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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09ISLAMABAD617 |
THE FAT LADY RARELY SINGS IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary. In a country which has amended its constitution 17 times in its 62 year history and where most leading politicians have spent time in jail at the hands of rivals, there is rarely a definitive end to political disputes that are dragged into the courts. President Zardari and Pr [...] |
2009-03-21 12:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER |
| 09ISLAMABAD618 |
POST RECOMMENDS AGAINST DOWNGRADE OF ICRAS RISK RATING FOR [...] (SBU) Post urges the Interagency Credit Risk Assessment System committee not to downgrade Pakistan's sovereign and non-sovereign risk rating on March 23. The draft report, dated January 1, does not reflect the progress and the commitment the GOP has made to bring its economic house in order, [...] |
2009-03-23 06:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD619 |
AFGHAN REFUGEE UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR has suspended operations to assist Afghan refugees in repatriating from Pakistan. Repatriation from Peshawar is suspended until at least April 1, pending an assessment that it is safe for UNHCR personnel and refugees to participate. Repatriation from Quetta is also suspen [...] |
2009-03-23 06:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL AF PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD625 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-24 11:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD637 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: March 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-25 11:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD640 |
PRESSING THE UN ON IMPROVING ITS PRESENCE IN [...] (C) Summary: The UN system needs to appoint a humanitarian coordinator in Pakistan and fill its positions with permanent staff. These are urgent requirements necessary to respond to the problems of Pakistan,s internally displaced. The UN's ability to meet these requirements will be affecte [...] |
2009-03-25 14:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UN PTER PREF PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD644 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: March 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-26 11:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD655 |
PAKISTAN PROTESTS INDIAN VIOLATION OF KASHMIR LINE [...] (C) Pakistan has lodged an official complaint with the UN against India over an alleged breach of the Kashmir Line of Control (LoC) cease-fire. United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) Deputy Military Observer Brigadier Alexander told DepPolCouns March 24 that Pa [...] |
2009-03-27 05:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UN IN PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD659 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-27 12:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD66 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-12 11:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD660 |
FINANCE ADVISOR TARIN AGREES ON WAY AHEAD FOR [...] (C) Summary: Following interventions from the U.S. and Japan, the Pakistanis have backed off plans to press a $10 billion request for the April 17 Tokyo donors conference and agreed to focus on the $4 billion target established by the IMF. Expressing a desire to "resolve his confusion," Fina [...] |
2009-03-27 14:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ECON JA PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD67 |
AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY VOTES [...] (SBU) Summary: While the rest of the world focused on the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks, there was a quiet change of government in the semi-independent area of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir--known as Azad (free) Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). On January 6, the AJK Legislative Assembly approved a no [...] |
2009-01-12 14:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD671 |
PILOT COMBATANT COMMANDER INITIATIVE FUND SHOWS [...] (C) Summary: In reftel, Embassy requested a CERP-like fund for Pakistan. We understand this request sparked a lively debate in Washington, mostly regarding the ability of the Embassy to oversee the funds and whether requesting such funds for Pakistan would endanger the far more generous CERP [...] |
2009-03-30 07:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MARR PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD672 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 00, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-30 11:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD674 |
ZARDARI BEFORE PARLIAMENT: PROBLEMS, PROMISES, AND [...] (C) Summary: In his second address to a joint session of parliament, President Asif Zardari won his largest rounds of applause when he supported initiatives of his rival, Nawaz Sharif -- lifting governor's rule in Punjab, political reconciliation, and restoration of the deposed judiciary. Zar [...] |
2009-03-30 14:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD680 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: March 31, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-31 11:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD684 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 01, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-01 11:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD686 |
ISLAMABAD REFUGEE AFFAIRS WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: MARCH [...] (U) UNHCR said voluntary repatriation of registered Afghans in Pakistan would be resumed on April 1. This repatriation would be only from Peshawar as the security situation in Balochistan does not allow for repatriation at the moment. Registered Afghans living in the Northwest Frontier Provin [...] |
2009-04-02 05:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM CA PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD690 |
CONSTRAINTS ON NONPROLIFERATION COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Pakistan has sought to strengthen its nonproliferation image after the unmasking of the A.Q. Khan network revealed significant gaps in its ability to control and protect its nuclear assets. With substantial U.S. and international assistance, Pakistan has begun [...] |
2009-04-02 11:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD691 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-02 11:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD707 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 03, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-03 11:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD711 |
IFTIKHAR CHAUDHRY RETURNS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-03 13:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD713 |
PRESSING KARZAI FOR ACCESS TO BUGTI ON SOLECKI CASE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-03 14:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CA UN PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD715 |
IFTIKHAR CHAUDHRY RETURNS [...] (C) Summary. A little more than two years after former President Musharraf initially fired him, Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry was restored to the bench March 22 by a reluctant President Zardari. The saga of Chaudhry's fall and rise paradoxically demonstrated both the new-foun [...] |
2009-04-04 05:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD718 |
FINANCE ADVISOR OUTLINES STRATEGY FOR DEPSEC LEW [...] (C) During an April 1 dinner for Deputy Secretary Lew, Finance Advisor Tareen outlined Pakistan's nine-point agenda for economic development. He recommend the USG focus on poverty alleviation, education and energy as sectors best organized to absorb assistance. Benazir Income Support Progr [...] |
2009-04-06 06:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EAID ECON PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD72 |
BOUCHER ENGAGES FARUQUI ON FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN AND [...] (C) Summary. On January 5, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Salman Faruqui, Secretary General to the President of Pakistan, to outline a timeline leading to the Friends of Democratic Pakistan meetings and a donor conference. Faruqui and his adv [...] |
2009-01-13 11:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD720 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-06 10:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD723 |
SWAT FLOGGING VIDEO GENERATES OUTRAGE [...] (C) Summary. Civil society groups launched demonstrations across Pakistan April 4-5 to protest the video-taped flogging by the Taliban of a 17 year-old girl in Swat. Secular politicians condemned the incident, and newly restored Supreme Court Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry called upon the govern [...] |
2009-04-06 14:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD724 |
BLUF RELEASES AMCIT JOHN SOLECKI [...] (C) Summary: On April 4, the Balochistan Liberation United Front (BLUF) released Amcit United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) provincial head John Solecki outside of Quetta. Solecki, who had been kidnapped on February 2, was transported by US military aircraft to Bagram Air Forc [...] |
2009-04-06 14:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CA PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD738 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 07, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-07 11:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD746 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 08, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-08 10:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD756 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 09, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-09 10:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD766 |
ISLAMABAD EAC MEETING 04/10/09 [...] (SBU) The DCM chaired an EAC meeting on 04/10/09 to review the Mission's security posture in the wake of intelligence information (ref C) on an imminent terrorist attack in Islamabad. All sections/agencies were represented. 2. (S/NF) As was reported in Ref A, the MOI coordinated a series o [...] |
2009-04-10 11:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER AMGT CACS PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD767 |
SMALL STEPS TO RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary: As a conciliatory gesture to the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani presented April 10 a parliamentary resolution to endorse the 2006 Charter of Democracy (CoD) and to create a committee to review the repeal of enhanced presidential power [...] |
2009-04-10 14:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD77 |
SANCTIONS NOTIFICATION AGAINST AQ KHAN DELIVERED [...] (C) Summary: On January 12, the Ambassador met with Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir to deliver reftel demarche about the imposition of sanctions on Abdul Qadeer Khan, Muhammad Farooq, and Muhammad Nasim ud Din under the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act (NPPA), the Export Import Act (EXIM), [...] |
2009-01-13 13:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PINS PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD776 |
BAITULLAH MEHSUD DECLARES WAR [...] (C) Summary: On April 5, Baitullah Mehsud announced that in retaliation for drone strikes in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and a now five million dollar U.S. bounty on his head, his Taliban would be carrying out two attacks each week in Pakistan. This announcement came after [...] |
2009-04-13 01:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD779 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-13 09:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD78 |
URGENT NEED TO IMPROVE IDP SERVICES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (U) Summary. President Asif Zardari and Chief of Army Staff General Kayani raised with Ambassador the urgent need to provide the internally displaced people (IDPs) in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federally Administered [...] |
2009-01-13 15:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER |
| 09ISLAMABAD781 |
BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES, 09 APRIL 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-13 12:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD782 |
GOP REVIVES THE IDEA OF REMITTANCE SECURITIZATION [...] (C) Summary: Finance Advisor Shaukat Tarin told the diplomatic community that he plans to raise over $1 billion through the securitization of workers' remittances through UAE and Saudi banks. He will mention this plan at the Donors' meeting, emphasizing that these are commercial transactions [...] |
2009-04-13 13:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD785 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-14 09:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD786 |
KARACHI MAYOR WARNS OF TALIBANIZATION, ASKS FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-14 10:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD787 |
GOP SEEKS TIFA DELIVERABLES [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP hopes to bring progress on IPR issues and on the long-standing Siemens-Westinghouse investment dispute to the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks on April 27. They are willing to discuss regional trade issues on the sidelines, but do not wish them to be [...] |
2009-04-14 10:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD788 |
ZARDARI SIGNS SHARI'A REGULATIONS FOR SWAT [...] (C) Summary: On April 13, President Zardari signed the proposed Nizam-e-Adl regulations into law, officially extending Shari'a law in Swat and surrounding areas. The approval came after months of pressure from coalition partner Awami National Party (ANP) and also the Pakistani military. The A [...] |
2009-04-14 14:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD79 |
PAKISTAN TO SHIFT MUMBAI INVESTIGATION TO LAW [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Foreign Secretary Bashir on January 12 and President Zardari on January 13 to discuss the ongoing investigation of the Mumbai attacks. Both Zardari and Bashir described the planned law enforcement strategy the GOP had set in motion. The various intelligence [...] |
2009-01-13 15:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD797 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-15 09:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD8 |
ISLAMABAD ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY [...] Overall Crime and Safety Situation: (U) Due to on-going concerns about the possibility of terrorist activity directed against American citizens and interests, the Department of State continues to advise U.S. citizens to defer non-essential travel to Pakistan. Family members of official Ameri [...] |
2009-01-02 11:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ASEC |
| 09ISLAMABAD80 |
MUSHARRAF BEGINS U.S. SPEAKING TOUR [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 10, former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf departed Islamabad for the United States to visit his brother and to participate in a two-week lecture tour with scheduled stops at the University of Pittsburgh, Stanford University, and the World Affairs Council of West [...] |
2009-01-13 16:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD803 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-16 10:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD807 |
GILANI TO KERRY: NO CONDITIONALITIES, NO DRONES [...] (C) Summary: Codel Kerry met April 13 with PM Gilani. Gilani complained about the conditions recently placed on the House version of the Senator's bill; Kerry said his Senate version would be "very different," and rejected conditions as demeaning. However, he was adamant that metrics would be [...] |
2009-04-16 11:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD813 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-17 09:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD816 |
RED MOSQUE MULLAH FREED ON BAIL [...] (C) Summary: On April 17, the Supreme Court released Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) leader Maulana Abdul Aziz on bail. He faces 27 charges of murder, abduction, and forceful occupation of government property. The military operation to retake the Red Mosque from militants in July 2007 left over 100 [...] |
2009-04-18 14:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD819 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: April 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-20 10:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD820 |
ISLAMABAD EAC MEETING 04/20/09 [...] (C) The DCM chaired an EAC meeting on 20 April 2009 to review the Mission's security posture in the wake of a DOD notification to Post regarding the possible publication of detainee photographs depicting alleged incidents of torture. These photographs reportedly were taken at DOD detention fac [...] |
2009-04-20 12:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER AMGT CACS PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD829 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: April 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-21 10:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD832 |
SPENDING STRATEGICALLY IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary. This cable conveys a shorter version of the strategy we laid out in the Mission Strategic Plan and how we will implement the President's strategic review. We welcome the additional resources but we are very mindful of the constraints: our own, the GoP's and the international don [...] |
2009-04-21 11:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR EAID PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD84 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-14 09:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD844 |
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MAY 6-7 TRILATERAL [...] (SBU) Based on Washington's draft agenda, Post recommends the following format and Pakistani participants for the U.S.-Afghanistan-Pakistan tri-lateral meetings scheduled for May 6-7 in Washington. We will follow up, as requested, with suggestions on deliverables. Foreign Policy Session - [...] |
2009-04-22 09:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER ETRD EAID MOPS PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD847 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-22 13:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD856 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: April 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-23 09:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD858 |
MISSION CONVEYS CONCERN OVER ARRESTED AHMADI TEENS [...] (C) Summary: Both Embassy and Consulate Lahore have interceded with Pakistani officials and community representatives on behalf of four Ahmadi teenagers arrested on charges of blasphemy for writing the name of the Prophet Mohammed on a latrine wall of a Sunni mosque. Minority Affairs Minister [...] |
2009-04-24 07:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD867 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: April 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-24 12:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD87 |
BOUCHER URGES FBI ACCESS FOR MUMBAI-RELATED DETAINEES [...] (C) Summary. In a January 5 meeting with Assistant Secretary Boucher, Prime Minister Gilani reaffirmed support for cooperation in the Mumbai investigation; Boucher pressed for FBI access to detained suspects in Pakistan. Boucher encouraged expanded information sharing, including through tr [...] |
2009-01-15 08:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD883 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-27 11:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD885 |
BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 22 APRIL 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-27 11:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD887 |
DIR: MILITARY OPERATIONS CONTINUE WHILE ACCESS FOR [...] (C) Summary. On April 26, the Government of Pakistan launched military operations in Lower Dir District, Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) in response to the growing taliban presence in the region and at the request of the NWFP government. The Frontier Corps (FC) claim to have killed approxi [...] |
2009-04-27 13:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER |
| 09ISLAMABAD888 |
PREPARING FOR THE LONG HAUL [...] (C) Summary. As promised, the Pakistani military began anti-militant operations in Lower Dir April 26; the Mission will monitor activities on a regular basis to keep Washington apprised of this positive turn of events. However, based on actions over the past year, we should be prepared for [...] |
2009-04-27 13:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR EAID PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD894 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-28 08:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD899 |
PML-N SEES MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. According to Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) members Ishak Dar and Ahsan Iqbal, Nawaz Sharif was disappointed that President Zardari did not seem to share Prime Minister Gilani's enthusiasm for calling an all-parties conference to work out a united political front on security [...] |
2009-04-28 11:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD90 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-15 11:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD901 |
UPDATE ON CONDITIONS IN MALAKAND DIVISION: DIR, [...] (C) Summary. In operations in Lower Dir District (Malakand Division, Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP)) on April 27, Frontier Corps/Army reportedly killed over 70 militants, including two major taliban commanders, and regained control over the Maidan valley. UN organizations report that the [...] |
2009-04-28 13:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER |
| 09ISLAMABAD902 |
DONORS PLEDGE OVER $5 BILLION IN NEW MONEY AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: International pledges totaled more than $5 billion at the Pakistan Donors' Conference in Tokyo on April 17. The Donors' Conference was intended to support the implementation of Pakistan's International Monetary Fund (IMF) Stand-By Arrangement agreed to in November 2008. Specia [...] |
2009-04-28 13:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID |
| 09ISLAMABAD911 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-29 10:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD912 |
BUNER OPERATIONS CONTINUE WITH REQUEST FOR IDP [...] (C) Summary. Following several Pakistan Air Force airstrikes on April 28, Pakistani Military ground troops moved into Daggar, the main city within Buner District (Malakand Division, Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP)), early on April 29 and secured the city. During the operations, approximat [...] |
2009-04-29 12:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER |
| 09ISLAMABAD913 |
ADB CONCERNED OVER ENERGY SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 21, USAID and ECON officials met with Rune Stroem, Country Director for the Asian Development Bank (ADB), who conveyed the ADB's concerns over the slow pace of energy sector reforms in Pakistan. Stroem identified three problems with the sector: the new Lahore High Cour [...] |
2009-04-29 14:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD917 |
KERRY AND QURESHI PLAN STRATEGY FOR SECURING AID [...] (C) Summary: Codel Kerry met April 13 with Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi. Senator Kerry and Qureshi focused on the importance of articulating a clear GOP strategy for security and economic growth to both U.S. legislators and other donor countries. Foreign Minister Qureshi planned to [...] |
2009-04-30 10:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD918 |
MQM: PRINCIPLES AND CONSPIRACIES [...] (C) Summary: On April 23, Charge met with Karachi-based Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) leaders Dr. Farooq Sattar and Haider Rizvi to discuss their party's stance against the recently signed Nizam-e-Adl Regulation, their ideas for a GOP response, and the potential for violence in the mega-city [...] |
2009-04-30 10:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD921 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-30 10:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD922 |
MUMBAI PROSECUTION UPDATE: PAKISTAN FILES CHARGE SHEET [...] (C) Summary: On April 29, the Pakistani Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) filed an interim charge sheet in connection with the Mumbai terror attacks in a Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Court. The court has granted the FIA an extension to file its formal charge sheet by May 5; and the trial will commenc [...] |
2009-04-30 11:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV AE IN PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD923 |
STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN STRENGTHENS REGULATIONS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In March, the State Bank of Pakistan amended its rules to detect money laundering and terrorism finance, requiring all banks in Pakistan to establish compliance units, conduct due diligence on customers, and identify suspicious customers and transactions. The rules are a respons [...] |
2009-04-30 11:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KTFN PREL PTER PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD926 |
GROPING FOR NATIONAL UNITY [...] (C) Summary. Pitching the need for national unity to tackle the extremist challenge has become the flavor of the day, but Pakistan's politicians still are focused first and foremost on their own survival. PM Gilani increasingly is aligning himself with Nawaz Sharif through negotiations to [...] |
2009-04-30 13:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD93 |
PAKISTAN ANNOUNCES TASK FORCE TO INVESTIGATE [...] (C) Summary: On January 15, Interior Minister Rehman Malik announced a Federal Investigation Agency-led (FIA) task force to investigate the Mumbai attacks of November 2008. Malik emphasized Pakistan's commitment to investigating and prosecuting all the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks. He [...] |
2009-01-15 15:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD930 |
ACTION ON PAK-AFGHAN TRANSIT TRADE NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pakistani Cabinet approved the opening of formal negotiations on a new Afghanistan Transit Trade Agreement (ATT) April 8, a significant step toward replacing the outdated 1965 agreement currently in place. While this is a welcome step forward, challenges ranging from vested [...] |
2009-05-01 08:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EINV ETRD PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD934 |
SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NEWS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-01 09:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD935 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 01, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-01 09:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD936 |
FOCUSING ON RENEWED IDP ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. The number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) remains in flux as military operations continue in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP); post will report specific updates septel. Charge and PO Peshawar have been pressing PM Gilani, the presidency and NWFP Chief Minister Hoti [...] |
2009-05-01 11:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PREF PHUM PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD938 |
POST MEETING ON H1N1 READINESS [...] (SBU) Summary. Post held a meeting of the H5N1 Avian Influenza Committee to assess Embassy readiness should the H1N1 Swine-Origin Influenza Virus(S-OIV) spread to Pakistan. The committee reviewed supplies and tripwires as well as discussed various scenarios and plans for locally engaged staff [...] |
2009-05-01 12:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO EAGR AMGT CASC PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD939 |
MALAKAND DIVISION: BUNER OPERATIONS IN FOURTH DAY [...] (S/NF) Summary. On May 1, Pakistan military operations in Buner District (Malakand Division, Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP)) entered their fourth day. Security forces cut a major militant supply line to the Ambela pass and established a Frontier Corps (FC) headquarters in Daggar on April [...] |
2009-05-01 12:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER |
| 09ISLAMABAD940 |
UPDATE ON PAKISTANI IDPS [...] (SBU) Summary: As military operations continue in Dir and Buner in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP), access to these areas remains the greatest impediment to the UN and others conducting registration, assessing needs, and delivering aid. Higher internally displaced persons (IDP) estim [...] |
2009-05-01 13:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM PTER PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD941 |
GOP BRIEFS A NEW STRATCOM PLAN [...] (C) Summary. In an April 31 meeting with A/DCM and PAO, new Minister of Information and Broadcasting Kaira described the GOP,s planned national public affairs campaign to build public support for the fight against extremism. The plan includes hiring local public relations firms to create ads [...] |
2009-05-01 13:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD942 |
GOP AGRICULTURE MINISTER SUPPORTS FORMATION OF TRILATERAL [...] (SBU) AgCouns contacted the Minister of Food and Agriculture Nazar Muhammad Gondal to discuss the agriculture breakout session of the upcoming U.S.-Afghanistan-Pakistan Trilateral Summit in Washington. Minister Gondal confirmed Pakistan's support for the proposed deliverables and agreed to pro [...] |
2009-05-02 09:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD EAID PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD943 |
MEET THE GOVERNOR-IN-WAITING: ANWAR SAIFULLAH [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Senator Anwar Saifullah has accepted President Zardari's request that he serve as the new Governor of the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP). Saifullah is ready to take up his duties immediately, but completion of his appointment has been delayed by [...] |
2009-05-02 11:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD945 |
PAKISTAN UNLIKELY TO MEET ALL IMF TARGETS BUT IMF RESREP [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan is unlikely to meet all its IMF targets, but Islamabad Resident Representative Paul Ross seemed unconcerned. Ross and noted Pakistani economist Dr. Ashfaque Hassan Khan told Econoffs that Pakistan is unlikely to meet its tax collection and fiscal deficit targets. Ros [...] |
2009-05-03 10:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAID PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD946 |
RECONCILIATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) publicly agreed to continue in a coalition with the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) government in Punjab, but PML-N again politely declined PM Gilani's offer to rejoin the PPP-led government in Islamabad. Awami National Party leader Wali Khan [...] |
2009-05-03 10:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD947 |
ANP'S WALI KHAN PRAISES MILITARY SUCCESSES [...] (C) Summary. Awami National Party President Asfundyar Wali Khan told Charge May 3 that he was pleased (for the first time) with vigorous Army/Frontier Corps action against militants in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP). GOP forces were moving into Shangla, completing the encirclement [...] |
2009-05-03 11:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD950 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 04, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-04 10:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD958 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 05, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-05 09:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD964 |
PAKISTAN: DATA PROTECTION LEGISLATION SLOWLY MOVING [...] (SBU) EconOffs delivered reftel demarche informing the GOP that Pakistan will remain on the Priority Watch List to Imran Ali Director (U.S.), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Syed Bukhari, Director General, Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan on April 29. 2. (SBU) Ali and Bukhari [...] |
2009-05-05 13:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD967 |
UPDATE ON IDP SITUATION IN PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN and partner agencies have now set up three IDP camps, two in Mardan and another in Swabi to accommodate a total of 1150 refugee families. All camps are being developed by UNHCR site planners, and WHO and UNICEF are developing water/sanitation and health facilities. As o [...] |
2009-05-06 01:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF PK AF EAID PREL PINR PTER ECON |
| 09ISLAMABAD971 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-06 09:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD976 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 07, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-07 12:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD98 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-16 11:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD980 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 08, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-08 09:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD990 |
SWAT -- NO QUICK FIXES [...] (S/NF) Prime Minister Gilani's May 7 speech announcing the government's intent to "eliminate militants" appears to be the launching point of full scale military operations in Swat. Although Pakistani civilian and military leaders are sounding the right notes about tackling militancy, we should [...] |
2009-05-08 11:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD991 |
GILANI DECLARES WAR IN SWAT [...] (C) Summary: On May 7 in a landmark television and radio address to the nation, Prime Minister Gilani made an impassioned plea to Pakistanis to support decisive military action against the Taliban in Swat and surrounding areas. All political parties except Imran Khan's and the Jamaat-e-Islami [...] |
2009-05-08 13:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PREF PHUM PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD993 |
UN BRIEFS ON IMPENDING PAKISTAN IDP CRISIS: URGENT NEEDS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras. 9 and 10. 2. (SBU) Summary: Pakistan faces an imminent humanitarian crisis. UN agencies now anticipate a total Pakistan IDP population of 1.3 million. This number includes an anticipated outflow of 800,000 from Dir, Buner and Swat Districts. Reli [...] |
2009-05-09 02:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF PK AF EAID PREL PINR PTER ECON |
| 09ISLAMABAD994 |
TREATMENT OF SIKHS BECOMES A BILATERAL ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan's religious minorities face discrimination even in the best of times; the spread of taliban influence and control in the Northwest Frontier Province and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) has made matters worse. Taliban forces have exploited and exacerbated [...] |
2009-05-09 08:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD996 |
SITUATION IN SWAT AS OF MAY 9 [...] (SBU) Summary. Operations in Swat District continued on May 9 with reports of over 140 militants killed during the day. Press reports indicate that the Pakistan Air Force started aerial assaults in the Swat city of Mingora on the morning of May 9. By the evening, the UN High Commission for R [...] |
2009-05-09 12:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER |
| 09ISLAMABAD997 |
CHINA'S GROWING CONCERN OVER U.S. REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary. In a rare public statement about the U.S., Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Lou Zhaohui told reporters on May 7 that China is concerned about increasing U.S. influence in the Af-Pak region. He noted that China is cooperating with both Pakistan and the U.S. on counterterrorism and [...] |
2009-05-10 10:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ETRD PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD10 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 04, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-05 03:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD102 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 15, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-15 12:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD11 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 05, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-05 10:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD115 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 16-19, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-19 10:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD137 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: January 20, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-20 10:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD14 |
CPPA WOULD BRING TRANSPARENCY AND FISCAL AUTONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: According to WAPDA Chairman Durrani, PEPCO, the power sector holding company, is morphing into a new WAPDA, taking financial, technical, and human resources control away from Pakistan's public sector distribution and generation companies. PEPCO's metamorphosis is based on the p [...] |
2010-01-05 14:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD143 |
H1N1 IN PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan has 148 officially confirmed cases of H1N1, but the country's extremely limited disease surveillance capacity leads top Pakistani public health officials to believe that infection is dramatically under-reported. Pakistan's National Institute of Health (PNIH) and the U. [...] |
2010-01-21 07:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI TBIO ECON PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD144 |
SUBJECT: PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 21, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-21 11:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD148 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: January 22, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-22 09:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD152 |
SRAP HOLBROOKE'S JANUARY 13 MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Foreign Minister Qureshi opened the January 13 meeting with SRAP Holbrooke by stressing the need to pay more attention to the bilateral relationship. He stated that the situation in Afghanistan needed to improve and that Pakistan could assist in these efforts by actively participating in [...] |
2010-01-23 08:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD175 |
FATA CLEARING OPERATIONS CONTINUE, DISPLACED [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Pakistani military is continuing its counterinsurgency efforts along the main corridors of South Waziristan and the northern and central FATA with low level search and clear operations. Frontier Corps operations in Bajaur remain on hold, awaiting additional forces. Meanwhil [...] |
2010-01-25 09:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER MARR MASS PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD176 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 23-25, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-25 12:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD178 |
BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, JANUARY 6, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-26 05:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD182 |
PAKISTAN'S PETROLEUM MINISTER ON IMPORTED LNG [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP has nearly completed a deal to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies and build re-gasification facilities in Port Qasim, according to Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Naveed Qamar. Pakistan's Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) is expected to approve [...] |
2010-01-26 06:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ENRG PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD184 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 26, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-26 10:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD189 |
BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, JANUARY 20, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-26 12:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD190 |
PAKISTANI, AFGHAN, AND IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani Foreign Minister Qureshi hosted his Afghan and Iranian counterparts for a meeting in Islamabad on January 16. This was the third high-level gathering of the three countries in the past year -- which included a trilateral heads-of-state summit in May 2009 in Tehran. Th [...] |
2010-01-26 14:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ECON SNAR PK AF IR |
| 10ISLAMABAD191 |
PAKISTANIS CRITICIZE ENHANCED PASSENGER SCREENING, OFFICIALS THREATEN TO CANCEL U.S. TRAVEL IF SUBJECT TO IT [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-26 14:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD20 |
LABOR MINISTRY ACTIONS TO COMBAT BONDED LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Federal Ministry of Labor, in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation and other stakeholders, hosted two conferences on bonded labor. Government officials, employers, donors and civil society came together at a December 15-16 conference in Lahore to discuss [...] |
2010-01-06 10:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER ELAB KTIP PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD206 |
TARIN'S CONTINUING BUDGET WOES [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting to clarify the status of U.S. assistance to Pakistan, Minister of Finance Shaukat Tarin told the Ambassador January 20 that he needs a total of $2.174 billion from the U.S. ($1.3 billion in Coalition Support Funds and a total of $874 million in civilian assistance) in [...] |
2010-01-27 07:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD208 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 27, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-27 11:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD21 |
LABOR MINISTRY ACTIONS TO COMBAT BONDED LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Federal Ministry of Labor, in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation and other stakeholders, hosted two conferences on bonded labor. Government officials, employers, donors and civil society came together at a December 15-16 conference in Lahore to discuss [...] |
2010-01-06 10:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER ELAB KTIP PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD222 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 28, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-28 11:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD223 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 29, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-29 10:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD227 |
PAKISTANI REACTION TO COPENHAGEN CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistani reaction to December's Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change ranges from disappointment with the outcome to outright disapproval of the steps taken to formulate the Copenhagen Accord. Climate change think tanks and a government research organization seem to have reta [...] |
2010-02-01 06:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI TBIO ECON PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD23 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 06, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-06 11:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD232 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 01, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-01 12:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD252 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 02, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-02 10:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD265 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 03, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-03 10:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD268 |
PRO-WOMEN AMENDMENT TO PAKISTAN CRIMINAL LAW [...] (U) Summary: On January 29, President Asif Ali Zardari signed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2009 into effect. The legislation amends the Pakistan Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure to include provisions for making workplace harassment against women punishable. This legislation is [...] |
2010-02-03 14:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER ELAB KTIP PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD269 |
PAKISTAN RESPONSE: MOBILIZING PRESSURE TO PERSUADE IRAN'S ENGAGEMENT ON ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-03 14:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PGOV PK PREL PTER |
| 10ISLAMABAD282 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 04, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-04 10:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD289 |
PAKISTAN RESPONSE TO CITES COP-15 DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On 4 February EconOff delivered reftel demarche to Secretary of Environment Kamran Lashari and Umeed Khalid, Ministry of Environment Wildlife Conservator. Khalid anticipated that Pakistan would be able to "generally" support USG submissions at CITES COP-15, but acknowledged that the GOP [...] |
2010-02-05 05:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI TBIO ECON PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD290 |
MOE ON COPENHAGEN ACCORD, LEADERSHIP CHANGES [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel demarche to Secretary of Environment Kamran Lashari on 4 February, emphasizing the importance of the Copenhagen Accord as a vital first step toward addressing the issue of climate change. The Secretary revealed that responsibility for Pakistan's position on the A [...] |
2010-02-05 05:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI TBIO ECON PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD294 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 05, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-05 14:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD298 |
COMBATING BONDED LABOR ABUSES IN AGRICULTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: In Pakistan debt labor in agriculture stems from culturally accepted money lending traditions and a socio-economic disparity that contributes to maintaining the poverty gripping the country's rural areas, especially in the Sindh province. There is a spectrum of abuse that arise [...] |
2010-02-05 15:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI ELAB PREL PGOV PTER |
| 10ISLAMABAD301 |
CODEL LYNCH'S MEETING WITH PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: On January 29, a congressional delegation led by Representative Stephen Lynch met with Imran Khan, a former professional cricket player who heads the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ("Law and Justice") party, at Khan's residence in the hills overlooking Rawal Lake on the outskirts of Isl [...] |
2010-02-06 11:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK AF |
| 10ISLAMABAD306 |
OPIC TO BRING MUCH NEEDED CREDIT TO PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-07 10:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD307 |
PROGRESS ON INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS FOR SOUTH [...] (C) In a January 28 meeting with U.S. Economic and Development Assistance Coordinator Raphel, Army Director General of Staff Duties Lt. General Zubair and Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) Secretariat Director General of Projects Fakre Alam reported on the progress toward implementatio [...] |
2010-02-08 06:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MOPS PGOV PK PREL |
| 10ISLAMABAD308 |
CODEL LYNCH'S JANUARY 29 MEETING WITH SBP GOVERNOR RAZA, [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-08 06:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL |
| 10ISLAMABAD309 |
INTER-AGENCY HUMAN TRAFFICKING - BONDED LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Interior hosted an inter-agency conference on human trafficking and bonded labor on February 3. Officials from all four provinces attended. Participants included the provincial Inspector Generals of Police, the Ministry of Labor, provincial Departments of Labou [...] |
2010-02-08 07:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER ELAB KTIP PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD310 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 08, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-08 11:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD313 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 09, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-09 11:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD316 |
PAKISTAN APPEARS LIKELY TO ACCEPT INDIA'S OFFER OF [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director General for South Asia Afrasiab Mehdi Hashim told Deputy PolCouns on February 9 that Pakistan has not yet accepted India's offer of a bilateral foreign secretary-level meeting, but expected it would do so. Though the Indians have said they are open to discussion of a [...] |
2010-02-10 13:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD318 |
PAKISTAN -- SIX MONTH MACROECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary: Pakistan's economy is poised to stage a modest recovery, turning in a GDP growth rate of nearly 3 percent in Pakistan's 2010 fiscal year (FY10). There was a sharp drop in consumer price inflation in the first half of the fiscal year, but in coming months, as global commodity pric [...] |
2010-02-11 02:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD319 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 10, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-11 02:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD326 |
SCENE SETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY [...] Summary: (C) Deputy Secretary Wolin's visit to Pakistan comes at a time when Pakistan's long term stability depends more and more upon the government's willingness to confront difficult economic policy choices it has long sought to avoid. Pakistan must begin to address a breadth of economic [...] |
2010-02-11 09:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PTER CH PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD330 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 11, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-11 11:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD332 |
U.S.-PAKISTAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: A POTENTIAL GAME CHANGER [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: President Zardari, Prime Minister Gilani and Finance Minister Tarin, like many Pakistanis before them, have pleaded with the USG for "trade, not aid." A Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Pakistan holds substantial opportunity for the Pakistani economy, with small, [...] |
2010-02-11 14:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PK PREL |
| 10ISLAMABAD339 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 12, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-12 10:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD34 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 08, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-08 10:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD345 |
WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION OF DR. AAFIA SIDDIQUI,S [...] (U) Summary: The guilty verdict against Dr. Aafia Siddiqui in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of NY sparked protests and public condemnation across Pakistan on February 4 and 5. The reaction to the Siddiqui verdict was front-page news in all the major newspapers. A number of press art [...] |
2010-02-12 13:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD362 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 16, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-16 10:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD371 |
POTUS LETTER ON THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-17 05:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP PREL PGOV PTER PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD380 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 17, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-17 09:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD382 |
MFA PROVIDES DETAILS ON UPCOMING FOREIGN [...] (C/REL UK) Summary: MFA Director General for South Asia Afrasiab Mehdi Hashim told Deputy PolCouns that Pakistan and India will be free to raise all issues at the foreign secretaries' meeting scheduled for February 25 in New Delhi. He claimed that the Pakistanis will focus on trying to persua [...] |
2010-02-17 11:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD383 |
GOP BACKS DOWN FROM PRESIDENT'S JUDICIAL [...] (C) On February 17, after much protest, the Government of Pakistan (GOP) backed down from President Asif Zardari's decision to appoint Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif to Pakistan's Supreme Court (SC), elevating him from the Lahore High Court (LHC), and Justice Saqib Nisar as acting Chief Justi [...] |
2010-02-17 17:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD387 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 18, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-18 10:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD39 |
ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH MONTHLY - DEC [...] (U) Summary: Environment, Science, Technology and Health Monthly Update for December 2009, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Islamabad, Pakistan. Topics covered: -- Low HPV Prevalence among Karachi Women -- AIDS Therapy Centers in Pakistan -- Pakistan to Formally Enter Antar [...] |
2010-01-11 04:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD398 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 19, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-19 10:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD399 |
CODEL KERRY’S MEETING WITH PM GILANI [...] (C) Summary: On February 16 Senator John Kerry met with Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani and spoke about the state of Indo-Pakistani relations. Gilani said that Pakistan was willing to resume talks with India but indicated that in order to gain Pakistan's trust India would need to decrease its footprin [...] |
2010-02-19 10:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD406 |
LAUNCH OF 2010 PAKISTAN HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 9, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator, joined by federal and provincial Pakistan government representatives, the head of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and a local NGO representative, launched the Pakistan Humanitarian Response Plan [...] |
2010-02-20 06:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID IO PGOV PREF PREL ECON PINR PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD409 |
ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH MONTHLY - JAN [...] (U) Summary: Environment, Science, Technology and Health Monthly Update for January 2010, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Islamabad, Pakistan. Topics covered: -- Nationwide Drought Deepens -- Islamabad to Harvest Rain Water -- Promoting Business, Community and Ecology with Pine Nuts -- Worr [...] |
2010-02-22 04:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD41 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 11, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-11 11:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD410 |
BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, FEBRUARY 3, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-22 04:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD414 |
SUBJECT: PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 22, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-22 11:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD416 |
SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER’S FEBRUARY 24 [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Islamabad warmly welcomes your February 24 visit to Pakistan. You will participate in a trilateral cooperation meeting with Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik and Afghan Interior Minister Hanif Atmar, followed by bilateral meetings with senior Pakistani officials, includi [...] |
2010-02-22 14:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD426 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 23, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-23 07:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD428 |
SENATOR KERRY MEETS WITH PAKISTANI PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: In a February 16 meeting with President Zardari, Senator Kerry said that India was ""very open"" to constructive talks with Pakistan, and urged Pakistan to reach an agreement with India on counter terrorism. Zardari said with U.S. support, talks could move forward. He said he doubted [...] |
2010-02-23 11:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD IN PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD431 |
SRAP HOLBROOKE'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZARDARI [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a February 18 meeting, Ambassador Holbrooke thanked President Zardari for GOP cooperation in fighting Taliban militants, especially the recent capture of Afghan Taliban military leader Mullah Beradar. Zardari agreed that the United States and Pakistan had weakened the Tali [...] |
2010-02-23 12:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER ECON EAID PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD432 |
PROGRESS CONTINUES ON SOUTH WAZIRISTAN PROJECTS [...] (C) On February 20, U.S. Economic and Development Assistance Coordinator Robin Raphel (AssistCoord) met with Army Director General of Staff Duties Major General Zubair and Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Habibullah Khan and their team to discuss South [...] |
2010-02-23 14:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID MOPS PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD437 |
BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, FEBRUARY 17, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-24 07:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD441 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 24, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-24 09:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD444 |
TARIN OUT, SHAHAB-UD-DIN -- AND NASIM BEG? -- IN [...] (C) Summary: On February 23, Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani accepted the resignation of Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin, and his successor remains unknown. According to conversations on February 24 with Treasury Attache and Embassy EconOff, it is not entirely certain which of the two leading candidate [...] |
2010-02-25 02:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID EFIN PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD446 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 25, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-25 10:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD452 |
PAKISTAN'S RESPONSE: PREPARING FOR SYRIA AT MARCH [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche on preparing for Syria at the March International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors meeting to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director for Disarmament Mohammad Kamran Akhtar and Deputy Director Abbas Qureshi, on February 25. 2. (C) Akhtar [...] |
2010-02-26 07:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL SY IAEA |
| 10ISLAMABAD453 |
FRIENDS OF DEMOCRATIC PAKISTAN TO TACKLE ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: In the first meeting of the Steering Committee on February 10, co-chairs Water and Power Secretary Shahid Rafi and Asian Development Bank Country Director Rune Stroem outlined the goals, membership and work plan for the Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FoDP) Energy Sector Task F [...] |
2010-02-26 07:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ENRG PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD459 |
PML-N WINS IN HOTLY CONTESTED NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) won the February 24 by-election for the National Assembly seat in Rawalpindi (NA-55) vacated by Haji Pervez Khan. The PML-N soundly defeated long-time politician Sheikh Rashid Ahmed who was elected from that constituency six times before a [...] |
2010-02-26 09:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD461 |
GOP DENIES AGREEMENT TO TRANSFER BERADAR TO [...] (C) Summary: On February 26, the Lahore High Court reportedly barred the Government of Pakistan (GOP) from extraditing Mullah Beradar and four other Afghan Taliban leaders, pending a hearing on March 15 to which both the federal government and concerned provincial governments have been summoned. Th [...] |
2010-02-26 16:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK AF |
| 10ISLAMABAD54 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 12, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-12 12:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD7 |
COMPETITION COMISSION LIVES ON-AT LEAST FOR NOW [...] (SBU) Summary: Since its inception in 2007 by Presidential decree, the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has fought collusive behavior, promoted a competitive environment in Pakistan and made a number of enemies in the process. A law to provide a permanent legal framework for the CCP is [...] |
2010-01-04 12:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID PGOV PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD94 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 14, 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-14 12:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 85ISLAMABAD8251 |
PAKISTAN SEES SIGNS OF UPTURN IN IRAN-SOVIET TIES [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: FOREIGN SECRETARY NAIK SUMMARIZED HIS AMBASSADOR'S APPRAISAL OF UPTURN IN IRAN-SOVIET TIES. THE AMBASSADOR ASSERTS IRANIAN RATIONALE IS BASICALLY PRAGMATIC AND ASSERTS TREND WILL CONTINUE. END SUMMARY. 3. RESPONDING TO MY EARLIER REQUEST FOR GO [...] |
1985-04-23 09:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR PK SU |
| 86ISLAMABAD15762 |
IRAN/IRAQ WAR; SITUATION IN TEHRAN [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. IN FURTHER DISCUSSION JULY 22, ADDITIONAL SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS SHAHARYAR KHAN WAS WILLING TO EXPAND ON HIS INITIAL BRIEFING AND TO PROVIDE ANSWERS TO A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS RAISED IN REF A. SHAHARYAR MADE CLEAR THAT HIS COMMENTS WERE BASED ALM [...] |
1986-07-22 11:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | IR IZ PK |
| 86ISLAMABAD1587 |
KHAMENEI'S VISIT: RESURGENCE OF SHIA EXTREMISM? [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: THE SUCCESSFUL (FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE) VISIT OF KHAMENEI TO PAKISTAN HAS BOOSTED THE MORALE OF THE RADICAL SHIA GROUPS HERE. APPARENTLY FLUSH WITH NEW FUNDS, THE SHIAS HAVE BEGUN MAKING COMMON CAUSE WITH THE ANTI-GOP, ANTI-US OPPOSITION, PARTICULARLY [...] |
1986-01-23 09:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PK |
| 89ISLAMABAD27305 |
PAKISTAN: 1989 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] REFTEL REQUESTS INPUT FOR DEPARTMENT'S PREPARATION OF THE ANNUAL REPORT. THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ARE KEYED TO REFTEL'S QUESTIONS. 2. SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM: THE GOP IS POLITICALLY OPPOSED TO TERRORISM. IT DOES NOT/NOT SUPPORT, SPONSOR OR TOLERATE TERRORIST GROUPS, TACTICS, OR METHODS. [...] |
1989-12-17 09:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PK |
| 90ISLAMABAD22570 |
PAKISTAN: 1990 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] REFTEL REQUESTED INPUT FOR DEPARTMENT'S PREPARATION OF THE ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ARE KEYED TO QUESTIONS IN PARA FIVE OF REFTEL. 2. HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS: THERE HAVE BEEN NO SIGNIFICANT COURT PROSECUTIONS OF TERRORIST CASES THIS YEAR. TEN OF THE ELEVEN [...] |
1990-11-16 05:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PK |
| 91ISLAMABAD8792 |
SHARIA--WHERE DID IT GO? [...] LOU- ENTIRE TEXT 2. ONE MONTH AGO, THE LEADING TOPIC OF POLITICAL DISCUSSION IN MUCH OF PAKISTAN WAS THE PRIME MINISTER'S SHARIA BILL, OSTENSIBLY MEANT TO "ISLAMIZE" PAKISTANI LAWS, GOVERNMENT, AND SOCIETY. DEBATE RAGED IN THE PRESS BETWEEN CRITICS FROM THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT, WHO ARGUED THA [...] |
1991-06-17 06:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PK |
| 92ISLAMABAD8548 |
ONE YEAR AFTER THE SHARIA ACT, [...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: PRIME MINISTER NAWAZ SHARIF'S SHARIA (ISLAMIZATION) ACT, PASSED BY THE PAKISTANI NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ONE YEAR AGO, WAS SYMPTOMATIC OF THE GROWING INFLUENCE OF ISLAMIC IDEOLOGY ON PAKISTANI POLITICS. THE POORLY DRAFTED AND VAGUELY WORDED DOCUMENT P [...] |
1992-06-08 12:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PHUM KPRP PK |
| 94ISLAMABAD10894 |
PAKISTAN: 1994 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] REFTEL REQUESTED INFORMATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S PREPARATION OF THE ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. THE FOLLOWING RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO THE QUESTIONS IN PARA 3 OF REFTEL. 2. A. HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS OF TERRORISTS. THE GOP IN 1994 ARRESTED SEVERAL DEFENDA [...] |
1994-11-17 09:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PK |
| 95ISLAMABAD10938 |
PAKISTAN: 1995 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] REFTEL REQUESTED INFORMATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S PREPARATION OF THE ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. THE FOLLOWING RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO THE QUESTIONS IN PARA 3 OF REFTEL. 2. A. HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS OF TERRORISTS. IN NOVEMBER 1995, A KARACHI COURT CONVICT [...] |
1995-11-28 13:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PK |
| 96ISLAMABAD5972 |
PAKISTAN, ISLAMIC TERROR AND HUA [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY THOMAS W. SIMONS, JR., AMBASSADOR. REASON: 1.5 (B), (C) AND (D). 2. (S) DURING THE COURSE OF FRANK WISNER'S AND MY LUNCHEON WITH THE PRIME MINISTER ON JULY 12, SHE NOTED THAT SHE WAS PICKING UP DISTURBING INTELLIGENCE OF THE EXISTENCE OF RELIGIOUS MADRASSAS AND OTHER INSTITU [...] |
1996-07-14 12:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PTER PINR PK IZ LY SA IR |
| 96ISLAMABAD8053 |
AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN REPORTEDLY CONSIDERING [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR TOM PRICE. REASON: 1.5 (D). SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) MULLAH ABDUL JALIL, THE TALIBAN'S DEPUTY FOREIGN AFFAIR'S ADVISER, TOLD POLOFF AND AARMA THAT VARIOUS OPTIONS ARE BEING REVIEWED FOR THE TALIBAN'S ATTACK ON SOROBI. ACCORDING TO JALIL, RELATIONS [...] |
1996-09-19 12:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PREL AF IR |
| 96ISLAMABAD8055 |
AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN ASSERTS “ARABS†HAVE FLED [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR TOM PRICE. REASON: 1.5 (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE TALIBAN'S DEPUTY FOREIGN AFFAIR'S ADVISER TOLD POLOFF AND AARMA ON SEPTEMBER 18 THAT THE TALIBAN HAD SEIZED HEKMATYAR/SAYYAF TRAINING CAMPS IN PAKTIA PROVINCE. HE NOTED THAT THE "ARAB" OCCUPANTS OF THE CAMPS HA [...] |
1996-09-19 12:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV MOPS KISL PREL PK AF |
| 96ISLAMABAD8679 |
AFGHANISTAN: BIN LADEN REPORTEDLY IN JALALABAD [...] No summary [...] |
1996-10-14 06:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF KISL MOPS PGOV PTER |
| 97ISLAMABAD2488 |
AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN OFFICIAL CONFIRMS THAT MULLAH OMAR [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY TOM PRICE, POLITICAL COUNSELOR. REASONS: 1.5 (C) (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: MARCH 27 PAKISTANI PRESS REPORTS STATE THAT MULLAH OMAR MET WITH FUGITIVE SAUDI FINANCIER BIN LADEN IN KANDAHAR ON MARCH 25 AND TOLD HIM NOT TO USE "AFGHAN TERRITORY FOR ANTI- SAUDI GOVERNMENT ACTIVIT [...] |
1997-03-27 11:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KISL PREL AF PK SA |
| 97ISLAMABAD2533 |
AFGHANISTAN: THE ENIGMATIC MULLAH OMAR AND TALIBAN [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY JOHN C. HOLZMAN, DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION. REASON: 1.5 (C) (D). 2. (U) THIS CABLE WAS COORDINATED WITH CONSULATE PESHAWAR. ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (C) NOT MUCH IS KNOWN ABOUT MULLAH OMAR, THE TALIBAN FOUNDER AND LEADER. HE COMES FROM A SMALL VILLAGE NEAR KANDAHAR AND H [...] |
1997-03-28 11:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PREL PINR AF |
| 97ISLAMABAD3085 |
AFGHANISTAN: OBSERVERS SAY "RADICALS" HAVE UPPER HAND IN [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DAN MOZENA, ACTING POLITICAL COUNSELOR. REASONS: 1.5 (C) (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: IN SEPARATE CONVERSATIONS, HAMED GAILANI, THE POLITICALLY-ACTIVE SON OF PIR GAILANI, AND MULLAH MALANG, AN AFGHAN WITH LINKS TO THE TALIBAN, TOLD POLOFF RECENTLY THAT "RADICALS" ARE GAINING T [...] |
1997-04-14 12:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KISL PINR AF PK |
| 97ISLAMABAD5640 |
JAMMU AND KASHMIR ISLAMIC FRONT (C-NA7-00565) [...] No summary [...] |
1997-07-03 11:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | KPRP PINR PTER PK |
| 97ISLAMABAD7636 |
JAMMU AND KASHMIR ISLAMIC FRONT (C-NA7-00565) [...] No summary [...] |
1997-09-05 08:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | KPRP PINR PTER PK |
| 98ISLAMABAD2617 |
PAKISTAN TESTS "GHAURI" MISSILE [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CDA ALAN EASTHAM, 1.5D. 2. (C) SUMMARY: FOREIGN SECRETARY SHAMSHAD AHMAD SUMMONED P-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON A HALF-HOUR'S NOTICE APRIL 6 TO INFORM US OF THE "SUCCESSFUL TEST" OF THE "INDIGENOUS" GHAURI MISSILE, WHICH HE SAID HAD A 1,500 KM RANGE FOR A 700 KG PAYLOAD. HAL [...] |
1998-04-06 12:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PK |
| 98ISLAMABAD3474 |
FOREIGN SECRETARY RAPS USG KNUCKLES ON "ONE-SIDEDNESS" OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: FOREIGN SECRETARY SHAMSHAD AHMED COMPLAINED TO THE AMBASSADOR ON MAY 8 ABOUT THE "ONE-SIDED VIEW" OF THE JUST-RELEASED USG REPORT ON TERRORISM, LAMENTING THAT INDIA WAS PORTRAYED MORE POSITIVELY THAN PAKISTAN. ACKNOWLEDGING A RECENT RESPITE (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE APRIL 26/27 [...] |
1998-05-11 10:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AF PK |
| 98ISLAMABAD3858 |
BENAZIR PROMISES MODERATION ON NUCLEAR TESTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: MEETING MAY 25 WITH PRINCIPAL OFFICER, FORMER PRIME MINISTER BENAZIR BHUTTO SAID SHE WOULD NO LONGER PRESS THE GOVERNMENT TO TEST ITS NUCLEAR CAPABILITY. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A TIME FOR A DETONATION, BENAZIR ARGUED, BUT AT THIS STAGE A TEST WOULD BE COUNTER TO PAKISTAN'S INTERESTS. [...] |
1998-05-26 13:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MNUC IN PK |
| 98ISLAMABAD3918 |
POLITICAL OPPOSITION FLAYS NAWAZ FOR DELAYING RESPONSE TO INDIAN NUCLEAR CHALLENGE [...] No summary [...] |
1998-05-28 07:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC PK |
| 98ISLAMABAD3966 |
PRIME MINISTER SUCCUMBS TO DOMESTIC PRESSURE, AND [...] (U) SOMBER AND TIRED LOOKING, PRIME MINISTER NAWAZ SHARIF TOLD HIS NATION MAY 28 EVENING THAT PAKISTAN HAD SUCCESSFULLY EXPLODED FIVE NUCLEAR DEVICES SEVERAL HOURS EARLIER IN THE DAY. A RECURRING THEME THROUGHOUT THE SPEECH WAS THE FAILURE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO RESPOND ADEQUATELY T [...] |
1998-05-28 15:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC IN PK |
| 98ISLAMABAD3977 |
RELIGIOUS DELEGATION TO IRAN, SHIA POLITICAL LEADER IS [...] (C) QAISER BOKHARI, THE LAHORE CHIEF OF THE SHIA TEHRIK-E- JAFARIA-E-PAKISTAN (TJP) TOLD POLOFF MAY 26 THAT HE WAS HEADING A RELIGIOUS DELEGATION TO IRAN ON MAY 27 FOR ONE WEEK. THE TRIP OF THE MILLI YAKJETI COUNCIL (NATIONAL SOLIDARITY COUNCIL) COMES AT THE INVITATION OF THE IRANIAN GOVERNME [...] |
1998-05-29 04:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MNUC PK IR |
| 98ISLAMABAD4003 |
PAKISTAN: PM'S MAY 28 LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT [...] (C) THIS MESSAGE CONVEYS FOR THE RECORD THE TEXT OF PRIME MINISTER NAWAZ SHARIF'S MAY 28 LETTER TO PRESIDENT CLINTON. THE LETTER HAD EARLIER BEEN FAXED TO SA/PAB; THE ORIGINAL IS BEING SENT BY POUCH. 2. (C) BEGIN TEXT: 28TH MAY 1998 HIS EXCELLENCY MR. WILLIAM J. CLINTON PRESIDENT OF T [...] |
1998-05-29 14:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC PK |
| 98ISLAMABAD6509 |
PAKISTAN: A CONVERSATION WITH BENAZIR BHUTTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: WITH HER RIVAL NAWAZ SHARIF IN DEEP POLITICAL TROUBLE, FORMER PRIME MINISTER BENAZIR BHUTTO IS SEEKING TO RESHAPE HER IMAGE AND REVIVE HER OWN TATTERED POLITICAL FORTUNES. IN A WIDE-RANGING CONVERSATION WITH POLCOUNS ON AUGUST 27, SHE CONDEMNED THE GROWING INFLUENCE OF THE ISLA [...] |
1998-08-31 06:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PK |
| 98ISLAMABAD7870 |
SHAHBAZ SHARIF ON NUCLEAR ISSUES, ISLAMIZATION AND POWER [...] (C) SUMMARY. MEETING OCTOBER 14 WITH VISITING AMBASSADOR MILAM, PUNJAB CHIEF MINISTER SHAHBAZ SHARIF EMPHASIZED HIS BROTHER'S COMMITMENT TO FINDING COMMON GROUND WITH THE UNITED STATES ON PROLIFERATION ISSUES, JUSTIFIED THE RECENT REDUCTION OF ELECTRICITY TARIFFS AS A POLITICAL IMPERATIVE, AND [...] |
1998-10-20 10:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MNUC ENRG PK |
| 98ISLAMABAD8066 |
PAKISTAN: FUNDAMENTALISM AND SUPPORT FOR OSAMA BIN LADEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: RECENT CONVERSATIONS WITH A SAMPLING OF RURAL PUNJABI POLITICIANS PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT RECRUITMENT TO MILITANT RELIGIOUS GROUPS IS INCREASING IN POORER AREAS OF THE PUNJABI COUNTRYSIDE (PRIMARILY SOUTHERN PUNJAB), BUT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT A MASS FUNDAMENTALIST MOVEMENT IS I [...] |
1998-10-27 13:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PK |
| 99ISLAMABAD495 |
PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: USAMA BIN LADIN [...] No summary [...] |
1999-01-26 03:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF KISL PK PREL PTER |