PAKISTAN ON THE F-16 SALE [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with the Deputy Secretary last week, President Musharraf, Prime Minister Aziz and Foreign Secretary Khan told us the U.S. had violated the F-16 SIPDIS agreement with Pakistan. A series of misunderstandings and delays, including important ones on our part, has promp [...]	2007-09-17 12:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL MARR PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4024	PAKISTAN -- PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION COUNTDOWN [...] (C) Summary. The next few days likely will determine whether or how President Musharraf can secure his re-election, and last-minute maneuvering is in full swing. Musharraf unquestionably has the simple majority of votes he needs in the current National and Provincial Assemblies; however, the [...]	2007-09-18 14:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4064	PAKISTAN'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: A PRIMER [...] (SBU) On September 20, Pakistan's Election Commission announced that the presidential election will be held on October 6. This cable outlines the process through which President Musharraf plans to be re-elected. WHEN WILL THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS OCCUR? -- On October 6. WHO CAN N [...]	2007-09-20 11:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4083	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S PAKISTAN MEETINGS ON REGIONAL [...] (C) During a lunchtime session of the Strategic Dialogue September 13, the Deputy Secretary and Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan discussed regional issues. Khan said that despite some successes, Pakistan is disappointed about the lack of progress on "real" issues in the Indo-Pak dialogue. Khan q [...]	2007-09-21 10:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4084	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S BILATERAL MEETINGS IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Secretary Negroponte held bilateral meetings September 12 during the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue with Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan and Foreign Minister Kasuri. Khan raised concerns about the negative impact of the U.S. NIE, the 9/11 Commission legislation's Pakistan [...]	2007-09-21 10:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD4085	MUSHARRAF TELLS DEPUTY SECRETARY PAKISTAN IS [...] (C) Summary. During a September 13 meeting with the Deputy Secretary, President Musharraf reiterated his intention, absent intervention by the Chief Justice, to be re-elected before October 15 by the current National and Provincial Assemblies. He explained the nature and required solutions to what [...]	2007-09-21 10:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD4086	PRIME MINISTER TELLS NEGROPONTE: NO MORE F-16 [...] (C) Summary: During a September 14 meeting with Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, Prime Minister Shaukat SIPDIS Aziz voiced his government's frustration with what Pakistan perceives as changes in the terms of sale of U.S. F-16s to Pakistan. Aziz said that unless the U.S. changes so [...]	2007-09-21 10:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4092	BIN LADEN'S CALL TO ARMS FALLS FLAT [...] (C) Summary: On September 20, al-Qaeda leaders released two new tapes calling for Pakistanis to wage holy war against President Musharraf in retaliation for the Red Mosque operation in July. The government has dismissed the threats and vowed to continue its counter-terrorism strategy. It is to [...]	2007-09-21 13:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4094	PAKISTAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OCTOBER 6 [...] (C) Summary: On September 20, Pakistan's Election Commission (ECP) set the presidential election for October 6. This confirms that Musharraf will seek re-election, in uniform, before the current assemblies. Opposition parties issued the predictable objections, but the move demonstrated Musha [...]	2007-09-23 05:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4106	UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION FOR EMBASSY ISLAMABAD [...] (U) Per reftel request, updated contact information provided below. 2. (SBU) Embassy Islamabad leadership: Ambassador Anne W. Patterson O: +92-51-208-2500 H: +92-51-208-2505 C: +92-300-856-2140 Deputy Chief of Mission Peter W. Bodde O: +92-51-208-2502 H: +92-51-208-2507 C: +92-300- [...]	2007-09-24 11:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4107	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PAKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: On September 13, Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Minister of Interior Sherpao. Sherpao praised the recent jirgas with Afghanistan and said Pakistan would move quickly to appoint its follow up team. Sherpao briefed the participants on the ongoing efforts by both the Pakistani [...]	2007-09-24 14:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4108	U.S.-PAKISTAN STRATEGIC DIALOGUE, SEPTEMBER 12 [...] (SBU) The second session of the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue took place in Islamabad on September 12, 2007. Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte and Foreign Secretary Khan chaired the meeting and agreed that future sessions of the Dialogue should occur every six months. The Pakistanis als [...]	2007-09-24 15:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID ENRG TSPL KPAO PK
07ISLAMABAD414	APHC'S PAKISTAN VISIT HIGHLIGHTS PAKISTAN'S [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-22 13:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IN PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD4148	GOP PREPARES FOR A SUPREME COURT VERDICT ON [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan's Supreme Court continues to hear arguments on the bundle of pending cases challenging President Musharraf's eligibility to run for re-election. We expect a verdict by the end of the week, and the government remains confident of a pro-Musharraf vote. Musharraf has sign [...]	2007-09-27 02:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4158	MUSHARRAF PLACES LOYALISTS IN KEY ARMY SLOTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-27 09:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4167	PAKISTAN ELECTION COMMISSION CLOSES NOMINATION LIST [...] (U) Pakistan's Election Commission (ECP) accepted nominations from forty-one presidential candidates, including President Pervez Musharraf and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in-country leader Amin Fahim, by the noon September 27 filing deadline. These 41 included candidates from Islamabad (13),[...]	2007-09-27 11:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4204	SUPREME COURT FREES POLITICAL DETAINEES, OPENS [...] (U) On September 27, Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry ordered the release of political party activists arrested over the September 22-23 weekend and the lifting of roadblocks throughout and surrounding the capital. 2. (U) At least 100 opposition political party leaders [...]	2007-09-28 12:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4206	SUPREME COURT RULES FOR MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: In a complex decision, Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled September 28 six to three to dismiss the petitions challenging Musharraf's right to run for re-election while concurrently holding the offices of President and Chief of Army Staff. However, the decision was based on procedural [...]	2007-09-28 13:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4208	PAKISTAN'S TEXTILE EXPORTS DROP; COMPETITIVENESS AN ISSUE [...] (SBU) Textiles and apparel account for 38 percent of Pakistan's total industrial production but almost 2/3 of exports. Despite $6 billion in investment in the textile sector in the last six years, textile exports growth slowed down in FY07 to just 5.2 percent versus last year's 16.8 percent. [...]	2007-09-29 09:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV PK
07ISLAMABAD4209	REACTION TO PRO-MUSHARRAF RULING [...] (C) Summary: Musharraf's spokesman lauded the September 28 Supreme Court ruling allowing the President to run for re-election in uniform and called on all sides to respect the rule of law. Musharraf's coalition partner, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM),called on Musharraf to doff his unifor [...]	2007-09-29 13:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4235	ISLAMABAD POLICE CHIEF SUSPENDED ON SUPREME COURT [...] (C) Responding to the violence used to quell lawyers' protests in Islamabad September 29, the Supreme Court ordered the arrest and suspension of the Islamabad Police Inspector and two of his deputies. GOP Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah responded by suspending Islamabad's Police Inspector [...]	2007-10-02 02:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4254	PAKISTAN'S WHEAT SHORTAGE AND FOOD INFLATION ADD TO [...] SUMMARY: During this year's holy month of Ramadan, the average Pakistani is more concerned about finding a bag of flour than who will win the upcoming elections. A combination of overly optimistic production estimates, increased domestic consumption, a temporary lifting of the export ban, an [...]	2007-10-02 08:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4271	ANOTHER LEGAL BATTLE FOR MUSHARRAF; MASS POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan's Supreme Court agreed October 2 to begin immediate hearings on petitions filed by two opposition presidential candidates challenging Musharraf's right to seek re-election in uniform. Simultaneously, in an effort to embarrass Musharraf, 86 opposition politicians resigned [...]	2007-10-02 14:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4273	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FAZLUR REHMAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-02 14:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD4290	PAKISTAN: UPDATE ON OPPOSITION RESIGNATIONS [...] (U) Eighty-six members of the opposition alliance All Pakistan Democratic Movement (APDM) resigned October 2 from the National Assembly, according to Speaker Chaudhary Amir Hussain. The speaker's office has not yet formally accepted the resignations, but Hussain announced that he would consult [...]	2007-10-03 14:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4291	RED MOSQUE RE-OPENS FOLLOWING SUPREME COURT [...] (U) A two-member Supreme Court bench ordered October 2 the re-opening of Islamabad's Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) and two thousand people gathered there today (October 3) for afternoon prayers. The mosque has remained closed since the July military operation against followers of Maulana Abdul Aziz [...]	2007-10-03 14:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD430	PAKISTAN OFFICIALLY PROTESTS JANUARY 22 ISAF [...] (S) Summary: On January 23, the Foreign Ministry convened the Ambassador to protest the January 22 death of a Frontier Corps soldier and the wounding of two others during the bombing of a militant target in Afghanistan near the Pakistan border. The Ambassador expressed regret for the loss [...]	2007-01-23 12:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	AF MOPS PK PNAT PREL
07ISLAMABAD4302	TERADATA: AMERICAN COMPANY WITH PAKISTANI TIES GOES [...] (SBU) A/DCM and Economic Officers watched (via satellite feed) American company NCR spin off its new subsidiary Teradata into a stand-alone company by ringing the New York Stock Exchange opening bell on October 1. The new Managing Director of Teradata, Khuram Rahat (also the former Managing Di [...]	2007-10-04 11:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PREL EINV EIND EINT PK
07ISLAMABAD4336	COURT ORDERS VOTER ROLLS POSTED ON THE ELECTION [...] (SBU) Pakistan's Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry ordered October 4 the country's Election Commission (ECP) to finalize the voter list by October 25 and post it on the ECP's website. The list will be used in the parliamentary elections which are expected in early January 2008. 2. ( [...]	2007-10-05 13:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4337	MUSHARRAF SIGNS DEAL WITH BHUTTO; COURT DELAYS RELEASE OF OFFICIAL ELECTION TALLY [...] (C) Summary. President Musharraf October 5 signed the "reconciliation package" sealing his agreement with Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto. Meanwhile, Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled that the presidential election, scheduled for October 6, can proceed. However, the Court barred the Elec [...]	2007-10-05 13:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4340	MUSHARRAF (UNOFFICIALLY) WINS ANOTHER 5-YEAR TERM [...] (C) Summary: According to unofficial results, President Musharraf has been re-elected by Pakistan's electoral college to another five-year term. An October 5 Supreme Court decision barred Pakistan's Election Commission from announcing the official results until pending court cases against Mus [...]	2007-10-06 13:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4358	PAKISTAN EXPORTERS SEEK TO IMPROVE LABOR CONDITIONS WHILE [...] Summary: While Pakistan has ratified 35 of the International Labor Organization's 185 Conventions on Labor Rights, including all eight core Conventions concerning the most basic worker rights, working conditions are still poor, and the labor movement has a long way to go to become relevant he [...]	2007-10-09 11:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EIND ETRD PHUM KTEX SOCI PK
07ISLAMABAD4363	FATA PLAN IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE: OCTOBER 8, 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTS: Implementation of the Mission's strategy in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) is moving ahead despite challenges. We received our fiscal year 2007 (FY07) funding for the FATA by September 30. With our prodding, the donor community is taking ste [...]	2007-10-09 12:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID MASS KPAO PK
07ISLAMABAD4382	BHUTTO SEEKS TO CLAIM NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SEAT [...] (U) Summary: Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto has renewed her suit for a National Assembly seat after the National Reconciliation Ordinance voided all corruption charges and convictions against her. The GOP, for its part, continues to fulfill its side of the Musharraf-Bhutto "deal [...]	2007-10-10 12:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CVIS PK
07ISLAMABAD4421	PAKISTAN SERIOUS ABOUT POLIO ERADICATION [...] (SBU) Economic Counselor and Economic Specialist met with Ministry of Health (MOH) Director General Lieutenant General (retired) Shahida Malik to deliver reftel demarche October 11. MOH Polio Country Coordinating officer Dr. Rehan Hafiz also attended the meeting. The Minister of Health is [...]	2007-10-12 13:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KSCA PK
07ISLAMABAD4422	MOORE MEETINGS FOCUS ON ROZS, IPR, TRANSIT TRADE [...] (SBU) On the margins of the October 12-13 Strategic Dialogue in Islamabad, Bureau of Economic and Energy Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary Chris Moore met with senior Ministry of Commerce, Finance SIPDIS and Industries to share details of the Reconstruction Opportunity Zone (ROZ) legislat [...]	2007-10-12 14:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4426	NATIONAL RECONCILIATION ORDINANCE FACES SUPREME COURT SCRUTINY [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan's Supreme Court again weighed into the political fray, accepting six opposition petitions against Musharraf's October 5 National Reconciliation Ordinance. While the Court will not take up the unified case for weeks, its initial October 12 decision to hear the case halted all o [...]	2007-10-14 10:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4439	AMCITS SHOULD AVOID KARACHI OCTOBER 18 [...] (SBU) Expecting up to a half million people to turn out for the October 18 arrival in Karachi of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto, the U.S. Consulate in Karachi has issued the below Demonstration Notice (para 2). Bhutto's arrival party alone will be in the hundreds, includin [...]	2007-10-17 11:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4472	BHUTTO'S HOMECOMING [...] (C) Summary: After over eight years in self-imposed exile, Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto returned to Karachi October 18. Hundreds of thousands greeted her at the airport, while thousands of security personnel guarded her against terrorist assassination threats. Bhutto returns [...]	2007-10-18 13:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4494	FORMER PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO KARACHI [...] (C) Following is a description of the investigation to date provided by the Ministry of Interior to the RSO. 2. (C) RSO met with the Secretary of the Ministry of Interior (MOI),Kamal Shah, the morning of October 19 to discuss the attack in Karachi on the motorcade of former Prime Ministe [...]	2007-10-19 13:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER CASC
07ISLAMABAD4495	KARACHI BOMB BLASTS - THE DAY AFTER [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-20 12:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PTER PINR PK ASEC CASC
07ISLAMABAD4531	BHUTTO ASKS AMBASSADOR FOR SECURITY ASSESSMENT ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador and Consul General Karachi met with Benazir Bhutto and members of her staff October 23 regarding a range of issues, but most urgently about her security. Bhutto requested, in writing, that USG "undertake an evaluation of existing executive security procedures and recommenda [...]	2007-10-23 14:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC PK
07ISLAMABAD4573	POLITICAL ROUNDUP: BHUTTO CAMPAIGNING; MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: Despite ongoing security concerns, Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto announced October 25 that she would travel to Larkhana on October 27 where tens of thousands are expected to welcome her. Pakistan's Supreme Court continues to hear the case against Musharraf's re-el [...]	2007-10-25 13:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4574	PAKISTAN'S RELIGIOUS PARTIES: AN UNHAPPY MARRIAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Differences have surfaced again between Jamiat Ulema Islam's Fazlur Rehman (JUI-F) and Jamaat Islami (JI) -- the two largest parties within the religious Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) coalition. The row this time is over MMA's failure to dissolve the Northwest Frontier Province [...]	2007-10-25 14:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4599	DISCUSSION WITH BHUTTO DESIGNEES REGARDING SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: RSO met October 26 with two individuals empowered by Benazir Bhutto to discuss her security. As per reftel, RSO provided names of three security contractors who can provide security assessments and a full range of security services. There has been no reduction in police protection for [...]	2007-10-27 11:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PTER CASC PINR PK PGOV
07ISLAMABAD4601	FATA PLAN IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE: OCTOBER 26 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTS: Per Ref A, Post requests urgent action on two pending requests: 1) Funding for a temporary FATA Coordinator; and, 2) Renewal of funding for a critical Pashto-language radio program. (See Paras 3 and 4 for action requests.) Post appreciates the swift respon [...]	2007-10-27 12:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT EAID PGOV KPAO PK PTER PREL
07ISLAMABAD4625	MORE SIGNS THAT SUPREME COURT MAY RULE IN FAVOR OF [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf's inner circle is still very concerned about a Supreme Court decision against Musharraf's eligibility to run for re-election, but, according to a senior attorney who initially argued the case against Musharraf, the Court will probably not rule against President [...]	2007-10-29 15:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4652	UK AND US AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: UK and US ambassadors reiterated October 29 the offer of law enforcement assistance to Interior minister Sherpao and MOI secretary (and former Karachi police chief) Kamal Shah. Sherpao said the investigation into the October 18 Karachi bombing was proceeding well. A formal reque [...]	2007-10-31 13:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PTER PINR PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4692	SECURITY STATUS UPDATE - FORMER PRIME MINISTER BENAZIR BHUTTO [...] (C) SUMMARY - According to the Sindh Inspector General (IGP) of Police, the suicide bombing attack of October 19 against former PM Bhutto (reftels) was carried out by two persons and was probably made possible due to the thorough advance public revelation of her plans and the snail-paced movement [...]	2007-11-03 16:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PTER PINR PK PGOV
07ISLAMABAD4694	MGPK01: SITREP 02, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary. Musharraf defended his decision to suspend the Constitution in an emotional speech aired on Pakistan Television; notably, he did not mention a schedule for elections or his plan to resign as Chief of Army Staff. The government continues to block cable distribution of most intern [...]	2007-11-03 20:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PINR
07ISLAMABAD4695	MGPK01: SITREP 03, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD; QUIET [...] (C) SUMMARY. Pakistan's first morning under the state of emergency was a quiet one throughout Pakistan. Both Embassy and Consulates report business as usual on the streets. However, we are receiving increasing reports of arrests of opposition figures and human rights activists. The government has c [...]	2007-11-04 09:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4701	HEAVY-HANDED IMPLEMENTATION OF PAKISTAN STATE OF [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Post is concerned that the Pakistani government has used excessive force and no judgment in its implementation of the state of emergency and the Provision Constitutional Order (PCO). On Monday, November 5, we recommend a call from a seventh floor principal to P [...]	2007-11-04 13:42:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO PK
07ISLAMABAD4702	MGPK01:SITREP 04, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD; PM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Shaukat publicly announced the timing for assembly elections may slip due to recent events. The Ambassador called several opposition leaders and human rights activists to express her concern regarding the government's crackdown and our commitment to elections on s [...]	2007-11-04 14:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL AEMR AMTG ASEC CASC KFLO PINR PK
07ISLAMABAD4713	MGPK01:SITREP 05, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD; LAWYERS' [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite growing scattered protests by lawyers, the streets in Pakistan remain largely quiet. The number of lawyers, human rights activists, and opposition figures detained by the Government of Pakistan continues to grow. During a briefing for the diplomatic corps, Musharraf appear [...]	2007-11-05 09:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL AEMR AMTG ASEC CASC KFLO PINR PK

07ISLAMABAD4727	MGPK01: SITREP 06, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD; ARRESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The arrest of lawyers has quelled protests for the moment and the streets in Pakistan remain largely quiet. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) has dispelled rumors of a counter-coup against Musharraf, which fueled heavy losses on the Karachi Stock Exchange. The Punjab Home Secreta [...]	2007-11-05 13:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4728	MUSHARRAF CONVOKES DIP CORPS [...] (C) Summary: President Pervaiz Musharraf spoke November 5 to the full diplomatic corps. The hour-long monologue was rambling and personalized, focused more on his reasons for the March 12 sacking of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry than for his November 3 suspension of Pakistan's Constitution. [...]	2007-11-05 13:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK ASEC CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4729	CHAUDHRY SHUJAAT PREDICTS ELECTIONS WILL PROCEED [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said that President Musharraf would resign as Chief of Army Staff as promised and would hold parliamentary elections on schedule in January. Shujaat was surprised that earlier in the day President Musharraf had declined [...]	2007-11-05 14:27:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD4739	MGPK01: SITREP 07, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: MIXED [...] (C) Summary: As of 1200 local time, mainly peaceful lawyers' protests occurring in Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar, and Quetta. Following a conversation with Ambassador last night, Bhutto said that Musharraf would not commit to a timetable to have elections, doff his uniform, lift the state of em [...]	2007-11-06 08:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4751	PAKISTANI BUSINESS COMMUNITY CAREFULLY WATCHING [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic Section spoke with a wide range of contacts to gauge local business reactions to the November 3 imposition of a state of emergency. While the overall consensus is that it is too early to determine any long-term effects of the current crisis on Pakistan's economy, mo [...]	2007-11-06 11:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4754	MGPK01: SITREP 08, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: LAWYERS' [...] (C) Summary: Overall, the country remains calm. Sporadic lawyers' demonstrations occurred through the country, some involving police beatings of journalists and activists. The government agreed in theory to release 50-60 human rights activists in Lahore, but a paperwork glitch postponed thei [...]	2007-11-06 14:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4761	MGPK01: SITREP 09, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Following Mission and Department intervention, 54 members of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan were released November 7 morning from house arrest, and charges against them have been dropped. People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto, upon arriving in Islamabad November 6, [...]	2007-11-07 09:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4766	MGPK01: SITREP 10, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Police used tear gas to break up a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) parliamentarians march to the National Assembly. Earlier, PPP leader Benazir Bhutto issued defiant statements at a press conference and PPP supporters clashed with police in front of PPP headquarters. DCM met with [...]	2007-11-07 13:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4767	DCM MEETS WITH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR AZIZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM met with National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz for a 30-minute one-on-one meeting November 7. During the meeting the DCM conveyed reports that detained human rights lawyer Atizaz Ahsan has no access to family members and may have suffered physical abuse. The DCM reiterated [...]	2007-11-07 16:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PK AEMR CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4776	MGPK01: SITREP 11, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: ISOLATED [...] (C) Summary: The National Security Council is meeting to discuss the current political/security situation. The National Assembly November 7 voted to approve the State of Emergency. In a meeting yesterday with Ambassador, PPP leader Bhutto said she is ready to work with Musharraf if he sched [...]	2007-11-08 09:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4785	AMBASSADOR DEMARCHES ELECTION COMMISSIONER [...] (C) Summary. On November 6, Pakistan's Election Commissioner assured Ambassador that he continued to prepare for parliamentary elections. Legally, only the President has the authority to determine the elections date, and the Commissioner believed the elections would take place in January, m [...]	2007-11-08 10:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD4786	ATTORNEY GENERAL REVIEWS CURRENT EVENTS [...] (C) Summary: Attorney General Qayyum told Ambassador November 7 that Musharraf would announce parliamentary elections once his own re-election was confirmed by the newly reconstituted Supreme Court. (Note: In the course of the evening of November 7, we heard three entirely different versions [...]	2007-11-08 10:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4789	BHUTTO SAYS SHE MUST PROTEST STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto told Ambassador Novmeber 7 that "I am ready to continue with the roadmap with Musharraf" but first he has to honor his commitments to schedule elections and announce his resignation from the Army. Without this, Musharraf had left h [...]	2007-11-08 11:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD4790	PAKISTAN PRESIDENTIAL SCIENCE ADVISOR PROPOSES ENHANCED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dr. Caird Rexroad, USDA Agricultural Research Service Associate Administrator, met with Pakistan government officials and the scientific community October 31, as part of the ongoing Science and Technology Dialogue, a sub-group of the of the U.S. Pakistan Strategic Dialogue. Mini [...]	2007-11-08 11:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EAID ECON EINV PK
07ISLAMABAD4791	INTERIOR MINISTER SHERPAO DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Sherpao defended the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) and told DCM November 7 that elections likely would be delayed until March or April. Sherpao gave his personal assurances over the well-being of detained opposition lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan and agreed to l [...]	2007-11-08 12:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD4793	NSA AZIZ ASKS USG TO CONVINCE BHUTTO TO CALL OFF [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-08 12:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4794	PAKISTAN, INDIA APPEAR TO HAVE AGREED ON PRICE [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan and Iran are very close to signing a bilateral gas pipeline deal, now that the gas pricing issue is resolved, according to November 8 press reports. Pakistan has also reportedly won the ability to resell Iranian gas to both India and Pakistan. Imported Iranian gas woul [...]	2007-11-08 13:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC PREL PK IN IR
07ISLAMABAD4795	PAKISTAN: RECONSTITUTED SUPREME COURT AND [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf has reportedly decided that, before he can schedule parliamentary elections, the newly constituted Supreme Court must rule on the pending case challenging his own election. Under Musharraf's November 3 Provisional Constitution Order (PCO),he fired all Supreme [...]	2007-11-08 13:42:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD4796	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary: Post has confirmed that Pakistan's National Assembly approved November 7 Musharraf's imposition of emergency. However, contrary to some media reports, Musharraf did not/not commit to holding elections on time when he met with his coalition legislators earlier in the day. Instead [...]	2007-11-08 13:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4797	MGPK01: SITREP 12, ELECTIONS TO BE HELD BY FEB 15; [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf announced today that national elections would take place before February 15 and that he would resign as Chief of Army Staff when the newly constituted Supreme Court rules on his election case. Bhutto exhorted supporters to join a PPP rally in Rawalpindi Novemb [...]	2007-11-08 14:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4805	MGPK01: SITREP 13, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto is under virtual house arrest. Ambassador called Bhutto to urge her to consider the consequences of pushing for demonstrations and to express our concerns regarding further political polarization and her own personal safety. The [...]	2007-11-09 08:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PK PREL PINR KFLO CASC AMGT AEMR
07ISLAMABAD4809	MGPK01: SITREP 14, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO [...] (C) Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto attempted to leave her Islamabad home November 9, 1400 hours (local). She remains in her car, surrounded by 40-plus PPP supporters on foot. Bhutto talked her way through the first barricade but has been stopped at a second one. As of 15 [...]	2007-11-09 10:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4811	PAKISTAN: MUSHARRAF DUAL OFFICES BACKGROUNDER [...] (U) President Pervez Musharraf currently serves as both President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Chief of Army Staff. This dual office role is permitted under the 17th amendment to the Pakistani Constitution, which specifically allowed Musharraf to hold both offices through Decembe [...]	2007-11-09 11:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD4813	CONVERSATIONS WITH BENAZIR BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador spoke to Benazir Bhutto November 8 and 9 to express concerns for Bhutto's safety and to urge her to consider the possible effect her rally and arrest might have on polarization and violence in the country. They spoke again mid-day as Bhutto was trying to leave her hous [...]	2007-11-09 12:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4814	MGPK01: SITREP 15, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto retreated back into her house late November 9 after attempting to go to Rawalpindi to lead her party's demonstration. Her Islamabad home is now surrounded by police and barricades, a virtual if not yet official house arrest. Bhutto v [...]	2007-11-09 13:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4816	MGPK01: SITREP 16, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary: The GOP lifted the virtual house arrest on Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto. Ambassador raised Amcit and civil society detainees cases with Interior Minister. Lahore CG met separately with human rights activist Asma Jahangir and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leader Liaq [...]	2007-11-10 09:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4817	PAKISTAN: RETHINKING ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Musharraf has now set a date for elections and indicated he will resign from the Army. This is an opportunity to re-examine our assistance relationship and consider changes that will enable USG funding to more directly promote a more robust counter-terrorism (CT) and c [...]	2007-11-10 10:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD4818	MGPK01: SITREP 17, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf was scheduled to give a press conference at 1400 local time; we will provide immediate follow-up information on his remarks for the Department. Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto moves to Lahore today in preparation for a planned "long march" Novem [...]	2007-11-11 10:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4819	MUSHARRAF'S PRESS CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with local and international press November 11, President Musharraf announced elections would be held "by January 9" and said he would take the presidential oath of office as a civilian after the Supreme Court allows the Election Commission to confirm his re-election. He [...]	2007-11-12 10:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4821	MGPK01: SITREP 18, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: REACTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Some opposition parties threatened to boycott elections if they are held under a state of emergency. All media covered the Secretary's Sunday talk shows comments on Pakistan. The Attorney General predicted the Supreme Court would begin hearing the case on Musharraf's re-electio [...]	2007-11-13 06:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4824	MGPK01: SITREP 19, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary: The GOP placed PPP leader Bhutto under house arrest and deployed several thousand police in Lahore, who are now (1330 local) clashing with PPP activists staging a "Long March" from Lahore to Islamabad. As Interior Minister promised Ambassador, the GOP last night released Amcit Ha [...]	2007-11-13 11:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4830	PAKISTAN: NEXT POLITICAL STEPS [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-13 14:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD4831	PAKISTAN EXPECTS TO MEET AMBITIOUS TAX COLLECTION TARGET [...] (SBU) The Federal Board of Revenue expects to meet its annual tax collection target of Rs.1.025 trillion ($16.8 billion ). The first quarter tax (July - September 2007) collection is up by 21.1 percent, compared to the same period of last year, but falls short of the FBR's self-imposed target [...]	2007-11-13 15:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4832	PAKISTAN ELECTIONS OBSERVERS [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Summary. President Musharraf announced November 11 that Pakistan's parliamentary elections will be held by January 9. With imposition of a state of emergency, post believes it is more important than ever to increase the number [...]	2007-11-14 01:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD4833	PAKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PAKISTANI [...] (C) On November 13, Haider Shah, Director of the United Nations desk at the Pakistan MFA, called Polcouns to respond to reftel demarches. Shah said that after careful review of the pros and cons, Pakistan had decided to decline the Chairmanship for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chem [...]	2007-11-14 03:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PK PREL CWC
07ISLAMABAD4837	MGPK01: SITREP 20, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary: The Pakistan People's Party "long march" continued November 14, but with much reduced numbers, resulting from hundreds of arrests. Bhutto remains under house arrest in Lahore but is busy contacting opposition party colleagues. Additional religious and nationalist party leaders h [...]	2007-11-14 10:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PREL PINR
07ISLAMABAD4864	"LIKE MINDED" GROUP: REACTIONS TO ELECTIONS UNDER [...] (C/NF) Summary: International donors for Pakistan's pro-democracy programs are growing increasingly skeptical that the government can reverse actions related to the state of emergency in time to stave off aid cuts or decisions to cancel election observation missions. Post continues to caution [...]	2007-11-15 12:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PK PREL PINR AEMR KFLO CASC
07ISLAMABAD4869	MGPK01: SITREP 21, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: IMRAN KHAN [...] (C) Summary: CNN, BBC and some local private TV news channels are back on the air. CG Lahore met with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto, still under house arrest, in Lahore today. The PPP announced it would try again to launch the "long march" from Lahore to Islamabad; th [...]	2007-11-15 12:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4876	MGPK01: SITREP 22, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary: The government this morning released PPP leader Benazir Bhutto and human rights activist Asma Jahangir. Senate Chairman Soomro today was sworn-in as Pakistan's caretaker prime minister. Musharraf amended the Provisional Constitutional Order to give the president and not the Chief [...]	2007-11-16 09:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4888	SIALKOT ENTREPRENEURS DISCUSS SKILLED LABOR SHORTAGES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a recent visit to the eastern Pakistani export center of Sialkot, Economic and USAID officers discussed the status of child labor monitoring and human resource development with private sector leaders. Our contacts were generally upbeat in their assessment of business conditio [...]	2007-11-16 12:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ELAB EINV ETRD SOCI PK
07ISLAMABAD4889	FATA PLAN IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post still awaits publication of the Central Command Planning Order that will formalize the security development plan (SDP). Post appreciates funding for Pashto radio programming and the temporary FATA Coordinator, and will continue to urge Pakistani leadership to appoint a FA [...]	2007-11-16 12:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID MASS PK
07ISLAMABAD4890	MUSHARRAF NAMES CARETAKER CABINET [...] (C) Summary: As expected and provided for under the constitution, Musharraf named a caretaker cabinet when the National Assembly's term ended on November 15. Caretaker governments will be named for the provinces beginning November 20. These caretaker governments will serve until new assembli [...]	2007-11-16 12:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PK PREL PINR AEMR KFLO CASC
07ISLAMABAD4895	MGPK01: SITREP 23, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: NEGROPONTE [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary met with National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz and telephoned Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto November 16; he met with President Musharraf and Vice Chief of Army Staff Kayani on November 17. The GOP officially shut down Geo TV overnight, which had s [...]	2007-11-17 10:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR PREL
07ISLAMABAD4925	MGPK01: SITREP 24, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: [...] (C) Summary: The reconstituted Supreme Court dismissed most of the petitions against Musharraf's re-election when opposition attorneys refused to recognize the panel's authority. One petition remains for a November 22 hearing. Depending on the outcome of the case, Musharraf may be free to tak [...]	2007-11-19 13:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR PREL
07ISLAMABAD4926	TERRORIST FINANCE: PAKISTAN FOLLOW-UP TO ACTION REQUEST ON [...] (U) The following is Embassy Islamabad's response to reftel request for additional information on illicit cash couriers. 2. (SBU) Pakistan places statutory limits on the international transportation of currency. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) legally allows individuals to carry up to USD [...]	2007-11-20 01:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN KCRM PREL PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD494	BOMB EXPLODES IN MARRIOTT HOTEL PARKING LOT [...] (U) On January 26 at approximately 1430, a bomb exploded at the back area of the Islamabad Marriott hotel. According to media reports an hour after the event, two people were killed, and seven injured (two critically so). Initial reports indicate that a suicide bomber detonated himself at the [...]	2007-01-26 12:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC CASC PK
07ISLAMABAD4947	PAKISTAN GENERAL ELECTIONS CALLED FOR JANUARY 8 [...] (SBU) Summary: Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Qazi Muhammad Farooq announced November 20 that Pakistan will hold general elections for the National and Provincial Assemblies on January 8, 2008. Opposition parties were quick to question the credibility of elections under the current [...]	2007-11-20 13:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4962	EXPANDED USAID PROGRAM IN PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable is a follow-up to reftel. In reftel, Post recommended that the $200 million cash transfer could be projectized. We believe funds currently used for the cash transfer could be more productively used for other USG programs that directly benefit the Pakistani people [...]	2007-11-21 11:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV PK PINR PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD4964	PAKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IDENTIFIER INFORMATION ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 13:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN IR KNNP PARM PK
07ISLAMABAD4965	AMBASSADOR INVITES PAKISTAN TO ANNAPOLIS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) caretaker Foreign Minister (FM) Inamul Haq 21 November to invite him to attend the November 26-27 conference in Washington and Annapolis to advance Arab-Israeli peace. FM Haq pleasantly and courteously said he would need a few [...]	2007-11-21 13:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PGOV PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD4968	MUSHARRAF'S MEETING WITH JORDAN'S KING ABDALLAH [...] (C) During a November 1 meeting between King Abdallah II of Jordan and President Musharraf in Islamabad, the two heads of state focused their brief discussion primarily on trade issues and the situation in the Middle East. The visit to Pakistan by King Abdallah was the third stop on a tour tha [...]	2007-11-21 15:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4990	WEEKLY ROUNDUP: COURT CLEARS WAY FOR MUSHARRAF'S [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed the final case challenging Musharraf's candidate eligibility, clearing the way for him to re-take the presidential oath of office as a civilian, possibly as early as this weekend. Musharraf issued new constitutional amendments to provide himself legal [...]	2007-11-23 12:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4992	URGING THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO STAY ENGAGED ON [...] (C) Summary and action request: Led by the European Commission, a growing number of European countries here are questioning their participation in election observer missions. Ambassador briefed her European counterparts November 22 (septel) to urge that they not take pre-emptive decisions th [...]	2007-11-23 12:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4993	NWFP REQUESTS HELP TO SET UP IDP CAMPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) authorities have asked UNHCR and the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) for assistance in setting up IDP camps for residents fleeing the violence in Swat. The central government has yet to approve the request. Two potential sites have been [...]	2007-11-23 14:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS PREF UNHCR EAID PK
07ISLAMABAD4994	PAKISTAN: SLOW PROGRESS ON RESTORING POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: The government of Pakistan is making slow progress on restoring political rights under the still enforced state of emergency. The GOP's apparent "catch and release" policy and the bureaucratic lag between national release announcements and actual action at the local level make it [...]	2007-11-23 15:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4995	MEETING WITH EU AMBASSADORS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with several EU ambassadors November 22 to brief them on the Deputy Secretary's recent visit and encourage their nations' continued support for election observer missions. See reftel requesting demarche in Brussels. The group agreed on goals of: (1) on-time electi [...]	2007-11-23 16:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4997	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PML-N'S JAVED HASHMI [...] (C) Summary: In-country president of opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Javed Hashmi met with the Ambassador November 24, soon after his release from prison. He appreciated USG concern during his most recent ordeal but urged us to do more to lift the state of emergency and get the [...]	2007-11-25 12:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PHUM
07ISLAMABAD4998	IMPACT OF NAWAZ SHARIF'S RETURN [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-25 15:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5017	AMERICAN BUSINESSES EXPRESS VIEWS ON STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador spoke November 20 at the Islamabad monthly American business breakfast meeting to share U.S. views the political and economic situation and to gauge business reaction to the state of emergency. Opinions diverged among the executives on the current state of affair [...]	2007-11-26 12:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5018	PAKISTAN: UPDATE ON ATTORNEYS AHSAN AND MALIK [...] (U) Summary. Both the current and former Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association Presidents have been released from jail. Aitzaz Ahsan has been transferred to house arrest in Lahore where he was allowed to file his election nomination papers. Munir Malik was transferred to the Pakistan Inst [...]	2007-11-26 13:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD5019	FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN UPDATE (11/26/07) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Construction crews broke ground for the Border Coordination Center (BCC) at Torkham November 17. Design teams working on the Frontier Corps Training Center (FCTC) at Warsak will return within the week to refine construction timelines. The UK may proceed (ahead of the US) with ef [...]	2007-11-26 13:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK
07ISLAMABAD5022	PAKISTAN CENTRAL BANK PROJECTS STRONG ECONOMIC GROWTH IN [...] (SBU) The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) released its annual report on the state of Pakistan's economy in October 2007 prior to the imposition of the November 3 state of emergency. The State Bank was pleased with the seven percent GDP growth rate in FY2007, particularly given the increase in inte [...]	2007-11-27 04:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD5037	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTIONS WITH FAZLUR REHMAN [...] (C) Summary. Responding to an invitation, Ambassador met for lunch with Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) leader Fazlur Rehman on November 20. Ambassador reiterated that the USG supporting lifting the state of emergency and steps to ensure the elections are free and fair. Rehman agreed, but he affirmed [...]	2007-11-27 08:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KISL PK
07ISLAMABAD505	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INVITATION FOR PAKISTAN TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post is using several channels -- in coordination with Italian officials -- to invite and encourage Pakistan to participate in March classes at the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU). The Pakistanis seem to want the COESPU training and are on board with the c [...]	2007-01-30 07:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PGOV KPKO PK IT
07ISLAMABAD5054	PAKISTAN: PLANNING FOR JANUARY 8 ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy is emailing to SCA, USAID, and DRL the first cut of the Mission Pakistan election monitoring plan. We will focus on constituencies which historically have been closely contested and/or stolen. We are planning, particularly if the Europeans do not participate in elec [...]	2007-11-28 07:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD5060	GOP DECLINES UNHCR HELP FOR IDPS FROM SWAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Citing concern about the optics, Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority declined to approve the Northwest Frontier Province's request for UN assistance to help displaced persons (IDPs) fleeing the violence in Swat. NDMA claims it has sufficient tents and food, but pr [...]	2007-11-28 10:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS PREF UNHCR EAID PK
07ISLAMABAD5085	MUSHARRAF'S LEGACY AND THE RETURN OF THE TROIKA [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-29 12:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD5086	Ministerial Meeting on Turkmen- Afghan-Pakistan- India [...] (C) Summary: A Ministerial meeting to further discussions on the Turkmen- Afghan- Pakistan- India(TAPI) pipeline has been postponed. Pakistan media implies that Turkmenistan's gas deals with Russia are the reason for the delay and not Pakistan's state of emergency. Pakistan continues to seek U [...]	2007-11-30 03:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC PREL EPET ELTN PK IN IR
07ISLAMABAD5091	PAKISTAN TO MISS DEADLINE FOR 2008 AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Due to the upcoming elections in Pakistan and current caretaker government, Government of Pakistan (GOP) approval for the proposed USGS and NRL geophysical survey is not possible in advance of the December 1 deadline. Post will continue to advocate for project approval so that t [...]	2007-11-30 10:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN ETRD EAID PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD5099	PAKISTAN UPDATE: WEEK OF NOVEMBER 26 [...] (C) Summary: Sporadic protests by lawyers, journalists and students continued around the country the week of November 26, and opposition political party leaders continued to debate whether to boycott the January 8 elections. In the wake of Pervez Musharraf's retirement as Chief of Army Staff, [...]	2007-11-30 14:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD5100	IMRAN KHAN STICKS TO HIS PRINCIPLES [...] (C) Summary: With little to lose personally, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan is working to convince Pakistan's opposition parties to boycott the January general elections. Khan predicted any coalition government formed after the election would be short-lived and suggested tha [...]	2007-12-01 09:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD5101	AMBASSADOR MEETS CARETAKER PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: During a courtesy call with Ambassador, Caretaker Prime Minister Muhammedmian Soomro reiterated the government's commitment to facilitate election observers. He promised immediate action to resolve eviction notices and visa problems of the International Republican Institute and T [...]	2007-12-01 09:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PHUM
07ISLAMABAD5102	CODEL BENNETT'S MEETING WITH BENAZIR BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary. With Codel Bennett November 30, Benazir Bhutto indicated she will participate in the January 8 general elections but asked for USG assistance in ensuring those elections are free and fair. Codel members expressed support for ensuring the integrity of elections but noted the larger issu [...]	2007-12-01 10:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5103	PAKISTAN OCR REVIEW RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Islamabad recommends that Pakistan remain on the Watch List (WL) at the conclusion of the current Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review. While Pakistan has yet to live up to its commitment to enact TRIPS-consistent data protection legislation, we believe that it should remai [...]	2007-12-01 10:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD5138	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NAWAZ SHARIF [...] (C) Summary. During a one and a half hour meeting December 3 with Pakistan Muslim League-N party leader Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz, Ambassador outlined USG support for free and fair elections with the participation of all parties. Nawaz indicated that he would boycott the electio [...]	2007-12-04 15:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5139	PAKISTANI ECONOMY WEATHERS STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (SBU) The imposition of a state of emergency and political uncertainty has markedly affected Pakistan's ability to attract and retain portfolio investment, its exchange rate and the wholesale and retail business. There have been large outflows from the stock exchange; foreign investors have wit [...]	2007-12-05 01:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD5140	FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN UPDATE (12/02/07) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We will be advising the Pakistanis on mechanisms to improve civil-military coordination in the FATA. Outcomes in Swat could be a case study for future FATA operations; effective civil affairs follow-up will be needed to consolidate short term security gains by Pak forces and rev [...]	2007-12-05 01:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK
07ISLAMABAD516	PAKISTAN'S "INFLUENTIAL WOMEN" NOMINEES [...] Embassy Islamabad nominates the following outstanding Pakistani female leaders for inclusion in the Women's Empowerment Strategy Session. The list includes women who represent the vast range of ethnicities, political affiliations, and vocations in Pakistan. --Ms. Sumaira Malik Federal Mi [...]	2007-01-31 07:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD5160	USG SUPPORT FOR CREDIBLE PAKISTANI ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: Pakistanis will go to the polls on January 8 to choose new National and Provincial Assemblies. It appears that none of the three major parties will receive enough votes to independently form a government, so political vote swapping and coalition building is in full swing. Pakista [...]	2007-12-05 14:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PK PREL EAID PHUM
07ISLAMABAD5161	BHUTTO CALLS ON THE AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto called on the Ambassador to thank her for the "critical" USG pressure that pushed Musharraf to resign from the Army and lift the state of emergency. Bhutto shared her concern about the government's ongoing and planned efforts to rig th [...]	2007-12-05 15:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL EAID
07ISLAMABAD5178	PAKISTAN'S ELECTORAL CODE OF CONDUCT [...] (C) Summary: The Election Commission of Pakistan has now issued its Electoral Code of Conduct for the January elections. With no enforcement mechanisms, it will have little impact except to generate political party complaints. On November 27, the Ministry of Interior released further "unoffic [...]	2007-12-06 13:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD5192	GOP STEPS TOWARD NORMALIZATION [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan's Attorney General outlined to Polcouns several steps in the GOP plan to restore constitutional normalcy. The constitution will be fully restored and the state of emergency will be lifted on December 15; all judges will re-take an oath to uphold the constitution; poli [...]	2007-12-08 07:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD5193	PAKISTAN: GEO TV UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: The Sindh High Court denied on technical grounds Geo TV's petitions on December 4 to resume full broadcasting. Geo TV remains the only channel unable to air domestically. Other news stations are allowed to broadcast because they have agreed to a Media Code of Conduct, which allow [...]	2007-12-08 08:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD5199	ANOTHER OUTBREAK OF AVIAN INFLUENZA IN PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistani authorities reported an outbreak of avian influenza (AI) affecting 18,000 birds on a commercial poultry farm 50 kilometers north of Islamabad. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) has confirmed four poultry outbreaks so far this season, with 81,000 birds dead or culled. Th [...]	2007-12-10 06:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR AMGT PK
07ISLAMABAD5226	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-11 09:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN PK
07ISLAMABAD5235	PAKISTAN: UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-11 13:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL IS UNGA
07ISLAMABAD5237	NSA AZIZ PROPOSES STEPS TO IMPROVE ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and DCM called on National Security Advisor (NSA) Tariq Aziz December 11 to discuss the on-going political situation and upcoming elections. NSA Aziz said the Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan recently met with Nawaz Sharif, implying the Saudis had tried to encourage a rappr [...]	2007-12-11 14:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD5256	PAKISTAN IMPOSES 35 PERCENT DUTY ON FLOUR EXPORTS [...] (U) This cable has been coordinated with Consulates Lahore and Peshawar. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Government of Pakistan (GOP) has imposed a 35 percent duty on the export of wheat products in an attempt to discourage exports, bolster domestic supplies and reduce the domestic price of flour. F [...]	2007-12-13 06:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ELTN ETRD PK
07ISLAMABAD5262	PAKISTAN: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Summary: The Government of Pakistan (GOP) continues to pursue a national strategy for the elimination of the worst forms of child labor. A legal framework exists barring children from hazardous labor, and Pakistan has ratified all eight of the International Labor Organization (ILO) core conven [...]	2007-12-13 11:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD5263	PAKISTAN VOTES FOR ISRAELI-SPONSORED UN RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary. We welcome Pakistan's December 11 UNGA vote in favor of an Israeli-sponsored resolution; however, the MFA was quick to stress privately and publicly that the vote was a reflection of Pakistan's support for the content of the resolution and should in no way be interpreted as a polic [...]	2007-12-13 12:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK IS UNGA PREL
07ISLAMABAD5266	PAKISTAN: FIXING COALITION SUPPORT FUNDING [...] (U) This is an action request, see Para 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Since 2002, the USG has reimbursed Pakistan over 5.3 billion USD for support to U.S. operations using Coalition Support Funds (CSF). When pending claims are processed, that figure will likely exceed 5.6 billion USD. The CSF authorizi [...]	2007-12-14 04:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD5267	GOP URGES U.S. TO BACK OFF PUBLIC CRITICISM [...] (C) On December 5, MFA convoked Polcouns and the Ministry of Information convoked Press Attach to complain about public statements by in-country Mission officials. MFA's Acting Director of Americas Sohail Mahmood told Polcouns that our consuls general were making "inappropriate" "political" [...]	2007-12-14 05:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD528	PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF MEETS SPEAKER PELOSI AND 110TH [...] (C) Summary: In a January 27 meeting lasting more than an hour-and-a-half, Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Committee/Sub-Committee Chairs of the Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Intelligence and Appropriations Committees called on Pakistani President Musharraf. The Speaker [...]	2007-01-31 12:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF IN MOPS PK PREL PTER XF
07ISLAMABAD5283	PAKISTAN: ATTEMPTED INTERCEPTS OF COALITION [...] (S) SUMMARY. On D...SUBJECT: PAKISTAN: ATTEMPTED INTERCEPTS OF COALITION AIRCRAFT Classified By: Anne W. Patterson, Reasons 1.4 (b),(d) Â [...]	2007-12-14 10:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD5288	CORRECTED COPY: PAKISTAN: FIXING COALITION [...] (U) This is an action request, see Para 12. This is a retransmission correcting text in Paragraph 10 of Ref A. Please refer only to this version of the cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Since 2002, the USG has reimbursed Pakistan over 5.3 billion USD for support to U.S. operations using Coalition Support Fu [...]	2007-12-15 05:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD5289	PAKISTAN: STATE OF EMERGENCY LIFTED [...] (U) Summary: As promised, President Musharraf has lifted the State of Emergency (SOE) and restored the constitution; he addresses the nation at 2000 local tonight. The January 8 general elections can now proceed under an established legal framework. However, the effects of the SOE linger on [...]	2007-12-15 09:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD5302	PAKISTAN CONFIRMS FIRST CASES OF AVIAN INFLUENZA IN HUMANS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pakistan National Institute of Health (NIH) confirmed on December 15 that six individuals have tested positive for H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI). One of the confirmed AI patients died in hospital. This marks the first reported cases of AI in humans in Pakistan. World Health Or [...]	2007-12-18 02:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR AMGT PK
07ISLAMABAD5305	PAKISTAN ELECTIONS: PREPARATION AND MONITORING [...] (SBU) Summary. December 15 was the last day for candidates to withdraw or change political parties in the run-up to Pakistan's January 8 parliamentary elections. All the major parties will contest the election and are now heavily engaged in campaigning. USG- and international donor-sponso [...]	2007-12-18 10:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5328	PAKISTAN FACES FISCAL PROBLEMS DUE TO SWELLING DEFICIT [...] (SBU) Summary: High international oil and food prices and political unwillingness to decrease or eliminate subsidies in an election year are contributing to a projected increase in Pakistan's fiscal deficit from 4 to 4.9 percent for FY2008. GOP expenditures on energy and food subsidies have [...]	2007-12-20 07:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD5336	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN [...] (SBU) On December 10, Econ Off informed officials at the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Section of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) statement on Iran. Officials at both ministries pledged that the USG points will be conveyed to relevant agencies of [...]	2007-12-20 12:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MNUC EFIN KTFN PK

07ISLAMABAD534	FORWARD MOVEMENT THE BEST PROTECTION FOR MIRWAIZ [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-01 05:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD5349	PAKISTAN: INDEPENDENT TESTING CONFIRMS ONE HUMAN FATALITY OF [...] (C) Summary: Independent testing conducted by microbiologists from the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit 3 (NAMRU3) confirms that one individual who died from respiratory failure tested positive for H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI). NAMRU is unable to obtain viable samples from two other cases, of whic [...]	2007-12-27 02:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU TBIO EAGR AMGT PK
07ISLAMABAD5358	SITREP 1: BHUTTO KILLED BY RALLY BOMB BLAST [...] (C) At about 1800 hours (local) December 27, Benazir Bhutto suffered fatal injuries while departing a campaign rally outside of Rawalpindi. Initial reports from the scene stated a suicide bomber, carrying four kilos of explosives, approached Bhutto's vehicle as she was getting in to depart. B [...]	2007-12-27 14:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD5359	SITREP 2: BHUTTO, FAMILY TO LARKHANA; MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: Bhutto's December 27 assassination caused immediate reactions throughout Pakistan: Musharraf addressed the nation calling for calm, while PPP supporters spontaneously rallied, causing damage to cars and select buildings. Bhutto's body will likely be moved to Larkhana (Bhutto's an [...]	2007-12-27 17:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD5361	CODEL SPECTER'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary. In a December 27 meeting with Codel Specter, President Musharraf outlined ongoing Pakistani efforts to fight extremism, expressed support for increased IMET funding, and defended his decision to impose a state of emergency. Senator Specter pressed for Pakistan to capture Usama [...]	2007-12-27 19:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5362	CODEL SPECTER MEETS WITH AFGHAN PRESIDENT HAMID [...] (C) Summary: Codel Specter had an impromptu meeting with visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai December 27 in Islamabad. Karzai was extremely courteous and thanked Senator Specter and Representative Kennedy for continued USG assistance to Afghanistan. Karzai described his December 26 meetin [...]	2007-12-27 19:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL SNAR PTER
07ISLAMABAD5380	MGPK02: SITREP 3: BHUTTO'S FUNERAL; PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary: The GOP transported the body of slain Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto to Larkana, where funeral services are taking place as of 1430 hours December 28. Violent sporadic protests occurred throughout the country well into the night of December 27. Pakistan was r [...]	2007-12-28 11:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PK PREL AEMR ASEC CASC PINR KFLO MARR
07ISLAMABAD5382	INSTRUCTIONS TO DEFER FOR THE NEXT 72 HOURS NON-ESSENTIAL [...] AmEmbassy Islamabad requests all non-essential travel to Pakistan be deferred for the next 72 hrs (until 31 December, after 1800 HRS local time, or 0800 HRS Eastern Standard Time). This is a precautionary measure because, in the aftermath of the death of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, [...]	2007-12-28 12:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT ASEC PK
07ISLAMABAD5383	BHUTTO'S ASSASSINATION: THE DAY AFTER [...] (C) Summary. Benazir Bhutto's family and supporters are consumed with funeral and mourning ceremonies, but the struggle for party leadership between Benazir's husband, Asif Ali Zardari, and PPP Vice Chairman Amin Faheem has begun. The USG is perceived as being the power behind Bhutto's retur [...]	2007-12-28 13:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5384	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BHUTTO ASSASSINATION WITH NSA [...] (C) Ambassador and DCM met NSA Tariq Aziz December 28 to discuss the GOP's reaction to the assassination of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto. Aziz made the following points: 2. (C) The GOP will defer to the PPP on whether to proceed on schedule with the election. Azi [...]	2007-12-28 13:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5388	PAKISTANâ€™S NEXT PRIME MINISTER? [...] (S/NF) The Pakistan Muslim League has unofficially selected former Punjab Chief Minister and current head of the party's Punjab chapter, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, as its candidate for the Prime Ministership following the January 2008 national elections. Elahi, who until the November 15 dissolution of [...]	2007-12-28 16:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PINR SHUM PK PINS
07ISLAMABAD5390	MGPK02: SITREP 4: BHUTTO'S FUNERAL FOLLOWED BY [...] (U) SUMMARY. Countrywide protests, violence and widespread arson followed the December 28 afternoon interment of Benazir Bhutto. Today has brought greater calm in many areas with most businesses closed and light traffic on the streets, but unrest continues in some cities, especially Karachi. [...]	2007-12-29 11:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL AEMR ASEC AMGT CASC PINR MARR
07ISLAMABAD5392	INITIAL BHUTTO INVESTIGATION BRIEFED TO DIP CORPS [...] (C) Summary: At a special briefing for the diplomatic corps December 29, Interior Secretary Kamal Shah presented the GOP's "initial findings" from the investigation into the Bhutto assassination. Basing his conclusions primarily on medical reports, Shah stated that Bhutto was killed by the bl [...]	2007-12-29 12:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PTER MARR ASEC
07ISLAMABAD5393	MGPK02: SITREP 5: PPP POST-BENAZIR STRATEGY; [...] (C) Summary: Order was being restored in much of Pakistan on the last day of the 3-day mourning period in memory of Benazir Bhutto. In Sindh and its major city of Karachi, violence and casualties continued with widespread property loss. Shops remained closed, but airports and roads reopened [...]	2007-12-30 12:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO MARR
07ISLAMABAD5394	OPEN COMPETITION LEADS TO VERY LOW MOBILE PHONE RATES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pakistan's telecommunication policy reforms earned the country USD 8.0 billion in investments over the past four years. Promotion of open competition in the telecom industry has led to some of the lowest mobile phone rates in the world and substantially increased the average Pa [...]	2007-12-30 12:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON ETRD EICN EINV PBTS PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5395	BHUTTO'S SON (AND HUSBAND) NEW PPP LEADERS; PPP [...] (C) The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has chosen Benazir's son, Bilawal Bhutto, to lead the party, with support from her husband, Asif Ali Zardari as a co-chair. Amin Faheem will continue as Vice Chairman and be the PPP's candidate for Prime Minister. While Bilawal finishes his degree at Oxf [...]	2007-12-30 15:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5410	MGPK02: SITREP 6: CALM BEING RESTORED; ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan today slowly returned to life after three days of mourning for Benazir Bhutto. Major cities were largely quiet December 31, with most businesses open and public transportation running. Pakistan's Election Commission deferred to tomorrow a decision on whether elections c [...]	2007-12-31 12:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO MARR
07ISLAMABAD5411	PAKISTAN: CODEL SPECTER MEETING WITH CHAIRMAN OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a December 27 meeting with General Tariq Majid, Pakistan's Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Senator Arlen Specter and Representative Patrick Kennedy stressed the importance of U.S.-Pakistan military cooperation, support for Pakistan's counter-terrorism efforts, and the p [...]	2007-12-31 12:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD608	INTERIOR MINISTER ON PAK-AFGHAN RELATIONS: [...] (U) This cable contains an action request; please see para. 5. 2. (C) Introduction: In a February 5 meeting, Interior Minister and Chairman of Pakistan's Jirga Commission Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao told the Ambassador that he has extended an invitation to Afghanistan's jirga planning com [...]	2007-02-06 09:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PK PREL PTER PREF
07ISLAMABAD609	MUSHARRAF'S MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN PEACE [...] (C//NF) Summary. In January, President Musharraf energetically renewed his two-year old effort to be a leader of moderate Muslim world with trips to seven Islamic capitals in three weeks; trips to two more capitals--Tehran and Ankara--are scheduled for this week. With a sense of urgency drive [...]	2007-02-06 09:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PTER XF
07ISLAMABAD616	LATEST STEPS ON CURRICULUM REFORM IN PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-06 12:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PTER SCUL SOCI
07ISLAMABAD625	GOVERNMENT ORDERS ILLEGAL MOSQUES DEMOLISHED, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Pakistani government is pitted against Muslim hard-liners over the fate of illegally constructed mosques in Islamabad. The Capital Development Authority has demolished three mosques in the recent weeks and has its sights on dozens more. This is the centerpiece of a broader [...]	2007-02-07 11:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SCUL PK
07ISLAMABAD637	SUPREME COURT'S DEMAND TO ACCOUNT FOR MISSING DRAWS LIMITED GOVERNMENT COOPERATION [...] (C) On October 9, 2006, after agitation by human rights organizations and repeated public protests by family members, the Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered the Government to locate 41 missing Pakistanis believed to have been arrested by government authorities and subsequently held incommunicado, of [...]	2007-02-08 08:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PTER PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD650	INTERIOR MINISTER ANALYZES REPRISAL ATTACKS [...] (S//NF) Summary: In a February 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao shared his assessment that, with one exception, the spate of suicide bombings, IED and missile attacks since mid-January were not/not motivated by sectarian tensions; these attacks were [...]	2007-02-08 13:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	AF MOPS PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD674	G.G. ON JIRGAS [...] (C) Summary. Minister of Culture Dr. Ghazi Gulab (G.G.) Jamal, a key member of Pakistan's jirga commission, told us February 7 that, when representatives of the two commissions meet later in February, key topics for discussion will include: to whom to issue jirga invitations; the scope of the [...]	2007-02-12 02:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD695	MFA RESPONDS REGARDING ALLEGED PAKISTANI [...] (S) On February 2, MFA (Disarmament Cell) Director Mohammad Kamran Akhtar advised PolCouns of MFA actions following post's December 11, 2006 demarche regarding information that a Pakistani firm, Westbridge Smc-Pvt. Limited, may have purchased nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) suits from [...]	2007-02-12 12:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PK PREL PARM ETTC IR
07ISLAMABAD709	REFUGEE TRIPARTITE MEETING ANNOUNCES CLOSURES, [...] (U) On February 7, participants of the 12th Refugee Tripartite Commission announced their decision to close four Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan in 2007. Scheduled in two phases, the closures will affect over 240,000 of Pakistan's estimated 2.4 million Afghan refugees. The Government of Pakis [...]	2007-02-14 02:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PK AF
07ISLAMABAD729	TEST MESSAGE [...] Test message from IPC Islamabad. How are things going? Did I get the classify by reasons wrong? BODDE [...]	2007-02-14 06:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ACOA
07ISLAMABAD744	TEST MESSAGE NO. 2 [...] Second test message with SIPDIS caption. BODDE [...]	2007-02-14 11:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ACOA
07ISLAMABAD783	PAKISTAN TRANSIT AGREEMENT AND SOFA UPDATE [...] (SBU) The Office of Defense Representative-Pakistan has checked its files and enquired with its contacts and finds no record of bilateral transit/personnel agreements other than the arrangements described in Ref D. Recipients who would like to receive scanned versions of post's various trans [...]	2007-02-17 05:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PK PNAT PREL
07ISLAMABAD828	SUICIDE BOMBER DETONATES IN QUETTA COURTROOM: 16 [...] (SBU) On February 17 at approximately 1100, a suicide bomber wearing explosives around his chest entered a courtroom in the Quetta District Court complex and detonated himself, killing 16 people and wounding 40. Among those killed was senior civil judge Abdul Wahid Durrani. 2. (U) The bombe [...]	2007-02-20 13:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD830	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR TAHIR-KHELI (MAR [...] American Embassy Islamabad warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State for Women's Empowerment to Pakistan from March 9-March 19. The purpose of visit is to meet with Pakistani officials, politicians, an [...]	2007-02-21 11:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT ASEC OTRA OREP AFIN PK
07ISLAMABAD845	UPCOMING PAKISTANI BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-22 13:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	IN KNNP MCAP PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD872	GOP INQUIRY INTO GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW [...] (U) This cable contains an action request -- please see para. 5. 2. (C//NF) During a January 26 lunch with visiting SCA DAS John Gastright, MFA officials queried emboffs regarding the prospects for the release of Pakistani detainees currently in custody at the Guantanamo Bay detention ce [...]	2007-02-24 06:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KAWC PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD890	UPCOMING PAKISTANI BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-26 10:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	IN KNNP MCAP PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD895	PAKISTAN PUSHES MIDDLE-EAST PEACE INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary and comment. Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri convened a meeting in Islamabad of the Foreign Ministers from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Indonesia and Malaysia. The session was billed as a continuation of President Musharraf's efforts to work with like-minded Mu [...]	2007-02-26 12:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD896	MOSQUE DESTRUCTION STANDOFF CONTINUES TO CHALLENGE [...] (C) Summary. Four weeks in, approximately 200 female students of the Madrassa Hafza continue to occupy a children's library to protest the Islamabad Capital Development Authority's initiative to raze and relocate illegally constructed mosques. Reporters who have visited the girls and women oc [...]	2007-02-26 12:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD897	MOSQUE DESTRUCTION STANDOFF CONTINUES TO CHALLENGE [...] (C) Summary. Four weeks in, approximately 200 female students of the Madrassa Hafza continue to occupy a children's library to protest the Islamabad Capital Development Authority's initiative to raze and relocate illegally constructed mosques. Reporters who have visited the girls and women oc [...]	2007-02-26 12:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD898	JIRGA INVITATION UPDATE [...] (C) On February 21, Mark Pont, the UNAMA representative in Islamabad, told us he had heard "rumors" that President Karzai had instructed Pir Gilani not to respond to an invitation to visit Islamabad to discuss cross-border or parallel jirgas. Pont, who is friends with some of Gilani's relativ [...]	2007-02-26 13:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD899	INTERIOR MINISTER SHERPAO SAYS PROACTIVE STEPS NECESSARY IN TRIBAL AREAS [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-26 13:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD954	PAKISTAN'S REFUGEE REPATRIATION PLAN WORRIES UNHCR [...] (C) Summary. Representatives from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)'s Geneva office met with the DCM on February 19th. The representatives expressed concern that, in Pakistan's desire to close camps and reduce its refugee population, the government might violate UNHCR [...]	2007-02-28 09:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PK PREF
08ISLAMABAD1	MGPK02: SITREP 7: CALM RETURNS; CONFUSION OVER [...] (C) Summary: Calm returned across Pakistan on New Year's Day. The Election Commission met and decided to consult with the political parties January 2 before making a final decision to postpone the elections. Various political parties have differing view on whether to delay. Bhutto widower Za [...]	2008-01-01 11:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO MARR
08ISLAMABAD1015	RESTORING THE JUDICIARY [...] (C) Summary. Whether or how to restore the judges ousted by President Musharraf under the November 3 Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) is a key issue in coalition negotiations between Asif Zardari's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party [...]	2008-03-06 10:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD1032	PAKISTAN AND OIC SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER'S REQUEST [...] (U) On March 7 Poloff informed MFA Americas Division Director Mansoor Khan of Special Envoy Cumber's interest in a meeting with the Pakistani delegation at the OIC summit in Dakar. We also provided contact information per reftel. Khan said the best POC for arranging a meeting with FM Inam ul [...]	2008-03-07 15:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC OIC PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1033	PAKISTAN AGREES TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE UNSCR ACTION [...] (C) In a March 5 meeting with MFA Assistant Director Farhat Ayesha, Poloff drew on reftel points regarding concerns about piracy on Somalia's coast. Assistant Director Ayesha noted that Pakistan shared our concerns and welcomed a multilateral approach on the issue. Ayesha thanked Poloff for [...]	2008-03-07 15:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PBTS PREL UNSC UN SO PK
08ISLAMABAD1034	ZARDARI DROPS FAHEEM AS PM CANDIDATE [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Amin Faheem told Ambassador March 7 that Asif Zardari does not want him to be Prime Minister because the party needs a Punjabi to counter the influence of Nawaz Sharif. Zardari offered Faheem the post of Speaker of the National Assembly or any other minist [...]	2008-03-07 16:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD1035	PAKISTAN'S FISCAL DEFICIT PUTTING ECONOMIC STABILITY AT [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF expects the fiscal deficit for the current fiscal year to be as high as 6.5 percent of GDP, far exceeding the 4 percent target. A nearly $1 billion shortfall in tax collection, larger than budgeted expenditures, below target privatization receipts, and the projectizat [...]	2008-03-08 03:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD105	PAKISTAN: REFOCUSING SECURITY ASSISTANCE [...] (U) This is an action request - see Paras 3 and 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Over the past year, militant extremists in Pakistan have sharply increased attacks, both in tribal areas along the Pak-Afghan border and into settled areas. While these attacks do not represent a medium-term threat to Pakis [...]	2008-01-08 09:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD1070	FATA IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE FOR 03/07/08 [...] (U) Summary: Following below is a summary of US Mission Islamabad's activities in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) along its northwest border with Afghanistan during the week ending March 7, 2008. ODRP FATA Programs ------------------ 2. (C) Senior ODRP officers met [...]	2008-03-10 12:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID MASS PK
08ISLAMABAD1071	COALITION "DECLARATION": FEDERAL PARTICIPATION [...] (C) Summary: Late March 9, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) announced the details for the formation of Pakistan's next coalition government. In exchange for the PPP's commitment to pass a resolution ostensibly returning deposed judges to the bench, th [...]	2008-03-10 13:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1072	ZARDARI'S VIEWS ON AGREEMENT WITH NAWAZ [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari told Ambassador March 10 that yesterday's agreement with Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif was less than it seemed regarding the restoration of the judges (Ref A). Zardari reiterated his desire to work with Mush [...]	2008-03-10 15:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1073	IMET: RECAPTURING PAKISTAN'S LOST GENERATION [...] (U) This is an action request, please see Paras 2 and 9. 2. (U) SUMMARY. Post welcomes Department's proposal to expand IMET funding for Pakistan (reftel) and intends to focus additional funding on those Pakistani military officers, now at mid and senior ranks, who were unable to participat [...]	2008-03-10 15:27:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MARR PK
08ISLAMABAD1097	TARIQ AZIZ NOT ALARMED BY ZARDARI'S DEAL WITH NAWAZ [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-12 08:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD11	Post-Conflict Assistance in Swat [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable outlines options Post is considering to assist the GOP in providing post-conflict assistance to citizens in Swat (Northwest Frontier Province) who have suffered during the military's recent anti-terrorist campaign. We have reviewed existing Mission assistance programs [...]	2008-01-02 15:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK PTER
08ISLAMABAD1100	BIOSECURITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM: SUPPORT FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) Summary: Avian influenza (AI) and the threat of pandemic influenza continue to be key issues in Biosecurity Engagement Program (BEP) discussions with Pakistani health and agricultural officials. Continued AI outbreaks in poultry as well as a confirmed human case in late 2007, have sparked [...]	2008-03-12 12:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PTER TSPL ETTC PK
08ISLAMABAD1101	PTA ON THE YOUTUBE BLOCKING INCIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to an informal request from the Department, EconCouns and Econoff met with Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) Chairman Shahzad Alam Malik March 5 to discuss the February 22 blockage of YouTube. Malik explained that the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority ( [...]	2008-03-12 12:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ECPS EINT KPAO PK
08ISLAMABAD1114	POTENTIAL PUNJAB CHIEF MINISTER SHAHBAZ SHARIF [...] (C) Summary: This is one of several profiles on Pakistani politicians who will have a significant role in shaping the new government. 2. (C) Shahbaz Sharif, brother of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, is a PML-N heavyweight who intends to be Punjab's next Chief Minister. Although he cur [...]	2008-03-13 03:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1130	UNSCR 1803: PAKISTAN OPPOSES IRAN SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-13 13:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	IR KNNP MNUC PARM PK
08ISLAMABAD1131	PAKISTAN CONSIDERING SUPPORT FOR OIC COMMUNIQUE ON [...] (C) In a March 6 discussion with MFA Director Afzaal Mahmood, Poloff drew on Ref A points encouraging Pakistan to support language in the OIC Summit communique welcoming Kosovo's independence. Mahmood noted Pakistan was considering such support, but had not yet made a decision. Mahmood once a [...]	2008-03-14 02:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNMIK KV PK
08ISLAMABAD1148	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH POTENTIAL NEW MINISTER OF FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: In a March 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, whose name has been cited as a potential PML-N Minister of Finance, discussed his relationship with Benazir Bhutto and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP),and emphasized that [...]	2008-03-14 12:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1180	APRIL 24-25 ISLAMABAD REGIONAL ECONOMIC [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para six. 2. (SBU) As per reftel request, post approached the Economic Affairs Division of the Ministry of Finance regarding preparations for the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECC). Joint Additional Secretary Sohail Re [...]	2008-03-17 10:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EAID ECON ENRG ETRD PGOV KPWR PK AF
08ISLAMABAD1181	FATA IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE FOR 03/14/08 [...] (U) Summary: Below is a summary of US Mission Islamabad's activities in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) along its northwest border with Afghanistan during the week ending March 14, 2008. FATA Briefings -------------- 2. (U) In Peshawar on March 11, DCM briefed the N [...]	2008-03-17 11:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PK PREL MASS
08ISLAMABAD1192	PAKISTAN'S NEW NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONVENES [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-17 13:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1212	AITZAZ AHSAN GIVES PARLIAMENT 30 DAYS TO RESTORE [...] (C) Summary. Supreme Court Bar Association President Aitzaz Ahsan told Ambassador March 18 that former Chief Justice Chaudhry "will not storm the Supreme Court" upon his release (expected as soon as a new government is in place). Instead, Ahsan is giving the new parliament 30 days to find a [...]	2008-03-19 08:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD1219	CABINET NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-19 13:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1220	PAKISTAN ELECTS A WOMAN AS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: On March 19, the National Assembly voted to elect Pakistan's first female Speaker of the National Assembly. Dr. Fahmida Mirza is a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) parliamentarian from Sindh and a respected women's rights advocate. The PPP's choice for Deputy Speaker, Faisal Kareem [...]	2008-03-19 14:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1230	GOP AGREES TO POSTPONEMENT OF APRIL 24-25 REGIONAL ECONOMIC [...] (U) SUMMARY. Pursuant to the request from the Government of Afghanistan (GOA),the Government of Pakistan (GOP) has agreed to postpone the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference (RECC) scheduled for April 24-25, 2008 in Islamabad. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) EconOff met with the Joint Secretary o [...]	2008-03-20 05:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EAID ENRG ECON ETRD PGOV KPWR PK AF
08ISLAMABAD1268	BIOSECURITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM: SUPPORT FOR U.S.-PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Department's Biosecurity Engagement Program (BEP) will contribute USD 1.2 million under the auspices of the U.S.-Pakistan Science and Technology (S&T) Agreement toward projects related to BEP's mission to engage scientists in Pakistan. Initially funded by USAID, collaborati [...]	2008-03-24 11:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PTER TSPL ETTC PK
08ISLAMABAD1269	CSF AND THE POTENTIAL FOR CIVIL-MILITARY TENSION [...] (C) Summary: Coalition Support Fund (CSF) reimbursements are a major political and economic factor in our bilateral relations with Pakistan. On the military side, the recent publicity about CSF claims, largely resulting from congressional hearings, has prompted concern that reimbursements wi [...]	2008-03-24 11:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MASS MARR PK
08ISLAMABAD1271	YOUSEF GILLANI ELECTED PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Vice Chairman Yousef Gillani was elected as Pakistan's new Prime Minister on March 24 by a resounding two-thirds majority of the National Assembly; he will be sworn in by President Musharraf on March 25. With the real political leaders (Asif Zardari [...]	2008-03-24 13:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1272	CJCS MULLEN'S MEETING WITH COAS GENERAL KAYANI [...] (C) Summary: CJCS Mullen met with Pakistan's Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani twice March 3-4. At a private dinner on March 3, they engaged in a discussion of Pakistan's new political landscape in the aftermath of the February 18 parliamentary elections. During talks on March [...]	2008-03-24 13:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MASS PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1273	ADMIRAL MULLEN'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARAFF [...] (C) Summary: In a March 4 meeting with CJCS Admiral Mullen, Musharraf commented on perceptions of India's growing role in Afghanistan and cautioned his visitors with regard to overly optimistic assessments of the peace jirga process. He also gave his view of the post-election political situati [...]	2008-03-24 14:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD129	ODRP CHIEF ENGAGES PAKISTAN'S MILITARY LEADERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Major General Helmly, Chief of Office of the Defense Representative - Pakistan (ODRP),met with senior Pakistan military leadership to reinforce our commitment to the U.S.-Pakistan security relationship. The officials expressed concerns about the effect "conditionality" on U.S. [...]	2008-01-09 10:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD1295	DETAINED JUDGES ARE RELEASED [...] (U) Summary. On March 24, former Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, seven other deposed Supreme Court justices, and three provincial high court judges were released from five months of house arrest by police. This announcement to release the deposed judges was the first a [...]	2008-03-25 14:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD13	PROPOSALS FOR EXPEDITED DEVELOPMENT IN PAKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: As instructed by Principals December 28, this cable outlines proposals to enhance and expedite military and development projects for Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and adjacent Pakistan-Afghan border areas. These include projects with the Pakistan military, [...]	2008-01-02 16:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL ECON EAID PREF
08ISLAMABAD1330	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH ASIF ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary. In a wide-ranging discussion March 25, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari told the Deputy Secretary that the National Assembly would give newly elected Prime Minister Gillani a vote of confidence on March 29. This would give the new government six months to beg [...]	2008-03-27 07:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD1331	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH NAWAZ SHARIF [...] (C) Summary. During a March 25 meeting with the Deputy Secretary, Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Nawaz Sharif SIPDIS repeatedly complained about President Musharraf but agreed that "we must win, no matter how" in the battle against extremism. The Deputy Secretary suggested that "we agre [...]	2008-03-27 07:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD1332	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. In a March 25 meeting, Foreign Secretary Khan told the Deputy Secretary it might be possible to schedule the next round of the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue in Washington in June, depending on approval of the incoming Foreign Minister. Khan said there was a chance of progre [...]	2008-03-27 07:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD1333	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. In a March 25 meeting, the Deputy Secretary congratulated Fahimida Mirza on becoming Pakistan's SIPDIS first female National Assembly Speaker and welcomed her proposed visit to Washington. Mirza described her plans to strengthen the institution of parliament. End Summary. [...]	2008-03-27 07:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD1334	DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETS PM GILLANI [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with newly elected Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gillani on March 26. Gillani expressed appreciation for the President's congratulatory call, asked for the support of the United States, and expressed desire to expand cooperation with the U.S. in counte [...]	2008-03-27 07:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD134	GOP APPROVES SIGNING OF IRAN-PAKISTAN PIPELINE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para five. Pakistan approves signing of Iran-Pakistan pipeline --------------------------------------------- ------ 2. (SBU) The GOP approved the gas sale purchase agreement with Iran on January 8, which paves the way for signing the Iran-Pak [...]	2008-01-09 14:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EFIN EINV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1351	CODEL TIERNEY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF [...] (C) In a March 27 meeting with Codel Tierney, President Musharraf praised newly elected Prime Minister Gillani, urged the new government to make the transition from politics to governance, and discussed efforts to combat extremism. End Summary. 2. (C) Codel Tierney (Representatives John [...]	2008-03-28 17:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD1355	NEW PAKISTAN CABINET [...] (U) Summary. Pakistan's newly elected Prime Minister Yousef Gillani March 29 received a unanimous vote of confidence from the Parliament; this gives the new government six months to move forward and tackle significant economic and terrorism challenges. Gillani then outlined the coalition gov [...]	2008-03-29 10:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1368	PROFILE: PPP CO-CHAIR ASIF ZARDARI [...] (U) This profile of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari is one of a series on Pakistan's new political leadership. Political Plans --------------- 2. (C) On March 22, Zardari announced the nomination of Yousef Gillani as the PPP candidate for Prime Minster and [...]	2008-03-31 07:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD137	GOP APPROVES SIGNING OF IRAN-PAKISTAN PIPELINE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para five. Pakistan approves signing of Iran-Pakistan pipeline --------------------------------------------- ------ 2. (SBU) The GOP approved the gas sale purchase agreement with Iran on January 8, which paves the way for signing the Iran-Pakis [...]	2008-01-10 01:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EFIN EINV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1376	MUSHARRAF SWEARS IN 24 MINISTERS; PRIME MINISTER [...] (U) Summary. On March 29, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gillani announced his "100 Day Plan" to the National Assembly. Within his plan, he looks to assist the lagging economy, continue to fight terror, strengthen Pakistan's ties with its neighbors and the West, restore the judiciary, and [...]	2008-03-31 12:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1381	PAKISTAN SUPPORTS NEW UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-01 07:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL AF UNGA
08ISLAMABAD1383	PAKISTAN: SOMALIA AND PIRACY, SEEKING VIEWS ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-01 09:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PBTS PGOV PK PREL SO UNGA UNSC
08ISLAMABAD1384	FATA IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE FOR 03/28/08 [...] (U) Below is a summary of US Mission Islamabad's activities in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) along its northwest border with Afghanistan during the past two weeks up to March 28, 2008. ODRP FATA Activities -------------------- 2. (SBU) CCMR Contact Group: The [...]	2008-04-01 09:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID MASS PK
08ISLAMABAD139	GOP APPROVES SIGNING OF IRAN-PAKISTAN PIPELINE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para five. Pakistan approves signing of Iran-Pakistan pipeline --------------------------------------------- ------ 2. (SBU) The GOP approved the gas sale purchase agreement with Iran on January 8, which paves the way for signing the Iran-Pakis [...]	2008-01-10 01:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EFIN EINV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1396	A TROUBLING TREND: TEXTILE EXPORTS DOWN AGAIN. [...] (SBU) Summary. Pakistan is losing its competitiveness in textile and apparel goods. Based on third quarter figures, Pakistan's textile export performance slumped in July-February 2007-08 putting the GOP's export target of USD 19.2 billion at risk. With the exception of readymade garments all [...]	2008-04-01 11:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PK
08ISLAMABAD1401	EARLY DAYS OF THE NEW COALITION GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: PM Gillani in his first week is already demonstrating what Pakistanis describe as "our tendency to jump into the river first and figure out how deep it is afterwards." Faced with immediate opposition, Gillani has had to backtrack on pronouncements that the Frontier Crimes Regula [...]	2008-04-01 15:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PHUM
08ISLAMABAD1404	AMBITIOUS UNHCR STRATEGY FOR AFGHAN REFUGEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) is revising its strategy for Afghan refugees to complement voluntary repatriations. It includes regulatory mechanisms to allow Afghans in Pakistan to better support themselves; development of refugee affected hosting areas [...]	2008-04-02 06:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PK AF
08ISLAMABAD1414	PAKISTAN: UNAMID DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-02 12:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL UNGA
08ISLAMABAD1420	THE PORT OF GWADAR: MEGA PORT DREAM REQUIRES ENERGY TO BE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Without fanfare and in the midst of the political changeover, Pakistan's strategic new seaport in Balochistan became operational and opened the trade routes to Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran. Investors and energy are desperately needed to make the Pakistani dream of a mega-p [...]	2008-04-03 08:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1421	PAKISTAN NOT READY TO DISCUSS VOTE ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-03 09:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1424	CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH PAKISTAN'S DEPOSED CHIEF [...] (C) Summary. In a March 27 meeting with Codel Tierney, former Chief Justice Chaudhry and his lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan affirmed their commitment to seeing the Chief Justice return to his duties, along with other judges removed by President Musharraf following the November 3 State of Emergency. Chau [...]	2008-04-03 10:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1432	POST REQUESTS FBI RECALL DEROGATORY INFORMATION ON [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. (S/NF) Post requests FBI recall information about Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) leader Fazlur Rehman noted in Reftel. Reftel indicates that an individual "˜Fasil Ul Rehman' believed to be associated with Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) is behind the March 20 [...]	2008-04-03 12:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD144	CODEL LIEBERMAN'S MEETING WITH THE PML-N [...] (C) Summary. In a January 9 meeting with Codel Lieberman, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Chair Raja Zafrul Haq detailed alleged fraud and electoral irregularities, questioned U.S. ties with the person of President Musharraf instead of support for the people of Pakistan, and urged closer USG o [...]	2008-01-10 06:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD1447	ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a March 28 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard SIPDIS Boucher, Awami National Party (ANP) leader Asfundyar Wali Khan clarified the government's plan to engage in dialogue with militants. Asfundyar said his party intends to hold t [...]	2008-04-04 05:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL

08ISLAMABAD1448	BIOSECURITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM: PROVINCIAL ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Biosecurity Engagement Program (BEP) staff visited several institutes and universities in Lahore, Abbotabad, Peshawar, and Karachi in March to further develop areas of collaboration. Common themes included a need for basic lab biosafety and biosecurity training at facilities h [...]	2008-04-04 06:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PTER TSPL ETTC PK
08ISLAMABAD1449	CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH PAKISTAN'S FIRST FEMALE [...] (C) Summary. On March 27, Codel Tierney met with Dr. Fehmida Mirza, Pakistan's first female National Assembly speaker. She stressed that women's rights, especially in the areas of healthcare and education, would be her top commitment while in this historic position. The Speaker also eagerly a [...]	2008-04-04 06:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PREL KWMN
08ISLAMABAD145	CODEL LIEBERMAN MEETS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 9 meeting with Codel Lieberman, human rights activist Asma Jahangir expressed her great concern for the current political and economic atmosphere within Pakistan. She also has hope for the elections but sees that the relationship between the American and Pakistani go [...]	2008-01-10 08:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1450	CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH AHSAN IQBAL, PML-N [...] (C) Summary. On March 27, Codel Tierney met with Ahsan Iqbal, a newly elected National Assembly member and former Chief Coordinator and Information Secretary for the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N). Iqbal discussed the need for the deposed judiciary to be reinstated, that the War on Ter [...]	2008-04-04 06:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1459	CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary: On March 27, CODEL Tierney met with Pakistan People,s Party (PPP) co-chair Asif Zardari. Zardari professed his appreciation for U.S. support for the election and stressed that the U.S. should consider the new Parliament the primary decisonmaking entity in the government. He deta [...]	2008-04-04 09:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD146	CODEL LIEBERMAN'S MEETING WITH PPP LEADER FAHEEM [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan People's Party candidate for Prime Minister Amin Faheem told Senator Lieberman January 9 that the party was concerned about election fraud and related arrests of party workers in Sindh. Faheem said that he would follow Benazir Bhutto's moderate political agenda, and no [...]	2008-01-10 09:27:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD1469	CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH ANP'S ASFUNDYAR WALI KHAN [...] (C) Summary: On March 27, Codel Tierney met with Awami National Party (ANP) leader Asfundyar Wali Khan. Asfundyar explained his plan to incorporate the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) into the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and said he hoped to see the Political Parties Act ext [...]	2008-04-04 13:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD1475	CODEL BIDEN'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF [...] (C) In a February 19 meeting with President Musharraf, Codel Biden congratulated the President on keeping his commitment to hold free and fair elections. Musharraf shared his views on why he believed the deposed judiciary could not be restored, expressed satisfaction with progress against e [...]	2008-04-07 03:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD1476	CODEL BIDEN'S MEETING WITH ASIF ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan People's Party leader Asif Zardari told Codel Biden February 19 that he is seeking U.S. advice on the way forward. He is meeting or talking with all parties in pursuit of some form of a national unity government but suggested the PPP would try to form a government wit [...]	2008-04-07 03:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD1493	BOUCHER DINNER WITH PAKISTAN MUSLIM LEAGUE-NAWAZ [...] (C) Summary. During a dinner hosted by the Charge, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher discussed challenges facing the new Pakistani government with leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. Finance Minister-designate Dar outlined steps the new governmen [...]	2008-04-08 08:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD1494	BOUCHER MEETING WITH LEADERS OF PAKISTAN MUSLIM [...] (C) Summary: During a March 28 meeting, Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and General Secretary Mushahid Hussain told Assistant Secretary for South SIPDIS and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher that their party would now act as a "calm opposition." The party's onl [...]	2008-04-08 09:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1497	BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER QURESHI [...] (C) During a March 28 meeting with Assistant Secretary or South and Central Asian Affairs Boucher, Foreign Minister-designate Shah Mehmood Qureshi confirmed that the new government wanted to work with the U.S. to combat extremism, increase trade and extend cooperation with India and Afghanistan. [...]	2008-04-08 09:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD1498	BOUCHER,S MEETING WITH RELIGIOUS PARTY LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with religious party leader Fazlur Rehman March 28. While the maulana thanked Boucher (and Deputy Secretary Negroponte) for reaching out to all of Pakistan's political parties during their recent visit, he [...]	2008-04-08 09:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1499	BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH MUTTAHIDA QUAMI MOVEMENT [...] (C) Summary: On March 28, Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) leader Farooq Sattar met with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher to discuss the party's plans for sitting in opposition of the new government. Sattar expressed satisfaction with the credibility of th [...]	2008-04-08 09:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1525	PROFILE: PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER GILLANI [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Vice Chairman Yousef Gillani was elected as Pakistan's new Prime Minister on March 24 by the National Assembly (Ref A),receiving a unanimous vote of confidence from the Assembly four days later. Gillani is a seasoned politician who descends from a [...]	2008-04-10 10:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1526	PROFILE: SENIOR MINISTER AND COMMUNICATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 31, PML-N heavyweight Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan was sworn in as Senior Minister and Minister of Communications. Nisar, as Senior Minister, will be the country's de facto Deputy Prime Minister. Nisar has been elected a member of the National Assembly in every election si [...]	2008-04-10 10:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1527	PROFILE: PAKISTANI DEFENSE MINISTER AHMED MUKHTAR [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 31, Ahmed Mukhtar was sworn into office as Pakistan's new Minister of Defense. Mukhtar is a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) stalwart and a close associate of PPP co-chair Asif Zardari; until recently he had been a top contender for the position of Prime Minister. End Summ [...]	2008-04-10 10:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1528	PROFILE: PAKISTANI FOREIGN MINISTER QURESHI [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 31, Shah Mehmood Qureshi was sworn into office as Pakistan's new Foreign Minister. Qureshi is a polished and pro-western politician from Punjab; however, he is a longstanding political rival of newly elected Prime Minister Yousef Gillani. Qureshi is a relative newcomer [...]	2008-04-10 10:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1532	PAKISTAN'S FISCAL DEFICIT PUTTING ECONOMIC STABILITY AT [...] (U) Summary: Pakistan's Finance Minister Ishaq Dar gave the Cabinet the bad news on Pakistan's economy, followed by a press conference where he made very clear his plans for government austerity. During the press conference, he accused the Shaukat Aziz government of fudging figures and misma [...]	2008-04-11 01:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1534	AMBASSADOR AND FINANCE MINISTER DAR DISCUSS PAKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with newly-appointed Finance Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar (PML-N) April 8. Pakistan's current fiscal crisis and need for fiscal austerity shape Dar's plan to ask for a shadow International Monetary Fund (IMF) program, pending Coalition Support Fund (CSF) payments, [...]	2008-04-11 02:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1536	DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S MEETING WITH THE AMERICAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Assistant Secretary Boucher met with the elected Executive Board of the American Business Council (ABC) in Karachi on March 27. Representatives from U.S. companies were optimistic about Pakistan's investment climate but expressed concerns over the [...]	2008-04-11 03:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1573	BALOCHISTAN: THE NEGLECTED PROVINCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-15 12:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD1574	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON INTERIOR ADVISOR REHMAN MALIK [...] (C) Summary: In an April 14 meeting with Ambassador, the new senior Advisor for Interior Rehman Malik repeatedly emphasized the new coalition government's commitment to fighting terrorism, his long-standing ties to American law enforcement, his closeness to Benazir Bhutto during the negotiations le [...]	2008-04-15 12:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER SNAR ASEC
08ISLAMABAD1585	RIOTS OVER POWER BLACKOUTS TURN VIOLENT IN MULTAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the Punjab provincial city of Multan, protests organized by local textile mill owners to object to rolling blackouts which have forced factories to remain closed, turned violent on April 14. The Power Loom Association in Multan organized a rally of textile workers and day labor [...]	2008-04-16 17:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ENGY ECON PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD16	IMPLEMENTATION OF RECONSTRUCTION OPPORTUNITY ZONES REQUIRES IMMEDIATE COORDINATED INTER-AGENCY ACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-03 05:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PK ETRD EAID PREL
08ISLAMABAD1600	CODEL CAPUANO MEETS WITH NEW GOP [...] (C) Summary: Codel Capuano visited Islamabad April 13-14, meeting with Pakistan's new Prime Minister, Interior Minister and Deputy National Assembly Speaker. The delegation included U.S. Representatives Michael Capuano (D-MA),William Pascrell (D-NJ) and Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ),as well as House [...]	2008-04-17 13:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD1601	GOP NOT YET FOCUSED ON BIT NEGOTIATIONS BUT INTERESTED IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para five. 2. (SBU) Summary: Econoffs met with Board of Investment (BOI) Executive Director General Major (Rtrd) Iqbal Ahmad and BOI staff April 17 to discuss resumption of BIT negotiations and organization of a Pakistan energy investment confere [...]	2008-04-17 13:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ENGY ECON PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1609	MUSHARRAF ON RELEASE OF TALIBAN/AQ DETAINEES [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-18 11:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1611	FATA IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE FOR 04/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-18 12:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID MASS PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1613	PAKISTANI LEADERS DENY INTENT TO RELEASE A.Q. KHAN [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings with Strategic Plans Division (SPD) Chief Kidwai,Pakistan People's Party Co-Chair Zardari, and President Musharraf, DCM and Ambassador expressed our deep concern over GOP statements and press reports indicating that the restrictions on A.Q. Khan were about to be [...]	2008-04-18 14:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KNNP PK
08ISLAMABAD1614	PM GILLANI SAYS NO TO RELEASING 27 AQ/TALIBAN DETAINEES [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-18 15:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1615	ANP COALITION PARTNER ASFANDYAR WALI KHAN COMMENTS [...] (S) Summary: On April 18, Peshawar Principal Officer Lynne Tracy followed up with Awami National Party (ANP) leader Asfandyar Wali Khan about the GOP's plans to sign a peace agreement with tribal elders in South Waziristan. While Khan thought the document ""was not bad"" and consistent with hi [...]	2008-04-19 09:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PK PREL PTER PHUM PINR
08ISLAMABAD1623	NAVIGATING THE MAZE OF PAKISTANI ENERGY POLICY- PART ONE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pakistan's energy crisis has the potential to slow down economic growth and create law and order problems. With massive blackouts affecting every region and every demographic, energy policy and shortages are daily front page news. Not a single mega-watt of electricity has been [...]	2008-04-21 10:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENGY EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1633	SUPREME COURT ABOLISHES GRADUATION REQUIREMENT FOR [...] (U) Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled April 21 to abolish the constitutional requirement that candidates for elective office have a bachelors degree, among other qualifications. This pre-qualification to run was introduced by President Pervez Musharraf in the lead-up to the 2002 parliamentary ele [...]	2008-04-21 13:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD164	CODEL LIEBERMAN'S MEETING WITH PAKISTAN COAS KAYANI [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-11 04:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR PK
08ISLAMABAD1641	RESTORATION OF JUDICIARY: DEADLOCKED FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: After two intense days of personal negotiations, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chair Asif Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif remained deadlocked over the issue of how/when to restore the deposed judiciary. They continue to debate whether to restor [...]	2008-04-22 14:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL KJUS PHUM
08ISLAMABAD1643	PAKISTAN'S LEVEL OF PREPAREDNESS TO RESPOND TO UG99 WHEAT [...] (U) The following is a response to the Department's request for information on the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) level of preparedness for a possible outbreak of UG99 wheat stem rust. 2. (SBU) Summary: While wheat stem rust is not a new phenomenon in Pakistan, UG99 presents a serious chall [...]	2008-04-23 04:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR EAGR PK
08ISLAMABAD1648	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources on April 16 to discuss Pakistan's plans for dealing with the current energy crisis. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) requests assistance with attracting investors to its energy sector, organizing an investment [...]	2008-04-23 09:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1655	PAKISTAN'S NEW HEARTS AND MINDS CAMPAIGN [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-23 14:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD1657	EMBASSY ENDORESEMENT OF FY 2008 SECTION 1206 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post endorses CENTCOM/ODRP's FY 08 Section 1206 proposal for a $21 million helicopter sustainment program. These resources will fund a maintenance and sustainment program for Pakistan's U.S. origin helicopters. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The FY 08 1206 proposal will enable Pakis [...]	2008-04-24 03:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1659	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW MINISTER OF WATER AND POWER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with the Minister of Water and Power on April 21 to discuss Pakistan's plans for dealing with the current energy crisis. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) emphasizes its desire to have more engagement with the U.S. on energy issues and specifically requests assist [...]	2008-04-24 05:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL EAID EINV ENGY PK
08ISLAMABAD1673	PAKISTAN'S F-16 PROGRAM -- AT RISK OF FAILURE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has approached the U.S. with a request to use Foreign Military Financing (FMF) to help pay for Mid-Life Updates (MLU) on its existing fleet of F-16 fighter aircraft. This request would require the modification of the original Letter of Offer and Accepta [...]	2008-04-24 15:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1678	GOP RESPONSE TO SUPPORT FOR UN 1267 REGIME [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 12:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	KTFN PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD1679	GROWING CONCERN OVER JUDGES' RESTORATION [...] (C) Summary. There is growing concern over the continued deadlock between the Pakistan People's Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz over how to resolve the issue of the deposed judiciary. A new court petition attempting to prevent the National Assembly from considering a legislative [...]	2008-04-25 14:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1684	NATURAL GAS PIPELINE FOR TURKMENISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, [...] (U) SUMMARY. With the signing of a framework agreement in Islamabad on April 25, the Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan natural gas pipeline project formally includes India as a partner and agrees to move forward quickly on implementation. With construction scheduled to start in 2010 and comp [...]	2008-04-28 06:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	ENGY EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK IN AF TX
08ISLAMABAD169	GOP RESPONSE ON UPCOMING LET DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-11 09:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	EFIN KTFN PETER PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1691	PAKISTAN REMAINS OPPOSED TO FMCT NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) During an April 24 call on MFA Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan, Ambassador raised reftel points and urged Islamabad to direct the Pakistani Delegation to the Conference on Disarmament to support commencement of negotiations on a Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty (FMCT). Khan reiterated the GOP [...]	2008-04-28 10:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM CDG UNGA PK
08ISLAMABAD1695	PAKISTAN IMPLEMENTING TRAVEL BANS AS REQUIRED BY [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-29 09:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1696	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL WITH NEW DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: During an April 21 introductory call on the Defense Minister Ahmed Mukhtar, Ambassador raised Coalition Support Funds (CSF),the need for a formal agreement governing the use of Pakistan's Airspace, consideration of a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA),the F-16 payment schedule [...]	2008-04-29 09:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1699	NO ACTION BUT MORE RHETORIC ON PAKISTAN IRAN PIPELINE DEAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para eleven. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Following a brief state visit from Iranian President Mahmound Ahmadinejad on April 28, local media reports that the path has been cleared for Pakistan and Iran to sign the much touted natural gas pipeline deal. While [...]	2008-04-29 12:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EFIN EINV PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD170	PAKISTAN ENERGY WOES: A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Violence, sabotage, and supply disruptions following Bhutto's December 27 assassination combined with routine winter hydroelectric maintenance have pushed Pakistan's normally tight energy supplies past the limit. Since December 27, Pakistan's 3000MW electricity deficit has in [...]	2008-01-11 09:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1701	NAVIGATING THE MAZE OF PAKISTANI ENERGY POLICY- PART TWO [...] (SBU) Summary. Further complicating Pakistan's maze of government organizations with responsibility over energy, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources and its 16 subordinate agencies, determine the natural gas, oil, mineral and coal policies for a country which desperately needs energ [...]	2008-04-29 13:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENGY EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1702	WILL THE JUDICIARY ISSUE BRING DOWN PAKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: Though seemingly close to a deal on restoration of the deposed judiciary, the Pakistan People's Party and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz continue to negotiate (now in Dubai). The sticking point continues to be former Chief Justice Chaudhry, who likely will return to the bench. But [...]	2008-04-29 14:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD1705	POVERTY IN PAKISTAN: WHOSE NUMBERS ARE RIGHT? [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistani government officials frequently cite poverty alleviation as one of President Musharraf's key economic legacies. However, economic analysts frequently dispute the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) statistics. Separate studies conducted by the GOP and the World Bank indicat [...]	2008-04-30 05:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1715	PAKISTAN: THE IMPACT OF RISING FOOD AND COMMODITY PRICES [...] (U) The following is a response to the Department's request for information on the impact that rising food and agricultural commodity prices are having on Pakistan's economic and political stability. 2. (SBU) Summary: The prices of almost all essential agricultural commodities have steadil [...]	2008-04-30 14:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1719	INTERNATIONAL LEADERS FLOCK TO ISLAMABAD [...] (C) Summary: In the past few weeks, international leaders have been streaming into Pakistan to meet the newly elected government. They included UK Foreign Secretary Miliband, the Chinese FM Jiechi, Turkish FM Babacan, EU Foreign Policy Chief Solana, Afghanistan FM Spatna, Malaysian FM Yatim, [...]	2008-05-01 06:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PTER AF CH EAID IN MY EU
08ISLAMABAD172	USG MEDIA LEAKS HAVE PAKISTANI MILITARY "REVIEWING CONTINGENCIES" [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Tariq Majid separately called in Ambassador January 8 and 9 to express their concern about repeated media reports stating senior USG officials were considering unilateral action within Pakistan. Both official [...]	2008-01-11 10:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR KPAO PK
08ISLAMABAD1723	PAKISTAN RUPEE FALLS BUT NO CAPITAL FLIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan's rupee has lost ground against the dollar as the current account deficit continues to grow due to increased international commodity prices. It hit a new low against the dollar on April 24, breaching the September 22, 2001 low. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) believe [...]	2008-05-01 12:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD ECON PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1734	NAVIGATING THE MAZE OF PAKISTANI ENERGY POLICY- PART THREE [...] (U) Please see Action Request in paragraph 28. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Concluding the three part roadmap of agencies involved in Pakistan's energy policy, this cable outlines the involvement of the Prime Minister's Secretariat, four additional Cabinet level Ministries, and five other regulatory a [...]	2008-05-04 05:27:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENGY EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1735	HELPING RESOLVE THE DEADLOCK OVER THE JUDGES [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-04 11:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1742	PAKISTAN'S NEW FOREIGN SECRETARY SALMAN BASHIR [...] (SBU) Summary: Salman Bashir has replaced Riaz Mohammad Khan as Pakistan's Foreign Secretary. Bashir--who previously served as Ambassador to China and Denmark--is a veteran Foreign Service officer. Bashir told local press he intends to focus on "economic diplomacy" during his tenure as Foreign [...]	2008-05-05 10:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1745	DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRAMER'S CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-05 11:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KPAO PK
08ISLAMABAD1746	DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRAMER'S CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-05 11:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KPAO PK
08ISLAMABAD1747	DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRAMER'S CALL ON FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. On April 21, DRL Assistant Secretary Kramer urged a conservative Foreign Secretary Khan to be proactive in supporting human rights initiatives at the UN and encouraged higher levels of commitment with Broader Middle East and North Africa Initiative (BMENA). Khan suggested that co [...]	2008-05-05 11:27:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1749	DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRAMER MEETS WITH FEMALE [...] (C) Summary: On April 22, Assistant Secretary Kramer and PolCouns met with female National Assembly members from the Pakistan People's Party (PPP),Pakistan Muslim League (PML),and the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM). During a lively one hour discussion, the women discussed election reform and [...]	2008-05-05 11:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PREL KWMN
08ISLAMABAD1750	DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRAMER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: On April 22, DRL A/S Kramer met with Pakistan's Chief Election Commissioner Farooq to review possible areas of electoral reform on which the U.S. might be able to assist. In response, Farooq announced the recent formation of an Electoral Reforms Commission and noted that the EU O [...]	2008-05-05 11:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PHUM
08ISLAMABAD1751	DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRAMER'S CALL ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary. DRL Assistant Secretary Kramer met with Khursheed Shah, the new Minister of Labor, Manpower, and Overseas Pakistanis on April 22. During the meeting, they discussed the government's initiatives to combat child labor and the trafficking of persons for bonded labor purposes. The [...]	2008-05-05 11:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PK PREL ELAB ETRD
08ISLAMABAD1756	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PML-N LEADER NAWAZ SHARIF [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on May 2 to discuss the judges restoration issue, the South Waziristan peace deal and the Pakistani economy. Nawaz said a committee would be established to draft a parliamentary resolution to reinstate the judges on May 12. [...]	2008-05-05 13:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KJUS PK
08ISLAMABAD1757	BY-ELECTIONS POSTPONED [...] (C) Summary: In a tactical move designed to frustrate Nawaz Sharif, the Pakistan People's Party is delaying National and Provincial Assembly by-elections from June 18 to August 18. The delay allows PPP Co-Chairman Asif Zardari time to determine if the coalition can settle the judges issue. [...]	2008-05-05 15:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1758	BUDGET DEFICIT NUMBERS LOWER BUT SLOW GROWTH AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: Private sector economists, the Ministry of Finance Special Advisor and IMF Resident Representative all expressed concern over Pakistan's record USD 8.3 billion budget deficit, but for different reasons. Citibank's Aziz Rahman was concerned that Finance Minister Ishaq Dar's overs [...]	2008-05-06 06:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECON PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1772	COMMITTEE ON JUDGES INCHES FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: Senior attorneys charged by the political parties with drafting a resolution to restore the pre-November 3 judiciary continue to bicker, and some committee members have already quit. On the table is a resolution that labels the November 3 firing of the judges as illegal and allow [...]	2008-05-07 14:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD1783	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ENCOURAGING ATTENDANCE AT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 08:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL PHUM OXEM SOCI UNESCO
08ISLAMABAD1784	PAKISTAN COMMITMENT TO COESPU INVITATION FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 08:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL KTIA MARR MASS
08ISLAMABAD179	CHINESE EMBASSY SEEKS IMPROVED EXCHANGES [...] (C) Following up on a phone conversation between U/S Burns and China's Assistant Foreign Minister, the Chinese DCM in Islamabad shared China's views on the political situation in Islamabad. China's primary foreign policy goals are to promote stability, fight terrorism, increase economic exc [...]	2008-01-11 12:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD1803	PAKISTAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION OFFICIAL DISCOUNTS REPORTS [...] (C) Summary: Unsurprisingly, a source in the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission said that a May 9 article in national circulation daily "Dawn News" reporting enhanced China-Pakistan civil nuclear cooperation was unfounded. The May 9 article alleged that, following President Musharraf's April 20 [...]	2008-05-10 10:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENGY ECON PGOV PREL KNNP PK
08ISLAMABAD1804	BY-ELECTIONS NOW SET FOR JUNE 26 [...] (C) Summary: After a firestorm of public criticism, the Election Commission (ECP) reversed its decision to postpone by-elections until August 2008; on May 7, it announced by-elections will be held June 26. This was an embarrassing, if minor, debacle involving multiple excuses and finger poin [...]	2008-05-10 11:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1805	PML FORWARD BLOCK IN THE WINGS [...] (C) Summary: As the deadlock over restoration of the judiciary drags on, back room negotiations continue over what might happen should the coalition collapse. Pakistan Muslim League (PML) parliamentarian Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo claims that Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari h [...]	2008-05-10 11:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD181	ELECTION COMMISSION CONFIRMS OBSERVER ACCESS [...] (SBU) Summary. Officials at the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) confirmed there were no ECP restrictions on the activities of foreign or domestic election observers. Observers could pay unannounced visits to polling stations; all the ECP asked was that observers notify district offici [...]	2008-01-11 12:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PK
08ISLAMABAD1811	OIC ENVOY SADA CUMBER'S VISIT TO PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary. In meetings May 2 with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the General Coordinator of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH),the Chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology, journalists, religious lead [...]	2008-05-12 09:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1825	LIFE AT NDU: TRAINING PAKISTAN'S NEXT GENERATION OF MILITARY LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan's National Defense University's curriculum is designed to foster national pride, but many of its students and instructors have an anti-American bias. Their attitudes demonstrate why we should continue our efforts to increase IMET opportunities, especially those aimed at the ge [...]	2008-05-12 12:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1826	APRIL 23 PAK-AFGHAN BORDER INCIDENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-12 12:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	MARR MASS PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1828	CODEL SMITH MEETS PRIME MINISTER GILANI [...] (C) Summary: Codel Smith visited Pakistan April 27-28. In their meeting with Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani, U.S. Representatives Adam Smith (D-WA),Mac Thornberry (R-TX),Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ),Bill Shuster (R-PA) and Mike Conaway (R-TX) stressed the U.S.'s continued commitment to our long [...]	2008-05-12 12:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PTER PINR
08ISLAMABAD1829	CODEL SMITH MEETS PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting April 28, Codel Smith discussed the political and economic situation and efforts to combat extremism in Pakistan. Musharraf expressed appreciation for U.S. assistance in the tribal areas but said more was needed; he defended efforts by the new government to begin n [...]	2008-05-12 12:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1830	PAKISTANI RUPEE CONTINUES TO FALL [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan's growing current account deficit and increasing uncertainty over the future of the government coalition are causing the rupee to fall against the dollar. The rupee closed at record lows against the dollar again on May 8, rebounding only slightly on May 9. The State Ba [...]	2008-05-12 13:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD ECON PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1831	NAWAZ PULLS MINISTERS BUT STAYS IN PPP-LED GOP [...] (C) Summary: Nawaz Sharif announced May 12 that his Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party's nine federal ministers would resign from the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) led cabinet on May 13. He lamented this course of action, caused, Nawaz said, because the pre-November 3 judges were not rest [...]	2008-05-12 13:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PHUM KJUS
08ISLAMABAD1832	PAKISTAN CAMPAIGNING FOR SEAT ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (U) On May 7, A/DCM delivered Ref A points to Hasan Javed, MFA Director General of the UN and Economic Cooperation Division. Hasan confirmed that Pakistan did plan to run for one of the four Asian-designated seats on the Human Rights Council (HRC) and said he was confident of victory. 2. (C) Re [...]	2008-05-12 14:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PHUM UNHCR
08ISLAMABAD1840	REQUEST TO MFA ON LEVEL OF PAKISTAN COMMITMENT TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-13 13:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL KPOV MARR
08ISLAMABAD1841	LETTER FROM SECRETARY RICE ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-13 13:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL UN
08ISLAMABAD1866	NAWAZ PULLS MINISTERS BUT STAYS IN PPP-LED GOP [...] (C) Summary: Nawaz Sharif announced May 12 that his Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party's nine federal ministers would resign from the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) led cabinet on May 13. He lamented this course of action, caused, Nawaz said, because the pre-November 3 judges were not rest [...]	2008-05-15 14:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PHUM KJUS
08ISLAMABAD1867	ZARDARI PUSHES "GLOBAL DEAL," BUT NAWAZ MAY HAVE [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Ambassador May 14, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari was optimistic about reaching a "global deal" on the judiciary, wooing the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) back into the cabinet, and finalizing a budget by the June 30 deadline. PML-N lead [...]	2008-05-15 14:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD188	PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF AND CODEL LIEBERMAN DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a January 9 meeting with Codel Lieberman, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf explained the mechanisms to ensure the election process is free and fair, and commented on improved relations with Afghanistan. Lieberman delivered two messages: (1) the February 18 general electi [...]	2008-01-14 10:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD1880	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ADVANCED ENGINEERING RESEARCH ORGANIZATION (AERO) [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-16 12:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	BMGT ETRD ETTC PK
08ISLAMABAD189	ISLAMIC FINANCE DEVELOPS SLOWLY IN PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pakistan has started to develop well-managed financial products for Islamic banking and finance, but their market share is still low and will take time to grow. Currently there are six full fledged Islamic banks and 13 conventional banks that offer Islamic finance products at a [...]	2008-01-14 10:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD ECON PREL EAID EINV PK
08ISLAMABAD1894	SHOWDOWN MAY LOOM OVER JUDGES' RESTORATION [...] (C) Summary: On May 18, Pakistan's legal fraternities, frustrated with the new GOP's lack of progress to restore the pre-November 3 judges, called for a "long march" on the capital to begin June 10. The lawyers' movement is hoping sympathetic civil society organizations and political parties [...]	2008-05-19 15:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD1898	LAHORE IPR SEMINAR A SUCCESS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-20 09:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD1900	INITIAL ECONOMIC POLICY DIRECTION LOOKS GOOD [...] (U) Prior to his resignation as Finance Minister, Ishaq Dar set out broad priorities for Pakistan's FY 2008-2009 budget during a May 12 speech at a pre-budget seminar at the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce. Dar pledged to focus on "fiscal consolidation" and to raise the tax-to-GDP [...]	2008-05-20 11:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1905	PAKISTAN: ACTING CENTCOM COMMANDER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Acting USCENTCOM Commander, Lieutenant General Martin Dempsey visited Pakistan May 12. In his meeting with Secretary of Defense Kamran Rasool, Dempsey stressed the U.S.'s continued commitment to our long-term relationship with Pakistan and made assurances regarding continuity o [...]	2008-05-21 07:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1906	PAKISTAN: ACTING CENTCOM COMMANDER MEETS WITH JCSC [...] (C) Summary: Acting USCENTCOM Commander, Lieutenant General Martin Dempsey visited Pakistan May 12. In his meeting with General Tariq Majid, Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff Committee, Dempsey stressed the U.S.'s continued commitment to our long-term relationship with Pakistan and made [...]	2008-05-21 07:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD191	AMBASSADOR PATTERSON MEETS WITH CARETAKER FINANCE MINISTER [...] SUMMARY. In a January 4 meeting with caretaker Minister of Finance Salman Shah, Ambassador Patterson inquired about the state of Pakistan's economy following the violence after Bhutto's December 27 assassination and raised commercial advocacy issues, coalition support funds, anti-money launderi [...]	2008-01-14 12:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PREL PK EAID
08ISLAMABAD1914	PROPOSED ENERGY AND FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: As follow up from President Bush's May 18 meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Gilani, Embassy Islamabad has two suggestions for assistance that the Deputies may wish to consider. Post proposes providing USD 180 million over three years for energy and food assistance, two areas t [...]	2008-05-22 11:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID ENRG EPET PTER PREL PK

08ISLAMABAD1916	FINANCE MINISTER QAMAR SAYS BUDGET WILL BE ON TIME [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Naveed Qamar, the Acting Minister of Finance, who has replaced Ishaq Dar after the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Ministers tendered their resignations May 13. Qamar said that the budget would be prepared for the Parliament to debate and pass it by the [...]	2008-05-22 11:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1919	SOUTH WAZIRISTAN AGREEMENT: GOP BEGINNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Interior Minister Rehman Malik briefed Ambassador on the May 20 jirga with Mehsud tribal leaders. Malik said the GOP would likely sign the peace agreement "after a while." It appears the GOP has begun piecemeal implementation of the agreement. Malik outlined the GOP's negotiati [...]	2008-05-22 13:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD1931	FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AS OF MAY 16, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-23 12:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK
08ISLAMABAD1932	PAKISTAN: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR VIGILANCE REGARDING BANK [...] (S) Economic Counselor and Economic Officer delivered reftel demarche May 22 to senior officials at the Ministries of Finance and Foreign Affairs (MFA). Both Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Director General Sohail Mahmood and Ministry of Finance Senior Joint Secretary Iqbal Hussain pledge [...]	2008-05-23 12:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	ECON EFIN ETTC KNNP MNUC PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1933	CONSTITUTIONAL HURDLES FOR PROPOSED 18TH AMENDMENT [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) this week prepared and appears ready to present an omnibus amendments package to reinstate the pre-November 3 judiciary, indemnify President Pervez Musharraf for his actions related to the judges' removal, and diminish significantly the possibility of [...]	2008-05-23 16:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD1934	ANP'S KHAN LOBBIES FOR SWAT AGREEMENT; DISAVOWS [...] (C) Summary: Peshawar Principal Officer (PO) Lynne Tracy met Awami National Party (ANP) leader Asfandyar Wali Khan in Islamabad May 23 to discuss the peace agreements being negotiated in Swat and in South Waziristan, separately. Khan was emphatic that the ANP would only take responsibility for [...]	2008-05-23 16:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD1936	NO IMF PROGRAM FOR PAKISTAN RIGHT NOW [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-25 06:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1947	CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS WITH LAWYERS' MOVEMENT LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI),visiting Islamabad May 26, met with leaders of Pakistan's lawyers' movement. The Senator noted his long-standing support for the lawyers, calling both the USG's response to Musharraf's 2007 state of emergency and the new GOP's plans to reinstate [...]	2008-05-28 10:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL KJUS PHUM
08ISLAMABAD195	THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA: WAZIRS VS. MEHSUDS IN PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-14 12:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD1953	STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN ANNOUNCES TIGHTER [...] (U) Summary: The State Bank of Pakistan Governor Dr. Shamshad Akhtar announced a series of measures to tighten monetary policy, drain excessive liquidity from the system, and decrease imports to firm up the rupee in a May 22 speech. Most of the new measures, which are effective immediately, a [...]	2008-05-28 11:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD ECON PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1954	62 PARTS OF AMENDMENTS PACKAGE GOES PUBLIC [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 24 press conference, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari provided the details of a comprehensive constitutional amendments package, including abolishing the presidential power to dissolve the National Assembly, allowing criticism of Pakistan's armed forces [...]	2008-05-28 11:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD1955	62 PARTS OF AMENDMENTS PACKAGE GOES PUBLIC [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 24 press conference, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari provided the details of a comprehensive constitutional amendments package, including abolishing the presidential power to dissolve the National Assembly, allowing criticism of Pakistan's armed forces [...]	2008-05-28 12:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD1956	PAKISTAN: ACTING CENTCOM COMMANDER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Acting USCENTCOM Commander, Lieutenant General Martin Dempsey visited Pakistan May 12. In his meeting with General Ashfaq Kayani, Chief of Army Staff, Dempsey stressed the U.S.'s continued commitment to our long-term relationship with Pakistan and made assurances regarding contin [...]	2008-05-28 12:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1957	CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: In a May 26 meeting with President Musharraf, Senator Russ Feingold discussed Pakistan's current political and economic climate as well as efforts to combat extremism in Pakistan. Describing his current personal status as "confused," Musharraf reported that he would not become a "usele [...]	2008-05-28 13:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR ECON PK
08ISLAMABAD1958	CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER QURESHI [...] (C) Summary: In a May 26 meeting with CODEL Feingold, Foreign Minister Qureshi reiterated Pakistan's support to combat terrorism but suggested that the Pakistan and the U.S. form a broad relationship based on common ideals and interests beyond counter-terrorism. Foreign Minister Qureshi asked [...]	2008-05-28 13:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR ECON ENRG EPET PK
08ISLAMABAD1959	CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER GILANI [...] (C) Summary: In a May 26 meeting with CODEL Feingold, Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani expressed gratitude for U.S. support for democracy and reiterated Pakistan's commitment to combat terrorism. Gilani believes that there is an opportunity for a multi-dimensional U.S.-Pakistan relationship and sou [...]	2008-05-28 13:27:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR ECON PK
08ISLAMABAD196	PAKISTAN: RIGHT-SIZING THE OFFICE OF THE DEFENSE [...] (U) This is an action request - see Para 4. 2. (U) Following 9/11, military assistance to Pakistan increased so sharply that the U.S. security assistance program here is now the third largest in the world. Since 2002, DoD has provided just under $7 billion in funding to Pakistan, primarily [...]	2008-01-14 12:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER AMGT APER MASS MARR PK
08ISLAMABAD1967	FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE PROPOSED AGENDA [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-29 11:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL IZ MARR MOPS OTRA
08ISLAMABAD1968	CODEL NELSON MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER GILANI [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting May 27 with Pakistan Prime Minister Gilani, Codel Nelson discussed the political and economic situation and efforts to combat extremism in Pakistan. Gilani expressed appreciation for U.S. assistance, particularly in the tribal areas, but said more was needed. He ou [...]	2008-05-29 14:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1970	FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AS OF MAY 23, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 03:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK
08ISLAMABAD1979	DELIVERY OF UN SYSTEM OF INTERNAL JUSTICE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 06:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL UNGA AORC APER
08ISLAMABAD1980	2007 UN VOTING REPORT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 06:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL AORC UNSC UNGA
08ISLAMABAD1981	DEMARCHE DELIVERY TO MOVE ENGINEERS FROM UNMIS TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 06:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL UNSC KPKO SU
08ISLAMABAD1982	SUPPORT TO IOM DG CANDIDATE IS UNKNOWN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 06:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PK PREL AORC PREF SMIG
08ISLAMABAD1995	RUMORS OF MUSHARRAF RESIGNATION, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: As one press headline announced May 30, "Rumors and Denials Galore." Pakistan is abuzz at the possibility that President Pervez Musharraf may be ready to resign from office, or, alternatively, use his 58(2)(b) constitutional powers to dissolve the National Assembly. A particular [...]	2008-05-30 14:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1996	ZARDARI REPEATS COMMITMENT TO JUDICIARY, TONES [...] (SBU) In a late May 30 press conference, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Zardari reaffirmed the GOP's commitment to restore the Supreme Court and provincial High Court judges removed on November 3, 2007. He added that he and Law Minister Farooq Naek would discuss this evening th [...]	2008-05-30 15:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD1998	CODEL SCHIFF MEETS WITH PPP LEADER ZARDARI: [...] (C) Summary: On May 26, Codel Schiff -- U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) -- met with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Zardari, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, NSA Ambassador Mahmud Ali Durrani and Ambassador-designate to the U.S. Husain Haqqan [...]	2008-05-30 16:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD1999	CODEL NELSON MEETS PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting May 27 with Pakistan President Musharraf, Codel Nelson discussed the political and economic situation and efforts to combat extremism in Pakistan. Musharraf expressed appreciation for U.S. assistance and understanding on the strategic issue of terrorism and hoped clo [...]	2008-05-30 16:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2000	FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AS OF MAY 23, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-31 03:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK
08ISLAMABAD2001	CODEL SCHIFF MEETS WITH MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: Codel Schiff -- U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA),Allyson Schwartz (D-PA),and Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) -- met May 27 with President Pervez Musharraf. The President recounted his three-stage plan to transition Pakistan to a full-fledged democracy. He outlined that Pakistan [...]	2008-05-31 05:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PTER EAID
08ISLAMABAD2002	CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS WITH PPP CO-CHAIRMAN ASIF ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary: In a May 26 meeting with CODEL Feingold, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Zardari reaffirmed his support to combat terrorism, adding that the Pakistani people have to take ownership of this "struggle of ideas." He pledged that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) will no [...]	2008-05-31 11:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR ECON PK
08ISLAMABAD2003	CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS WITH PML-N PARLIAMENTARY LEADER NISAR [...] (C) Summary: In a May 26 meeting with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) parliamentary leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Senator Russ Feingold discussed Pakistan's current political situation and efforts to combat extremism. The PML-N, Nisar insisted, considers the U.S. to be a friend but took [...]	2008-05-31 11:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR ECON PK
08ISLAMABAD2006	CODEL SCHIFF MEETS WITH PM GILANI: PUSHING [...] (C) Summary: Codel Schiff -- U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA),Allyson Schwartz (D-PA),and Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) -- met May 27 with Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. The Prime Minister reiterated Pakistan's full support for the war on terror and noted improving relations [...]	2008-06-02 04:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD2019	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 03, 2008 [...] "Blast Rocks Danish Embassy In High-Security Area: 8 Killed" "Dawn" (06/03) "A car-bomb exploded outside the Danish Embassy in Islamabad in one of the most high-security residential districts on Monday, killing eight people and injuring more than 25 others." 2. "Terrorism Remains A Real [...]	2008-06-03 09:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2020	NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR DURRANI ADDRESSES [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-03 10:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD2021	NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR DURRANI DISCUSSES FATA [...] (U) SUMMARY. On May 29, Mahmud Ali Durrani, Pakistan's new National Security Advisor (NSA),addressed counties with troops in Afghanistan on Pakistan's strategies for combating terrorism and enforcing peace agreements within the tribal areas. He stressed that it was important not only to him [...]	2008-06-03 10:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD2041	CODEL SCHIFF MEETS PML-N INFO SECRETARY AHSAN IQBAL [...] (C) Summary: Codel Schiff -- U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) -- met May 27 with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Information Secretary and National Assemblyman Ahsan Iqbal. He argued that the U.S. had relied too heavily on President Pervez Musharraf, pa [...]	2008-06-04 13:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD2042	CODELS LEVIN AND CASEY DISCUSS SECURITY WITH [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf met with Senator Levin and Senator Casey May 25 to discuss Pakistan's counterterrorism efforts, recent peace agreements in the border areas, U.S. security assistance, and the worsening economic situation. Musharraf supported the agreements, saying the military [...]	2008-06-04 13:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PINR ECON PK
08ISLAMABAD2049	PAKISTAN'S ECONOMY WORSE THAN THE PM EXPECTED; PM SEEKS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-05 13:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV MARR MASS PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2050	CODELS LEVIN AND CASEY DISCUSS SECURITY AND [...] (C) Summary: Senator Carl Levin and Senator Robert Casey met May 25 with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Zardari, National Security Advisor Mahmud Ali Durrani and Ambassador-designate to the U.S. Husain Haqqani to discuss recent negotiations with militants, counterterrorism effo [...]	2008-06-05 14:27:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER ECON PK
08ISLAMABAD2051	CODELS LEVIN AND CASEY DISCUSS BORDER SECURITY AND AID WITH PM GILANI [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-05 14:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON PINR PREF PK
08ISLAMABAD2052	STATE BANK CONCLUDES PAKISTAN'S ECONOMY SHOWING INCREASING [...] (SBU) Summary: In its third quarter fiscal year 2008 report, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) highlighted the multiple pressures on the national economy from rising fiscal and current account deficits and inflation. As a result, the SBP has used USD 4.8 billion in reserves, putting downward pre [...]	2008-06-05 14:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD ECON PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2055	CODEL SCHIFF MEETS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER MIRZA [...] (C) Summary: Codel Schiff -- U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) -- met May 26 with Pakistan National Assembly Speaker Dr. Fehmida Mirza. She promised the new GOP would remain tough in the fight against terrorism, but requested that the USG focus more resources [...]	2008-06-06 05:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL EAID PHUM KPAO
08ISLAMABAD2061	FOOD CRISIS IN PAKISTAN: REASONS BEHIND THE SHORTAGES [...] (SBU) Summary: While rising fuel prices, nation-wide power cuts, insufficient irrigation water and global price trends are all to blame for the shortage of basic agricultural commodities in Pakistan, government mismanagement remains a primary cause of the country's agricultural problems. The p [...]	2008-06-09 01:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2064	PAKISTAN: INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN [...] (U) The following is a response to the Department's request for information on the use of forced and child labor in the production of goods. Responses are keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (U) There are no recent surveys or studies on the nationwide use of forced labor and exploitative child [...]	2008-06-09 09:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PGOV SOCI PK
08ISLAMABAD2068	FATA PROGRAM UPDATE AS OF MAY 30, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-09 11:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK
08ISLAMABAD2095	PAKISTAN: RESPONSE TO PRE-NOTIFICATION OF TRUST ALTERNATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-11 11:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	KTFN PREL PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD2096	THE PAKISTANI LAWYERS 'LONG MARCH' BEGINS [...] (C) Summary: The much promised lawyers' Long March to protest for restoration of the deposed judiciary has begun its journey from Karchi through Lahore; officials expect hundreds of thousands of demonstrators will converge on Islamabad June 12 and 13. The march is a difficult challenge for P [...]	2008-06-11 14:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2101	FOREIGN SECRETARY CONDEMNATION OF RECENT [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of June 11, Ambassador was called by Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir to protest the U.S. Coalition strike earlier that day, which reportedly killed eleven Pakistan civil armed forces, injured eight, and resulted in an undetermined number of missing personnel. Bashir [...]	2008-06-12 08:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD2104	USDP EDELMAN DISCUSSES SECURITY AND TERRORISM WITH [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary for Defense Eric Edelman met with President Pervez Musharraf June 2 to discuss U.S. concerns regarding recent peace agreements in the border areas, Pakistan's counterterrorism efforts and U.S. security assistance. Portraying civilian government leaders as soft on [...]	2008-06-12 13:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MASS ECON PK
08ISLAMABAD2105	FATA PROGRAM UPDATE JUNE 6, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 13:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK
08ISLAMABAD2106	PAKISTAN MISSES MAJOR ECONOMIC TARGETS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Naveed Qamar released on June 9 the Economic Survey for the 2007-08 fiscal year. The document, released one day before the fiscal year 2008-09 budget, reported that all major economic indicators for the first ten months of the current fiscal year (July 07 to Ap [...]	2008-06-13 00:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD ECON PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2107	PAKISTAN'S 2008-09 BUDGET: FOCUS ON DEVELOPMENT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During the official announcement of Pakistan's fiscal year 2008-09 budget proposal to Parliament, Finance Minister Naveed Qamar described poverty reduction as the "main plank" of the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) economic policy. Qamar announced a proposed development strategy [...]	2008-06-13 00:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG ELAB PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD2108	PAKISTAN'S 2008-09 BUDGET: NO MONEY SLOTTED FOR ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 10, Finance Minister Naveed Qamar delivered the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) proposed budget for fiscal year 2008-2009 which must still be approved by the National Assembly. Despite acknowledging that the shortage of energy and prolonged nationwide blackouts were the w [...]	2008-06-13 00:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD2109	PAKISTAN'S 2008-2009 BUDGET: OVERLY OPTIMISTIC, PART ONE OF [...] (SBU) The Government of Pakistan (GOP) released its USD 31 billion 2009-2009 budget June 11 in a speech by Finance Minister Naveed Qamar to Parliament. In addition to setting revenue targets and expenditure levels, Pakistan's budget also includes assumptions on economic growth and economic pol [...]	2008-06-13 00:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD2135	A WORLD BANK-LED CONSORTIUM FOR PAKISTAN'S AFGHAN BORDER [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 14. 2. (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Embassy recommends the establishment of a World Bank consortium to coordinate and expand donor activities focused on areas along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan. Stabilization of this border area is v [...]	2008-06-17 10:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2139	LONG MARCH ENDS WITH NO DECISION ON JUDICIARY [...] (U) Summary: On June 14, the "Long March" of the lawyers' movement ended quietly in Islamabad, leaving supporters disappointed, disgruntled and no closer to a solution on the judicial restoration issue than when the march began. Organizer Aitzaz Ahsan was widely criticized for allowing Nawaz S [...]	2008-06-18 03:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2140	LONG MARCH ENDS WITH NO DECISION ON JUDICIARY [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 03:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2141	LONG MARCH ENDS WITH NO DECISION ON JUDICIARY [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 03:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2165	WORLD BANK LOAN NOT YET FINALIZED [...] (C) Summary: World Bank Senior Economist Dr. Hanid Mukhthar briefed Economic and Commercial Counselor on the recent Bank efforts to negotiate a USD 500 million structural adjustment loan with the Government of Pakistan (GOP). Despite over two months of negotiations, the loan has not been final [...]	2008-06-19 09:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV MARR MASS PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2200	PAKISTAN: AI OUTBREAK IN THE NWFP [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistani authorities confirmed on June 21 an outbreak of avian influenza (AI) in poultry on a commercial breeding farm in the Swabi district of the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP). To date this season, 112,000 chickens have died from the disease or been culled in ten separat [...]	2008-06-23 12:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR AMGT CASC PK
08ISLAMABAD2201	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CARDIN [...] (SBU) Summary. Pakistan's newly elected civilian government remains a fragile coalition beset by differences over how to restore the deposed judiciary and President Musharraf's future. Continuing political deadlock over the judiciary has seriously undermined the GOP's ability to tackle grow [...]	2008-06-23 12:42:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD2203	PARLIAMENT SETS SYMBOLIC PRECEDENT WITH DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 17, Pakistan's parliament debated the defense budget for the first time in the nation's history. Although details were sparse and debate limited, this marked a symbolic move toward greater civilian oversight of the armed forces. Chief of Army Staff General Kayani supp [...]	2008-06-23 12:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PK PREL MARR ECON
08ISLAMABAD2218	JUNE 26 BY-ELECTIONS IN PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the June 23 decision by the Lahore High Court to declare Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif ineligible to run (reftels),Pakistan's June 26 by-elections will continue. The GOP June 25 petitioned the Supreme Court to overrule the decision against Nawaz [...]	2008-06-25 11:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2219	FREE NATIONAL IDENTITY CARDS [...] (U) On June 23, the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) announced that it would begin to issue free Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs) to Pakistani citizens. Currently, only approximately 60% of citizens have received CNICs. Because the CNICs had to be purchased, t [...]	2008-06-25 13:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2226	KIDNAPPING, RELEASE OF CHRISTIAN GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: Unidentified militants kidnapped an estimated 25-32 Christian men and boys in Peshawar on 21 June and released them in the early morning of 22 June. While the incident is part of a widening deterioration in security in the Northwest Frontier Province, it also demonstrates the [...]	2008-06-26 10:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD2233	OPTIONS FOR MITIGATING PAKISTAN'S FOOD CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: In response to Pakistan's worsening food situation and its potential impact on the country's most vulnerable groups, Embassy Islamabad suggests six program options for food assistance for Washington agencies' consideration. With 100 million Pakistanis living on two dollars or les [...]	2008-06-26 14:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL EAID ETRD EAGR PK
08ISLAMABAD2244	TRANSIT TRADE BETWEEN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN: PROVISIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-27 17:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR EAID PREL PGOV PK AF
08ISLAMABAD2245	BY ELECTION RESULTS IN PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite some violence and procedural irregularities, voting in the June 26 by-Elections was held in a generally free and fair environment. Turnout was reportedly 32%. As expected, the ruling coalition swept the polls. Both the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) and Pakistan Peop [...]	2008-06-28 10:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD2250	WORLD FOOD PROGRAM-LED ASSESSMENT OF PAKISTAN'S FOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: World Food Program (WFP),the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and other international organizations briefed Government of Pakistan (GOP) officials, donors, non-governmental organizations (NGOs),and diplomats on the initial phase of its food security assessment for Pakis [...]	2008-06-30 04:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EAGR ETRD PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2252	TRANSIT TRADE BETWEEN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN: HOPE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-30 04:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR EAID PREL PGOV PK AF
08ISLAMABAD226	NSA TARIQ AZIZ ON A NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-15 13:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD228	ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF RECENT VIOLENCE IN PAKISTAN [...] This cable was coordinated with Consulates Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar. Summary 2. (SBU) Summary: The violence following Benazir Bhutto's December 27 assassination cost Pakistan approximately $2 billion dollars in lost tax revenue, foregone production, and infrastructure damage. In [...]	2008-01-16 02:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ENRG EINV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2303	PRIME MINISTER GILANI AND CODEL CARDIN DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 30 meeting with Codel Cardin, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Gilani requested increased cooperation with the U.S. on security and economic assistance. He also firmly asserted that Pakistan's nuclear assets are protected and expressed hope for greater international focu [...]	2008-07-07 07:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER IN PK
08ISLAMABAD2304	PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF AND CODEL CARDIN DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 30 meeting with Codel Cardin, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf explained the importance of concluding agreements with the tribal groups in the border areas to secure peace. He also expressed hope for stronger military and intelligence cooperation with the U.S as well [...]	2008-07-07 07:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER IN PK
08ISLAMABAD2305	BOUCHER AND GILANI DISCUSS BORDER SECURITY AND [...] (C) Summary: During a July 1 meeting, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told Assistant Secretary Boucher that his government was serious about the need to confront militant extremists, establish a foundation for sustainable development and address Pakistan's growing economic crisis. Gilani al [...]	2008-07-07 07:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON PK
08ISLAMABAD2313	USDP EDELMAN DISCUSSES MILITANT THREAT WITH ARMY [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary for Defense Policy Eric Edelman met separately with 11th Corps Commander Lieutenant General Masood Aslam and Inspector General Frontier Corps Major General Muhammed Alam Khattak on June 3 in Peshawar to discuss negotiations with tribal leaders and the importance o [...]	2008-07-07 13:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MASS PK
08ISLAMABAD2314	Stabilization Measures for Pakistan's Falling Stock Market [...] (SBU) After consulting with the Karachi Stock Exchange Board (KSE),the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) announced measures to stabilize the stock market. These measures include: a ban on short selling to stop speculation; use of bank guarantees as security deposits; change [...]	2008-07-07 13:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2315	Pakistan Ministry of Finance explains its "fiscal [...] (C) Visiting Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher met with Pakistan Ministry of Finance Secretary Farrukh Quayyum and Special Advisor Dr. Ashfaque Hasan Khan July 2. The Minister was in Karachi for a cabinet meeting. Quayyum gave a frank overview of recent economic developments, emphasizing t [...]	2008-07-07 13:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV ENRG PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2316	USDP EDELMAN DISCUSSES SECURITY WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary for Defense Policy Eric Edelman and Ambassador met with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on June 2. USDP Edelmen stressed the U.S.'s long-term commitment to Pakistan and discussed how the U.S. might assist Pakistan in addressing the growing security threat posed [...]	2008-07-07 13:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MASS PREF PK
08ISLAMABAD2317	USDP EDELMAN MEETS WITH PAKISTAN CJCSC GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary for Defense Policy Eric Edelman met June 2 with General Tariq Majid, Pakistan's Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. USDP Edelman and Majid discussed strains on the Pakistan military and recent peace negotiations in the tribal areas. Majid also supported U.S [...]	2008-07-07 13:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MASS PK
08ISLAMABAD2318	PAKISTAN: COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSSES SECURITY WITH [...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister (and former ambassador to the U.S.) Mahmud Ali Durrani met with the Counselor of the Department of State, Dr. Eliot Cohen, and the Ambassador on June 25. In a warm and wide-ranging conversation, Durrani conveyed his views about the [...]	2008-07-07 13:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS PINR PK
08ISLAMABAD2320	KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-08 04:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL UNMIK YI EU KPKO KV
08ISLAMABAD2323	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 08, 2008 [...] "Fear Grips Citizens As Seven Blasts Rock Karachi" "The News" (07/08) "A series of seven bomb blasts rocked Karachi on Monday, killing at least one person and injuring more than 40, the state-run television reported. Intelligence sources claimed that the criminals wanted to provoke ethnic [...]	2008-07-08 09:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2328	WALI KHAN'S STRATEGY FOR CONTAINING MILITANCY [...] (C) Summary. Awami National Party (ANP) leader Asfundyar Wali Khan told Ambassador July 7 that security in Peshawar was under control. He questioned the seriousness of the recent Khyber operation in Bara, but said that if the Pakistani security forces can continue to push the militants int [...]	2008-07-08 12:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD2329	NEW GLOBAL PARTNERS RECOGNIZED AND POC PROVIDED [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-09 05:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL PARM PTER KGIC KNNP JO IN RS
08ISLAMABAD2336	PRIME MINISTER GILANI AND CODEL GREEN DISCUSS BORDER ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: In a July 4 meeting with CODEL Green focused on cross-border issues with Afghanistan, Prime Minister Gilani explained his views on the causes of terrorism in Pakistan and his government's three prong counter-terrorism policy. He also requested additional Parliamentary exchanges [...]	2008-07-09 11:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD2337	CODEL GREEN DISCUSSES MADRASSAS, EXTREMISM WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: In a July 4 meeting with President Musharraf, CODEL Green discussed extremism in Pakistan and their support for madrassa reform. The CODEL cited a specific case of two young U.S. citizens apparently being held against their will in a Karachi madrassa; the Embassy is facilitating [...]	2008-07-09 11:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD2351	REP. JACKSON-LEE MEETS NA SPEAKER MIRZA [...] (C) Summary: Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee met July 1 with National Assembly Speaker Dr. Fehmida Mirza. Mirza informed Rep. Jackson-Lee of her intention to visit the U.S. and women's advances in the current assembly. They also discussed President Musharraf's future. Rep. Jackson-Lee voiced concer [...]	2008-07-10 11:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PHUM
08ISLAMABAD2352	BOMBING MARKS RED MOSQUE OPERATION ANNIVERSARY [...] (C) Summary: The latest suicide bombing on the one-year anniversary of the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) military operation in Islamabad demonstrates just how potent a symbol the mosque remains in the militants' battle with the Pakistani government. We believe the bombing was more a demonstration [...]	2008-07-10 11:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD2353	FISSURES IN THE PPP [...] (C) Summary: A split in the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is not imminent. However, led by estranged party Vice Chair Amin Faheem and disgruntled Bhutto family members, fissures in the PPP have begun to emerge publicly. PPP Co-Chair Asif Zardari is widely disliked for reasons that range from [...]	2008-07-10 11:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2359	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: PROGRESSIVE ENGINEERING [...] Post has repeatedly contacted Progressive Engineering, located in Taxila District (approximately 30 miles from Islamabad),regarding the license request for an angular position measurement kit and requesting an appointment to visit their site. All requests were rebuffed, and the reason always [...]	2008-07-11 07:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETTC ETRD PK
08ISLAMABAD2365	AMBASSADOR BRIEFS MOD ON SECURITY ISSUES [...] (S/NF) Ambassador, RAO and the Office of Defense Representative July 9 briefed Defense Minister Mukhtar on U.S. intelligence cooperation, military cross border operations and U.S.-Pakistan security assistance. Mukhtar noted that press reports about impending unilateral military action, civil [...]	2008-07-11 12:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD2377	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 12-14, 2008 [...] "10 U.S. Soldiers Killed In Attack On Afghan Base" "Dawn" (07/14) "A multi-pronged militant assault on a small, remote U.S. base in the eastern Nuristan province and killed 10 American soldiers and wounded 15 on Sunday in the deadliest attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan in three years." [...]	2008-07-14 09:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2379	GOP ANNOUNCES ENERGY CONSERVATION STRATEGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Pakistan has drafted an energy conservation strategy to gain short and long term increases to Pakistan's national gird. With current energy shortfalls of up to 4500 mega-watts per day, impacting all regions of the country, Pakistan desperately needs to make cha [...]	2008-07-14 11:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENGY EFIN ECON EINV EAID PK
08ISLAMABAD238	NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT: A NON-STARTER [...] (C) Summary. The trial balloon launched to test the idea of a national unity government combined with an election delay (reftels) was shot down very quickly. President Musharraf and all the major political parties have firmly rejected the idea. However, the political and security uncerta [...]	2008-01-16 10:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD2381	KASHMIR LINE OF CONTROL VIOLATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani MFA sources confirm reports from New Delhi (reftel) that neither country wanted recent violations of the Kashmiri Line of Control (LOC) to impede bilateral confidence building measures (CBMs). However, the Indians reportedly have just canceled the next round of CBM ta [...]	2008-07-14 13:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2400	REQUEST FOR PL-480 EMERGENCY FOOD AID TO PAKISTAN THROUGH [...] (SBU) The following is an action request. Please see paragraph 12. SUMMARY - - - - 2. (SBU) Summary: In Reftel I, Post recommended six food aid options for assistance to Pakistan - three options with existing ESF resources and three options with additional resources. This message pr [...]	2008-07-15 11:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EAGR ETRD PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2403	FOOD AND AGRICULTURE POLICY REFORM OBJECTIVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY - Pakistan's current food problems are the result of high world market prices and serious policy distortions that are a disincentive to farmers. The World Bank is currently addressing some of the most difficult food pricing policy issues with the USD 500 million budget support loa [...]	2008-07-15 14:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EAGR ETRD PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2404	FINANCE MINISTER QAMAR WELCOMES POSSIBILITY OF FOOD [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Naveed Qamar, the Acting Minister of Finance July 10. He welcomed the possibility of U.S. food assistance, asked for a briefing from Ministry of Finance staff regarding the bilateral investment treaty (BIT),previewed Under Secretary Jeffery's upcoming trip [...]	2008-07-15 14:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV PREL PK

08ISLAMABAD2405	SAUDI ARABIA AGREES TO DEFER PAKISTAN'S OIL PAYMENTS BUT [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Pakistan is once again asking for assistance from Saudi Arabia to bail out the country's faltering economy by providing deferred oil payment concession. Details on the size and duration of this concession are still being finalized with Saudi authorities and are not publicly avai [...]	2008-07-16 00:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	ENGY EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK

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