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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01ISLAMABAD648 |
UPDATE: PAN AM HIJACKERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. ALL FIVE PAN AM 73 HIJACKERS REMAIN INCARCERATED AT ADIALA PRISON, RAWALPINDI. A JANUARY 31 LAHORE HIGH COURT (RAWALPINDI BENCH) DEPORTATION HEARING CONSIDERED THE CASE OF HIJACKER SULIEMAN AL-TURKI ONLY. ACTION ON AL- TURKI'S DEPORTATION REMAINS PENDING AS THE LIBYAN EMBASSY [...] |
2001-02-06 06:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EAIR PLO PK |
| 03ISLAMABAD8950 |
2003 TERRORISM REPORT FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] |
2003-12-01 13:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD15208 |
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: WHAT THEY NEED [...] (c) Summary and Comment: The scale of devastation from yesterday's earthquake is becoming increasingly clear as information comes in from remote, outlying provinces. The Government now estimates that the number of fatalities could range between 32,000 and 40,000 -- and possibly more. Villag [...] |
2005-10-09 15:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR CASC EAID MASS PK PREL SENV |
| 05ISLAMABAD15254 |
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE - WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT'S NEXT [...] Summary and introduction: The Government of Pakistan (GOP) says that it has confirmed 19,136 deaths and 42,397 injuries from the October 8 earthquake; both figures will climb as rescue/recovery efforts continue. The GOP has centralized disaster relief coordination in the Prime Minister's of [...] |
2005-10-11 02:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AADP AEMR CASC EAID MASS PK PREL SENV ASEC PA |
| 05ISLAMABAD15278 |
TFPK01: PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE -- DISASTER RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: The Government of Pakistan (GOP) now has a firmer grasp on managing relief efforts, but still faces coordination problems between its civilian and military leaders. The Prime Minister's coordination center is considering a USG proposal to have embassy liaison [...] |
2005-10-12 02:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PK PREL PAS |
| 05ISLAMABAD15286 |
TFPK01: POLITICAL PARTIES AND MILITANT [...] (U) Summary: Pakistan's political parties are mobilizing their own relief/recovery operations for victims of the South Asian earthquake. All have promised to send funds, supplies, and teams to the affected areas and several are setting-up independent relief camps. In addition, Kashmiri mil [...] |
2005-10-12 09:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID MOPS PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD15316 |
TFPK01 - PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: RELIEF OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Relief supplies and assistance teams are beginning to reach affected areas even as transportation remains a serious on-going problem. There is great concern that deteriorating weather conditions -- snow has already begun falling in parts of Kashmir -- may exace [...] |
2005-10-12 16:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD15463 |
POLITICAL FALLOUT FROM DISASTER RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: The GOP and the Pakistan military have faced substantial media and public criticism, much of it unjustified, for their perceived ineffectiveness in earthquake response. Musharraf's public address on October 12, a damage control exercise, was overshadowed by continued media images [...] |
2005-10-14 09:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID MASS PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD15513 |
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: RELIEF MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Relief efforts in Pakistan are pushing forward, as the government begins to implement a coherent Concept of Operations for managing its response to the crisis. The U.S. has received diplomatic clearance to double its milair relief flights into Islamabad, and a [...] |
2005-10-14 14:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PK MASS PARM AEMR ASEC PGOV AADP CASC AID |
| 05ISLAMABAD15518 |
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: SURVEY TRIP TO MUZZAFARABAD [...] Summary: A USG survey team consisting of personnel from State, USAID, and DOD visited Muzzafarabad and surrounding areas of Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) from October 11-13. During the visit, the team met with officials from the local and AJK government, the Pakistani military, and relief workers [...] |
2005-10-15 08:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD15522 |
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: ONE WEEK LATER [...] (C) Summary and introduction: One week after the October 8 South Asian earthquake, public and private relief operations on the ground are pushing forward. The Government of Pakistan's (GOP) strategic concept of operations for the relief campaign, however, continues to evolve, with the Army' [...] |
2005-10-16 05:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS MOPS PGOV PK PREL |
| 05ISLAMABAD15531 |
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: UNHCR PLANS FOR CAMPS AND [...] The October 8, 2005 magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Pakistan left an estimated 3.3 million people without shelter (UN Office of Humanitarian Coordinator, October 15). Providing temporary shelter from them remains a top priority of the international assistance effort and the government of Pakist [...] |
2005-10-16 12:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID MASS PARM PGOV PK PREL AID UN |
| 05ISLAMABAD15550 |
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: MFA EMPHASIZES URGENT NEED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 15, Foreign Secretary Muhammed Riaz Khan, in a meeting with Ambassador Crocker, explained the GOP,s highest near term priority was obtaining winterized tents and blankets for the three million people needing shelter in the affected areas, and he requested U.S. assi [...] |
2005-10-17 02:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ETRD MASS PK PREL |
| 05ISLAMABAD15555 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION [...] From October 13 to 15, the USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) conducted an assessment in Muzaffarabad. The USAID/DART,s assessments confirmed that winterized tents are the priority in earthquake affected areas. The health cluster estimates that 67,000 persons are in need of imme [...] |
2005-10-17 08:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC EAID ECON KMDR KPAO MASS OIIP OPRC PGOV PK PREL |
| 05ISLAMABAD15677 |
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: ONLY MINOR MISSTEPS IN [...] (U) In the days since a violent 7.6 earthquake rocked northern Pakistan at 0853 October 8th, the Pakistan military has responded to the national crisis with valor and dedication. Army helicopters were in the air less than two hours after the quake struck, flying reconnaissance missions over [...] |
2005-10-19 07:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PK MASS AEMR PREF ASEC PGOV EAID |
| 05ISLAMABAD15728 |
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Eleven days into Pakistan's earthquake disaster, substantial U.S. assistance continue to encourage the Pakistani public and give confidence to the government that it has strong international backing as it confronts the worst catastrophe in its history. Over the next several days, a U.S. [...] |
2005-10-19 12:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PK PREL SENV |
| 05ISLAMABAD15730 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] The U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) estimates that there are 100,000 to 250,000 people who are not receiving relief in remote areas. UNICEF will be assessing these un-accessed areas. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) requested that the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) establish camps [...] |
2005-10-20 01:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD15731 |
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: AN OPEN DOOR TO KASHMIR? [...] (C) Summary: During an October 18 press conference, President Musharraf sent out a trial balloon on Kashmir, announcing that Pakistan would allow Kashmiri civilians--including Kashmiri politicians--from across the LOC to come to Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) to meet relatives and assist in rec [...] |
2005-10-20 01:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV IN |
| 05ISLAMABAD15736 |
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: PUBLIC REACTION TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) Summary: Public criticism of the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) relief operations continues. Media images of angry survivors still waiting for adequate relief, coupled with often-inaccurate and inflamatory editorials are fueling this resentment. Opposition parties have seized on this c [...] |
2005-10-20 05:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD15766 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] The Government of Pakistan (GOP) estimates that the earthquake killed 41,121 people and injured 67,634 others, and these numbers are likely to increase. The USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) reports that the GOP has made a credible effort to respond to the earthquake given [...] |
2005-10-20 11:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD15769 |
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: ISLAMIST AND EXTREMIST [...] (S) Summary: Islamist parties, clergy, and militant/extremist groups are using the Kashmir earthquake to strengthen their public image in affected areas...and to raise money. Member parties of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) are engaged in independent relief efforts through their charitable [...] |
2005-10-20 13:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PTER PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD15856 |
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: TRANSPORTING TENTS FROM [...] With snow already falling on some areas affected by the October 8 earthquake, getting winterized tents or other forms of shelter to those whose homes were destroyed is quickly emerging as a critical element of relief efforts. Given the magnitude of the crisis -- the current estimate is three [...] |
2005-10-21 12:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | CA EAID PK PREF PREL SENV |
| 05ISLAMABAD15860 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] On October 21, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that 62,000 tents were delivered to Pakistan by the international community and 50,000 tents have been delivered by the Government of Pakistan (GOP). IOM further stated that there are currently 194,000 tents available [...] |
2005-10-22 18:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD15862 |
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: KARZAI TO MAKE CONDOLENCE [...] (C) On October 21, the Afghan Embassy confirmed to post that AfghQsident Karzai plans to make a short condolence visit to Pakistan on Monday, October 24. According to Afghan Ambassador Tarzi, President Karzai will call on President Musharraff and PM Aziz, followed by a press event. The Paki [...] |
2005-10-22 18:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PK PGOV AF |
| 05ISLAMABAD15950 |
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: WHAT THE U.S. MUST ACCOMPLISH IN GENEVA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-24 12:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS MOPS PGOV PK PREF PREL |
| 05ISLAMABAD15959 |
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: KASHMIRI GOVERNMENT VIEWED AS [...] (C) Summary: The autonomous Government of Azad Jammu Kashmir (GAJK) has played virtually no role in earthquake relief. Its bureaucracy was devastated along with the capital of Muzzafarabad, while its political leadership (most of which was in Islamabad at the time of the earthquake) has been [...] |
2005-10-24 12:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16005 |
KARZAI CONDOLENCE VISIT TO PAKISTAN OCTOBER 24 [...] (C) Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a brief visit to Pakistan October 24 to express condolences and support for Pakistan in the aftermath of the October 8 earthquake. Afghan Ambassador Tarzi told us that from his perspective, the visit went very well. Karzai first met with Musharraf who e [...] |
2005-10-25 01:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON MASS PREL AF PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16024 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) continues to facilitate the movement of excess U.S. military commodities to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for distribution in affected areas. The USAID/DART observed market activity and the delivery of food stocks to private busines [...] |
2005-10-25 09:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16025 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) continues to facilitate the movement of excess U.S. military commodities to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for distribution in affected areas. The USAID/DART observed market activity and the delivery of food stocks to private busines [...] |
2005-10-25 09:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16051 |
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: MBS GEARING UP FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the detailed needs assessment is just beginning, multilateral development banks (MDBs) are trying to come up with funds to support reconstruction needs following Pakistan's October 8 earthquake. The World Bank board will vote October 25 on a $200 million package of e [...] |
2005-10-25 11:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PREF PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16063 |
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) On October 25, Ambassador received USN VADM Stufflebeam, commander of the NATO team visiting Islamabad to coordinate NATO's earthquake relief deployment to Pakistan. VADM Stufflebeam told Ambassador that he would only be on the ground in Pakistan for the time necessary to conduct a Comma [...] |
2005-10-26 02:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PK MASS PGOV EAID AEMR ASEC NATO UN |
| 05ISLAMABAD16073 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] From October 22 to 23, a team of three Foreign Service nationals from USAID/Pakistan conducted an assessment in Muzaffarabad and several villages that were affected by the earthquake. The team visited Muzaffarabad city, Shaeed Gali, Hasan Gali, Jabbi Haider Shah, Lamian Battian, and Gari Hab [...] |
2005-10-26 11:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16138 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] As of October 25, the death toll in Pakistan reached 53,000, and the total affected population was between 2.7 and 2.8 million people. Shelter continues to be the primary need of those affected by the earthquake. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) continues to monitor the water and sanitation [...] |
2005-10-28 01:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16139 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] As of October 25, the death toll in Pakistan reached 53,000, and the total affected population was between 2.7 and 2.8 million people. Shelter continues to be the primary need of those affected by the earthquake. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) continues to monitor the water and sanitation [...] |
2005-10-28 01:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16140 |
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: PARTS SHORTAGE MAY SOON [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Since October 8, Pakistan's Army Aviation has kept its fleet of heavy-lift MI-17 helicopters in the air flying daily sorties transporting relief supplies to areas devastated the South Asian earthquake. To accomplish this dramatic shift in its mission, reourcef [...] |
2005-10-28 01:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL |
| 05ISLAMABAD16190 |
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: UN TRYING TO GET UP TO SPEED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission staff with direct interaction with the UN's earthquake relief effort - from the team leader for USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) to emboffs attending UN sectoral cluster groups -- characterize the UN response thus far as "a day late and a dollar short," wit [...] |
2005-10-31 01:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR EAGR EAID ECIN ECON MASS PGOV PK PREF PREL SENV AESC UN |
| 05ISLAMABAD16220 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION [...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) reports that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) is increasingly open to non-tent shelter alternatives. In Muzaffarabad, the U.N. Children,s Fund (UNICEF) estimates that it has met 80 to 90 percent of SPHERE standards for water. The GOP h [...] |
2005-10-31 04:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16473 |
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: CHANGING PERCEPTIONS OF [...] (C) The isolation of many areas impacted by the October 8 earthquake has long afforded Islamist politicians and conservative religious clerics an uncritical audience for their at times extremist worldviews, in which America (or the West) as enemy of Islam featured prominently. Anecdotal evide [...] |
2005-11-04 02:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK PAS |
| 05ISLAMABAD16474 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] From October 30 to 31, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) Economic and Livelihoods Advisor (ELO), Program Officer (PO), Water and Sanitation Officer (WSO), Shelter and Settlements Advisor (SSA), Earthquake Expert (EE), Military Liaison Officer (MLO), Field Officer (FO), [...] |
2005-11-04 02:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16480 |
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE: WHERE WE ARE AND [...] (U) Summary. As we approach the one-month anniversary of the earthquake, post offers this overview of relief efforts to date and an assessment of key priorities for the future. The earthquake itself caused much more damage and loss of life than initially estimated, but the Pakistani and inte [...] |
2005-11-04 15:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MARR MASS PNAT PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16553 |
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: A VISIT TO BATTGRAM [...] (C) Forward Operating Base Mansehra Officer-in-Charge and Econoffs visited Battgram district on November 5. Settlement patterns have complicated relief as damage is spread across mountain villages with low population densities. Interlocutors were concerned for villages in the Allai tehsil, [...] |
2005-11-07 13:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID MASS MOPS PGOV PK PTER ECON PREF ASEC |
| 05ISLAMABAD16577 |
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: A VISIT TO BATTGRAM [...] (C) Forward Operating Base Mansehra Officer-in-Charge and Econoffs visited Battgram district on November 5. Settlement patterns have complicated relief as damage is spread across mountain villages with low population densities. Interlocutors were concerned for villages in the Allai tehsil, [...] |
2005-11-08 08:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MASS MOPS PGOV PK PTER ECON PREF ASEC |
| 05ISLAMABAD16641 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: PROTECTION SECTOR REPORT [...] Due to the enormity and complexity of this emergency and the major focus on providing shelter to villages in the mountains, it has been extremely difficult to monitor relief distributions in order to ensure that vulnerable populations, including those without effective male protection, are id [...] |
2005-11-09 06:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16643 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF [...] As of November 2, approximately 981,800 affected beneficiaries in Pakistan are receiving food aid. This is 98% of the 1 million caseload identified by the U.N. World Food Program (WFP). WFP's recent assessment estimates more than 2.3 million people are in need of food aid. Various non-gove [...] |
2005-11-09 06:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC EAGR PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16741 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: FIELD VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] From November 2 through 9, Deputy Director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Greg Gottlieb visited Pakistan to work with USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) on developing programming and staffing plans for next approximately 150 days of the earthquake emerg [...] |
2005-11-10 09:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16819 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] On November 5, Deputy Director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Greg Gottlieb, accompanied by the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART), traveled to earthquake-affected areas. The group met with implementing partners and members of the Government of Pakistan [...] |
2005-11-12 07:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16827 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: THE ROLE OF NGOS IN THE [...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) subscribes to the overall Government of Pakistan (GOP) Federal Relief Commission (FRC) strategy that primary focus at this stage in the relief effort should be placed on providing in-situ shelter and food security support for earthquake-affec [...] |
2005-11-14 02:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16834 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION [...] On November 6, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) met with representatives of all seven implementing partners in Pakistan. On November 7, Deputy Director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Greg Gottlieb and USAID/DART staff met with Kevin Kennedy, the ne [...] |
2005-11-14 04:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16837 |
CRITICAL NON-FOOD RELIEF SUPPLIES: WHAT IS STILL [...] DART staff has reviewed documents from the Government of Pakistan Federal Relief Commission (FRC), information from various UN reports, and input from a number of NGO implementing partners, in order to evaluate current requirements and available supplies for a number of critical non-food items [...] |
2005-11-14 10:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16850 |
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: KAGHAN AND ALLAI VALLEYS [...] Summary: A team from the Embassy's Forward Operating Base in Mansehra (Officer-in-Charge (OIC), USAID/DART Field Officer, U.S. Military Liaison Officer) and representatives of five USAID-funded NGOs visited the Northern Kaghan and Allai Valleys on November 9. In both areas, Pakistan military [...] |
2005-11-14 11:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS MOPS ECON PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16875 |
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: AREAS IN MANSEHRA DISTRICT [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Forward Operating Base - Mansehra Officer-in-Charge (OIC) and Emboff accompanied NWFP Parliament minority leader on a November 7 tour of Mansehra tehsil. During the visit, it became clear that relief was not reaching several areas damaged by the October 8 earthquake. R [...] |
2005-11-14 12:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ASEC AEMR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16881 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART WATER AND [...] From October 19 through November 13, a water and sanitation officer (WSO) was deployed to Pakistan as part of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART). Through numerous trips through affected areas; assessments, and interviews with representatives of non-governmental organizations [...] |
2005-11-15 01:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD17267 |
SUCCESSFUL DONOR CONFERENCE GIVES MAJOR BOOST [...] (SBU) summary and comment. The Musharraf Government is basking in the glow of a successful November 19 donor reconstruction conference that raised $6.0 billion (GOP's current internal figure, as of November 21 evening) in pledges for earthquake reconstruction, comfortably in excess of both t [...] |
2005-11-21 21:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PK PREL SENV |
| 05ISLAMABAD17311 |
SIX WEEKS AFTER PAKISTAN'S EARTHQUAKE: ASSESSING [...] With few exceptions, UN agencies were inadequate to the task in the weeks immediately following Pakistan's earthquake. In some cases they remain so. Certainly the challenges have been great, involving overwhelming needs, difficult terrain, multiple donors and the need to work closely with [...] |
2005-11-22 11:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PHUM PK AORC UN |
| 05ISLAMABAD17384 |
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: THE SITUATION IN KOHISTAN [...] Summary: Southern Kohistan fared somewhat better than neighboring provinces during the October 8 earthquake with only two subdistricts affected and comparatively less damage. In terms of assistance, however, the 50-55% of the affected areas, population left homeless have fared far worse. Onl [...] |
2005-11-25 08:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD17421 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] With the onset of winter, some Pakistanis living at higher elevations are beginning to relocate temporarily to lower elevations. The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) has received reports, however, of people moving not just from the mountains to camps at lower elevations, but als [...] |
2005-11-25 11:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD17426 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART ECONOMICS AND [...] Immediately following the October 8 earthquake, relief agencies concentrated efforts on providing affected populations with urgently needed humanitarian assistance and shelter to assure survival during the upcoming winter months. The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team's (DART) program ha [...] |
2005-11-25 15:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD17557 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] In October 2005, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) reported that preliminary assessments by the UN World Food Program (WFP) estimated more than 2.3 million Pakistanis in need of food assistance per reftel. At that time, several NGOs suggested this figure was too high, but mor [...] |
2005-11-28 13:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD17621 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: ONGOING NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR [...] With the onset of winter, relief activities are moving into a critical stage where the needs of the earthquake- affected populations must be met efficiently and quickly. The difficulty of this task has been exacerbated by the changing climatic conditions, which are significantly altering the n [...] |
2005-11-29 14:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD17623 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: ONGOING NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR [...] With the onset of winter, relief activities are moving into a critical stage where the needs of the earthquake- affected populations must be met efficiently and quickly. The difficulty of this task has been exacerbated by the changing climatic conditions, which are significantly altering the n [...] |
2005-11-29 18:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD17711 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART COLLABORATION [...] Coordinating relief efforts and ensuring that USAID implementing partners reach populations in need without duplicating efforts are significant aspects of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team's (DART) work. Given the difficulties of this humanitarian operation, there is a need for coll [...] |
2005-12-01 08:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD17835 |
IRAN PIPELINE DEMARCHE DELIVERED; GOP DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOP officials took Ref B demarche points on the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline under consideration but had no immediate reply. Petroleum Secretary Waqar met with Iranian officials in Tehran November 16-17 in what was termed a "confidence building" meeting that discussed routing o [...] |
2005-12-01 12:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON ENRG EPET ETTC IN IR PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD17853 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART USING GIS TO [...] Since the beginning of the earthquake response, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) has included a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Officer. The GIS Officer, currently from the U.S. Department of State's Humanitarian Information Unit, regularly prepares maps and informatio [...] |
2005-12-02 08:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD18030 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: UN CREATES ANOTHER MEDIA [...] On December 3, 2005, the UN Resident Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator (UNHC) in Pakistan stated that the relief effort is on a knife,s edge and called for increased donor support for the USD 550 million UN Flash Appeal. Local and international media picked up on the UNHC,s remarks a [...] |
2005-12-06 07:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK UN |
| 05ISLAMABAD18159 |
CORRECTED COPY -- PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: UN CREATES [...] On December 3, 2005, the UN Resident Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator (UNHC) in Pakistan stated that the relief effort is on a knife,s edge and called for increased donor support for the USD 550 million UN Flash Appeal. Local and international media picked up on the UNHC,s remarks a [...] |
2005-12-07 12:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK UN |
| 05ISLAMABAD18328 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART BOLSTERS SHELTER [...] The rapid onset of the Himalayan winter has brought greater urgency to efforts to winterize shelters of earthquake-affected populations. Agencies are stepping up efforts to ensure that families receive adequate winterization materials and tools, including blankets and plastic sheeting to rein [...] |
2005-12-09 14:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD18492 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART MONITORS [...] On December 11, 2005, the US Military provided helicopter transport to Pashtu and Gangwal villages in the remote earthquake-affected Allai Valley for three USAID/DART members, the Commander of the 3rd Marine Hospital Shinkiari and Mansehra, and the US Embassy's Mansehra Forward Operating Base [...] |
2005-12-13 04:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD18810 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: CONFUSION OVER WFP AND GOP [...] On December 1, 2005 the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) and the Government of Pakistan (GOP) implemented a new division of geographic responsibilities to distribute food to approximately 2.3 million people in the earthquake-affected areas of Northern Pakistan. The GOP requested that WFP move it [...] |
2005-12-16 13:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD19100 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: UN PERFORMANCE SHOWS [...] More than two months into the earthquake relief effort, the UN has made some improvements in response to early criticisms of start-up delays and performance issues reported in ref A. However, a lack of overall UN leadership, poor coordination, and insufficient staff continues to undermine the [...] |
2005-12-21 13:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK UN |
| 05ISLAMABAD19471 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART WATER AND [...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) water and sanitation officer (WSO) in Mansehra is addressing critical sanitation and water supply issues in Mehra and other camps, and providing technical assistance to agencies working in earthquake-affected areas of Northwest Frontier Provin [...] |
2005-12-29 05:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 06EFTOISLAMABAD17875 |
BALOCHISTAN CLOSED BUT QUIET IN FOLLOW-ON PROTEST; [...] (U) On September 6, Balochistan was again shut down by a general "wheel jam and shutter down" strike to protest the death and burial of Nawab Bugti at the hands of the government (reftels). As with the September 1 and 3 strikes, the province-wide shutdown was generally peaceful and extended i [...] |
2006-09-07 13:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PK PREL PGOV KTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD10142 |
GOP WELCOMES U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) On the evening of May 31, the Ambassador conveyed key points on the Secretary Rice's announcement that the U.S. will to join the EU-3 in direct talks with Iran, if Tehran first verifiably stops its enrichment and reprocessing program, to Foreign Minister Kasuri (Ref A). The Foreign Minis [...] |
2006-06-01 10:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR KNNP PK PREL |
| 06ISLAMABAD10237 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA AIDS DECLARATION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-02 11:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL UNGA KHIV |
| 06ISLAMABAD10261 |
FM KASURI TELLS IRAN "TAKE THE OFFER" [...] (C) On June 2, Pakistani Foreign Minister Kasuri told the Ambassador that he had telephoned Iranian Foreign Minister Muttaki the previous day to share Pakistan's assessment that Secretary Rice's May 31 statement on Iran (Ref B) was a SIPDIS positive shift in U.S. policy. Kasuri told Muttak [...] |
2006-06-02 12:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV IR KNNP |
| 06ISLAMABAD10429 |
KABUL DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE TO GENERATE PRESS IN [...] Pakistani papers continue to give attention to last week's demonstrations in Kabul, with most characterizing the precipitating incident as a sign of American arrogance and the resulting demonstrations as a bellwether of increasing Afghan impatience with the American presence. The high point [...] |
2006-06-05 10:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK AF |
| 06ISLAMABAD10467 |
ELECTION COMMISSION STARTS TO UNVEIL ITS PLAN FOR [...] (C) Summary: Encouraging developments out of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and from senior GOP officials indicate that US-led international pressure may be chipping away at the business-as-usual approach many expected from Pakistan,s electoral machinery. Building on over one year [...] |
2006-06-05 12:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PREL PK AADP EAID |
| 06ISLAMABAD10539 |
MUSHARRAF AND ADVISORS CONFER ON FATA PLAN [...] (C) In a May 6 conversation, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz told the Ambassador that President Musharraf had convened a meeting of his senior advisors on May 5 to discuss next steps in implementing the government's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) strategy. The participants [...] |
2006-06-06 11:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV MARR |
| 06ISLAMABAD10554 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NAM STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) On June 3, Poloff delivered reftel demarache points to the Ministry of Foreign Affair's UN Director, Imran Siddiqui. Siddiqui explained that for many delegations the preoccuption with the potential use of force against Iran drove the NAM's statement in support of Iran. Siddiqui said that [...] |
2006-06-06 12:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD10555 |
PAKISTAN OBJECTION TO NAM STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) On June 3 Poloff meet with Ministry of Foreign Affairs UN Director, Imran Siddiqui. After delivering demarche points on the NAM's statement on Iran (reftel B), Poloff asked Siddiqui to explain why the Pakistani delegation objected to a paragraph in the final document at the NAM's Minister [...] |
2006-06-06 12:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PK IN PREL |
| 06ISLAMABAD10608 |
CORRECTED COPY: MUSHARRAF AND ADVISORS CONFER ON [...] (C) In a June 6 conversation, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz told the Ambassador that President Musharraf had convened a meeting of his senior advisors on June 5 to discuss next steps in implementing the government's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) strategy. The participants [...] |
2006-06-07 03:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV MARR |
| 06ISLAMABAD10740 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF [...] (C) On June 7, 2006, poloff joined Australian Deputy High Commissioner Jason Robertson in delivering demarche points and non-papers (Ref A) on the Chair's text of the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to MFA Director General (UN) Tasneem Aslam. (Note: Both the Australian High [...] |
2006-06-07 12:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UN PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD10746 |
SNAPSHOT OF UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN AJK [...] Summary: In July, voters in Pakistan-administered Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) will elect a new President, Prime Minister (PM), and legislative assembly (AJKLA). Since 1975, elections in AJK have been regular and relatively fair. The position of AJK President and Prime Minister has traditi [...] |
2006-06-07 13:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IN PK PREL |
| 06ISLAMABAD10849 |
BIO: NWFP GOVERNOR MUHAMMAD ALI JAN ORAKZAI [...] (SBU) Recently appointed the Governor of the New North West Frontier Province (NWFP), Lt. General (retired) Muhammad Ali Jan Orakzai is an Alikhel-Orakzai Pashtun from Orakzai Agency. The Alikhel is the largest tribe in Orakzai Agency. Born in December 1947, he previously served as Corps Com [...] |
2006-06-09 13:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PK PREL |
| 06ISLAMABAD10850 |
GOP TELLS IRAN "ENGAGE WITH P-5 + GERMANY" [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-09 13:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IR KNNP PK PREL |
| 06ISLAMABAD11103 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FISSILE MATERIAL CUTOFF TREATY [...] (C) On June 12, poloff delivered ref A points to MFA Director (Disarmament Cell) Mohammad Kamran Akhtar, stressing the U.S. desire to avoid "linkages" in fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT) negotiations at the Conference on Disarmament (CD). Akhtar responded that the Government of Pakist [...] |
2006-06-13 04:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL PARM MNUC KNNP CDG |
| 06ISLAMABAD11148 |
GOP READY TO RECEIVE BTIF DETAINEES [...] (C) At the June 6 Tripartite Commission meetings in Rawalpindi, GOP MFA Afghanistan Director, Aamir Shouket, told Poloff that he spoke with the Pakistani Ambassador to Kabul regarding the transfer of the four Pakistani detainees at Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF). The Ambassador h [...] |
2006-06-13 12:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD11164 |
POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR COUNTERPART VISIT BY [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-13 14:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV MASS MCAP EAID |
| 06ISLAMABAD11267 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) On June 14, poloff delivered Ref A points on the Human Rights Council (HRC) to MFA (UN) Director Shafqat Ali Khan. Khan responded by saying that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) also wants the HRC to get off to a strong start. To that end, the GOP agrees that this initial session of t [...] |
2006-06-15 03:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL UN PHUM |
| 06ISLAMABAD11311 |
POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR VISIT BY PAKISTAN VICE [...] (S) Pakistan,s President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan toward Musharraf's goal of "enlightened moderation." Both viewed President Bush,s March visit to Pakistan as a landmark in the bilateral relationship. In [...] |
2006-06-15 12:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | EAID MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD11364 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MINISTER SHERPAO ON [...] (S/NF) On June 13, Ambassador delivered Ref A demarche in a meeting with Interior Minister Sherpao. (The meeting also covered a broad range of others issues which are reported in septels.) 2. (S/NF) Minister Sherpao agreed to Ambassador's request to provide the USG with a comprehensive li [...] |
2006-06-16 02:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD11365 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PAKISTAN'S TRAFFICKING [...] (U) On June 12, Ambassador met with Interior Minister Sherpao to cover a broad range of issues (other reported septels), including trafficking in persons. Minister Sherpao said he had read the 2006 TIP report and found the section on Pakistan to be encouraging. He also thanked Ambassador for [...] |
2006-06-16 02:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PK KWMN |
| 06ISLAMABAD11431 |
GOP CONCERNED BY POSSIBLE UN MANDATE REVIEW OF [...] (U) This cable has an action request; please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) On June 16, MFA Additional Secretary (UN & Policy Planning) Tariq Osman Haider convened Ambassador to express the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) concern that the U.S. had included the UN Military Observer Group in Indi [...] |
2006-06-17 07:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL UNSC KPKO KUNR |
| 06ISLAMABAD11504 |
PRIME MINISTER AZIZ DISCUSSES CHALLENGES ON THE [...] (C) Assistance Request. In the course of a June 12 discussion (other subjects reported separately), Prime Minister Aziz noted that the government is moving ahead with a comprehensive strategy to bring stability to the tribal areas and recalled his request for US funding to support an $200-35 [...] |
2006-06-19 07:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EINV EAID PK AF PGOV |
| 06ISLAMABAD11546 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OIC MINISTERIAL IN BAKU [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-19 11:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IR PK PREL |
| 06ISLAMABAD11675 |
FATA: MISSING PAKISTANI JOURNALIST FOUND DEAD IN [...] (U) On June 17, Pakistani media reported that the body of Hayatullah Khan Dawar, a Pakistani journalist who has been missing since December 5, 2005, was discovered by local officials in North Waziristan on Friday, June 16. The Mir Ali Assistant Political Agent Muhammad Fida Khan told the "D [...] |
2006-06-20 05:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PK PREL PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD11708 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ANTICIPATED OIC ASSAULT ON [...] (C) At a June 19 lunch with Director General of the MFA Khalid Mahmood, Ambassador raised Ref A points regarding the possibility of highly politicized statements and resolutions regarding Israel at the initial session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva. Mahmood said that the Governm [...] |
2006-06-20 12:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL PHUM UN |
| 06ISLAMABAD11740 |
POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR DOD U/S RYAN HENRY'S [...] (S) Embassy Islamabad welcomes your June 25-28 visit to Islamabad. Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan toward Musharraf's goal of "enlightened moderation." Both viewed President Bush,s March vis [...] |
2006-06-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV MASS |
| 06ISLAMABAD11883 |
INTERNATIONAL ELECTION MONITORING IN PAKISTAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Effective monitoring is vital to strengthen the credibility of Pakistan's upcoming elections. Among other things, this requires strong coordination and a broadly international response. Multiple election monitoring initiatives involving many donors will waste scarce resources a [...] |
2006-06-22 13:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PREL PK AADP EAID |
| 06ISLAMABAD12211 |
AFGHAN AMBASSADOR ON FM SPANTA'S JUNE 23 VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: On June 25, Afghan Ambassador Tarzi offered poloff a read-out of foreign Minister Spanta's June 23 visit to Pakistan, his first bilateral foreign travel since assuming office. While in Islamabad, Spanta was received by President Musharraf, Prime Minister Aziz [...] |
2006-06-27 06:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL AF IN |
| 06ISLAMABAD12261 |
FOREIGN STUDENTS STUDYING IN PAKISTANI MADRASSAS [...] (C) On June 23, in response to our request of June 13 (Ref A and B), Minister of Interior Sherpao passed to Ambassador documents on AMCIT and other Westerners studying in Pakistani madrassas. 2. (C) The GOP package identified a total of 77 students from the United States and nine (9) Eu [...] |
2006-06-27 10:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD12265 |
CONSENSUS ON ELECTION AND RECONCILIATION BEGINS [...] (C) Summary. The visit of elections expert Andrew Raucci provided a rare opportunity for a frank dinner discussion between senior representatives from most of Pakistan's key political parties: PML, PPP, PML-N/ARD, MQM and ANP. Raucci's comment about the critical need for credibility in the el [...] |
2006-06-27 11:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV |
| 06ISLAMABAD12319 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BIOSAFETY AND PATHOGEN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-29 07:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PK PREL PTER TBIO |
| 06ISLAMABAD12389 |
FATA: TALKS AND TRUCES ON THE TABLE IN NORTH [...] (C) Summary. Militants in North Waziristan on June 25 offered a one-month "cease-fire" on their deadly attacks on security forces and pro-government elders, if the Government of Pakistan (GOP) acquiesces on five demands. North Waziristan tribal elders re-iterated these demands during a June 27 [...] |
2006-06-30 02:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV |
| 06ISLAMABAD12391 |
FATA: PAKISTANI TALIBAN THREATEN JUI-F INTERESTS [...] (S/NF) Summary: Senior officials from the Islamist Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazlur Rehman (JUI-F) report increasing concern over the influence and activities of Pakistani Taliban sympathizers in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), border areas of Balochistan, and certain districts [...] |
2006-06-30 04:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV KISL PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD12517 |
END OF THE HUDOOD ORDINANCES? [...] (C/NF) Summary: Following a two month public awareness campaign, President Musharraf on July 1 instructed the Council on Islamic Ideology (CII) to prepare a revised Hudood Ordinance for review and adoption by August. In addition, the President announced his intention to sign an order on July [...] |
2006-07-03 12:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM KISL KWMN PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD12688 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: G-77 AND UN MANAGEMENT REFORM [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-05 13:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PK PREL PGOV |
| 06ISLAMABAD12689 |
PAKISTAN MANPADS COLLECTION PROGRAM: JULY 3 FIELD [...] (U) This cable contains an action request: please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) On July 3, 2006, poloff and PM/WRA Kabul-based EOD contractor Drew Prater flew to Quetta, Balochistan to assist Government of Pakistan (GOP) Ministry of Interior (MOI) program manager COL Abbas and field manager [...] |
2006-07-05 13:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PK PREL PGOV MASS |
| 06ISLAMABAD12740 |
PAKISTANI OFFICIALS, JOURNALISTS DISCUSS [...] (c) Summary: Visiting S/CT DAS Virginia Palmer, Chief S/CT Strategist David Kilcullen and SCA DAS John Gastright met June 22-24 in Islamabad and Peshawar with a range of officials and journalists to review developments in Pakistan's troubled tribal region. All interlocutors, whether civilian [...] |
2006-07-06 05:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PK PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD12773 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN [...] Polcouns delivered reftel demarche July 6 to Imran Haider, Deputy Director of Disarmament at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Haider alluded to Foreign Minister Kasuri's July 6 comments in Paris, in which Kasuri characterized the North Korean missile launches as "a most unfortunate developme [...] |
2006-07-06 12:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KN PARM KNNP PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD12829 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE [...] (C) On July 6, Poloff delivered reftel points to the MFA Director for Americas, Diyar Khan. Khan recognized the name of the Pakistani detainee (RABBANI, ABDUL AL-RAHIM GHULAM, US9PK-001460DP) and said that Rabbani has been identified as a Pakistani national. Khan took note of the thirty day [...] |
2006-07-07 05:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD13344 |
WOMEN'S RIGHTS: ONE STEP FORWARD, MORE IN THE [...] (C/NF) Summary. Minister of Women's Development Sumaira Malik's campaign to improve the state of women's rights in Pakistan won its second battle on June 8, when President Musharraf signed an Ordinance into law that will release nearly 1300 women from prison. The Ordinance orders women current [...] |
2006-07-12 09:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV |
| 06ISLAMABAD13345 |
UPDATE: SECURITY INSPECTION OF EMBASSY ISLAMABAD, [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-12 10:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASIG ASEC PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD13376 |
MUKHTARAN MAI: ACCUSATIONS OF FAMILY MEMBERS [...] (S/NF) A range of credible NGO contacts have confirmed to post serious problems within the local community being instigated by Mukhtaran's family in her home district of Mianwalli. These six well-respected Pakistani NGOs, including Strengthening Participatory Organizations, Pattan, and Awaz C [...] |
2006-07-12 13:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | KWMN PHUM PGOV PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD13378 |
OPTIONS FOR DRL PROGRAMMING SUPPORT TO PROMOTE [...] (C) Summary: Consultations with Pakistan's Minister of Women's Affairs, as well as women legal scholars and activists from across Pakistan, point to two promising areas for USG assistance in promoting women's human rights in Pakistan. The first is support for public information campaigns to [...] |
2006-07-13 04:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KWMN PGOV PHUM PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD13519 |
MUMBAI BLASTS: BROAD CONDEMNATION IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary. Pakistani leaders and politicians have been unanimous in their condemnation of the July 11 Mumbai bombing, with the Foreign Ministry issuing a strong statement within hours of the attack that cited both President Musharraf and the Prime Minister Aziz. On July 13, President Mus [...] |
2006-07-14 12:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PK IN PREL |
| 06ISLAMABAD13677 |
JIRGA CALLED TO NEGOTIATE PEACE IN WAZIRISTAN [...] (C) Summary. NWFP Governor Jan Mohammad Orakzai on July 16 announced the convening of a 45 member grand jirga to bring peace to Waziristan (and FATA at-large). The jirga of FATA notables--comprised of MNAs, Senators and mostly JUI-F local politicians from 6 of the 7 agencies--will be tasked wi [...] |
2006-07-18 02:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV |
| 06ISLAMABAD13801 |
MUMBAI BOMBINGS: PAKISTAN SEES POSTPONEMENT OF [...] (C) Summary. Pakistani leaders, including President Musharraf, regret India's cancellation of the Foreign Secretary level Composite Dialogue talks planned for July SIPDIS 20-21. They confirm that Indian counterparts informed them over the weekend that the talks would not be taking place. [...] |
2006-07-19 14:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PK IN |
| 06ISLAMABAD13862 |
BALOCHISTAN: RAIDS ON ILLEGAL AFGHANS NET TALIBAN [...] (C) Summary. Police in Quetta arrested approximately 200 Afghan nationals during a series of raids July 16, 17, and 18 intended to round up illegal Afghans ahead of the closure of two refugee camps next month. Police officials indicate that those arrested are accused of being in Pakistan witho [...] |
2006-07-19 18:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV |
| 06ISLAMABAD140 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART UPDATE ON [...] Effective information management, implemented from the earliest stages of a natural disaster, can improve the quality of the humanitarian response. In the Pakistan earthquake, the UN introduced the cluster system without providing supporting documentation or comprehensive terms of reference a [...] |
2006-01-05 09:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD14096 |
EMBASSY ASSESSMENT OF SUNDAY TIMES JUD TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 21, London,s Sunday Times published a story written by Marie Colvin that detailed a slavery ring run by a member of a USG designated terrorist organization, Jamaat-ud-Daawa (JuD). The story follows a Pakistani Christian named 'Amir', whose real name is Pervaiz Yaqoob (pl [...] |
2006-07-21 14:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PHUM PK KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KFRD |
| 06ISLAMABAD14190 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR [...] (C) On July 21, Poloff delivered ref A demarche points to the MFA Acting-Director for Americas, Abdul Hameed. Hameed accepted demarche points and said he would forward them to the appropriate parties. On July 22, Poloff followed up with MFA Director for Disarmament, Wasim Ashraf. Ashraf sa [...] |
2006-07-24 10:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD14208 |
PAKISTANIS EXPEL 58 AFGHANS [...] (C) Summary. Pakistani authorities turned over 58 Afghan nationals to Afghanistan Sunday from among the more than 200 Afghans rounded up in and around Quetta early last week. It is not known whether any of the 58 have ties to the Taliban, but Embassy contacts say the 58 were among those arreste [...] |
2006-07-24 13:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV KTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD14209 |
JULY 24 UPDATE ON GRAND JIRGA [...] (C) Consulate Peshawar and Post have confirmed July 23 press stories that militants in Waziristan have extended a one-month ceasefire with Government of Pakistan (GOP) army troops until August 25. On July 21, militants also released four Frontier Corps scouts that were being held captive. [...] |
2006-07-24 14:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV |
| 06ISLAMABAD143 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART UPDATE ON [...] Effective information management, implemented from the earliest stages of a natural disaster, can improve the quality of the humanitarian response. In the Pakistan earthquake, the UN introduced the cluster system without providing supporting documentation or comprehensive terms of reference a [...] |
2006-01-05 09:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD14349 |
A PRIMER ON BALOCHISTAN [...] (C) Summary: This cable--the first in a series of cables on the province--is intended to serve as a primer on Balochistan, Pakistan's largest, least developed, and most sparsely populated province. Other cables in this series will cover the tribal and ethnic political dynamics of the province, [...] |
2006-07-27 13:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV KTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD147 |
PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART UPDATE ON INFORMATION MANA [...] Effective information management, implemented from the earliest st ------------------------------------ Importance of Information Management ------------------------------------ 2. Effective information management during disasters is achieved by u 3. One essential component of informat [...] |
2006-01-05 09:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PRE |
| 06ISLAMABAD14910 |
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON UPCOMING GOP VISIT TO [...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 3. 2. (C) On July 31, Poloff met with MOI LtCol Imran Yaqoob, who said that only two GOP officials plan to travel to Guantanamo to visit detainees of Pakistani nationality -- himself and MOI Operations Officer, Major Khalid Mahmood Khan. Yaq [...] |
2006-08-02 02:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD15302 |
CONFIRMATION OF GOP VISIT TO GTMO [...] (S) On August 4, poloff delivered Ref A points in separate meetings with National Crisis Management Center (NCMC) Operations Director LTC Imran Yaqoob and MFA (Americas) Hameed Abdul. 2. (S) LTC Imran said that poloff's points track with the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) understanding [...] |
2006-08-04 11:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PK PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC |
| 06ISLAMABAD15543 |
SOUTH WAZIRISTAN PARLIAMENTARIANS POSITIVE ON LOYA [...] (C) Two senior and well-connected participants in the North Waziristan jirga expect the assembly to succeed and to issue binding decisions within 10-15 days. While not divulging the details of each side's negotiating positions, they report that if the jirga is successful, it will result in t [...] |
2006-08-07 11:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PTER PGOV |
| 06ISLAMABAD15567 |
POST CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR TRAVEL TO KARACHI AND [...] Embassy requests post clearance for Poloff C. Gordon Bonin to travel to Karachi and onward to Quetta for a series of meetings with Balochistan political figures. This will be a continuation of a visit to Balochistan with Ambassador Crocker. Itinerary is as follows: 2 August 11 -- arrive in [...] |
2006-08-07 13:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC SNAR OTRA PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD15637 |
LAHORE POST CLEARANCE REQUEST [...] Embassy requests post clearance for DCM Peter Bodde, Tanya Bodde, and Theresa Grencik. The party will be visiting post for meetings and a reception. 2. DCM Peter Bodde and Tanya Bodde's itinerary is as follows: August 11 Dep Islamabad on PK 387 at 1500; arrive at 1550. August 12 Dep L [...] |
2006-08-08 04:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC SNAR OTRA PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD15640 |
KARACHI POST CLEARANCE REQUEST [...] Embassy requests post clearance for Ambassador Crocker, Gordon Bonin, and ARSO Erin Pallack. The party will be visiting Karachi, Quetta, and Gwadar for meetings. 2. Proposed itinerary by DAO C-12 aircraft Depart Islamabad: 10 Aug @ by DAO C-12 aircraft Arrive Quetta: 10 Aug @ by [...] |
2006-08-08 07:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC SNAR OTRA PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD15649 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LEBANON SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-08 10:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PK PREL PTER MOPS UN IS LE |
| 06ISLAMABAD15766 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DERAILING UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Polcouns delivered reftel demarche on August 9 to Tariq Osman Hyder, Additional Secretary for UN Affairs at the MFA. 2. Hyder responded that the decision to appeal to the Human Rights Council (HRC) was made at the August 3 meeting in Malaysia of the Organization of the Islamic Conference ( [...] |
2006-08-09 12:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | IS LE MOPS PHUM PK PREL PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD15977 |
GOP SIGNS CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS MAINTENANCE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-11 15:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD ETTC LY MASS MCAP PINR PK PREL |
| 06ISLAMABAD15981 |
DEMARCH DELIVERED ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] Polcouns delivered reftel demarche on the UNSC Lebanon Resolution to MFA UN Director Syed Haider Shah on August 12. 2. Shah responded that Pakistan was not in a position to comment at this time as it is still gathering information and developing its own assessment. He noted however that [...] |
2006-08-12 12:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MOPS UNSC IS LE PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD16148 |
POST CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR VISIT TO LAHORE [...] This is a request for post clearance for Political Officer C. Gordon Bonin to visit Lahore August 19-20. The purpose of the visit is personal travel to see the Badshahi Masjid, the Lahore Fort, the gate closing ceremony at the Wagah Border Crossing, and other sites and events as recommended b [...] |
2006-08-16 11:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC SNAR OTRA PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD16256 |
PESHAWAR CLEARANCE REQUEST [...] Embassy requests post clearance for Mohammed Motiwala, Rohit Nepal, Ragini Gupta, and Jennifer Maatta. The party will travel to Peshawar for meetings with local officials and consultations at the Consulate. 2. The party will travel via armored GOV. The tentative itinerary is as follows: [...] |
2006-08-17 09:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC SNAR OTRA PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD16266 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BALOCHISTAN SECURITY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador,s August 10-11 visit to Balochistan, Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani said that Pakistan,s anti-Taliban efforts is currently focused on expelling undocumented Afghans, but that there is no long-term plan for dealing with the Afghan population. Ghani believes th [...] |
2006-08-17 13:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK MOPS AF MASS MCAP PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD16269 |
GWADAR: THE NEARLY BLANK CANVAS [...] (U) Summary. During the Ambassador,s August 10-11 visit to Gwadar, Balochistan, provincial and Gwadar Development Authority (GDA) officials laid out their grand vision for the port,s future--which they hope will someday rival Dubai, providing a key transshipment point for trade with Afghanista [...] |
2006-08-18 02:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK ECON EAID |
| 06ISLAMABAD16302 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SOLITICITING UNIFIL [...] (U) This cable contains an action request; please see para. 5. 2. (C) On August 18, poloff presented reftel points to MFA (UN) Director Haider Shah. Poloff also asked about the accuracy of August 18 reports in the Pakistani press quoting Foreign Minister Kasuri, traveling in the Middle [...] |
2006-08-18 11:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE MARR MOPS PK PREL UN |
| 06ISLAMABAD16434 |
POST CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR STAFFDEL SANOK VISIT TO [...] Embassy requests post clearance for Staffdel Sanok, Poloff Gordon Bonin, ODRP Major Benjamin Janes, ODRP Colonel Ronald Huther and FPD Greg Carter to visit Pakistan Air Force Mushaf Airbase, Sargodha, Punjab, on August 26. Travel to/from Mushaf Airbase is to be provided by PAF. No assistance [...] |
2006-08-22 04:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC SNAR OTRA PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD16441 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL SANOK, AUGUST 23-27 [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Stephanie Sanok, Regina Burgess, Julian A. Haywood, LTC Craig Greene, Mark J. Fedor, and Kelly Bulliner from August 23 to August 27. The purpose of the visit is fact-finding concerning F-16 aircraft security in Pakistan and narcotics [...] |
2006-08-22 04:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OTRA OREP AFIN PK UK AF |
| 06ISLAMABAD16721 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION [...] (U) On August 23, poloff delivered reftel demarche and diplomatic note to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (UN-I) Director Haider Shah. Shah said that, in recent weeks, the MFA's missions around the world had received requests from other countries for support of their candidates to the Internation [...] |
2006-08-24 01:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD16739 |
ISLAMIC BANKING IN PAKISTAN (C-TN6-00207) [...] (C) Summary. With limited government support, Islamic banking has gained momentum in Pakistan in the past three years. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reports that the capital base of the Islamic banking system has more than doubled since 2003 as the number of Islamic banks operating in P [...] |
2006-08-24 12:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ECIN EFIN KTFN PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD16800 |
NO CONFIDENCE VOTE ON THE PM: SOUND, FURY, SLIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition parties joined forces on August 23, tabling a long-anticipated, no confidence vote on Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. The opposition knows that it does not have the votes needed to succeed, but seems determined to relish this opportunity to ramp up its criticism of the Mu [...] |
2006-08-25 02:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV |
| 06ISLAMABAD16934 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KERRY KRONSTADT, CRS [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Senior CRS analyst Kerry Kronstadt from September 16, 2006 to September 20, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to meet with Embassy, GOP and other officials as part of his CRS portfolio. 2. Control officer for the visit will be R [...] |
2006-08-28 11:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OTRA OREP AFIN PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD16935 |
POST CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR POLITICAL OFFICER RALPH [...] Embassy requests post clearance for Ralph Anske for the period August 31 - September 1, 2006. 2. Post's prompt attention to this clearance request is appreciated. Should approval be granted, schedule will be discussed with post via e-mail. . BODDE [...] |
2006-08-28 11:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD16944 |
DEATH OF NAWAB BUGTI, BALOCH TRIBAL INSURGENT [...] (C) Summary: The killing of Baloch tribal insurgent leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti by security forces on Saturday has dismayed politicians across the political spectrum, including members of the party that President Musharraf relies on to run the country, and triggered riots in a limited number [...] |
2006-08-28 12:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV KTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD16956 |
HUDOOD AMENDMENTS MOVED TO COMMITTEE AS ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: After a initial failure to convene a quorum on August 18, the Pakistan Muslim League-led (PML) government of Prime Minster Shaukat Aziz introduced a bill during the August 21 National Assembly session proposing amendments to the Hudood Ordinance, the draconian 19 [...] |
2006-08-28 13:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PGOV KWMN KDEM PHUM |
| 06ISLAMABAD16962 |
BALOCHISTAN (2): THE GRIEVANCES [...] (C) Summary. While the Government of Pakistan (GOP) undertakes projects to develop Balochistan, in part to turn the province into a transit point linking Pakistan to western Afghanistan and the Central Asian states, it faces a distrustful and resentful provincial population. This wariness and [...] |
2006-08-29 04:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV KTER PINR |
| 06ISLAMABAD16987 |
BALOCHISTAN (3): A RESTLESS HISTORY [...] (C) Summary: Balochistan has a history of uprisings against Pakistani rule. Major insurrections occurred in 1947-48, 1958, throughout the 1960s, and 1973-77. The Bugti tribe has been waging a localized insurgency since 2004. This cable on insurrections in Balochistan since the founding of Pak [...] |
2006-08-29 10:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV PTER PINR |
| 06ISLAMABAD16994 |
BALOCHISTAN (4): WHO'S WHO - THE BALOCH TRIBES [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The Baloch people give their name to Balochistan Province in Pakistan, where roughly two thirds of them live, as well as Sistan-va-Baluchestan Province in Iran. The Baloch are further spread across the southern reaches of Afghanistan. Baloch society is tribal, wit [...] |
2006-08-29 10:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV PTER PINR |
| 06ISLAMABAD17014 |
REACTION TO DEATH OF NAWAB BUGTI SHIFTS FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: From Sunday's ""we've got him"" triumphialism, the government's position on the death of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti has evolved to a denial that the Baloch tribal leader was the victim of a targeted assassination. The back pedaling follows growing criticism of the security operation [...] |
2006-08-29 12:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV KTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD17255 |
DEATH OF NAWAB BUGTI CONTINUES TO ROIL THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Protests over the government's killing of Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti continued into the third day, August 29. Demonstrations, road blockages, riots and even several bombings appear to have been in reaction to the Nawab's death. The apparent inability of the government t [...] |
2006-08-30 13:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV KTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD17256 |
NO CONFIDENCE VOTE ON PM AZIZ FAILS [...] (C) Summary: The government easily defeated an August 29 no-confidence vote against Prime Minster Shaukat Aziz. Opposition leaders admitted they tabled the motion knowing it could not pass, but said the vote was intended to stake out a position against the government as an opening move in th [...] |
2006-08-30 13:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD17257 |
NO CONFIDENCE VOTE ON PM AZIZ FAILS [...] (C) Summary: The government easily defeated an August 29 no-confidence vote against Prime Minster Shaukat Aziz. Opposition leaders admitted they tabled the motion knowing it could not pass, but said the vote was intended to stake out a position against the government as an opening move in th [...] |
2006-08-30 13:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD17261 |
GOP RESPONSE ON DETAINEE REPATRIATION AND READ-OUT [...] (C/NF) On August 25, PolCouns met LTC Imran Farooq, MoI/National Crisis Management Cell Operations, to solicit his assessment of his visit to the detention facilities at Guantanamo (GTMO). LTC Imran said that interviews with the Pakistani detainees went well. The Pakistani delegation left [...] |
2006-08-30 13:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KAWC PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD17546 |
BALOCHISTAN (5): THE PASHTUNS -- BALOCHISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary/Introduction: In Balochistan, violent Baloch tribal leaders and vociferous Baloch nationalists grab the headlines, while the Pashtuns interests and issues are buried on the inside pages. Like the Baloch, the Pashtuns share deep-seated anger toward the federal government for Islama [...] |
2006-09-04 07:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV PTER PINR |
| 06ISLAMABAD17547 |
BALOCHISTAN (6): THE NATIONALIST INSURGENCY [...] (C) Summary/Introduction: Despite widespread disillusionment with Islamabad, the most recent tribal uprising led by Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti is a localized insurrection, in which the Nawab had rhetorical support from Baloch nationalists, but little concrete backing in the province-at-large. The [...] |
2006-09-04 07:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV PTER PINR |
| 06ISLAMABAD17548 |
BALOCHISTAN (7): FINDING A SOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: To bring peace to the restive province of Balochistan, Islamabad must overcome pervasive distrust and skepticism toward the central government and its proposed development projects by ensuring the people of the province -- Baloch and Pashtun alike -- are the first and main benefic [...] |
2006-09-04 07:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV PTER PINR |
| 06ISLAMABAD17594 |
BUGTI INTERRED, FAMILY IGNORED, BALOCHISTAN QUIET [...] (U) Protests over the August 26 death of Bugti tribal leader Nawab Bugti (refs A,B, and C) continued over the weekend. On August 31, the government announced that it had retrieved Bugti's remains from the cave in which he was killed. Its decision to bury the body rather than to return the rem [...] |
2006-09-05 12:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV KTER PINR |
| 06ISLAMABAD17766 |
NORTH WAZIRISTAN PEACE ACCORD ANNOUNCED [...] (C) Summary: On September 5, the Government of Pakistan (GOP) and local tribal leaders announced that the 45-member Grand Jirga for North Waziristan Agency (NWA) had a peace agreement with the GOP. (Note: Consulate Peshawar has obtained a copy of the agreement and has translated the Urd [...] |
2006-09-06 14:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PK PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD17768 |
SEPTEMBER 9 F-16 SIGNING DOUBTFUL [...] (C) Summary: GOP sources told Office of Defense Representatives Pakistan (ODRP) September 6 that the scheduled September 9 signing of the F-16 LOA would not happen. The same day, MODP (Ministry of Defense Production) sent ODRP a memo requiring an unspecified per-plane price cut; signific [...] |
2006-09-07 02:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL MOPS UN MARR |
| 06ISLAMABAD17890 |
JULY 27-29 COALITION SUPPORT FUNDS DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. From July 27-29 CENTCOM J-8 led a team of OSD-Comptroller, OSD-Policy, CENTCOM, Joint Staff and Embassy personnel to discuss Coalition Support Fund (CSF) issues with the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) Joint Staff, military services, and Ministry of Finance. The U.S. delegation [...] |
2006-09-08 09:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD17908 |
DEMARCHE ON NAM SUMMIT DELIVERED [...] (C) Summary: On September 5, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (UN-I) Director Haider Shah. Poloff and Shah discussed the issues that might be discussed during the NAM summit in Havana: the UN Security Council race between Guatemala and Venezuela, an internationa [...] |
2006-09-08 11:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD17916 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EMBASSY KABUL [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Ambassador Neumann and the rest of the Embassy Kabul country team from September 12, 2006 to September 13, 2006. The purpose of the visit is consultations with Embassy Islamabad. 2. Control officer for the visit will be Political [...] |
2006-09-08 12:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | TAGS |
| 06ISLAMABAD17963 |
NORTHERN WAZIRISTAN UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 8 [...] (S) Summary: While the September 5 agreement between the GOP and North Waziri leaders allows foreigners to remain in the North Waziristan Agency so long as they do not engage in attacks on or in Afghanistan, some foreigners reportedly are leaving NWA for neighboring areas, a development th [...] |
2006-09-08 13:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PK PREL MOPS UN MARR LE |
| 06ISLAMABAD17992 |
EMBASSY RECOMMENDATION ON ENGAGING GOP ON F-16 SALE [...] (C) Summary: Post requests senior officials from SCA, PM, H, and OSD convene Pakistani Ambassador Durrani and reinforce the importance of the September 15 Offer Expiration Date (OED) for signing the F-16 Letter of Acceptance(LOA.) End Summary 2. (C) Over the weekend, Ambassador Crocker enga [...] |
2006-09-11 11:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL MASS |
| 06ISLAMABAD18012 |
DEMARCHES DELIVERED: SPEECH ON GWOT DETAINEES, [...] (C) On September 7, 2006, PolCouns presented Ref A points to MFA (Americas) Director Mansood Khan. Khan appreciated the briefing and requested additional information on draft to establish military commission and the timeline for Congressional action. DCM also presented the same points to Fo [...] |
2006-09-12 03:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | AF KAWC PHUM PK PREL PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD18189 |
Test message [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-14 09:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD18190 |
Test message [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-14 09:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ACOA |
| 06ISLAMABAD18379 |
PAKISTAN MILITARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO OPERATIONS [...] (C) Operation MTN Thrust began in Southern Afghanistan (Kandahar, Helmand, and Nimroz) in May. The Operation set the conditions for NATO Operation Medusa, which began in July. Operation MTN Fury began in Eastern Afghanistan (Ghazni, Loghar, Paktika, Paktiya, and Khowst) August 1, with deci [...] |
2006-09-18 10:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MCAP MOPS PK PREL PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD18473 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: COMMENTS ON DRAFT PAPER ON [...] (S/NF) Embassy Islamabad provides the following comments and observations on the draft "Disrupting External Financing to the Taliban" paper. These comments are in addition to those forwarded to SCA/PB in Ref. B. 2. (S/NF) In "Introduction": Office of the Defense Representative Pakist [...] |
2006-09-19 12:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL KTFN PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD18474 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL PHELAN [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Mr. Michael Phelan, Professional Staff Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committe from September 25, 2006 to September 28, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to assess the progress made and the ongoing challenges faced by the Un [...] |
2006-09-19 12:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OTRA PK OREP AFIN |
| 06ISLAMABAD18707 |
LAHORE POST CLEARANCE REQUEST MOHAMMED MOTIWALA [...] Embassy requests post clearance for Poloff, Mohammed Motiwala, for personal travel to Lahore from September 30 to October 1. 2. Mr. Motiwala's itinerary is as follows: Arrive Lahore September 30 at 8:50 am via PK 385 Depart Lahore October 1 at 8:00 pm via PK 388 3. Mr. Motiwala request [...] |
2006-09-21 13:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC SNAR OTRA PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD18708 |
EMBASSY ISLAMABAD-EMBASSY KABUL-CFC-A [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Islamabad-Embassy Kabul-CFC-A cable. 2. (S/NF) Summary. On September 12, select Embassy Islamabad, Embassy Kabul and CFC-A personnel met to discuss the security situation in the border areas and ways to improve the political, economic and social ties between Af [...] |
2006-09-21 13:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON PREF PTER EAID MASS PINR AF |
| 06ISLAMABAD18778 |
OPTIMISTIC VIEW ON PAK-AFGHAN RELATIONS FROM MFA [...] (C) Summary: The MFA Afghanistan Director told PolOff September 20 that high level engagement between Pakistani and Afghan leaders would continue through the autumn and was, he hoped, becoming institutionalized. The official reported that Presidents Karzai and Musharraf would meet on Septem [...] |
2006-09-22 08:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF EAID PK PREL |
| 06ISLAMABAD18788 |
GOP REQUEST FOR HELP ON SATELLITE COORDINATION [...] (U) This cable contains an action request; see para 3. 2. (SBU) On September 22, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Disarmament-Director, Imran Haider, called in Poloff to pass diplomatic note Dismnt-1/9/06 dated September 22, 2006. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) is requesting the Depa [...] |
2006-09-22 10:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK FCC ITU ECPS |
| 06ISLAMABAD18902 |
SPOT REPORT - RUMORS OF A COUP [...] (C) Summary. On September 24, Pakistan was abuzz with (unfounded) rumors of a coup against President Musharraf, who was away on official travel in the United States. Cell phones and text messages allowed the rumor to quickly spread and many Government of Pakistan (GOP) and Embassy officials [...] |
2006-09-25 10:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD18917 |
HUDOOD ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS: A BIG SLOPPY MESS [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: With President Musharraf on official travel in the U.S., the governing Pakistan Muslim League (PML) announced a tactical retreat in it beleaguered campaign to amend the Hudood Ordinance, the Sharia-based laws on criminalizing extramarital sexual relations and e [...] |
2006-09-25 11:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM KWMN PGOV PHUM PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD18929 |
REQUEST FROM GOP TO BAN TRAVEL BY ALLEGED BLA [...] (U) This cable contains action requests; please see para. 8. 2. (SBU) On September 14, the Consular Section received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) presenting a list of 80-some individuals that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) asserts are connected to the Ba [...] |
2006-09-25 12:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | CVIS PGOV PHUM PK PREL PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD18997 |
DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) On September 26, poloff delivered ref A and B demarche points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Human Rights and Security Council) Assistant-Director Wajit Hashmi. Hashmi said he would take demarche points under advisement and would forward them to his superiors. BODDE [...] |
2006-09-27 07:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UN PREL PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD19121 |
PAKISTAN ELECTIONS (1): THE CYCLICAL NATURE OF [...] (C) Pakistan is now entering a year of high political stakes, as President Musharraf grapples with his own future in the run-up to provincial and federal parliamentary while political allies and rivals parry and position themselves for possible post-election scenarios. These elections will pl [...] |
2006-09-27 13:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV PINR PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD19122 |
PAKISTAN ELECTIONS (2): THE BASICS [...] (U) This cable, the second in a series of cables mapping the political terrain as Pakistan approaches nationwide elections in 2007, reviews the fundamentals of the Pakistani electoral system, as well as possible time lines for the sequencing of provincial, federal and presidential elections. [...] |
2006-09-27 13:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV PINR PK PREL |
| 06ISLAMABAD19123 |
PAKISTAN ELECTIONS (3): ELECTORATE AND PARTIES [...] (C/NF) Summary and introduction. Pakistani voters have historically alternated between anti-incumbent backlashes and populist ground swells in which voters simply join the bandwagon of expected winners. Which behavior prevails in the coming elections will depend on the ratio of anti-governm [...] |
2006-09-27 13:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV PINR PK PREL |
| 06ISLAMABAD19124 |
PAKISTAN ELECTIONS (4): THE UNIFORM [...] (C) This cable, the fourth in a series mapping the political terrain as Pakistan approaches nationwide elections in 2007, reviews a uniquely Pakistani issues that will color the run-up to presidential, provincial and federal parliamentary elections: whether President Musharraf will relinqui [...] |
2006-09-27 13:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV PINR PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD19125 |
PAKISTAN ELECTIONS (5): MUSHARRAF'S COALITION [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Pervez Musharraf has three options for ensuring a solid political foundation for his moderate and progressive agenda as he prepares for 2007 elections. He can stand by the present Pakistan Muslim League (PML) coalition and leadership; stick with the PML, but di [...] |
2006-09-27 13:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV PINR PK PREL |
| 06ISLAMABAD19126 |
PAKISTAN ELECTIONS (6): THE U.S. ROLE [...] (C/NF) Summary and introduction: The U.S. casts an outsized shadow over Pakistani domestic politics; with the onset of these elections, we have an opportunity to nudge Pakistan toward a stable and sustainable democratic order. Throughout the coming year, we should confirm our support for a [...] |
2006-09-27 13:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV PINR PK PREL |
| 06ISLAMABAD19152 |
NORTH WAZIRISTAN INCIDENTS UPDATE [...] (C) The following list of incidents reported in the local press appear to violate the North Waziristan Agency (NWA) Jirga Agreement which tribal leaders and the GOP signed on September 5. The list has been culled from local press reporting and contacts in the area. According to our conta [...] |
2006-09-28 10:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL MOPS PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD19193 |
BALOCHISTAN: UNQUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-02 06:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD19208 |
F-16 LOA SIGNED AT LAST. [...] (C) MG Tariq Salim Malik, Additional Secretary of Ministry of Defense Production (MODP), signed the Letter of Acceptance (LOA) to purchase 18 F-16s Saturday evening, September 30. Following the private signing ceremony, MODP presented to Office of Defense Representative Pakistan a side mem [...] |
2006-10-02 10:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MASS MCAP PK PREL |
| 06ISLAMABAD19795 |
AMBASSADOR'S OCT 5 MEETING WITH 11TH CORPS [...] (U) Ambassador met with 11th Corps Commander (Peshawar) LTG Mohammad Hamid Khan on October 5. ODRP Chief MG Helmly, Islamabad DATT, and Peshawar PO (notetaker) were also present. Meetings with NWFP Governor Orakzai and FATA Additional Chief Secretary Arbab reported septels. 2. (C) The 11t [...] |
2006-10-10 09:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PK PREL MOPS PTER AF |
| 06ISLAMABAD19796 |
AMBASSADOR'S OCT 5 MEETING WITH NWFP GOV. ORAKZAI [...] (U) Ambassador met with North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Ali Muhammad Jan Orakzai on October 5. Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Secretariat Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Shehzad Arbab, Secretary to the Governor Azmat Orakzai, ODRP Chief MG Helmly, Islamabad DATT, and [...] |
2006-10-10 10:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER EAID PINR PK PREL SNAR AF |
| 06ISLAMABAD19804 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FATA SECRETARIAT [...] (U) Ambassador met with Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Secretariat Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Shehzad Arbab on October 5. FATA Secretariat Secretary for Planning and Development Zafar Hassan, ODRP Chief MG Helmly, Islamabad DATT, Peshawar PO, USAID Officer (notetaker) were [...] |
2006-10-10 12:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ECON SOCI PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD20570 |
FATA SECURITY UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 22-OCTOBER 12 [...] (SBU) Introduction: This cable reports on security developments in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) between September 22 and October 13, as culled from press reports and conversations with post's interlocutors. The cable also lists cross-border activity from FATA and N [...] |
2006-10-19 04:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PK PREL MOPS PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD20669 |
DEMARCHES DELIVERED: GOP REACTION TO DPRK NUCLEAR [...] (U) This cable contains an action request -- please see para. 6. 2. (C) Summary: The Government of Pakistan has condemned the nuclear tests conducted by North Korea and is in the process of preparing administrative notices necessary for UNSCR 1718 to take effect in Pakistan. Despite t [...] |
2006-10-20 06:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KN KNNP PK PREL UN |
| 06ISLAMABAD20831 |
TERROR FINANCE: RESPONSE RECEIVED TO REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-23 12:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN PTER PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD20834 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TRIPARTITE REQUEST ON THE UN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-23 13:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA PHUM PREL PK UN |
| 06ISLAMABAD20835 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PAKISTAN WILL SEND OBSERVERS [...] (C) On October 19, PolCouns delivered reftel points to MFA (Disarmament) Director Mohammad Kamran Akhtar, along with a copy of the letter from General Abizaid inviting the Government of Pakistan (GOP) to participate in Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Exercise "Leading Edge." The Off [...] |
2006-10-23 13:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK KNNP EG KE MNUC PARM PREL |
| 06ISLAMABAD20836 |
PAKISTANI CONCERNS OVER SPECULATION ON U.S. [...] (S) During an October 20 meeting with the Ambassador on Indo-Pak relations, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz shifted the conversation to ask about press reports that President Bush had likened the current situation in Iraq to the U.S. experience in Vietnam. (Note: Aziz's question was a [...] |
2006-10-23 13:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PK PREL PTER IZ |
| 06ISLAMABAD20837 |
PESHAWAR BOMBING UPDATE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The October 22 explosion in Peshawar's old city that killed at least seven people and wounded 40 others is a reminder that, while much of the world focuses on Pakistan's efforts to fight the export of terror, the GOP is also combating domestic terror and many other [...] |
2006-10-23 13:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD21073 |
PAK-AFGHAN JIRGAS: THE VIEW FROM PAKISTAN [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: Pakistani officials have been tasked to coordinate a border region jirga to which Afghan President Karzai would be invited, but are proceeding at a measured pace. The Pakistan approach reflects a consensus that such an event must be organized with great care to [...] |
2006-10-27 14:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL PTER AF PGOV |
| 06ISLAMABAD21222 |
INTERIOR MINISTER DISCUSSES BORDER AREA SECURITY, [...] (S/NF) Summary and Introduction: In an October 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao offered a candid assessment of the security situation in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Agencies (FATA), sharing his private assessment that vigorous Government of Pakist [...] |
2006-10-31 10:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PK PREL PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD21223 |
PAK-AFGHAN JIRGAS: PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (C) Summary and introduction: In a October 30 meeting, Presidential Chief of Staff Hamid Javaid shared with Ambassador a non-paper passed to Government of Pakistan (GOP) from the Government of Afghanistan (GOA) via the UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Javaid noted that the GOP envisione [...] |
2006-10-31 10:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF PK PREL PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD21224 |
MFA PREVIEWS EXPECTATIONS FOR COMPOSITE DIALOGUE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-31 10:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | IN PK PREL PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD21698 |
FATA SECURITY UPDATE: OCTOBER 15-28 [...] (C) Embassy contacts in North Waziristan continue to report "foreigners" departing NWA for other tribal agencies, apparently a response to the September 5 jirga agreement. The contacts add that militant commanders who remain in NWA are "thriving," and that Taliban commanders are demanding fe [...] |
2006-11-06 07:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD21879 |
PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF DETERMINED TO DEAL WITH BORDER [...] (S) Summary: In a November 7 meeting at his Army HQ office, President Musharraf told Asstsant Secretary Boucher that he would propose selective mining of the border with Afghanistan. Saying that it is too early to judge whether the North Waziristan jirga agreement is a success, the Preside [...] |
2006-11-08 08:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | AF EAID ECON ETRD IN MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD21882 |
SUICIDE ATTACK IN MALAKAND AGENCY KILLS 35 [...] (U) This cable contains an action request; please see para. 9. 2. (C) Summary: At approximately 08:00 (local) November 8, a suicide attacker detonated a bomb at the front gate of Dargai Fort during morning exercises, killing himself and at least thirty five (35) Pakistani soldiers. Give [...] |
2006-11-08 11:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PK PTER PGOV |
| 06ISLAMABAD21904 |
SUBJECT: BALOCHISTAN -- PAST THE CRISIS? [...] SUMMARY: (C) In the ten weeks since Nawab Akbar Bugti was killed in an encounter with the Pak Army, the Government of Pakistan has moved on several fronts to defuse another "nationalist" uprising by Baloch tribals who feel increasingly marginalized in their own province. Massive development [...] |
2006-11-09 08:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD21931 |
THE RIGA SUMMIT AND PAKISTAN [...] (C) During Assistant Secretary Boucher's November 6-7 visit to Islamabad, post was struck by senior Pakistani officials' and politicians' pessimism over Afghanistan. Interlocutors repeatedly expressed concerns that the U.S. and NATO were not in Afghanistan for the long-haul. While we know t [...] |
2006-11-09 12:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MASS MOPS PK PNAT PREL |
| 06ISLAMABAD21946 |
ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S NOVEMBER 6 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: On November 6, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Pakistani Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan. The two discussed the upcoming strategic dialogue, including the status of dialogues on energy, education, and science and technology [...] |
2006-11-13 02:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF EAID ECON ENRG ETRD MNUC PARM PK PREL PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD21947 |
BOUCHER AND KASURI COVER F-16S, JIRGAS, NORTH [...] (C) Summary: On November 6, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Foreign Minister Kasuri. In the meeting, Kasuri asked for consideration on F-16 payments and previewed Pakistani thoughts on the joint jirgas announced after President Musharraf and [...] |
2006-11-13 02:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MASS PGOV PK PREL PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD21948 |
THE RIGA SUMMIT AND PAKISTAN -- CORRECTED COPY, [...] (C) AmEmbassy Kabul concurs with this telegram. 2. (C) During Assistant Secretary Boucher's November 6-7 visit to Islamabad, post was struck by senior Pakistani officials' and politicians' pessimism over Afghanistan. Interlocutors repeatedly expressed concerns that the U.S. and NATO wer [...] |
2006-11-13 02:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MASS MOPS PK PNAT PREL |
| 06ISLAMABAD21968 |
ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH PAKISTANI PRIME [...] (C) Summary: On November 7, Assistant Secretary Boucher met with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. Aziz discussed the political situation, remarking that the Bajaur incident had played into the hands of the religious opposition, and that the mood of the general populace was truly angry. He re [...] |
2006-11-13 10:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON ETRD EINV OPIC MNUC AF PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD21999 |
UPCOMING PAKISTANI BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-15 11:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP MCAP PREL PK IN |
| 06ISLAMABAD22023 |
PAK-AFGHAN JIRGAS: PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (C) Summary and introduction: In a October 30 meeting, Presidential Chief of Staff Hamid Javaid shared with Ambassador a non-paper passed to Government of Pakistan (GOP) from the Government of Afghanistan (GOA) via the UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Javaid noted that the GOP envisione [...] |
2006-11-16 10:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF PK PREL PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD22024 |
VOX POPULI: REACTIONS TO BAJAUR MADRASSA ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: The Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) public remains exercised over the October 30 Pak-Mil attack on an extremist madrassa in Bajaur Agency and the November 9 retaliatory suicide bombing at Dargai Fort. In the rest of Pakistan, neither event has resonated outside of the commu [...] |
2006-11-16 11:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD22025 |
INTERIOR MINISTER SHERPAO ON HIGH PROFILE TERROR CASES, IPR AND MISSING AMCITREF: [...] (C) Summary: In a November 13 meeting, the Ambassador and Interior Minister Sherpao reviewed U.S.-Pakistani cooperation on the investigation into the 2006 Karachi Consulate bombing. Sherpao assured the Ambassador that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) is committed to defending the conviction of Omar [...] |
2006-11-16 12:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CASC ECON KCRM PGOV PK PREL PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD22026 |
GOP REQUESTS REPATRIATION OF GTMO AND BAGRAM [...] (U) This cable contains action requests; please see paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (C) In early November, POL received a copy of an MFA note verbale dated 12 October 2006 requsting the repatriation of six (6) Paksitani nationals currently in custody in the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay [...] |
2006-11-16 12:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | KAWC PK PREL PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD22028 |
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES WOMEN'S PROTECTION BILL [...] (U) This cable contains an action request: please see para. 7. 2. (C) Summary: After weeks of acrimonious debate, Pakistan's National Assembly passed the controversial Women's Protection Bill on November 15, amending provisions in the Shari'a-based Hudood Ordinance on rape and sex outs [...] |
2006-11-16 12:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | KWMN PGOV PHUM PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD22046 |
FOREIGN MINISTER'S VIEWS ON PAK-AFG JIRGAS, BAJAUR [...] (C) Summary: In a November 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Kasuri reaffirmed Pakistan's commitment to hold a jirga as discussed at the September 27 trilateral iftar at the White House, but noted that Pakistan's vision for the event is limited to the tribal areas along the Pa [...] |
2006-11-17 11:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | AF IN PGOV PK PREL PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD22057 |
BOMBINGS AND SUICIDE ATTACKS: A PLAGUE ON BOTH [...] (C) A November 17 suicide bomb attack on a police van in Peshawar that killed the bomber and seriously injured two police officers is another reminder that the recent spike in suicide bombings in Afghanistan is now mirrored on this side of the Pak-Afghan border. The November 8 suicide bomb a [...] |
2006-11-17 11:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PK PREL PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD22070 |
TRIBAL AREAS: VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN THE [...] (S/NF) Summary: The jury is still out on the September 5 North Waziristan Agency (NWA) Jirga Agreement. Violations of the agreement continued during October 29 to November 12 period. However, cross-border attacks against coalition forces in Afghanistan's Paktika province appear to have decre [...] |
2006-11-20 08:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD22174 |
TERROR FINANCE: EMBASSY PRESSES GOP ON UN 1267 [...] (C) Summary: As noted in Ref A, post has raised the ongoing operations of two UN 1267 Committee-designated entities -- Al Rashid Trust, Al Akhtar Trust and Lashkar-e-Tayyba/Jamaat ud-Dawa (LeT/JuD) -- with contacts throughout the Government of Pakistan (GOP). While the Ambassador has pressed the is [...] |
2006-11-27 09:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | AF EFIN PK PREL PTER KTFN UN |
| 06ISLAMABAD22178 |
FOREIGN SECRETARY BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON NOVEMBER [...] (C) Summary: During a November 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan was positive about the tone of the November 13-14 Composite Dialogue talks, saying that the atmosphere was business-like with no "excessive restating of positions." The effort focused on exploring ar [...] |
2006-11-27 10:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF IN PK PREL PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD22215 |
GOP NOTIFICATION OF BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-29 00:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PK KNNP MCAP IN |
| 06ISLAMABAD22237 |
PAKISTAN KEEN ON GPOI, SEEKS MORE INFO [...] (U) This cable contains an action request -- please see para 6. 2. (SBU) On November 28, PolOff met MFA Director (UN I) Haider Shah to follow up on reftel USG proposal for Pakistan to participate in the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI). Shah said that Pakistan is amenable to takin [...] |
2006-11-30 05:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO MARR MASS PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD22251 |
FOREIGN MINISTER DENIES PREDICTING NATO FAILURE IN [...] (U) Following a November 29 press account (reftel) that described Pakistani Foreign Minister Khushid Kasuri as privately telling visiting foreign ministers of NATO member states that the Taliban is winning in Afghanistan and advising NATO members from sending in more troops, the Ministry of [...] |
2006-11-30 12:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PK PREL NATO |
| 06ISLAMABAD22290 |
PROTECTION OF PAKISTANI WOMEN: NOW, IT'S THE LAW [...] (U) Summary: On December 1st, President Pervez Musharraf signed the Women's Protection Bill (WPB) into law, marking the first time in three decades that a Pakistani government has successfully rolled back laws that have stood virtually untouched since the institution of the Hudood Ordinance [...] |
2006-12-04 10:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KWMN PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
| 06ISLAMABAD22303 |
SENIOR PAKISTAN SENATOR WANTS TO REACH OUT TO [...] (C) During a December 1 meeting with poloffs, Pakistan Muslim League Secretary General and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Mushahid Hussain Sayed discussed his desire to begin a regular parliamentary exchange with his counterparts in Afghanistan. He said that he discussed hi [...] |
2006-12-05 03:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF PK PREL |
| 06ISLAMABAD22317 |
GLOBAL PEACE OPERATIONS INITIATIVE: PAKISTAN'S [...] This cable contains an action request -- please see para 3. 2. On December 4, MFA Director (UN I) Haider Shah delivered to Poloff the Government of Pakistan's written response to the U.S. proposal for Pakistan to participate in the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) (ref B). Pakistan [...] |
2006-12-06 09:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO MARR MASS PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD22323 |
PAKISTAN'S ELITE REACT DIFFERENTLY TO PRESIDENT [...] (U) On December 4, Indian television network NDTV interviewed President Musharraf in Islamabad for an Indian audience. Although his remarks were reported widely in the international press the day after the interview, Pakistan's news media was slower in picking up the story. During the interv [...] |
2006-12-06 12:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD22365 |
GOP ARRESTS BALOCH POLITICAL LEADERS TO STOP LONG [...] (U) On November 27, police raided Baloch National Party (BNP) President Sardar Akhtar Mengal's office and put him under house arrest. The arrest was the most prominent of a series that have occurred since the announcement of a "long march" from Gwadar to Quetta to protest President Musharraf's [...] |
2006-12-08 03:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
| 06ISLAMABAD22385 |
FIGHTING GWOT: IMPROVING FMF, FMS, AND OTHER [...] (S) As we enter the sixth year of this long war, it is increasingly clear that our Foreign Military Funding/Foreign Military Sales (FMF/FMS) programs, unchanged since 9/11, are not suited to the needs of GWOT allies like Pakistan. Difficulties we have encountered with some security assistanc [...] |
2006-12-09 04:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | AF MASS MOPS PK PNAT PREL |
| 06ISLAMABAD22440 |
GOP STRATEGY FOR AFGHAN REFUGEES PLAGUED BY DELAYS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Pakistan's three-year Afghan refugee strategy remains stalled at the ministerial level with no firm date for signature and final approval. The plan hinges on several components: the registration of Afghan refugees to distinguish between refugees and migrants; promised camp cl [...] |
2006-12-13 10:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV AF PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD22449 |
TRIBAL AREAS: TALIBANIZATION THREAT PERSISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Twelve weeks after the signing of the September 5 North Waziristan Agency (NWA) Jirga Agreement, the number of cross-border attacks from Pakistan into Afghanistan has declined. However, it is perhaps more likely that the decline is due to coalition force operations in Afghanistan [...] |
2006-12-14 05:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PGOV PK AF PREL PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD22462 |
ANTI-TERRORISM COURT DECLINES JURISDICTION OVER [...] (U) On December 13, 2006, a judge of the Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) dismissed charges under Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) against 25 year old Rashid Rauf, who was arrested in August 2006 on charges of planning to carry explosives (29 bottles of hydrogen peroxide) aboard a [...] |
2006-12-14 11:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PTER UK |
| 06ISLAMABAD22479 |
VERBAL ATTACKS BY AFGHAN PRESIDENT WEARING ON [...] (U) Summary: A series of public statements by Afghan President Karzai accusing Pakistan of fomenting instability and violence in Afghanistan have deeply irritated Pakistani officials and popular opinion generally. Although official statements in response have thus far been restrained, Pakis [...] |
2006-12-15 11:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MOPS PK PREL PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD22499 |
LEADING PAKISTANI PASHTUN BROADCASTER TROUBLED [...] (C) Summary and introduction: According to Hassan Khan, editor of Pakistan's leading Pashtun language foreign affairs television program on Khyber TV, Afghan President Karzai seemed "confused about many things" during their lengthy meeting in early December meeting. Khan, who described his [...] |
2006-12-18 10:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PK PREL PTER NATO |
| 06ISLAMABAD22572 |
POSTURING OVER WOMEN'S RIGHTS LEGISLATION REFLECTS [...] (C) With no fanfare and in the privacy of his office, President Musharraf signed the Women's Protection Bill (WPB) into law on December 1. The bill,s contentious journey through Parliament cast into sharp relief the cleavages within and between Pakistan's major political parties. The Pakista [...] |
2006-12-23 05:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KWMN PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD22617 |
FM KASURI DESCRIBES VISIT TO DECEMBER VISIT TO IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-28 05:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF IR PK PREL |
| 06ISLAMABAD22618 |
FOREIGN MINISTER KASURI ON ANTI-PAKISTAN RHETORIC [...] (C) During a December 22 meeting following his return from Iran, Foreign Minister Kasuri speculated on the motives behind the verbal offensive that Afghan President Karzai and other senior Government of Afghanistan (GOA) officials launched against Pakistan only days after the Foreign Minister [...] |
2006-12-28 05:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | AF MOPS PK PREL PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD22643 |
DUBAI WEDDING BRINGS PML, PPP TOGETHER [...] (U) On 26 December, ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain (Shujatt) and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairperson Benazir Bhutto (BB) spoke for more than 20 minutes at the Dubai wedding of Haji Abdul Razzak Yaqoob's daughter (Yaqoob is the Pakistani founder and chai [...] |
2006-12-29 07:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD3117 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: VIEW ON POTENTIAL DESIGNATIONS [...] (S/NF) Post welcomes intiative described reftel to target prominent inciters of terrorist acts. Should these test cases prove successful, we believe that a number of individuals from terrorist and militant organizations in Pakistan would make appropriate targets for future consideration. Pos [...] |
2006-02-22 12:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN CVIS ETTC KTFN PREL PTER PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD3195 |
GOP WILLING TO ACCEPT RETURN OF PAK GITMO DETAINEE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-24 06:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PK PREL PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD3208 |
PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF CONDEMNS AL-ASKARIYA SHRINE [...] (C) On February 23, 2006, per reftel instruction, PolCounselor contacted MFA Spokesperson Tasneem Aslam and MFA Americas Director General Sohail Mehmood to urge the Government of Pakistan (GOP) to issue a statement condemning the bombing of the al-Askariya Shrine. He also shared with the MF [...] |
2006-02-24 11:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM KPAO PGOV PK PREL PTER PAS |
| 06ISLAMABAD3253 |
POST CLEARANCE FOR GAUTAM RANA [...] Post welcomes and grants post clearance for the visit of Gautam Rana for February 27, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Avian Flu town hall meeting. 2. Control officer for the visit will be Mohammed Motiwala. He can be reached at the following numbers: Embassy: 92-51-208-00 [...] |
2006-02-25 08:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OTRA PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD3318 |
AGREEMENT WITH PAKISTAN ON STATUS OF FORCES - [...] (U) On February 23, the Government of Pakistan (GOP) transmitted its proposed final text for a Status of Forces Agreement, based on the U.S. text in ref A. The only change to the U.S. text is in para 10, where the U.S. draft stated that: " The mutually agreed duration of this agreement is 90 [...] |
2006-02-27 08:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL KTIA PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD3542 |
15TH PAKISTAN-AFGHANISTAN-U.S. TRIPARTITE MEETING [...] (C) Summary: The 15th U.S.-Afghanistan-Pakistan Tripartite Commission meeting, held at Bagram on February 25, was characterized by frank discussion between the Afghan and Pakistani delegations. The agenda focused on cross-border issues, intelligence sharing, steps to counter IEDs, and the lin [...] |
2006-03-03 02:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | AF MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PK PREL PTER |
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SHIPMENT OF ALUMINUM ALLOW SHEETS AND RODS [...] (S) Ambassador delivered ref A talking points to Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan, who, in turn, discussed the issue with SIPDIS the Prime Minister. Based on this conversation, Khan subsequently informed the Ambassador that Pakistan was not in a position to touch the ship in Karachi. 2. (S [...] |
2006-03-03 13:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC PK |
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KARACHI BOMBING: CONDOLENCES AND CONDEMNATIONS [...] Summary. Pakistani politicians at all levels--from President Musharraf and PM Aziz to a wide-spectrum of political party representatives--have reached out to US Embassy and Consulate officials to offer their condolences and express their condemnation of the 2 March bombing outside of the US Co [...] |
2006-03-04 02:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PK PHUM PGOV PTER |
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PAKISTAN CONSIDERS NEW SOFA TO BE IN FORCE AS OF [...] (C) On March 2, poloff delivered to MFA Americas Desk Director Diyar Khan the diplomatic note (text ref A) confirming USG acceptance of the SOFA language in the earlier GOP note, reported ref B. Director Khan confirmed to poloff on March 7 that the GOP has no objections to the USG note and co [...] |
2006-03-07 09:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL KTIA PK |
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POST REQUESTS TWO WEEK DELAY IN JUD DESIGNATION [...] (S) After reviewing the time line presented in ref A and B for moving forward with the UN 1267 and domestic terrorism finance designation of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) as an alter-ego of current terrorism finance designee Lashkar-e-Tayyba (LeT), Ambassador requests a two-week delay in pre-notificaion, pr [...] |
2006-03-07 15:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | EFIN PK PREL PTER KTFN |
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COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR US GOVERNORS DELEGATION [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Gov. James Douglas, Gov. Kenny Guinn, Gov. Phil Bredesen, Gov. Tim Kaine, Maj. Gen. Summaral, Maj Patrick Lewis, Dan Wilmot, Claude Chafin and Ltc. John Schroeder for March 15 and 16. The purpose of the visit is to transit Pakistan. [...] |
2006-03-08 08:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OTRA PK |
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CARTOONS FAIL TO UNITE OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: For a brief moment, Pakistan's political opposition appeared poised to transform popular anger over the Danish cartoon issue into protests against the Musharraf government. In the end, however, self-interest and government inducements have combined to split the divergent parties [...] |
2006-03-08 13:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM PK |
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POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR PM - A/S JOHN HILLEN [...] (S) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your planned March 15 - 18 visit to Pakistan. As demonstrated during President Bush's recent visit to Islamabad, both President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan to [...] |
2006-03-08 14:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | KDEM MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER |
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SLIGHT GAINS FOR PML IN SENATE ELECTIONS [...] (C) In a follow-up to the January 2nd "retirement" of 50 Senators (reftel A), Members of the Provincial Assembly (MPAs) in each of Pakistan's four provinces were charged with electing replacements on March 6. Each Provincial Assembly elected 11 Senators in a secret-ballot overseen by the Provi [...] |
2006-03-08 14:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV KDEM |
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MILITARY AND MILITANTS CLASH IN NORTH WAZIRISTAN [...] (S//NF) Summary. March 1st and 2nd raids on militant training facilites by the Pakistan Special Operations Task Force (SOTF) in Miram Shah and Sedgai, North Waziristan led to the biggest clashes in the region in three years. The GOP military attacks and subsequent retaliatory strikes reportedl [...] |
2006-03-10 04:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PK PREL PGOV |
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MILITARY AND MILITANTS CLASH IN NORTH WAZIRISTAN [...] (S//NF) Summary. March 1st and 2nd raids on militant training facilites by the Pakistan Special Operations Task Force (SOTF) in Miram Shah and Sedgai, North Waziristan led to the biggest clashes in the region in three years. The GOP military attacks and subsequent retaliatory strikes reportedl [...] |
2006-03-10 06:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PK PREL PGOV |
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POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PACE [...] (S) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your planned March 20 - 22 visit to Pakistan. As demonstrated during President Bush's recent visit to Islamabad, both President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan to [...] |
2006-03-17 11:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | EFIN ETTC PK PREL PTER KTFN |
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PUGWASH CONFERENCE: KASHMIRI CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: A three-day gathering of Kashmiris, Pakistanis and Indians in Islamabad highlighted the continuing effort of President Musharraf to build support for his peace proposals. The meeting featured a two-and-a-half hour exchange with Musharraf on his ideas for demilitarization, self-g [...] |
2006-03-17 12:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PK IN PTER |
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DRL FUNDING FOR 2007 PAKISTAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Post has designed an electoral support strategy in order to promote free and fair elections national and provincial elections in 2007. In order to implement fully the various aspects of this strategy, we will require dedicated funding support from DRL to complement our USAID DG [...] |
2006-03-20 14:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM KDEM PK |
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ASFANDYAR WALI KHAN TO VISIT THE UNITED STATES [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 5 2. (C) Senator Asfandyar Wali Khan, Chairman of the secular Pashtun-nationalist Awami National Party (ANP) called on Ambassador on March 17 to discuss his recent meeting with President Musharraf (septel). According to Asfandyar, the ANP has taken [...] |
2006-03-20 14:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
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VICE CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF WANTS ANA TO JOIN [...] (C) During a March 17 conversation with PM - A/S Hillen, Pakistan's Vice Chief of Army Staff GEN Ahsan Saleem Hyat said that he would welcome the expanding a joint exercise between the U.S. and Pakistan military schedule for later this spring to include a unit from the Afghan National Army ( [...] |
2006-03-22 02:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL MOPS MASS AF |
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ANP AND PPP MOVING TOWARDS ACCOMMODATION WITH THE [...] (S) Summary: In recent separate meetings, Awami National Party (ANP) Chairman Senator Asfandyar | ||||