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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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09HOCHIMINHCITY673 | DISSIDENTS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO OVERTHROW GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Post has learned that jailed lawyer Le Cong Dinh and democracy activists Nguyen Tien Trung and Tran Anh Kim have been charged with attempting to overthrow the GVN under Article 79, a national security provision that carries the most severe penalties under the law -- twelve and twenty year [...] | 2009-12-14 10:39:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
09HOCHIMINHCITY674 | LOWER MEKONG INITIATIVE: FORECAST MEKONG IN THE DELTA [...] (U) Summary: One practical byproduct of the Secretary's Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) is the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) effort to help the Mekong countries assess how climate change and human activities impact the Mekong basin. USGS held a Forecast Mekong workshop in Can Tho city Decemb [...] | 2009-12-16 11:26:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON ENRG EAGR SOCI PREL PGOV EAID TH VN |
09HOCHIMINHCITY675 | FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN HCMC AN UPHILL BATTLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the officials charged with leading the fight against official corruption in HCMC, their work is stymied by multiple factors. Because the Government Inspectorate (GI) lacks subpoena power or other authority to force cooperation, investigations of government employees c [...] | 2009-12-17 05:57:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON VM |
09HOCHIMINHCITY676 | (SBU) HCMC'S SURPRISING GOLD MARKETS [...] (SBU) Summary. Not far from HCMC, a huge, 24-karat gold plated effigy of the late Ho Chi Minh on display in Vietnam's largest Buddhist temple is an interesting metaphor for two somewhat incongruous realities: the Vietnamese people's reverence for the founder of Communist Vietnam and their abid [...] | 2009-12-18 09:52:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD SOCI PREL PGOV VM |
09HOCHIMINHCITY678 | IRREVERENT REVERENDS ILLUSTRATE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM'S [...] (SBU) Summary: While remaining dedicated to their individual faiths, some religious leaders in HCMC are becoming increasingly more daring in their religious sermons, even in front of mixed congregations of expatriates and locals. Vietnamese and foreigners are worshiping together both in formal [...] | 2009-12-18 11:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
09HOCHIMINHCITY686 | VIETNAM'S CENTRAL COAST PROVINCES REBOUND IN THE AFTERMATH [...] (SBU) Subject: Officials in Khanh Hoa and Binh Dinh gave themselves high marks for their preparation and response to Typhoon Mirinae, which hit Vietnam's south central coast on November 2. Perhaps rightly so, because ConGen HCMC's December 9-11 visit to the region found life has effectively re [...] | 2009-12-23 07:47:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA TBIO EAID VN |
09HOCHIMINHCITY688 | A TALE OF THREE CENTRAL COAST PROVINCES: THE GOOD, THE WEIRD [...] (SBU) Summary: The three south-central coastal provinces of Khanh Hoa, Phu Yen and Binh Dinh may occupy the same long stretch of coast, but strong local leadership commitment to economic reform enables Binh Dinh to thrive while Khanh Hoa meanders and Phu Yen stumbles. The annual Vietnam Provi [...] | 2009-12-28 07:01:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV SOCI VM |
09HOCHIMINHCITY691 | COMFORTS OF A COOLER LABOR MARKET OFFSET BY SKILLED STAFF [...] (SBU) Summary: At year's end, Ho Chi Minh City employers are grappling with two distinct human resources trends rising from the economic tumult in 2009. The global economic downturn has given them the upper hand in negotiations with unskilled labor, resulting in flat blue collar wages and cuts [...] | 2009-12-30 07:25:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ELAB ETRD VM |
09HOCHIMINHCITY7 | FORMER CATHOLIC MONASTERY IN VINH LONG SLATED FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A former Catholic monastery slated for re-development in the Delta province of Vinh Long has become the latest Church property to spur protests from the Catholic community. Despite repeated petitions by the Provincial Superior of Sisters of Saint Paul de Chartres and the Bishop [...] | 2009-01-07 08:37:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KIRF PHUM PREL VM |
09HOCHIMINHCITY81 | (C) HCMC CORRUPTION: GAVE "YEAR OF THE RAT" NEW MEANING [...] (C) Investors are expressing more concern of late about the toll that systematic corruption is taking on Vietnam's economy. Businesses, both foreign and domestic, still face good old-fashioned demands for bribes, but most government officials are more subtle (if not more savvy) and instead use [...] | 2009-02-02 08:01:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV SOCI PGOV PINR VM |
09HOCHIMINHCITY93 | CAN "SPECIAL ACADEMIC ZONES" RESCUE VIETNAM'S UNIVERSITIES? [...] (C) Summary: Vietnam's universities are among the worst in the Asia-Pacific region, and without dramatic improvement Vietnam will not achieve its development goals. While numerous innovators -- including Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Nguyen Thien Nhan -- have stepped forth w [...] | 2009-02-06 05:43:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD TBIO SCUL KPAO SOCI PGOV PREL VM |
09HONGKONG1 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: DRAGON WELL [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...] | 2009-01-02 03:03:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG1009 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: UNIQUEST HONG [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...] | 2009-06-04 08:45:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG1010 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: NABOND TECHNOLOGY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-04 08:46:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG1011 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SUNFLY ELECTRONICS [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...] | 2009-06-04 08:46:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG1016 | DELTA ASIA CREDIT: HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FIGHTS BACK [...] (C) Summary: Econ Unit Chief and Econ Officer delivered the newly declassified version of the 2005 non-paper on Banco Delta Asia (originally delivered in September 2005) to Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Banking Supervision Department Executive Director Nelson Man on June 4. Man is confid [...] | 2009-06-05 06:40:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON KN MC HK |
09HONGKONG1022 | HONG KONG JUNE 4 CANDLELIGHT VIGIL: SHINE ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: As many as 150,000 people attended Hong Kong's annual June 4 candlelight vigil, a number not seen since the first vigil here in 1990. Observers believe the significance of the twentieth anniversary of June 4 was the key factor bringing back those whose attendance had [...] | 2009-06-05 10:16:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH HK |
09HONGKONG1031 | HONG KONG FUNDING PROPOSAL FOR TAFT FUND FOR [...] Summary: At PRM/ANE request, Post has coordinated with Hong Kong's Christian Action NGO on their proposal for a project to increase the capacity of their Chungking Mansions Service Center to address the needs of vulnerable women and children among Hong Kong's refugee and asylum-seeker populati [...] | 2009-06-08 06:30:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM HK |
09HONGKONG1046 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMEN VERIFICATION: IMAX TECHNICS [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...] | 2009-06-10 09:24:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG1047 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: FLEX-IN [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...] | 2009-06-10 09:24:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG1048 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: EDAL ELECTRONICS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 09:24:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG1049 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ALTUS AUTOMATION [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...] | 2009-06-10 09:25:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG1050 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SMITH ASSOCIATES [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...] | 2009-06-10 09:25:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG1059 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A requests and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phi [...] | 2009-06-11 08:57:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG1061 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: FLEX-IN [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...] | 2009-06-11 08:58:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG1062 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: EDAL ELECTRONICS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-11 08:58:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG1063 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ALTUS AUTOMATION [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...] | 2009-06-11 08:58:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG1064 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SMITH ASSOCIATES [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...] | 2009-06-11 08:58:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG1065 | HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE - FIRST LOCAL H1N1 [...] Summary: The Hong Kong Government (HKG) announced the first confirmed local transmission of H1N1 in Hong Kong on June 10, followed by confirmation on June 11 that 12 students were infected in a cluster of cases at the same school. The HKG announced a series of additional steps as required by [...] | 2009-06-12 00:44:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR CASC KFLO PREL PINR HK CH |
09HONGKONG1066 | HONG KONG: H1N1 LESSONS LEARNED [...] Summary. The recent and ongoing H1N1 outbreak has loomed large on the consciousness of the Hong Kong Government (HKG) and its citizens. This issue was especially sensitive in Hong Kong, given the collective memory of the SARS outbreak in 2003. Our task became more difficult when public and [...] | 2009-06-12 00:44:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09HONGKONG1074 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...] | 2009-06-12 08:01:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG1075 | HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE - EAC MEETING IN RESPONSE TO [...] Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met June 12 to review pandemic tripwires and reassess our readiness in response to the World Health Organization's (WHO) announcement of a Phase 6 Pandemic Alert and the Hong Kong Government's (HKG) announcement of community transmission (Reftel A),bot [...] | 2009-06-12 08:45:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU KPAO KSAF |
09HONGKONG1078 | MACAU CHIEF EXECUTIVE RACE -- NO CONTEST [...] (C) With Prosecutor General Ho Chio-meng's decision not to enter the race, former Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Fernando Chui Sai-on is almost certain to be Macau's next Chief Executive (CE). The June 11 deadline for any senior Macau official to resign his or her position in order [...] | 2009-06-12 10:12:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH MC |
09HONGKONG1089 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN; G8 FINANCE MINISTERS MEETING [...] Iran 2. G8 finance ministers meeting HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...] | 2009-06-15 09:29:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO |
09HONGKONG11 | HONG KONG DEMOCRATS DENIED ENTRY TO MACAU FOR [...] (C) Summary: Over twenty Hong Kong activists, including nine legislators, traveling to Macau to participate in a rally opposing Macau's Article 23 legislation were denied entry December 20, Macau Special Administrative Region Establishment Day. A Macau government press release indicated the g [...] | 2009-01-02 09:47:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HK MC |
09HONGKONG1103 | HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO TIP RANKING [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post met with Principal Assistant Secretary for Security W.H. Chow June 16 to inform him of Hong Kong's TIP ranking downgrade and provide a preview of Hong Kong's narrative in the 2009 Trafficking in Persons report. 2. (SBU) Principal Assistant Secretary Chow [...] | 2009-06-16 09:12:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP KCRM PHUM SMIG HK |
09HONGKONG1104 | HONG KONG'S SLOW ROAD TO RMB INTERNATIONALIZATION [...] (C) Summary and Comment: With the Hong Kong economy shrinking as a result of reduced financial and trade flows, local policymakers are looking to the Mainland for approval for expanded Renminbi (RMB) use in Hong Kong. Mainland authorities appear to be moving slowly to permit additional RMB t [...] | 2009-06-16 09:18:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON HK CH |
09HONGKONG1107 | HONG KONG CUSTOMS BUSTS ASIA'S FIRST TOP-SITE [...] Summary: Hong Kong Customs, working with local copyright associations, has for the first time in Asia taken down a "top-site". These high-speed file sharing sites are the top of the digital piracy food chain, distributing the latest high-quality digital content through a highly secure networ [...] | 2009-06-17 07:39:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR PGOV ETRD ECON HK |
09HONGKONG1109 | HK H1N1 UPDATE - LOCAL TRANSMISSION TAKES ROOT, [...] Summary: H1N1 cases in Hong Kong continue to increase, including new community transmissions, despite school closures. Four secondary schools have now been closed, joining all nursery, kindergarten and primary schools in Hong Kong. Additional secondary schools will be closed as outbreaks oc [...] | 2009-06-17 09:23:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU KPA KSAF |
09HONGKONG1116 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN; BRIC SUMMIT [...] Iran 2. BRIC summit HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...] | 2009-06-18 06:39:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO |
09HONGKONG1118 | EDITOR OF "PRISONER OF THE STATE" ON THE FUTURE OF [...] (C) Summary and comment: Bao Pu (son of the late Zhao Ziyang's secretary Bao Tong; strictly protect throughout) believes Beijing leadership have read Zhao's recently-published memoirs, and chosen to do nothing. Bao believes that the revelations in the memoirs, Charter 08, and the increasing [...] | 2009-06-18 09:38:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH HK |
09HONGKONG112 | HONG KONG "MAID LEVY": LEGCO PUSHES THE [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong's "maid levy" -- a fee paid by employers of foreign domestic helpers to fund retraining of local workers -- is an odd issue for a constitutional challenge, but it became a battleground between the Legislative Council (LegCo) and the executive branch on who holds the init [...] | 2009-01-16 09:43:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HK |
09HONGKONG113 | HK'S POWER SECTOR: EMISSIONS AND FUEL CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Hong Kong,s electrical power providers are on track to meet strict new Hong Kong Government (HKG) air pollution caps, which go into effect on January 1, 2010. The utilities plan to meet the industry-targeted caps by retrofitting pollution control equipment on some coal-fired ge [...] | 2009-01-16 09:59:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET SENV CH HK |
09HONGKONG114 | HONG KONG GOVERNMENT DELAYS CONSULTATION ON 2012 [...] (C) Summary: While taking questions from the Legislative Council (LegCo) January 15, Hong Kong Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang announced that, owing to the current financial crisis, the Hong Kong government will delay consultation on electoral reforms for 2012. The decision breaks a pledge [...] | 2009-01-16 10:03:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH HK |
09HONGKONG1140 | C-AL9-00948: HONG KONG-TAIWAN ELEVATE TIES TO NEW [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Hong Kong and Taiwan exchanged groundbreaking visits the first week of June, elevating ties to a new level. Hong Kong Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Stephen Lam became the first principal Hong Kong official to make an official visit to Taiwan since 1 [...] | 2009-06-23 07:22:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HK TW |
09HONGKONG115 | HSBC Doubts Hurt Hang Seng [...] The Hang Seng Index closed Friday, January 16 at 13,255.51, down 12.55 points today with a daily trade of HKD 49 billion. The Index continued its slide, falling 1121.93, or 7.8 percent, this week. Both Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs issued reports this week predicting HSBC, Hong Kong's bigge [...] | 2009-01-16 12:13:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH |
09HONGKONG1163 | CHINA'S INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTER: HK HOLDS [...] (C) Summary: The Chinese Government's announcement that it would support Shanghai to become an international financial center by 2020 has many in Hong Kong wondering what role the Special Administrative Region will be allowed to play in China's development. Should Hong Kong increase cooperat [...] | 2009-06-24 09:30:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON HK CH |
09HONGKONG1164 | HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE - HK SCHOOLS REMAIN CLOSED, [...] Summary: The number of H1N1 cases in Hong Kong continues to climb, while Macau has gone from zero cases to eight, including the first instance of community transmission, in the last six days. In response to the continued outbreak in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Government (HKG) announced June 23 [...] | 2009-06-24 10:01:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU KPAO KSAF |
09HONGKONG1178 | HONG KONG: EXPORT CONTROLS -- A REVIEW OF CASE DATA [...] (C) Summary. Twelve years after Hong Kong's return to China, the United States and Hong Kong maintain a close and productive relationship on export control matters. Under the U.S. - Hong Kong Policy Act, as long as the United States Government is satisfied that sensitive technologies are pro [...] | 2009-06-26 09:06:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETTC HK PARM PREL |
09HONGKONG1204 | UNSCR 1874: HONG KONG AWAITS BEIJING'S GUIDANCE [...] (SBU) On June 30, EconOffs conveyed reftel A and B points to Wendy Chung, Principal Assistant Secretary, and Anna Chor, Assistant Secretary, at the Hong Kong Government's (HKG) Commerce and Economic Development Bureau (CEDB). Chung confirmed that CEDB will take the lead in drafting the HKG's [...] | 2009-06-30 10:56:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ECON EFIN MNUC KNNP KN HK MC |
09HONGKONG1218 | HONG KONG JULY 1 MARCH: HEAT HALVES HOPED-FOR [...] (C) Summary: Approximately 50,000 people took to the streets for Hong Kong's annual July 1 Democracy march, up from last year's claimed 47,000 but far short of the 100,000 many were anticipating. Scorching heat may have been a major deterrent. The march differed from 2008's panoply of causes [...] | 2009-07-02 09:38:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HK CH |
09HONGKONG124 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, HONG KONG [...] Hong Kong pursues a free market philosophy, and the government interferes minimally in the economy. The Hong Kong Government welcomes foreign investment, neither offering special incentives nor imposing dis-incentives for foreign investors. Hong Kong's well-established rule of law is applied [...] | 2009-01-20 06:51:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON OPIC KTTB USTR HK |
09HONGKONG1246 | CHINA GRANTS LAND LEASE FOR NEW UNIVERSITY OF [...] (U) Summary: The University of Macau (UM) is set to benefit from a unique arrangement that will allow it to build a new campus on nearby Hengqin Island. The Macau SAR government will have jurisdiction over the new campus, despite its location in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province. Macau Chief Execut [...] | 2009-07-08 09:18:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD MO HK |
09HONGKONG1247 | BLOWING A PROPERTY BUBBLE IN HONG KONG [...] (U) Summary: After dipping to levels not seen since the 1980s, Hong Kong's property market has rebounded surprisingly strongly over the past three months. Transaction volumes have returned to pre-financial crisis levels and residential property prices, while still down from their 2008 peak, h [...] | 2009-07-08 09:28:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV HK |
09HONGKONG1248 | HONG KONG INSIDER SAYS EXCO CONVENOR LEUNG WILL [...] (C) Of the three "non-candidates" to succeed Donald Tsang as Hong Kong Chief Executive (CE) in 2012 -- Chief Secretary Henry Tang, Financial Secretary John Tsang, and Executive Council (ExCo) Convenor C.Y. Leung -- Leung has been the most visibly "non-campaigning". While few doubt Leung has hi [...] | 2009-07-08 10:35:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR HK |
09HONGKONG1249 | HONG KONG SUBMITS TAX AMENDMENTS, HOPES TO AVOID [...] (SBU) Summary: Amendments that will bring Hong Kong into compliance with OECD 2004 standards for Exchange of Tax Information were submitted to the Legislative Council July 8. Hong Kong officials hope these amendments will boost Hong Kong,s competitiveness as an international financial center [...] | 2009-07-09 00:11:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON HK |
09HONGKONG1266 | UNSCR 1874: TREASURY U/S LEVEY DISCUSSION WITH [...] (S) Summary: At a July 9 working lunch, Treasury U/S for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey presented Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Chief Executive Joseph Yam with specific examples of North Korean efforts to use HK-based banks, trading companies and individuals to circumv [...] | 2009-07-10 08:41:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC HK CH JA KN KS |
09HONGKONG1267 | HK BANKS PROMISE COOPERATION TO LIMIT NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) Summary: Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey discussed with Hong Kong banks the risks posed by North Korean deceptive financial conduct and the financial provisions of United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCR) 1718 and 1874 in meetings [...] | 2009-07-10 09:38:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PGOV ECON EFIN MNUC HK CH JA KN KS |
09HONGKONG128 | FUNDING REQUEST FOR FY2009 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH AND [...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 11. 2. Summary and Action Request: Hong Kong is the 7th largest and 2nd fastest growing market for U.S. value added foods and beverages, importing over U.S.$1.3 billion of these products in 2008. However, Hong Kong Government (HKG) official [...] | 2009-01-20 10:04:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO HK |
09HONGKONG1280 | RMB TRADE SETTLEMENT TAKES OFF IN HONG KONG [...] (SBU) Summary: Several Mainland companies have announced renminbi (RMB) trade settlement transactions with partners in Hong Kong in the wake of the July 6 People,s Bank of China (PBOC) authorizing announcement. Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Chief Executive Joseph Yam told the Consul Ge [...] | 2009-07-14 08:38:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN HK CH ETRD |
09HONGKONG1281 | CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON MACAU SECRETARY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-14 08:45:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV CH HK MC |
09HONGKONG1282 | CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON MACAU SECRETARY [...] (C) In his farewell call on Macau Secretary for Administration and Justice Florinda Chan on July 13, the Consul General expressed appreciation for Secretary Chan's hard work in strengthening U.S.-Macau ties in areas such as trafficking in persons and law enforcement. The CG congratulated the [...] | 2009-07-14 08:46:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV CH HK MC |
09HONGKONG129 | CHIEF EXECUTIVE ANNOUNCES NEW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: Chief Executive Donald Tsang announced appointment of five new "non-official" members to his Executive Council, Hong Kong's inner cabinet, January 20. The new appointees are heavily weighted towards economic experience and familiarity with the Mainland economy. While one appointe [...] | 2009-01-20 10:39:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH HK |
09HONGKONG1296 | U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA WITH GUANGDONG [...] (S) Summary: Treasury Undersecretary Levey discussed with Guangdong Development Bank (GDB) President Michael Zink concerns regarding North Korean illicit activity and deceptive financial practices. Zink allowed that GDB's wide branch network may have been used by North Korean entities, but p [...] | 2009-07-16 04:00:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PGOV ECON EFIN MNUC HK CH JA KN KS |
09HONGKONG1297 | UNSCR 1874: TREASURY U/S LEVEY MEETING WITH HONG [...] (S) Summary: Hong Kong Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau Undersecretary Julia Leung told Treasury U/S Levey on July 10 that the Hong Kong government (HKG) values its cooperative relationship with the USG on North Korea-related issues. She said the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) h [...] | 2009-07-16 04:01:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC HK CH JA KN KS |
09HONGKONG1303 | CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON FORMER HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: During the Consul General's farewell call on former Hong Kong Chief Secretary Anson Chan on July 15, Chan said ethnic and religious conflicts in China are "likely to worsen," and Beijing must rethink its positions on China's religious and ethnic minorities. She said PRC officials [...] | 2009-07-16 06:54:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV CH HK |
09HONGKONG1304 | CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: During the Consul General's farewell call July 15, Hong Kong Financial Secretary John Tsang said Hong Kong's low tax rate doesn't mean it is a tax haven. The government's decision to submit legislation to conform with the latest tax information standards is meant to simplify neg [...] | 2009-07-16 06:59:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN HK CH |
09HONGKONG131 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: CENTRE BRIGHT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-21 00:10:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG1313 | CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON LEGISLATIVE [...] (C) During the Consul General's July 15 farewell call on Legislative Council (LegCo) President Jasper Tsang, the CG reiterated that the USG attached importance to Chief Executive Donald Tsang's July 2009 statements that he would proceed with political consultations to prepare a constitutional [...] | 2009-07-17 08:27:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV CH HK |
09HONGKONG1314 | CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON EXCO CONVENER [...] (C) Summary. In his farewell call on Executive Council (ExCo) Convener C.Y. Leung on July 15, the Consul General and Leung discussed Hong Kong's electoral reform consultations. Leung noted that Beijing plays a major role, but that there has been a lack of progress and Hong Kong is not close to [...] | 2009-07-17 09:05:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HK |
09HONGKONG1315 | CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON HK CHIEF [...] (C) Summary. During the Consul General's farewell call on July 16, Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang expressed appreciation for our close cooperation and highlighted the importance of continued high-level contact between Hong Kong and Washington. Tsang extended an invitation to President Oba [...] | 2009-07-17 09:30:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAGR PHUM MARR CH HK |
09HONGKONG1317 | HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE - FIRST POSSIBLE [...] Summary: Hong Kong and Macau both continue to see increases in confirmed H1N1 cases. In Hong Kong, the total number of confirmed H1N1 cases surpassed 1,500 on July 16, while Macau is approaching 100 total cases. The number of H1N1 patients admitted to hospitals in Hong Kong continues to sl [...] | 2009-07-17 09:48:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU KPAO KSAF |
09HONGKONG1318 | CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON CHIEF SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Consul General's Farewell call July 16, Hong Kong Chief Secretary for Administration Henry Tang thanked the United States for our cooperation on a variety of issues and noted that Hong Kong's close relationship with the United States is based on our shared respect f [...] | 2009-07-17 10:30:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAGR HK |
09HONGKONG1319 | Norman Chan Announced as New HKMA Chief [...] SUMMARY: As long expected, the Hong Kong government announced today that Norman Chan will take over as Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority when Joseph Yam steps down October 1. Chan, currently serving as Chief Executive Donald Tsang's Chief of Staff, is well qualified having p [...] | 2009-07-17 10:40:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL HK |
09HONGKONG132 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, MACAU [...] Macau became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China on December 20, 1999. Macau's status since reverting to Chinese sovereignty is defined in the Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration (1987) and the Basic Law, Macau's constitution. Under the concept of "One Count [...] | 2009-01-21 01:53:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON OPIC KTTB USTR HK |
09HONGKONG1331 | CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary. In the Consul General's farewell call on Hong Kong Secretary for Financial Services and Treasury K.C. Chan on July 17, Chan stated that China appears to be coming out of the financial crisis. "We have hit rock bottom and are now coming back;" however, U.S. consumer spending is s [...] | 2009-07-20 08:52:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV HK |
09HONGKONG1341 | MARTIN LEE WORRIES ABOUT THE BASIC LAW, WELCOMES [...] (C) Summary: During the Consul General's farewell call on July 17, former-Democratic party chief Martin Lee linked his work on behalf of Stanley Ho's sister to the recently revealed 2008 attempt on his life and dismissed speculation that the Chinese government might have had a role in the plo [...] | 2009-07-21 07:21:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM HK CH MC |
09HONGKONG1362 | LABOR TENSIONS RISE IN MACAU OVER PROTECTION OF [...] (C) Summary: Las Vegas Sands (LVS) Macau President Steve Jacobs criticized recent labor-related actions by the government of Macau (GOM),local police and Macau's gaming union. He provided details about three separate incidents in June and July 2009 that he believes unfairly targeted his comp [...] | 2009-07-23 09:13:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD MO HK |
09HONGKONG1371 | CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON SECRETARY FOR [...] (C) Summary: On July 23, Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Stephen Lam assured the Consul General the Hong Kong government will proceed with consultations on political reforms for 2012 by the end of this year. Lam told the CG the reform package, greater Pearl River Delta integ [...] | 2009-07-24 10:00:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HK |
09HONGKONG1372 | CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON MFA ACTING [...] (C) Summary: In his July 23 farewell call with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Hong Kong office, the Consul General regretted the Central Government Liaison Office's (CGLO) unwillingness to engage the Consulate General. MFA Acting Commissioner Zhan Yongxin assured the CG the United Stat [...] | 2009-07-24 10:05:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH HK |
09HONGKONG1380 | SECRETARY FOR SECURITY DISMAYED ABOUT HONG KONG [...] (C) In the Consul General's July 27 farewell call, Secretary for Security Ambrose Lee told the CG the Hong Kong government was "deeply puzzled and disappointed" that this year's Trafficking In Persons report downgraded Hong Kong from Tier 1 to Tier 2. Lee said his government did not think the [...] | 2009-07-27 09:36:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HK |
09HONGKONG1381 | FERNANDO CHUI "ELECTED" SECOND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF [...] (C) While he netted four fewer votes than nominations, former Macau Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Fernando Chui Sai-on's 282 votes (out of 297 cast) clinched the final stage of his unopposed "election" as the third-term Chief Executive of Macau July 26. Chui is expected to be appro [...] | 2009-07-27 09:55:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MC CH |
09HONGKONG139 | CONSUL GENERAL DISCUSSES DELAY IN CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) During a January 21 meeting with Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive Donald Tsang, the Consul General noted that our reaction to his decision to postpone starting consultations on 2012 election reforms (reftel) had been low-key. The Consul General explained that our public response was due in l [...] | 2009-01-21 10:01:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HK |
09HONGKONG1408 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ECONOMY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-31 07:15:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO |
09HONGKONG1423 | HKMA WORRIED ABOUT FSB SEAT, ASIAN CENTRAL BANKS [...] (C) Summary: In an introductory meeting with the new Hong Kong Consulate General Economic and Political Chief July 29, Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Deputy Chief Executive Peter Pang raised his concerns about Hong Kong,s future participation in the Financial Stability Board (FSB). Hong [...] | 2009-08-03 08:43:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV HK CH KS |
09HONGKONG1452 | CPSC CHAIRMAN TENENBAUM INITIATES MOU DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: On her first official foreign trip, newly appointed U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) Chairman Inez Moore Tenenbaum described her vision for CPSC's relations with global manufacturers to Hong Kong industry and government representatives. She proposed establishing a [...] | 2009-08-06 07:10:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH |
09HONGKONG1460 | HONG KONG COMMITTED TO COOPERATION POST-SFI PILOT [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Hong Kong Trade and Industry Department (HK TID) Deputy Director General Vivian Lau told Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secure Freight Initiative Director Rich DiNucci on July 23 that Hong Kong [...] | 2009-08-07 08:32:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL HK GB OM EWWT |
09HONGKONG1490 | HONG KONG CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM: LOOKING FOR AN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Our contacts tell us the specific reforms for the 2012 Chief Executive (CE) and Legislative Council (egCo) elections are less important to either thepan-democrats or Beijing than the final format ofthe CE elections for 2017. The Democratic Party (PHK) says they are wi [...] | 2009-08-11 06:53:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HK CH |
09HONGKONG1493 | MACAU PROMISES COOPERATION ON ANTI-MONEY [...] (C) Summary: Macau Monetary Authority Chairman Anselmo Teng promised continued cooperation on anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) initiatives. Macau will pass legislation to allow the Special Administrative Region to share tax information in accordance [...] | 2009-08-11 10:39:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON KCRM MC |
09HONGKONG1521 | (S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FAST ATTACK PATROL CRAFT [...] (S) On August 13, Econ/Pol Chief and EconOff verbally conveyed reftel points to Hong Kong Trade and Industry Department (TID),Strategic Trade Controls Principal Trade Officer Billy Au. Au commented that the evidence provided appeared "flimsy," but said TID will refer our request to the Hong [...] | 2009-08-13 10:54:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC MASS IR HK |
09HONGKONG1523 | (S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MALAYSIAN-BASED IRANIAN [...] (S) On August 13, Econ/Pol Chief and EconOff delivered reftel points to Hong Kong Trade and Industry Department (TID),Strategic Trade Controls Principal Trade Officer Billy Au. Au pointed out that, although the items were not controlled by the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR),TID wo [...] | 2009-08-14 01:08:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA HK IR |
09HONGKONG1554 | HONG KONG PAN-DEMOCRATS DISMISS USING BY-ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: A proposal by the radical League of Social Democrats that five pan-democratic Legislative Council (LegCo) incumbents -- one per geographic constituency -- resign to run for re-election as a "referendum" on democratic reform is not getting any takers, and will likely d [...] | 2009-08-18 09:38:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HK |
09HONGKONG1567 | H1N1 CASES FORCE CLOSURE OF TWO HONG KONG [...] Hong Kong authorities have ordered the closure of a special school and a child-care center after 16 children and two staff members developed flu-like symptoms and tested positive for H1N1 influenza. The Heep Hong Society Wan Tsui Center for disabled children was closed for seven days after s [...] | 2009-08-19 10:21:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT CASC KFLO KFLU HK CH |
09HONGKONG158 | HONG KONG AIR CARGO AND SEA FREIGHT VOLUMES POST [...] Summary: Slowing international trade has reduced both air and sea freight volumes in Hong Kong. Hong Kong air cargo shipments declined 20 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008, compared with the prior year period, including a drop of 28 percent in December. The largest local air freight carri [...] | 2009-01-23 07:27:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK |
09HONGKONG1587 | CODEL BERMAN COURTESY CALL ON CHIEF EXECUTIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a wide-ranging courtesy call with CoDel Berman August 22, Chief Executive (CE) Tsang expressed concern about legislation under consideration in the United States which would list Hong Kong as a tax haven and plans to restore the Hong Kong Policy Act (HKPA) reporting requireme [...] | 2009-08-22 11:38:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OREP HK |
09HONGKONG159 | TELECOM TRADE AGREEMENTS 2009 REVIEW [...] This cable responds to the action request in reftel: "What are the conditions under which a foreign-affiliated company (i.e. a 50-50 joint venture with a Chinese partner) could claim a benefit under the CEPA to offer services such as IP-VPN in China, as a value-added service supplier?" 2. 2 [...] | 2009-01-23 07:27:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD USTR HK |
09HONGKONG1595 | EXPORT CONTROL CASES: HONG KONG UPDATE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (S) On August 20, Hong Kong Trade and Industry Department (TID),Strategic Trade Controls Principal Trade Officer Billy Au informed Consulate General that the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department (HKCED) had started reviewing trading do [...] | 2009-08-24 07:48:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC MASS MNUC KSCA IR HK |
09HONGKONG1596 | CODEL BERMAN MEETING WITH HONG KONG PAN-DEMOCRATS [...] (C) Summary: In an August 22 coffee hosted by the Acting Consul General, Hong Kong pan-democratic leaders warned CoDel Berman that Beijing would seek a form of "managed democracy" in Hong Kong which would leave them in control of candidates for Chief Executive. Beijing employs two strategies [...] | 2009-08-24 07:54:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM OREP HK CH |
09HONGKONG1601 | CODEL BERMAN MEETING WITH MACAU SECRETARY FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In their August 23 courtesy call with Macau Secretary for Justice and Administration Florinda Chan, CoDel Berman discussed international financial crimes and implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions on the DPRK. The delegation also discussed Macau's political developm [...] | 2009-08-24 09:06:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OREP MC |
09HONGKONG1609 | MEDIA RECTION: AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-25 08:52:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO |
09HONGKONG1611 | CHINESE STATE-OWNED AIRLINE MOVES CLOSER TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: China's State-owned Air China announced August 17 it would purchase a 12.5% stake in Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways from another Chinese State-Owned Enterprise (SOE),CITIC Pacific, for 6.34 billion Hong Kong Dollars (about USD800 million). This acquisition will bring Air Chi [...] | 2009-08-26 08:40:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON HK CH |
09HONGKONG1628 | LAS VEGAS SANDS MOVES TOWARD HONG KONG INITIAL [...] (C) Summary: Las Vegas Sands (LVS) announced on August 20 that it submitted an application to complete an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong. The move to sell a minority interest in its Macau-based operations came approximately one month after competitor Wynn Resorts made a similar an [...] | 2009-08-27 05:59:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD MO HK CH |
09HONGKONG1629 | MEDIA RECTION: KENNEDY'S DEATH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-27 08:30:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO |
09HONGKONG163 | HKG EXPLAINS BASIS FOR 2012 REFORMS DELAY, PLANS [...] (C) On January 23, Administrative Assistant to the Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs (CMAB) Joyce Ho reiterated key points made by CE Tsang publicly and to us (reftels) that the public would not want to focus on a controversial issue like constitutional reform during the econom [...] | 2009-01-23 08:50:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH HK |
09HONGKONG1636 | HONG KONG TIP TIER 2 ACTION PLAN DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-28 08:59:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG HK |
09HONGKONG1637 | HK BANKS DELIVER ON COOPERATION TO LIMIT NORTH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Economic Unit Chief and Economic Officer met August 27 with representatives of three Hong Kong banks briefed by U.S. Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey in July 2009; HSBC, Hang Seng Bank, and Wing Hang Bank (reftel). The representatives [...] | 2009-08-28 09:23:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PGOV ECON EFIN MNUC KS CH JA KN HK |
09HONGKONG164 | MACAU CASINO BOOM SQUELCHED BY ECONOMIC DOWNTURN [...] (C) Summary: U.S. casino industry executives in Macau say the slowing PRC and Hong Kong economies - and related credit crunch - are reducing their revenues even more than PRC visa restrictions imposed in September 2008. The foreign visitor growth rate declined significantly in recent months, a [...] | 2009-01-23 09:12:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK |
09HONGKONG165 | HONG KONG'S ANSON CHAN: OUT OF OFFICE BUT STILL IN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a January 16 meeting with the Consul General, former Chief Secretary Anson Chan told us she believes Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang, with or without Beijing's "connivance", will try to drag out the consultation process over democratic reforms in Hong Kong, then fo [...] | 2009-01-23 09:22:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HK CH |
09HONGKONG1652 | H1N1 FORCES MORE SCHOOL CLOSURES. HK MOVING [...] Hong Kong health authorities instructed Hong Kong International School (HKIS),s Primary School division to close for seven days, due to increased student absences for influenza-like illness (ILI) symptoms. Although HKIS Primary School officials told U.S. Consulate staff that there have been o [...] | 2009-09-01 11:08:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT CASC CH HK KFLO KFLU |
09HONGKONG1658 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: XIAN JASON ELECTRONICS [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...] | 2009-09-02 03:30:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG166 | CASINO OPERATORS CRITCAL OF MACAU GOVERNMENT'S [...] (C) Summary: Seniorgaming industry managers in Macau are disappointd with the Government of Macau's (GOM) gaming reulatory body, th Gaming Inspection and Coordinatio Bureau (known by its Portuguese acronym DICJ). They described DICJ as a lethargic organization hose oversight of junket operator [...] | 2009-01-23 10:17:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK |
09HONGKONG1667 | HONG KONG SEEKS INTEGRATION, EXPECTS RMB [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with U.S. Treasury Economic and Financial Emissary David Dollar, Hong Kong financial officials said they do not worry that the Special Administrative Region will be dominated by Shanghai or Guangdong and will continue to pursue closer economic integration and regulat [...] | 2009-09-02 10:18:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON HK CH |
09HONGKONG167 | Hong Kong Market Report: New Year's Gifts for minibond [...] Summary: The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission announced that non-bank financial institution Sun Hung Kai Investment Services Ltd. would buy back all its outstanding Lehman Bros. minibonds from eligible clients at the original investment price. Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang [...] | 2009-01-23 11:17:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH |
09HONGKONG1679 | HONG KONG AIR/MARITIME THROUGHPUT CARGO UPDATE - [...] SUMMARY: According to Hong Kong Government figures, local air and maritime cargo throughput may be recovering from the steep drops seen earlier this year. Maritime cargo volumes fell 14.5 percent year-on-year for July 2009 but increased 8 percent from June. Air cargo throughput in July fell 8 [...] | 2009-09-03 07:19:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH |
09HONGKONG1683 | WINNERS AND LOSERS IN HONG KONG'S LEHMAN MINIBONDS [...] (C) Summary: A July agreement between 16 Hong Kong banks and the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) to offer compensation to most Lehman Bros, minibond investors in Hong Kong has been criticized for allowing banks accused of mis-selling to avoid criminal prosecution, but has bee [...] | 2009-09-03 10:26:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV HK |
09HONGKONG1687 | DEATHS CAUSE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO REVIEW DRUG [...] (SBU) Summary: A tainted locally manufactured generic drug caused five deaths in March 2009 in Hong Kong and prompted the government to initiate a sweeping review of its drug safety oversight mechanisms. A review committee with a special focus on generic pharmaceuticals will provide specific [...] | 2009-09-04 06:55:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR HK CH |
09HONGKONG1720 | MEDIA RECTION: AFTERMATH OF JAPAN'S ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 08:34:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO |
09HONGKONG1725 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: SCITOP INSTRUMENT CO [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...] | 2009-09-11 02:12:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG1726 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: XIAN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...] | 2009-09-11 02:12:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG1729 | MACAU AIMS TO IMPROVE ANTI-TIP PROGRAM, ENGAGE NGOS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: New trafficking in persons (TIP) initiatives taken by the Macau Special Administrative Region Government (MSARG) demonstrate a continuing commitment to strengthening its anti-TIP program. Macau officials are conducting a self-evaluation of Macau's range of anti-TIP e [...] | 2009-09-11 07:20:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIP KCRM PHUM SMIG HK MC CH |
09HONGKONG1730 | MEDIA RECTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS; U.S. POLICY [...] U.S.-China relations 2. U.S. policy HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...] | 2009-09-11 08:28:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO |
09HONGKONG1742 | DISORDER IN THE COURT: CHIEF JUSTICE ANDREW LI [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong was rocked by Court of Final Appeal Chief Justice Andrew Li's decision, announced at a September 2 press conference, to retire next August, four years earlier than the mandatory age for retirement. Li has led Hong Kong's judiciary through the crucial transition period [...] | 2009-09-14 09:13:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HK |
09HONGKONG1743 | U.S. DRUG COMPANIES COMPLAIN ABOUT IPR VIOLATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Executives of U.S. pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Merck remain critical of the Hong Kong government's (HKG) generic drug approval process, arguing the HKG should require generic drug manufacturers to certify that their products do not violate patents held by a branded drug pr [...] | 2009-09-15 03:08:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR HK CH |
09HONGKONG1750 | CIVIC PARTY TABLES UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE PLAN, [...] (C) Summary: On September 8, the Civic Party became the first organization in Hong Kong to go on record with a roadmap for "true universal suffrage elections." The Civics would see the Chief Executive nominated either by an expanded Election Committee or by petition of a hundred thousand reg [...] | 2009-09-15 10:11:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH HK |
09HONGKONG1777 | HONG KONG:APEC FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVES [...] SUMMARY: The biggest food security challenge that Hong Kong faces is its dependence on food imports. Hong Kong imports nearly 95% its food requirements, which leaves it exposed to export bans, inflation, food safety threats, and the possibility of global shortages. It addresses these weaknes [...] | 2009-09-18 10:05:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD KGHG |
09HONGKONG178 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE LICENSE CHECK: TELEVISION AND [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. At the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Philip Ankel (ECO) conducted a p [...] | 2009-01-29 04:18:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG179 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE LICENSE CHECK: TRACE ELEMENTS SECTION, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. At the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Philip Ankel (ECO) conducted a p [...] | 2009-01-29 04:19:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG1792 | HONG KONG MEDIA REPORTS UNITED STATES "BLACK HAND" [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong media coverage of a series of articles by Shanghai Fudan University scholars is but the latest in a long-running history of accusing the U.S. government, through the Consulate General, of interfering in Hong Kong's affairs. The usual allegations are that the USG, in le [...] | 2009-09-22 07:25:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PROP PREL SOCI HK CH |
09HONGKONG180 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE LICENSE CHECK: INTERTEK TESTING SERVICES [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. At the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Philip Ankel (ECO) conducted a p [...] | 2009-01-29 04:19:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG1807 | MACAU LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: DEMOCRATS [...] (C) Summary: Results for Macau's September 20 Legislative Assembly (LA) were announced near midnight September 22, after recounting some 6,500 initially rejected ballots. A record 59.9 percent turnout rate proved largely to support the status quo, returning eight incumbents and electing three [...] | 2009-09-23 10:07:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MC |
09HONGKONG181 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE LICENSE CHECK: PRODUCT TESTING AND [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. At the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Philip Ankel (ECO) conducted a p [...] | 2009-01-29 04:19:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG1819 | MACAU GAMING REVENUES RISE SHARPLY AS LAS VEGAS [...] (C) Summary: Gaming revenues in Macau rose sharply in August, as the PRC reportedly loosened visa restrictions on Mainlanders wishing to visit the Special Administrative Region. Las Vegas Sands (LVS) has restarted its outreach efforts directed at senior PRC officials in Beijing, while its pri [...] | 2009-09-24 09:40:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL MO HK CH |
09HONGKONG1824 | MONEY LAUNDERING: MACAU STRENGTHENS ITS BANK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Macau Monetary Authority (Portuguese acronym AMCM) revised its Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) guidelines for financial institutions, effective September 1. The strengthened guidelines now apply to money changers, remitters, and le [...] | 2009-09-25 04:08:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON SOCI KCRM MC |
09HONGKONG1829 | HONG KONG ANALYSTS CREDIT CHINESE STIMULUS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong economic analysts give China full credit for Asia's rebounding economies. The region's financial systems were generally well capitalized and less exposed to toxic assets, making the rebound that much quicker, but with the exception of China, national fiscal stimulus p [...] | 2009-09-25 11:20:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON HK CH |
09HONGKONG1847 | PRD COOPERATION BUILDING BUT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Seeking to foster deeper economic integration with the Greater Pearl River Delta (GPRD),Hong Kong government (HKG) and industry leaders have built productive ties over the past several years with Mainland counterparts. Hong Kong contacts say that both sides support [...] | 2009-09-30 01:08:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH |
09HONGKONG1854 | NEW COMPETITION LAW EXPECTED TO HAVE LITTLE IMPACT [...] (C) Summary: A senior Hong Kong government (HKG) official told U.S. Federal Trade Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch on September 10 that a long-anticipated Competition Law will likely be submitted to Hong Kong's Legislative Council (LegCo) during its upcoming session. The official said the law sho [...] | 2009-09-30 09:56:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH |
09HONGKONG1875 | HSBC Returns CEO to Hong Kong, China's "Local" [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation's (HSBC) decision to shift its CEO from London to Hong Kong reflects the increasing importance of the Asia market in the bank's strategy. Hong Kong officials praised the move as a vote of confidence in the strength of Hong Kong's fin [...] | 2009-10-05 09:53:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV HK CH |
09HONGKONG1877 | HONG KONG ANALYSTS SEE LITTLE SUBSTANCE IN FOURTH [...] (C) Summary: Analysts in Hong Kong see no significant developments emerging from the Fourth Plenum in late September. Although Xi Jinping was not appointed to the vice-chairmanship of the Central Military Committee (CMC),they believe it is too early to conclude that he will not succeed Pre [...] | 2009-10-06 06:17:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH HK |
09HONGKONG1878 | HONG KONG POLICE READY TO PROSECUTE TIP IF VICTIMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although Hong Kong uses a broader definition of sex trafficking in persons (TIP) than that found in international covenants, its officials across the board insisted to visiting G/TIP officers September 9 that identified sex TIP crimes continue to be rare. Police and immigratio [...] | 2009-10-06 06:35:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP KCRM PHUM SMIG HK CH |
09HONGKONG189 | HONG KONG/MACAU: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENTION ON [...] (C) Summary: Despite their common colonial past, shared dialect and geographic proximity, Hong Kong and Macau until recently have had minimal high-level official interaction. With Macau's until-recent dynamic economic expansion now putting it on a more equal (and competitive) footing with Hong [...] | 2009-01-30 07:44:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HK MC |
09HONGKONG1898 | CEPA'S SERVICE SECTOR LIBERALIZATION MEASURES [...] (SBU) Summary: EconOffs from Consulates General Guangzhou and Hong Kong jointly met on September 28 with service sector leaders in Hong Kong to discuss their investment plans in China's Guangdong Province, especially as they relate to the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) between t [...] | 2009-10-08 09:41:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN EINV HK CH |
09HONGKONG190 | SCIENCE FELLOW HELPS HK CLEAR THE AIR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-30 08:11:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SFNV TPHY HK CH |
09HONGKONG191 | HONG KONG'S PROPERTY MARKET LOOKS BAD, BUT HK HAS [...] Summary: Hong Kong's property market dropped sharply in 2008 as sales of all types of building units fell by more than 20 percent from 2007. Property remains an important component of Hong Kong's economy -- for many Hong Kong residents, property is a primary store of wealth, and taxes on pro [...] | 2009-01-30 08:17:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV HK |
09HONGKONG1918 | UNABLE TO ENGAGE THE HKSARG OR BEIJING, [...] (C) Summary: To date, with the exception of a boilerplate government press release calling on parties to make progress on reforms for the 2012 elections, the Hong Kong government and Beijing have not responded to the various proposals made by the pan-democrats on universal suffrage. The pan-d [...] | 2009-10-14 09:04:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HK |
09HONGKONG1919 | HONG KONG CATHOLICS FORESEE NO CHANGE IN PRC [...] (C) Summary: Catholic China-watchers in Hong Kong do not anticipate that the mid-September change of leadership at the State Administration of Religious Affairs (SARA) will result in any significant revision of the PRC's policy on religion. Despite SARA's central government-level status, one o [...] | 2009-10-14 09:49:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF HK CH |
09HONGKONG192 | MACAU ARTICLE 23 LEGISLATION: THE GOOD NEWS IS, [...] (C) Summary and comment: Macau Law Reform Officer Director Chu Lam-lam, who drafted the text of Macau's Article 23 national security bill, walked us through existing Macau law to demonstrate the bill's secrecy provisions would not pose a risk to journalists. She stressed that courts will hav [...] | 2009-01-30 08:43:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MC |
09HONGKONG193 | MACAU ARTICLE 23: THE BAD NEWS IS, IT'S IN THE [...] (C) Summary: As one of our contacts put it, "as long as the quality of judges does not get any worse than now", Macau's Article 23 national security legislation should not be a threat to the rights of Macau citizens. The question informed observers ask, however, is whether the Macau judicia [...] | 2009-01-30 08:48:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MC |
09HONGKONG1931 | A DIVIDED DAB SEEKS INTERNAL CONSENSUS ON [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) has not responded to pan-democratic proposals on universal suffrage elections both because the party itself has not reached internal consensus and because they will not take a position before kn [...] | 2009-10-16 08:43:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH HK |
09HONGKONG194 | HONG KONG GOVERNMENT REACTION TO SPECIAL ENVOY FOR [...] (SBU) Ambassador Lincoln Bloomfield Jr., Special Envoy for Man-Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS) Threat Reduction, met with Hong Kong aviation officials on January 6 to explain his mission and brief them on U.S. anti-MANPADS efforts. Ambassador Bloomfield met with the leadership of the [...] | 2009-01-30 09:07:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV HK CH |
09HONGKONG1943 | HONG KONG SHIP OWNERS RECEIVE "AMVER" AWARDS; [...] (U) Per reftel request, on October 13, Consulate General E/P Chief presented the U.S. Coast Guard's Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue (AMVER) awards to participating Hong Kong-based ship companies. The event, which was covered by shipping trade press, publicly recognized AMVER partici [...] | 2009-10-20 05:22:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ECON ETRD ELTN ATRN PREL HK |
09HONGKONG1944 | CLIMATE CHANGE: CHINA WANTS GREATER HONG KONG [...] SUMMARY: At the Hong Kong-hosted Second Annual International Climate Change Conference, October 7-9, participating Guangdong and central government representatives repeatedly called on Hong Kong to speed up technology transfer to China by becoming a model low carbon city and a leader in gree [...] | 2009-10-20 05:40:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENGR KGHG SOCI HK CH |
09HONGKONG1947 | LSD MASTER PLAN FOR POLITICAL REFORM: ONE BANANA [...] (C) Summary: Although their latest antics in the Legislative Council (LegCo) chamber are receiving tepid reviews even from their allies, the League of Social Democrats (LSD) insists their extremism will spur Beijing to negotiate with the more moderate pan-democrats on constitutional reform. [...] | 2009-10-20 09:47:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH HK |
09HONGKONG195 | MEDIA REACTION: US ECONOMY; US-CHINA RELATIONS; WORLD [...] U.S. economy 2. U.S.-China relations 3. World Economic Forum HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...] | 2009-01-30 09:13:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
09HONGKONG1953 | NEW FOREIGN LABOR LAW IN MACAU TO SEVERELY [...] SUMMARY: Macau's Legislative Assembly passed a controversial bill on October 9 that will establish stiff criminal penalties for employers of illegal migrants. Upon becoming law in the second quarter of 2010, the bill's provisions will also impede foreign workers from changing employers in Mac [...] | 2009-10-21 06:05:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB HK CH |
09HONGKONG1955 | HONG KONG PROFESSORS COMMENT ON MAINLAND ACADEMIC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-21 07:13:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HK CH |
09HONGKONG1958 | CORRECTED FOR PUNCTUATION -- HONG KONG PROFESSORS [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong academics believe that, while discussion of even sensitive topics can reach striking levels of candor, the Communist Party (CCP) offers powerful incentives to keep academia in line. The "stick" is that academics rely on government-provided consulting projects and speak [...] | 2009-10-21 08:18:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HK CH |
09HONGKONG1968 | REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE: ZHOU YONGJUN [...] (C) Action Request: Post requests Department concurrence to approach Hong Kong Secretary for Justice Wong Yan-lung to request formal clarification of the departure from Hong Kong to Mainland China of U.S. LPR Zhou Yongjun. This case has drawn increased media attention in recent weeks, as an N [...] | 2009-10-22 10:17:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CH HK |
09HONGKONG1973 | HONG KONG'S AIRPORT AUTHORITY INVESTING IN CHINA'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 12, the government-owned Airport Authority of Hong Kong (AAHK) entered into a twenty-year contract with the Shanghai Airport Authority (SAA) to co-manage Shanghai's Hongqiao Airport. This USD 14.6 million joint venture deepens cooperation between the two aviation aut [...] | 2009-10-23 05:40:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ECIN HK |
09HONGKONG1981 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: TAL APPAREL LIMITED [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...] | 2009-10-23 08:33:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG1985 | CDC FINDS HONG KONG'S INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-27 00:07:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED CASC CH HK KFLU PREL SOCI TBIO |
09HONGKONG1998 | HONG KONG ACADEMIC FREEDOM: SAY WHAT YOU WANT, [...] (C) Summary: While Hong Kong has had its post-handover academic openness tested in two high-profile cases, the forces of censorship definitively lost. Local professors agree Hong Kong remains an open forum for the exchange of ideas. One of our contacts felt Hong Kong's future academic freedo [...] | 2009-10-28 08:21:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HK CH |
09HONGKONG2 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE LICENSE CHECK: QWARE TECHNOLOGY (HK) LTD. [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. At the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Philip Ankel (ECO) conducted a p [...] | 2009-01-02 03:03:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG2014 | HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES DRUG SAFETY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 09:46:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV KIPR HK CH ETRD |
09HONGKONG202 | MEDIA REACTION: US-CHINA RELATIONS; US ECONOMY; [...] U.S.-China relations 2. U.S. economy 3. U.S.-Russia relations 4. Climate change HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...] | 2009-02-02 09:08:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
09HONGKONG2023 | MACAU HEALTH CARE: ABLE TO HANDLE CURRENT H1N1, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Macau's health care system has thus far coped well with the relatively few H1N1 cases confirmed there. However, a more severe wave of infections would quickly overwhelm local capacity. Macau officials have adopted internationally recognized surveillance standards but lack the [...] | 2009-11-03 03:48:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | AMED CASC CH HK KFLU PREL SOCI TBIO |
09HONGKONG2025 | HONG KONG 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Summary: The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) is not a major transshipment point for illicit drugs destined for the international market. Some narcotics shipments do transit Hong Kong's high volume port, but its efficient law enforcement efforts, the availability of alternate rou [...] | 2009-11-03 09:08:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR HK |
09HONGKONG2031 | HONG KONG CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM: 102 PEOPLE [...] (C) Summary: The success of the Hong Kong government's coming constitutional reform proposal may hinge on whether 102 District Councilors appointed by the Chief Executive will have a vote for newly-created Legislative Council (LegCo) seats and for the Chief Executive in 2012. While credible m [...] | 2009-11-04 06:11:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH HK |
09HONGKONG2033 | MACAU HEALTH CARE: EMERGING EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Econ Officer's recent visit to Macau, officials from the Health Bureau's Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and NGOs described their efforts to control the spread of HIV/AIDS. The cross-border spread of HIV/AIDS is a growing concern in Macau as the city attrac [...] | 2009-11-04 08:27:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED CH HK KHIV PHUM SOCI |
09HONGKONG2038 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: (FELTON SUCCESS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 02:08:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG2046 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: EGS (ASIA) LIMITED [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Ph [...] | 2009-11-06 08:31:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG2047 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: UNFAVORABLE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Per reftel request, Post conducted end-use check on unlicensed export to Hong Kong's Electro Company with unfavorable results. In Post's assessment, Electro Company is not a reliable recipient of reftel items or any other controlled technologies/equipment. In addition to Post' [...] | 2009-11-06 08:38:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC HK |
09HONGKONG2050 | CE TSANG ON DEMOCRACY ROADMAP: DEFINITELY [...] (C) Summary and comment: The much-anticipated November 6 meeting between the pan-democrats and Chief Executive Donald Tsang on the government's coming consultation paper on constitutional reform ended with a "maybe" on a roadmap to universal suffrage. Tsang initially tried to keep the pan-de [...] | 2009-11-06 10:00:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH HK |
09HONGKONG2051 | HONG KONG SECURES H1N1 VACCINE, BUT CONCERNS OVER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Hong Kong health officials announced on November 5 that French manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur S.A. won the tender to provide Hong Kong with three million doses of H1N1 vaccine. The first 500,000 doses are scheduled to arrive in mid-December and the remaining 2.5 million doses in Jan [...] | 2009-11-06 10:38:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED CASC CH HK KFLU PREL SOCI TBIO |
09HONGKONG2061 | SECURITY BUREAU ON REMOVAL OF ZHOU YONGJUN FROM [...] (C) Summary: On a confidential basis, Hong Kong's Security Bureau told the Acting Consul General that Hong Kong Immigration denied entry to a traveler using a false Malaysian passport in the name of "Wang Xingxiang" in September 2008. They had no indication "Wang" was known by any other names [...] | 2009-11-09 11:14:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH HK |
09HONGKONG2085 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: HONG KONG NOVIKY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-13 04:21:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG2090 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: HIGH TECH INTERNATIONAL [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Philip [...] | 2009-11-13 07:16:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG2091 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: WAH WAI ELECTRONIC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-13 07:16:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG2092 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CHINA VISIT; CHINA; NORTH [...] President Obama's China visit 2. China 3. North and South Korea HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...] | 2009-11-13 07:25:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO |
09HONGKONG210 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-04 09:39:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
09HONGKONG211 | PERMISSION REQUESTED FOR BOARDING OF M/V DIPLOMAT [...] (C) On February 4, Econoff and OLA Chief (Defense Attache equivalent) conveyed reftel talking points to Hong Kong Maritime Department Director Roger Tupper and Assistant Director K.L. Lee. Tupper cited the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigati [...] | 2009-02-04 10:39:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PREL HK CH |
09HONGKONG212 | FY2008 SUMMARY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING BY [...] (SBU) Law enforcement cooperation and capacity building are top priorities in Post's Mission Strategic Plan. To this end, during FY 2008, USG security officials stationed at AmConGen Hong Kong organized and/or funded training programs for 69 police officers, 79 customs officials, and five othe [...] | 2009-02-04 10:39:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR PINS ASEC TW CH HK |
09HONGKONG2124 | CAN CHINA REBALANCE ON ONLY ONE LEG? HONG KONG [...] (U) This is a joint Consulate General Hong Kong/Embassy Beijing cable. 2. (C) Summary: Even the most pessimistic Hong Kong-based China economists are mostly sanguine about the near-term prospects for Chinese economic growth. Although the Chinese stimulus package is creating asset market [...] | 2009-11-19 10:17:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON HK CH |
09HONGKONG2125 | HKSARG 2012 REFORM PROPOSAL: SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN [...] (C) Summary: As expected, the Hong Kong government's November 18 Consultation Document on 2012 electoral reforms proposed an increase in the nomination/election committee for the Chief Executive (CE) and a ten-seat increase for the Legislative Council (LegCo) - five directly elected seats and [...] | 2009-11-19 10:22:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HK |
09HONGKONG2136 | CHINA WANTS TO LEAD INTERNATIONAL FIGHT ON SOMALI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 13, at a well-attended private sector-organized International Piracy Conference, senior Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy officers stated China was committed to deploying its fleet to the Horn of Africa (HOA) until the region was stable and secure. They ur [...] | 2009-11-20 09:53:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PHSA EWWT ATRN PREL KPIR KCRM SO BA CH HK |
09HONGKONG2146 | HONG KONG SCHOLARS LUKEWARM ON PRC ELECTION REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong based China experts were unimpressed with proposed amendments to the PRC electoral law that would increase the number of rural deputies in the NPC. They see the government using democratic reforms at the rural level to maintain an air of concern for rural residents witho [...] | 2009-11-23 04:13:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH HK |
09HONGKONG2148 | USG-SPONSORED LAW ENFORCEMENT CAPACITY BUILDING IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Law enforcement cooperation and capacity building in Hong Kong and Macau are top priorities in Post's Mission Strategic Plan. This cable highlights the active efforts by Post's eight resident law enforcement agencies during Fiscal Year (FY) 2009. Post coordinated and/or funded [...] | 2009-11-23 07:57:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC SNAR PINS OEXC KCRM PREL TW CH MC HK |
09HONGKONG2156 | NEW MACAU LABOR LAW TO PREVENT "JOB HOPPING" BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Macau's controversial new "Law on Employment of Non-Resident Workers" was passed by the Legislative Assembly on October 9 and will enter into force April 26, 2010. The new law is designed to address complaints from resident employers about "job-hopping" by non-resident workers, [...] | 2009-11-24 10:14:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB HK CH |
09HONGKONG2167 | MACAU'S NEW ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BUREAU: GOOD [...] SUMMARY: Macau,s newly established Environmental Protection Bureau (EPB) seeks to raise the profile of environmental issues and help Macau market itself to foreign investors and visitors as a "green city." Macau environmental officials have several initiatives to promote environmentally soun [...] | 2009-11-25 06:55:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENIV ENRG PGOV SENV CH MC |
09HONGKONG2169 | MACAU AS THE PRC'S BRIDGE TO LUSOPHONIA: [...] (C) Summary: Both Macau and the PRC have sought to use Macau's ties to the Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) world to boost trade for China and collateral business for Macau. While multilateral fora and trade missions have been held to considerable fanfare, the overall PRC-Lusophone trade volume [...] | 2009-11-25 09:12:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM CH HK |
09HONGKONG2171 | THIRD MACAU ADMINISTRATION: ALL THE OLD FAMILIAR [...] (C) Summary: Fernando Chui Sai-on will not merely assume Chief Executive Edmund Ho Hau-wah's job December 20, he'll largely inherit his government. Of Macau's ten senior positions, only three will change -- former anti-corruption chief Cheong U will take Chui's Social Affairs and Culture port [...] | 2009-11-25 09:47:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR MC |
09HONGKONG2175 | HONG KONG ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) Hong Kong is making progress on Financial Action Task Force (FATF)-compliant anti-money laundering (AML) legislation that would establish licensing and oversight requirements for Hong Kong's remittance agents and money changers (RAMCs). On October 8, the Financial Services and Treasury [...] | 2009-11-27 04:16:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN HK |
09HONGKONG2177 | HONG KONG MOVING TO CREATE WORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Education is one of "six pillar industries" the Hong Kong Government (HKG) has identified for financial incentives and other government support, in a policy effort to diversify the economy away from financial services and foreign trade. The post-secondary education system is arg [...] | 2009-11-27 08:05:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH |
09HONGKONG2178 | FED HEARS HONG KONG VIEWS ON CHINA AND THE REGION [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong economists, bankers and financial observers for the most part painted a rosy picture about the Chinese economy for U.S. Federal Reserve Board and San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank officials. They said that China would grow strongly in 2010, but that an economic recove [...] | 2009-11-27 09:17:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON HK CH |
09HONGKONG2179 | MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-27 09:49:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO |
09HONGKONG2201 | HKG SCHOLARS SEE LIMITED ROLE FOR HKSAR IN PRC [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong scholars and politicians doubt Hong Kong can use "soft power" to influence China's political development. However, they still see many key areas where Hong Kong can serve as a reference for reform on the Mainland, including in corporate governance and compliance, judici [...] | 2009-12-03 07:34:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH HK |
09HONGKONG2204 | HONG KONG PREVIEWS OBJECTIVES FOR DC EXPORT [...] (C) The Hong Kong Government's Billy Au (Head of Strategic Trade Controls, Trade and Industry Department) told us December 3 that Hong Kong had two principal objectives for the December 7-8 Interagency Meeting on Strategic Trade Controls in Washington: (1) to discuss the problem of illicit tra [...] | 2009-12-03 10:25:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC MASS MNUC KSCA IR HK |
09HONGKONG2215 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Per reftel A request, post conducted a pre-license end-use check on Foreign Consignee Sino Technology Co. Ltd. Post determined that Sino Technology does not have a true physical presence in Hong Kong. Since Sino Technology does not have a true physical presence in Hong Kong and appears t [...] | 2009-12-04 11:13:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC BX TH TW HK |
09HONGKONG2225 | COPENHAGEN CONFERENCE: HONG KONG WANTS GREATER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Hong Kong NGOs, business executives, academics, and civic organizations, although hopeful that the UN Copenhagen Conference will produce meaningful international commitments to enable a smooth transition to a low-carbon future, are frustrated that the Hong Kong Government is unwil [...] | 2009-12-07 10:48:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENGR KGHG SOCI HK CH |
09HONGKONG2234 | HONG KONG FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES: POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Activists attempting to end corporate voting -- voting by a CEO or business association instead of by individuals -- in the Hong Kong Legislative Council's (LegCo) sector-based functional constituencies (FCs) have gone to court to seek redress. Two activists affiliated with the r [...] | 2009-12-08 08:46:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HK |
09HONGKONG2247 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: COREZING [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftels A-C requests and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer [...] | 2009-12-10 02:10:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG2248 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: COREZING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-10 02:10:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG2249 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: COREZING [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftels A-G requests and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer [...] | 2009-12-10 02:10:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG2252 | HONG KONG PRINCIPAL OFFICERS ACCOUNTABILITY [...] (C) Summary and comment: Hong Kong's Principal Officers Accountability System (POAS),which saw cabinet secretary and key deputy positions filled by political appointees rather than senior civil servants, has thus far failed to meet its goals. Removing senior officials from the protection of [...] | 2009-12-10 08:08:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR HK |
09HONGKONG2259 | MACAU EXCO APPOINTMENTS: SAFETY IN THE STATUS QUO [...] (C) Summary: Under the somewhat ambiguous banner, "Continuity and Innovation Create Social Harmony" (chuancheng chuangxin gongjian hexie),Chief Executive-designate Fernando Chui Sai-on has opted to stick with the status quo in his Executive Council. Of three new appointments to the ten-membe [...] | 2009-12-11 08:04:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR MC |
09HONGKONG2262 | MACAU SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION AT 10: DESPITE [...] (C) Summary and comment: Ten years after reversion, Macau remains politically conservative and largely under the sway of the same entrenched, "patriotic" business and political elite that has essentially run Macau since the late 1960s. While Beijing has shown a low tolerance for public corrupt [...] | 2009-12-11 10:06:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MC CH |
09HONGKONG2263 | HONG KONG EDGES CLOSER TO SHARING TAX INFO, [...] (SBU) A bill that will allow Hong Kong to meet OECD 2004 requirements for the sharing of tax information has passed out of the Legislative Committee's (LegCo) review process and is expected to become law shortly after the new year. The amendments to the tax code, once passed, will allow Hong K [...] | 2009-12-11 10:38:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON HK |
09HONGKONG2264 | HONG KONG CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM: END OF THE [...] (C) Summary: The various forces in Hong Kong's debate on constitutional reform have taken their positions on the field. A motion in the Legislative Council (LegCo) calling on the people of Hong Kong to support the League of Social Democrats' (LSD) and Civic Party's resignation-as-referendum p [...] | 2009-12-11 12:07:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH HK |
09HONGKONG2295 | HONG KONG: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-17 00:02:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER HK |
09HONGKONG2296 | MACAU: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-17 00:03:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER MC HK |
09HONGKONG23 | MEDIA REACTION: SINO-US RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-05 09:48:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
09HONGKONG231 | Hong Kong Market Report: Hang Seng Up on Hope for U.S. [...] The Hang Seng Index was up 3.61 percent or 476.14 points today, closing at 13,655. Chinese stocks led the rally, following positive results in mainland Chinese markets and optimism that a U.S. stimulus package would pass Congress. Hong Kong Shanghai Bank, China Mobile, Industrial Commercial [...] | 2009-02-06 11:49:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH |
09HONGKONG2313 | THE MACAU SAR ECONOMY AT 10: EVEN JACKPOTS HAVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ten years after reversion to mainland China, the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) bears little resemblance to the somnolent Portuguese-run enclave of popular imagination that existed before 1999. The opening of the gaming market and a flood of Chinese tourists, combi [...] | 2009-12-18 10:51:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV MC CH HK |
09HONGKONG232 | MACAU ARTICLE 23 HEADS FOR FINAL VOTE WITHOUT [...] (C) Summary: The Macau Government submitted a revised Article 23 Bill text to the Legislative Assembly February 3. The minimum sentences for treason, splittism and subversion have been lowered to ten years' imprisonment from fifteen years. However, the government and Legislative Assembly have [...] | 2009-02-09 00:16:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MC CH |
09HONGKONG2321 | HU JINTAO SWEARS IN MACAU'S NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE [...] On December 20, Macau celebrated the 10th anniversary of its return to mainland China and saw the transfer of power to a new Chief Executive (CE). Chinese President Hu Jintao presided over the swearing-in ceremony of Fernando Chui Sai-on, the former Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, a [...] | 2009-12-21 10:03:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL HK MC |
09HONGKONG2329 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: MAXLINK INDUSTRIES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-23 00:04:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG2336 | G/TIP AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES REFORM IN HONG KONG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-23 06:14:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM SMIG HK MC CH |
09HONGKONG2337 | U.S. POLICY TOWARDS DEMOCRATIC REFORM IN HONG KONG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-23 06:48:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM HK CH |
09HONGKONG2338 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: PEACEFUL VISION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-23 07:03:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG2339 | U.S. POLICY TOWARDS DEMOCRATIC REFORM IN HONG KONG [...] (C) This is an action request. Post requests Department concurrence with a set of core points and initial outreach strategy to express key U.S. interests in Hong Kong's successful transition to elections by universal suffrage in accordance with the Basic Law. Our diplomacy, both government-t [...] | 2009-12-23 08:34:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM HK CH |
09HONGKONG2340 | G/TIP AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES REFORM IN HONG KONG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: G/TIP Ambassador Luis CdeBaca,s December 4 meetings with senior Hong Kong officials, consulates, NGOs, and the media stressed the USG was committed to tackling TIP, and that the Hong Kong Government (HKG) and other governments needed a paradigm shift in their approach to formulat [...] | 2009-12-23 08:55:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM SMIG HK MC CH |
09HONGKONG2377 | JANUARY 1 DEMOCRACY MARCH: THE LAST WALTZ? [...] (C) Summary: The January 1 march for universal suffrage may be the last united appearance by the pan-democrats for several months. Meant by the Democratic Party to move public attention away from the League of Social Democrats' (LSD) and the Civic Party's plan to use resignations from the Leg [...] | 2009-12-31 07:04:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HK CH |
09HONGKONG239 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE LICENSE CHECK: GEO MARINE INSTRUMENT [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. At the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Philip Ankel (ECO) conducted two [...] | 2009-02-09 02:17:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG240 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE LICENSE CHECK: DATA WORLD COMPUTER AND [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. At the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Philip Ankel (ECO) conducted a p [...] | 2009-02-09 02:18:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG241 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE LICENSE CHECK: BIT BY BIT LIMITED [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. At the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Philip Ankel (ECO) conducted a p [...] | 2009-02-09 02:18:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG243 | HONG KONG WANTS U.S. TO MAINTAIN LEADERSHIP ROLE [...] (C) Summary: Commerce and Economic Development Bureau Secretary Rita Lau told the Consul General on February 5 that Hong Kong is increasingly feeling the negative effects of the global economic and financial crisis. Hong Kong's exports decreased in the last quarter of 2008 and unemployment is [...] | 2009-02-09 03:46:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN HK CH |
09HONGKONG246 | MEDIA REACTION: US ECONOMY; US-RUSSIA RELATIONS [...] U.S. economy 2. U.S.-Russia relations HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...] | 2009-02-09 09:40:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
09HONGKONG25 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ECONOMY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-06 07:40:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
09HONGKONG264 | LIBERAL PARTY: FINDING THEIR OWN ROAD FORWARD [...] (C) Summary and comment: At the end of last year, the pro-business, pro-government, pro-Beijing Liberal Party (LP) appeared forsaken by tycoons, the Hong Kong government, the Central Government Liaison Office (CGLO) and half its Legislative Council (LegCo) delegation (ref B). Yet, the year o [...] | 2009-02-11 08:53:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH HK |
09HONGKONG270 | SATELLITE TV SIGNAL PIRACY IN MACAU -- RAMPANT IN [...] (C) Summary: Satellite television signal piracy remains the most significant intellectual property (IP) issue in Macau. Unlicensed "antenna companies" control over 80 percent of the residential market. The government of Macau (GOM) has occasionally taken action against the antenna companies, [...] | 2009-02-12 04:09:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | KIPR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK |
09HONGKONG275 | MAINLAND POULTRY WASHES UP ON HONG KONG'S SHORES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-12 09:31:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED EAGR KFLU PINR TBIO HK CH |
09HONGKONG280 | SCENESETTER FOR FEB 17-19 VISIT OF ADMIRAL KEATING [...] (C) We warmly welcome your February 17-19 visit to Hong Kong. Despite the People,s Republic of China's (PRC) sharp protest in October 2008 against U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, the PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs has continued to approve U.S. Navy ship and aircraft requests to Hong Kong -- most [...] | 2009-02-13 08:38:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET | PREL MARR OVIP HK |
09HONGKONG281 | DEMOCRATS AND MEDIA CONDEMN, BUT ACADEMICS [...] (C) Summary: Chief Executive Donald Tsang's decision to delay consultation on constitutional reforms for the 2012 elections (ref b) continues to elicit mixed reviews. Opponents, including all 23 pan-democratic legislators and most independent media, condemned Tsang for breaking his promise to [...] | 2009-02-13 08:46:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HK CH |
09HONGKONG283 | MACAU CHIEF EXECUTIVE DOWNPLAYS SIGNS OF [...] (C) Summary: The Consul General met on February 13 with Macau's Chief Executive (CE) Edmund Ho to deliver reftel talking points and non-paper. The CE confirmed his government's commitment to a level playing field for all investors in Macau, regardless of nationality. He said anti-foreign sen [...] | 2009-02-13 11:16:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK MC |
09HONGKONG289 | HONG KONG DRAFTING ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (SBU) Hong Kong Financial Services and Treasury Bureau officials are drafting anti-money laundering (AML) legislation, which they expect to submit to the Legislative Council for approval in early 2010. They hope to consult with U.S. agencies and experts as they draft the legislation. 2. [...] | 2009-02-17 07:08:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN HK |
09HONGKONG290 | MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S TRIP TO ASIA; SINO-U.S. [...] Secretary Clinton's Trip to Asia 2. Sino-U.S. relations 3. U.S. economy 4. Afghanistan 5. Iraq HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...] | 2009-02-17 09:39:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
09HONGKONG295 | MACAU CHIEF EXECUTIVE ON ARTICLE 23, TRAFFICKING [...] (C) During his February 13 meeting with Macau Chief Executive (CE) Edmund Ho (reftel),the CG expressed hope that the final form of the Article 23 security bill would ensure protection of Macau residents' constitutional rights and freedoms. The CE said his government is considering incorporat [...] | 2009-02-18 07:10:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KTIP KCRM KFRD MC CH |
09HONGKONG318 | Hong Kong's Profits Down, Hope For New Tourists Up [...] Summary: Some of Hong Kong's richest men announced their company profits were hit hard by the economic downturn, with Bank of East Asia's 2008 profits falling by 97.5 percent from 2007. Air and sea cargos fell by double digits again in January, while the unemployment rate edged up to 5 percen [...] | 2009-02-20 12:08:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH |
09HONGKONG319 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: KAI'S TECHNOLOGY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-23 00:08:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG320 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE LICENSE CHECK: CASTLE PEAK POWER COMPANY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-23 00:09:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG331 | MACAU OFFICIALS NOT WORRIED BY SLOWING ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: Macau's economy shrank in the last three months of 2008 as casino receipts fell for the first time since 2002. Despite poor prospects for early 2009, Macau's massive official reserves will allow the government to increase spending and keep Macau's official unemployment rate arou [...] | 2009-02-23 10:50:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL MC HK CH EINV |
09HONGKONG333 | CONGRESSIONAL STAFFERS HEAR FROM HKG ON SFI [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) Summary: Hong Kong Trade and Industry Department Deputy Director General Vivian Lau told a visiting U.S. Senate Staff Delegation (StaffDel) on February 19, that unless the Hong Kong Government (HKG) receives notification about the Secure Freight Initi [...] | 2009-02-24 06:55:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PGOV PREL HK |
09HONGKONG334 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 08:27:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
09HONGKONG335 | HONG KONG GOVERNMENT REITERATES PLEDGE TO CONSULT [...] (C) Summary: Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Stephen Lam assured the Consul General that the Hong Kong government still intends to begin consultations on reforms for the 2012 Chief Executive and Legislative Council elections by the end of 2009. At a lunch February 20, he re [...] | 2009-02-24 09:39:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HK |
09HONGKONG336 | HONG KONG GOVERNMENT BRIEFS CONSUL GENERAL ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Stephen Lam told the Consul General February 20 that Hong Kong hopes to expand relations with Taiwan through its Inter-City Forum and at the same time cultivate the next generation of Taiwan leaders. Lam dismissed the [...] | 2009-02-24 09:43:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HK CH TW |
09HONGKONG343 | HONG KONG'S 2009-10 BUDGET FOCUSES ON JOBS, [...] Summary: Hong Kong's Financial Secretary outlined the Special Administrative Region's new budget on February 25. The Secretary reported Hong Kong's economy has been hit hard by the global economic crisis, officially falling into recession in the third quarter of 2008. With unemployment at 4. [...] | 2009-02-25 10:52:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV HK |
09HONGKONG350 | MACAU GAMING COMPANIES TRY TO COOPERATE, SET UP [...] (C) Summary: Prompted by Macau Chief Executive (CE) Edmund Ho, all six of Macau's gaming concessionaires agreed on February 23 to establish an industry association. The group's first chairman will be local gaming billionaire Stanley Ho (no relation to CE Ho). The three U.S. gaming concession [...] | 2009-02-26 06:42:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD MO HK |
09HONGKONG354 | MACAU PASSES ARTICLE 23 LEGISLATION WITHOUT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Macau Legislative Assembly (LA) passed Macau's Article 23 Bill into law February 25 by a 24-2 vote, with one abstention; the law is expected to take effect March 3. The opposition, led by the proto-democratic New Macau Association (NMA),was able to muster only thi [...] | 2009-02-26 10:07:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MC |
09HONGKONG372 | 2009 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION FOR MACAU [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Macau be excluded from the 2009 Special 301 list. The government of Macau (GOM) maintained its generally successful IPR protection, education and enforcement efforts during 2008. Post remains concerned, however, about flagrant and extensive cable TV signal [...] | 2009-03-02 07:50:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON EIND EFIN EINV ETRD HK |
09HONGKONG373 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (SBU) The following responses are keyed to reftel and have been cleared by Hong Kong's Core Emergency Action Committee: ------------------ POLITICAL VIOLENCE ------------------ I. (SBU) Demonstrations A. Yes. There are approximately 139,000 Filipinos employed in Hong Kong. Many [...] | 2009-03-02 08:18:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC HK PTER |
09HONGKONG376 | MEDIA REACTION: ASEAN; ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE [...] ASEAN 2. Economic stimulus package HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...] | 2009-03-02 09:32:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
09HONGKONG379 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: EDAL ELECTRONICS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-03 02:08:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG380 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: WILSON LOGISTICS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-03 02:09:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG382 | 2009 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION FOR HONG KONG [...] (SBU) Post recommends that Hong Kong be excluded from the 2009 Special 301 list (ref A). Hong Kong authorities with specific responsibility for intellectual property rights (IPR) administration, education and enforcement are generally responsive to rights-holders' concerns and are active and [...] | 2009-03-03 08:34:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR PGOV ETRD EFIN EINV CH HK |
09HONGKONG383 | HONG KONG DEMOCRATS READY TO DEAL ON REFORM, BUT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Hong Kong's Democratic Party (DPHK) told the Consul General they are ready to reach a compromise deal on reforms for 2012. During a lunch February 27, they noted certain core DPHK positions, such as the eventual elimination of the Legislative Council's functional con [...] | 2009-03-03 09:18:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HK CH |
09HONGKONG386 | SUBMISSION FOR 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: [...] (SBU) Per reftel, the following are post's contributions to the ninth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People's Republic of China. (Note: Per instructions, subheadings and answers correspond to questions posed in paragra [...] | 2009-03-03 10:15:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM SMIG HK MC CH |
09HONGKONG387 | SUBMISSION FOR 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: [...] (SBU) Per reftel, the following are post's contributions to the ninth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) of the People's Republic of China. (Note: Per instructions, subheadings and paragraph letters correspond to those in paragraphs [...] | 2009-03-03 10:38:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB HK MC CH |
09HONGKONG393 | SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE STAFFERS VISIT HONG KONG [...] (SBU) Summary: Eleven U.S. Senate Finance Committee staff members, led by International Trade Counsel Amber Cottle, visited Hong Kong February 18-20. Their visit focused on trade facilitation, trade security, and customs enforcement with Hong Kong Government (HKG) and private sector represent [...] | 2009-03-04 08:21:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD OREP PREL EINV HK |
09HONGKONG394 | SHARING 2007 REGIME DENIAL INFORMATION WITH HONG [...] (C) Econoffs conveyed to Hong Kong Trade and Industry Department (HKTID) Principal Trade Officer Billy Au reftel information drawn from denial notifications submitted by the United States to the four major multilateral non-proliferation regimes. Econoffs emphasized to Au that this information [...] | 2009-03-04 08:23:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL HK |
09HONGKONG395 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: CHINA INTL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-04 09:00:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG40 | FRENCH ASK FOR U.S. SUPPORT ON DOUBLE TAXATION [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: The French Consul General has proposed that we approach the Hong Kong Government (HKG) together to press for adoption of amendments to Hong Kong tax law that would liberalize rules on Exchanges of Information with foreign jurisdictions. This would allow OECD me [...] | 2009-01-07 10:26:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV EINV HK |
09HONGKONG406 | LEAGUE OF SOCIAL DEMOCRATS: TRIPPING ON THEIR OWN [...] (C) Summary: The banana-throwing antics of Hong Kong's League of Social Democrats (LSD) may have finally crossed the line, as LSD legislators have encountered widespread opprobrium for their disruption of Financial Secretary John Tsang's budget address. Unlike their antics during the Chief Ex [...] | 2009-03-05 10:07:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HK |
09HONGKONG417 | HONG KONG, MACAU REACTIONS TO 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Hong Kong issued a largely pro-forma response to the Department's 2008 Human Rights Report on February 26. While the government did not directly dispute any of our findings, it highlighted the government's efforts to address the various social issues raised in the report such as racial di [...] | 2009-03-06 08:07:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV HK MC |
09HONGKONG421 | FAITH IN CHINESE STIMULUS, DOUBTS ABOUT DEMAND [...] Summary: Hong Kong analysts, financial officials and bankers generally trust that China's fiscal and monetary stimuli will help prop up Chinese GDP growth in 2009 despite rapidly collapsing exports. Most senior Chinese officials understand that declining exports reflect evaporating foreign de [...] | 2009-03-06 09:31:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH |
09HONGKONG422 | EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM PROPOSAL: HONG KONG, FOOD [...] (U) The Consulate General Hong Kong is pleased to submit the following request for a Food Safety Expert under the 2009 Embassy Science Fellow Program (reftel). Such a Science Fellow would greatly assist the Hong Kong Government (HKG) strengthen and improve its food testing regime and ensure t [...] | 2009-03-06 09:31:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO HK |
09HONGKONG430 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN; ICC ARREST WARRANT FOR [...] Afghanistan 2. ICC Arrest Warrant for President of Sudan 3. U.S. economy HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...] | 2009-03-09 08:41:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
09HONGKONG432 | DEMONSTRATION AT U.S. CONSULATE GENERAL HONG KONG [...] On Monday, 09 March, at approximately 1115 hours, a demonstration involving about 25 people was held at the U.S. Consulate General in Hong Kong. The protesters identified themselves as members of "The Diaoyu Islands Movement," and included Hong Kong Legislative Counselor LEUNG Kwok Hung "Long [...] | 2009-03-09 10:09:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KPAO HK |
09HONGKONG438 | HK OFFICIALS LOOK TO G-20, REGIONAL FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong officials will participate in upcoming G-20 meetings as part of the Chinese delegation, focusing on advising senior PRC officials on regulatory and financial sector reforms, U.S. Treasury officials heard during a February 20-24 visit to Hong Kong. Comments by Treasury [...] | 2009-03-10 11:17:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL HK CH |
09HONGKONG444 | HK'S ENVIRONMENTAL SECRETARY ON ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hong Kong's Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau told the Consul General on March 5 that despite universal agreement that the full impact of global economic difficulties is yet to come, Hong Kong will not cut back on environmental programs and will continue funding to assist [...] | 2009-03-11 09:36:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PGOV SENV CH HK |
09HONGKONG445 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA-U.S. SHIP INCIDENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-11 09:40:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
09HONGKONG450 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS; TIBET [...] U.S.-China relations 2. Tibet HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...] | 2009-03-12 07:36:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
09HONGKONG461 | HONG KONG'S UPDATED AVIAN INFLUENZA/PANDEMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post submits the following updated Pandemic Influenza (PI) tripwires for consideration and coordination in response to Department-provided guidance and action request (Reftel A). These tripwires were developed as part of Post's ongoing efforts to ensure we are as prepared as po [...] | 2009-03-13 07:40:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT ASEC CASC KFLU KSEO KPAO TBIO HK CH |
09HONGKONG462 | HONG KONG STRENGTHENING MONEY LAUNDERING STATUTES [...] (SBU) Summary. Hong Kong's three financial regulatory agencies (the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the Securities and Futures Commission and the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance) told Embassy Beijing Deputy Treasury Attache Jean Paul Duvivier on February 25 that Hong Kong's Financial [...] | 2009-03-13 08:20:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN HK |
09HONGKONG483 | MACAU (MOSTLY) LIFTS TRAVEL BAN ON PAN-DEMOCRATS; [...] (C) Summary and comment: Weeks of mounting pressure from Hong Kong's pan-democrats, the media, the Hong Kong government (reluctantly),and perhaps even Beijing have led Macau to lift what appeared to be a blanket ban on Hong Kong democratic activists' visiting Macau. Twenty eight pan-democra [...] | 2009-03-16 10:21:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MC HK CH |
09HONGKONG484 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: PO YUEN TECHNOLOGY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-17 00:05:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG489 | MEDIA REACTION: G20 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-17 08:58:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
09HONGKONG498 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: RICH LONG [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...] | 2009-03-18 05:55:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG499 | MACAU CHIEF EXECUTIVE: THREE NON-CANDIDATES IN A [...] (C) Summary and comment: In the end, Beijing will choose the next Chief Executive (CE) of Macau, due to take office December 20 this year at the end of Edmund Ho's second term. The only question is which of the three distinct options it prefers. Offering continuity, connections, social standin [...] | 2009-03-18 08:26:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MC |
09HONGKONG501 | FINANCIAL SECRETARY UNDERCUTS SUPPORT FOR HIS [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong economic and political observers have differing views of the Hong Kong budget Financial Secretary John Tsang presented February 25. Economic analysts applauded the government's probity and willingness to "focus on the little things" as the forces buffeting the global e [...] | 2009-03-18 08:27:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL HK |
09HONGKONG502 | MEDIA REACTION: AIG; TIBET; CHINA AND U.S. BONDS; [...] AIG 2. Tibet 3. China and U.S. bonds 4. China: South China Sea disputes HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...] | 2009-03-18 08:48:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
09HONGKONG513 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: CHESTER VIEW LTD. [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...] | 2009-03-19 06:45:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG515 | HONG KONG BUSINESS AVIATION CENTRE PARTNERS WITH [...] (SBU) At a March 5 meeting, Hong Kong Business Aviation Centre (BAC) General Manager Madonna Fung told visiting U.S. Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, Cindy Farkus, that BAC would join the Secure Fixed Base Operator Program (SFBOP) on April 1, 2009. [...] | 2009-03-19 08:08:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ASEC ECON OVIP HK |
09HONGKONG522 | MACAU TO ESTABLISH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BUREAU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) is expected to formally establish a new Environmental Protection Bureau (EPB) on June 1. The EPB will fall under the direction of the Secretary for Transport and Public Works and be responsible for environmental planning, regulation [...] | 2009-03-20 01:52:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SENV CH HK |
09HONGKONG524 | HONG KONG: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (S/NF) In response to reftel, Post concurs that the four Hong Kong assets named in the 2008 Critical Foreign Dependencies Initiative (CFDI) list meet the criteria (see below). Post also suggests listing Hong Kong assets separately from Mainland China, given a highly autonomous local governmen [...] | 2009-03-20 06:31:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP PGOV HK |
09HONGKONG526 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: RICH LONG [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...] | 2009-03-20 07:36:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG527 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: WT [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...] | 2009-03-20 07:36:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG529 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ECONOMY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 09:32:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
09HONGKONG53 | HONG KONG DEMOCRATS DRAW BATTLE LINES ON UNIVERSAL [...] (C) Summary: On January 7, Hong Kong's pan-democrats, led by Legal functional constituency (FC) legislator Margaret Ng (Civic Party),moved a resolution calling on the government to state for the record it intends to abolish the FCs as part of Hong Kong's democratic reforms. This move follows [...] | 2009-01-08 09:59:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HK |
09HONGKONG530 | HONG KONG TO LOSE FINANCIAL FORUM SEAT IN 2011? [...] (U) This is an Action Message. Action Request para 5. 2. (C) Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Chief Executive Joseph Yam told the Consul General March 20 that in the recent Financial Stability Forum (FSF) meeting in London, participants agreed to expand FSF membership to include all G [...] | 2009-03-20 11:54:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON HK CH |
09HONGKONG531 | Inflation Fears Hit Hang Seng [...] Summary: Hong Kong Financial leaders and the local press are nervous about the impact of the U.S. Federal Reserve's latest announcement that it would increase its purchases of mortgage-backed securities and buy an additional 300 billion of U.S. Treasury bills over the next six months. In addi [...] | 2009-03-20 12:10:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH |
09HONGKONG54 | ANNUAL OSAC CRIME SAFETY REPORT [...] The Annual OSAC Crime Safety Report for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is submitted below, following the guidelines in reftel. I. OVERALL CRIME AND SAFETY SITUATION: Post is not aware of any specific threats against American citizens in Hong Kong. However, all visitors should [...] | 2009-01-09 00:04:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KSAC HK |
09HONGKONG540 | HK HOPES TAX AMENDMENTS WILL BOOST INVESTMENT, [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong officials have been closely watching moves against jurisdictions accused of facilitating tax evasion. They hope a proposal to liberalize the exchange of tax information will facilitate double taxation agreement negotiations and keep Hong Kong out of international tax c [...] | 2009-03-23 07:29:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON HK CH SG |
09HONGKONG541 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: CENTRE BRIGHT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-23 08:22:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG543 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ECONOMY; U.S.-China SEA SPAT [...] U.S. economy 2. U.S.-China sea spat HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...] | 2009-03-23 09:56:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
09HONGKONG547 | MEDIA REACTION: NEW USG PLAN TO DEAL WITH TOXIC ASSETS; [...] New USG plan to deal with toxic assets 2. U.S.-China relations 3. Iran HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...] | 2009-03-24 09:36:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
09HONGKONG555 | MEDIA REACTION: G-20; TOXIC-ASSET PLAN [...] G-20 2. Toxic-asset plan HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...] | 2009-03-25 09:39:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
09HONGKONG556 | MACAU TIP: NGO AND GOVERNMENT EVENTS RAISE [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Macau NGO Good Shepherd Sisters (GSS) organized the second State Department-funded anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) event to coincide with International Women's Day, March 8. The outdoor exhibition was held at a public square and drew an estimated crowd of 200 peop [...] | 2009-03-25 09:49:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIP KCRM PHUM SMIG HK MC CH |
09HONGKONG557 | PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION AT U.S. CONSULATE GENERAL [...] On Sunday 22 March 2009, at 1345, approximately 15 demonstrators marched from a rally point in the Central District of Hong Kong to the U.S. Consulate General in an effort to call attention to the cause of world peace. 2. The Hong Kong Police reported that the demonstration was organized by [...] | 2009-03-25 09:55:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC HK KPAO |
09HONGKONG558 | CIVIC PARTY: MOVING FROM FAN CLUB TO POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary and comment: Hong Kong's Civic Party is unique in having been formed by a group of incumbents already in the Legislative Council, rather than by a movement which then went on to contest elections. While its legislators are among Hong Kong's most popular, the Civics have almost no [...] | 2009-03-25 10:12:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HK |
09HONGKONG559 | HONG KONG HAS HIGH HOPES FOR RMB SETTLEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Hong Kong Monetary Authority Chief Executive Joseph Yam will travel to Beijing this week to sign an agreement to launch Chinese currency trade settlement in Hong Kong. While the scheme will eventually include Macau and ASEAN countries, Yam believes the large majority of trans [...] | 2009-03-25 10:15:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON HK CH |
09HONGKONG594 | HK Market Report, March 30: Trade Stats Drive Insecurity [...] Summary: February trade statistics reflected Hong Kong's worst monthly performance since the 1950s. Li & Fung Managing Director William Fung expressed worries about growing trade protectionism in the U.S., but Cheung Kong Group Chairman Li Ka-shing was more optimistic, expecting the U.S. and [...] | 2009-03-30 10:46:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH |
09HONGKONG599 | HONG KONG AIMS LOW ON AIR QUALITY STANDARDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Hong Kong Government has proposed the adoption of World Heath Organization (WHO) Tier 1 Interim Target Air Quality Standards for three of four major pollutant categories. The full adoption of WHO Air Quality Goals is a long-term objective. Hong Kong NGOs and civic groups ar [...] | 2009-03-31 09:43:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SFNV TPHY HK CH |
09HONGKONG604 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: TECHWING [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...] | 2009-04-01 05:33:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG605 | RUMORED TEN-POINT AGREEMENT GIVES VOICE TO CPPCC [...] (C) Summary: The Hong Kong government and Central Government Liaison Office (CGLO) both deny reports they struck a deal granting Hong Kong delegates to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) a greater role in Hong Kong affairs in exchange for the Hong Kong government ha [...] | 2009-04-01 08:17:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HK CH |
09HONGKONG606 | IMPACT OF MACAU LAW ON HONG KONG ARTICLE 23 DEBATE [...] (C) Per reftel, post offers the following comments in response to reftel queries. 2. (C) WHO ARE THE KEY BEIJING AND HONG KONG OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN HONG KONG'S ARTICLE 23 POLICY PROCESS, AND WHAT DIFFERENCES EXIST BETWEEN THESE INDIVIDUALS IN REGARDS TO THE TIMING, SCOPE, ENFORCEMENT, AND [...] | 2009-04-01 08:25:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PHUM CH HK MC |
09HONGKONG607 | MACAU: RESPONSE ON FORCED OR CHILD LABOR IN THE [...] This message is Post's response to U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) request for information about forced labor or child labor in the production of goods in the Macau Special Administrative Region (reftel). 2. Macau does not have a record of forced labor or child labor in the production of g [...] | 2009-04-01 09:40:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP KCRM PHUM SMIG HK MC CH |
09HONGKONG615 | SECURE FREIGHT INITIATIVE IN HONG KONG [...] (U) Post appreciates Ref A instructions and seeks additional guidance. See paragraphs 2-3 for action request. 2. (SBU) Action Request. Post requests Washington guidance on the following questions: --Ref A instructs Post to provide the information in the non-paper to the Hong Kong SAR [...] | 2009-04-02 09:09:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC EWWT PARM PREL PTER HK |
09HONGKONG616 | MEDIA REACTION: G20 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-02 09:39:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
09HONGKONG62 | HONG KONG 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Summary: The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) is not a major transshipment point for illicit drugs destined for the international market. Some narcotics shipments do transit Hong Kong's high volume port, but its efficient law enforcement efforts, the availability of alternate [...] | 2009-01-09 09:59:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR HK |
09HONGKONG63 | Lehman Report Disappoints, HK Outlook Dreary [...] Summary: The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) each issued reports on their investigations of Lehman Bros. minibond complaints. Most complainants have been asked to provide additional information; just 238 cases have been referred for additional in [...] | 2009-01-12 00:15:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH |
09HONGKONG635 | CODEL MCCAIN COURTESY CALL ON CHIEF EXECUTIVE TSANG [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong's system, having restructured during the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997, is "resilient", Chief Executive Donald Tsang told CoDel McCain April 5, but the worst may be yet to come. He hoped the United States would not turn to protectionism. Regarding China's proposal fo [...] | 2009-04-06 08:33:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD OREP HK |
09HONGKONG637 | CODEL MCCAIN ROUNDTABLE WITH SENIOR HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: Former Chief Secretary Anson Chan told CoDel McCain April 5 that Hong Kong's deterioration under "one country, two systems" has more to do with the failure of the current administration to defend Hong Kong's interests than with interference from the Mainland. Executive Councilor [...] | 2009-04-06 08:49:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD PHUM OREP SENV HK CH |
09HONGKONG638 | MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA; G-20; NATO [...] North Korea 2. G-20 3. NATO HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...] | 2009-04-06 09:28:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
09HONGKONG649 | HONG KONG TOY MANUFACTURERS STRUGGLE WITH U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of Hong Kong-based toy manufacturers in Guangdong Province say their orders from global retailers have declined 30 percent from last year, leading to additional closures of small- and medium-sized manufacturing facilities. The Chairman of the Hong Kong Toys Council (HKTC) [...] | 2009-04-07 09:37:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EIND ELAB EFIN EINV ECON CH HK |
09HONGKONG660 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA TO TURKEY; G-20 SUMMIT [...] President Obama to Turkey 2. G-20 summit HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...] | 2009-04-08 09:09:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
09HONGKONG673 | HKTID LETTER EMPHASIZES EXPORT CONTROL REQUIREMENTS [...] (SBU) Hong Kong Trade and Industry Department (HKTID) told us on April 2 that they have begun including with every import license for certain controlled electronic components (US 3A001) a letter that explains the control requirements. The licensee (importer) will be required to pass the lett [...] | 2009-04-09 10:31:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ETRD ETTC PARM HK |
09HONGKONG679 | MEDIA REACTION: THAILAND; ISRAEL AND PALESTINE; U.S. [...] Thailand 2. Israel and Palestine 3. U.S. military spending HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...] | 2009-04-14 09:55:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
09HONGKONG680 | TEMPORARY DENIAL ORDER WITH HONG KONG RELATED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-14 11:25:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC HK PARM |
09HONGKONG687 | MEDIA REACTION: CUBA; US-RUSSIA RELATIONS [...] Cuba 2. U.S.-Russia relations HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...] | 2009-04-15 09:21:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
09HONGKONG688 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USCC VISIT TO HONG KONG, [...] Consulate General Hong Kong warmly welcomes the visit of Chairman Bartholomew and the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) delegation to Hong Kong May 9-12 2009. Control Officer for the visit is Political Officer Benjamin Weber, office telephone:(852)2841-2110; mobile t [...] | 2009-04-15 10:20:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL OREP HK |
09HONGKONG697 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 01:29:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN HK MC |
09HONGKONG708 | New RMB Trade Settlement Prospect Pushes Hang Seng Up [...] Summary: The April 8 announcement by the Chinese State Council that Renminbi (RMB) will be approved for use in trade settlement in selected cities has pushed the Hong Kong stock market up almost eight percent, with financial stocks leading the surge. Although details of the scheme have yet to [...] | 2009-04-17 11:46:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH |
09HONGKONG733 | HONG KONG RESPONDS ON SFI EXTENSION [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2, 9, and 11. 2. (SBU) Summary and Action Request: In productive April 21 discussions on the future of Hong Kong's SFI pilot program, Hong Kong Government (HKG) senior officials proposed to SFI Director Todd Horton two options for a way forwar [...] | 2009-04-22 09:33:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EWWT HK |
09HONGKONG742 | HONG KONG OBSERVERS SEE CHINA'S SOCIAL UNREST [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Hong Kong-based China watchers assess that China's vast cash reserves will prove its most powerful tool to "buy time" and stave off large-scale discontent by the nearly 27 million unemployed migrant workers and college graduates. Beijing has aggressively adopted measu [...] | 2009-04-23 07:43:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL HK CH |
09HONGKONG746 | HONG KONG/TAIWAN: HIGH-LEVEL VISITS TO SPUR TIES [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong-Taiwan relations have experienced a recent surge of activity, with Hong Kong's Secretary for Home Affairs Tsang Tak-sing becoming the first senior Hong Kong official since 1997 to visit Taiwan, when he led the Hong Kong and Macau delegation to the second World Buddhist Fo [...] | 2009-04-23 10:16:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL HK TW |
09HONGKONG747 | HK LEADERS TELL DALLAS FED CHIEF CHINA NEEDS U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher and staff met with Hong Kong government officials, business and finance leaders and the media April 14-15 to explain recent U.S. Federal Reserve actions and to hear local concerns. He reassured interlocutors that the U.S. economy w [...] | 2009-04-24 07:43:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN HK CH |
09HONGKONG754 | RENEWED PUSH IN HONG KONG TOWARD LEGISLATED [...] (SBU) Summary: USTR Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for China Affairs Timothy Stratford reassured Hong Kong-based business executives that the Obama administration will seek to maintain a bipartisan consensus in favor of free trade. During the April 4 discussion, Stratford described the po [...] | 2009-04-24 10:33:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH |
09HONGKONG755 | AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USCC DELEGATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-27 02:06:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP PGOV PREL HK |
09HONGKONG766 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: HANG TAT ELECHANG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-27 09:15:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG768 | HONG KONG SWINE FLU RESPONSE [...] (SBU) In response to the Swine Flu outbreak in Mexico and cases in the U.S. and other countries, on April 26 Hong Kong raised its 3-tier pandemic response level from Tier-1, "Alert", to Tier-2, "Serious". Hong Kong's move is precautionary and follows established protocols. There have been no [...] | 2009-04-27 10:06:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT ASEC CASC KFLU KPAO KSEO TBIO HK CH |
09HONGKONG770 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE LICENSE CHECK: BLUE NOVA/SHENZHEN EMISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-28 00:05:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG785 | HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE - NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE [...] (SBU) Hong Kong's preparedness level remains unchanged at an elevated Tier 2 or "Serious" response level for Pandemic Influenza (PI) (REFTEL) and Hong Kong health authorities continue to closely monitor arrivals at all border crossings and international terminals. All arriving passengers trans [...] | 2009-04-29 09:43:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU KPAO KSAF MG |
09HONGKONG793 | JASPER TSANG: HOW MUCH COURAGE IN HIS CONVICTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: People across the political spectrum in Hong Kong acknowledge Legislative Council (LegCo) President Jasper Tsang Yok-sing as a man of ideas and integrity. Despite concern about his still-unacknowledged status as a Communist Party member, Tsang has proven he can run LegCo fairly, ha [...] | 2009-04-30 06:49:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR HK CH |
09HONGKONG797 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: TECHPRO TECHNOLOGY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-30 09:08:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG799 | MGSF01: HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE (4/30),NO CONFIRMED [...] (SBU) Hong Kong's pandemic flu alert level remained unchanged April 30, at "Serious," despite the WHO's decision to increase its Pandemic Alert phase from 4 to 5 on April 29. Secretary for Health York Chow did, however, announce April 30 that the HKG would "immediately" go to its highest level [...] | 2009-04-30 10:22:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CH HK KFLO KPAO KSAF MG |
09HONGKONG800 | MONGOLIA MINING FOR MONEY IN HONG KONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: A private conference in Hong Kong March 31 brought together top level Mongolian government officials, world class economists, some of the biggest investors in Mongolia and multinational companies to help participants identify the best investment opportunities in Mongolia and how t [...] | 2009-04-30 10:26:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL HK MG |
09HONGKONG801 | Hang Seng Recovers from Flu but Trade Volumes Still In ICU [...] SUMMARY: Flu fears pushed down the Hang Seng early in the week, but the Index had fully recovered by April 30. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority will include flu-inspired scenarios in its next round of bank stress testing. Hong Kong's ExCo approved plans to issue up to HKD 100 billion in gove [...] | 2009-04-30 11:57:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EINV PREL HK MG |
09HONGKONG802 | H1N1 CONFIRMED IN HONG KONG: H1N1 UPDATE (5/2) [...] Hong Kong Secretary for Health York Chow announced at a press conference at approximately 2100 HRS on May 1 (HKT) that Hong Kong has confirmed its first case of the H1N1 flu. With this confirmation, the Hong Kong Government (HKG) raised its Pandemic Response level to "Emergency," the highest of [...] | 2009-05-02 06:36:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KPAO KSAF MG PINR |
09HONGKONG815 | SPECIAL 301 PREVIEW DELIVERED TO HONG KONG AND [...] (U) Post provided a preview of the 2009 Special 301 report to governments of Macau and Hong Kong on April 30 (ref A). Macau ----- 2. (SBU) Macau Customs Service Director General Choi Lai Hang appreciated our advance notice that Macau was excluded from this year's Special 301 report. He [...] | 2009-05-04 09:48:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR HK CH |
09HONGKONG816 | HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE (5/4),9 AMCITS IN QUARANTINE [...] (SBU) Hong Kong's Health Secretary York Chow briefed Hong Kong's Consular Corps members in a special meeting late May 4 to address concerns arising from the government's decision to quarantine approximately 240 foreign nationals (including 9 AMCITS) in Hong Kong, after a Mexican national in Hon [...] | 2009-05-04 11:29:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KPAO KSAF MG PINR |
09HONGKONG841 | MACAU RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: REVERSION WAS ONLY THE [...] (C) Summary and comment: According to representatives of several of Macau's major religious communities, Macau's 1999 reversion to PRC rule allowed other faiths to gain equal status with the formerly state-supported Catholic Church. The Buddhist and Protestant communities now receive governmen [...] | 2009-05-07 08:04:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF CH MC |
09HONGKONG843 | HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE (5/7),QUARANTINE ORDEAL ENDS [...] On May 7, Hong Kong health authorities began the phased release of the approximately 350 individuals (240 of which are foreign nationals, including 10 AMCITS) placed in quarantine due to exposure to the H1N1-positive patient confirmed in Hong Kong on May 1 (Reftel). The first group of 35 indi [...] | 2009-05-07 11:06:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU KPAO KSAF MG |
09HONGKONG868 | HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SURVEYS HIGHLIGHT IPR [...] (U) Summary: The Hong Kong government's Intellectual Property Department (IPD) recently announced survey results indicating a high degree of intellectual property rights (IPR) awareness among local businesses and the general public. Only 8.5 percent of Hong Kong residents expressed willingnes [...] | 2009-05-12 04:13:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR HK CH |
09HONGKONG869 | IMF TELLS ASIAN ECONOMIES TO SPEND MORE, DON'T [...] Summary: Trade linkages among Asian economies amplified the impact of the global financial crisis to a degree that surprised International Monetary Fund economists, said Assistant Director for Asia Joshua Feldman in Hong Kong at the release of the Fund's Regional Economic Outlook report on Ma [...] | 2009-05-12 07:03:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN HK CH |
09HONGKONG880 | HONG KONG AND MAINLAND EXPAND ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP [...] Summary and Comment: Government officials from Hong Kong and the PRC agreed on May 9 to accelerate the implementation of the sixth annual supplement to the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA). The latest supplementary agreement will take effect sooner than expected (on October 1) t [...] | 2009-05-14 01:22:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH |
09HONGKONG887 | HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE (5/14) 2ND CASE CONFIRMED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-14 10:33:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU KPAO KSAF MG |
09HONGKONG899 | HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE (5/15): CG PUSHES BACK WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-15 11:48:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU KPAO KSAF MG |
09HONGKONG9 | HONG KONG: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-02 08:47:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER |
09HONGKONG90 | MEDIA REACTION: US-CHINA RELATIONS; GUANTANAMO [...] U.S.-China relations 2. Guantanamo HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...] | 2009-01-14 08:45:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
09HONGKONG91 | PRODUCT SAFETY TRUMPS FUN AND GAMES AT HONG KONG [...] (SBU) Summary: Director of International Programs and Intergovernmental Affairs at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Richard O'Brien visited Hong Kong from January 4-9. He educated local manufacturers and exporters about the new U.S. Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CP [...] | 2009-01-14 10:02:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK |
09HONGKONG918 | BANCO DELTA ASIA SUES MACAU AND HONG KONG [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraphs 3 and 5. 2. (C) Summary: The Macau and Hong Kong governments are facing judicial challenges to the actions they took against the Banco Delta Asia (BDA) and its Hong Kong-based subsidiary, Delta Asia Credit (DAC). Macau and Hong Kong severely [...] | 2009-05-19 09:27:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON KN MC HK |
09HONGKONG919 | HONG KONG SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PELOSI [...] (U) We warmly welcome your delegation's May 29-30 visit to Hong Kong. Your meetings with Chief Executive Tsang, the Legislative Council and democratic politicians will help to underscore our message that the United States, particularly the Congress, maintains a key interest in Hong Kong's aut [...] | 2009-05-19 10:31:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD OREP HK |
09HONGKONG92 | XI JINPING VISIT TO MACAU: NO PRESENTS OR HOT TIPS [...] (SBU) Summary: Xi Jinping, visiting Macau January 9-10 for the first time as PRC Vice President, expressed confidence Macau can weather the current economic downturn with the support of the central government and continued diligence of the Macau people. His encouraging words, however, were not [...] | 2009-01-14 10:02:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HK MC CH |
09HONGKONG930 | U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY LAW RESHAPING TEST [...] (C) Summary: During May 13-14 tours of three consumer product testing labs in Hong Kong and Dongguan that examine children's products bound for the United States, lab company managers said enactment of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) had boosted their testing r [...] | 2009-05-21 06:44:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EIND TBIO EFIN EINV ECON PGOV HK CH |
09HONGKONG931 | TWO GOVERNING TEAMS IN HONG KONG? [...] (C) Summary and comment: Central Government Liaison Office (CGLO) Research Department Chief Cao Erbao's January 2008 Party School journal article describing "two governing teams" in Hong Kong has recently surfaced to rekindle alarm bells here about "one country, two systems." The uproar may ha [...] | 2009-05-21 07:12:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH HK MC |
09HONGKONG933 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE LICENSE CHECK: A&P INSTRUMENT CO. LTD. [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...] | 2009-05-21 09:09:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG934 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION - AVNET TECHNOLOGY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-21 09:09:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
09HONGKONG935 | TFFLU01: HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE (5/21),QUARANTINE [...] (U) Effective May 21, Hong Kong will no longer mandatorily quarantine travelers who have been in contact with a confirmed H1N1 patient. Under new guidelines released May 20, travelers and others linked through direct or proximity contact to a confirmed H1N1 patient, who do not exhibit flu-like [...] | 2009-05-21 09:21:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU KPAO KSAF MG |
09HONGKONG937 | MGM'S "UNSUITABLE" JOINT VENTURE PARTNER IN MACAU [...] (U) Summary: The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) has designated MGM Mirage's 50/50 joint venture partner in Macau, Pansy Ho, an "unsuitable" business partner for MGM. The DGE has recommended that MGM sever its business association with Pansy Ho, based on her substantial busines [...] | 2009-05-21 10:15:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV MO HK CH |
09HONGKONG940 | HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE (5/15): CG PUSHES BACK WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In May 15 phone calls to Chief Executive Donald Tsang and Health Secretary York Chow, as well as active public diplomacy work with the press and demonstrators at the Consulate, the Consulate General has pushed back briskly against Hong Kong government allegations that the United [...] | 2009-05-22 01:32:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU KPAO KSAF MG |
09HONGKONG944 | MONEY LAUNDERING: MACAU'S YOUNG FIU GAIS [...] (SBU) Smmary: Macau's Financial Intelligence Unit (GIF for its Portuguese name) ill gain memberhip to the Egmont Group of Financal Intelligence Units at the Group's May 24-28 Penary in Doha, GIF Director Deborah Ng told us May 14. Egmont Group membership gives GIF a formal latform to exchang [...] | 2009-05-22 08:51:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON SOCI KCRM QA MC |
09HONGKONG945 | MACAU OBSERVERS DISMISS HONG KONG REPORTS OF A [...] (C) Summary and comment: Macau contacts dismiss allegations by Hong Kong activists that Beijing has a "second governing team" administering Macau (reftel). Most question why the central government would feel the need: Macau's government sticks close to the central line, and Macau people are f [...] | 2009-05-22 09:58:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MC CH HK |
09HONGKONG976 | CODEL PELOSI, ACTIVISTS DISCUSS CHINA'S LABOR [...] (C) Summary: Prominent Hong Kong-based human rights and labor activists Han Dongfang and Robin Munro told CODEL Pelosi May 29 that a maturing grassroots rights movement in China gives them hope, though pervasive corruption remains a major obstacle to protecting Chinese citizens' rights and wel [...] | 2009-05-29 13:41:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ELAB ETRD OREP PELOSI |
09HONGKONG977 | CODEL PELOSI MEETING WITH HONG KONG CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with CODEL Pelosi May 29, Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang stressed the close economic links and shared values between the United States and Hong Kong. He also touted Hong Kong's efforts to address climate and energy issues, including government-to-government cooperat [...] | 2009-05-29 13:44:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD SENV ENRG |
09HONGKONG983 | MACAU CHIEF EXECUTIVE ELECTION: BEIJING BLINKS? [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Unless and until Macau Prosecutor General Ho Chio-meng throws his hat in the ring, it appears Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Fernando Chui Sai-on has a lock on Macau's July Chief Executive election. Ho's entry would likely be a signal Beijing had decided he [...] | 2009-06-01 03:22:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH MC |
09HONGKONG984 | CODEL PELOSI MEETING WITH HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE [...] (C) Summary: A far-ranging meeting May 29 between CODEL Pelosi and seventeen of Hong Kong's most active (and vocal) legislators covered a range of issues, with pan-democratic legislators calling for U.S. support on human rights in China and Hong Kong's democratic development. Pro-establishment [...] | 2009-06-01 03:31:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN ETRD SENV ENRG |
09HONGKONG985 | CODEL PELOSI MEETING WITH MARTIN LEE [...] (C) Summary: Veteran democratic politician Martin Lee warned CODEL Pelosi May 30 that Beijing was "reneging" on its promises of elections by universal suffrage, Hong Kong people governing Hong Kong, and a high degree of autonomy in matters specified in the Basic Law. He said Hong Kong people t [...] | 2009-06-01 03:42:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF CH HK |
09HONGKONG986 | HONG KONG POLICE FOIL 2008 PLOT TO KILL MARTIN LEE [...] (C) Post expected press interest in pan-democratic leader Martin Lee's May 30 meeting with CODEL Pelosi (reftel). However, questions to Lee that morning from waiting press focused more on a front-page South China Morning Post (SCMP) story reporting police having foiled a planned attempt on Lee [...] | 2009-06-01 03:46:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CH HK |
09HYDERABAD121 | TELANGANA - A HUNGER STRIKE RESUSCITATES A SEPARATIST [...] SUMMARY: The Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh (AP) experienced civil unrest following the arrest of K. Chandrasekhar Rao, the leader of a local political party focused on winning statehood for the region. After 11 days of an indefinite hunger strike and the threat of a significant escalati [...] | 2009-12-10 16:53:00 | American Consulate Hyderabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09HYDERABAD124 | TELANGANA - THE REACTION [...] SUMMARY: Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram's announcement on Telangana statehood resulted in a revolt in the Andhra Pradesh (AP) state legislature, with an en masse "resignation" of state legislators. The resignations cut across party lines as political parties backtracked from established [...] | 2009-12-12 18:52:00 | American Consulate Hyderabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09HYDERABAD137 | TELANGANA - THE STATEHOOD TRAP [...] (U) SUMMARY: The escalating tensions in Andhra Pradesh (AP) over the future status of Telangana led to acts of violence overnight as buses were torched and rail transport halted. Authorities imposed a ban on public meetings until New Year's Day. The December 11 announcement of the center's sup [...] | 2009-12-24 11:43:00 | American Consulate Hyderabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PINR KDEM IN |
09HYDERABAD138 | TELANGANA - ALL CALM IN A STATE OF ANARCHY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Longtime Congress party stalwart and underperforming Governor of Andhra Pradesh (AP) Narayan Dutt Tiwari resigned following a sex scandal involving allegedly trafficked women. Two days later, Chhattisgarh Governor ELS Narasimhan, a former Intelligence Bureau (IB) Chief and fluent [...] | 2009-12-28 15:36:00 | American Consulate Hyderabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PINR KDEM IN |
09HYDERABAD40 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: ANDHRA PRADESH CONGRESS UNLIKELY TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Andhra Pradesh, India's fourth largest state, is in the midst of concurrent state and national elections. The state was a bright spot for Congress in 2004; the party won an absolute majority in the state assembly and a substantial majority of Andhra Pradesh's seats in the Lok [...] | 2009-04-23 09:32:00 | American Consulate Hyderabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN |
09HYDERABAD47 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: UNDERSTANDING ANDHRA PRADESH: THE MIM [...] SUMMARY: In the first election after the death of its patriarch, Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi, the All India Majlis-Ittehadul-Muslimeen (MIM) faces one of its toughest challenges in years. The Old City section of Hyderabad remains a stronghold of the MIM, but this year, barely seven months after [...] | 2009-05-13 11:43:00 | American Consulate Hyderabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN |
09HYDERABAD55 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: UNDERSTANDING ANDHRA PRADESH: THE TURNOUT [...] SUMMARY: Voter turnout in the state of Andhra Pradesh (AP) was significantly higher than the national average during the concurrent 2009 national and state elections. Neither issues, nor sops, nor the much-hyped media and youth campaigns seemed to be the driving force behind this. It was wom [...] | 2009-06-01 10:50:00 | American Consulate Hyderabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN |
09HYDERABAD56 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: UNDERSTANDING ANDHRA PRADESH: DEFYING [...] SUMMARY: With voter turnout in Andhra Pradesh (AP) significantly higher than the national average, the Congress party defied the exit polls to increase its huge margin in the Lok Sabha delegation from the state and win a simple majority in the state assembly. The emergence of two new parties [...] | 2009-06-01 14:35:00 | American Consulate Hyderabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN |
09HYDERABAD63 | H1N1 POSITIVE AMERICANS QUARANTINED IN HYDERABAD [...] SUMMARY: To date, Hyderabad ACS has verified the U.S. citizenship of five persons quarantined for H1N1 influenza in our consular district. Two adults have been released, while three Amcit minors have tested positive and continue in quarantine. Several LPRs (U.S. legal permanent residents) hav [...] | 2009-06-18 11:40:00 | American Consulate Hyderabad | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC KFLU IN |
09ISLAMABAD10 | PRESERVING INFORMATION SHARING [...] (S) Post notes with some concern the report (Ref A) that the GOI Ministry of External Affairs plans to release information from its investigation into the Mumbai attacks next week to all countries that lost citizens and "that therefore any information sharing will be overtaken by events." Ref A say [...] | 2009-01-03 12:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER PK IN |
09ISLAMABAD1001 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-11 09:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1007 | PAKISTAN IDP CRISIS: HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: As of the evening of May 10, the total number of registered new caseload IDPs stood at approximately 360,000 (of whom 15 percent are in camps). According to UNHCR, outgoing Pakistan National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) Chief General Farooq Khan continues to challenge huma [...] | 2009-05-11 16:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF PK AF EAID PREL PINR PTER ECON |
09ISLAMABAD1014 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-12 10:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1024 | MUMBAI PROSECUTION UPDATE: PAKISTAN LACKS EVIDENCE TO CONVICT TOP SUSPECTS [...] (C) Summary: On May 12, the Pakistani Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) granted an extension for filing the final charge sheet until May 23. While the FIA and prosecutors have been able to use the repeated extensions to gather more evidence, time is running out, and the prosecution does not/not have eno [...] | 2009-05-12 15:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1025 | SITUATION IN SWAT: MAY 12 [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Gilani called a special session of the National Assembly to discuss the situation in Swat and surrounding areas in Malakand District as well as the humanitarian situation of the growing number of IDPs. While most of the members agreed to support the government,s [...] | 2009-05-12 15:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL |
09ISLAMABAD1026 | PAKISTAN IDP CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN High Commissioner for Refugees will be in Pakistan May 14-17. The overall IDP number is now well above 1 million, and the new caseload is above 485,000. UNHCR has a plane arriving today from Dubai with non-food items which cannot be procured locally. Embassy Islamabad' [...] | 2009-05-12 15:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF PK AF EAID CASC PREL PINR PTER ECON |
09ISLAMABAD1029 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-13 09:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1030 | PAKISTAN IDP CRISIS: UPDATE ON EMBASSY EFFORTS - GETTING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-13 12:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PK EAID PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD1031 | DISASTER DECLARATION CABLE FOR INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS [...] (U) Summary: This is an action request. In response to the large magnitude of populations displaced due to security operations by the Government of Pakistan (GOP)against militants in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP),I, the Ambassador, have [...] | 2009-05-13 12:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PK PINR PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD1033 | PAKISTAN IDP CRISIS: EFFORTS BY THE GOVERNMENT OF [...] (U) Summary: On May 12 newly appointed Pakistan IDP emergency assistance coordinator Lt. General Nadeem Ahmad and Minister of State for Economic Affairs Division (EAD) Hina Rabbani Khar provided donors an overview of the GOP's new institutional arrangements and approach for dealing with the ID [...] | 2009-05-13 15:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREF PK EAID PREL PINR PTER |
09ISLAMABAD1035 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-14 11:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1042 | GENERAL NADEEM ON IDP CRISIS, PLANS AND ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: In a May 14 meeting with the Ambassador, General Nadeem, Pakistan,s newly appointed IDP coordinator, estimated that the GOP will need approximately USD 500 million for up to 1.5 million IDPs through December. Nadeem put the total IDP number at 1.27 million (of which roughly 20 p [...] | 2009-05-14 17:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV PK EAID PTER |
09ISLAMABAD1043 | IRI POLL: NAWAZ CONTINUES TO GAIN GROUND [...] (C) Summary: The results of the latest International Republican Institute (IRI) poll, which was taken at the height of the lawyers' long march, unsurprisingly showed Nawaz Sharif continuing his lead over President Asif Zardari; Nawaz's approval rating stood at 75 percent compared to Zardari's [...] | 2009-05-15 05:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MOPS PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1045 | GOP'S POLITICAL OFFENSIVE ON SWAT [...] (C) Summary: Addressing the National Assembly May 14, PM Gilani briefed parliamentarians on the government's strategy in Swat, Northwest Frontier Province, particularly efforts to assist the displaced (IDPs) (reftels). He announced he would convene an all parties, conference on May 18; Chief o [...] | 2009-05-15 11:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF MOPS EAID PK |
09ISLAMABAD1046 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-15 11:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1058 | ANNOUNCEMENT PLANS FOR PAKISTAN IDP ASSISTANCE APPEALS [...] (C) Summary: At a May 15 meeting with the GOP and donors, the UN announced it will delay official announcement of its appeal to May 22. This is to permit the GOP to launch its appeal first; donors will nonetheless receive timely information concerning the UN appeal. The GOP will ask for ful [...] | 2009-05-15 18:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV EAID PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD106 | SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM GENERAL PETRAEUS [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan has now acknowledged the Mumbai attacker in Indian custody is a Pakistani and has begun a formal investigation designed to lead to prosecution of detained Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaat-ud-Dawa members here. President Zardari and Prime Minister Gilani need to be encouraged [...] | 2009-01-17 12:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1063 | UPDATE ON RESPONSE TO GOP MILITARY REQUESTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-17 11:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER MARR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1064 | UNHCR GUTERRES IN ISLAMABAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: During separate May 15 briefings for Ambassador and the donor community, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said he was satisfied the GOP now understood the severity and complexity of the IDP challenge and believed the UN response was proceeding better than expect [...] | 2009-05-17 12:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID UN PK |
09ISLAMABAD1065 | THE ALL PARTIES CONFERENCE GAMBLE [...] (C) Summary. Ahead of the All Parties Conference (APC) on May 18, Ambassador called both PM Gilani and Nawaz Sharif to encourage their support for a strong political statement endorsing military action. Gilani assured the Ambassador the APC would yield a broad political consensus for action [...] | 2009-05-17 12:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1070 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-18 09:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1074 | MODERATE RELIGIOUS LEADERS FIND THEIR VOICE [...] (C) Summary: Bolstered by the government's new determination to combat terrorism, usually quiet moderate Pakistani religious leaders have begun publicly to condemn the Taliban. The most vocal are the Barelvi leaders who have formed a new alliance, the Sunni Ittehad Council, to counter the Ta [...] | 2009-05-18 11:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM KISL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1075 | FRANCE OFFERS CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary. Pakistani newspapers reported on May 16 that French President Nicolas Sarkozy had offered a civilian nuclear deal to Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari during their meetings in Paris on May 15. Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi quoted President Sarkozy as saying [...] | 2009-05-18 12:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP MNUC PK |
09ISLAMABAD1077 | MUMBAI PROSECUTION UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-18 13:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1078 | MILITARY OPERATIONS UPDATE: MAY 18 [...] (S) Summary: The Pakistani Army and Special Services Group (SSG-special forces) continue to prepare for an assault on Swat's main town of Mingora as militants reinforce and resupply their positions. The Army/SSG have lifted the curfew on Mingora several times in an attempt to empty the town [...] | 2009-05-18 13:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1079 | IDP CRISIS UPDATE: MEETINGS WITH GOP, G8 HEADS OF [...] (C) Summary: At a May 18 meeting between GOP Economic Advisor Shaukat Tarin and G-8 Heads of Mission, Tarin said that while the government is focused on immediate IDP emergency needs, it also is looking at reconstruction in order to permit IDPs to return to their homes as soon as their area [...] | 2009-05-18 15:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1080 | IDP STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION PLAN [...] (C) Summary and action request: The GOP,s strategic communications plan for combating extremism remains nascent, under-resourced, and uncoordinated among civilian and military players. While the government realizes the importance to its military campaign of winning the hearts and minds battle [...] | 2009-05-18 15:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1088 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-19 10:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD109 | PAKISTAN BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON MUMBAI ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary: On January 19, Pakistani Foreign Minister Qureshi and Interior Minister Malik briefed the diplomatic corps on Pakistan's ongoing investigation of the Mumbai attacks. Malik was annoyed the MFA declined to invite the Indians to the briefing, and he followed up with a separate brief [...] | 2009-01-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1090 | UN OCHA COORDINATION WITH GOP PRIOR TO MAY 21 [...] (C) In response to questions about the extent of coordination between the GOP and the UN with regard to the GOP-organized donors' meeting scheduled for May 21 and the formal announcement of the UN appeal on May 22, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Head Manuel Bessl [...] | 2009-05-19 12:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM PGOV EAID PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1091 | UN OCHA COORDINATION WITH GOP PRIOR TO MAY 21 [...] (C) In response to questions about the extent of coordination between the GOP and the UN with regard to the GOP-organized donors' meeting scheduled for May 21 and the formal announcement of the UN appeal on May 22, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Head Manuel Bes [...] | 2009-05-19 12:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM PGOV EAID PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1093 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 09:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1098 | NADEEM: IDP'S HOLDING AT 1.5 MILLION; [...] (C) Summary: IDP Special Support Group leader Lt General Nadeem told Ambassador and PO Peshawar May 29 that the number of IDPs was holding at 1.5 million but could grow to two million when military operations begin in the Waziristans. IDPs were returning to Bajaur in FATA; Buner was now safe fo [...] | 2009-05-20 09:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM EAID MARR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1099 | RESTORED CHIEF JUSTICE LOOKS INWARD, AVOIDS [...] (C) Summary: In the past two months since Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry was restored to the bench, he has dealt with crucial national issues through court verdicts and policy pronouncements. He has ordered the quick disposal of cases, announced the intent to withdraw judges fro [...] | 2009-05-20 12:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS PK |
09ISLAMABAD1100 | UNOCHA DISCUSSES IDPS AND HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) Summary. On May 20, Ambassador met with Rashid Khalikov, the New York Director of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),and Manuel Bessler, the Pakistan OCHA Director, to discuss the current internally displaced persons (IDP) situation. With the May 2009 revis [...] | 2009-05-20 13:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | IO PREF PHUM PINR PK PTER PREL PGOV |
09ISLAMABAD1107 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-21 10:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1111 | GOP PLEDGES REHABILITATION PACKAGE AND SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. In a May 21 conference with international relief organizations, diplomatic missions and donor agencies, Prime Minister Gilani announced Pakistan's three-pronged strategy for the internally displaced persons (IDPs) crisis: Relief, Return/Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction. Gilani [...] | 2009-05-21 13:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | IO PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD1115 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-22 10:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1118 | TURKISH AMBASSADOR: THEIR TRILATERALS, FRIENDS, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, accompanied by EmbOffs, met May 20 with Turkish Ambassador Soysal and other Turkish counterparts. The Turkish Embassy, which has taken on a coordinating role for NATO in Pakistan, advocated greater cooperation with the U.S. vis-a-vis Pakistan. Soysal described Turkey's [...] | 2009-05-24 06:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREF EAID MOPS PHUM MARR PREL PK TU |
09ISLAMABAD1119 | KAYANI IS “DESPERATE†FOR HELICOPTERS [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. In a two hour conversation with Ambassador May 23, Chief of Army Staff General Kayani told Ambassador he was "desperate" for helicopter support as he had only five MI-17s operational. Kayani insisted that Pakistani technicians were capable of doing required helicopte [...] | 2009-05-25 03:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1120 | PAKISTAN IDP SITUATION REPORT, MAY 23, 2009 [...] (SBU) The military assault on Mingora is underway. The number of returns to Bajaur and Buner remains uncertain. Indications are that people are leaving from and returning to Buner in relatively equal numbers. Those returning are doing so to harvest their crops. Save the Children representat [...] | 2009-05-25 03:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID PGOV PK IO ECON PINR |
09ISLAMABAD1122 | PAKISTAN MILITARY CLAIM MINGORA; PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary. Pakistan military operations continued on May 25, as the troops continued efforts to recapture the main Swat city of Mingora and secure major intersections and surrounding areas. Major General Athar Abbas, the Director General's Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) spokesm [...] | 2009-05-25 12:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON IO PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD1123 | CODEL LEAHY MEETS PRESIDENT ZARDARI [...] (C) In a May 25 meeting with Codel Leahy, President Zardari described his recent trilateral meeting in Iran as being focused on controlling drug trafficking and expressed support for the Obama administration's outreach to Iran. Zardari asserted that he had political consensus for current Paki [...] | 2009-05-26 01:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1136 | Economy Stable; Growth Predictions Slow [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan's economic indicators continue to remain stable, according to IMF Resident Representative Paul Ross and former Ministry of Finance official Ashfaque Hassan Khan. It is widely acknowledged that Pakistan will have problems meeting its annual IMF tax revenue target, and [...] | 2009-05-26 10:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1137 | TAX COLLECTION MISSES TARGETS; TOP OF TARIN'S AGENDA FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Reforming tax policy and improving revenue collection have become a policy focus of the current government. Finance Advisor Shaukat Tarin has made broadening the tax base a lynch pin of his economic strategy for the coming fiscal year. In spite of stepping up collection effor [...] | 2009-05-26 10:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1138 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-26 11:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1140 | PAKMIL CONTINUES TO MAKE GAINS IN SWAT; UN PUTS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Pakistan military tightened control around Mingora on May 25 and 26. Swat Taliban leader Maulana Fazullah announced that his men would no longer fight in Mingora and pleaded for those displaced to return to the city. However, Pakistan military officials saw this announcemen [...] | 2009-05-26 13:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON IO PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD1141 | SUPREME COURT DECLARES THE SHARIFS ELIGIBLE AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: On May 26, the Supreme Court reversed its February 25 decision and declared both Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif eligible to run for and serve in public office. This seals the final reinstatement of Shahbaz Sharif as Chief Minister of Punjab and clears the way for Nawaz to run (and win [...] | 2009-05-26 15:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS PINR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1142 | CJCS MAJID BRIEFS CODEL CARPER ON LATEST IN SWAT; [...] (C) Summary: Codel Carper, accompanied by the Ambassador, met May 26 with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Majid. Majid described his wish list for U.S. assistance -- precision-targeting weapons, more helicopters, and night vision equipment. The land push was going well, but the [...] | 2009-05-26 15:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM EAID PK |
09ISLAMABAD1143 | UNHCR ON THE PAKISTAN IDP CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR Islamabad staff said on May 25 that UNHCR is not providing transport for returning IDPs nor is it being notified, by individual, of their return. UNHCR believes that IDPs are returning only temporarily to harvest their crops and will not return permanently until after they [...] | 2009-05-26 17:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM PK EAID PREL PINR PTER |
09ISLAMABAD1145 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-27 10:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1151 | UN IDP CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR WAZIRISTAN; MINGORA [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 27, Ambassador met with representatives from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to discuss OCHA's IDP contingency plan for the Waziristans, which will cost an additional USD 150 million over the recently launched revised UN appeal. OCHA exp [...] | 2009-05-27 15:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON IO PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD1152 | U.S. REMOVAL OF PAKISTAN RESEARCH REACTOR FUEL ON [...] (S) XXXXXXXXXXXX, told Poloff on May 26 that the recent spate of media attention on Pakistan's nuclear security has led the GOP to delay an important nonproliferation effort, the removal of U.S.-origin highly-enriched uranium spent fuel from a Pakistani nuclear research reactor. The GOP agreed [...] | 2009-05-27 16:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP MNUC PK |
09ISLAMABAD1158 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-28 10:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1165 | PRIME MINISTER GILANI DISCUSSES SWAT, IDPS AND [...] (C) Summary: In his meeting with Codel Carper on May 26, Prime Minister Gilani provided an update on the military's progress fighting militants in Swat and on GOP efforts to care for the approximately 2 million internally-displaced persons (IDPs) affected by the fighting. He requested the U. [...] | 2009-05-28 14:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1166 | KARACHI MAYOR PROMOTES AND PLEADS FOR HIS [...] (C) Summary: Karachi Mayor Mustafa Kamal met May 26 with the Ambassador and Codel Carper in Islamabad. The energetic 37-year old mayor of one of the world's largest cities jumped at the chance to showcase Karachi, Pakistan's "revenue engine," he said. The five senators were particularly inte [...] | 2009-05-28 14:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID PK |
09ISLAMABAD1167 | GILANI: "WE'RE ACHIEVING OUR TARGETS." [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani met May 25 with the Ambassador and Codel Leahy -- Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT),Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI),and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA). Gilani was uncharacteristically assertive, confident of the Pakistan military's success against the Swat [...] | 2009-05-28 14:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS EAID PHUM PK |
09ISLAMABAD1168 | CODEL LEAHY FIRST TO MEET RESTORED CHIEF JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary: On May 25, Codel Leahy -- Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT),Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI),and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) -- and the Ambassador, paid a courtesy call on Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. This was the first meeting by an official U.S. delegation with C [...] | 2009-05-28 14:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS MOPS EAID PINR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1173 | MUMBAI PROSECUTION UPDATE: HEARING POSTPONED TO [...] (C) Summary: On May 23, the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) gave Pakistan's Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) another extension to file its final charge sheet. The FIA and GOP prosecutors appeared before new ATC judge Khadim Hussain to request additional time to organize the case against the arre [...] | 2009-05-29 11:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1177 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-29 13:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1179 | ADB WILL CONDUCT A DAMAGE ASSESSMENT; NO [...] (SBU) Summary. In a May 29 meeting with Ambassador, the Asia Development Bank (ADB) committed to doing a joint damage/reconstruction assessment with the World Bank of the conflict-affected areas. In order to properly conduct such a survey, ADB has requested assistance through satellite image [...] | 2009-05-29 14:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON IO PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD1180 | OCHA MEETS WITH IDP DONORS IN ISLAMABAD [...] (C) Summary: In an informal meeting with donors, Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) officials Rashid Khalkov and Manuel Bessler, expressed concern that Bajaur and Buner are not yet ready to support IDP return. UN contingency planning for a Waziristan displacement may be mi [...] | 2009-05-29 14:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM PGOV EAID PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1184 | LOOKING AHEAD: SUPPORT FOR MILITARY/HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) Summary. Bolstered by ongoing popular and political support, the Pakistani security forces appear determined to win against militants. We expect a Waziristan campaign as early as late June. Meanwhile, Pakistan's military faces an entrenched enemy in Mingora, Swat, and the security situ [...] | 2009-05-30 14:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM MARR MOPS PREF PK |
09ISLAMABAD1186 | EMBASSY STAFFING [...] (SBU) We understand that staffing of embassies in Pakistan and Afghanistan has been the subject of high level attention in Washington. We have several urgent needs, which we will outline in upcoming cables, and several individuals whom we would like to retain. 2. (SBU) Most urgently, we [...] | 2009-06-01 06:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREF PK |
09ISLAMABAD1189 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 1, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-01 11:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1194 | PAKISTAN IDP SITUATION REPORT, JUNE 1, 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pakistan government is moving to restore security and services to Swat, but the situation remains dangerous for humanitarian assistance provision. ICRC entered Swat on May 31 but cannot yet access Mingora. ICRC hopes to provide some health and food relief in the coming wee [...] | 2009-06-01 18:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1198 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-02 11:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1199 | PM FINANCE ADVISOR ON ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting May 28 with the Ambassador, Shaukat Tarin, the Prime Minister's Advisor for Finance, said that, while he welcomed money coming through the budget, donors should direct their funding to the most effective and cost-efficient platforms for maximum impact. Tarin said th [...] | 2009-06-02 12:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1200 | PAKISTAN RECOMMENDS WORKING WITH AFRICANS ON SUDAN [...] (C) PolOff deliver June 2 ref demarche to Pakistan MFA Director for Human Rights Imran Ahmed Siddiqui. Siddiqui remarked that as a "Coordinator" for the Organization Islamic Conference (OIC),Pakistan was likely to defer to the wishes of fellow OIC member Sudan regarding any extension of the [...] | 2009-06-02 13:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AORC PHUM PK |
09ISLAMABAD1201 | MILITARY OPERATIONS AND HUMANITARIAN SITUATION [...] (SBU) Summary: President Asif Zardari met June 2 with political, military and law enforcement chiefs for Pakistan's four provinces to discuss overall security in the country. Each province is slated to stand up anti-terrorist units. The curfew has been lifted in some of Swat district's main ci [...] | 2009-06-02 15:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF MOPS EAID PTER PK PINR |
09ISLAMABAD1210 | ICRC TO LAUNCH PRELIMINARY APPEAL TO PROVIDE [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is likely to issue at least a preliminary appeal by June 5 for not less than an additional USD 40 million to almost double its program in Pakistan. The expanded program, intended to be massive in scale but limited in time, wou [...] | 2009-06-03 09:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1213 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 03, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-03 11:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1218 | THIRD RECCA SOLDIFIES GAINS, CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-04 03:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG ERTD EAID PHUM PK |
09ISLAMABAD122 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 17-20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-20 11:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1222 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 04, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-04 11:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1225 | JUNE 4 DISPLACED PERSONS AND MILITARY SITUATION [...] (U) Summary: Accompanied by the Ambassador, SRAP Holbrooke visited two internally displaced person camps on June 4. The visits were widely broadcast by the local media. Ambassador Holbrooke had met the previous evening with a large group of delegation heads of international agencies and NG [...] | 2009-06-04 16:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1226 | JUNE 4 DISPLACED PERSONS AND MILITARY SITUATION [...] (U) Summary: Accompanied by the Ambassador, SRAP Holbrooke visited two internally displaced person camps on June 4. The visits were widely broadcast by the local media. Ambassador Holbrooke had met the previous evening with a large group of delegation heads of international agencies and NG [...] | 2009-06-05 03:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1227 | JUNE 4 DISPLACED PERSONS AND MILITARY SITUATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-05 03:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK |
09ISLAMABAD123 | DCM MEETING WITH FORMER PAKISTAN AMBASSADOR TO [...] (C) Summary. During a January 12 meeting with DCM, Rustam Shah Mohman, former Pakistan Ambassador to Afghanistan and former Chief Secretary for the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP),expressed his long-held view that most of Pakistan's problems in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) [...] | 2009-01-21 04:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PK PREF PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD1236 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 05, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-05 11:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1243 | Iran-Pakistan Pipeline Moves Closer to Reality as the Two [...] (SBU) Summary: Iran and Pakistan intend to sign a Gas Sales Purchase Agreement in Istanbul on June 5, bringing the long-debated pipeline a step closer to reality. Although India has apparently dropped out of the equation, Pakistan and Iran have agreed to a 25-year proposal for the supply of [...] | 2009-06-05 14:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ETTC ENRG EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1244 | JUNE 5 DISPLACED PERSONS AND MILITARY SITUATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: SRAP Holbrooke's meetings with GOP officials and with Nawaz Sharif received wide coverage in Pakistan's media on June 5. Pakistan's Senate convened after a month's hiatus to debate the military operation in Swat. At a June 4 Army Corps Commanders' meeting, Chief of Staff of the [...] | 2009-06-05 15:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1245 | U.S. COAST GUARD RECOMMENDS GOP INCREASE [...] (C) Summary. A U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) International Port Security Program delegation visited Islamabad, Karachi and Port Qasim April 19-23. They evaluated Pakistan's compliance with the International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) Code of the International Maritime Organization and discuss [...] | 2009-06-05 16:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT ECON ETRD KHLS IMO PREL PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1246 | JUNE 5 DISPLACED PERSONS AND MILITARY SITUATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: SRAP Holbrooke's meetings with GOP officials and with Nawaz Sharif received wide coverage in Pakistan's media on June 5. Pakistan's Senate convened after a month's hiatus to debate the military operation in Swat. At a June 4 Army Corps Commanders' meeting, Chief of Staff of the [...] | 2009-06-06 05:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1247 | HAFIZ SAEED'S RELEASE TO BE APPEALED [...] (C) Summary: On June 2, Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed was ordered released from house arrest by the Lahore High Court (LHC). With no charges pending against him, the Court found no grounds for continuing Saeed's detention, which began November 26, 2008, stated the 20-page detailed ju [...] | 2009-06-07 11:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KJUS PK IN |
09ISLAMABAD1248 | POST NOMINATES CITIBANK FOR SECRETARY'S CORPORATE CITIZEN [...] Embassy Islamabad nominates Citibank for the Secretary's Award for Corporate Excellence. Citibank has long been a leading corporate citizen in Pakistan, notably in its response to the devastating earthquake in October 2005, which included a $1.9 million grant to the American Red Cross-Citi Ea [...] | 2009-06-07 13:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT BEXP ECON EINV ELAB ETRD SENV AID KPAO PK |
09ISLAMABAD1249 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 08, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-08 09:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1253 | JUNE 8 MILITARY/SECURITY AND DISPLACED PERSONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the evening of June 6 a suicide bomber and accomplices attacked a police post in Islamabad. The blast killed three police and injured several others. Police claimed taking three accomplices of the bomber into custody. Also that evening, two detained top aides to militant [...] | 2009-06-08 15:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1254 | NWFP OFFICIALS PLANNING FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF SWAT [...] (SBU) Summary. Northwest Frontier Province Chief Secretary Javed Iqbal and Chief Economist Shakeel Qadir told DCM and AID Mission Director that they are already planning for the reconstruction of Swat and the greater Malakand division, once hostilities end. Their concept includes an early r [...] | 2009-06-08 15:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PINR PK PREF PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD1256 | PAKISTAN STILL CONSIDERING UN ICSC VOTE [...] (C) PolOff delivered June 2 reftel demarche to MFA UN-III Director Dr. Ahsan Nabeel in support of the U.S. candidate for the United Nations International Civil Service Commission (UN ICSC). Nabeel noted that the ICSC election was not expected until November. While he committed to discuss the [...] | 2009-06-08 16:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA PK |
09ISLAMABAD1258 | ISLAMABAD EAC MEETING 06/06/09 [...] (SBU) The DCM chaired an EAC meeting on 06 June 2009 to discuss the steady rise in terrorist threat reporting in the aftermath of the PAKMIL operations in Swat and review the personnel security measures currently in place to lessen vulnerability in our heightened threat climate. All sections [...] | 2009-06-09 05:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER PREL AMGT CACS PK |
09ISLAMABAD1261 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 09, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-09 10:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1266 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 09:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1267 | FUNDING FOR SYMPOSIUM ON WHEAT STEM RUST FOR PAKISTAN, [...] (SBU) The establishment of a Trilateral Board to support collaborative and applied agricultural research was agreed to at the agricultural breakout session of the May 7-8 trilateral meetings with the U.S., Afghanistan, and Pakistan. In response, the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC [...] | 2009-06-10 09:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EAID PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1269 | Central Bank's Third Quarter Report - Growth Fragile, [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 4, the State Bank of Pakistan released its third quarterly report (through March 30),which projected GDP growth for the fiscal year at 2-3 percent, a prediction unchanged from the previous quarter. Large-scale manufacturing, the engine that funds tax collection, fell b [...] | 2009-06-10 09:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1270 | CONCERN GROWS OVER TAX POLICY/ADMINISTRATION [...] (C) Summary: Discussions with GOP officials and the IMF ResRep indicate little progress in both tax policy and tax administration reforms, cornerstones of the Fund's Standby Arrangement, in spite of high-level GOP commitments to make improving tax policy and collection a top priority (reftel) [...] | 2009-06-10 10:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1272 | JUNE 10 IDP UPDATE: UN PULLS PERSONNEL OUT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN has moved the majority of its personnel in Peshawar to Islamabad after the June 9 attack on the Pearl Continental hotel resulted in the deaths of two of its officials (septel). This repositioning, the duration of which has not yet been determined, will not prevent the UN [...] | 2009-06-10 12:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREF PHUM PGOV AID PK |
09ISLAMABAD1274 | PAKISTAN ECONOMIC REPORT, MAY 7 - MAY 20 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 14:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EFIN PK |
09ISLAMABAD1279 | SRAP HOLBROOKE MEETS WITH ZARDARI AND SENIOR GOP [...] (C) Summa... [...] | 2009-06-11 08:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1282 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-11 10:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1292 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-12 10:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1297 | GILANI UPBEAT; ASKS FOR HELP ON MANY FRONTS [...] (C) Summary: Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP) Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and the Ambassador met June 5 with Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani and several of his key Ministers. Gilani noted how much had changed politically since Holbrooke's last visit to Pakistan in Apri [...] | 2009-06-13 08:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PINR PHUM ETRD EAID MOPS KJUS PK |
09ISLAMABAD1299 | SRAP HOLBROOKE'S JUNE 5 MEETING WITH FM QURESHI [...] (C) Summary: SRAP Holbrooke met with Foreign Minister Qureshi, Foreign Secretary Bashir and other Foreign Office officials on January 5. Qureshi said Pakistan was united under Zardari's civilian government, as the ongoing Pakistan military campaign to defeat the Taliban in Swat valley and n [...] | 2009-06-13 09:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM IN UN PK |
09ISLAMABAD1311 | ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON GOP PRIORITIES FOR U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of State for Economy Hina Rabbani Khar told USAID Director June 11 that the GOP has started making $312 payments to what it believes is a well-vetted list of some 1.8 million IDPs. Assistance for IDP sustainment and economic recovery in the area of conflict is estimate [...] | 2009-06-15 11:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1312 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-15 11:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1319 | PAKISTAN SUPPORTS CONCEPT OF NUCLEAR FUEL BANK, [...] (C) Summary: PolOff delivered reftel demarche soliciting support for international fuel bank proposals to Kamran Akhtar, Disarmament Director in Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on June 15. Akhtar stated that Pakistan can support the idea of a fuel bank operated by the IAEA, but has r [...] | 2009-06-15 14:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PTER PGOV MNUC IAEA ENRG TRGY PK |
09ISLAMABAD1320 | JUNE 15 SECURITY AND IDP REPORT [...] (C) Summary: The announcement by the governor of the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) that the government would begin an offensive into South Waziristan Agency dominated headlines. In Malakand, military operations slowed as active resistance dwindled to pockets in Swat, Buner, and Lower Dir [...] | 2009-06-15 15:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1321 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-16 10:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1328 | PESHAWAR: NWFP - CAN SWAT'S CROPS BE SAVED? [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 06:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EFIN PK |
09ISLAMABAD1330 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 09:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1340 | AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 17 VISIT TO SWABI IDP SITE [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador, on June 17, visited Swabi school where community volunteers support displaced families from Swat and Buner. The GOP continues registration verification of families displaced by the conflict in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the Northwest Front [...] | 2009-06-17 14:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1353 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-18 11:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1355 | Budget 2009-10: Depending on Foreign Assistance [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 13, the GOP presented a consolidated budget of $36.21 billion with a fiscal deficit of 4.9 percent, slightly higher than the 4.6 percent target previously agreed to with the International Monetary Fund. The budget is fairly expansive, with development expenditures incr [...] | 2009-06-19 04:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1357 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-19 12:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1360 | IDPS RETURNING TO BUNER BUT INFRASTRUCTURE STILL [...] (U) Summary: Embassy representatives who traveled to Buner district in Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) on June 16 reported that residents are returning, with about half the shops and markets open. The representatives assessed infrastructure and reported that, while roadways were in good s [...] | 2009-06-19 16:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1364 | SCENESETTER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR JONES [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Islamabad warmly welcomes your visit. Your arrival comes at a moment when Pakistan's political leaders, and its people, are united in support of the military campaign to confront extremist militants in Malakand (including the Swat valley) and South Waziristan, where the offensi [...] | 2009-06-20 16:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EAID MARR MOPS PK |
09ISLAMABAD1371 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-22 11:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1374 | IDP UPDATE: MINGORA ELECTRIFIED; UNHCR GAINS [...] (C) Summary: On June 21, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) celebrated Pakistan's historic World Cup cricket victory: Pakistan's cricket captain dedicated the victory in London to the plight of the IDPs, and camp residents danced to and cheered the win which was televised. Services, includin [...] | 2009-06-22 14:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PREF PHUM EAID PK |
09ISLAMABAD1375 | ACTION REQUEST FOR SUBSCRIBER, TOLLS AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-23 04:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR |
09ISLAMABAD1377 | ACTION REQUEST FOR SUBSCRIBER, TOLLS AND [...] (SBU) ON JUNE 16, 2009, SA JOSEPH LABENBURG RECEIVED A LIST OF INTERNATIONAL PHONE NUMBERS FROM THE PAKISTAN ANTI NARCOTICS FORCE SPECIAL INVESTIGATION CELL (ANF/SIC) CONCERNING HAJI MIR AHMAD KHAN. KHAN IS THE MAIN CONSPIRATOR LINKED TO THE FOURTEEN (14) METRIC TON ACETIC ANHYDRIDE SEIZURE (X [...] | 2009-06-23 05:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR |
09ISLAMABAD1380 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-23 10:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1385 | PESHAWAR: KILLING OF ANTI-BAITULLAH MILITANT [...] (C) Summary: The June 23 assassination of Mehsud militant commander Qari Zainuddin, presumably sponsored by rival Baitullah Mehsud's Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP),removes a key element of the Pakistani government's planned campaign in South Waziristan Agency (SWA). Qari Zainuddin, who oppos [...] | 2009-06-24 09:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PINR PK PREL |
09ISLAMABAD1386 | FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF [...] (C) The government continued low-intensity fighting during the first full week in June with pockets of militants in Swat, Buner, Shangla, and Lower Dir. The latter showed that they pose a continued threat by destroying schools in Lower Dir and Buner, and resuming kidnappings of civilians in [...] | 2009-06-24 09:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD1387 | FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF [...] (C) The Pakistani government signaled that the long-awaited offensive in the Mehsud areas of South Waziristan was imminent, but limited its action in the area to aerial and artillery bombardment. Meanwhile, its ongoing precursor action in Frontier Region Bannu drew to a close with an agree [...] | 2009-06-24 10:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD1389 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-24 13:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD139 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-22 11:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD140 | GOP CONTINUES TO PUSH FOR BIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister Saleem Mandviwalla, Chairman of the GOP Board of Investment, insists the GOP has the political will to finalize the U.S.-Pakistan Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) and that President Zardari and Prime Minister Gilani had recently agreed the BIT should go forward as soo [...] | 2009-01-22 12:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL PG PK |
09ISLAMABAD1402 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-25 12:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1408 | PAKISTAN COMMITS TO GETTING OFF TIP WATCH LIST [...] (C) Summary: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General Tariq Khosa called in A/PolCouns and PolOff June 17 -- the day after the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report placed Pakistan on the Tier 2 Watch List (WL) -- to commit Pakistan to those measures which would result in a better [...] | 2009-06-26 08:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIP PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB SMIG PK |
09ISLAMABAD1409 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-26 10:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD141 | CONSEQUENCES OF A ZARDARI-NAWAZ SHOWDOWN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-22 14:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
09ISLAMABAD1411 | IDP UPDATE: MOI DECLARES SWAT SECURE, DEBIT CARDS [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 24, Minister of Interior Rehman Malik announced that Swat and Malakand division were now secure from terrorists and IDPs could return home once the infrastructure was restored. Many displaced families living in IDP camps, particularly those from Buner, are beginning to [...] | 2009-06-26 12:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON IO PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1413 | TRIAL SKILLS TRAINING FOR PAK PROSECUTORS [...] (U) Summary: Pakistan's prosecutors, under-resourced and poorly trained, are routinely characterized as the weakest link in a criminal justice system that sees up to 70 percent of its prosecutions end in acquittal. Prosecutors seldom work with police, do little to prepare their cases for trial [...] | 2009-06-27 07:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KJUS PK |
09ISLAMABAD1421 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-29 09:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1425 | PROPOSAL FOR THE FY 2009 JULIA TAFT FUND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-29 12:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV AF PK |
09ISLAMABAD1426 | BUNER BEGINS TO RECOVER FROM EFFECTS OF TALIBAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-29 12:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER EAID MARR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1427 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES FY09-10 BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP presented its budget to Parliament on June 13 (reftel). After a week of debate, on June 22 the GOP presented a revised budget which reflected revisions desired by members. This budget was passed unanimously by Parliament with no changes on June 25. While the overall p [...] | 2009-06-29 13:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON ETRD PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD143 | USCENTCOM PETRAEUS MEETS WITH PRESIDENT ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting January 20 with USCENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus and the Ambassador, President Asif Zardari welcomed the "new beginning" of the Obama Administration, urging both countries' military commanders to "revisit the map" on how to jointly fight regional extremi [...] | 2009-01-23 08:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1435 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-30 10:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1437 | PML-N WARNS NSA JONES THAT WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY [...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor General James Jones joined Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and several other Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) leaders for lunch on June 25. The PML-N leaders explained to NSA Jones that Pakistani public opinion currently supported the war agains [...] | 2009-06-30 10:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1438 | NSA JONES' JUNE 25 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary: In their June 25 meeting in Islamabad, National Security Advisor General James Jones and President Zardari discussed: Pakistan's military offensive against extremists; GOP capacity to fight terrorism; the nature of extremism in Pakistan; drones; Iran; Afghanistan; Zardari's conver [...] | 2009-06-30 10:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EAID PK |
09ISLAMABAD1440 | PRIME MINISTER GILANI DISCUSSES MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: In his meeting with U.S. National Security Advisor General James Jones on June 25, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani stressed that Pakistan is winning the war against extremists militarily, but needs to win hearts and minds to sustain gains. The country was unified in its support [...] | 2009-06-30 10:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM KNNP PK |
09ISLAMABAD1445 | IDP UPDATE: REGISTRATION INITIATED FOR WAZIRISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Registration has begun for internally displaced people from South Waziristan Agency (SWA) in two districts and a frontier region east of the agency; only those whose sole residence is in SWA will be eligible. The Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) government has forbidden n [...] | 2009-06-30 15:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID MOPS PGOV PINR PK PREF PREL |
09ISLAMABAD1446 | IDP UPDATE: REGISTRATION INITIATED FOR WAZIRISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-30 15:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID MOPS PGOV PINR PK PREF PREL |
09ISLAMABAD1465 | PAKISTAN IMPLEMENTING UN SANCTIONS ON DPRK, BUT [...] (C) Summary. In response to reftel demarches supporting implementation of United Nations Security Council sanctions on the DPRK, Kamran Akhtar, Disarmament Director at Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told PolOff on June 30 that Pakistan has issued a Statutory Regulatory Order to appl [...] | 2009-07-01 16:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PTER PGOV MNUC PARM EFIN PK |
09ISLAMABAD1469 | BUNER BEGINS TO RECOVER FROM EFFECTS OF TALIBAN [...] (C) Summary: Several assessment missions to the Buner district of Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) by U.S. mission personnel and contractors and by United Nations (UN) personnel over the past two weeks have revealed that life there is gradually returning to normal, two months after the begi [...] | 2009-07-02 09:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER EAID MARR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1470 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-02 09:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1473 | ZARDARI, TARIN ASK NSC LIPTON FOR LEEWAY ON ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 30 meeting, President Zardari asked National Security Council Senior Director David Lipton to help convince the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) to allow Pakistan to delay an increase in electricity tariffs until December and for a subsidized oil facility. [...] | 2009-07-02 11:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1493 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-06 10:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1507 | MUMBAI PROSECUTION UPDATE: ANTI-TERRORISM COURT [...] (C) Summary: There has been no movement in Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on the Mumbai prosecution case since May 23. The ATC in Rawalpindi has not had a judge on its bench to hear the case and thus no formal indictment has been filed against the five Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) suspects in [...] | 2009-07-06 13:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1520 | COMMERCE AND INVESTMENT MINISTRIES REQUEST UNDERSTANDING AND ACCESS TO U.S. MARKETS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-07 10:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1521 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 07, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-07 10:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1525 | SUPREME COURT WEIGHS IN ON ELECTRICITY TARIFF HIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 6, the Supreme Court ordered the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) to refrain from enacting the proposed 17.5 percent increase in electricity tariffs until such time as the court is satisfied that the increase is truly necessary. Chief Justice Iftikhar [...] | 2009-07-08 02:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EFIN EINV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1528 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 08, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-08 08:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD153 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-23 11:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1543 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 09, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-09 13:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD155 | CENTCOM GENERAL PETRAEUS MEETS WITH PAKISTAN COAS [...] (C) U.S. CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus, accompanied by the Ambassador, J5 Major General Robert Allardice and POLAD Michael Gfoeller, met with Pakistan Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Kayani on January 20. Kayani was accompanied by his Director General Military Operations, M [...] | 2009-01-24 12:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MAR MOPS PK |
09ISLAMABAD1552 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-10 10:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD156 | CENTCOM GENERAL PETRAEUS MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: USCENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus and the Ambassador met January 20 with Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani. The Prime Minister complained about the rolling electricity blackouts throughout the country, blaming the Musharraf administration for the lack of capacity. Businesses [...] | 2009-01-24 12:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1562 | PAKISTAN'S OPTIONS ON FISSILE MATERIAL CUTOFF [...] (C) Summary: In late June, Embassy Energy Attach was given a pre-publication draft of a paper (ref) written by Kurshid Khan, an officer formerly with the Arms Control and Disarmament Affairs Section of Pakistan's Strategic Plans Division (SPD). The paper details Pakistan's views and options [...] | 2009-07-13 06:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PTER PGOV MNUC PK |
09ISLAMABAD1567 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: July 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-13 13:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1568 | MEETING WITH UN U/SG JOHN HOLMES: AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: In a July 10 meeting with UN Under Secretary John Holmes, Humanitarian Coordinator Martin Mogwanja and UN staff, the Ambassador stressed the importance of getting UN humanitarian assistance into Buner and Swat as soon as possible, the need for the UN to undertake donor coordinatio [...] | 2009-07-13 16:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1574 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-14 10:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1585 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-15 12:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1586 | MUMBAI PROSECUTION UPDATE: LATEST TIME LINE [...] (C) The next hearing date for the Mumbai attacks prosecution is July 18. The Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) and Pakistani prosecutors expect to file their formal charge sheet on July 18. The five suspects in custody, Zaki ur-Rehman Lakhvi, Hammad Ameen Sadiq, Mazhar Iqbal (aka al Qama),[...] | 2009-07-15 13:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1589 | PUNJAB WITHDRAWS ITS APPEAL AGAINST HAFIZ SAEED'S RELEASE [...] (C) Summary: On July 14, to the surprise of the federal government, the Punjab Advocate General withdrew his province's appeal to the Supreme Court challenging the release of Jamaat-ud-Dawa leader Hafiz Saeed. Punjab provincial officials cite a lack of evidence and cooperation from the federal gov [...] | 2009-07-15 13:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1592 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-16 10:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1607 | AQ KHAN DEFENDS PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS [...] (C) Summary: In his periodic column in the July 15 edition of Pakistan daily "The News," A.Q. Khan further tested the boundaries of his "gag order" with an expansive defense of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program. This article, like previous ones, seeks to burnish his credentials as the "fath [...] | 2009-07-17 09:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PTER PGOV MNUC PK |
09ISLAMABAD161 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-26 12:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1613 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-17 10:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1625 | SUPREME COURT AND GOP CLASH OVER FUEL TAX; GOP WINS FOR NOW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-18 05:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EFIN PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD164 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-27 09:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1642 | SECRETARY NAPOLITANO DISCUSSES BORDER [...] (S//NF) Summary: In a series of meetings with President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani and Minister of Interior Rehman Malik July 3, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano offered DHS assistance to enhance Pakistan's border security and sought GOP view [...] | 2009-07-20 10:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | EAIR PGOV PREL PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1652 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-20 14:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1654 | INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT IN PAKISTAN: TRANSITION TO [...] (SBU) Summary: With the exception of expected further displacement from Waziristan, the current internal displacement from conflict-affected areas in Pakistan appears close to an end. The government has signed on to principles of safe, voluntary, informed and dignified return and began on J [...] | 2009-07-20 16:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1658 | ZARDARI AND NAWAZ MEET IN RAIWIND [...] (C) Summary: On July 17, President Zardari and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met outside of Lahore at Sharif's Raiwind estate and discussed ongoing military operations in Pakistan and potential constitutional changes in their first meeting since the Long March crisis. The relationship b [...] | 2009-07-21 08:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1660 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-21 12:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1662 | JAPANESE SRAP FOLLOWS UP ON FODP AND IDPS [...] (SBU) Summary. In a July 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Japan's Special Representative for Assistance to Pakistan and Afghanistan Yoshikawa revealed that Spain and Kuwait have allegedly withdrawn their pledges from the Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FODP) conference in Tokyo. He also commen [...] | 2009-07-21 15:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV PREL PREF PK |
09ISLAMABAD1670 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-22 08:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1671 | FATA: NEW ROUND OF KURRAM SECTARIAN VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: The breakdown in Sunni-Shi'a relations in Kurram Agency and ensuing violence over the past three weeks has cost 120 lives and mobilized the local communities on a scale not seen for months. After the intervention of the Frontier Corps and a jirga drawn from local Sunnis and Shi [...] | 2009-07-22 09:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREF EAID PGOV MOPS PK |
09ISLAMABAD1674 | PAKISTAN WAITING FOR INDIA TO RESTART DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: The GOP urged the GOI to restart Composite Dialogue talks during July 14 and 16 meetings between Foreign Secretaries and Prime Ministers in Egypt. India refused, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General Afrasiab. The talks were detailed, however; and of merit o [...] | 2009-07-22 10:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM IN PK |
09ISLAMABAD1680 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-23 10:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1684 | SUPREME COURT SUMMONS MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan,s Supreme Court is hearing a case, which actually combines two separate petitions, that may be the first of several legal challenges to the constitutionality of former President Musharraf,s actions on November 3, 2007, when he suspended the constitution, declared a state [...] | 2009-07-23 15:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1688 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-24 11:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD169 | PORT SECURITY DEMARCHE - PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-27 11:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EWWT KHLS PREL PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1712 | PAKISTAN LAUNCHES NEW PROGRAM TO REVERSE BRAIN DRAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 15, President Zardari launched the President's Program for Care of Highly Qualified Overseas Pakistanis (PPQP). This program plans to integrate the skills and talents of expatriate Pakistanis back into Pakistan in an attempt to "reverse the brain drain." The government [...] | 2009-07-28 05:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EAID PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1718 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-28 11:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1724 | PAKISTAN'S SUPREME COURT: ONE STEP CLOSER TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a partial reversal of its July 6 ruling ordering the GOP to refrain from raising the electricity tariff, the Supreme Court ruled on July 23 that the National Electric Power Regulatory Agency (NEPRA) could continue to calculate the cost recovery tariff rate for power productio [...] | 2009-07-28 12:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1726 | TRANSIT TRADE ISLAMABAD ROUND: SMUGGLING STILL THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-28 13:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL AF PK |
09ISLAMABAD1732 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-29 10:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1737 | A/S SCHWARTZ'S MEETING WITH LT. GEN. NADEEM, [...] (C) Summary: In a July 24 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Population, Migration and Refugees Eric Schwartz, Lt. General Nadeem Ahmad outlined the planned assumption by the Provincial Relief, Rehabilitation and Settlement Authority (PaRRSA) of programmatic responsibility for the GOP's co [...] | 2009-07-29 12:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM PGOV EAID PK |
09ISLAMABAD1739 | ICRC ON THE DISPLACED IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: In a July 23 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Eric Schwartz, International Committee of the Red Cross Head of Delegation Pascal Cuttat expressed concern over the speed of government-facilitated IDP return from the camps and the coerci [...] | 2009-07-29 12:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM EAID PREL PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1740 | UNHCR ON THE DISPLACED IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: In a July 22 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Eric Schwartz, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Country Representative Guenet Guebre Christos and staff requested that the United States Government make clear to the Government of [...] | 2009-07-29 12:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM EAID PREL PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1748 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-30 12:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD177 | THE WAY FORWARD FOR PAKISTAN'S F-16 PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: Embassy requests that a small interagency team of decision makers visit Islamabad to chart a financial and technical way forward on the F-16 program. Ambassador confirmed January 28 with Finance Minister Tareen that the GOP would make the pending overdue payment on the purchase of n [...] | 2009-01-28 08:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER MARR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1770 | MOTIVATIONS AND CONCERNS REGARDING EXPEDITED [...] (C) Summary: Below is an e-mail account providing a timeline of events for the expedited return of displaced persons from Yar Hussain camp, Swabi, in the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan. It is followed by a review, from an NGO perspective, of some of the likely considerations and mot [...] | 2009-07-31 08:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM EAID PREL PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD178 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-28 10:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1782 | SUPREME COURT DECLINES TO TAKE UP TREASON APPEAL [...] (C) Summary: Supreme Court Justice Iftikar Chaudhry said July 30 the Court would not take up an appeal to charge former President Musharraf with treason. The appeal had emerged during an ongoing case being heard by the Court which challenges the constitutionality of Musharraf's actions in [...] | 2009-07-31 16:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1786 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 03, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-03 10:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD180 | ANOTHER CABINET EXPANSION; MQM JOINS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: President Asif Zardari swore in four more federal ministers on January 26, two from the religious Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party (JUI-F, including Fazlur Rehman's brother) and two from the Karachi-based Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM). With this move, Zardari formally brings MQM and i [...] | 2009-01-28 14:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID MARR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1803 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 04, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-04 11:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1808 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 05, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-05 10:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1809 | HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR FOR PAKISTAN: [...] (C) In a July 22 meeting between Ambassador Holbrooke and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir indicated unequivocally that his government would support the appointment of a high-level UN humanitarian assistance coordinator for Pakistan. His agreement c [...] | 2009-08-05 11:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC PREF EAID PGOV UN PK |
09ISLAMABAD1816 | HAFIZ SAEED CASE ADJOURNED FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE [...] (C) On August 3, the Pakistani Supreme Court once again adjourned the appeal hearing concerning Hafiz Saeed. This follows the July 14 Punjab Advocate General's withdrawal of his province's appeal in the Supreme Court challenging the release of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JUD) leader Hafiz Saeed (See Reft [...] | 2009-08-05 13:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1817 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 29 JULY 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-05 13:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD182 | A PRIMER: PAKISTAN'S SENATE ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On or about March 9, Pakistan will hold indirect elections to replace 50 (of 100) members, whose terms expire this year. The process, controlled by the Election Commission, is governed by a complicated proportional system in which members of the National and the four Provincial [...] | 2009-01-28 14:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PK |
09ISLAMABAD1823 | DUBAI PROCESS CONFERENCE: AF/PAK CONVERSATIONS ON [...] (SBU) The Canadian Embassy hosted the most recent round of Dubai Process talks between Afghan and Pakistani officials from July 23-24 in Pakistan. Two of the five Dubai Process issues were covered: Movement of People and Counternarcotics. The next session, currently slated for October in Ka [...] | 2009-08-06 05:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PK PREF PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD183 | UPDATE ON PAKISTAN IDP SITUATION [...] (C) Summary. As of January 23, the population of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the conflict-afflicted areas of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) continued to rise, with approximately 10,000 families living in the twelve establi [...] | 2009-01-28 14:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER MOPS |
09ISLAMABAD1830 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-06 10:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1840 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 07, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-07 12:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1845 | MUMBAI PROSECUTION UPDATE: ABSCONDER ARRESTED [...] (C) On August 5, the Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) arrested a sixth suspect, Jamil Ahmed, allegedly linked with the Mumbai terror attacks. Ahmed was arrested after the Government of Saudi Arabia passed information they had from an Interpol lead. Ahmed had allegedly sent money from Saudi Ara [...] | 2009-08-07 13:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1846 | PAKISTAN'S FIA ON COUNTERING TERRORIST FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 22 meeting with the Treasury Advisor to the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) Director General Tariq Khosa said counter-terrorist financing efforts had limited external sources of funds available to Al-Qaida and Tar [...] | 2009-08-07 14:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID KJUS AF PK |
09ISLAMABAD1848 | NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU EXPECTED TO REMAIN INTACT [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan's anti-corruption agency, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)--once one of the country's preeminent law enforcement institutions--has in the past two years become increasingly marginalized. In a 14 July meeting with NAB Chairman, Nawid Ahsan, Treasury Attach and Re [...] | 2009-08-10 03:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD KCOR PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1850 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-10 10:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1859 | FITFUL PROGRESS: ROUND THREE OF THE AF-PAK TRANSIT [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Kabul/Embassy Islamabad cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: The third round of negotiations for the Afghan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) yielded progress on some outstanding issues such as arbitration, but the atmosphere frayed over interim arrangements to expedite [...] | 2009-08-10 12:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL AF PK |
09ISLAMABAD1873 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-11 11:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1877 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-12 12:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1884 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-13 11:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD189 | CODEL TIERNEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of CODEL Tierney on February 2, 2009. 2. Control officer for the visit will be Deputy Econ Counselor Martha Patterson. She can be reached at the following numbers: Embassy: +92-51-208-0000; Office: +92-51-208-2690, Direct +92- [...] | 2009-01-29 08:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PARM ASEC OREP AMGT AFIN PK |
09ISLAMABAD1896 | ZARDARI TO REFORM FATA GOVERNANCE [...] (C) Summary: At midnight on August 14, Pakistani Independence Day, President Zardari plans to unveil a reform package significantly changing the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) and extending the Political Parties Act. Zardari's new ordinance will remove some of the draconian aspects of the F [...] | 2009-08-14 05:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD190 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-29 09:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1900 | ZARDARI TO REFORM FATA GOVERNANCE [...] (C) Summary: At midnight on August 14, Pakistani Independence Day, President Zardari plans to unveil a reform package significantly changing the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) and extending the Political Parties Act. Zardari's new ordinance will remove some of the draconian aspects of the F [...] | 2009-08-14 05:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1901 | GOP UNVEILS NEW THREE-YEAR TRADE POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Pakistan (GOP) unveiled its 2009-2012 trade policy with the primary goal of growing exports by 29 percent over the next three years. The policy focuses on making Pakistan more competitive both internationally and domestically, but covers incentives for only no [...] | 2009-08-14 08:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1902 | MANGO UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 6, the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) hosted the third digital video conference (DVC) with the Pakistani Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MINFA) and USDA's office of Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to discuss the next steps towards U.S. market ac [...] | 2009-08-14 08:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD EAID PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1903 | GOP UNVEILS NEW THREE-YEAR TRADE POLICY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 08:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1904 | MANGO UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 08:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD EAID PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1905 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 12 AUGUST 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 08:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD191 | LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Planning for the Friends of a Democratic Pakistan is moving forward, albeit slowly. On January 27, Jean Arnault negotiated with the MFA a draft framework for his future participation as a UN advisor to the Friends under UNDP auspices. Ambassador met separately with Arnault t [...] | 2009-01-29 10:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID ECON PK |
09ISLAMABAD1917 | RECONSTRUCTION OPPORTUNITY ZONE PREP - GAINING SOME TRACTION? [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-17 01:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1930 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-17 11:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1955 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-18 10:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1969 | OPERATION TRITON/GFXZ-09-8004/PAKISTAN CONTAINERS DESTINED [...] (SBU) ON 08/17/09, DEA ISLAMABAD COUNTRY OFFICE (ICO) ACTING COUNTRY ATTACH (ACA) MICHAEL W. BROWN MET WITH A HIGH RANKING PAKISTAN CUSTOMS OFFICIAL CONCERNING TWO CONTAINERIZED FABRIC CONSIGNMENTS WHICH DEPARTED THE SEAPORT IN KARACHI, PAKISTAN, DURING THE END OF JULY AND THE BEGINNING OF A [...] | 2009-08-19 06:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR DEAX TI |
09ISLAMABAD1976 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-19 09:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1988 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-20 09:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1992 | REMITTANCES LIKELY TO REMAIN HIGH, BUT MAY TRAVEL LESS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of meetings in Karachi and Islamabad in early August, the Treasury Attach, Consulate EconOff, and EconOff, spoke to several Pakistani government and private sector officials to discuss Pakistan's steadily growing remittance levels. The State Bank of Pakistan reported [...] | 2009-08-21 05:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD KCOR PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1996 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-21 11:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD200 | TERRORISM FINANCE: PRENOTIFICATION OF UPCOMING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-30 03:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PREL PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD2007 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-24 09:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2008 | GFXZ-08-9180/MULLAH YUSEF DTO INTEL PASSED TO PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) ON AUGUST 18, 2009, SPECIAL AGENT (SA) JOSEPH LABENBURG BRIEFED PAKISTAN CUSTOMS-PREVENTIVE, SOUTHERN ZONE, KARACHI, PAKISTAN, WITH THE FOLLOWING INTELLIGENCE ON MULTI-TON HASHISH TRAFFICKER MULLAH YUSEF. THIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING WILL ASSIST PAKISTAN CUSTOMS PREVENTIVE WITH AN ONGOING [...] | 2009-08-24 09:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
09ISLAMABAD201 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-30 13:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2014 | GFXZ-08-9180/MULLAH YUSEF DTO INTEL PASSED TO PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) ON AUGUST 18, 2009, SPECIAL AGENT (SA) JOSEPH LABENBURG BRIEFED PAKISTAN CUSTOMS-PREVENTIVE, SOUTHERN ZONE, KARACHI, PAKISTAN, WITH THE FOLLOWING INTELLIGENCE ON MULTI-TON HASHISH TRAFFICKER MULLAH YUSEF. THIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING WILL ASSIST PAKISTAN CUSTOMS PREVENTIVE WITH AN ONGOING [...] | 2009-08-25 01:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
09ISLAMABAD2022 | ENCOURAGING GULF INVESTMENT IN KARACHI'S POWER [...] (SBU) Summary: Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC),Pakistan's only private utility, serves 18 million consumers in Karachi, the financial, industrial and commercial hub of Pakistan. Inadequate generation and out-dated transmission infrastructure have contributed to chronic load shedding [...] | 2009-08-25 05:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG AE PK |
09ISLAMABAD2025 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-25 08:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2036 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-26 09:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2049 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-27 10:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2052 | GFXZ-09-9180/JOINT DEA ISLAMABAD CO/ DEA NEW YORK FIELD [...] (SBU) REF. (A),(B): ON AUGUST 25, 2009, THE DEA ISLAMABAD COUNTRY OFFICE (ICO) RECEIVED AN ACTION REQUEST FROM THE DEA NEW YORK FIELD DIVISION ORGANIZED CRIME DRUG ENFORCEMENT STRIKE FORCE, GROUP Z-53 GROUP SUPERVISOR PATRICK J. HAMLETTE, REQUESTING ASSISTANCE TARGETING THE TRAFFICKING ACTIVI [...] | 2009-08-27 10:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR DEAX TI |
09ISLAMABAD2056 | POST PROPOSED FY09 FOREIGN MILITARY FUNDS SPEND [...] (S) Post proposes the following distribution of $300 million in FY09 Foreign Military Funds: - Pakistan Navy: $65 million for refurbishment of the Excess Defense Articles (EDA) Oliver Hazard Perry-class (OHP) Frigate. Although the Joint Staff has only allocated $58M to date in FY09 FMF to [...] | 2009-08-27 13:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER MARR PK |
09ISLAMABAD2062 | STABILIZING AND MODERNIZING PAKISTAN'S MILITARY [...] (S) Summary: As the current five-year commitment to provide Pakistan with $300 million annually in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) ends in FY 2009 and we begin to implement our Afghanistan/Pakistan strategy, Post proposes the establishment of a new, multi-year commitment of FMF for Pakistan. [...] | 2009-08-28 06:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER MARR PK |
09ISLAMABAD2067 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-28 10:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2070 | LAHORE HIGH COURT RULING ON A.Q. KHAN [...] (C) Summary: On August 28, The Lahore High Court (LHC) issued a show-cause notice to the federal government instructing it to justify its prevention of movements requested by nuclear scientist Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan. The court scheduled a hearing for September 4 at which the federal governmen [...] | 2009-08-29 11:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD2074 | PAKISTANI SECURITY FORCES ACCUSED OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN MALAKAND DIVISION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-30 12:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PHUM PK PTER |
09ISLAMABAD2075 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 31, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-31 10:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2093 | GOP ANNOUNCES REFORMS TOWARD AUTONOMY FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Gilani announced August 29 changes to the governance of Pakistan's "Northern Areas." The region will now be called "Gilgit-Baltistan" and enjoy most of the political arrangements of a province, less the right to representation in the Federal Parliament. Minister [...] | 2009-09-01 10:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER IN PK |
09ISLAMABAD2094 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: September 01, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-01 11:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2102 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-02 09:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2111 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 03, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-03 10:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2115 | SRAP HOLBROOKE' AUGUST 17 MEETING WITH FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: In their August 17 meeting, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin told Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke that the Ministry of Finance had missed budget targets because of large outlays for IDPs and the military, as well as a large unexpected withdrawal [...] | 2009-09-03 14:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PGOV PHUM PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2131 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 04, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-04 09:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2135 | REGIONAL FOOD SECURITY SYMPOSIUM ON WHEAT STEM RUST [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-04 10:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON PREL TBIO AF IN PK IR |
09ISLAMABAD2139 | FINANCE MINISTER ON PAKISTAN'S BUDGET WOES, TOKYO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin said the GOP had included $2 billion in Tokyo Pledges in its budget but was grappling with a shortfall in actual donor assistance. He asked that the USG provide $650 million in cash through the GOP to cov [...] | 2009-09-04 11:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK |
09ISLAMABAD2140 | PM AND FINANCE MINISTER ON PAKISTAN'S TROUBLED [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Prime Minister Gilani and Finance Minister Tarin, NSC Senior Director for International Economics David Lipton said Pakistan needed to take a number of steps in the coming months to put its energy sector on firmer footing: resolve the remaining $3.7 billion " [...] | 2009-09-04 12:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK |
09ISLAMABAD2149 | SWAT HUMANITARIAN AID CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary. USAID/OFDA implementing partners, UN agencies and other humanitarian organizations continue to provide assistance to populations in Swat, Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP). Following an August 30 suicide bombing in Mingora, the capital of Swat District, international media mis [...] | 2009-09-07 03:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PK PINR PREL PTER PREF IO |
09ISLAMABAD2159 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 08, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-08 12:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2160 | XZ-09-0004 / YEH1K / NAWAB, ARSHAD - INTERCEPTED [...] (SBU) THE ISLAMABAD COUNTRY OFFICE (ICO) IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PAKISTAN ANTI-NARCOTICS FORCE SPECIAL INVESTIGATION UNIT (ANF/SIU) HAS AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION INTO THE ARSHAD NAWAB POLYDRUG/PRECURSOR CHEMICAL (HEROIN, HASHISH, ACETIC ANHYDRIDE) TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION. IN MARCH 2009, THE MAI [...] | 2009-09-08 12:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
09ISLAMABAD2161 | NGOS DISCUSS ASSISTANCE AND SECURITY IN SWAT [...] (C) Summary: In September 4 discussions, representatives from 14 international non-governmental organizations (INGOs),the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirmed that humanitarian relief was being delivered in [...] | 2009-09-08 13:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM EAID PREL PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD2162 | FORMER RULING PARTY PML SPLITS [...] (SBU) Summary: Following weeks of wrangling within the former ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) about the intra-party electoral process, and on the heels of the July 20 national-level party elections in which Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain was reelected unopposed as PML president, dissident part [...] | 2009-09-08 13:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
09ISLAMABAD217 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-02 10:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2173 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 09, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-09 09:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2183 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 11:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2184 | INTERIOR MINISTER REHMAN MALIK'S SEPTEMBER 7 MEETING WITH CODEL SMITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 12:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS KNNP IN AF PK |
09ISLAMABAD2185 | ADDRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT PAKISTAN SECURITY [...] (S/NF) A growing body of evidence is lending credence to allegations of human rights abuses by Pakistan security forces during domestic operations against terrorists in Malakand Division and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. While it is oftentimes difficult to attribute with accuracy any res [...] | 2009-09-10 14:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PTER MOPS MASS KJUS PK |
09ISLAMABAD2196 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-11 11:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2199 | RE-09-0010 / WGC1R / LOPEZ, JAMES. DEA ISLAMABAD CO [...] (SBU) REFERENCE IS MADE TO THE ELECTRONIC MAIL (EMAIL) CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN SA JOHNSON, ISLAMABAD COUNTRY OFFICE (ICO) AND SA BRENDA MCINOTOSH AND SA JACK WILSON OF THE SEATTLE DIVISION OFFICE (SDO). THE EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE PERTAINED TO AN ACTION REQUEST FROM THE SDO REGARDING THE AFOREMENT [...] | 2009-09-11 11:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
09ISLAMABAD2200 | NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT INFORMATION DELIVERED TO [...] Ambassador passed reftel information on President Obama's Nuclear Security Summit to Pakistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi on September 11, 2009, and will raise it with President Zardari at the next opportunity. Embassy PolOff followed up with MFA Director General for Di [...] | 2009-09-11 11:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PREL PTER PGOV MNUC PK |
09ISLAMABAD2201 | CODEL SMITH VISITS TARBELA TRAINING CENTER; MEETS [...] (C) Summary. During a September 5 visit to Tarbela, Codel Smith praised the quality of training provided by U.S. Special Forces for its Pakistani Army counterparts; as part of a training demonstration, the delegation fired Glock 17 pistols and AK47 assault rifles. At a later meeting with 11 [...] | 2009-09-11 11:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | MASS MOPS PGOV PK PTER |
09ISLAMABAD2203 | FOREIGN MILITARY SALE OF OLIVER HAZARD PERRY CLASS FRIGATE TO THE PAKISTAN NAVY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-11 11:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR PGOV PK PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD2208 | CODEL CASEY'S AUGUST 25 MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) Summary: In an August 25 meeting with CODEL Casey, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan emphasized the need for a long-term enduring partnership between the United States and Pakistan. He argued for increased trade preferences for Pakistani goods through the lo [...] | 2009-09-11 13:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD PREL PTER AF PK |
09ISLAMABAD2209 | PESHAWAR: "HERE I COME AGAIN" OPERATION IN BARA [...] (C) Summary: After just over a week of fighting under the "Here I Come Again" operation in Khyber Agency, the joint army/Frontier Corps/Frontier Constabulary/police actions in Bara tehsil appear to be drawing to a close as army and Frontier Corps troops are pulled out to concentrate on other [...] | 2009-09-11 13:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS PK |
09ISLAMABAD2218 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-14 09:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2225 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 09 SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 05:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2226 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 09:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2227 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PRIORITIES FOR 12TH SESSION [...] (SBU) Deputy PolCouns delivered reftel demarche on U.S. priorities for the 12th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to MFA UN Division Director Ahmed Farooq on September 14. Since Farooq normally covers security issues and is only temporarily responsible for the human rights portfol [...] | 2009-09-15 09:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN PK |
09ISLAMABAD2231 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ENCOURAGING EXPANDED PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 13:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA IR KNNP MNUC PARM PK PREF |
09ISLAMABAD2232 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ENCOURAGING MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) On September 15, Deputy PolCouns delivered reftel demarche encouraging governments to respond favorably to meeting requests from Government of Kosovo representatives at UNGA to Zaheer Pervaiz Khan, MFA Director General for the Foreign Minister's Office. Khan gave no substantive reply, bu [...] | 2009-09-15 13:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN KV PK |
09ISLAMABAD2233 | PAKISTAN WILL FOLLOW NAM ON IAEA GENERAL [...] (C) PolOff raised U.S. concerns about Middle East issues at the IAEA General Conference (reftel) with Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Disarmament Director General Irfan Yusuf Shami on September 15. Shami agreed that Middle East issues are likely to be problematic this year and recognize [...] | 2009-09-15 14:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP AORC PARM IAEA EG IS PK |
09ISLAMABAD2236 | MEDIA REQUEST: INTERVIEW WITH FLOTUS FOR [...] (U) Post would like to support a request by noted Pakistani journalist Jugnu Mohsin for an interview with First Lady Michelle Obama. Ms. Mohsin is one of the leading liberal secular journalists in Pakistan. She is the Managing Editor and Publisher of The Friday Times and a television presen [...] | 2009-09-16 07:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAO AF PK |
09ISLAMABAD2245 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-16 10:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2250 | GFXZ-09-9180 / DEA ISLAMABAD CO RESPONSE TO DEA/SOD [...] (SBU) ON MAY 30, 2009, THE ISLAMABAD COUNTRY OFFICE (ICO) RECEIVED AN ACTION REQUEST FROM THE DEA SPECIAL OPERATIONS DIVISION (SOD) REGARDING THE AFOREMENTIONED CASE FILE TITLE(S). THE ICO HAS PROVIDED SEVERAL OFFICIAL LETTERS TO THE ANTI-NARCOTICS FORCE/ SPECIAL INVESTIGATION CELL (SIC) REQUE [...] | 2009-09-16 12:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
09ISLAMABAD2263 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-17 10:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2268 | MFA SAYS PAKISTAN HAS NO IMMEDIATE PLANS TO [...] (SBU) On September 17, Deputy PolCouns delivered to MFA UN Affairs Director Ahmed Farooq ref demarche requesting Pakistan defer introducing at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) a resolution proposing action in response to the Goldstone report on the Gaza conflict. During a follow-up conversat [...] | 2009-09-17 12:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UN IS PK |
09ISLAMABAD2278 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-18 09:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2279 | NON-INJURY ACCIDENT INVOLVING OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT VEHICLE [...] (U) ON 9-18-2009, OGV T-06-0022A, DRIVEN BY ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTOR (ARD) JOHN A. F. DUDLEY, WAS STATIONARY, FACING EAST ON AGHA KHAN ROAD, SECTOR F-6/4, IN ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN, WHEN IT WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY A MOTORCYCLE BEARING PAKISTAN LICENSE PLATE MM-234. THE OPERATOR OF THE MOTORC [...] | 2009-09-18 09:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
09ISLAMABAD2285 | PAKISTAN WILL OBSERVE CTBT CONFERENCE, BUT [...] (C) PolOff raised GOP participation in the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Article XIV Conference (reftel) with MFA Disarmament Director General Irfan Yusuf Shami on September 18. Shami reported that Pakistan will be an observer at the conference, as it has been since 1998. He indicat [...] | 2009-09-18 14:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PREL KTBT PGOV MNUC PK |
09ISLAMABAD2288 | PRIME MINISTER GILANI OUTLINES GOP PLANS ON THE [...] (C) Summary: In an hour-long meeting September 18, Prime Minister Gilani said the Malakand campaign against extremist groups is 70 percent completed. He emphasized the need to undertake reconstruction and rehabilitation in the region, not only to help the population there but also to convi [...] | 2009-09-20 09:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PTER PREL SNAR PINS PREF AMGT PHUM |
09ISLAMABAD2289 | NATIONAL RECONCILIATION ORDINANCE MAY BE THE [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Court's decision to return the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) to the National Assembly for action has left the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government with a Hobbesian choice between taking public responsibility for passage of this very unpopular legislation [...] | 2009-09-21 12:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD229 | PAKISTAN'S BANKS FACE DETERIORATING CONSUMER AND SMALL [...] (SBU) Summary. The banking sector in Pakistan has been largely shielded from the international financial crisis by a regulatory framework that has limited its foreign currency and securities exposure. Although there were no major losses in calendar year 2008, local bankers are expecting probl [...] | 2009-02-03 13:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2290 | ASSESSMENT OF PRESIDENT ZARDARI'S FIRST YEAR IN [...] (C) Summary: When Asif Ali Zardari took oath as Pakistan's President on September 9, 2008, he inherited a series of intersecting political, economic, and security crises for which the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)-led coalition government appeared ill-equipped. One year later, Zardari appears [...] | 2009-09-21 13:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL ECON EAID ENRG MOPS PK IN AF |
09ISLAMABAD2292 | FINANCE MINISTER TARIN MEETS LEW, ASKS FOR US [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-22 11:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK ECON ETRD EAID EFIN |
09ISLAMABAD2293 | ANTI-TERRORISM ACT CHANGES MAY NOT ADDRESS [...] (S) Summary: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Babar Awan informed PolCouns that the changes his office was proposing to Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Act were not/not designed to address the prosecution of those detained in combat operations. Instead, they were designed to ease the prosecution and [...] | 2009-09-23 09:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PHUM PGOV MOPS PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD2295 | REVIEWING OUR AFGHANISTAN - PAKISTAN STRATEGY [...] (S/NF) Summary: In response to queries posed by the National Security Council, Embassy Islamabad believes that it is not/not possible to counter al-Qaeda in Pakistan absent a comprehensive strategy that 1) addresses the interlinked Taliban threat in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2) brings about stable, [...] | 2009-09-23 15:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PINR MOPS EAID PK |
09ISLAMABAD23 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 05, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-05 09:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD230 | ZARDARI IN NO HURRY TO CEDE HIS CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Nawaz Sharif has a new populist cause-- pressuring President Zardari and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) to fulfill their Charter of Democracy pledge to repeal Musharraf-era constitutional changes that transferred power from the Prime Minister to the President. Zardari inherite [...] | 2009-02-03 13:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD2301 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-24 09:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD231 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 03, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-03 14:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2311 | PAKISTAN'S DRAFT AFGHAN MANAGEMENT STRATEGY AND [...] (C) Summary: The final step necessary to extend the permitted stay of Afghan refugees in Pakistan through 2012 is issuance of an executive order by the Prime Minister. A draft Afghan strategy is in the final stages of governmental consideration and will go to the Prime Minister and the Cabin [...] | 2009-09-24 14:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL EAID PHUM PK |
09ISLAMABAD2320 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-25 10:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2340 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-28 10:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2353 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-29 11:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD236 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY HOLBROOKE [...] (C) Summary. Mission Pakistan warmly welcomes your arrival; your appointment comes as Pakistan grapples with internal change and hopes the Ombama administration can support regional solutions to development and counter-terrorism challenges. After eight years of military rule, the civilian governmen [...] | 2009-02-04 10:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER EAID MARR MOPS PK |
09ISLAMABAD2360 | PAKISTAN REQUESTS TOKYO PLEDGE FOLLOW UP, BUDGET [...] (SBU) In a September 16 letter to the Ambassador, Economic Affairs Division Secretary Farrakh Qayyum thanked the USG for committing $174 million in budget support in FY09 and requested an additional $500 million in budget support for FY10 (text in para 3). Qayyum's letter was a follow up to [...] | 2009-09-30 05:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PHUM PREF PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD2361 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-30 10:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD237 | BAHAWALPUR: GROWING MILITANT RECRUITMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: In discussing research findings for her new book on extremism, Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa outlined to A/DCM how a decline in the old socio-economic order in southern Punjab was slowly radicalizing the region. She described how a failing agricultural system, absentee landlords, poor educa [...] | 2009-02-04 12:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD2375 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 01, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-01 10:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2379 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-02 12:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD238 | PAKISTAN STANDBY ARRANGEMENT: SO FAR SO GOOD, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF and Ministry of Finance contacts agree that, based on preliminary indications, Pakistan has performed well in fulfilling IMF performance criteria as required in Pakistan's November 24 Standby Arrangement (SBA). After retiring $1.24 billion in debt, borrowing from the State [...] | 2009-02-04 13:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EAID PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2380 | POST APPROVAL FOR NIGHT VISION DEVICES FOR SPECIAL [...] (U) Summary: Post supports the procurement of night vision devices (NVDs) for the Pakistan military at a cost of $300,000, using FY09 Pakistan Counter-Insurgency Funding (PCF). The purchase is for 25 Renegade 320 Thermal Imaging Devices for the Special Services Group (SSG). End Summary. [...] | 2009-10-02 12:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER MARR PK |
09ISLAMABAD2381 | PAKISTAN RAISES ENERGY TARIFFS IN STEP TO REDUCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP raised electricity tariffs 6 percent, in accordance with its commitments to international financial institutions. However, lower fuel costs and higher hydropower generation simultaneously pushed tariffs down, reducing the immediate impact on consumers, and hence public [...] | 2009-10-02 12:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK |
09ISLAMABAD2382 | FATA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS RESIGN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: On September 30, PolCouns met with Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Members of the National Assembly (MNA) Munir Khan Orakzai and Shaukat Ullah, and their colleague FATA Senator Rasheed Ahmed. The meeting followed the recent announcement by three federal ministers and [...] | 2009-10-02 12:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD2384 | UPDATE ON DISPLACEMENT, RETURN, ASSISTANCE, AND [...] (U) Summary and introduction: According to the Government of Pakistan, approximately 1.85 million of the roughly 2.7 million displaced Pakistanis (69 percent) had returned to their areas of origin as of September 25. Ongoing military operations to clear remaining pockets of insurgent resistan [...] | 2009-10-03 07:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL EAID MOPS SNAR PK |
09ISLAMABAD2385 | GOP SUGGESTS DISCUSSION ON INDIAN NUCLEAR ISSUES [...] (C) PolOff met with MFA Disarmament Director General Dr. Irfan Yusuf Shami on September 30 and conveyed reftel points regarding Pakistani concerns about a possible Indian nuclear test. Shami reiterated the GOP perception that India may be preparing for a nuclear test, but when pressed on the [...] | 2009-10-03 11:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PGOV MNUC IN PK |
09ISLAMABAD2389 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 05, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-05 11:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD239 | PAKISTAN'S GOVERNMENT STABILIZES [...] (C) Summary. Despite media speculation and rumor, PM Gilani's government is now stable, and President Zardari's position is now secure. Nawaz Sharif may be the most popular leader in Pakistan, but Zardari has added the Muttahida Quami Movement, soon perhaps to be joined by the Pakistan Musl [...] | 2009-02-04 13:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD2391 | PAKISTAN MUSLIM LEAGUE - NAWAZ MOVING TOWARDS [...] (C) Summary: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif stated that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is moving towards forcing mid-term legislative elections due to the poor performance and growing unpopularity of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government. Shahbaz viewed these moves towar [...] | 2009-10-05 16:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PK |
09ISLAMABAD2393 | KERRY-LUGAR LEGISLATION CRITICIZED BY OPPOSITION, [...] (C) Summary: During an October 5 National Assembly session, the opposition PML-N sharply criticized the Kerry-Lugar bill's perceived conditionality, while the PPP defended the government's approach toward the legislation and maintained that the conditions are in synch with Pakistan's own inte [...] | 2009-10-05 20:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PK |
09ISLAMABAD2398 | REQUEST TO CREATE AND NOTIFY FMS CASE FOR F-16 [...] (C) Summary: The Country Team requests the Department create and notify to Congress a new $150 million FMS case, which would use a mix of FMF and national funds, for the 5-year, 24/7 U.S. technology security presence mandated by the security notes for the Pakistan F-16 LOAs. End Summary. [...] | 2009-10-06 03:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MARR PK |
09ISLAMABAD24 | ZARDARI COMMENTS ON INDIA/NAWAZ SHARIF [...] (S) Summary: President Zardari told the Ambassador January 2 he would have no choice but to respond militarily to an Indian attack. There was no more politically sensitive issue in Pakistan than Kashmir, he said. Zardari had been briefed by ISI Director General, LTG Pasha, on his meeting with the D [...] | 2009-01-05 13:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD241 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 04, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-04 14:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2411 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-06 10:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2416 | PAKISTAN NOMINATES AMBASSADOR TO BEIJING AS [...] Kamran Akhtar, Disarmament Director in Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, conveyed to PolOff on October 6 that Pakistan has decided to appoint its Ambassador to Beijing, Mr. Masood Khan, as Sherpa for the Nuclear Security Summit. Ambassador Khan can be reached by phone at 86-10-6532-25 [...] | 2009-10-07 03:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PREL PTER PGOV MNUC PK |
09ISLAMABAD2417 | PAKISTAN WELCOMES GICNT UPDATE, BUT CAUTIOUS ON [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche updating partners on enhanced implementation of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) to Kamran Akhtar, Disarmament Director at Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on October 6. (Despite repeated attempts, PolOff was not able to ma [...] | 2009-10-07 03:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PTER PGOV MNUC KGIC PK |
09ISLAMABAD2424 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 07, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-07 10:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2427 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH KAYANI AND PASHA ABOUT [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador heard a number of complaints about the Kerry-Lugar bill from COAS General Kayani and DGISI Pasha in a two-hour meeting October 6. These focused on the history of Pressler sanctions, particularly a fear that the waiver in Kerry-Lugar would not be used and aid would be suspend [...] | 2009-10-07 13:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD2431 | PAKISTAN WELCOMES PROGRESS ON IRAN NUCLEAR ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-08 06:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR KNNP MNUC PGOV PK PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD2434 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 08, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-08 10:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2448 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BEGINS FORMAL DEBATE ON [...] (U) Summary. Pakistan's National Assembly commenced formal debate on the Kerry-Lugar legislation on October 7. The PML-N's Chaudhry Nisar -- the leader of the parliamentary opposition -- criticized the bill's conditions, while PM Gilani stressed that these conditions are not "binding" on Pak [...] | 2009-10-09 07:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PK |
09ISLAMABAD2449 | (S) PAKISTAN ARMY GHQ AGAIN APPROVES EMBEDDING [...] (S) Summary: The Pakistani Army has for just the second time approved deployment of U.S. special operation elements to support Pakistani military operations. The first deployment, with SOC(FWD)-PAK elements embedded with the Frontier Corps in XXXXXXXXXXXX, occurred in September (reftel). Previously [...] | 2009-10-09 07:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK |
09ISLAMABAD2453 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: KERRY-LUGAR BILL, TERRORIRSM, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-09 10:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2459 | HEATED DEBATE IN PAKISTAN'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON [...] (SBU) Summary: In three days of intense debate in the Pakistan National Assembly October 7-9, the Kerry-Lugar Bill (KLB) has come under fire (reftel). Post has been observing the debates daily. During debates on October 8 and 9, criticism of the bill by opposition members of parliament conti [...] | 2009-10-10 06:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD2474 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM, KERRY-LUGAR BILL, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-13 10:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2477 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 23 SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-13 12:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2483 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: KERRY-LUGAR BILL, PAK-CHINA, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-14 10:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2487 | STATUS OF DANIEL PEARL MURDER CASE AND OMAR SAEED SHEIKH [...] (C) On August 13, the Sindh High Court yet again continued the adjournment in the appellate case of Omar Saeed Sheikh, the convicted murderer of U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl. According to Pakistani legal experts, the refusal of the Court to hear the appeal or set a date for further hearings places [...] | 2009-10-14 12:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD2488 | RESOURCING THE MILITARY ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: To build a long-term relationship with Pakistan and increase the country's political will and military capability to fight insurgent and terrorist groups, post recommends (1) obtaining "cash-flow" financing authority for Pakistan's FMF; (2) announcing a Presidential commitment to Paki [...] | 2009-10-14 13:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MARR PK |
09ISLAMABAD2495 | MUMBAI PROSECUTION UPDATE: FORMAL INDICTMENT [...] (C) Summary: On October 10, following more than two months of delays and adjournments, a Pakistani Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) formally indicted the seven Mumbai attack suspects. The ATC is set to begin formal court hearings on October 17. The Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) is in the pr [...] | 2009-10-15 05:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD2496 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: KERRY-LUGAR BILL, TERRORISM, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-15 09:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD25 | Pakistan: 2009 INCSR Submission, Part I - Narcotics and [...] (U) Pakistan is on the frontline of the war against drugs as a major transit country for opiates and hashish from and precursor chemicals to neighboring Afghanistan. In 2008, Pakistani forces have engaged the militants along the border with Afghanistan, particularly in the Bajaur Agency of th [...] | 2009-01-05 13:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PK |
09ISLAMABAD2501 | PML-N PRAISES KERRY-LUGAR'S INTENTIONS, CRITICIZES [...] (U) National Assembly debate on the Kerry-Lugar bill continued on October 14. PML-N spokesman Ahsan Iqbal adopted a somewhat more conciliatory tone toward the legislation than his party had taken during previous debate sessions. 2. (U) Iqbal praised Kerry-Lugar as "a very good document" wi [...] | 2009-10-16 05:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD2511 | SUSPENSION OF COURIER POUCH OPERATIONS TO PESHAWAR [...] (SBU) Islamabad is currently the hub for all Diplomatic Courier material that is destined for Peshawar. Over the last year, Post has encountered problems transporting pouches from Islamabad to Peshawar. Since the bombing of the Pearl Continental Hotel in Peshawar, Post has had difficulties g [...] | 2009-10-16 07:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ADCO ADPM AMGT |
09ISLAMABAD2518 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM, KERRY-LUGAR BILL, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-16 10:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD252 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 05, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-05 09:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2523 | TERRORISTS INCREASE ACTIVITY IN ADVANCE OF [...] (S) Summary: With the Pakistan military preparing to launch an operation against major terrorist safe havens in South Waziristan, Pakistan's terrorist/extremist groups have dramatically increased their militant and propaganda operations in an effort to undermine public support. On the operatio [...] | 2009-10-16 14:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PTER MOPS PK |
09ISLAMABAD2534 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM, KERRY-LUGAR BILL, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-19 10:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2539 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 7 OCTOBER 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-20 12:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2541 | STATUS OF PAKISTAN'S ENERGY SECTOR DEBT HOLDING [...] (SBU) Summary: While the GOP has taken some concrete steps to return the Pakistani energy sector to financial solvency, several key elements remain unresolved. On October 1, the GOP raised tariff rates by 6 percent, the first of three tariff hikes agreed with international financial institutio [...] | 2009-10-20 14:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK |
09ISLAMABAD2543 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: KERRY-LUGAR BILL, TERRORISM, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-21 03:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2554 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/MILITARY, KERRY-LUGAR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-21 10:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2571 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-22 12:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2576 | EXTREMISM IN SOUTHERN PUNJAB AND NORTHERN SINDH [...] (SBU) Summary: Though the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) continue to grab headlines for terrorist violence, poor and underdeveloped regions in the rest of "settled" Pakistan are increasingly the recruiting and training ground for extremism and mil [...] | 2009-10-23 03:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD2577 | P-3C MARITIME PATROL AIRCRAFT INSPECTED [...] (S/NF) Summary: A PMA team conducted an Enhanced End-Use Monitoring (EEUM) inspection of Pakistan's P-3C Maritime Patrol Aircraft during October 12-14. The team found no indications of tampering with the aircraft or the related systems. End Summary. 2. (S/NF) Ref A reported that on Septe [...] | 2009-10-23 03:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR MASS PK |
09ISLAMABAD2585 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-23 11:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2591 | PAKISTAN MILITARY LAUNCHES GROUND CAMPAIGN IN [...] (S) Summary: The Pakistan military launched a ground combat campaign against Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants in South Waziristan on October 17. Reconnaissance in force (RIF) operations have transitioned to preparations for a major ground assault. Military sources have described th [...] | 2009-10-23 15:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL MOPS PK |
09ISLAMABAD260 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-06 11:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2600 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-26 13:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2607 | MILITARY GROUND OFFENSIVE IN SOUTH WAZIRISTAN SLOWS [...] (S) Summary: A week after Pakistani ground forces began the ground combat phase of Operation RAH-e-NIJAT ("Path of Salvation") against Tehrik-e-Taliban (TTP) strongholds in South Waziristan, the offensive has slowed down considerably, as the Army has elected to conduct a deliberate and method [...] | 2009-10-26 14:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER MARR MASS PK |
09ISLAMABAD2609 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-27 15:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2611 | USAID Funding for Pakistan Food Shortfalls [...] (U) Summary. The U.N. World Food Program (WFP) expects food shortfalls in Pakistan in late 2009. Current donor pledges to the WFP Emergency Operation (EMOP) will improve, but not resolve, the food pipeline situation. USAID is providing USD 21 million in immediate funding to WFP to prevent any [...] | 2009-10-27 15:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PK PINR PREL PTER PREF IO |
09ISLAMABAD2625 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-28 09:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2628 | PAKISTAN-U.S. ENERGY DIALOGUE POINTS TO LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS FOR THE SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Delegations to the U.S.-Pakistan Energy Dialogue of October 23-24 discussed plans for moving beyond the current difficulties and strategies for addressing longer-term planning. It was clear that Pakistan has made measurable progress in addressing the electricity sector's debt pr [...] | 2009-10-28 14:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG PREL PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD2632 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, SECRETARY CLINTON'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-29 10:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2640 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, SECRETARY CLINTON'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 11:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2641 | MANAGEMENT 2010 LOOKING FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary. Mission Pakistan's Management Section evaluated its goals and objectives, to determine how best to direct its efforts over the coming year. This cable summarizes the mission environment as it relates to management services, and lays out what we hope to achieve in the coming year [...] | 2009-10-30 13:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT KICA PK |
09ISLAMABAD2642 | PM GILANI CONFIDENT GOP WILL OVERCOME ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 24 meeting, David Goldwyn, Secretary's Coordinator for International Energy Affairs (S/CIEA) and head of the U.S. Delegation to the U.S.-Pakistan Energy Dialogue, commended Prime Minister Gilani on Pakistan's sound plan for addressing the country's energy crisis, i [...] | 2009-11-02 03:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID ENRG PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD265 | AFGHAN-PAKISTAN TRADE AGREEMENT MOVES FORWARD WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP is working with the Afghan draft amendment to the Afghanistan Pakistan Transit Agreement, which was provided to them in November at the Joint Economic Commission, to identify concerns of the private sector, in particular the transport industry, before finalizing their [...] | 2009-02-06 14:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON PREL AF PK |
09ISLAMABAD2651 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT, USAID, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-02 12:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD266 | CODEL BIDEN'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary. During a January 9 meeting with President Zardari and Prime Minister Gilani, Senators Biden and Graham reasserted their support for passage of the Biden/Lugar aid legislation. However, Senator Biden noted that the U.S. public was financing its own economic recovery efforts and [...] | 2009-02-06 14:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD2663 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-03 11:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2665 | PAKISTAN'S PETROLEUM MINISTRY ON POSSIBILITIES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to its chronic and worsening natural gas shortage, the GOP will "most likely" award contracts to two firms -- 4Gas and a Vitol-FOTCO consortium -- to build floating LNG re-gasification terminals, according to Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources Special Secret [...] | 2009-11-03 14:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK |
09ISLAMABAD2669 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-04 12:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD267 | ISLAMABAD HIGH COURT "FREES" A.Q. KHAN, WITH [...] (C) Summary. The Islamabad High Court released a ruling on February 6 that declares A.Q. Khan a "free citizen." Although Khan and his lawyers claimed victory before the Pakistani media, the text of the ruling reads more like a plea deal, indicating that Khan accepted conditions on his freed [...] | 2009-02-06 14:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP PK |
09ISLAMABAD2672 | PAKISTAN MILITARY MAKING SLOW BUT DELIBERATE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Pakistani ground forces appear to be making slow but deliberate progress in their campaign against the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in South Waziristan. In recent days, the Army has been securing the ground it occupies, and on November 3, the 14th Division advanced into th [...] | 2009-11-05 04:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER MARR MASS PK |
09ISLAMABAD2675 | Visit to Waziristan IDP Relief Center [...] (U) Summary. Following reports of rioting at multiple relief distribution points in Dera Ismail (D.I.) Khan, representatives of USAID, the U.N., a local relief organization, and the media traveled with Lt. General Nadeem Ahmed on October 28 to the newly established centralized relief distribut [...] | 2009-11-05 08:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV PK PINR PREL PTER PREF IO |
09ISLAMABAD2677 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, HILLARY CLINTON'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 10:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD269 | PAKISTAN INVESTIGATION INTO MUMBAI ATTACKS LEADS [...] (C) Summary: On February 5, Interior Minister Rehman Malik met with the Ambassador and FBI agents to discuss the initial results of the FIA-led investigation into the Mumbai attacks. Malik shared both the investigation team's findings and the draft First Instance Report (FIR),both of which wi [...] | 2009-02-06 14:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD2692 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY STATE'S VISIT, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-06 09:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2696 | THE WAY FORWARD FOR THE UN IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The UN continues to struggle in structuring itself to play its full role in Pakistan. The departure of Jean Arnault as the Secretary General's representative to the Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FODP) not only reduces the UN's leadership role in the group, but also complicates [...] | 2009-11-06 13:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID PK |
09ISLAMABAD2698 | FINANCE MINISTER TARIN ON BUDGETS, CSF DOLLAR FUND, AND PAKISTAN'S IMPROVING ECONOMIC OUTLOOK [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Finance Shaukat Tarin told the Ambassador that he is "cautiously optimistic" about the Pakistani economy and expressed GOP gratitude that the USG would begin to move gradually towards greater use of Pakistani platforms to channel U.S. assistance. Tarin requested that an ad [...] | 2009-11-06 14:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID MOPS PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD270 | CODEL BIDEN'S MEETING WITH COAS KAYANI AND ISI [...] (S) Summary: Senators Biden and Graham met with Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Kayani and Director General of ISI LTGen Pasha on January 9 to underscore bipartisan support for the U.S.-Pakistan relationship. Senator Biden emphasized the need for the American people to see results soon in Afghanistan [...] | 2009-02-06 15:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER MARR PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD2706 | PAKISTAN REQUESTS USG SUPPORT BID FOR SECURITY [...] (U) On October 16, post received a diplomatic note in which the GOP formally requested USG support for its candidacy for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for the term 2012-2013. They noted that Pakistan last served on the Security Council 10 years ago and that their candidatu [...] | 2009-11-10 05:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID PK |
09ISLAMABAD2708 | WAZIRISTAN UPDATE: GROUND FORCES MAKE GAINS, HOLD [...] (S) Summary: Pakistan ground forces continue Operation RAH-e-NIJAT (Path of Salvation or Deliverance,) in South Waziristan against the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and we have seen significant fighting in the major TTP strongholds of Makin, Ladha, and Sora Rogha. It is likely we are now s [...] | 2009-11-10 06:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER MARR MASS PK |
09ISLAMABAD2709 | PAKISTAN SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION TO SEYMOUR M. HERSH STORY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-10 11:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD271 | CODEL BIDEN MEETS WITH PM GILANI [...] (C) Summary. During a January 9 meeting with Codel Biden, PM Gilani pledged continued Pakistani resolve to fight terrorism and cooperate in the Mumbai investigations. He said that civil-military relations had improved, urged an expedited meeting of the Friends of Pakistan and requested U.S [...] | 2009-02-06 15:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD2710 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/MILITARY, POLITICAL, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-10 11:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2716 | INTERIOR MINISTER SEEKS USG HELP IN PROTECTING [...] (C) Summary:... [...] | 2009-11-11 14:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PK |
09ISLAMABAD2718 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, VISITING U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-12 11:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2739 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, U.S. CONGRESSIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-13 11:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2740 | AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR GETS A NEW PRIME MINISTER, [...] (C) Summary: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly elected Farooq Haider as AJK prime minister on October 22 -- making him the region's third prime minister since 2006 elections there. Haider previously headed a breakaway faction of AJK's Muslim Conference party, and had held [...] | 2009-11-14 05:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PK |
09ISLAMABAD2741 | NEW CEO ON CHANGE IN KESC LEADERSHIP AND FUTURE OF [...] (U) This is a joint Consulate General Karachi-Embassy Islamabad message. 2. (SBU) Summary: Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) CEO Tabish Gahaur said that KESC had made significant strides in increasing collections and bringing new generation on line since Abraaj Capital took over its ma [...] | 2009-11-15 13:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK |
09ISLAMABAD2744 | Mobile Banking in Pakistan - Challenges and Prospects [...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of meetings in Karachi and Islamabad in early October, the Treasury Attache and an advisor from Treasury's Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes discovered that some of Pakistan's commercial banks and microfinance banks have a growing interest in providi [...] | 2009-11-16 04:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD KCOR PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2754 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 01:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2760 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 12:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2767 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES,04 NOVEMBER 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 13:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EFIN EINT EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2769 | CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Gilani told CODEL Tierney November 11 that the Pakistani people were united in the fight against terrorism and supported military efforts in Swat, Malakand and South Waziristan. However, he noted the public was upset with Pakistan's failing economy, pointing out co [...] | 2009-11-17 14:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF EAID ECON MOPS PK |
09ISLAMABAD2773 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-18 09:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2780 | GROUND FORCES MOVE TO SECURE MILITANT STRONGHOLD [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Pakistan Army's Operation Rah-e-Nijat ("Path of Salvation") continues to make progress against Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants in the Mehsud tribal Area of South Waziristan. Three infantry divisions assigned to the Army's 11th Corps continue to be engaged in the [...] | 2009-11-18 11:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER MARR MASS PK |
09ISLAMABAD2784 | PAKISTAN: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan's National Assembly is discussing a bill to turn into permanent law the Musharraf-era National Command Authority (NCA) Ordinance, which established Pakistan's nuclear command and control infrastructure. Media reports had linked the introduction of the bill to internat [...] | 2009-11-19 05:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP PREL PGOV PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD2786 | PAKISTAN UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT RUSSIAN FUEL BANK [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel request for support for the Russian Fuel Bank proposal at the November International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board meeting to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Disarmament Director Kamran Akhtar on November 17. Akhtar said that Pakistan believed the Russian proposal [...] | 2009-11-19 08:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP PREL PGOV PTER IAEA ENRG PK |
09ISLAMABAD2787 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 10:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2798 | PAKISTAN'S ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IMPROVING, BUT STRUCTURAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 12:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2799 | POST RESPONSE TO CSG TASKING ON CFT CAPABILITIES [...] (C/NF) Mission Islamabad provides the following response to Ref A request for information on the Mission's resources and for staff combating terrorist financing in Pakistan. 2. (C//NF) Embassy Islamabad has dedicated the following resources to terrorism finance issues, at least part-time. I [...] | 2009-11-19 13:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SNAR PK |
09ISLAMABAD280 | INTERIOR SECRETARY PROVIDES TERMS OF A.Q. KHAN'S [...] (S) Secretary of the Interior Kamal Shah called in the Ambassador on February 7 to provide a copy of "Annexure-A", the terms of the Islamabad High Court,s decision on Khan,s appeal of his detention (text below). Shah assured the Ambassador that the Government of Pakistan retains full powers to en [...] | 2009-02-07 15:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP PK |
09ISLAMABAD2802 | PHARMACEUTICAL DATA PROTECTION AMENDMENT APPROVED, [...] (SBU) Summary: Director General for Health Dr. Rashid Jooma told EconCouns and Econoff that the Ministry of Health is at last moving forward with long-stalled data protection for pharmaceutical products. According to Jooma, representatives from both domestic and international pharmaceutical i [...] | 2009-11-20 02:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD281 | PRESIDENT ZARDARI DISCUSSES AQ KHAN RELEASE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-09 12:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PK KNNP PARM |
09ISLAMABAD2810 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 10:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2813 | PAKISTAN: GOODS PRODUCED BY FORCED AND CHILD LABOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 14:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL SOCI PK |
09ISLAMABAD2819 | FRAUD SUMMARY: ISLAMABAD [...] Pakistan Fraud Summary: Pakistan is considered a "high" fraud country. Fraud of every kind is pervasive at all levels of government and commercial sectors. Fraud surfaces in many different forms, including washed U.S. visas of good to excellent quality; forged documents such as post-secondary [...] | 2009-11-21 05:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PKST |
09ISLAMABAD2820 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT, USAID, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-21 05:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2822 | USAID/Pakistan Provides $44 million for Families Displaced [...] (U) Summary. On November 17, USAID/Pakistan notified the Government of Pakistan (GoP) that USAID had requested release of USD 44 million in budget support for the GoP cash assistance to families displaced by conflict with insurgents. Funds should reach the GoP's bank account by Friday, Novemb [...] | 2009-11-21 09:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PK PINR PREL PTER PREF IO |
09ISLAMABAD2826 | PAKISTAN MOD RELUCTANTLY AGREES TO COOPERATE WITH [...] (C) Summary: In light of renewed discussion in Washington about the necessity of providing man-portable air defense system (MANPADS) assistance to Lahore airport (LHE) as a prerequisite to its certification for non-stop flights from LHE to the United States, Econ Counselor and ICE Attache met [...] | 2009-11-23 08:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ASEC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2827 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-23 11:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2828 | BONDED LABORERS HELD HOSTAGE BY LANDLOWNERS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 4, a Pakistani NGO reported to Embassy Islamabad that over 150 peasants and their family members in rural Sindh had disappeared after filing illegal confinement and non-payment wage petitions with local courts. There was strong evidence that the peasants' employers -- [...] | 2009-11-23 13:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER ELAB PK |
09ISLAMABAD2829 | DIVVYING UP THE TAX REVENUE PIE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-23 13:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAID PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD283 | PAKISTAN INTERESTED IN GICNT WORKSHOP, BUT LACKS [...] PolOff delivered invitation and informational paper on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Draft Model Guidelines workshop to Kamran Akhtar, Disarmament Director in Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on February 7. Akhtar welcomed the invitation and stated that experts from [...] | 2009-02-09 12:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP KGIC PK |
09ISLAMABAD2830 | PAKISTAN'S THIRD IMF REVIEW - ENOUGH PROGRESS TO [...] (C) Summary: In an upbeat meeting November 17, Acting Additional Secretary of Finance Salim Sethi assured Treasury Attache and Econ Counselor that Pakistan's third review under its Stand-By Arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was "virtually assured" of a successful conclusion [...] | 2009-11-23 15:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2836 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-24 09:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2837 | ADVANCE IN SOUTH WAZIRISTAN CONTINUES; FIGHTING [...] (S/NF) Summary: Pakistani ground forces advanced into the interior of Makin, where they appear to be meeting little resistance in the sixth week of Operation Rah-e-Nijat (""Path of Salvation""),the Pakistan military's air and ground offensive against the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) milit [...] | 2009-11-24 10:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER MARR MASS PK |
09ISLAMABAD2838 | SECRETARY CLINTON,S OCTOBER 30, 2009, MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Political, civic, and business leaders from Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) told the Secretary during an October 30 meeting in Islamabad that "not all tribesmen are militants" and that development and long-term U.S. economic [...] | 2009-11-24 12:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ECON OVIP PK |
09ISLAMABAD2839 | EMBASSY ISLAMABAD P1 REFERRAL: FAMILY OF JOHN [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Islamabad hereby refers for P1 U.S. resettlement consideration/in-country processing the family of Syed Hashim, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) staff member killed by a Baloch nationalist group on February 2, 2009 at the time of the kidnapping of U.S. cit [...] | 2009-11-24 12:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PK |
09ISLAMABAD284 | PRESIDENT ZARDARI DISCUSSES AQ KHAN RELEASE [...] (S) Summary: President Zardari assured the Ambassador on February 8 that A.Q. Khan would remain under house arrest and not engage with the media. Minister of Interior Rehman Malik also insisted that Khan would be prohibited from talking to the press and politicians, and his movements would be curta [...] | 2009-02-09 12:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PK KNNP PARM |
09ISLAMABAD2840 | PAKISTANI VIEWS ON FISSILE MATERIAL CUTOFF TREATY [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani officials do not appear to have coalesced on a strategy or position for the mid-January resumption of Conference on Disarmament (CD) discussions on the Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) interlocutors continue to stress the need for conse [...] | 2009-11-24 12:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP PREL PGOV PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD2847 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 18 NOVEMBER 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 06:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2853 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 10:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD286 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 09, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-09 13:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2868 | ZARDARI'S IMMEDIATE DEPARTURE IS UNCERTAIN, PPP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-27 13:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PK |
09ISLAMABAD2880 | WORLD FOOD PROGRAM FEARS SHORTAGE OF FOOD FOR IDPs [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.N. World Food Program (WFP) is taking steps to prevent a food shortfall in its Emergency Operation in Pakistan (EMOP) in the coming months. Left unaddressed, this break in the WFP assistance pipeline could affect the 2.7 million individuals, including internally displaced [...] | 2009-12-01 05:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EAID PGOV PK PREL PREF IO |
09ISLAMABAD2885 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 01, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-01 14:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2889 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-02 11:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD289 | ZARDARI’S PLANNED APPROACH TO HOLBROOKE [...] (C) Summary. During a February 8 meeting with the Ambassador, President Zardari outlined Pakistan's need for additional assistance, a message that would figure prominently in his meeting with Special Representative Holbrooke. Zardari outlined the steps he would follow to restrict A.Q. Khan (septel) [...] | 2009-02-09 14:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD2890 | POLITICAL CONTACTS ACROSS SPECTRUM GENERALLY [...] (C) Summary: Key contacts in Peshawar and Islamabad across the political spectrum by and large reacted positively to the way forward on Afghanistan and Pakistan that President Obama outlined in his December 1 speech. Most of our interlocutors were supportive of the U.S. increasing troops in [...] | 2009-12-02 13:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER AF PK |
09ISLAMABAD2894 | AF-PAK TRANSIT TRADE - PERSONNEL CHANGES AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-03 02:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAID PGOV PREL AF PK |
09ISLAMABAD2895 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 02 DECEMBER, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-03 02:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2900 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 03, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-03 09:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2903 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OMAR SAEED SHEIKH CASEREF: SECSTATE 108201 [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and associated non-paper and diplomatic note on the transfer of Ahmad Omar Saeed Sheikh to the U.S. to MFA Director for Americas Sohail Khan on November 25. Per reftel instructions, she specifically requested that while the request for transfer of Sheikh was bei [...] | 2009-12-03 09:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV UK PK |
09ISLAMABAD2927 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 04, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-04 10:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2928 | SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW NATIONAL RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary: The National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) lapsed on November 28. The Supreme Court announced that it will review all petitions related to the NRO beginning on December 7, and will likely make a ruling on its constitutionality. The government has not yet decided whether to def [...] | 2009-12-04 11:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2932 | U.N. EXPLAINS THE DELAYED RELEASE OF 2010 HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.N. has proposed a 12-month Pakistan Humanitarian Response Plan (PHRP) valued at nearly $800 million - 14 percent larger than the 2009 PHRP. However, the Government of Pakistan (GoP) is concerned that releasing a large appeal will create the perception that the internally [...] | 2009-12-05 03:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PTER PREF IO PK |
09ISLAMABAD2933 | U.N. EXPLAINS THE DELAYED RELEASE OF 2010 HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.N. has proposed a 12-month Pakistan Humanitarian Response Plan (PHRP) valued at nearly $800 million - 14 percent larger than the 2009 PHRP. However, the Government of Pakistan (GoP) is concerned that releasing a large appeal will create the perception that the internally [...] | 2009-12-05 03:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PTER PREF IO PK |
09ISLAMABAD2939 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 07, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-07 10:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2941 | PAKISTAN HUMAN TRAFFICKING INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. This cable responds to ref A request for an interim assessment of Pakistan's progress in combating trafficking in persons (TIP). In response to Pakistan's Tier 2 Watch List ranking in the 2009 TIP report, the government enhanced its efforts to address Pakistan's significant huma [...] | 2009-12-08 03:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER ELAB KTIP PK |
09ISLAMABAD2942 | WAY FORWARD ON AFGHAN REFUGEES REMAINS UNCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: A new inter-ministerial subcommittee has been established to find a way forward on Afghan refugee status, repatriation, and security-related issues in Pakistan. While establishment of the subcommittee has rolled back progress on finalizing Pakistan's draft Afghan Management and R [...] | 2009-12-08 09:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL EAID PHUM PK |
09ISLAMABAD2946 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 08, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-08 11:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2947 | WAVE OF TERRORIST ATTACKS CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its allies are continuing -- and intensifying -- their wave of terrorist attacks in Pakistan's settled areas. Separate attacks in Multan, Lahore, and Peshawar during December 7-8 killed over 70 people. These three attacks came on the heels [...] | 2009-12-08 13:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2956 | LAUNCH OF 2010 HUMANITARIAN APPEAL FOR PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the U.N. remains in discussions with the Government of Pakistan (GoP) to obtain a non-objection decision for the release of a seven-month 2010 Pakistan Humanitarian Response Plan (PHRP),the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is considering [...] | 2009-12-10 07:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PTER PREF IO PK |
09ISLAMABAD2959 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-10 11:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2960 | USG TRAINING PROVIDES FATA LEVIES WITH INCREASED [...] (SBU) Summary: Through a joint State/INL and Justice/ICIPTAP program, the Mission continues to offer police training to the Levy forces, who are the primary law enforcement arm of the Political Agents in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). On 21 November, 25 Levies graduated [...] | 2009-12-10 13:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD2963 | CONTINUED POST-CONFLICT PLANNING FOR SOUTH [...] (C) Summary. In meetings December 3 with CG and Assistance Coordinator, Northwest Frontier Province Governor Ghani and FATA Additional Chief Secretary Habibullah Khan confirmed support for USAID's proposed supporting post-conflict reconstruction in South Waziristan. Both approved in principl [...] | 2009-12-11 08:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EAID PK MOPS |
09ISLAMABAD2966 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: December 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-11 09:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD297 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-10 11:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2973 | PAKISTAN'S ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING ORDINANCE LAPSES, [...] (C) Summary: In a last minute attempt to keep some kind of anti-money laundering regime in place after the Supreme Court directed that a string of Musharraf-era ordinances be promulgated as laws or allowed to lapse, President Zadari issued a revised Anti-Money Laundering ordinance (AMLO) on No [...] | 2009-12-12 11:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2974 | NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE AWARD [...] Embassy Islamabad nominates Masarrat Misbah for the International Women of Courage award. 2. In 2003, Masarrat Misbah, a beautician by profession, decided to take action against an abhorrent cultural practice: acid attacks against women and girls. Men and boys perpetrate these attacks wh [...] | 2009-12-12 11:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO PK |
09ISLAMABAD2979 | MISSION ESTABLISHES INTER-AGENCY GENDER [...] Summary: The Mission held the first meeting of an inter-agency Gender Development Working Group (GDWG) on November 19. The group, which subsequently met two more times and will convene monthly, was established with four broad goals: 1) to build greater understanding, collaboration, and commun [...] | 2009-12-14 04:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KPAO KWMN PK |
09ISLAMABAD2987 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-14 08:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3002 | ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR BRIEFS FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) Ambassador Robin Raphel, Coordinator for Economic and Development Assistance in Pakistan briefed Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on U.S. plans to channel more assistance through the Pakistani government, target USG assistance in areas vulnerable to militants, and to focus on severa [...] | 2009-12-15 05:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3005 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-15 08:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3010 | Islamabad VIP Visit Limitation Request [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Islamabad and its three consulates cannot continue to host visitors at the current level. The security situation is too precarious and we do not have the people to support such a heavy visitor load: manning in some Embassy sections is now down to 50 percent. Moreover, th [...] | 2009-12-15 14:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT PREL OVIP ASEC PK |
09ISLAMABAD3015 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-16 09:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3027 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-17 11:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3035 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-18 09:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3037 | BALOCH REQUEST UNHCR FACILITATE MOVEMENT OF [...] (S/NF) Summary: XXXXXXXXXXXX, who has been designated by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres as XXXXXXXXXXXX in Pakistan, met with the Ambassador and Deputy Chief of Mission on December 13 to discuss the U.S. Government's position on the possible movement of Baloch leader Brahmdagh B [...] | 2009-12-18 11:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PREF PK AF |
09ISLAMABAD3039 | AF-PAK TRANSIT TRADE -- GETTING TO YES? [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-18 17:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAID PGOV PREL AF PK |
09ISLAMABAD304 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-11 13:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3042 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 16 DECEMBER, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-22 02:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3043 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-22 02:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD305 | STATE BANK GOVERNOR: LACK OF CREDIT STIFLING PAKISTAN'S [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 31, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) released its Monetary Policy Statement which maintained the discount rate at 15 percent for the next six months, causing disappointment to many in the private sector who were hoping for an easing of rates. SBP Governor Salim Raza [...] | 2009-02-12 07:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD EAID PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD307 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-12 11:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3073 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-22 14:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3076 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-23 14:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3077 | FISCAL FEDERALISM OR FISCAL FOOLISHNESS? [...] (SBU) Summary: In a move heralded in the Pakistani press as a "historical shift to provincial autonomy" and a "victory for democracy," the National Finance Commission (NFC) reached a consensus on the formula for revenue division between the federal and provincial governments on December 11. Ag [...] | 2009-12-23 14:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD308 | SPECIAL PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION - RICHARD HOLBROOKE'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-12 11:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3084 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-24 07:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3089 | AF-PAK TRANSIT TRADE: GETTING CLOSER, BUT NO DEAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-28 11:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAID PGOV PREL AF PK |
09ISLAMABAD3104 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 11:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3116 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON "DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS" [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche regarding the U.S. request to cooperate with Pakistan to constructively address the problem of racial and religious intolerance and discrimination to MFA Director General (Americas) Sohail Khan on December 30. Khan noted U.S. opposition to "defamation of r [...] | 2009-12-31 07:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID PK |
09ISLAMABAD313 | PAKISTAN FILES CASE AGAINST MUMBAI ATTACK SUSPECTS [...] (C) Summary: On February 12, Interior Minister Rehman Malik publicly declared that the Mumbai terror attacks were planned, at least partially, in Pakistan and that the GOP had several suspects in custody. Malik held a press conference to present the initial results of the inquiry and announce [...] | 2009-02-12 16:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD3131 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 31, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-31 10:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD315 | PAKISTAN'S ENERGY CRISIS - IMPROVING, BUT CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP is making some headway fulfilling President Zardari's January directive to clear up the "circular" debt situation that is wreaking havoc among power producers, but confidence varies that it will be paid off in its entirety any time soon. Blackouts have been reduced from [...] | 2009-02-13 08:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EFIN PK |
09ISLAMABAD318 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 11:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD32 | QURESHI SHARES MUMBAI DOSSIER WITH BOUCHER [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi on January 5. The two men discussed India's sharing of a dossier with Pakistan detailing the results of India's ongoing investigation into the November 26-29 [...] | 2009-01-06 14:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD320 | PAKISTANI FOREIGN MINISTER QURESHI STEPS OUT ON [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Qureshi called in the Ambassador, February 13, to review next steps on U.S.-Pakistan strategic coordination following the visit of Special Representative Holbrooke. Qureshi expressed pleasure with the results of the Special Representative's first visit to Pakistan and r [...] | 2009-02-13 14:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD321 | GOP REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR MIRZA BEG'S IFAD CANDIDACY [...] (SBU) Muhammad Haroon Shaukat, MFA Additional Secretary, convoked representatives of Japan, Kuwait, Libya, the United States, and Saudi Arabia (which was not present) on February 13 to ask their support for the candidacy of Mirza Qamar Beg for President of the International Fund for Agricultura [...] | 2009-02-13 14:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID EAGR PK |
09ISLAMABAD329 | UPDATE ON KIDNAPPING OF AMCIT JOHN SOLECKI [...] This... [...] | 2009-02-17 09:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AF PK |
09ISLAMABAD33 | FATA UPDATE - 2 JANUARY 2009 [...] (C) Summary. On December 28, a polling station in Buner District in the NWFP was bombed, killing at least 37 people and wounding 28 others, and on December 30, the Pakistan military initiated a series of operations in Khyber Agency in the FATA, resulting in the temporary closure of the NATO su [...] | 2009-01-06 14:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD330 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-17 10:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD334 | INDIAN HIGH COMMISSION REACTS TO PAKISTAN'S MUMBAI [...] (C) Summary: The GOI reaction to the GOP report on its investigations into the Mumbai attacks and the request for further information from the GOI has been positive and "deflated tensions," according to the Indian High Commission. Surprise at the depth of the investigation into the attack, h [...] | 2009-02-17 15:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
09ISLAMABAD335 | UPDATE ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR IN PAKISTAN [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Pakistan (GOP) continues to recognize the importance of the elimination of the worst forms of child labor and is slowly taking steps to achieve this goal. There have been pockets of improvement over the past year but the main problem for Pakistan continues to be [...] | 2009-02-18 06:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD337 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-18 10:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD34 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-07 03:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD341 | FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, JANUARY [...] (C) Almost no fighting was reported in Bajaur during the second week of January. Consulate contacts report that security forces have established 13 checkpoints on the 17 km of road between Bajaur's agency border and Khar, converting what is usually a 10 minute drive into a 90 minute voyage. T [...] | 2009-02-19 03:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD343 | MORE DONOR ASSISTANCE NEEDED [...] (SBU) This is an action cable. See paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: GOP officials have told us and high-level visitors that they have received little support from the international donor community in recent months. A World Bank senior economist confirmed that very little foreign assistance [...] | 2009-02-19 07:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON IBRD PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD344 | DONORS AND FRIENDS: THE WAY AHEAD [...] (SBU) Summary. Given Pakistan's struggling economy and the urgent need for development and budgetary assistance, Mission recommends that we move forward as quickly as possible to facilitate a successful Donors' Conference, co-hosted by the World Bank, and now tentatively scheduled for April i [...] | 2009-02-19 07:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD353 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES FROM 13 FEBRUARY 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 09:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EFIN EINT EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD358 | SHARIAT COURT OVERTURNS RAPE LAW [...] (U) Summary: Pakistan's Federal Shariat Court invalidated a 25 year-old law allowing a man accused of rape to impeach the credibility of his alleged victim by offering evidence she "was of generally immoral character." In its judgment, the four-member panel requested President Zardari repea [...] | 2009-02-19 11:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP KISL KWMN PK |
09ISLAMABAD359 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 11:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD364 | UPDATE ON SOLECKI CASE [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and UN Resrep Akcura met February 19 with Interior Minister Malik to follow up on the Solecki kidnapping case. Akcura expressed concern about Solecki's deteriorating health, as noted by the kidnappers' spokesman in a February 18 statement rejecting direct negotiatio [...] | 2009-02-19 16:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PGOV PK CASC |
09ISLAMABAD365 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL KAYANI’S VISIT TO [...] (S) Summary. Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Kayani's February 20-27 visit to Washington comes on the heels of the government's loss of control over Swat, continued Pakistani Army/Frontier Corps operations in the tribal areas, and still-simmering Indo-Pak tensions in the wake of the Mumba [...] | 2009-02-19 16:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV MOPS MARR EAID PK |
09ISLAMABAD366 | MUMBAI-ATTACKS PROSECUTION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Since the filing of the First Information Report (FIR) on February 12, Pakistan has established an anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi, appointed a special prosecutor, and is actively working on prosecutions. The GOP is still seeking several pieces of information and cooperation fr [...] | 2009-02-19 16:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD373 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-20 11:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD377 | UPDATE ON IDP SITUATION IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary. The overall IDP situation has not changed significantly over the past few weeks, with UN estimates of the conflict-affected population still at approximately 300,000. However, there has been an increase in the number affected by conflict in Swat. Despite a proposed peace deal i [...] | 2009-02-20 12:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD378 | POLITICAL UPDATE: ZARDARI CONSOLIDATES POWER [...] (C) Summary: President Asif Zardari has taken simultaneous moves to further consolidate his authority over the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and to extend the PPP's control over both the National Assembly and Senate. Senate elections will not occur until March 4, but the PPP has already locked [...] | 2009-02-20 13:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD379 | U.S. EMBASSY APPROVAL FOR JOINT COMBINED EXCHANCE [...] (U) Summary: U.S. Embassy Islamabad and host nation concur with Special Operations Command Central,s (SOCCENT) and 3rd Special Forces Group,s (SFG)(Airborne) Concept of Operation (CONOP) for conducting a Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) event with the Pakistan Army,s (PAKARMY) Special [...] | 2009-02-20 13:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS ASEC MOPS PK |
09ISLAMABAD380 | U.S. EMBASSY APPROVAL FOR JOINT COMBINED EXCHANGE [...] (U) Summary: U.S. Embassy Islamabad and host nation concur with Special Operations Command Central,s (SOCCENT) and Naval Special Warfare Unit 3 (NSW-3) Concept of Operation (CONOP) for conducting a Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) event with the Pakistan Army,s (PAKNAVY) Special Servi [...] | 2009-02-20 13:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS ASEC MOPS PK |
09ISLAMABAD381 | U.S. EMBASSY APPROVAL FOR JOINT COMBINED EXCHANGE [...] (U) Summary. U.S. Embassy Islamabad and host nation concur with Special Operations Command Central,s (SOCCENT) and the Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC) Concept of Operation (CONOP) for conducting Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) events with the Pakistan Army,s (PAKARMY) Speci [...] | 2009-02-20 13:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS ASEC MOPS PK |
09ISLAMABAD382 | U.S. EMBASSY APPROVAL FOR JOINT COMBINED EXCHANGE [...] (U) Summary. U.S. Embassy Islamabad and host nation concur with Special Operations Command Central,s (SOCCENT) and 6th Special Operations Squadron (6th SOS) Concept of Operation (CONOP) for conducting a Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) event with the Pakistan Air Force,s (PAKAF) 6th Ai [...] | 2009-02-20 13:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS ASEC MOPS PK |
09ISLAMABAD383 | PARASTATAL TRADING COMPANY INCREASINGLY INVOLVED [...] (C) Summary. The Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP),a state trading company under the Ministry of Commerce, is engaging in another purchase venture that could prove devastating to private market trading. It is planning to import 200,000 metric tons (MT) of refined sugar for approximately [...] | 2009-02-20 14:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD385 | FOCUSING THE U.S.-PAKISTAN STRATEGIC DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary. As Foreign Minister Qureshi and his team arrive in Washington for coordination on the Holbrooke/Riedel strategic review, Post offers the following thoughts on issues for strategic engagement. In the coming weeks, Post will detail our suggestions on how to expand political, economic, se [...] | 2009-02-21 12:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD387 | POST'S FSN NOMINATION FOR 2009 ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, [...] (U) Post would like to nominate Bibi Gul-e-Afshan for the 2009 Environment, Science, Technology, and Health (ESTH) course at FSI. This course would help bolster her reporting and drafting skills as well as increase her knowledge on ESTH policy issues. 2. (U) Please see below the requested bi [...] | 2009-02-23 04:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PK |
09ISLAMABAD389 | CARTAGENA PROTOCOL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-23 06:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR ETRD TBIO KPAO PK |
09ISLAMABAD397 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-23 10:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD404 | FOOD CRISIS WEATHERED, BUT BOTTLENECKS, [...] (SBU) Summary. Based on information provided by Pakistan's Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (MinFAL),it now appears evident that the GOP has been able to avoid a potential food crisis by stepping up wheat imports. Since December, the GOP has purchased nearly one million tons of [...] | 2009-02-23 12:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD405 | GETTING THE MOST OUT OF OUR ENERGY DIALOGUE WITH PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Ministry of Water and Power Additional Secretary Zarar Aslam suggested rescheduling the U.S.-Pakistan Energy Dialogue during the week of March 15. He requested the USG propose dates via letter to which Aslam would then coordinate a GOP response. Although Asl [...] | 2009-02-23 13:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD411 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 13:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD412 | NEW PRIVATIZATION POLICY APPROVED; GAS FIELD PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 19, the Cabinet Committee on Privatization (CCOP) approved a new privatization policy whereby 26 percent and management control of a number of state owned enterprises would be sold. While total privatization is the eventual goal, the GOP intends to proceed in steps [...] | 2009-02-24 13:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ETRD ENRG PK |
09ISLAMABAD413 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-25 11:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD415 | SHARIFS DISQUALIFIED FROM OFFICE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled February 25 that both Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif from the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party are ineligible to hold public office. President Zardari told Charge that he had temporarily appointed PPP Governor Taseer as Chief Execut [...] | 2009-02-25 15:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS EAID PK |
09ISLAMABAD416 | TERRORISM FINANCE: PRENOTIFICATION OF UPCOMING [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs UN Director Ahmad Farooq on February 24, 2009. Farooq promised to forward this information to his superiors and other relevant ministries and to follow up with the Embassy. Farooq noted that Haq's name previously was put fo [...] | 2009-02-26 03:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD42 | PAKISTAN POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (C) Summary: Political developments in Pakistan during the week of January 5 included: the main Baloch insurgent groups called an end to their voluntary and tenuous cease-fire with the Pakistani military; President Zardari announced his plan to reform and restructure the National Accountability [...] | 2009-01-08 08:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD420 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-26 09:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD422 | WORLD BANK GIVES HIGH MARKS TO GOP "SCORECARD" APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) Summary and Recommendation: World Bank point person for the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) Iftikhar Malik told EconOff February 12 that President Zardari had signed off on revisions to the BISP "distributions via parliamentary political networks" on January 22. Pilot programs for [...] | 2009-02-26 11:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL SOCI PK |
09ISLAMABAD428 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) On February 12 CommCouns and Senior Commercial Specialist visited the Kamra Avionics and Radar Factory (KARF) at Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC),Kamra, and conducted the subject Pre-License End Use Check (PLC). Before conducting the PLC, the USG officials held a discussion with Air [...] | 2009-02-26 12:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BMGT KOMC PK |
09ISLAMABAD429 | DEMONSTRATIONS AND POLITICAL MANEUVERING CONTINUE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-26 15:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR PK PREL |
09ISLAMABAD43 | FOLLOW-UP ON MUMBAI INFORMATION SHARING [...] (S) Summary. On January 6, 7, and 8, ... [...] | 2009-01-08 14:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD435 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 11:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD438 | PAKISTAN 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Pakistan remain on the Priority Watch List (PWL) at the conclusion of the 2009 Special 301 Review process. Pakistan has made no significant progress in IPR enforcement or data protection legislation in the past year. End Summary. Data Protection ------ [...] | 2009-02-27 14:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD439 | DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE IN PUNJAB [...] (C) Summary: Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets, mostly in Punjab, after Friday prayers to protest the disqualification of opposition Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leaders Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif. Protests turned violent in Lahore and Rawalpindi, and police used tear gas and b [...] | 2009-02-27 14:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR PK |
09ISLAMABAD44 | PM GILANI FIRES NSA DURRANI [...] (C) Summary. On January 8, Ambassador Mahmood Durrani confirmed to Ambassador that he had been fired by PM Gilani late on January 7. The press reported that Gilani fired Durrani because he confirmed to the press that Mumbai attacker Mohammed (Ajmal) Kasab was indeed a Pakistani citizen wit [...] | 2009-01-08 15:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD440 | PAKISTAN MEETS FUND TARGETS; MORE LEEWAY AS GROWTH SLOWS [...] (SBU) Summary. The IMF finished its first "generally positive" review of Pakistan's Standby Arrangement on February 25. While the program remains on track, the Fund has relaxed its fiscal deficit and tax revenue targets slightly, based on a deteriorating global economic environment. Finance [...] | 2009-02-28 04:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV EAID PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD441 | POLITICAL TURMOIL, GOING NOWHERE FAST [...] (C) Summary: Actors across the political spectrum were working to solve yet another self-inflicted political crisis in the wake of the Supreme Court's February 25 decision to disqualify the Sharif brothers from public office. Both President Zardari's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Shar [...] | 2009-03-01 12:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINR KDEM PK |
09ISLAMABAD442 | PAK TELECOM SECTOR SLUMPS [...] (SBU) Summary: Based on conversations with several telecom executives and the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) Director of Economic Affairs Muhammad Sargana, the telecommunications sector in Pakistan is suffering from market saturation and the general economic downturn. Telecom co [...] | 2009-03-02 02:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD443 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES FROM 25 FEBRUARY 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 02:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EFIN EINT EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD450 | PAKISTAN WED TO "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION" LANGUAGE [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel demarche announcing USG participation as an observer in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) (ref a),Imran Siddique, Director of UN Affairs in Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs told DepPolCouns February 28 Pakistan remains committed to language on "Def [...] | 2009-03-02 13:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UN PK |
09ISLAMABAD451 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 13:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD454 | SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (C) Summary: Mission Pakistan warmly welcomes your arrival in Islamabad. You are arriving in the midst of largely self-inflicted political turmoil following the Supreme Court's decision to disqualify from public office Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif, political rivals of President Asif Zardari. Zardari en [...] | 2009-03-03 02:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD46 | POST'S APPEAL FOR FY09 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH STRATEGY AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pakistan played a major role in the original Green Revolution. After several decades of lagging agricultural production, the Government of Pakistan (GOP) is looking to make the leap to join the Gene Revolution. Post has outlined an ambitious biotech program for FY 2009 and req [...] | 2009-01-09 06:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO PK |
09ISLAMABAD465 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 03, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-03 10:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD468 | LACK OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO UN APPEAL FOR PAKISTAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 8-9. 2. (SBU) Summary. On February 26, representatives from the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Food Program (WFP) called on Charge d'Affaires to discuss their operations within Pakistan. Both organizations committe [...] | 2009-03-03 14:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD472 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 04, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-04 11:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD477 | NO CONTEST: PAKISTAN'S SENATE ELECTIONS [...] (C) National and provincial legislators gathered in their respective chambers March 4 to elect 50 new senators to Pakistan's 100-member upper house (ref A). Senators are hand-picked by their party leaders, elected indirectly not by popular vote, and serve six-year terms. Pakistan's Election [...] | 2009-03-04 14:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID PINR PK |
09ISLAMABAD478 | NEW WAZIRISTAN TERRORIST ALLIANCE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Rival Pakistani Taliban leaders Baitullah Mehsud, Maulvi Nazir, and Hafiz Gul Bahadur formed a new militant alliance on February 23. The new alliance recognizes Taliban leader Mullah Omar as its leader, and its goal is to fight the planned U.S. troop surge in Afghanistan. The P [...] | 2009-03-04 14:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD486 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 05, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-05 11:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD491 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-06 10:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD492 | TEST TELEGRAM GENERATED FROM WEB MACRO ON OPENNET [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-06 10:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AADP ACOA |
09ISLAMABAD494 | POST'S SECOND FSN NOMINATION FOR 2009 ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, [...] (U) Post would like to nominate Asmat Raza for the 2009 Environment, Science, Technology, and Health (ESTH) course at FSI. Mr. Raza will serve as the back up FSN for Post's Biosecurity Engagement Program (BEP) which funds most of our ESTH programs. This course would help bolster his reporting a [...] | 2009-03-06 12:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PK |
09ISLAMABAD495 | ZARDARI-NAWAZ RECONCILIATION: PLEAS FOR U.S. INTERVENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-07 16:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD497 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UPDATED INFORMATION ON ARIF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-09 10:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PINR PTER PK IN |
09ISLAMABAD499 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 09, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-09 11:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD501 | NWFP: TNSM,S ONE-SIDED "MEDIATION" [...] (C) Jamal Nasir, Special Assistant to the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Home Secretary, confirmed to post on March 5 that Tehrik-i Nifaz-I Shariati Muhammadi (TNSM) leader Sufi Mohammad had presented the government with a list of 17 demands. The list, which circulated widely in the local [...] | 2009-03-09 12:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD505 | MUMBAI ATTACKS PROSECUTION UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-09 15:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD506 | PM GILANI STAYS ABOVE THE FRAY [...] (C) Summary and Comment. In a March 9 meeting with Ambassador, Gilani criticized the decision to impose governor's rule in Punjab and supported compromise to end the dispute between Zardari and the Sharif brothers. However, Gilani offered little in terms of immediate ideas that would be acce [...] | 2009-03-09 15:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD508 | PML-N: "WE WON'T BE FOOLED AGAIN." [...] (C) Summary: Opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) reached out March 9 to the diplomatic corps; the Pakistan People's Party (PPP)-led government made its case to the same group on February 28. PML-N leader Shahbaz Sharif, meeting with the Ambassador late March 9, reiterated the part [...] | 2009-03-09 16:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR PK |
09ISLAMABAD511 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-11 09:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD514 | LAWYERS: "OUR MARCH HAS BEGUN." [...] Summary: In an attempt to pre-empt tens of thousands of protesters from converging on Islamabad, with marches starting March 12 and a sit-in planned for March 16, the GOP arrested dozens of lawyers, opposition party workers and civil society activists (reftels). The top opposition leadership [...] | 2009-03-11 14:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR PK |
09ISLAMABAD515 | LITTLE MOVEMENT ON RECONCILIATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-11 14:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD516 | LITTLE MOVEMENT ON RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary. In a last-ditch effort to reduce tensions with the Sharif brothers ahead of the start of the lawyers' march on March 12, President Zardari offered Pakistan Muslim League (PML) leader Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain the post of Senate leader if PML would form a government with the Pakistan Peo [...] | 2009-03-12 04:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD526 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-12 14:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD528 | PUNJAB GOVERNOR TASEER: A FIZZLE FROM A BANG [...] (C) Summary: On March 12, Ambassador met in Islamabad with Punjab Governor Salman Taseer, whose jurisdiction extends to the federal capital's border. Taseer was adamant that opposition protesters would not be allowed into Islamabad but committed that arrested organizers would be released as so [...] | 2009-03-12 16:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR PK |
09ISLAMABAD529 | FATA STUDENTS "EXPERIENCE AMERICA" [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 10, Principal Officer, US Consulate in Peshawar, USAID Deputy Director for the FATA Development Program and USAID OTI representative met with 15 recent returnees from the Experience America Program (EAP). This USAID multi-year student exchange program is designed to im [...] | 2009-03-13 05:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PREF KPAO PK |
09ISLAMABAD537 | EAD LAYS OUT STRATEGY FOR PAKISTAN DONORS' MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary. Farrakh Qayyum, Secretary in the Economic Affairs Division (EAD),which is in charge of preparations for the April 17 donors' conference, told DCM March 12 that the GOP is working closely with the World Bank office in Islamabad to prepare their request. He noted that the reques [...] | 2009-03-13 10:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD541 | LATEST EFFORTS AT RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Pakistani media is reporting late March 13 that Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Kayani met today with President Zardari and PM Gilani, and that Zardari had invited Shahbaz Sharif to a late night meeting to discuss reconciliation. When Ambassador sees PM Gilani ton [...] | 2009-03-13 15:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD543 | UPDATE ON IDP ASSISTANCE IN BAJAUR AGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite recent military operations in Bajaur that may have "secured" roads in parts of the agency (reftel),the majority of internally displaced persons (IDPs) have not yet begun to return because they see military operations continuing. USAID is currently providing USD 1.8 mill [...] | 2009-03-13 15:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER PREF KPAO PK |
09ISLAMABAD545 | LONG MARCH ROUND UP AS OF 1700 LOCAL TIME, MARCH 14 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-14 14:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD546 | GILANI STILL TRYING FOR RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary. In a March 13 meeting with Ambassador, Prime Minister Gilani reiterated his views that the Pakistan People's Party should end governor's rule and allow formation of a government in Punjab by any party that had the votes. Going further than he had before, Gilani said that because [...] | 2009-03-14 15:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD547 | GOP DECIDES TO APPEAL SHARIFS' DISQUALIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-14 16:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD548 | ZARDARI AGREES TO APPEAL SHARIFS' DISQUALIFICATION [...] (C) Ambassador and UK High Commissioner (Ambassador) had dinner with President Zardari March 14. Right before the meeting, Zardari had issued a statement indicating his government's intention to request a review of the Supreme Court's decision on the eligibility of the Sharif brothers to ho [...] | 2009-03-14 17:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD551 | LONG MARCH ROUND UP AS OF 1700 LOCAL TIME, MARCH 15 [...] (C) Summary: Citing fears for his safety, the GOP placed Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif under a restraining order early in the day, but backed off to allow him to address the crowds - estimated at 70 - 80,000. Ambassador spoke to Interior Minister Rehman Malik, Prime [...] | 2009-03-15 13:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD552 | WHAT'S NEXT? [...] (C) Summary. Absent a terrorist attack or what we believe is unlikely Army intervention, the lawyers' ""long march"" will end with both sides claiming victory. They then will have to settle into a protracted series of negotiations to address the Sharifs' eligibility, governors' rule in Pun [...] | 2009-03-15 13:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD554 | LONG MARCH ROUND UP AS OF 1930 LOCAL TIME, MARCH 15 [...] (C) Summary: Nawaz Sharif has reached the center of Lahore and is leading a crowd of 25,000-50,000 supporters towards the Ravi River heading to Islamabad. The police have largely given up fighting the protesters and are actively helping them to remove barriers from the road to Islamabad. The [...] | 2009-03-16 02:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD559 | LONG MARCH ROUND UP AS OF 1500 LOCAL TIME, MARCH 16 [...] (C) Summary: Early in the morning on March 16 Prime Minister Gilani announced former Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry's reinstatement and the GOP's intention to file a review petition on the Sharif brothers' case in the Supreme Court. Shortly thereafter, Nawaz Sharif announced that he was calling of [...] | 2009-03-16 12:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD560 | IMPLICATIONS OF THE LONG MARCH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-16 12:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD561 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES, 11 MARCH 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-17 08:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD564 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-17 11:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD568 | CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER GILANI [...] (C) Summary: CODEL Tierney met February 2 with Prime Minister Yousef Gilani. Gilani thanked the U.S. for its help in defusing tensions with India following the Mumbai attacks. He emphasized the GOP commitment to cooperating with the U.S. in the fight against terrorism and stressed the need fo [...] | 2009-03-18 08:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON EAID PK |
09ISLAMABAD575 | IMF Update - "Nascent Stability" [...] (SBU) Summary. In a briefing of G-7 countries, the IMF Resident Representative characterized Pakistan's economic situation as "nascent stability." Revealing little new information, he commended the GOP's efforts to meet its numeric goals, but cautioned that tax revenue targets would be diffic [...] | 2009-03-18 11:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD576 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-18 11:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD583 | ZARDARI APPOINTS "FORWARD LEANING" AIR CHIEF [...] (C) As the USG considers options on how to continue Pakistan's F-16 program in the face of funding problems (septel),Air Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman assumes command March 18 as Pakistan's new Chief of Air Staff. He replaces retiring Air Chief Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed, who had lobbied extensively [...] | 2009-03-18 15:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR MARR PK |
09ISLAMABAD584 | STATUS OF EFFORTS TO RECOVER AMCIT HOSTAGE JOHN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-18 15:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD586 | SAVING THE F-16 PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan is the most important front-line state in our battle against extremists who threaten the U.S. and our allies. In post's view, preserving the F-16 program, which is the flagship symbol of post 9/11 bilateral re-engagement, is critical to our goals of enabling Pakistan to co [...] | 2009-03-18 16:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV MARR MOPS PK |
09ISLAMABAD600 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-19 10:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD604 | PM GILANI RESTORES ALL DEPOSED JUDGES [...] (SBU) Summary: With two March 17 executive orders, Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani restored to the bench deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry and a handful of remaining Supreme Court and provincial High Court judges. These judges had refused (or not been invited) to take a new oath of office [...] | 2009-03-19 13:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS PK |
09ISLAMABAD612 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 13:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD617 | THE FAT LADY RARELY SINGS IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary. In a country which has amended its constitution 17 times in its 62 year history and where most leading politicians have spent time in jail at the hands of rivals, there is rarely a definitive end to political disputes that are dragged into the courts. President Zardari and Pr [...] | 2009-03-21 12:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER |
09ISLAMABAD618 | POST RECOMMENDS AGAINST DOWNGRADE OF ICRAS RISK RATING FOR [...] (SBU) Post urges the Interagency Credit Risk Assessment System committee not to downgrade Pakistan's sovereign and non-sovereign risk rating on March 23. The draft report, dated January 1, does not reflect the progress and the commitment the GOP has made to bring its economic house in order, [...] | 2009-03-23 06:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD619 | AFGHAN REFUGEE UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR has suspended operations to assist Afghan refugees in repatriating from Pakistan. Repatriation from Peshawar is suspended until at least April 1, pending an assessment that it is safe for UNHCR personnel and refugees to participate. Repatriation from Quetta is also suspen [...] | 2009-03-23 06:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL AF PK |
09ISLAMABAD625 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-24 11:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD637 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: March 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-25 11:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD640 | PRESSING THE UN ON IMPROVING ITS PRESENCE IN [...] (C) Summary: The UN system needs to appoint a humanitarian coordinator in Pakistan and fill its positions with permanent staff. These are urgent requirements necessary to respond to the problems of Pakistan,s internally displaced. The UN's ability to meet these requirements will be affecte [...] | 2009-03-25 14:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UN PTER PREF PK |
09ISLAMABAD644 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: March 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-26 11:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD655 | PAKISTAN PROTESTS INDIAN VIOLATION OF KASHMIR LINE [...] (C) Pakistan has lodged an official complaint with the UN against India over an alleged breach of the Kashmir Line of Control (LoC) cease-fire. United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) Deputy Military Observer Brigadier Alexander told DepPolCouns March 24 that Pa [...] | 2009-03-27 05:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UN IN PK |
09ISLAMABAD659 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-27 12:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD66 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-12 11:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD660 | FINANCE ADVISOR TARIN AGREES ON WAY AHEAD FOR [...] (C) Summary: Following interventions from the U.S. and Japan, the Pakistanis have backed off plans to press a $10 billion request for the April 17 Tokyo donors conference and agreed to focus on the $4 billion target established by the IMF. Expressing a desire to "resolve his confusion," Fina [...] | 2009-03-27 14:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ECON JA PK |
09ISLAMABAD67 | AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY VOTES [...] (SBU) Summary: While the rest of the world focused on the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks, there was a quiet change of government in the semi-independent area of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir--known as Azad (free) Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). On January 6, the AJK Legislative Assembly approved a no [...] | 2009-01-12 14:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD671 | PILOT COMBATANT COMMANDER INITIATIVE FUND SHOWS [...] (C) Summary: In reftel, Embassy requested a CERP-like fund for Pakistan. We understand this request sparked a lively debate in Washington, mostly regarding the ability of the Embassy to oversee the funds and whether requesting such funds for Pakistan would endanger the far more generous CERP [...] | 2009-03-30 07:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MARR PK |
09ISLAMABAD672 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 00, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-30 11:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD674 | ZARDARI BEFORE PARLIAMENT: PROBLEMS, PROMISES, AND [...] (C) Summary: In his second address to a joint session of parliament, President Asif Zardari won his largest rounds of applause when he supported initiatives of his rival, Nawaz Sharif -- lifting governor's rule in Punjab, political reconciliation, and restoration of the deposed judiciary. Zar [...] | 2009-03-30 14:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD680 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: March 31, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 11:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD684 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 01, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-01 11:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD686 | ISLAMABAD REFUGEE AFFAIRS WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: MARCH [...] (U) UNHCR said voluntary repatriation of registered Afghans in Pakistan would be resumed on April 1. This repatriation would be only from Peshawar as the security situation in Balochistan does not allow for repatriation at the moment. Registered Afghans living in the Northwest Frontier Provin [...] | 2009-04-02 05:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM CA PK |
09ISLAMABAD690 | CONSTRAINTS ON NONPROLIFERATION COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Pakistan has sought to strengthen its nonproliferation image after the unmasking of the A.Q. Khan network revealed significant gaps in its ability to control and protect its nuclear assets. With substantial U.S. and international assistance, Pakistan has begun [...] | 2009-04-02 11:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP PK |
09ISLAMABAD691 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-02 11:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD707 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 03, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 11:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD711 | IFTIKHAR CHAUDHRY RETURNS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 13:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM PK |
09ISLAMABAD713 | PRESSING KARZAI FOR ACCESS TO BUGTI ON SOLECKI CASE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 14:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CA UN PK |
09ISLAMABAD715 | IFTIKHAR CHAUDHRY RETURNS [...] (C) Summary. A little more than two years after former President Musharraf initially fired him, Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry was restored to the bench March 22 by a reluctant President Zardari. The saga of Chaudhry's fall and rise paradoxically demonstrated both the new-foun [...] | 2009-04-04 05:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM PK |
09ISLAMABAD718 | FINANCE ADVISOR OUTLINES STRATEGY FOR DEPSEC LEW [...] (C) During an April 1 dinner for Deputy Secretary Lew, Finance Advisor Tareen outlined Pakistan's nine-point agenda for economic development. He recommend the USG focus on poverty alleviation, education and energy as sectors best organized to absorb assistance. Benazir Income Support Progr [...] | 2009-04-06 06:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EAID ECON PK |
09ISLAMABAD72 | BOUCHER ENGAGES FARUQUI ON FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN AND [...] (C) Summary. On January 5, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Salman Faruqui, Secretary General to the President of Pakistan, to outline a timeline leading to the Friends of Democratic Pakistan meetings and a donor conference. Faruqui and his adv [...] | 2009-01-13 11:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD720 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-06 10:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD723 | SWAT FLOGGING VIDEO GENERATES OUTRAGE [...] (C) Summary. Civil society groups launched demonstrations across Pakistan April 4-5 to protest the video-taped flogging by the Taliban of a 17 year-old girl in Swat. Secular politicians condemned the incident, and newly restored Supreme Court Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry called upon the govern [...] | 2009-04-06 14:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PK |
09ISLAMABAD724 | BLUF RELEASES AMCIT JOHN SOLECKI [...] (C) Summary: On April 4, the Balochistan Liberation United Front (BLUF) released Amcit United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) provincial head John Solecki outside of Quetta. Solecki, who had been kidnapped on February 2, was transported by US military aircraft to Bagram Air Forc [...] | 2009-04-06 14:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CA PK |
09ISLAMABAD738 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 07, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-07 11:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD746 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 08, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-08 10:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD756 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 09, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-09 10:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD766 | ISLAMABAD EAC MEETING 04/10/09 [...] (SBU) The DCM chaired an EAC meeting on 04/10/09 to review the Mission's security posture in the wake of intelligence information (ref C) on an imminent terrorist attack in Islamabad. All sections/agencies were represented. 2. (S/NF) As was reported in Ref A, the MOI coordinated a series o [...] | 2009-04-10 11:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER AMGT CACS PK |
09ISLAMABAD767 | SMALL STEPS TO RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary: As a conciliatory gesture to the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N),Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani presented April 10 a parliamentary resolution to endorse the 2006 Charter of Democracy (CoD) and to create a committee to review the repeal of enhanced presidential power [...] | 2009-04-10 14:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD77 | SANCTIONS NOTIFICATION AGAINST AQ KHAN DELIVERED [...] (C) Summary: On January 12, the Ambassador met with Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir to deliver reftel demarche about the imposition of sanctions on Abdul Qadeer Khan, Muhammad Farooq, and Muhammad Nasim ud Din under the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act (NPPA),the Export Import Act (EXIM),[...] | 2009-01-13 13:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PINS PREL PK |