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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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08ISLAMABAD2415 | NEW IRI POLL: MUSHARRAF DOWN, NAWAZ UP, AND [...] (C) Summary: The results of the latest International Republican Institute (IRI) poll quantified clear political trends in Pakistan. Nawaz Sharif's popularity grew to 83 percent because there is solid support across party lines for key components of his campaign -- President Pervez Musharraf's [...] | 2008-07-16 09:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PINR PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2416 | PAKISTAN NOTIFIED OF ARB-4 PROCEEDINGS PERTAINING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-16 09:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER KDRG |
08ISLAMABAD2428 | State Bank of Pakistan acts to stop rupee slide [...] (SBU) Summary: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) took measures on July 8 to stop the Pakistan rupee from further decreases against the U.S. dollar. The rupee has lost 16.8 percent of its value against the dollar since the beginning of 2008. The State Bank of Pakistan will now make 100 percent [...] | 2008-07-17 08:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2431 | UPDATING ARF ON REGIONAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 05:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL EAID ARF ASEAN KNNP PARM |
08ISLAMABAD2432 | NEW U.S. POLICY ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 05:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL PARM MOPS KPOA NATO |
08ISLAMABAD2433 | PAKISTAN DELEGATION FOUND MAY 2008 PSI WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 05:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL KNNP MNUC PARM |
08ISLAMABAD2434 | PAKISTAN TO REMAIN "BALANCED" ON IRAN WITHIN NAM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 05:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA IR KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PK PREL TRGY |
08ISLAMABAD2435 | PAKISTAN COMPLIANCE WITH IRISL CARGO INSPECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 07:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR KNNP |
08ISLAMABAD2436 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: POSSIBLE PAKISTAN DIVERSIONS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 07:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL ETTC KOMC |
08ISLAMABAD2438 | PAKISTAN STAYS COMMITTED TO UNSCRS 1737, 1747, 1803 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 09:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL KNNP EFIN PARM IR |
08ISLAMABAD2441 | QURESHI TALKS TOUGH ON MILITANTS WITH BOUCHER [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Boucher met July 2 with Foreign Minister Qureshi. Qureshi assured Boucher that the new Pakistani government would not "shy away from using force" against militants in either the frontier areas or in other parts of Pakistan. He argued that recent Frontier Corp [...] | 2008-07-18 09:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER PINR |
08ISLAMABAD2444 | PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS REFORMS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pakistan People's Party-led government used the occasion of what would have been Benazir Bhutto's 55th birthday to propose several important human rights initiatives. The cabinet approved PM Gilani's plan to commute the death sentences of approximately 7,000 prisoners to [...] | 2008-07-19 08:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK PREL PHUM PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2455 | REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON PAKISTANI DETAINEES [...] (C) Please see action request para 3. On July 17, Mansoor Khan, Director of the Americas Desk with the MFA, requested a meeting with Poloff to compare lists of Pakistani detainees currently held by the U.S. as a follow up to the June 18 meeting concerning the recent ARB-4 (Ref B). The MFA lis [...] | 2008-07-21 13:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PHUM PINR PTER KDRG |
08ISLAMABAD2456 | COURT RULES ON AQ KHAN [...] (C) Summary: The Islamabad High Court July 21 expanded AQ Khan's ability to visit friends and relatives within Pakistan but banned Khan from giving press interviews. The Court made clear that the GOP would continue to impose security restrictions on Khan. The Attorney General and the Law M [...] | 2008-07-21 14:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2457 | PAKISTANI REACTION TO THE INDIA-IAEA SAFEGUARD [...] (C) On July 21, Ambassador raised with FM Qureshi USG concern that Pakistan was blocking IAEA action on the proposed India Safeguard Agreement. She noted that the Pakistani Embassy in Vienna had circulated a fax to other missions insisting that the Agreement be subject to a 45-day review, th [...] | 2008-07-21 14:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PARM ETTC |
08ISLAMABAD2458 | GOP ACCEPTS PHASE 1 OF DHS API/PNR MOI [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary: Following up on the proposed Advanced Passenger Information/Passenger Name Record (API/PNR) Memorandum of Intent outlined in Reftel B, on July 21 EconOffs met with Imtiaz Kazi, Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Interior [...] | 2008-07-21 15:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2462 | PAKISTAN MILITARY ARRIVE AT KHYBER BORDER [...] (C) Pakistan's first six man military contingent arrived July 21 at the Khyber Border Coordination Center (BCC) for an initial 3-6 month tour. This long-awaited development will allow ISAF, Pakistani and Afghan military together to monitor real-time intelligence on border activity to help avoi [...] | 2008-07-22 12:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2463 | STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN PAINTS GLOOMY PICTURE FOR UNDER [...] (C) Summary: In a July 17 meeting with Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Shamshad Akhtar explained her efforts to address Pakistan's worsening macroeconomic situation and expressed concern that the lack of politi [...] | 2008-07-22 12:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2464 | UNDER SECRETARY JEFFERY'S MEETING WITH PAKISTAN'S FM QURESHI [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery visited Pakistan July 17-19. On July 19, U/S Jeffery and the Ambassador met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Shah Mehmood Qureshi, who was also named acting Minister of Petroleum following Pakistan Musl [...] | 2008-07-22 12:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID ENRG EPET PK |
08ISLAMABAD2465 | PAKISTAN'S 2008-2009 TRADE POLICY [...] (U) The Prime Minister announced Pakistan's 2008-09 Trade Policy on July 19. The policy sets an export target of USD 22.1 billion and a target growth rate of 15 percent. It expands the import items list from India with a view to decreasing the cost of raw materials and manufacturing inputs. [...] | 2008-07-22 12:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EINV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2466 | UNDER SECRETARY JEFFERY'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In a July 18 meeting with Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery, Acting Minister of Finance Naveed Qamar described this year as one of the most difficult in Pakistan's economic history. He highlighted recent steps taken by the Government of [...] | 2008-07-22 13:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2467 | PRIME MINISTER ADDRESSES ECONOMIC CHALLENGES IN SPEECH TO [...] (C) Summary: In his first live address to the nation on July 19, Prime Minister Yousaf Gilani provided an overview of economic problems facing the Government of Pakistan (GOP) and what steps the government is taking to mitigate the effects on the people of Pakistan. However, his halting 11:30 [...] | 2008-07-22 13:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2468 | CLARIFICATION ON POSSIBLE FUNDING SOURCES FOR ADDITIONAL FOOD [...] (C) Summary: In a response to a National Security Council request to provide clarity on proposed food assistance to Pakistan in advance of the Prime Minister's upcoming visit to Washington, the following cable outlines possible financial modalities of increased food assistance to Pakistan. Thi [...] | 2008-07-22 15:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAGR EAID PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2470 | ECONOMY CONTINUES DOWNWARD SPIRAL AND FUEL PRICE HIKES [...] (U) Summary: Pakistan's major economic indicators continue to trend downwards with the current account deficit reaching a record high, foreign investment dropping significantly and speculative stock exchange trading causing price volatility and investor losses. On July 21, the GOP implemented [...] | 2008-07-22 15:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY PK |
08ISLAMABAD2483 | COURT REJECTS A.Q. KHAN'S APPEAL [...] (U) On July 23, the Islamabad High Court rejected on technical grounds A.Q. Khan's appeal of its July 21 decision, allowing him more personal access but confirming the need for governmental clearance of such access and any research projects (reftel). The Court ruled it cannot hear Khan's appe [...] | 2008-07-23 12:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD2505 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 24, 2008 [...] "Coalition Leaders Go For Talks In FATA; Parliament To Evolve Greater Consensus Against Extremism" "The News" (07/24) "Leaders of the ruling coalition in their meeting here on Wednesday resolved to pursue dialogue rather than military operation in the militancy-hit FATA, saying force would b [...] | 2008-07-24 09:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD251 | ELECTIONS OBSERVATION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: On January 15, Charge met with NSA Tariz Aziz to urge the GOP to immediately renew visas for International Republican Institute (IRI) Pakistan mission staff. Charge later met with IRI to discuss plans for election monitoring. IRI said that they expected their board to meet in Was [...] | 2008-01-16 11:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD2514 | PAKISTAN WILL NOT "IMPEDE" THE IAEA INDIA SAFEGUARDS [...] (C) On July 24, A/DCM met with MFA Additional Secretary for the U.N. and E.C. Khalid Aziz Babar to reiterate U.S. concern that Pakistan is blocking IAEA action on the proposed India Safeguards Agreement (Ref A). Babar reported that despite the previous position of the Embassy of Pakistan in [...] | 2008-07-24 13:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM ETTC PK |
08ISLAMABAD2515 | COALITION SECURITY MEETING: FOCUS ON NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: PM Gilani chaired a seven hour meeting of coalition partners on July 23 to discuss the security situation. It produced a predictable statement affirming the GOP's three-pronged strategy of political engagement, economic development and force when needed. The public accent was o [...] | 2008-07-24 14:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2524 | SCENESETTER FOR PM GILANI'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (S/NF) Summary. Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani will be anxious to prove that he is committed to fighting "Pakistan's war" on terrorism and will outline the GOP's partial response to the July demands presented by CJCS Mullen/DDCIA Kappes. Gilani will publicly support the coaliton's "neg [...] | 2008-07-25 13:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2525 | CABINET EXPANSION POSTPONED; BUREAUCRACY SHAKEUPS CONTINUE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-25 13:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD2528 | PAKISTAN LIKELY TO ATTEND GI CONFERENCE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-26 07:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PK PINS PARM PREL PINR |
08ISLAMABAD2529 | PAKISTAN: "STRATEGIC INTEREST" TO PREVENT URANIUM SUPPLIES TO IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-26 07:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ENRG ETTC IR KNNP MNUC PARM PK TRGY |
08ISLAMABAD2530 | PAKISTAN: WILL NOT SUPPORT PRO-IRAN NAM FM STATEMENT IF CONTRARY TO IAEA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-26 07:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PARM PK TRGY |
08ISLAMABAD2531 | PAKISTAN: MESA'S IAEA BOARD SEAT "DIFFICULT" [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-26 07:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | IAEA KNNP PREL KZ SY PK AORC |
08ISLAMABAD2532 | LAWYERS' MOVEMENT: ON THE MOVE OR OUTMANEUVERED? [...] (C) Summary: The lawyers' movement met July 19 to renew its call for restoration of the pre-November 3 judiciary, setting a deadline of August 14 (Pakistan Independence Day). This time, they threatened civil disobedience as well as marches and boycotts. But the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) i [...] | 2008-07-26 08:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD2554 | WANTED: TAX REFORM AND TAX PAYERS [...] (U) Non-payment of taxes by Pakistan's numerous small businesses, large agricultural sector, and informal economy continue to constrain GOP taxation efforts. The tax base has not been able to keep pace with economic growth spurred on by the services and industrial sectors, and GOP efforts at t [...] | 2008-07-29 03:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD EAID PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2576 | STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN RAISES KEY DISCOUNT RATE AS MULTIPLE [...] (SBU) Summary: In an effort to curb rising inflation, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) raised its key discount rate by 100 basis points to 13 percent. SBP Governor Dr. Shamshad Akhtar defended the Bank's decision, citing increased risks to the economy from rising inflation and worsening current [...] | 2008-07-30 12:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2586 | EMBASSY LEGAL ATTACHE NAMED IN CASE INVOLVING [...] (C) Summary: Islamabad attorney Javed Jaffrey filed a habeas corpus petition July 29 on behalf of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani national who allegedly has been held and mistreated at the Bagram Theater Internment Facility since 2004. The court July 30 ordered Interior Ministry Secretary Shah to r [...] | 2008-07-31 12:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2587 | NATURAL GAS PRICE HIKES TURN BACK REFORMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: By turning back previous reform measures, the Government of Pakistan (GOP) has created new categories and sub-categories of natural gas consumers with variable pricing rates. With over 95 percent of all domestic automobiles fueled by compressed natural gas (CNG),increases at th [...] | 2008-07-31 12:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2589 | TELECOM WORKERS END STRIKE THAT TIED UP LINES AND [...] (U) Communications giant Pakistan Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (PTCL) has been beset by labor-relations controversies since its privatization in 2005. In the latest chapter, PTCL employees went on a two-week strike, which ended July 30, over the introduction of the Unified Pay Scale (UPS). The [...] | 2008-07-31 13:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ECPS EINT PK |
08ISLAMABAD2590 | UNDER SECRETARY JEFFERY,S MEETING WITH NWFP [...] (C) Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery met with Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Owais Ghani July 18. The Governor outlined the province,s three-pronged strategy of the selective application of force, political dialogue, and socio-economic [...] | 2008-07-31 13:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PK PTER MOPS ETRD EIND PREL |
08ISLAMABAD2605 | PAKISTAN: "JUST AN OBSERVER" AT SCO SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-04 10:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PK PREL MARR MOPS AFIN |
08ISLAMABAD2606 | TELECOM WORKERS END STRIKE THAT TIED UP LINES AND [...] (U) Communications giant Pakistan Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (PTCL) has been beset by labor-relations controversies since its privatization in 2005. In the latest chapter, PTCL employees went on a two-week strike, which ended July 30, over the introduction of the Unified Pay Scale (UPS). The [...] | 2008-08-04 10:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ECPS EINT PK |
08ISLAMABAD2608 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 02-04, 2008 [...] "SAARC Accord To Curb Terror, Fight Hunger" "Dawn" (08/04) "South Asian leaders signed a legal cooperation pact on Sunday to combat terrorism and agreed to set up a food bank to fight hunger in the face of rising food prices in one of the world's poorest regions. But the South Asian Associat [...] | 2008-08-04 11:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2611 | NAWAZ GOVERNMENT: NOT YET READY FOR PRIME TIME [...] (C) Summary. Although Nawaz Sharif would like to exploit his status as Pakistan's most popular politician, he does not now have the votes to bring down the government and force new elections. If Nawaz quits the current coalition, PM Gilani could continue to lead a minority government with th [...] | 2008-08-04 14:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2631 | KARACHI STOCK EXCHANGE HITS 23-MONTH LOW [...] (U) Summary: On August 4, ebbing investor confidence brought on by panic over foreign selling and margin calls pushed the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) 100 index 3.13 percent lower, to a 23-month low. Morning trading was initially suspended on August 5, as the KSE Board and the Securities and [...] | 2008-08-05 13:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2632 | PAKISTAN IPR UPDATE [...] (SBU) The following is an update on IPR issues in Pakistan. Given energy and food shortages, rampant inflation, and an unstable security situation, IPR falls low on the GOP list of priorities. No progress has occurred on TRIPS-compliant data protection legislation since the coalition governmen [...] | 2008-08-05 13:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2633 | PAKISTAN'S TEXTILE SECTOR IN CRISIS [...] (U) Summary: Pakistan's textile sector is facing a crisis. A hefty rise in natural gas prices, rolling blackouts, and the announcement of the 2008-2009 Trade Policy - which lacks subsidies and support for the textiles and apparel sector - have fed industry woes. Textiles are the largest singl [...] | 2008-08-05 14:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2657 | PAKISTAN: UNAWARE OF AIR KORYO FLIGHT; LAWYERS [...] (S) PolOff delivered August 7 reftel demarche points to MFA Disarmament Director Mohammad Kamran Akhtar. Akhtar later reported back that he had checked with MFA's Territorial Division, which had no record of a flight clearance request matching the description in our points. The MFA requested [...] | 2008-08-07 09:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PK PREL PTER PARM MNUC |
08ISLAMABAD2689 | COALITION CONFIDENT; MUSHARRAF WEIGHING OPTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The media campaign over President Musharraf's impeachment swung into high gear over the weekend as coalition members met to draft an impeachment charge sheet and there was wild speculation about the potential vote count for impeachment. Al Qaeda weighed in with a purported audio [...] | 2008-08-11 14:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD2690 | COUNTERING NEGATIVE PRESS ON THE AAFIA SIDDIQI CASE [...] (SBU) Summary: To counter a growing avalanche of negative press stories alleging that the U.S. has been illegally detaining and torturing Pakistani scientist Dr. Aafia Siddiqi, post will place several letters to the editor from Ambassador in local print media (text para 6). End summary. [...] | 2008-08-11 14:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2736 | PML DEBATES MUSHARRAF'S OPTIONS [...] (C) Summary. In an August 15 meeting with Ambassador, Pakistan Muslim League (PML) leaders outlined their realistic best case scenario for Musharraf. He resigns with an indemnity package guaranteed by the Chief of Army Staff (COAS),the Army provides him and his family lifetime security, a [...] | 2008-08-16 04:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2750 | PERVEZ MUSHARRAF RESIGNS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-18 09:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINR ASEC PK |
08ISLAMABAD2752 | FINANCE MINISTER QAMAR REQUESTS URGENT U.S. INTERVENTION FOR ECONOMIC STABILITY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-18 10:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2772 | POTENTIAL PAKISTANI PRESIDENTS [...] (C) Summary: Following Musharraf's resignation August 18, Pakistan's political party leaders began immediate debates over who would become the next president; they have now taken a 72 hour break. On August 20, the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) made a surprise announcement that it would suppor [...] | 2008-08-21 03:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK PINR |
08ISLAMABAD2797 | SEPTEMBER 6 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: A PRIMER [...] (SBU) Summary: A 30-day clock to elect a new president commenced August 18 when President Pervez Musharraf resigned from office. He had served less than a year into his second term, after a controversial and contested re-election on October 6, 2007. Pakistan's president is elected indirectly [...] | 2008-08-22 10:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK PREL PINR KJUS |
08ISLAMABAD2798 | HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN BAJAUR [...] (U) This is an action cable. See para 2. (C) Summary: One of our goals with the Pakistani government and military has been to improve their ability to execute all the elements of a successful counter-insurgency (COIN) strategy simultaneously. The current fighting in Bajaur, and the floo [...] | 2008-08-22 14:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL EAID PREF PTER MOPS |
08ISLAMABAD2801 | PAKISTANI OFFICIALS, ACTING AUSTR, AND U.S. [...] (C) Summary: On August 13, Acting Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Claudio Lilienfeld and Department of Commerce South Asia and Oceania Director Linda Droker met with Pakistani officials in the Ministries of Commerce and Health, the Privatization Commission, and the Intellectual Pro [...] | 2008-08-23 08:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD IP PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2802 | IMMUNITY FOR MUSHARRAF LIKELY AFTER ZARDARI’S [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings with Asif Zardari, PM Gilani and Chief of Army Staff Kayani, Ambassador pressed for quick action on immunity for former President Musharraf. Zardari and Gilani said flatly that they were committed to providing immunity, but not until after the presidential election [...] | 2008-08-23 14:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV EAID PK |
08ISLAMABAD2803 | HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 19, Health and Human Services Secretary Leavitt met with Prime Minister Gilani at the Prime Minister's official residence. The Prime Minister talked about the importance of the health and education sectors in Pakistan's efforts to combat terrorism. He emphasized that [...] | 2008-08-25 00:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PREF PGOV SOCI PK |
08ISLAMABAD2809 | PAKISTAN: MANAGING VISITOR OVERLOAD [...] (SBU) Summary. Mission Pakistan welcomes codels and distinguished USG visitors, but the increase in the number of visitors has dangerously increased our threat profile and overtaxed our limited support resources. Effective immediately, the Mission advises Washington that we will deny count [...] | 2008-08-25 10:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ASEC AMGT OVIP PK |
08ISLAMABAD2817 | NAWAZ PULLS OUT OF THE COALITION [...] (C) Summary. As expected, Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif announced August 25 that the PML-N was formally withdrawing from the coalition government because it had lost faith in its coalition partner, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari. In a news confere [...] | 2008-08-25 13:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2819 | PAKISTAN: POSITIVE REACTION TO PLANNED RETURN OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-26 05:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PHUM PTER |
08ISLAMABAD284 | FATA: MILITANTS CAPTURE FORT IN SOUTH WAZIRISTAN [...] (C) Militants in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, (FATA) South Waziristan agency attacked and captured a Frontier Corps fort on January 16. Militants loyal to Baitullah Mehsud claimed responsibility for the attack which left at least seven troops dead and twenty others missing. While [...] | 2008-01-18 11:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PINR KISL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2850 | INSIGHTS ON ZARDARI'S PLANS FOR THE PARTY, [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party Deputy Secretary General Sheik Mansoor admitted August 27 that his party leadership, including those serving in government, would not focus on the extremist threat or other pressing issues until its Co-Chair Asif Zardari was elected Pakistan's president on Septe [...] | 2008-08-27 12:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL KJUS PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2851 | PPP RESTORING JUDGES FROM THE BOTTOM UP [...] (C) Summary: The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has begun to restore the judges deposed by then President Musharraf last November, beginning with the Sindh High Court. Eight of 15 deposed Sindh justices re-took the oath of office on August 27. Restoration of the Lahore High Court judges cou [...] | 2008-08-27 12:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD2852 | GOP BANS TEHREEK-E-TALIBAN PAKISTAN [...] (U) Pakistan's Interior Ministry on August 25 banned the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP),an umbrella group of Taliban-associated militants. It also asked the State Bank of Pakistan to freeze the group's accounts and ordered its assets seized under the GOP's Anti-Terrorism Act. Interior Mini [...] | 2008-08-27 12:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2862 | THE 2008 U.S.-PAKISTAN ECONOMIC DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: The U.S.-Pakistan Economic Dialogue was held in Islamabad on August 11, co-chaired by Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs Dan Sullivan and Pakistani Minister of Finance Syed Naveed Qamar. A topic of particular concern was the current state of th [...] | 2008-08-29 09:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV EAGR ENRG PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2867 | GOP FORMS PRIVITIZATION PLAN WITH OVERLY AMBITIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary. Faced with a mounting financial crunch, Syed Naveed Qamar, Federal Minister for Privatization and Investment as well as Finance, recently chaired a meeting to finalize an overly ambitious schedule for privatization of a few low level public sector entities during September-Octobe [...] | 2008-08-29 10:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY PK |
08ISLAMABAD2868 | PLANNING FOR ROZS: STAKEHOLDERS MEETING ON LOCATIONS [...] (SBU) Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti convened an August 21 meeting between provincial and federal officials to discuss the selection of Reconstruction Opportunity Zones (ROZs) in the NWFP and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Federal Minister [...] | 2008-08-29 10:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PK AF |
08ISLAMABAD2869 | PAKISTAN TO REMAIN NEUTRAL ON ALL KOSOVO ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-29 10:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL UNGA KV |
08ISLAMABAD2870 | PAKISTAN: RUSSIA/GEORGIA CONFLICT TOO FAR AWAY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-29 10:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL RU GG KPKO MARR |
08ISLAMABAD2872 | PAKISTAN NOTIFIED OF ARB-4 PROCEEDINGS PERTAINING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-29 11:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PHUM PTER PINR KDRG AF |
08ISLAMABAD2874 | ECONOMIC WOES FINALLY MAKING TOP HEADLINES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: For the first time, local newspapers are carrying prominent coverage of a possible impending economic crisis, with headlines touting warnings from visiting World Bank senior officials and excerpts from a Citibank report. Such press attention helps sensitize the public to the im [...] | 2008-08-29 13:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2876 | BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: Ref A laid out the opportunity that the current situation in Bajaur and Rajanpur presents to achieve some of our counterterrorism goals. While mission's long term programs are designed to pursue those same goals, we are missing the immediately-available funding that would allow u [...] | 2008-08-29 14:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PTER PREL MOPS PK |
08ISLAMABAD2878 | PAKISTAN'S DETERIORATING ENERGY SITUATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Electricity shortages in Pakistan are reaching record highs due to shortfalls of over 5500 mega watts (MW). In most major cities there are planned and unplanned power outages, sometimes for 18 hours a day. A circular debt problem between the domestic oil and power sector furth [...] | 2008-09-01 07:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY PK |
08ISLAMABAD288 | STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN: ECONOMIC OUTLOOK LESS THAN ROSY [...] (C) Summary: In its January 5, 2008 first quarterly report, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reduced its June 30, 2007 - July 1, 2008 (FY08) growth rate target range to 6.6-7.0 percent from 7.0-7.4 percent due to deterioration in the investment climate resulting from increased domestic insta [...] | 2008-01-18 12:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2891 | PAKISTANI LEADERS DISCUSS THE CURRENT STATE OF THE ECONOMY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-02 09:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2893 | GITMO DETAINEE MADNI RETURNED TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Pakistani Guantanamo Bay detainee Hafiz Qari Mohammed Saad Iqbal Madni was returned August 31 to the GOP's custody (reftel). Arriving at Pakistan's Air Force Base Chaklala, Rawalpindi, Madni was met by Islamabad Capital Police and Embassy A/RSO, who coordinated the transfer. 2. (C) Pol [...] | 2008-09-02 12:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER PHUM KDRG PINR |
08ISLAMABAD2894 | "SUSPENSION" NOT CEASE-FIRE [...] (C) Summary. During a September 2 meeting with Ambassador, Interior Minister Malik insisted that there was no "cease-fire" in the tribal areas but only a one-month suspension of air operations during Ramadan. This was in response to parliamentarians' complaints about collateral damage and [...] | 2008-09-02 13:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK PREF |
08ISLAMABAD2895 | PAKISTAN LOAN STATUS REPORT - ADB AND WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the media reported the Asian Development Bank (ABD) will disburse USD 500 million in budgetary support to the GOP by September 30, an ADB official informed the Embassy the loan remains contingent on an International Monetary Fund (IMF) comfort letter which the ADB has n [...] | 2008-09-02 14:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD290 | POLICE FIRED FOR NEGLIGENCE IN RAUF CASE [...] (C) Summary: On 17 January, the government of Pakistan fired nine police officers for negligence leading to al-Qaida operative Rashid Rauf's escape from police custody in December 2007 in Islamabad. A committee formed by the Ministry of Interior determined Rauf escaped due to police negligence [...] | 2008-01-18 12:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2904 | TALIBAN KIDNAP CHINESE ENGINEERS FROM THE NWFP [...] (U) Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan claimed on September 2 the Taliban were holding two Chinese nationals and two Pakistanis as leverage to force the GOP to stop military action against militants. Two Chinese engineers went missing from Shal Plam in the Lower Dir District of the Northwest Fro [...] | 2008-09-03 13:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER CH |
08ISLAMABAD2905 | PAKISTANI PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY IN CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 26, Econoffs met with Dr. Shujauddin Shaikh of Merck Sharpe and Dohme (MSD) and Dr. Iqbal Bengali of Pfizer regarding issues facing Pakistan's pharmaceutical industry. The GOP has not allowed an adjustment of pharmaceutical prices for over seven years. Domestic and mu [...] | 2008-09-03 13:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2907 | GOP CONDEMNS ALLEGED ISAF SEPTEMBER 3 INCIDENT IN [...] (C) Late September 3, Pakistani Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir called in the Ambassador to relay the GOP's intent to release a public statement, from the Foreign Ministry and possibly later from the Army's Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR),condemning the alleged early morning September [...] | 2008-09-03 14:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER MOPS |
08ISLAMABAD292 | PAKISTAN MINISTRY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: "COSMETIC [...] (C) Summary: On January 17, Polcouns met with Pakistan's first Human Rights Minister, Ansar Burney, to discuss the formation of the new federal ministry and its chances to survive beyond the caretaker government. Burney, a former G/TIP "hero," wants to create a National Human Rights Commission [...] | 2008-01-18 13:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD293 | SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FALLON [...] (C) Summary. Benazir Bhutto's assassination and its potential to oust Musharraf's party in delayed parliamentary elections, electricity and flour shortages, a disturbing increase in suicide bombings throughout the country, and emboldened attacks by militants in the tribal areas are combinin [...] | 2008-01-19 10:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MARR PK |
08ISLAMABAD2935 | DCM'S MEETING WITH PAKISTANI FINANCE SECRETARY [...] (C) DCM and EconOff called on newly re-installed Finance Secretary Dr. Waqar Masood at his office on September 5. Masood noted that he had been back in office only four days but nevertheless, he was deeply engaged in managing the current economic crisis. He welcomed the visit by Embassy offi [...] | 2008-09-05 12:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2940 | AFTER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; ACTION WILL MOVE TO [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan's electoral college will choose the country's next president on September 6; we expect the new president to be sworn in on September 7. Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chair Asif Zardari is confident of victory and has been working overtime to ensure he receives the maxi [...] | 2008-09-06 05:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD2941 | PPP'S ZARDARI WINS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Nineteen days after former President Pervez Musharraf resigned and nine months after Benazir Bhutto's assassination, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) candidate Asif Zardari was elected September 6 as the new President of Pakistan. We now expect he will be sworn in on September 9. De [...] | 2008-09-06 11:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PK PREL PINR |
08ISLAMABAD2962 | WAY FORWARD ON BAJAUR AND COIN STRATEGY [...] (C) Reftels laid out the opportunity that the current situation in Bajaur presents to help the Pakistani government implement a comprehensive counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy, and our recommended approach for helping them get there. While the circumstances on the ground have changed somewhat, [...] | 2008-09-08 14:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS PREF PINR PK |
08ISLAMABAD2970 | HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF HEALTH [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 19, Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt and the Minister of Health Sherry Rehman met at the Ministry of Health (MOH). The Minister and the MOH Director General identified the lack of health services and state presence in parts of Pakistan as contributing [...] | 2008-09-09 11:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAID PGOV PK SOCI KOCI |
08ISLAMABAD2971 | HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S MEETINGS AT PAKISTAN NATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael Leavitt visited Pakistan's National Institute of Health Institute (PNIH) on August 19, during his two-day trip to Pakistan. At PNIH, Secretary Leavitt met with senior officials from the Pakistani Ministry of Health (MOH) t [...] | 2008-09-09 11:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAID PGOV PK SOCI KOCI |
08ISLAMABAD2983 | ZARDARI BRINGS (SOME) JUDGES BACK... HIS WAY [...] (C) Summary: Asif Zardari's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is fulfilling its promise to reinstate the Musharraf-deposed judiciary, though it is doing it piecemeal and selectively. The GOP has now wooed back judges to all the provincial High Court benches. More significantly, though, three junio [...] | 2008-09-10 13:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PHUM KJUS |
08ISLAMABAD2994 | ADDITIONAL REACTION TO THE SOUTH WAZIRISTAN STRIKE [...] (C) MFA Director General for Americas Sohail Mahmood convoked Polcouns September 11 to express deep concern about today's New York Time's story, which alleged that President Bush had approved U.S. military raids into Pakistan. Asking who was providing this information and what were their mo [...] | 2008-09-11 13:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER MOPS |
08ISLAMABAD2996 | PAKISTAN ANNOUNCES SIGNIFICANT POWER TARIFF INCREASE [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 9 the Government of Pakistan (GOP) announced a 31 percent average increase in the electricity tariff for domestic customers to go into effect the first week of October. The GOP also changed pricing rules for the tiered tariff structure. Electricity prices for domesti [...] | 2008-09-11 13:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY PK |
08ISLAMABAD3008 | PAKISTAN MILITARY DECLARES IT HAS ORDERS TO [...] (SBU) Summary. GOP leaders are falling beyond Chief of Army Staff General Kayani's September 10 statement defending Pakistan's sovereignty and denying the agreed rules of engagement allow U.S. forces to conduct operations inside Pakistan. The Pakistani military spokesman declared that the [...] | 2008-09-12 11:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3009 | PAKISTAN RESPONSE TO UNGA HUMAN RIGHT PRIORITIES: [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-12 11:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL SOCI |
08ISLAMABAD3010 | CORRECTED COPY: THE 2008 U.S.-PAKISTAN ECONOMIC [...] (U) This is a corrected copy of reftel. 2. (C) Summary: The U.S.-Pakistan Economic Dialogue was held in Islamabad on August 11, co-chaired by Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs Dan Sullivan and Pakistani Minister of Finance Syed Naveed Qamar. A topic of partic [...] | 2008-09-12 12:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV EAGR ENRG PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3011 | GILANI HIGHLIGHTS COUNTERTERRORISM AND ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: Codel Tauscher -- U.S. Representatives Ellen Tauscher (D-CA),Tom Petri (R-WI),Jim Cooper (D-TN),Jon Porter (R-NV),Dave Reichert (D-WA),and Nancy Boyda (D-KS) -- met September 7 with Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani. He thanked the USG for its support in helping transi [...] | 2008-09-12 14:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL MOPS PTER EAID |
08ISLAMABAD3012 | PROGRESS ON PAK-AFGHAN JIRGA; HINTS AT [...] (U) Summary: On September 11, Pakistani and Afghan Foreign Ministers agreed to a re-engagement plan between the two countries and to convene a mini-jirga shortly after the Eid holiday (early October). Relations between the two countries had soured after the bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kab [...] | 2008-09-12 14:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PK PREL PTER AF |
08ISLAMABAD3013 | REQUEST TO APPROACH GOP ABOUT [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Summary: In an August 30 letter, Finance Minister Qamar requested the United States and Pakistan reopen Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) negotiations and asked that we propose a date for a single round of protracted negotiations o [...] | 2008-09-13 00:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3014 | PAKISTAN MILITARY DECLARES IT HAS ORDERS TO [...] (SBU) Summary. GOP leaders are falling beyond Chief of Army Staff General Kayani's September 10 statement defending Pakistan's sovereignty and denying the agreed rules of engagement allow U.S. forces to conduct operations inside Pakistan. The Pakistani military spokesman declared that the [...] | 2008-09-13 05:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3027 | PRM VISIT TO PAKISTAN: JULY 14-24 [...] (SBU) Summary: This is a report from PRM/ECA Deputy Director Nancy Iris and Program Officer Amy Wendt's visit to Pakistan July 14-24. The GOP is looking to the international community for a renewed commitment to assist with the impact Afghan refugees have had on Pakistan's environment, infras [...] | 2008-09-15 09:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK PREL PHUM PREF |
08ISLAMABAD3035 | DEVELOPING PAKISTANI COIN CAPABILITY [...] (C) Summary: To help Pakistan roll back an increasingly virulent combination of foreign terrorists and domestic insurgents, the U.S. is implementing a three-part strategy to improve governance, provide economic development and fight extremism in the tribal areas along the Afghanistan border. [...] | 2008-09-16 09:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV MOPS PK |
08ISLAMABAD3036 | DEEPENING U.S. PAKISTAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The first U.S.-Pakistan Science and Technology Conference was held in Islamabad August 25 to 28, bringing together research scientists from the U.S. and Pakistan who have worked on projects funded by the U.S.-Pakistan Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement. Under the 2003 [...] | 2008-09-16 10:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TBIO PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3037 | U.S.-PAKISTAN BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATY [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 16, DCM met with Pakistan's Board of Investment (BOI) Executive Director General Major (Retd.) Iqbal Ahmad to deliver the demarche in Reftel B. The BOI is the lead Pakistani agency for Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) negotiations, and the Ministry of Finance told [...] | 2008-09-16 10:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3048 | POST-ATTACK RESOURCE REQUESTS FOR CONSULATE [...] (SBU) In the wake of the August 26 attack on Principal Officer (Ref B),post has taken initial steps to enhance its security posture to respond to Peshawar's heightened threat conditions (Ref A). The State platform is already under tremendous pressure because of a more than 200 percent staffi [...] | 2008-09-17 10:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PK |
08ISLAMABAD3059 | GOP STILL LACKS PLAN TO TACKLE ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-18 12:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PREL PK EAID |
08ISLAMABAD3066 | COUNTRY TEAM REQUEST FOR COUNTER-NARCO TERRORISM (CNT) [...] (C) Summary. In accordance with Refs A and B, this message is an Embassy Islamabad request for FY09 DOD operational support under 1004, National Defense Authorization Act 1991, as amended for development of Counter Narco Terrorism (CNT) training deployments (CPK2009CNT001W) in support for the [...] | 2008-09-19 08:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS SNAR ASEC PK |
08ISLAMABAD3067 | COUNTRY TEAM REQUEST FOR COUNTER-NARCO TERRORISM (CNT) [...] (C) Summary. In accordance with Refs A and B, this message is an Embassy Islamabad request for FY09 DOD operational support under 1004, National Defense Authorization Act 1991, as amended for development of Counter Narco Terrorism (CNT) training deployments (CPK2009CNT001W) in support for the [...] | 2008-09-19 08:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS SNAR ASEC PK |
08ISLAMABAD3068 | FATA UPDATE - 17 SEPTEMBER 2008 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Military operations continue in Bajaur Agency, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) continue to move in and out as the situation evolves. International organizations and NGOs are providing aid outside the Agency, but local Pakistani government (GoP) authorities still recommen [...] | 2008-09-19 12:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PTER PREL PHUM MOPS PK |
08ISLAMABAD3070 | OUTREACH TO ASFUNDYAR WALI KHAN AND CHAUDHRY NISAR [...] (C) Summary. In separate discussions with Ambassador September 19, Awami National Party leader Asfundyar Wali Khan and Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Chaudhry Nisar both said they were encouraged by signs that some local tribes had decided to rise up and fight militants. Khan said candidly [...] | 2008-09-19 14:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV MOPS PK |
08ISLAMABAD3071 | PAKISTANIS REMAIN DEFENSIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The September 3 raid into South Waziristan has drawn greater attention to alleged U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan's border areas. Strikes that previously generated regular but tepid press now prompt bold headlines. Pakistani papers and political statements have focused on the Se [...] | 2008-09-19 15:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PK |
08ISLAMABAD3073 | ZARDARI TO PARLIAMENT: "I HAVE A DREAM FOR [...] (C) Summary: On September 20, a smiling but nervous President Asif Zardari addressed in English a packed joint sitting of parliament. This was the first time a Pakistani President had addressed the parliament in eight years; Zardari pledged to respect the supremacy of parliament and called fo [...] | 2008-09-20 12:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER PINR |
08ISLAMABAD3074 | SITREP 01, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: EXPLOSION AT [...] (C) Post reports major explosion at 2000 hours (local time) at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Islamabad. A car bomb reportedly rammed the front gate of the Marriott, setting fire to the hotel. The lobby leading into the reception area was destroyed and multiple fires continue on several floo [...] | 2008-09-20 16:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL AMGT CACS ASEC PTER PINR |
08ISLAMABAD3075 | SITREP 02, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: "LINE CROSSED" IN [...] (C) As of September 21, 0030 hours (local time),Pakistani media continues to report 40 persons were killed and more than 250 injured in the Marriott blast. According to Interior Minister Rehman Malik, as much as one thousand kilograms of explosives were used in the initial vehicle-borne blas [...] | 2008-09-20 18:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL AMGT CACS ASEC PTER PINR |
08ISLAMABAD3076 | SITREP 03, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: ISLAMABAD QUIET, [...] (C) As of September 22, 1000 hours (local time),two TDY staff remain missing. Pakistani media report at least 60 dead and over 200 injured. Media also reports that the Marriott hotel is structurally compromised and may collapse. 1200 kilos of explosives were used in the attack. Due to extr [...] | 2008-09-21 04:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREL AMGT CACS ASEC PTER PINR PK |
08ISLAMABAD3078 | ISLAMABAD EAC MEETING [...] (SBU) Ambassador chaired an EAC. All sections/agencies were represented. RSO provided a summary of the VBIED attack. According to latest information, it appears at approximately 2000 hrs., an altercation between the Marriott hotel security staff and an unknown number of people in a sedan b [...] | 2008-09-21 07:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER CASC PK |
08ISLAMABAD3080 | SITREP 04, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: ONE MISSING TDY [...] (C) As of September 21, 1830 hours (local time) the body of one missing TDY employee has been identified in the ruins of the Marriott hotel, bringing the total number of official Americans killed to two. One TDY employee remains missing and is feared dead. A Department of Defense medevac flig [...] | 2008-09-21 13:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL AMGT CACS ASEC PTER PINR |
08ISLAMABAD3095 | ECONOMIC POLICY IN PRESIDENT ZARDARI'S ADDRESS TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 20, President Asif Zardari addressed a joint session of Parliament. The speech touched briefly on economic issues, including a PKR 34 billion (USD 439.28 million) poverty alleviation plan and the need to eliminate oil and energy subsidies, increase the electric powe [...] | 2008-09-22 13:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ETRD ECON EINV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3096 | SITREP 05, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: DEATH TOLL RISES; [...] (C) As of September 22, 1800 hours (local),two Embassy personnel are confirmed deceased, one remains missing. One Embassy contractor remains at Shifa Hospital, Islamabad, for observation; one Embassy official was mil medevaced at 0100 hours. 2. (C) In total, approximately 95 Pakistanis [...] | 2008-09-22 13:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PK PREL AMGT CACS ASEC PTER PINR |
08ISLAMABAD3104 | DECREASE IN CONSUMER FINANCE LIKELY TO IMPACT INDUSTRIAL [...] (SBU) Growth in consumer financing slowed in FY07-08 compared to FY06-07, due to rapidly increasing food and energy costs, coupled with stagnant incomes. These have eroded consumers' ability to pay large loan installments, thereby reducing the demand for new lending. Banking executives report [...] | 2008-09-23 11:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3105 | ALLEGED LIVE BURIAL OF HONOR KILLING VICTIMS [...] (C) Summary: The September 17 intervention by the Supreme Court in a reportedly gruesome honor killing has raised the stakes about a case that has provoked widespread outrage. Although the facts of the case are very much in dispute, between two and five women were killed and buried (report [...] | 2008-09-23 12:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PHUM |
08ISLAMABAD3106 | ISLAMABAD EAC MEETING 09/23/08 [...] (SBU) DCM chaired the EAC on 09/23/08 to review Mission security posture. All sections/agencies were represented. 2. (S/NF) RSO briefed EAC on the status of the recovery efforts at the Marriott. A joint inter-agency team got access to and searched the upper floors of the Marriott on 9/23. [...] | 2008-09-23 13:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER CASC PK |
08ISLAMABAD3108 | WORLD BANK AGREES TO HELP PAKISTAN DEVELOP THAR COAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The World Bank has agreed to assist Pakistan with development of the estimated 175 billion ton Thar Coal field in Sindh Province. The World Bank plans to work with the newly formed Thar Coal and Energy Board which will be led by the Sindh Chief Minister but will include federal g [...] | 2008-09-24 03:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY PK |
08ISLAMABAD3117 | STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN DISCUSSES INCREASING EQUITY MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) officials met with market stakeholders on September 22 to discuss proposed fiscal and monetary measures to provide increased liquidity to equity markets. The Karachi Stock Exchange's KSE-100 Index has been frozen at 9,144 points, its value on August 2 [...] | 2008-09-24 13:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3119 | BMENA FORUM INVITATION DELIVERED TO PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-24 13:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD3120 | ZARDARI- AHMEDINEJAD BILAT MEETING: PROGRESS ON THE IPI? [...] (SBU) Summary: Local media reports that while in New York for United Nations General Assembly meetings, Information Minister Sherry Rehman briefed journalists on the outcome of a meeting between President Zardari and President Ahmedinejad. Rehman reportedly stated that both countries have agre [...] | 2008-09-24 14:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY PK |
08ISLAMABAD3121 | PAKISTAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Economic Counselor delivered reftel demarche on September 23 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Director Mansoor Ahmed Khan. Khan promised to process the request immediately given the time sensitivity of the World Food Program food shipments. Khan noted that he will pass it t [...] | 2008-09-24 14:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR MARR MCAP WFP PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3123 | MISSION PAKISTAN'S REVISED VISITOR POLICY [...] (SBU) The September 20 attack on the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad (Refs A-C),the August 26 attempted kidnapping of the U.S. Principal Officer in Peshawar (Ref. E) and the September 22 successful kidnapping of the Afghan Ambassador-designate demonstrate the increasing size and sophistication of [...] | 2008-09-24 15:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP ASEC PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD3131 | LAW ENFORCEMENT RAIDS ON SUSPECTED IPR VIOLATORS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) provided post with documentation of intellectual property right (IPR)-related raids conducted between January 2007 and August 2008. Raids were carried out in several different cities, and about half the raids targeted pirated books. Out of [...] | 2008-09-25 11:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3133 | CREATING A CERP-LIKE FUND FOR PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary. Pakistani military action in Bajaur and Swat is generating up to 200,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) who likely will need shelter and support through the winter unless they receive help in refurbishing homes and communities destroyed by ground and aerial attacks. In a n [...] | 2008-09-25 13:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV MOPS MCAP MASS PK |
08ISLAMABAD3136 | THE NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF PAKISTAN'S ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Small and medium-sized businesses across Pakistan are feeling a severe economic impact from the country's rolling blackouts. Pakistan's acute electricity deficit - compounded by rising fuel, material, and labor costs - is slowing the economy, and small and medium enterprises are [...] | 2008-09-26 08:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3137 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 26, 2008 [...] "Pakistan, US Blow Hot and Cold Over Flare-Up" "Dawn" (09/26) "Security forces fired on two NATO helicopters which had intruded into Pakistan territory on Thursday, forcing them to turn back to Afghanistan, officials said. "Two helicopters from the Afghanistan side crossed into Saidgai, Ghul [...] | 2008-09-26 09:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3139 | SEPTEMBER 20 MARRIOTT BOMBING: EFFECT ON LOCAL BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Marriott hotel bombing on September 20 caused significant damage to an office building directly adjacent to the hotel, which contained primarily information technology (IT) companies, including local offices of some large American and multinational corporations. Other busin [...] | 2008-09-26 12:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ETRD ECON EINV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3156 | ECONOMIC UPDATE: TRADE IMBALANCE WIDENS AND KSE LOSES USD [...] (SBU) Summary. The Karachi shares market displayed lackluster performance during the week ending on September 26th as trading volumes reached a 10-year low of 2.477 million shares. During the month of September, foreign investors withdrew USD 14.33 million from the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE [...] | 2008-09-29 10:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3168 | ISLAMABAD EAC MEETING 09/30/08 [...] (C) DCM chaired an EAC meeting on 09/30/08 to review Mission's security posture in light of recent threat information (ref A) and imminent visit of the Secretary to Islamabad. All sections/agencies were represented. 2. (S/NF) RSO and GRPO reported on the latest threat information (ref A) a [...] | 2008-09-30 11:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER CASC PK |
08ISLAMABAD3169 | WATER DISPUTE BETWEEN PAKISTAN AND INDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Construction on the first phase of the Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project, on the Chenab River in the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir was completed in August. Since then, Pakistan claims that water shares, as laid out in 1960 Indus Water Treaty, have been drasti [...] | 2008-09-30 12:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY PK |
08ISLAMABAD3176 | U.S.-PAKISTAN COUNTER-TERRORISM BILATERALS [...] (C) Summary: On August 22, a delegation led by Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Dailey met with a delegation led by Minister of the Interior Malik for a counter-terrorism bilateral, the first such dialogue since 2006. The topics of discussion included security forces training, terro [...] | 2008-10-02 11:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD3177 | A SETBACK TO OUR COIN STRATEGY [...] (U) This is an action cable, please see para 10. 2. (C) Summary. Funding to train and equip Pakistan's Frontier Corps has been reduced to $25 million in the 2009 DOD Authorization bill. (It was $75 million in the FY08 DOD Supplemental. There is no FMF available.) Since a better trai [...] | 2008-10-03 10:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR PK |
08ISLAMABAD3182 | REVISED COPY: U.S.-PAKISTAN COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary: On August 22, a delegation led by Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Dailey met with a delegation led by Minister of the Interior Malik for a counter-terrorism bilateral, the first such dialogue since 2006. The topics of discussion included security forces training, terro [...] | 2008-10-06 05:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD3183 | TASKINGS FOR IDP/REFUGEE INFORMATION [...] (U) This is a joint cable from Embassy Islamabad and Embassy Kabul. 2. (C) In recent weeks, Embassy Islamabad and the Regional Refcord in Embassy Kabul have received requests, both orally and through e-mails, from the DAO and USSOCOM (and its XXXXXXXXXXXX contractor) requesting information on ca [...] | 2008-10-06 05:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PREF PK |
08ISLAMABAD3186 | TOUR D'HORIZON WITH ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary: In a discursive conversation with President Zardari on October 2, Ambassador again encouraged the appointment of a czar for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). She stressed that the federal and provincial governments were not working well together to confront the is [...] | 2008-10-06 10:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3188 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FINANCE MINISTER QAMAR FOR ECONOMIC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-06 10:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3202 | WITH RECORD HIGH Q1 BORROWING FROM THE STATE BANK, PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite numerous pledges to the contrary, the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) borrowing from the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is at a record high in spite of commitments to reduce borrowing to net zero levels in every quarter. While the Federal Board of Revenue has performed r [...] | 2008-10-07 11:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3219 | KAYANI EXERCISES INFLUENCE WITH NEW MILITARY APPOINTMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-08 09:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PGOV PINR PK PTER |
08ISLAMABAD322 | PAKISTANI INDUSTRIALIST DISCUSSES IRAN PIPELINE, [...] (SBU) Summary: Charge met with Mr. Zaheeruddin, Chairman of Shahzad International Group, January 17 to discuss energy issues and the proposed Pakistan-Iran pipeline. Mr. Zaheeruddin opined the pipeline will never be constructed due to lack of funding. He also complained the gas sale purchase [...] | 2008-01-22 10:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3221 | PAKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-08 13:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PARM CDG UNGA PK |
08ISLAMABAD3222 | PAKISTAN INVITED TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-08 13:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PARM PINR PINS PTER KGIC MCAP PK |
08ISLAMABAD3226 | PAKISTAN TO SUPPORT U.S. UNGA COMPLIANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-09 09:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PARM CDG UNGA PK |
08ISLAMABAD3231 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 09, 2008 [...] "Military Seeks Politicians' Support to Fight Militants; Opposition Dissatisfied" "Dawn" (10/09) "The military took elected representatives of the nation into confidence on Wednesday about the worsening situation in FATA, NWFP and Balochistan and the U.S.-led 'war on terror' during a joint [...] | 2008-10-09 10:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3236 | GSM 102 AND GOP WHEAT SUBSIDIES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-09 12:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID ETRD EAGR PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3237 | CHARGE'S MEETING WITH THE FINANCE SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: On September 8, Charge d'Affaires met with Finance Secretary Waqar Masood to deliver the demarche in reftel (Ref. B). The Charge and Masood also discussed changes at the Finance Ministry and the general economic situation, including the rapid drop in the rupee's value, the tradin [...] | 2008-10-09 12:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PINR PTER KTFN PK |
08ISLAMABAD324 | PAKISTAN: JUDICIARY UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Attorney General Qayyum reported that he expected the three attorneys still under house arrest to be released "soon" and noted that the attorney's movement was fizzling under economic pressure. He was pessimistic about convincing Musharraf to release the eleven remaining detain [...] | 2008-01-22 12:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD3240 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 10, 2008 [...] "Bomber Runs Down Anti-Terror Office In Islamabad" "The News" (10/10) "At least eight people were injured when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into the central office of anti-terrorist squad (ATS) located in the premises of Police Headquarters, Islamabad on Thursday." [...] | 2008-10-10 10:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3248 | PAKISTAN'S PARLIAMENT BEGINS TERRORISM DEBATE [...] (C) Summary. The October 8-9 closed joint session of parliament convoked by President Zardari to address the security situation has been widely praised as a good first step in convincing Pakistan's elected leadership to take ownership of the fight against extremism; this effort now should be extend [...] | 2008-10-13 09:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3249 | ZARDARI IS SECURE, BUT THE GOP IS VULNERABLE [...] (C) Summary. Despite political parlor talk that Asif Zardari has only a few months to get control of Pakistan or face a military coup, we see no immediate threat Zardari will be ousted from power. His chief threat comes from Chief of Army Staff General Kayani, who has no desire to take on [...] | 2008-10-13 09:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3254 | PAKISTAN'S NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable contains an action request, see paragraph 9. The National Book Foundation (NBF) has the mandate of providing affordable textbooks, reference books and research books to university students as well as promoting the growth of a domestic book industry. This mandate has [...] | 2008-10-14 05:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD326 | PAKISTAN: ALL GEO CHANNELS BACK ON THE AIR [...] (U) After 78 days off the air, President Musharraf announced on January 20 that the GEO news and sports channels would resume broadcast immediately. These were the last two channels that remained blocked after access for many television channels was severed November 3 when Musharraf announced [...] | 2008-01-22 13:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD3264 | FOREIGN RESERVES CONTINUE TO FALL AND LACK OF LIQUIDITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves fell to USD 4.3 billion on October 10 and the GOP has decided to reduce petroleum reserves to 10 days instead of 21 days in hopes of reducing the outflow of dollars. Pakistan's stock markets and inter-bank market continue to experience liquid [...] | 2008-10-14 12:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3265 | GOP SEEKS OIL DEFFERAL FROM IRAN BUT NO PROGRESS ON IPI [...] (SBU) Summary: Local media reported that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) has asked Iran to supply oil on an extended deferred payment plan and that both countries have agreed to exclude India from the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) natural gas pipeline project. However, GOP officials confirm that P [...] | 2008-10-14 12:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY EPET PK IN IR |
08ISLAMABAD327 | FORMER PUNJAB CHIEF MINISTER PERVAIZ ELAHI OPPOSES [...] (C) Summary: During a courtesy call on former Punjab Chief Minister and Punjab Pakistan Muslim League (PML) leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Thursday January 17 by CDA, Elahi dismissed this week's speculation of establishing a new national consensus government and postponement of elections as [...] | 2008-01-22 13:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER ECON PK |
08ISLAMABAD3281 | PAKISTANI CARPET EXPORTS DOWN AS LUXURY SPENDING ABROAD [...] (U) Summary. According to media reports and State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) data, Pakistan's handmade carpet exports have declined by 10 percent in August 2008 over August 2007, continuing a downward trend in the sector's exports. Pakistan exported USD 16.1 million worth of rugs, carpets and mats [...] | 2008-10-15 11:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ETRD ECON EINV EAID ELAB PK |
08ISLAMABAD3285 | SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA REGIONAL AVIATION CONFERENCE [...] On October 13, Post transmitted reftel demarche to Pakistan's designated participants of subject conference with no comment. Participants are Mr. Syed Amir Mehboob, Airport Manager, Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore; Mr. Ayaz Khan Jadoon, Airport Manager, Benazir Bhutto International [...] | 2008-10-15 13:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAIR ECIN ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3287 | GOP CABINET APPROVES DRAFT HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pakistani cabinet (of the Government of Pakistan (GOP)) approved a draft bill establishing a National Commission on Human Rights (NCHR) and reversing the Musharraf administration's amendments to the Legal Practitioners Act, which drastically curtailed Bar Council authoritie [...] | 2008-10-16 12:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD33 | POLITICAL PARTIES ACCEPT ELECTION POSTPONEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Opposition reaction to the postponement of general elections to February 18 was swift but measured. Most interlocutors confirmed that their parties were not consulted by Pakistan's Election Commission (ECP) and expressed suspicions that the delay was for political rather than the [...] | 2008-01-03 13:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD3300 | CORRECTED COPY: GSM 102 AND GOP WHEAT SUBSIDIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Post, USDA, and the Government of Pakistan (GOP) continue to hammer out the details for the Food for Progress monetization of wheat. Under the program, the GOP wants to sell US donated wheat at USD 195 per ton while USDA regulations prevent the sale of donated commodities below l [...] | 2008-10-17 10:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID ETRD EAGR PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3305 | PAKISTAN'S Q1 INDICATORS REFLECT ECONOMIC DECLINE [...] (SBU) Summary: First quarter economic performance indicators reflect a continuing decline in the country's overall economic stability. Despite pledges to make significant reforms, first quarter data is disappointing as Government of Pakistan (GOP) borrowing from the central bank reached new h [...] | 2008-10-17 13:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EAID PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3316 | POT OF GOLD CONTINUES TO ELUDE GOP [...] (U) Summary: Per State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) statistics, in the first quarter of FY09, Pakistan's current account deficit increased by 74 percent year-on-year, mainly due to the rapid increase in the trade deficit, while foreign investment dropped by 9.67 percent driven by large outflows from [...] | 2008-10-20 10:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3332 | LASHKARS FORMING, BUT THEY ARE NOT THE AWAKENING [...] (C) Summary and Comment. In various agencies within the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and parts of the Northwest Frontier Province, local communities are raising homegrown security forces to fight militants, known as lashkars. These lashkars are fully supported logistically by their lo [...] | 2008-10-21 12:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD3337 | FATA TRIBES SIGN PEACE ACCORD FOR KURRAM AGENCY [...] (C) Summary. On October 17, Border Coordinator met with Munir Khan Orakzai, Member of the National Assembly from lower Kurram agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Area, to discuss the recent peace agreement brokered during a three-day jirga held in Islamabad in which he participated. A [...] | 2008-10-22 07:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD3339 | ZARDARI EXPRESSES DELIGHT WITH CHINA VISIT, LOOKS [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion with visiting SCA Assistant Secretary Boucher, President Zardari expressed complete satisfaction with his just concluded visit to China, reviewed planning for the Friends of Pakistan, and reiterated his determination to press the fight against extrem [...] | 2008-10-22 08:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD3343 | UPDATE ON DISPLACED POPULATIONS IN FATA AND NWFP [...] (SBU) Summary: Separate assessment visits to Lower Dir by post,s Refugee Affairs Specialist in early August and late September show the Government of Pakistan (GOP) has the current situation moderately under control, and current efforts seem more organized than in the past. Overcrowding in [...] | 2008-10-22 10:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD3349 | NAWAZ'S TENETS FOR WAR ON TERROR [...] (C) Summary: The opposition Pakistan Muslim League-N's (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif has submitted a letter to PM Gilani outlining his party's six tenets for any counterterrorism strategy. While blaming the Musharraf administration for misguided policies and claiming a desire for consensus, the letter [...] | 2008-10-22 12:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS EAID PK |
08ISLAMABAD3350 | BOUCHER OUTLINES WAY FORWARD FOR "FRIENDS OF A [...] (C) Summary. At an October 20 meeting in Islamabad hosted by President Zardari, representatives of Pakistan, the U.S., the UK, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and China discussed the organization and possible goals of the Friends of Democratic Pakistan group. They agreed to Foreign Secretary Bashir's s [...] | 2008-10-22 13:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3359 | UNANIMOUS CT RESOLUTION FOCUSES ON DIALOGUE BUT AVOIDS [...] (SBU) Summary: After 15 days of an in-camera joint session of Pakistan's parliament, the legislative body late October 22 unanimously approved a 14-point resolution providing the principles under which the GOP is to implement its national counterterrorism strategy. Blaming former "dictatorial [...] | 2008-10-23 12:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS EAID PK |
08ISLAMABAD3361 | RUCKUS BY LAWYERS BUT LEADERS MOVING ON [...] (U) Hundreds of Pakistan's activist lawyers streamed on to the streets of Islamabad October 20 in an impromptu demonstration on behalf of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. Chaudhry had attempted to leave the judicial enclave and travel to the Supreme Court building just bloc [...] | 2008-10-24 03:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS EAID PK |
08ISLAMABAD3362 | GILANI FOCUSES ON PARLIAMENT'S COUNTERTERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-24 03:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EAID PK |
08ISLAMABAD3363 | KASHMIR TRADE OPENS BETWEEN PAKISTAN AND INDIA FOR [...] (C) Summary: Official trade between Pakistan and India across the Line of Control (LoC) separating Kashmir commenced on October 21 for the first time in over sixty years. The exchange of trucks carrying goods, mostly produce, was limited in scale but not in significance. It heralds what m [...] | 2008-10-24 03:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN PK |
08ISLAMABAD3366 | CONFUSION PERSISTS OVER PAKISTAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-24 07:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPKO SU PK |
08ISLAMABAD3371 | FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN: NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary. At a meeting October 22 with Ambassador, Foreign Secretary Bashir reported that the MFA was circulating to GOP ministries a tasking for an options paper on Pakistan's sectoral needs to build security and economic capacity. The MFA will share that paper with the U.S. and the UK [...] | 2008-10-24 12:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PK |
08ISLAMABAD3373 | BOUCHER REVIEWS COUNTER-TERRORISM EFFORTS WITH [...] (C) Summary. In two separate wide-ranging discussions with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Boucher, Interior Minister Malik reported that the Pakistani government remained firmly committed to completing military action against extremists in Bajaur. Malik expressed co [...] | 2008-10-25 08:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD3374 | BALOCHISTAN PROVINCE: FINANCIALLY DEPENDENT ON THE FEDERAL [...] (U) Summary. As an underdeveloped region in Pakistan, Balochistan is dependent on the federal government for 94 percent of its budget and faces an estimated budget deficit of PKR 8.81 billion (USD 112 million) for the current 2008-09 financial year. Despite being the largest province in size [...] | 2008-10-27 03:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID EIND ENGY EPET PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3375 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FINANCE ADVISOR TAREEN [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador met with newly appointed de facto Finance Minister Shaukat Tareen on October 23 to discuss economic affairs. Tareen noted that he supports the IMF program and thinks the final plan will be concluded soon. He also noted that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) will be rea [...] | 2008-10-27 05:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3377 | PAKISTAN-CHINA AGREEMENTS: NEITHER NEW NOR SPECIFIC [...] (SBU) Summary. To further the strategic partnership between the two countries, Pakistan and China signed 11 agreements during President Zardari's recent visit to China. These agreements range in scope from economic cooperation to the construction of two nuclear power plants to a Memorandum o [...] | 2008-10-27 05:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID EIND ENGY EPET PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3383 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 27, 2008 [...] "Gilani Terms U.S. Raids Disastrous" "Dawn" (10/27) "U.S. attacks in tribal areas are harming the government's efforts to isolate extremists and mobilize people against militancy, according to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. Addressing a press conference after returning from Beijing on S [...] | 2008-10-27 09:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3388 | TAREEN ANNOUNCES HIS ECONOMIC PLAN AND KSE RETAINS FLOOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Pakistan's Advisor on Finance Shaukat Tareen discussed his nine point economic plan with the business community on October 25th, which according to him will bring the economy back on track. He asserted that he will raise the tax-revenue to GDP ratio to 15 percent from the curren [...] | 2008-10-27 12:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3389 | AS PROTESTS CONTINUE GOP RESERVES DECISION TO ELIMINATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Faced with protests nationwide the Government of Pakistan has reversed the recent decision to increase electricity tariffs by 31 percent. Minister of Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf stated at a news conference on October 26 that the government stands by its decision to slash [...] | 2008-10-27 12:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3398 | QURESHI TALKS TO BOUCHER ABOUT FRIENDS AND [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Boucher met Foreign Minister Qureshi late October 20. Qureshi was appreciative of the effort put into the "Friends of Pakistan." He hoped the initiative would be more than "just a donors' group," and informed Boucher that an action plan was with President Zar [...] | 2008-10-28 09:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EAID PK |
08ISLAMABAD3399 | NAWAZ ASSURES BOUCHER HE WILL NOT EMBARRASS THE [...] (C) Summary. In an October 20 meeting with Assistant Secretary Boucher, Nawaz Sharif expressed disappointment with the outcome of an ongoing joint session of parliament on the security situation and said he was sending a letter to Prime Minister Gilani outlining his party,s strategy on coun [...] | 2008-10-28 11:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3400 | SUPPORT FOR OPIC-BACKED FUNDS AND INTERGEN POWER PROJECT [...] ( SBU) Summary. Post expresses its support to OPIC-backed funds investing in renewable energy in Pakistan. In addition, Post received updates from OPIC and Intergen regarding the proposed 158 MW power plant in Laachi. Post understands that OPIC has decided to hold off financing the deal unti [...] | 2008-10-28 11:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EINV ENRG PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3402 | DURRANI TELLS BOUCHER OF SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO INDIA [...] (C) Summary. During an October 20 meeting with Assistant Secretary Boucher, National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister Durrani said military progress in Bajaur was slow because militants were being reinforced with fighters from Afghanistan, neighboring tribal areas and from Arab and North A [...] | 2008-10-28 12:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3403 | PAKISTAN'S INACTION MAKES DEFAULT MORE PROBABLE [...] (SBU) Summary. Over the past ten days foreign exchange reserves dropped 13 percent to USD 3.52 billion on October 27. Fuel subsidies have been quietly phased out but electricity subsidies are on pace to exceed the budgeted funds for FY 2008-09. Credit-default swaps (CDS) spreads on Pakistan' [...] | 2008-10-28 14:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3414 | PAKISTAN'S FOREIGN SECRETARY & SENATE FORMALLY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-29 11:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PTER PREL |
08ISLAMABAD3417 | KURD ELECTED BAR PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Ali Ahmad Kurd was easily elected late October 28 as the new president of Pakistan's powerful Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA). Kurd, former vice-chair of the Pakistan Bar Council, was backed by the lawyers' movement to succeed Aitzaz Ahsan. While Kurd is advertised as a " [...] | 2008-10-29 12:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS EAID PK |
08ISLAMABAD3418 | AMBASSADOR CONVOKED OVER U.S. ATTACKS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-29 13:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PTER PREL TFIN ETRD |
08ISLAMABAD3419 | FATA UPDATE - 24 OCTOBER 2008 [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani military operations in Bajaur continue, but Inspector General Frontier Corps MG Tariq Khan says his forces are making good progress. They have cleared most of the main towns and the main road, and say they have taken the town of Lowi Sam, although attacks by militants c [...] | 2008-10-30 02:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PTER PREL MOPS PK |
08ISLAMABAD3430 | TAREEN PRIMES SENATE FOR IMF PROGRAM AND REFORM [...] (SBU) On October 29 Economic Advisor Shaukat Tareen tried to convince Pakistan's Senate members that any IMF program would be on terms favorable to Pakistan and presented an extensive economic reform agenda. He also revealed that the fiscal deficit projection of 7.4 percent of GDP is actually [...] | 2008-10-30 12:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3431 | MINI-JIRGA ENDORSES OUTREACH TO "ALL THOSE [...] (C) Summary. The Pak-Afghan mini-jirga meeting in Islamabad concluded October 28 after two days with an agreement to form follow-up committees on both sides of the border tasked with opening a dialogue with the "opposition," defined by Pakistani jirga leader Governor Ghani as "all those invo [...] | 2008-10-30 12:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD3456 | PAKISTAN SEEKING WATER AS COMPENSATION IN DISPUTE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Faced with a 34 percent drop in water levels, Pakistan alleges that India did not release Pakistan's share of Chanab River water from the Baglihar Dam and after two recent delegations have unsuccessfully visited India to resolve the water dispute, Pakistan may seek compensation u [...] | 2008-11-03 10:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY PK |
08ISLAMABAD3461 | BANKS REQUIRED TO HOLD FEWER RESERVES [...] (SBU) The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reduced the cash reserve requirement of banks in Pakistan by 100 basis points to 5 percent, a 4 percent drop in the last three weeks. The reduction in cash reserve requirement and statutory liquidity requirement carried out earlier combined have generat [...] | 2008-11-03 11:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3463 | PROTESTS ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF MUSHARRAF'S STATE [...] (C) Summary: Lawyers commemorated the November 3 anniversary of last year's State of Emergency (SOE),demonstrating in front of bar association offices and court houses across the country. They blasted the current government for reinstating only some of the judges removed by former President [...] | 2008-11-03 12:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD3492 | ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION IN WHEAT SALES ARE FALSE [...] (S//NF) Summary. Post is concerned over a recent RAO report (Reftel A) regarding the misuse by the Government of Pakistan (GOP) of USG funds earmarked to purchase wheat. Post takes any claim regarding the misuse of U.S funds seriously. In response, EconOff has attempted to confirm some of the [...] | 2008-11-05 13:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD3493 | PAKISTAN'S APPEAL FOR WHEAT THROUGH THE GSM 102 PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) faces a wheat shortage of 1.75 million tons, valued at approximately USD 450 million. Post recommends approval of a USD 450 million U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) GSM-102 credit guarantee program for Pakistan in FY 2009 to support sales o [...] | 2008-11-05 13:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID ETRD EAGR PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3499 | TWO PAKISTANI ULEMA GROUPS CONDEMN SUICIDE BOMBINGS [...] (C) Summary: However haltingly, the GOP has begun work on its own strategic information campaign to convince civil society to take ownership of the fight against extremism. The pro-secular Pakistan People's Party recognizes it must bring the religious right, which thrives on anti-Americanism, [...] | 2008-11-06 10:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK PHUM KISL |
08ISLAMABAD35 | GOP RELEASES PALESTINIANS FROM PAN AM 73 HIJACKING [...] MFA Americas Desk Director Mansoor Khan advised PolCouns January 3 that the Pakistan Federal Review Board had reviewed the cases of the four Palestinians who were jailed in 1988 for their involvement in the September 1986 hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73. The Board decided that, because the four [...] | 2008-01-03 15:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD3532 | DCM MEETS WITH STATE BANK GOVERNOR AKHTAR [...] (C) Summary: In a November 5 meeting, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor, Dr. Shamshad Akhtar confirmed that negotiations with the IMF are stuck on the issue of how much to raise interest rates. The GOP plans to make a decision on this issue November 12. She expressed surprise on being a [...] | 2008-11-07 13:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3533 | ZARDARI REACHES OUT TO BALOCHISTAN [...] (C) Summary: In a marked change from the previous government, President Zardari has been reaching out to the oft forgotten province of Balochistan. Especially after the October 29 earthquake, Zardari is intensifying GOP efforts to settle a long-simmering Baloch rebellion through political reco [...] | 2008-11-10 03:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD3537 | HEAD OF PML-N PARTY CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] (SBU) The following letter was sent by Nawaz Sharif, the President of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party. It is a center-right secular party with a conservative, urban base in Punjab. Nawaz Sharif was Prime Minister of Pakistan twice; he was ousted in 1999 in a coup led by then G [...] | 2008-11-10 05:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP |
08ISLAMABAD3538 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 10, 2008 [...] "NATO Jets Kill 8 Banned Outfit Members In Khyber" "Daily Times," "The Nation" (11/10) "NATO jets today bombed Tirah Valley in Khyber Agency, killing eight members of a banned outfit - Amar Bil Maroof - and injuring three, 'Dawn News' reported. The channel said the NATO jets targeted hideo [...] | 2008-11-10 08:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3545 | GOP PROPOSED KARACHI STOCK EXCHANGE SUPPORT SCHEME [...] (SBU) Summary. The Board of the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) placed a trading "floor" on August 28 to halt the market plunge and block the withdrawal of approximately USD 2 billion foreign investors have invested in the KSE. Market participants say the floor will remain until positive news, s [...] | 2008-11-10 12:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3546 | MONEYCHANGERS ARRESTED TO PRESERVE FOREIGN EXCHANGE [...] (U) Summary. At least four money changers, including a CEO of a leading foreign exchange company, were arrested on November 8 by Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for smuggling and illegal cross border transfer of foreign exchange. The FIA is closely watching other exchange compan [...] | 2008-11-10 12:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3558 | CENTRAL BANK RAISES RATES TWO PERCENT AMID BLEAK ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor, Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, announced that the policy rate would be raised 200 basis points, from 13 percent to 15 percent, presumably in acceptance of International Monetary Fund (IMF) conditionality. However, Akhtar warned banks not to rais [...] | 2008-11-12 14:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3560 | GOP PROPOSED KARACHI STOCK EXCHANGE SUPPORT SCHEME [...] (SBU) Summary. The Board of the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) placed a trading "floor" on August 28 to halt the market plunge and block the withdrawal of approximately USD 2 billion foreign investors have invested in the KSE. Market participants say the floor will remain until positive news, s [...] | 2008-11-13 05:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD357 | START UP OF NEW USAID OFFICE OF TRANSITION INITIATIVES [...] SUMMARY: The relationship between the Government of Pakistan (GOP) and traditional tribal structures in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) is under increased pressure because of the spread of fundamentalist extremism, foreign terrorist involvement, PakistanQs military activities in [...] | 2008-01-24 06:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3583 | APPROVAL BUT NO MONEY FOR PPP GOVERNMENT'S FIRST MEGA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Pakistan (GOP) has finally approved the construction of the USD 12.6 billion Diamer-Basha Dam originally announced in 2006. The dam will reportedly store 6.3 million acre-feet of water and to generate 4,500 MW of electricity. Given the recent economic downturn [...] | 2008-11-13 11:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY PK |
08ISLAMABAD3584 | FATA UPDATE - 13 NOVEMBER 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 11:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER MOPS PK |
08ISLAMABAD3586 | GILANI TO CODEL SNOWE: HELP US HIT TARGETS [...] (C) Summary: Codel Snowe met November 11 with Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani. Gilani thanked the USG for its support in helping transition the country to a full democracy and congratulated the U.S. on its recent election. Gilani reiterated that the struggle against extremism was "Pakistan' [...] | 2008-11-13 11:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS EAID PK |
08ISLAMABAD3590 | IDEAS FOR USG ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE FOR PAKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. As the Government of Pakistan (GOP) and the IMF edge closer to finalizing an agreement, additional donor assistance will likely be sought to bolster the IMF package. Post recommends consideration of the following economic options to support the democratically-elected Government o [...] | 2008-11-14 12:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3592 | IDEAS FOR USG ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-15 03:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3593 | ZARDARI TO PETRAEUS: "DEFEAT IS NOT AN OPTION" [...] (C) Summary. During a November 3 meeting with CENTCOM Commander Petraeus, President Zardari repeated his commitment to fight terrorism, saying "defeat is not an option." He renewed his request for U.S. economic support, indicated he could support some unilateral U.S. military actions if they w [...] | 2008-11-15 05:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3594 | MOD MUKHTAR MEETS GENERAL PETRAEUS [...] (C) Summary. During a November 3 meeting with CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus, Minister of Defense Mukhtar expressed concern about the political difficulties that ongoing U.S. strikes in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) were creating for the Pakistani government. He reques [...] | 2008-11-15 05:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3595 | CJCS MAJID HOSTS CENTCOM CMDR PETRAEUS [...] (C) Summary. During a November 3 meeting and lunch, CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Tariq Majid discussed bilateral relations, the need to improve military-military cooperation, and Pakistan's efforts to combat extremism. End Summary. [...] | 2008-11-15 05:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3598 | GOVERNMENT TO PRIVATIZE 17 PUBLIC SECTOR ENTITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 13, Naved Qamar the newly appointed Privatization Minister presented the fiscal year 2008-2009 privatization plan to Pakistan's parliament despite severe disagreement on the subject. The Privatization Ministry has identified 57 public sector entities for future priv [...] | 2008-11-17 01:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY PK |
08ISLAMABAD36 | IMPLEMENTATION OF RECONSTRUCTION OPPORTUNITY ZONES REQUIRES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reconstruction Opportunity Zones (ROZs) will be an important tool for economic development in Afghanistan and the border areas of Pakistan. Embassy Islamabad has developed a description of initiatives which will be essential for the implementation of the ROZs. Many, such as imp [...] | 2008-01-03 15:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PK ETRD EAID PREL AF |
08ISLAMABAD3606 | GOP'S PLAN FOR THE BENAZIR INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAM [...] Summary. Details of the GOP plan to create a social welfare type program, the Benazir Income Support Program, were presented to diplomatic representatives. Through the program the GOP will disburse Rs. 2000 (USD 24.39 at R82 per USD) every other month to over 3 million families that have a mo [...] | 2008-11-17 06:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3627 | FATA UPDATE - 13 NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani military and Frontier Corps have made progress in clearing the main north-south corridor in Bajaur and forces are poised to move into Mohmand Agency to begin operations. The latest attack on the Salarzai tribe served to underscore the need for adequate post-conflict se [...] | 2008-11-18 10:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER MOPS PK |
08ISLAMABAD3629 | POST NOMINATION FOR U.S. LABOR AWARD [...] (U) Summary. Post highly recommends Mr. Muhammad Saifullah Choudhry for the U.S. Department of Labor's Iqbal Masih Award for the Elimination of Child Labor (reftel A). Post believes Mr. Choudhry exemplifies the spirit of this award due to his contributions in reducing the worst forms of child [...] | 2008-11-18 11:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM SOCI KTIP PK |
08ISLAMABAD3630 | PAKISTAN'S VIEWS ON AFGHAN REFUGEE CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: On November 13, Poloff and DepPolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Imran Siddiqui, responsible for human rights issues within the United Nations division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Siddiqui saw the November 19 international conference on Afghan refugees as "positive" b [...] | 2008-11-18 11:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL AF PK |
08ISLAMABAD3634 | GOP STILL NOT READY TO APPROVE PNR [...] (C) Summary. On November 18, DCM delivered reftel A demarche regarding data sharing for passenger name records to Ministry of Interior Secretary Kamal Shah. Shah noted that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) has been having internal discussion on the issue of providing data to fulfill the Depart [...] | 2008-11-18 12:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PGOV PTER ECON PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3635 | NO WEAPONS OR AMMUNITION TRANSPORTED IN NATO [...] (S/NF) Embassy has seen ref (B) indicating that ammunition and arms off hijacked U.S. convoys are being sold in Pakistan. To be clear, no weapons, ammunition or sensitive electronics are shipped to Afghansitan by land routes through Pakistan, according to the Office of Defense Representation [...] | 2008-11-18 12:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER MARR PK |
08ISLAMABAD3640 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 19, 2008 [...] "U.S. Commander Says Pakistan Backed Raid" "Dawn" (11/19) "The U.S. military has launched a coordinated operation with Pakistani forces to put pressure on insurgents on both sides of Afghanistan's wild eastern frontier, a U.S. military commander said on Tuesday. Dubbed "Operation Lionheart," [...] | 2008-11-19 10:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3644 | PAKISTAN'S NEED FOR PL-480 WHEAT [...] (C) Summary. Embassy recommends food assistance for Pakistan. Domestic food shortages - but most fundamentally the inability of the new civilian government to deliver to its citizens - can and will undermine American security objectives in Pakistan. As we have reported, the Pakistani military [...] | 2008-11-19 12:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3645 | TORKHAM TO KHYBER HIGHWAY OPENS TO CONVOYS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The main land route to Afghanistan through Pakistan, the Torkham to Khyber highway, was re-opened to truck convoys on November 17. It had been closed by local authorities for five days because of security concerns following a November 10 attack on a convoy in which 13 trucks, in [...] | 2008-11-19 13:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER MARR PK |
08ISLAMABAD3647 | ENERGY UPDATE: STRATEGIC GAS RESERVE SHORTAGES, TARIFFS [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan's strategic oil reserves have fallen to low levels due to Pakistan's credit rating and inability to use letters of credit to purchase crude oil. Sources in the GOP report that Iran is attempting to substantively change the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project. Iran [...] | 2008-11-19 15:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY EPET ELTN PK IN |
08ISLAMABAD3654 | MFA AGAIN CONVOKES AMBASSADOR RE DRONE STRIKES [...] (C) Following press reports of an alleged U.S. drone strike November 19 against a target in Bannu, Northwest Frontier Province, Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir convoked Ambassador to issue a formal GOP protest. A clearly uncomfortable Bashir said that the strike "undermined our efforts agai [...] | 2008-11-20 12:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3655 | A POWER PLAY FOR THE EMBATTLED PAKISTAN MUSLIM [...] (C) Summary: The leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) party have abandoned former President Pervez Musharraf and are engaged in a battle to keep the party intact and hold on to power in the face of an internal rebellion after losses in the February parliamentary elections. PML President [...] | 2008-11-20 12:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PK |
08ISLAMABAD3656 | USAID/OFDA PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE SHELTER UPDATE [...] On October 29, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake in Balochistan Province of Pakistan caused significant damage to the traditional mud and timber houses, primarily affecting Ziarat and Pishin districts, with some damage also reported in Harnai district. Different assessments produced a range of estim [...] | 2008-11-20 13:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PK PINR PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD3658 | CABINET OKAYS IMF PROGRAM BUT NOT SMOOTH SAILING WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Federal Cabinet approved the economic stabilization plan and directed the Ministry of Finance to finalize negotiations with International Monetary Fund (IMF). The Planning Commission received reports on both short-term stabilization and medium-term economic recovery. The r [...] | 2008-11-20 14:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY PK |
08ISLAMABAD3671 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 21, 2008 [...] "Suicide Attack on Mosque: Lashkar Chief Eliminated" "Dawn" (11/21) "The chief of a tribal lashkar and eight other people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque in Bajaur Agency on Thursday. According to an official claim, 17 militants, including 11 foreigners, were k [...] | 2008-11-21 10:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3672 | PRISON RIOTS PROMPT CALLS FOR REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Four prison riots in rapid succession in mid-October prompted NGO leaders to call for systemic reform. The problems stem from extreme overcrowding, severe health and sanitation risks, inequities within the prison population, and lengthy pre-trial detention. Conviction rates in [...] | 2008-11-21 10:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SNAR PK |
08ISLAMABAD3676 | EMBASSY ISLAMABAD REFUGEE AFFAIRS SECTION WEEKLY [...] (SBU) Summary: The following is a Refugee Affairs weekly activity report for November 10 - 14. The recent spate of violence in Peshawar has caused the United Nations to drawn down international staff at their Peshawar offices; other NGOs in Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) have limited oper [...] | 2008-11-22 08:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD3677 | REACTION TO ALLEGED DRONE ATTACKS IN BANNU [...] (C) Summary: According to local press, the alleged U.S. strike in Bannu on November 19 marked the first such attack in the settled areas of the Northwest Frontier Province, outside of the tribal areas. The strike drew a new round of condemnation by Prime Minister Gilani, coalition political pa [...] | 2008-11-24 01:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD3678 | SPOT REPORT ON MOHMAND AGENCY [...] (C) Summary: Preliminary operations against militant forces by the Pakistan military have begun in Mohmand agency within the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Local news sources and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) report that the numbers of those internally displaced persons (I [...] | 2008-11-24 02:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD3691 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH AGRICULTURE SECRETARY ON FOOD AID [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 21 MINFAL Secretary Zia ur Rehman and Additional Secretary Shahid Hussain Raja requested an urgent meeting with Ambassador to discuss agricultural issues in Pakistan. The Secretary requested USG assistance on wheat imports, specifically access to the USDA GSM-102 pr [...] | 2008-11-24 14:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3693 | PAKISTAN PETROLEUM RESERVES DANGEROUSLY LOW [...] (S) Summary. Pakistan may be facing a crude oil shortage in the near term but the extent of this shortfall cannot be confirmed. Based on numerous conversations with government officials and businesses operating in Pakistan, Post has compiled information regarding a circular debt problem with do [...] | 2008-11-24 14:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY EPET ELTN PK |
08ISLAMABAD3699 | PAKISTAN FINALLY REQUESTS IMF PROGRAM, POST GETS SUMMARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At a meeting for G7 countries, the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Resident Representative to Pakistan, Paul Ross, presented an overview of the Stand-By Agreement (SBA) Board members will consider on November 24. Ross emphasized that the program fits well with Pakistan's ow [...] | 2008-11-25 08:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY PK |
08ISLAMABAD3711 | FATA UPDATE - 21 NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (C) Summary: Operations continued in Bajaur Agency as the military continued to move to the southern border. In Mohmand Agency, Pakistan air assaults continued on the northern border and limited unit movement on the southern border to cordon and search for militants on a house-by-house basis. [...] | 2008-11-26 14:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER PK MOPS |
08ISLAMABAD3712 | JANG GROUP'S BEHAVIOR MAKES WORKING WITH GEO TV UNTENABLE [...] This is an action request see paragraph 15. 2. Summary: Post believes the time has come to end the contract the BBG holds with "GEO TV Network" and move it to a responsible organization. GEO is owned by the "Jang Group," a multimedia corporation owning Urdu and English language newspape [...] | 2008-11-26 14:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD3715 | MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION (MCC): DELIVERY OF [...] EconOff delivered reftel demarche outlining Pakistan's FY09 score for consideration under the Millennium Challenge Corporation to Ministry of Finance Joint Secretary/Director M. Mumtaz Malik on November 19. Malik thanked EconOff for the information and said the GoP will continue to work toward [...] | 2008-11-28 11:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC PK |
08ISLAMABAD3716 | PAKISTAN REACTIONS TO TERROR IN MUMBAI [...] (S) Summary. President Zardari, PM Gilani and FM Qureshi have made all the right public statements condemning the November 27-28 militant attacks in Mumbai; Gilani has agreed to an Indian request and is sending ISI Chief MG Pasha to India to participate in the investigation. Interior Minister Malik [...] | 2008-11-28 12:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER IN UK PK |
08ISLAMABAD3717 | ISI DISBANDS ITS "POLITICAL WING" [...] (C) ... [...] | 2008-11-28 12:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD3718 | CHARGE URGES FM QURESHI TO SEND ISI MG PASHA TO INDIA [...] (S) Summary. In a November 29 meeting with FM Qureshi, Charge urged Pakistan to send ISI Director MG Pasha to India, as agreed publicly, to participate in investigations of the Mumbai terrorist attacks. If Pasha did not go to India, this would be seen as a bad sign that Pakistan was retreating [...] | 2008-11-29 07:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3719 | ZARDARI PROMISES TO SEND AN ISI DIRECTOR TO INDIA [...] (S) Summary. Pakistani leaders and media remained defensive November 30 about accusations of Pakistani involvement in the Mumbai attacks and demanded evidence from India. Zardari, Qureshi and an unnamed senior defense official are quoted as denying involvement and promising to take action again [...] | 2008-11-30 09:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3722 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 28, 2008 [...] "Mumbai Death Toll Rises To 125; India Blames Neighbors" "The News" (11/28) "Indian commandos killed the last three gunmen at the Taj Hotel late Thursday and were sweeping another luxury hotel in search of hostages and trapped people after militants stormed targets across Mumbai, leaving 125 [...] | 2008-12-01 02:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3733 | PAKISTAN: MUMBAI SITUATION UPDATE [...] (C) Ambassador has returned and will see Chief of Army Staff General Kayani at 3 pm local time. Zardari is unavailable for meetings today. 2. (C) UK PM Gordon Brown is trying to call President Zardari today. 3. (C) NSA Durrani advised DCM that Zardari is meeting this evening with all of the Pak [...] | 2008-12-01 11:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3737 | IRAN GAS PIPELINE PROJECT "PUT ON ICE" BY GOP [...] (C) Summary: Local media reports that Iran has increased the proposed price for natural gas under the Iran pipeline which makes the project unfeasible for the Government of Pakistan. Officials at the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources confirm that unless directed to pursue the Iran pip [...] | 2008-12-01 13:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY EPET ELTN PK IN |
08ISLAMABAD3744 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 02, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-02 09:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3748 | FM BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON MUMBAI; GOI EMBASSY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-02 14:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3760 | PAKISTAN ABOLISHES ITS NSC [...] (C) Summary: On November 28, Prime Minister Gilani publicly announced that he and President Zardari had dissolved the National Security Council (NSC). The move was designed to stave off demands by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz that Zardari deliver on promises to cede presidential powers t [...] | 2008-12-03 13:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD3762 | IMF NOT PUSHING FOR CONTROVERSIAL AGRICULTURE TAX REFORMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Income from agriculture accounts for 21 percent of GDP and is technically subject to income tax, but actual revenue from agriculture is negligible. Much of the domestic criticism of the IMF program is the accusation that the IMF is requiring agricultural tax reform. On Novembe [...] | 2008-12-03 13:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN EINV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3763 | STAKEHOLDER REACTIONS TO THE IMF PROGRAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. All stakeholders surveyed agree that Pakistan's Stand-by Agreement (SBA) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was inevitable and will provide much needed economic stability in the short-term. The SBA document is not yet fully public so stakeholders are reacting to interes [...] | 2008-12-03 13:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN EINV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3764 | PAKISTAN TO SEEK WORLD BANK SETTLEMENT IN WATER DISPUTE [...] (SBU) Summary: India's Water Commissioner for the Indus River Treaty visited Pakistan to gather information on Pakistani claims regarding low water sheds. Pakistan claims that India diverted a significant volume of water from the river Chenab to its Baglihar dam which resulted in a 34 percent [...] | 2008-12-03 13:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY SENV PK IN |
08ISLAMABAD3776 | DECISION NEEDED ON PAKISTAN GSM-102 APPEAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Post requests that a decision be made for a plan under GSM-102 for Pakistan. Two items are delaying Pakistan from purchasing U.S. wheat under the GSM-102 program. First, Post renews its appeal for USDA's speedy approval of the 5 Pakistani banks, originally identified by the Gov [...] | 2008-12-05 07:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAID PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3779 | FM BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON MUMBAI; GOI EMBASSY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-05 08:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3783 | FM BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON MUMBAI; GOI EMBASSY [...] (S) Summary. FM Qureshi briefed the diplomatic corps December 2 on the GOP reaction to the Mumbai attacks. He complained about the negative effect of Indian media hype and announced that Pakistan was proposing a joint investigation led by the two National Security Advisors. He reiterated that Pakis [...] | 2008-12-05 10:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3788 | PML-N KITCHEN CABINET: NAWAZ'S BETTER HALF [...] (C) Summary: On November 25 last year, opposition leader Nawaz Sharif triumphantly returned to Lahore. Even then, however, prospects for his Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz looked dim. In fact, Nawaz announced (three times) that his party would boycott the February 18 parliamentary elections, j [...] | 2008-12-07 11:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PK |
08ISLAMABAD3790 | AMBASSADOR TAHIR-KHELI HIGHLIGHTS WOMEN'S [...] (C) Summary: Senior Adviser to the Secretary for Women's Empowerment Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli visited Islamabad on November 24 and 25 to discuss women's empowerment issues and the Women Against Terrorism Initiative. Ambassador Tahir-Kheli met with National Security Adviser Mahmud Ali Dur [...] | 2008-12-08 08:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV WE PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3791 | PM GILANI TELLS CODEL MCCAIN PAKISTAN WILL ACT [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Gilani told Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham the GOP will take action against individuals implicated in the Mumbai attacks as Secretary Rice had urged. On December 6, the Prime Minister, joined by Foreign Minister Qureshi, said the government h [...] | 2008-12-08 08:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN PK |
08ISLAMABAD3796 | NEW IRI POLL: ZARDARI BLAMED FOR PAKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: The latest International Republican Institute poll, funded by the National Endowment for Democracy and conducted at the end of October, found this GOP as unpopular as the previous administration of former President Pervez Musharraf. Current President Asif Zardari is taking the bl [...] | 2008-12-08 14:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR MOPS PK |
08ISLAMABAD380 | SHARIA LAW: TRYING IT AGAIN IN NWFP'S MALAKAND, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) has sent legislation to the federal government proposing Sharia Muslim law be instituted in Malakand agency, Swat, and some other areas north of Peshawar. This is tied to ongoing efforts to mollify Malakand and Swat leaders, but by so doin [...] | 2008-01-25 09:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR PK |
08ISLAMABAD3801 | IMF LOOKS FOR USG SUPPORT WITH PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. EconCounselor met with the IMF's Resident Representative to discuss Pakistan's implementation of economic stabilization policies. They agreed that the SBA adjustment measures are necessary for a stable economy and this message should be continually reinforced with officials of [...] | 2008-12-09 14:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY EINV PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3804 | PAKISTAN FUEL RESERVE LEVELS IMPROVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Pakistan (GOP) officials remain reluctant to discuss Pakistan's overall strategic fuel reserves but the approval of the International Monetary Fund program has provided Pakistan with the ability to purchase supplies and increase its domestic commercial fuel reserves [...] | 2008-12-10 11:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY PK |
08ISLAMABAD3807 | GE LOCOMOTIVE ADVOCACY TO BE DECIDED AT PRESIDENTIAL LEVEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A commercial decision to procure 75 locomotives by the state-owned Pakistan Railways has turned into a political decision after the newly appointed Minister of Railways announced that he would nullify a letter of intent to procure Chinese locomotives in favor of a General Electri [...] | 2008-12-10 12:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND ELTN EINV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3811 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 06-09, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-11 11:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3819 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S DECEMBER 11 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Secretary and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, joined by Foreign Minister Qureshi, met December 11 in Islamabad. Zardari pledged his interest in cooperating with the government of India to prosecute those implicated in the Mumbai terror attacks. The GOP has deta [...] | 2008-12-12 08:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL PTER IN PK |
08ISLAMABAD382 | STAFFDEL BLAZEY MEETS WITH PAKISTAN'S 11TH CORPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. StaffDel Blazey traveled to Peshawar January 18-19 to meet with the leadership of Pakistan's 11th Corps and the Deputy Director General (DDG) of the Frontier Corps. Discussions centered on efforts to combat the growing insurgency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA [...] | 2008-01-25 10:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PGOV MASS PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3820 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S DECEMBER 11 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Secretary John Negroponte met with Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi to discuss the terrorist attacks in Mumbai and relations with India, progress being made on border cooperation with Afghanistan and upcoming multilateral and bilateral meetings. End summary. [...] | 2008-12-12 09:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3821 | DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S MEETING WITH FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: On December 11, Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with the Prime Minister's Advisor on Finance Shaukat Tareen. They discussed the present state of Pakistan's economy, the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) stand-by agreement, Reconstruction Opportunity Zones (ROZs) and the Bilat [...] | 2008-12-12 09:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3822 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 12, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-12 09:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3823 | DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETS WITH PAKISTAN PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY. Pakistani Prime Minister Gilani told Deputy Secretary Negroponte December 11 of Pakistan's commitment to cooperate fully with India in the investigation of the Mumbai attacks. He welcomed UNSCR 1267, which gave Pakistan face-saving cover under which to act against Lashkar-e-T [...] | 2008-12-12 10:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3827 | ALL PARTIES COMMUNIQUE ON INDO-PAK RELATIONS [...] (U) Late December 2, in Islamabad, Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani convened an "all political parties conference" to discuss Pakistan's unequivocal condemnation of the October 29 Mumbai bombings and their unified position vis-a-vis Pakistan's relations with neighbor India. The text of the unanim [...] | 2008-12-12 14:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN PK |
08ISLAMABAD3837 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: December 15, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-15 10:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3838 | SHEDDING LIGHT ON PAKISTANI THINKING ON BIT, ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: On December 12 EconCouns met with Secretary General Salman Farruqui and discussed the Energy Dialogue, the Friends of Pakistan and the International Fund Donor's Conference. Farruqui said that he would be the GOP's organizational lead for both the Friends of Pakistan and the IMF D [...] | 2008-12-15 12:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3841 | SENATOR LIEBERMAN MEETS WITH PPP AND PML [...] (C) Summary: Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT),traveling to Pakistan as part of Codel McCain, met separately December 6 in Islamabad with representatives of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League (PML). The PPP parliamentarians reiterated the government's support for the [...] | 2008-12-16 03:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS IN PK |
08ISLAMABAD3849 | PREVENTIVE DETENTION FOR MUMBAI ATTACKERS [...] (SBU) Summary: The continued police round-ups in Pakistan of persons even tangentially connected to the Mumbai attacks have generated much puzzlement about the country's sweeping ability to use preventive detention remedies. For Pakistani authorities, however, this is pretty much business as usual. [...] | 2008-12-16 14:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KJUS IN PK |
08ISLAMABAD3853 | STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN ISSUES 2007-2008 ANNUAL REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Pakistan's central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP),released its 2007-2008 annual report on December 11. The report presents a lucid explanation of the already well documented deterioration of Pakistan's macroeconomic situation in Fiscal Year 2007-2008, ending in June. Pa [...] | 2008-12-17 05:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY EINV PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3861 | FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, [...] (SBU) Fighting continued in Bajaur into the first week of December with government forces reporting small advances, claiming to kill over 50 militants, but unable to fully secure the volatile agency. Troops reportedly began patrolling areas captured from militants in Nawagai tehsil. Security f [...] | 2008-12-18 02:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD388 | PAKISTAN RESPONSE TO USG QUESTIONS REGARDING DECEMBER 18 [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor met with Jameel Ahmad, Executive Director, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in Karachi on January 24 to discuss the Bank Sepah transaction (reftel). Ahmad explained that Bank Sepah had opened two letters of credit (the first for USD 626,091.42; the second for USD 677,640.89) o [...] | 2008-01-25 13:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP IR PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3885 | PAKISTAN'S SHARIAT COURT BANS SHORT SELLING ON STOCKS [...] (SBU) Summary: In October, the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan, a court traditionally concerned with social matters, expanded its jurisdiction into the economic realm by directing the government to amend its financial laws within six months to impose significant penalties on those who engag [...] | 2008-12-19 09:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3886 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 19, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-19 09:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3888 | KARACHI STOCK EXCHANGE DROPPING WITHOUT FLOOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Beginning Monday, December 15 the Government of Pakistan (GOP) required the country's three exchanges to remove a restriction ("floor") on trading below closing prices of August 27, 2008. The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) dropped approximately 4 percent during each of the first [...] | 2008-12-19 11:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY EINV PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3889 | FATA UPDATE - 19 DECEMBER 2008 [...] (C) Summary. Consulate Peshawar personnel report that rocket attacks are becoming a near-daily occurrence throughout Peshawar, but continue to result in little damage and very few deaths. Government of Pakistan (GoP) and Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) officials have noted to Ambassador an [...] | 2008-12-19 13:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD3902 | LAWYERS POLITICIZED, BLAME U.S. FOR MUMBAI ATTACKS [...] (C) Since the ouster of President-General Pervez Musharraf, the lawyers' movement has become less and less an independent force on Pakistan's political scene. Many of its original leaders are looking for dignified exits, ceding ground to some die-hard firebrands (reftel). The opposition Paki [...] | 2008-12-22 08:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS EAID PK |
08ISLAMABAD3903 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: December 22, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-22 10:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3906 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE INVITATION PASSED TO PAKISTAN [...] (U) In concert with Russian and Dutch counterparts, Post passed reftel invitation message on the fifth Global Initiative plenary meeting to Kamran Akhtar, Disarmament Director in Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on December 22. 2. (C) Akhtar thanked the group for the invitation and [...] | 2008-12-22 12:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP PINR KGIC PINS PK |
08ISLAMABAD391 | AMERICAN COMPANIES EXPERIENCE INCREASED DIFFICULTY DOING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Islamabad has received an increased number of complaints from American companies over the last several months regarding unfair practices on the part of GOP, many stemming from action of the caretaker government. General Electric, Oracle, Bell Helicopters and AES have exper [...] | 2008-01-26 03:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL ETRD EAID EINV EFIN PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD392 | AMERICAN COMPANIES EXPERIENCE INCREASED DIFFICULTY DOING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Islamabad has received an increased number of complaints from American companies over the last several months regarding unfair practices on the part of GOP, many stemming from action of the caretaker government. General Electric, Oracle, Bell Helicopters and AES have experience [...] | 2008-01-26 03:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL ETRD EAID EINV EFIN PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3933 | PAKISTANI MEDIA AND GOP ATTITUDES TOWARD THE BIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent article in the Pakistani press has criticized the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) as "one-sided" and "in favor of U.S. investors" only. The article presents some misconceptions about the BIT and was refuted by a Ministry of Investment official. Five outstanding issues [...] | 2008-12-23 13:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EFIN ENGY ECON PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3935 | JAMAAT-I-ISLAMI CONDUCTS PEACEFUL PROTEST IN PESHAWAR [...] (SBU) Summary. One of the largest Pakistani religious parties, Jamaat-i-Islami (JI),led by its chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad, staged a large demonstration in Peshawar to demand that Pakistan stop permitting NATO supplies to flow through the area into Afghanistan. Between 6,000-10,000 protestors pa [...] | 2008-12-24 01:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3942 | GOP PLANNING FOR FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN, DONORS CONFERENCE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 23, the DCM met with Secretary General Salman Farruqui in order to discuss the upcoming Friends of Democratic Pakistan meetings, the proposed Donors Conference and the Energy Dialogue. Farruqui extended the GOP's invitation to Secretary-designate Clinton to attend the [...] | 2008-12-25 04:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EFIN ENGY ECON PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3943 | MUMBAI ATTACKS: PAKISTANI MOI HESITANT TO MOVE [...] (C) Summary. MOI State Secretary Kamal Shah expressed concern about moving the Mumbai bombing investigation into law enforcement channels. A successful prosecution, especially of the organizers, would demand significant levels of admissible evidence, which the Pakistanis do not now feel they h [...] | 2008-12-25 04:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KJUS PK |
08ISLAMABAD3944 | FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, [...] (C) Fighting decreased slightly in Bajaur during the second week of December because of the Eid holiday. Consulate contacts claimed that security forces were consolidating their gains in Bajaur during the week and had secured the road all the way to Nawagai, the town at the border of Bajaur a [...] | 2008-12-25 04:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3945 | BHUTTO ASSASSINATION COMMEMORATED: A YEAR NO ONE [...] (C) Summary: On the one-year anniversary of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) -- in control of government again -- prepares to commemorate the life of its slain leader. This December 27 will see day-long speeches and memorials across the country. Bhutto's [...] | 2008-12-26 08:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EAID PINR PK |
08ISLAMABAD398 | PAKISTAN: ELECTIONS COMMISSIONER STEPS UP [...] (U) On January 23, the Election Commissioner of Pakistan, retired Justice Qazi Muhammad Farooq, publicly flexed his pre-election muscle and ordered the current acting president of Pakistan to suspend his campaigning. Chaudhry Amir Hussain, the current National Assembly Speaker and acting Presi [...] | 2008-01-26 07:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD3980 | MILITANTS KILL ANTI-TALIBAN LEADER IN SWAT [...] (C) Summary. Militants in Pakistan's Swat Valley killed Pir Samiullah, a popular local religious leader on December 14, executed dozens of his followers, and kidnapped others. Samiullah was an independent figure who generally eschewed politics and drew hundreds of followers. Pir Samiullah's [...] | 2008-12-31 11:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD399 | PAKISTAN: GOVERNMENT ADDS NEW TELEVISION CHANNELS [...] (U) Couched in the idea of furthering democracy, the government of Pakistan (GOP) issued satellite licenses to twelve additional private television channels on January 23. Local media report that in a ceremony to inaugurate the new channels, caretaker Minister for Information and Broadcasting [...] | 2008-01-26 07:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD405 | AMBASSADOR’S CONDOLENCE CALL ON ASIF ZARDARI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-28 09:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD417 | IRAN PAKISTAN GAS PIPELINE PROJECT DEFERRED- AGAIN. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Local media report a delay in the signing ceremony to formalize the Iran Pakistan pipeline deal. Pres contacts traveling with President Musharraf confirmed the delay in signing the agreement beyond January 31 and a press report indicated that Pakistan has renewed bilateral disc [...] | 2008-01-29 12:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD418 | GOP REQUESTS NEW DATE FOR ENERGY DIALOGUE DISCUSSIONS IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para five. --------------------------------------------- ---------- GOP Requests New Date for Discussion with USG on Energy --------------------------------------------- ---------- 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. In response to a letter dated October 25, 2007 [...] | 2008-01-29 12:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EFIN EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD419 | FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN UPDATE 1/28/08 [...] (SBU) Summary. This cable reports our weekly update of USG activities in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Territories (FATA). It also gives a broad brush look at our on-going programs in the region to show how deeply and in what variety we are reaching into this difficult and often h [...] | 2008-01-29 12:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK |
08ISLAMABAD420 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MUNIR MALIK [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting January 26, former Supreme Court Bar Association President Munir Malik advised Ambassador that his health had improved and he no longer needed a kidney transplant. He confirmed that the Pakistani lawyers' movement is struggling to remain united behind a boycott as [...] | 2008-01-29 13:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD421 | MQM LOOKING FOR RESPECT [...] (C) Summary. The Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) based in Karachi appears to be transforming itself from a group of thugs to a service-based grass-roots political party. Expecting to win 20-25 seats in the upcoming National Assembly elections, MQM also sees itself as a potential kingmaker in formati [...] | 2008-01-29 13:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD422 | CRIMINAL PLANNING BEHIND POST-ASSASSINATION [...] (C) Summary. During a visit to Karachi January 25-26, Ambassador heard a consistent message about the violence that wracked the city for three days after Benazir Bhutto's assassination. According to our contacts, while there were grief-stricken mobs, much of the damage was carefully planned [...] | 2008-01-29 13:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD423 | SOLIDARITY CENTER REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSS THE CURRENT STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Tim Ryan, the American Center of International Labor Solidarity's Asia and Europe Office Director, described the current status of the labor movement in Pakistan. Highlighting the role that organized labor can play in the development [...] | 2008-01-29 14:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PGOV SOCI PK |
08ISLAMABAD424 | PAKISTAN BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS AND FOREIGN MEDIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 25, Lt. General (ret.) Khalid Kidwai, Director General of the Strategic Planning Division (SPD),presented the third and final iteration of a briefing on the security of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal. The initial two briefings were directed at the diplomatic community, th [...] | 2008-01-29 16:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC PK |
08ISLAMABAD440 | KARACHI STOCK EXCHANGE PREPARING IPO; DIRECTORS INSIGHT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) is preparing an initial public offering (IPO) for later this year, provided the GOP implementing legislation is signed by President Musharraf. Following the IPO, only 20 percent of the shares will be owned by members, with 40 percent owned by st [...] | 2008-01-30 10:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EINV EFIN PK |
08ISLAMABAD443 | VOA TV PROGRAMMING STILL OFF THE AIR IN PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-30 14:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO PK |
08ISLAMABAD444 | PAKISTAN: FY 2008 BIOTECH OUTREACH STRATEGY AND FUNDING [...] Summary: Despite playing a critical role in the original Green Revolution, Pakistan has lagged behind neighbors India and China in the development and utilization of modern agricultural biotechnology. In response, the Government of Pakistan (GOP) is looking to make the leap to join the "Gene [...] | 2008-01-31 02:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD KPAO TBIO PK |
08ISLAMABAD46 | DISCUSSION WITH NAWAZ SHARIF DESIGNEES REGARDING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-04 07:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PTER CASC PINR PK PGOV |
08ISLAMABAD464 | PAKISTAN ELECTION OBSERVATION [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request. We need to move quickly to field an election observation team to partially fill the hole left by the International Republican Institute's (IRI) decision not to return its observer team to Pakistan. We recommend that USAID support Democracy International un [...] | 2008-01-31 14:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD469 | MOTOROLA AND MOI SIGN 11.8 MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Motorola signed an $11.8 million dollar contract on January 21 with MOI for implementation of a secure police radio system in five major cities of Pakistan. Motorola will provide training to GOP personnel at a facility that it is building in Lahore as part of a recently signed Wi [...] | 2008-02-01 09:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD470 | TAKING THE KARACHI BUSINESS COMMUNITY'S PULSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Econ Counselor and Econoff traveled to Karachi to meet with a broad section of Karachi's dynamic business community. The overall consensus was that 2007 had been a good year for business in spite of repeated political turmoil and violence. Concern over lack of law and order and t [...] | 2008-02-01 09:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD480 | PAKISTAN FINANCE MINISTER PAINTS ROSY PICTURE IN MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance Salman Shah painted a rosy picture for Pakistan's 2008 economic outlook during his January 31 meeting with SCA PDAS Don Camp. He forecast economic growth at 6.5-7 percent; anticipated decreases in rural poverty because of high crop prices; complained about th [...] | 2008-02-01 12:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV EAID PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD481 | AITZAZ AHSAN FREED FROM HOUSE ARREST [...] (U) Summary: On January 31, Aitzaz Ahsan, the Supreme Court Bar Association president, was released after 90 days of detention in his Lahore home. Former Chief Justice Iftikar Chaudhry released a letter rebuffing President Musharraf's criticisms. Lawyers and civil rights activists around Pak [...] | 2008-02-01 12:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD482 | PUBLIC SHRUGS AFTER RETIRED GENERALS CENSURE [...] (U) In a January 31 meeting, a group of retired army officers urged Musharraf to step down and hand over power to deposed Supreme Court Chief Justice Chaudhry, who could then create a national unity government. The group also endorsed the lawyers' movement, demanded the government appoint forme [...] | 2008-02-01 12:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD483 | “THE BEST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN IN PAKISTAN†[...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with Ambassador January 31, Nawaz Sharif confirmed he was ready to work with the Pakistan People's Party in a post-election coalition government and described this union as "the best thing that could happen in Pakistan." He dismissed reports of threats against his life [...] | 2008-02-01 13:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD504 | DETAINED LAWYERS RELEASED AND DETAINED AGAIN [...] (U) Summary: On February 2, days after they were released from 90 days of house arrest, Aitzaz Ahsan, Supreme Court Bar Association President; retired Justice Tariq Mehmood, a Supreme Court lawyer; and Ali Ahmed Kurd, Supreme Court lawyer and National Assembly candidate, were placed back under [...] | 2008-02-04 12:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD505 | AMIN FAHEEM: SINCERE BUT UNPREPARED TO BE PRIME [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met January 31 with Amin Faheem, the Pakistan People's Party Vice-Chairman, who confirmed the party will not decide on a candidate for Prime Minister until after the February 18 elections. Faheem continues to remain open to working in a coalition with Musharraf's part [...] | 2008-02-04 12:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD506 | CONFIRMED AI OUTBREAKS IN POULTRY IN SOUTHERN PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistani authorities confirmed an outbreak of avian influenza (AI) in poultry on two commercial breeding farms near Karachi. The outbreaks are the first to occur in southern Pakistan during the 2007-2008 migratory bird season. To date, 91,000 chickens have died from the diseas [...] | 2008-02-04 13:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO EAGR AMGT PK |
08ISLAMABAD507 | INFLATION CONCERNS TRUMP GROWTH: PAKISTAN RAISES DISCOUNT [...] (SBU) The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) further tightened monetary policy by raising its discount rate by half a percentage point to 10.5 percent and increasing cash reserve requirements for deposits up to one year maturity. According to the SBP's semi-annual Monetary Policy Statement issued J [...] | 2008-02-05 01:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD508 | MEDIA REPORTS FURTHER TALKS ON IRAN PIPELINE DEAL BUT NO [...] (SBU) Summary: Local Pakistani media reports that further talks on the Iranian pipeline deal will occur February 14-16 in Tehran. As of February 4, government officials in Pakistan do not have travel plans to attend such meetings. End Summary. 2. (U) Local Pakistani media picked up the Iranian [...] | 2008-02-05 01:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD525 | SCENESETTER FOR CJCS ADMIRAL MULLEN [...] (S) Summary. We look forward to your visit to begin the process of strengthening and refocusing our military to military relations with Pakistan's CJCS General Majid and COAS Kayani. This has become increasingly urgent because of the expanding insurgency in the tribal areas and attacks against [...] | 2008-02-05 14:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD549 | PM ASIF ZARDARI? [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Zardari released his late wife Benazir Bhutto's will to the press to prove she had chosen him to run the party. This sparked a firestorm of speculation about his desire to be the PPP's candidate for Prime Minister. NSA Aziz told A [...] | 2008-02-07 07:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD576 | SCOTLAND YARD BRIEFS PAKISTAN ON THE BHUTTO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-08 13:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD580 | PROGRESS UNDER THE BIOSECURITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: ISN/CTR Deputy Director Dr. Jason Rao arrived in Islamabad January 10 for an extended TDY to further the Department's Biosecurity Engagement Program (BEP) in Pakistan and establish a field office within Embassy Islamabad. Since his arrival, Dr. Rao has furthered the development [...] | 2008-02-09 09:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | TBIO PTER TSPL ETTC PK |
08ISLAMABAD581 | BIOSECURITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM: BALANCING PUBLIC HEALTH WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-09 09:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | TBIO PTER TSPL ETTC PK |
08ISLAMABAD588 | PAKISTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Politician Imran Khan again was prevented from entering Karachi by Sindh authorities out of fear that he will further promote a boycott of the upcoming elections. Fifteen lawyers in Peshawar were charged with sedition, which carries a maximum penalty of death if convicted, after th [...] | 2008-02-09 12:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD589 | ADMIRAL FALLON DISCUSSES SECURITY COOPERATION WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-10 11:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MARR MOPS PK |
08ISLAMABAD591 | ANOTHER QUIET KASHMIR SOLIDARITY DAY [...] (C) Summary: Kashmir Solidarity Day on February 5 sparked small and mostly peaceful rallies in Islamabad. Although Pakistani politicians, as expected, called for international intervention and concessions from India, most of the demonstrations were a front for political statements pertaining t [...] | 2008-02-11 03:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL IN |
08ISLAMABAD592 | ELECTION COMMISSION TAKES SOME POSITIVE, [...] (U) Summary: Pakistan's Election Commission (ECP) decided February 7 to require the certification of polling results to party agents and to set a new date for elections in four constituencies because of the death of candidates, including PPP's Benazir Bhutto. With the assistance of USG-support [...] | 2008-02-11 06:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK PREL EAID |
08ISLAMABAD609 | ADMIRAL FALLON DISCUSSES SECURITY COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Admiral William J. Fallon, USCENTCOM Commander, met with Pakistan's General Ashfaq Kayani, Chief of Army Staff, on 22 January. Kayani provided a snapshot of Pakistan's current overall security situation and described the status of counter-insurgency efforts in Swat. Fallon and [...] | 2008-02-11 11:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER MARR MOPS PK |
08ISLAMABAD61 | DISCUSSION WITH NAWAZ SHARIF DESIGNEES REGARDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the request of Nawaz Sharif, RSO Islamabad met January 03, 2008 in Lahore, with three individuals empowered by Nawaz Sharif to discuss his security. RSO duplicated the discussion he had with the security representatives of Benazir Bhutto (see Reftel) and also provided the same names [...] | 2008-01-04 11:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PTER CASC PINR PK PGOV |
08ISLAMABAD613 | PAKISTAN ELECTION DAY BASICS [...] (SBU) Summary. Pakistan goes to the polls on February 18 to elect National Assembly and Provincial Assembly members. Polls will be open from 8 am to 5 pm; partial and unofficial results will be reported to the public by the Pakistan Election Commission beginning on February 19. Final unoffici [...] | 2008-02-11 11:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD614 | PAKISTAN ELECTIONS: MANAGING EXPECTATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Regardless of who "wins" the February 18 elections in Pakistan, the challenge will be managing expectations of the Pakistani public, the political parties and the international community. Despite assumptions that Bhutto's assassinaton will propel her party to a big victory, we [...] | 2008-02-11 12:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD621 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PAKISTAN MINISTER OF HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: During a February 7 meeting, Caretaker Minister for Human Rights Burney told Ambassador he was struggling to staff and fund his new ministry. He reviewed plans to establish a National Human Rights Commission and drove home his passion for working with trafficked children and the [...] | 2008-02-11 14:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD635 | PAKISTAN: CJCS MULLEN MEETS PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met with Pakistan President Musharraf February 9 to emphasize the critical importance of the U.S.-Pakistan relationship and his personal commitment to strengthening that relationship. Admiral Mullen conveyed two mess [...] | 2008-02-12 11:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD651 | KAYANI WITHDRAWS OFFICERS FROM CIVIL DEPARTMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Following through on his public pledges to reduce military involvement in civilian politics, Chief of Army Staff General Kayani decided February 7 to withdraw military personnel who are currently serving in civil departments and return them to military positions. On February 1 [...] | 2008-02-13 12:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD652 | POTENTIAL PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER: AMIN FAHEEM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-13 12:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD653 | PAKISTAN'S MADRASSAS [...] (C) Summary: The majority of Pakistan's 15,000-16,000 madrassas are registered religious schools that provide some level of learning combined with food, shelter and clothing for poor children. Only 4-5% of school-age Pakistani children attend madrassas. The problems emanate from the 1,000 or so unr [...] | 2008-02-13 13:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD654 | PAKISTAN: KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE DEMARCHE [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 3. 2. (C) On February 12, Ambassador delivered reftel talking points to Pakistani Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan. Khan acknowledged USG and EU views, but indicated the Government of Pakistan (GOP) does not want to be one of the first countries to recogn [...] | 2008-02-13 13:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV EU PK YI |
08ISLAMABAD655 | ENERGY CRISIS AND LOADSHEDDING IMPAIRING ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Pakistan is currently experiencing severe electricity and gas shortages across the country due to insufficient energy generation capacity exacerbated by unprecedented cold weather. Some northern regions are currently suffering from 23 hours of power outage per day, while Islamaba [...] | 2008-02-13 14:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD664 | PAKISTAN: CJCS MULLEN MEETS WITH GENERAL TARIQ [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 9, Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS),met with General Tariq Majid, Pakistan's Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. Admiral Mullen offered to assist Pakistan in enhancing its counterterrorism and counter-insurgency capab [...] | 2008-02-14 09:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD668 | PAKISTAN: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Consulate General Karachi Econ Officer visited foreign intermediate consignee Consolidated Logistics Corporation in late 2007 to conduct a pre-license check on application 050068647. Econ Officer met with Shahid Shafiq, one of Consolidated Logistics' co-Directors, at his office in Karach [...] | 2008-02-14 11:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC PK |
08ISLAMABAD669 | PAKISTAN REVIVES THE RATION CARD [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 8, 2008, the Government of Pakistan (GOP) launched the Bachat Card, a food rationing program which allows low-income Pakistanis to purchase five staple food products at subsidized prices through the government-owned Utility Stores Corporation. Flour, ghee and cooking [...] | 2008-02-14 11:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD PK |
08ISLAMABAD671 | PAKISTAN: THE ELUSIVE 2/3 VOTE [...] (C) Summary. Since President Musharraf's decision November 3 to declare a state of emergency and suspend the constitution, his opponents have been gaming out the possibility of impeachment in the next National Assembly. Some have suggested that the government's attempts to rig the polls are [...] | 2008-02-14 13:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD676 | POTENTIAL PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER: AMIN FAHEEM [...] (C) Summary: This is one of several profiles on potential Pakistani candidates for Prime Minister. The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is embroiled in a leadership struggle; the Central Executive Committee will decide after the February 18 election who will be its choice for Prime Minister. A [...] | 2008-02-15 04:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD688 | WAGAH BORDER PRIMED FOR GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic/Commercial Counselor visited Pakistan's Wagah border crossing point with India on February 11 and met Assistant Customs Collector Tauqueer Dar to discuss cross-border and transit trade issues. Dar sees a bright future for cross border trade, which has been increasing si [...] | 2008-02-16 04:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD69 | ECONOMIC ELECTION ISSUES; LOAD-SHEDDING AND WHEAT SHORTAGE [...] SUMMARY: Against the backdrop of the Bhutto assassination, recent civil unrest, and the upcoming elections, Pakistan now confronts power shortages and increasing domestic wheat prices. There are signs that the electricity shortage may abate by the end of January, but eight hours per day of "l [...] | 2008-01-04 13:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ENRG EINV PREL PK PBTS EAGR PGOV |
08ISLAMABAD690 | PAKISTAN TO BEGIN 3G LICENSING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has announced that it will begin third-generation (3G) mobile phone licensing this year. Three licenses will be auctioned off, but only the five current mobile phone operators in Pakistan will be permitted to bid. By offering 3G licenses, [...] | 2008-02-16 04:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECPS EIND EINT PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD691 | ZARDARI'S POST ELECTION PLANS [...] (C) Summary: National Security Adviser Aziz told Ambassador February 15 that he, Musharraf, and ISI Director Taj have met several times with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Zardari on post-election planning. Zardari has scheduled a PPP Executive Committee meeting on February 19 to ch [...] | 2008-02-16 06:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD692 | SECURITY AND THE CAMPAIGN IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Inter-party election violence has a long, painful history in Pakistan, but suicide bombings do not. The suicide bombing that welcomed Benazir Bhutto home on October 18 led the government to issue new restrictions on large political rallies. While opposition parties first derided [...] | 2008-02-16 06:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PK PTER PHUM |
08ISLAMABAD696 | ELECTION COMMISSION SECRETARY'S PREDICTIONS AND [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with the Election Commission Secretary February 15. In addition to predicting a strong showing by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, he commented on the relative strength of Pakistan's three main parties and their leaders. He thought turnout would be generally [...] | 2008-02-16 12:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD698 | PAKISTAN'S ELECTION EVE [...] (SBU) Summary: On the eve of Pakistan's general elections, local media reported approximately five incidents of bombings and/or gun fire at polling stations (out of 65,000) in various towns across the country. Codel Jackson-Lee arrived in Islamabad, visiting the headquarters of the Pakistan Pe [...] | 2008-02-17 13:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD70 | FRENCH AMBASSADOR BRIEFS FM KOUCHNER VISIT [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met January 4 with French counterpart Regis de Belenet to discuss the recent visit to Pakistan of French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner. Kouchner intended to meet with Asif Ali Zardari, husband of the late Benazir Bhutto, but the GOP recommended against the trip [...] | 2008-01-05 07:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD720 | SITREP 5: PAKISTAN'S ELECTIONS: THE LATEST NUMBERS [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan's Election Commission continues to tally and review results at its Islamabad headquarters. Final "unofficial results" are not expected until February 20. Once these numbers are known, candidates winning in multiple constituencies will need to resign from all but one of [...] | 2008-02-19 15:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD736 | PAKISTAN: CJCS MULLEN MEETS WITH GENERAL KIDWAI ON SAFEGUARDING NUCLEAR ASSETS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 9, Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met with LTG Kahlid Ahmed Kidwai (ret),Director General of Pakistan's Strategic Plans Division, to discuss the security of Pakistan's nuclear infrastructure. Kidwai presented a detailed briefing on the infra [...] | 2008-02-20 12:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS MNUC PK |
08ISLAMABAD742 | PAKISTAN: TWO AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAKS IN POULTRY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistani authorities confirmed on February 15 and 18 an outbreak of avian influenza (AI) in poultry on two commercial breeding farms in Mansehra and Abbottabad, located 100 kilometers to the north of Islamabad. To date this season, 101,000 chickens have died from the disease or [...] | 2008-02-20 13:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO EAGR AMGT CASC PK |
08ISLAMABAD743 | PAKISTAN: FROM HERE TO A NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The results of Pakistan's February 18 general elections should be confirmed in about a week. The Election Commission notifies the results to the prior Speaker of the National Assembly, who calls the new Assembly into session. After taking oaths, the new Assembly will elect a n [...] | 2008-02-20 14:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD744 | INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS COMMENT ON PAKISTAN'S [...] Summary: International election observation teams, including Pakistani NGO Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN),the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM),and Democracy International (DI) issued statements on February 19 and 20 commenting on the February 18 parliamentary ele [...] | 2008-02-20 15:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PHUM PREL KDEM EAID |
08ISLAMABAD745 | ZARDARI EXAMINING A COALITION WITH NAWAZ SHARIF [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the losses suffered by Musharraf's Pakistan Muslim League (PML) and the religious parties, scenarios for the next government are being debated. Bhutto widower Zardari described the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) as supporting a government of ""national unity,"" [...] | 2008-02-20 15:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD746 | ANATOMY OF A DEFEAT [...] (C) Summary. Overall, Pakistan's February 18 election process went better than anyone expected. Voter turnout was approximately 48%, and violence was lower than in past elections. Musharraf's Pakistan Muslim League (PML) party suffered a stunning defeat, dropping from 144 to 40 seats; its [...] | 2008-02-20 15:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PK |
08ISLAMABAD75 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PAN AM 73 HIJACKERS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-07 01:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD762 | STRUGGLING TOWARDS A COALITION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-21 12:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD764 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-21 15:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD767 | PAKISTAN STILL CONSIDERING RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO [...] (C) In a February 20 meeting with Mirza Afzal Mahmood, MFA Director of the European Division, PolOff drew on Ref A points to explain the U.S. decision to recognize Kosovo as an independent state. PolOff asked if Pakistan was considering recognizing Kosovo's independence, noting the MFA had re [...] | 2008-02-22 02:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK UN KV PK |
08ISLAMABAD779 | PAKISTAN'S STOCK MARKETS REACH NEW HIGHS [...] (U) Summary: Pakistan's stock markets have rebounded following February 18 parliamentary elections. The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) 100 index has touched a new high on post election stability hopes. The banking, cement and oil and gas sectors performed well, and market capitalization increased [...] | 2008-02-22 09:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD786 | PPP AND PML-N AGREE TO TRY AND FORM A GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chair Asif Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif announced February 21 that they planned to form a coalition government. However, this is an agreement in principle; details on key issues including a choice for Prim [...] | 2008-02-22 12:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD787 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PML'S CHAUDHRY SHUJAAT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and DCM met late February 21 with leader of the defeated Pakistan Muslim League (PML) party Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain. Shujaat described the party, as well as President Pervez Musharraf, as stunned by the February 18 election results. He added that Pakistan Muslim Leag [...] | 2008-02-22 12:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD788 | POTENTIAL PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER JAVED HASHMI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-22 14:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD789 | HI-TECH START-UP COMPANIES IN LAHORE -- A BRIGHT SPOT [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic and Commercial Affairs Counselor and FCS Specialist visited a number of hi-tech start-up companies founded by Pakistanis with extensive U.S. experience in the Lahore area February 11-13. NetSol, PalmChip and Raffles were particular standouts, with each NetSol license [...] | 2008-02-23 04:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD806 | PAKISTAN AUTHORITIES BLOCK ACCESS TO "YOUTUBE" [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-25 13:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EINT KPAO PK |
08ISLAMABAD807 | NAWAZ STILL NEGOTIATING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-25 13:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD808 | MUSHARRAF DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, HIS ROLE, AND EFFORTS IN THE [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf discussed elections, set out his vision for a President whose party is in the minority, and explained the GOP's continuing efforts to combat extremism in the FATA to CODEL Hutchison on February 22. Regarding elections, Musharraf thought that the most importa [...] | 2008-02-25 14:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD809 | ZADARI EXPLAINS HIS VISION TO CODEL HUTCHISON [...] (C) Summary: CODEL Hutchison met February 22 with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Zadari. The CODEL expressed its condolences for Bhutto's assassination and admiration for her courage and vision. In response to Senator Hutchison's question, Zadari explained his ideas for str [...] | 2008-02-25 14:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD810 | NATURAL GAS DEPENDENCY- A CHALLENGE FOR THE FUTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Natural gas meets about 50 percent of Pakistan's energy requirements, making the country one of the most natural gas dependent economies in the world. At the present rate of consumption, the Government of Pakistan (GOP) anticipates a natural gas shortfall in 2009. Although pipeli [...] | 2008-02-26 01:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGY EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD820 | PAKISTAN: ADDITIONAL AI OUTBREAK IN POULTRY IN KARACHI [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistani authorities confirmed on February 23 an outbreak of avian influenza (AI) in poultry on a commercial breeding farm in Karachi. To date this season, 106,000 chickens have died from the disease or been culled in nine separate poultry outbreaks. There are currently no susp [...] | 2008-02-26 11:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO EAGR AMGT CASC PK |
08ISLAMABAD822 | FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN UPDATE 2/22/08 [...] (U) This cable covers this week's developments in USG programs in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) along its border with Afghanistan. 2. (C) FATA Briefings --------------------- The Ambassador, the Deputy Chief of Mission, ODRP Chief, and the Deputy Director of USAID [...] | 2008-02-26 13:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK |
08ISLAMABAD831 | MINISTRY OF LABOR AND PAKISTAN WORKERS FEDERATION DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings with EconOffs, Ministry of Labor officials and organized labor representatives discussed the current state of Government of Pakistan (GOP) labor initiatives. All of our interlocutors stressed the need to increase human resource development and technical trai [...] | 2008-02-27 07:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PGOV SOCI PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD835 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ANP LEADER WALI KHAN [...] (C) In a February 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Awami National Party (ANP) Chairman and Member of National Assembly-elect (MNA) Asfundyar Wali Khan, whose name has come up as potential Prime Minister, eschewed any desire to head a national coalition government. The ANP leader is counseling [...] | 2008-02-27 09:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD852 | MQM WAITING FOR PPP'S CALL [...] (C) Summary: Karachi-based Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) leader Farooq Sattar asked Ambassador February 26 to push subtly for his party's inclusion in any Pakistan People's Party-led government. Sattar highlighted his party's secular, pro-western policies and suggested the Pakistan Muslim L [...] | 2008-02-27 13:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD856 | PAKISTAN BACKS DOWN FROM "YOUTUBE" BLOCKAGE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-27 14:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ECPS ECON EINT KPAO PK |
08ISLAMABAD857 | PAKISTAN WORKERS FEDERATION SECRETARY GENERAL CRITICAL OF [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 13 meeting with Economic and Commercial Affairs Counselor, Pakistan Workers' Federation (PWF) Secretary General Khursheed Ahmad criticized the Government of SIPDIS Pakistan's (GOP) economic and labor policies, accusing them of "taking for granted that labor doesn [...] | 2008-02-27 14:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PGOV SOCI PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD872 | POTENTIAL PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER SHAH MEHMOOD [...] (C) Summary: This is one of several profiles on political leaders who will play a large role in Pakistan's new government. The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is in the process of coalition negotiations on forming a government but still faces a leadership struggle within its own ranks. With hi [...] | 2008-02-28 11:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD876 | PPP: "GIVE US TIME" [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-29 01:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD89 | POLITICAL FALLOUT FROM BHUTTO'S ASSASSINATION [...] (C) Summary. Ten days after Benazir Bhutto's assassination, Pakistan is slowly recovering, and the various political parties are gaming out the way forward. Before Bhutto's death, it was clear that no one party would win enough votes to form a government, and even a pro-Pakistan People's P [...] | 2008-01-07 12:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD898 | AMIN FAHEEM: WAITING QUIETLY TO BE CHOSEN PM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-29 13:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD899 | ANP LEADER ASFUNDYAR WALI KHAN [...] (C) Summary: This is one of several profiles on politicians who may be major players in the new Pakistani government. Asfundyar Wali Khan is leader of the Awami National Party (ANP),a Pashtun nationalist party with support throughout the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federally Admini [...] | 2008-02-29 14:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD9 | PAKISTAN ELECTIONS-FEBRUARY 18; INVESTIGATION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. The Election Commissioner announced today that elections will be postponed until February 18. It is not yet clear how the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) will react. We expect President Musharraf in a nationally televised address tonight at 2000 local to announce the GOP is acceptin [...] | 2008-01-02 12:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PINR ASEC PK |
08ISLAMABAD900 | AN ADDITION TO THE PM SHORT LIST: AHMED MUKHTAR [...] (C) Summary: This is one of several profiles on politicians who may be major players in the new Pakistani government. Ahmed Mukhtar, a crony of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chair Asif Zardari, emerged this week in the press as an another possible candidate for PPP Prime Minister. End su [...] | 2008-02-29 14:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PHUM |
08ISLAMABAD921 | PAKISTAN OIL RESOURCES: ENERGY CORRIDOR WANTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Pakistan's oil reserves of 353.4 million barrels are inadequate to meet the country's growing energy requirements. Pakistan depends on expensive imports of crude oil, furnace oil and diesel to meet its energy needs, costing the country over 30 percent of its export earnings. A p [...] | 2008-03-03 10:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGY EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD924 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH POTENTIAL NEW MINISTER OF FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: In a February 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Member of National Assembly Syed Naveed Qamar, whose name has come up as a potential PPP Minister of Finance, reviewed economic priorities and challenges facing a PPP-led national government. Qamar rejected [...] | 2008-03-03 11:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD932 | FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN UPDATE 2/29/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-03 12:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MASS PK |
08ISLAMABAD959 | PAKISTAN: INPUT FOR REPORT ON FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN [...] (U) The following cable is in response to Washington's request for information on fiscal transparency in countries receiving USG assistance. 2. (U) Pakistan publishes its national budget following its approval by the National Assembly. The budget is produced in paper format and posted on t [...] | 2008-03-04 11:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD969 | PAKISTAN'S GOVERNMENT INCREASES FUEL, ELECTRICITY PRICES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Pakistan (GoP) increased fuel prices and electricity tariffs March 1 to stem the growing fiscal deficit due to subsidizing the growing differential between domestic Pakistani prices and international fuel prices. Pakistan's last fuel price increase was in Febru [...] | 2008-03-04 12:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD970 | POTENTIAL PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER YOUSEF RAZA [...] (C) Summary: This is one of several profiles on political leaders who will play a large role in Pakistan's new government. The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is in the process of coalition negotiations on forming a government but still faces a leadership struggle within its own ranks. With his [...] | 2008-03-04 13:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD980 | PPP/NAWAZ: TACTICAL ALLIES BUT STRATEGIC ENEMIES [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan Muslim League (PML) General Secretary Mushahid Hussain believes that Asif Zardari's SIPDIS Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party are "tactical allies but strategic enemies" so the alliance may be short-lived. Mushahi [...] | 2008-03-05 04:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD996 | PAKISTAN 2008 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Pakistan be elevated to the Priority Watch List (PWL) at the conclusion of the 301 Review process. Although some progress was made on data protection in the fall, forward movement seems to have stalled. The combination of lack of progress on data protectio [...] | 2008-03-05 13:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD997 | JUI-F IN DENIAL OVER ELECTORAL LOSS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 4 meeting with PolCouns, Maulana Haideri, Secretary General of the religious party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) complained about election rigging and accused the USG of helping secular parties such as the Pakistan People's Party (PPP). He said that the JUI-F had not ye [...] | 2008-03-05 14:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
09ISLAMABAD10 | PRESERVING INFORMATION SHARING [...] (S) Post notes with some concern the report (Ref A) that the GOI Ministry of External Affairs plans to release information from its investigation into the Mumbai attacks next week to all countries that lost citizens and "that therefore any information sharing will be overtaken by events." Ref A say [...] | 2009-01-03 12:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER PK IN |
09ISLAMABAD1001 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-11 09:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1007 | PAKISTAN IDP CRISIS: HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: As of the evening of May 10, the total number of registered new caseload IDPs stood at approximately 360,000 (of whom 15 percent are in camps). According to UNHCR, outgoing Pakistan National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) Chief General Farooq Khan continues to challenge huma [...] | 2009-05-11 16:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF PK AF EAID PREL PINR PTER ECON |
09ISLAMABAD1014 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-12 10:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1024 | MUMBAI PROSECUTION UPDATE: PAKISTAN LACKS EVIDENCE TO CONVICT TOP SUSPECTS [...] (C) Summary: On May 12, the Pakistani Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) granted an extension for filing the final charge sheet until May 23. While the FIA and prosecutors have been able to use the repeated extensions to gather more evidence, time is running out, and the prosecution does not/not have eno [...] | 2009-05-12 15:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1025 | SITUATION IN SWAT: MAY 12 [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Gilani called a special session of the National Assembly to discuss the situation in Swat and surrounding areas in Malakand District as well as the humanitarian situation of the growing number of IDPs. While most of the members agreed to support the government,s [...] | 2009-05-12 15:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL |
09ISLAMABAD1026 | PAKISTAN IDP CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN High Commissioner for Refugees will be in Pakistan May 14-17. The overall IDP number is now well above 1 million, and the new caseload is above 485,000. UNHCR has a plane arriving today from Dubai with non-food items which cannot be procured locally. Embassy Islamabad' [...] | 2009-05-12 15:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF PK AF EAID CASC PREL PINR PTER ECON |
09ISLAMABAD1029 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-13 09:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1030 | PAKISTAN IDP CRISIS: UPDATE ON EMBASSY EFFORTS - GETTING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-13 12:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PK EAID PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD1031 | DISASTER DECLARATION CABLE FOR INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS [...] (U) Summary: This is an action request. In response to the large magnitude of populations displaced due to security operations by the Government of Pakistan (GOP)against militants in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP),I, the Ambassador, have [...] | 2009-05-13 12:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PK PINR PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD1033 | PAKISTAN IDP CRISIS: EFFORTS BY THE GOVERNMENT OF [...] (U) Summary: On May 12 newly appointed Pakistan IDP emergency assistance coordinator Lt. General Nadeem Ahmad and Minister of State for Economic Affairs Division (EAD) Hina Rabbani Khar provided donors an overview of the GOP's new institutional arrangements and approach for dealing with the ID [...] | 2009-05-13 15:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREF PK EAID PREL PINR PTER |
09ISLAMABAD1035 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-14 11:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1042 | GENERAL NADEEM ON IDP CRISIS, PLANS AND ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: In a May 14 meeting with the Ambassador, General Nadeem, Pakistan,s newly appointed IDP coordinator, estimated that the GOP will need approximately USD 500 million for up to 1.5 million IDPs through December. Nadeem put the total IDP number at 1.27 million (of which roughly 20 p [...] | 2009-05-14 17:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV PK EAID PTER |
09ISLAMABAD1043 | IRI POLL: NAWAZ CONTINUES TO GAIN GROUND [...] (C) Summary: The results of the latest International Republican Institute (IRI) poll, which was taken at the height of the lawyers' long march, unsurprisingly showed Nawaz Sharif continuing his lead over President Asif Zardari; Nawaz's approval rating stood at 75 percent compared to Zardari's [...] | 2009-05-15 05:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MOPS PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1045 | GOP'S POLITICAL OFFENSIVE ON SWAT [...] (C) Summary: Addressing the National Assembly May 14, PM Gilani briefed parliamentarians on the government's strategy in Swat, Northwest Frontier Province, particularly efforts to assist the displaced (IDPs) (reftels). He announced he would convene an all parties, conference on May 18; Chief o [...] | 2009-05-15 11:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF MOPS EAID PK |
09ISLAMABAD1046 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-15 11:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1058 | ANNOUNCEMENT PLANS FOR PAKISTAN IDP ASSISTANCE APPEALS [...] (C) Summary: At a May 15 meeting with the GOP and donors, the UN announced it will delay official announcement of its appeal to May 22. This is to permit the GOP to launch its appeal first; donors will nonetheless receive timely information concerning the UN appeal. The GOP will ask for ful [...] | 2009-05-15 18:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV EAID PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD106 | SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM GENERAL PETRAEUS [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan has now acknowledged the Mumbai attacker in Indian custody is a Pakistani and has begun a formal investigation designed to lead to prosecution of detained Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaat-ud-Dawa members here. President Zardari and Prime Minister Gilani need to be encouraged [...] | 2009-01-17 12:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1063 | UPDATE ON RESPONSE TO GOP MILITARY REQUESTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-17 11:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER MARR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1064 | UNHCR GUTERRES IN ISLAMABAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: During separate May 15 briefings for Ambassador and the donor community, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said he was satisfied the GOP now understood the severity and complexity of the IDP challenge and believed the UN response was proceeding better than expect [...] | 2009-05-17 12:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID UN PK |
09ISLAMABAD1065 | THE ALL PARTIES CONFERENCE GAMBLE [...] (C) Summary. Ahead of the All Parties Conference (APC) on May 18, Ambassador called both PM Gilani and Nawaz Sharif to encourage their support for a strong political statement endorsing military action. Gilani assured the Ambassador the APC would yield a broad political consensus for action [...] | 2009-05-17 12:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1070 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-18 09:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1074 | MODERATE RELIGIOUS LEADERS FIND THEIR VOICE [...] (C) Summary: Bolstered by the government's new determination to combat terrorism, usually quiet moderate Pakistani religious leaders have begun publicly to condemn the Taliban. The most vocal are the Barelvi leaders who have formed a new alliance, the Sunni Ittehad Council, to counter the Ta [...] | 2009-05-18 11:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM KISL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1075 | FRANCE OFFERS CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary. Pakistani newspapers reported on May 16 that French President Nicolas Sarkozy had offered a civilian nuclear deal to Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari during their meetings in Paris on May 15. Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi quoted President Sarkozy as saying [...] | 2009-05-18 12:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP MNUC PK |
09ISLAMABAD1077 | MUMBAI PROSECUTION UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-18 13:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1078 | MILITARY OPERATIONS UPDATE: MAY 18 [...] (S) Summary: The Pakistani Army and Special Services Group (SSG-special forces) continue to prepare for an assault on Swat's main town of Mingora as militants reinforce and resupply their positions. The Army/SSG have lifted the curfew on Mingora several times in an attempt to empty the town [...] | 2009-05-18 13:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1079 | IDP CRISIS UPDATE: MEETINGS WITH GOP, G8 HEADS OF [...] (C) Summary: At a May 18 meeting between GOP Economic Advisor Shaukat Tarin and G-8 Heads of Mission, Tarin said that while the government is focused on immediate IDP emergency needs, it also is looking at reconstruction in order to permit IDPs to return to their homes as soon as their area [...] | 2009-05-18 15:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1080 | IDP STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION PLAN [...] (C) Summary and action request: The GOP,s strategic communications plan for combating extremism remains nascent, under-resourced, and uncoordinated among civilian and military players. While the government realizes the importance to its military campaign of winning the hearts and minds battle [...] | 2009-05-18 15:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1088 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-19 10:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD109 | PAKISTAN BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON MUMBAI ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary: On January 19, Pakistani Foreign Minister Qureshi and Interior Minister Malik briefed the diplomatic corps on Pakistan's ongoing investigation of the Mumbai attacks. Malik was annoyed the MFA declined to invite the Indians to the briefing, and he followed up with a separate brief [...] | 2009-01-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1090 | UN OCHA COORDINATION WITH GOP PRIOR TO MAY 21 [...] (C) In response to questions about the extent of coordination between the GOP and the UN with regard to the GOP-organized donors' meeting scheduled for May 21 and the formal announcement of the UN appeal on May 22, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Head Manuel Bessl [...] | 2009-05-19 12:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM PGOV EAID PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1091 | UN OCHA COORDINATION WITH GOP PRIOR TO MAY 21 [...] (C) In response to questions about the extent of coordination between the GOP and the UN with regard to the GOP-organized donors' meeting scheduled for May 21 and the formal announcement of the UN appeal on May 22, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Head Manuel Bes [...] | 2009-05-19 12:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM PGOV EAID PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1093 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 09:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1098 | NADEEM: IDP'S HOLDING AT 1.5 MILLION; [...] (C) Summary: IDP Special Support Group leader Lt General Nadeem told Ambassador and PO Peshawar May 29 that the number of IDPs was holding at 1.5 million but could grow to two million when military operations begin in the Waziristans. IDPs were returning to Bajaur in FATA; Buner was now safe fo [...] | 2009-05-20 09:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM EAID MARR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1099 | RESTORED CHIEF JUSTICE LOOKS INWARD, AVOIDS [...] (C) Summary: In the past two months since Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry was restored to the bench, he has dealt with crucial national issues through court verdicts and policy pronouncements. He has ordered the quick disposal of cases, announced the intent to withdraw judges fro [...] | 2009-05-20 12:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS PK |
09ISLAMABAD1100 | UNOCHA DISCUSSES IDPS AND HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) Summary. On May 20, Ambassador met with Rashid Khalikov, the New York Director of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),and Manuel Bessler, the Pakistan OCHA Director, to discuss the current internally displaced persons (IDP) situation. With the May 2009 revis [...] | 2009-05-20 13:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | IO PREF PHUM PINR PK PTER PREL PGOV |
09ISLAMABAD1107 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-21 10:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1111 | GOP PLEDGES REHABILITATION PACKAGE AND SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. In a May 21 conference with international relief organizations, diplomatic missions and donor agencies, Prime Minister Gilani announced Pakistan's three-pronged strategy for the internally displaced persons (IDPs) crisis: Relief, Return/Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction. Gilani [...] | 2009-05-21 13:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | IO PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD1115 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-22 10:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1118 | TURKISH AMBASSADOR: THEIR TRILATERALS, FRIENDS, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, accompanied by EmbOffs, met May 20 with Turkish Ambassador Soysal and other Turkish counterparts. The Turkish Embassy, which has taken on a coordinating role for NATO in Pakistan, advocated greater cooperation with the U.S. vis-a-vis Pakistan. Soysal described Turkey's [...] | 2009-05-24 06:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREF EAID MOPS PHUM MARR PREL PK TU |
09ISLAMABAD1119 | KAYANI IS “DESPERATE†FOR HELICOPTERS [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. In a two hour conversation with Ambassador May 23, Chief of Army Staff General Kayani told Ambassador he was "desperate" for helicopter support as he had only five MI-17s operational. Kayani insisted that Pakistani technicians were capable of doing required helicopte [...] | 2009-05-25 03:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1120 | PAKISTAN IDP SITUATION REPORT, MAY 23, 2009 [...] (SBU) The military assault on Mingora is underway. The number of returns to Bajaur and Buner remains uncertain. Indications are that people are leaving from and returning to Buner in relatively equal numbers. Those returning are doing so to harvest their crops. Save the Children representat [...] | 2009-05-25 03:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID PGOV PK IO ECON PINR |
09ISLAMABAD1122 | PAKISTAN MILITARY CLAIM MINGORA; PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary. Pakistan military operations continued on May 25, as the troops continued efforts to recapture the main Swat city of Mingora and secure major intersections and surrounding areas. Major General Athar Abbas, the Director General's Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) spokesm [...] | 2009-05-25 12:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON IO PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD1123 | CODEL LEAHY MEETS PRESIDENT ZARDARI [...] (C) In a May 25 meeting with Codel Leahy, President Zardari described his recent trilateral meeting in Iran as being focused on controlling drug trafficking and expressed support for the Obama administration's outreach to Iran. Zardari asserted that he had political consensus for current Paki [...] | 2009-05-26 01:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1136 | Economy Stable; Growth Predictions Slow [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan's economic indicators continue to remain stable, according to IMF Resident Representative Paul Ross and former Ministry of Finance official Ashfaque Hassan Khan. It is widely acknowledged that Pakistan will have problems meeting its annual IMF tax revenue target, and [...] | 2009-05-26 10:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1137 | TAX COLLECTION MISSES TARGETS; TOP OF TARIN'S AGENDA FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Reforming tax policy and improving revenue collection have become a policy focus of the current government. Finance Advisor Shaukat Tarin has made broadening the tax base a lynch pin of his economic strategy for the coming fiscal year. In spite of stepping up collection effor [...] | 2009-05-26 10:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1138 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-26 11:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1140 | PAKMIL CONTINUES TO MAKE GAINS IN SWAT; UN PUTS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Pakistan military tightened control around Mingora on May 25 and 26. Swat Taliban leader Maulana Fazullah announced that his men would no longer fight in Mingora and pleaded for those displaced to return to the city. However, Pakistan military officials saw this announcemen [...] | 2009-05-26 13:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON IO PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD1141 | SUPREME COURT DECLARES THE SHARIFS ELIGIBLE AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: On May 26, the Supreme Court reversed its February 25 decision and declared both Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif eligible to run for and serve in public office. This seals the final reinstatement of Shahbaz Sharif as Chief Minister of Punjab and clears the way for Nawaz to run (and win [...] | 2009-05-26 15:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS PINR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1142 | CJCS MAJID BRIEFS CODEL CARPER ON LATEST IN SWAT; [...] (C) Summary: Codel Carper, accompanied by the Ambassador, met May 26 with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Majid. Majid described his wish list for U.S. assistance -- precision-targeting weapons, more helicopters, and night vision equipment. The land push was going well, but the [...] | 2009-05-26 15:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM EAID PK |
09ISLAMABAD1143 | UNHCR ON THE PAKISTAN IDP CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR Islamabad staff said on May 25 that UNHCR is not providing transport for returning IDPs nor is it being notified, by individual, of their return. UNHCR believes that IDPs are returning only temporarily to harvest their crops and will not return permanently until after they [...] | 2009-05-26 17:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM PK EAID PREL PINR PTER |
09ISLAMABAD1145 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-27 10:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1151 | UN IDP CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR WAZIRISTAN; MINGORA [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 27, Ambassador met with representatives from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to discuss OCHA's IDP contingency plan for the Waziristans, which will cost an additional USD 150 million over the recently launched revised UN appeal. OCHA exp [...] | 2009-05-27 15:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON IO PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD1152 | U.S. REMOVAL OF PAKISTAN RESEARCH REACTOR FUEL ON [...] (S) XXXXXXXXXXXX, told Poloff on May 26 that the recent spate of media attention on Pakistan's nuclear security has led the GOP to delay an important nonproliferation effort, the removal of U.S.-origin highly-enriched uranium spent fuel from a Pakistani nuclear research reactor. The GOP agreed [...] | 2009-05-27 16:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP MNUC PK |
09ISLAMABAD1158 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-28 10:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1165 | PRIME MINISTER GILANI DISCUSSES SWAT, IDPS AND [...] (C) Summary: In his meeting with Codel Carper on May 26, Prime Minister Gilani provided an update on the military's progress fighting militants in Swat and on GOP efforts to care for the approximately 2 million internally-displaced persons (IDPs) affected by the fighting. He requested the U. [...] | 2009-05-28 14:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1166 | KARACHI MAYOR PROMOTES AND PLEADS FOR HIS [...] (C) Summary: Karachi Mayor Mustafa Kamal met May 26 with the Ambassador and Codel Carper in Islamabad. The energetic 37-year old mayor of one of the world's largest cities jumped at the chance to showcase Karachi, Pakistan's "revenue engine," he said. The five senators were particularly inte [...] | 2009-05-28 14:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID PK |
09ISLAMABAD1167 | GILANI: "WE'RE ACHIEVING OUR TARGETS." [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani met May 25 with the Ambassador and Codel Leahy -- Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT),Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI),and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA). Gilani was uncharacteristically assertive, confident of the Pakistan military's success against the Swat [...] | 2009-05-28 14:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS EAID PHUM PK |
09ISLAMABAD1168 | CODEL LEAHY FIRST TO MEET RESTORED CHIEF JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary: On May 25, Codel Leahy -- Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT),Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI),and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) -- and the Ambassador, paid a courtesy call on Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. This was the first meeting by an official U.S. delegation with C [...] | 2009-05-28 14:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS MOPS EAID PINR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1173 | MUMBAI PROSECUTION UPDATE: HEARING POSTPONED TO [...] (C) Summary: On May 23, the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) gave Pakistan's Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) another extension to file its final charge sheet. The FIA and GOP prosecutors appeared before new ATC judge Khadim Hussain to request additional time to organize the case against the arre [...] | 2009-05-29 11:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1177 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-29 13:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1179 | ADB WILL CONDUCT A DAMAGE ASSESSMENT; NO [...] (SBU) Summary. In a May 29 meeting with Ambassador, the Asia Development Bank (ADB) committed to doing a joint damage/reconstruction assessment with the World Bank of the conflict-affected areas. In order to properly conduct such a survey, ADB has requested assistance through satellite image [...] | 2009-05-29 14:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON IO PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD1180 | OCHA MEETS WITH IDP DONORS IN ISLAMABAD [...] (C) Summary: In an informal meeting with donors, Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) officials Rashid Khalkov and Manuel Bessler, expressed concern that Bajaur and Buner are not yet ready to support IDP return. UN contingency planning for a Waziristan displacement may be mi [...] | 2009-05-29 14:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM PGOV EAID PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1184 | LOOKING AHEAD: SUPPORT FOR MILITARY/HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) Summary. Bolstered by ongoing popular and political support, the Pakistani security forces appear determined to win against militants. We expect a Waziristan campaign as early as late June. Meanwhile, Pakistan's military faces an entrenched enemy in Mingora, Swat, and the security situ [...] | 2009-05-30 14:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM MARR MOPS PREF PK |
09ISLAMABAD1186 | EMBASSY STAFFING [...] (SBU) We understand that staffing of embassies in Pakistan and Afghanistan has been the subject of high level attention in Washington. We have several urgent needs, which we will outline in upcoming cables, and several individuals whom we would like to retain. 2. (SBU) Most urgently, we [...] | 2009-06-01 06:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREF PK |
09ISLAMABAD1189 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 1, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-01 11:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1194 | PAKISTAN IDP SITUATION REPORT, JUNE 1, 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pakistan government is moving to restore security and services to Swat, but the situation remains dangerous for humanitarian assistance provision. ICRC entered Swat on May 31 but cannot yet access Mingora. ICRC hopes to provide some health and food relief in the coming wee [...] | 2009-06-01 18:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1198 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-02 11:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1199 | PM FINANCE ADVISOR ON ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting May 28 with the Ambassador, Shaukat Tarin, the Prime Minister's Advisor for Finance, said that, while he welcomed money coming through the budget, donors should direct their funding to the most effective and cost-efficient platforms for maximum impact. Tarin said th [...] | 2009-06-02 12:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1200 | PAKISTAN RECOMMENDS WORKING WITH AFRICANS ON SUDAN [...] (C) PolOff deliver June 2 ref demarche to Pakistan MFA Director for Human Rights Imran Ahmed Siddiqui. Siddiqui remarked that as a "Coordinator" for the Organization Islamic Conference (OIC),Pakistan was likely to defer to the wishes of fellow OIC member Sudan regarding any extension of the [...] | 2009-06-02 13:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AORC PHUM PK |
09ISLAMABAD1201 | MILITARY OPERATIONS AND HUMANITARIAN SITUATION [...] (SBU) Summary: President Asif Zardari met June 2 with political, military and law enforcement chiefs for Pakistan's four provinces to discuss overall security in the country. Each province is slated to stand up anti-terrorist units. The curfew has been lifted in some of Swat district's main ci [...] | 2009-06-02 15:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF MOPS EAID PTER PK PINR |
09ISLAMABAD1210 | ICRC TO LAUNCH PRELIMINARY APPEAL TO PROVIDE [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is likely to issue at least a preliminary appeal by June 5 for not less than an additional USD 40 million to almost double its program in Pakistan. The expanded program, intended to be massive in scale but limited in time, wou [...] | 2009-06-03 09:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1213 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 03, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-03 11:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1218 | THIRD RECCA SOLDIFIES GAINS, CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-04 03:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG ERTD EAID PHUM PK |
09ISLAMABAD122 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 17-20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-20 11:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1222 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 04, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-04 11:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1225 | JUNE 4 DISPLACED PERSONS AND MILITARY SITUATION [...] (U) Summary: Accompanied by the Ambassador, SRAP Holbrooke visited two internally displaced person camps on June 4. The visits were widely broadcast by the local media. Ambassador Holbrooke had met the previous evening with a large group of delegation heads of international agencies and NG [...] | 2009-06-04 16:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1226 | JUNE 4 DISPLACED PERSONS AND MILITARY SITUATION [...] (U) Summary: Accompanied by the Ambassador, SRAP Holbrooke visited two internally displaced person camps on June 4. The visits were widely broadcast by the local media. Ambassador Holbrooke had met the previous evening with a large group of delegation heads of international agencies and NG [...] | 2009-06-05 03:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1227 | JUNE 4 DISPLACED PERSONS AND MILITARY SITUATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-05 03:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK |
09ISLAMABAD123 | DCM MEETING WITH FORMER PAKISTAN AMBASSADOR TO [...] (C) Summary. During a January 12 meeting with DCM, Rustam Shah Mohman, former Pakistan Ambassador to Afghanistan and former Chief Secretary for the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP),expressed his long-held view that most of Pakistan's problems in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) [...] | 2009-01-21 04:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PK PREF PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD1236 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 05, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-05 11:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1243 | Iran-Pakistan Pipeline Moves Closer to Reality as the Two [...] (SBU) Summary: Iran and Pakistan intend to sign a Gas Sales Purchase Agreement in Istanbul on June 5, bringing the long-debated pipeline a step closer to reality. Although India has apparently dropped out of the equation, Pakistan and Iran have agreed to a 25-year proposal for the supply of [...] | 2009-06-05 14:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ETTC ENRG EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1244 | JUNE 5 DISPLACED PERSONS AND MILITARY SITUATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: SRAP Holbrooke's meetings with GOP officials and with Nawaz Sharif received wide coverage in Pakistan's media on June 5. Pakistan's Senate convened after a month's hiatus to debate the military operation in Swat. At a June 4 Army Corps Commanders' meeting, Chief of Staff of the [...] | 2009-06-05 15:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1245 | U.S. COAST GUARD RECOMMENDS GOP INCREASE [...] (C) Summary. A U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) International Port Security Program delegation visited Islamabad, Karachi and Port Qasim April 19-23. They evaluated Pakistan's compliance with the International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) Code of the International Maritime Organization and discuss [...] | 2009-06-05 16:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT ECON ETRD KHLS IMO PREL PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1246 | JUNE 5 DISPLACED PERSONS AND MILITARY SITUATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: SRAP Holbrooke's meetings with GOP officials and with Nawaz Sharif received wide coverage in Pakistan's media on June 5. Pakistan's Senate convened after a month's hiatus to debate the military operation in Swat. At a June 4 Army Corps Commanders' meeting, Chief of Staff of the [...] | 2009-06-06 05:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1247 | HAFIZ SAEED'S RELEASE TO BE APPEALED [...] (C) Summary: On June 2, Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed was ordered released from house arrest by the Lahore High Court (LHC). With no charges pending against him, the Court found no grounds for continuing Saeed's detention, which began November 26, 2008, stated the 20-page detailed ju [...] | 2009-06-07 11:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KJUS PK IN |
09ISLAMABAD1248 | POST NOMINATES CITIBANK FOR SECRETARY'S CORPORATE CITIZEN [...] Embassy Islamabad nominates Citibank for the Secretary's Award for Corporate Excellence. Citibank has long been a leading corporate citizen in Pakistan, notably in its response to the devastating earthquake in October 2005, which included a $1.9 million grant to the American Red Cross-Citi Ea [...] | 2009-06-07 13:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT BEXP ECON EINV ELAB ETRD SENV AID KPAO PK |
09ISLAMABAD1249 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 08, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-08 09:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1253 | JUNE 8 MILITARY/SECURITY AND DISPLACED PERSONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the evening of June 6 a suicide bomber and accomplices attacked a police post in Islamabad. The blast killed three police and injured several others. Police claimed taking three accomplices of the bomber into custody. Also that evening, two detained top aides to militant [...] | 2009-06-08 15:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1254 | NWFP OFFICIALS PLANNING FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF SWAT [...] (SBU) Summary. Northwest Frontier Province Chief Secretary Javed Iqbal and Chief Economist Shakeel Qadir told DCM and AID Mission Director that they are already planning for the reconstruction of Swat and the greater Malakand division, once hostilities end. Their concept includes an early r [...] | 2009-06-08 15:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PINR PK PREF PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD1256 | PAKISTAN STILL CONSIDERING UN ICSC VOTE [...] (C) PolOff delivered June 2 reftel demarche to MFA UN-III Director Dr. Ahsan Nabeel in support of the U.S. candidate for the United Nations International Civil Service Commission (UN ICSC). Nabeel noted that the ICSC election was not expected until November. While he committed to discuss the [...] | 2009-06-08 16:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA PK |
09ISLAMABAD1258 | ISLAMABAD EAC MEETING 06/06/09 [...] (SBU) The DCM chaired an EAC meeting on 06 June 2009 to discuss the steady rise in terrorist threat reporting in the aftermath of the PAKMIL operations in Swat and review the personnel security measures currently in place to lessen vulnerability in our heightened threat climate. All sections [...] | 2009-06-09 05:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER PREL AMGT CACS PK |
09ISLAMABAD1261 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 09, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-09 10:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1266 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 09:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1267 | FUNDING FOR SYMPOSIUM ON WHEAT STEM RUST FOR PAKISTAN, [...] (SBU) The establishment of a Trilateral Board to support collaborative and applied agricultural research was agreed to at the agricultural breakout session of the May 7-8 trilateral meetings with the U.S., Afghanistan, and Pakistan. In response, the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC [...] | 2009-06-10 09:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EAID PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1269 | Central Bank's Third Quarter Report - Growth Fragile, [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 4, the State Bank of Pakistan released its third quarterly report (through March 30),which projected GDP growth for the fiscal year at 2-3 percent, a prediction unchanged from the previous quarter. Large-scale manufacturing, the engine that funds tax collection, fell b [...] | 2009-06-10 09:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1270 | CONCERN GROWS OVER TAX POLICY/ADMINISTRATION [...] (C) Summary: Discussions with GOP officials and the IMF ResRep indicate little progress in both tax policy and tax administration reforms, cornerstones of the Fund's Standby Arrangement, in spite of high-level GOP commitments to make improving tax policy and collection a top priority (reftel) [...] | 2009-06-10 10:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1272 | JUNE 10 IDP UPDATE: UN PULLS PERSONNEL OUT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN has moved the majority of its personnel in Peshawar to Islamabad after the June 9 attack on the Pearl Continental hotel resulted in the deaths of two of its officials (septel). This repositioning, the duration of which has not yet been determined, will not prevent the UN [...] | 2009-06-10 12:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREF PHUM PGOV AID PK |
09ISLAMABAD1274 | PAKISTAN ECONOMIC REPORT, MAY 7 - MAY 20 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 14:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EFIN PK |
09ISLAMABAD1279 | SRAP HOLBROOKE MEETS WITH ZARDARI AND SENIOR GOP [...] (C) Summa... [...] | 2009-06-11 08:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1282 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-11 10:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1292 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-12 10:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1297 | GILANI UPBEAT; ASKS FOR HELP ON MANY FRONTS [...] (C) Summary: Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP) Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and the Ambassador met June 5 with Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani and several of his key Ministers. Gilani noted how much had changed politically since Holbrooke's last visit to Pakistan in Apri [...] | 2009-06-13 08:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PINR PHUM ETRD EAID MOPS KJUS PK |
09ISLAMABAD1299 | SRAP HOLBROOKE'S JUNE 5 MEETING WITH FM QURESHI [...] (C) Summary: SRAP Holbrooke met with Foreign Minister Qureshi, Foreign Secretary Bashir and other Foreign Office officials on January 5. Qureshi said Pakistan was united under Zardari's civilian government, as the ongoing Pakistan military campaign to defeat the Taliban in Swat valley and n [...] | 2009-06-13 09:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM IN UN PK |
09ISLAMABAD1311 | ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON GOP PRIORITIES FOR U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of State for Economy Hina Rabbani Khar told USAID Director June 11 that the GOP has started making $312 payments to what it believes is a well-vetted list of some 1.8 million IDPs. Assistance for IDP sustainment and economic recovery in the area of conflict is estimate [...] | 2009-06-15 11:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1312 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-15 11:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1319 | PAKISTAN SUPPORTS CONCEPT OF NUCLEAR FUEL BANK, [...] (C) Summary: PolOff delivered reftel demarche soliciting support for international fuel bank proposals to Kamran Akhtar, Disarmament Director in Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on June 15. Akhtar stated that Pakistan can support the idea of a fuel bank operated by the IAEA, but has r [...] | 2009-06-15 14:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PTER PGOV MNUC IAEA ENRG TRGY PK |
09ISLAMABAD1320 | JUNE 15 SECURITY AND IDP REPORT [...] (C) Summary: The announcement by the governor of the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) that the government would begin an offensive into South Waziristan Agency dominated headlines. In Malakand, military operations slowed as active resistance dwindled to pockets in Swat, Buner, and Lower Dir [...] | 2009-06-15 15:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1321 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-16 10:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1328 | PESHAWAR: NWFP - CAN SWAT'S CROPS BE SAVED? [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 06:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EFIN PK |
09ISLAMABAD1330 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 09:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1340 | AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 17 VISIT TO SWABI IDP SITE [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador, on June 17, visited Swabi school where community volunteers support displaced families from Swat and Buner. The GOP continues registration verification of families displaced by the conflict in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the Northwest Front [...] | 2009-06-17 14:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1353 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-18 11:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1355 | Budget 2009-10: Depending on Foreign Assistance [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 13, the GOP presented a consolidated budget of $36.21 billion with a fiscal deficit of 4.9 percent, slightly higher than the 4.6 percent target previously agreed to with the International Monetary Fund. The budget is fairly expansive, with development expenditures incr [...] | 2009-06-19 04:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1357 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-19 12:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1360 | IDPS RETURNING TO BUNER BUT INFRASTRUCTURE STILL [...] (U) Summary: Embassy representatives who traveled to Buner district in Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) on June 16 reported that residents are returning, with about half the shops and markets open. The representatives assessed infrastructure and reported that, while roadways were in good s [...] | 2009-06-19 16:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1364 | SCENESETTER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR JONES [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Islamabad warmly welcomes your visit. Your arrival comes at a moment when Pakistan's political leaders, and its people, are united in support of the military campaign to confront extremist militants in Malakand (including the Swat valley) and South Waziristan, where the offensi [...] | 2009-06-20 16:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EAID MARR MOPS PK |
09ISLAMABAD1371 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-22 11:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1374 | IDP UPDATE: MINGORA ELECTRIFIED; UNHCR GAINS [...] (C) Summary: On June 21, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) celebrated Pakistan's historic World Cup cricket victory: Pakistan's cricket captain dedicated the victory in London to the plight of the IDPs, and camp residents danced to and cheered the win which was televised. Services, includin [...] | 2009-06-22 14:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PREF PHUM EAID PK |
09ISLAMABAD1375 | ACTION REQUEST FOR SUBSCRIBER, TOLLS AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-23 04:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR |
09ISLAMABAD1377 | ACTION REQUEST FOR SUBSCRIBER, TOLLS AND [...] (SBU) ON JUNE 16, 2009, SA JOSEPH LABENBURG RECEIVED A LIST OF INTERNATIONAL PHONE NUMBERS FROM THE PAKISTAN ANTI NARCOTICS FORCE SPECIAL INVESTIGATION CELL (ANF/SIC) CONCERNING HAJI MIR AHMAD KHAN. KHAN IS THE MAIN CONSPIRATOR LINKED TO THE FOURTEEN (14) METRIC TON ACETIC ANHYDRIDE SEIZURE (X [...] | 2009-06-23 05:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR |
09ISLAMABAD1380 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-23 10:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1385 | PESHAWAR: KILLING OF ANTI-BAITULLAH MILITANT [...] (C) Summary: The June 23 assassination of Mehsud militant commander Qari Zainuddin, presumably sponsored by rival Baitullah Mehsud's Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP),removes a key element of the Pakistani government's planned campaign in South Waziristan Agency (SWA). Qari Zainuddin, who oppos [...] | 2009-06-24 09:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PINR PK PREL |
09ISLAMABAD1386 | FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF [...] (C) The government continued low-intensity fighting during the first full week in June with pockets of militants in Swat, Buner, Shangla, and Lower Dir. The latter showed that they pose a continued threat by destroying schools in Lower Dir and Buner, and resuming kidnappings of civilians in [...] | 2009-06-24 09:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD1387 | FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF [...] (C) The Pakistani government signaled that the long-awaited offensive in the Mehsud areas of South Waziristan was imminent, but limited its action in the area to aerial and artillery bombardment. Meanwhile, its ongoing precursor action in Frontier Region Bannu drew to a close with an agree [...] | 2009-06-24 10:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD1389 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-24 13:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD139 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-22 11:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD140 | GOP CONTINUES TO PUSH FOR BIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister Saleem Mandviwalla, Chairman of the GOP Board of Investment, insists the GOP has the political will to finalize the U.S.-Pakistan Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) and that President Zardari and Prime Minister Gilani had recently agreed the BIT should go forward as soo [...] | 2009-01-22 12:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL PG PK |
09ISLAMABAD1402 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-25 12:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1408 | PAKISTAN COMMITS TO GETTING OFF TIP WATCH LIST [...] (C) Summary: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General Tariq Khosa called in A/PolCouns and PolOff June 17 -- the day after the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report placed Pakistan on the Tier 2 Watch List (WL) -- to commit Pakistan to those measures which would result in a better [...] | 2009-06-26 08:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIP PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB SMIG PK |
09ISLAMABAD1409 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-26 10:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD141 | CONSEQUENCES OF A ZARDARI-NAWAZ SHOWDOWN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-22 14:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
09ISLAMABAD1411 | IDP UPDATE: MOI DECLARES SWAT SECURE, DEBIT CARDS [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 24, Minister of Interior Rehman Malik announced that Swat and Malakand division were now secure from terrorists and IDPs could return home once the infrastructure was restored. Many displaced families living in IDP camps, particularly those from Buner, are beginning to [...] | 2009-06-26 12:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON IO PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1413 | TRIAL SKILLS TRAINING FOR PAK PROSECUTORS [...] (U) Summary: Pakistan's prosecutors, under-resourced and poorly trained, are routinely characterized as the weakest link in a criminal justice system that sees up to 70 percent of its prosecutions end in acquittal. Prosecutors seldom work with police, do little to prepare their cases for trial [...] | 2009-06-27 07:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KJUS PK |
09ISLAMABAD1421 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-29 09:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1425 | PROPOSAL FOR THE FY 2009 JULIA TAFT FUND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-29 12:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV AF PK |
09ISLAMABAD1426 | BUNER BEGINS TO RECOVER FROM EFFECTS OF TALIBAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-29 12:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER EAID MARR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1427 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES FY09-10 BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP presented its budget to Parliament on June 13 (reftel). After a week of debate, on June 22 the GOP presented a revised budget which reflected revisions desired by members. This budget was passed unanimously by Parliament with no changes on June 25. While the overall p [...] | 2009-06-29 13:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON ETRD PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD143 | USCENTCOM PETRAEUS MEETS WITH PRESIDENT ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting January 20 with USCENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus and the Ambassador, President Asif Zardari welcomed the "new beginning" of the Obama Administration, urging both countries' military commanders to "revisit the map" on how to jointly fight regional extremi [...] | 2009-01-23 08:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1435 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-30 10:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1437 | PML-N WARNS NSA JONES THAT WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY [...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor General James Jones joined Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and several other Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) leaders for lunch on June 25. The PML-N leaders explained to NSA Jones that Pakistani public opinion currently supported the war agains [...] | 2009-06-30 10:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1438 | NSA JONES' JUNE 25 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary: In their June 25 meeting in Islamabad, National Security Advisor General James Jones and President Zardari discussed: Pakistan's military offensive against extremists; GOP capacity to fight terrorism; the nature of extremism in Pakistan; drones; Iran; Afghanistan; Zardari's conver [...] | 2009-06-30 10:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EAID PK |
09ISLAMABAD1440 | PRIME MINISTER GILANI DISCUSSES MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: In his meeting with U.S. National Security Advisor General James Jones on June 25, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani stressed that Pakistan is winning the war against extremists militarily, but needs to win hearts and minds to sustain gains. The country was unified in its support [...] | 2009-06-30 10:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM KNNP PK |
09ISLAMABAD1445 | IDP UPDATE: REGISTRATION INITIATED FOR WAZIRISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Registration has begun for internally displaced people from South Waziristan Agency (SWA) in two districts and a frontier region east of the agency; only those whose sole residence is in SWA will be eligible. The Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) government has forbidden n [...] | 2009-06-30 15:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID MOPS PGOV PINR PK PREF PREL |
09ISLAMABAD1446 | IDP UPDATE: REGISTRATION INITIATED FOR WAZIRISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-30 15:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID MOPS PGOV PINR PK PREF PREL |
09ISLAMABAD1465 | PAKISTAN IMPLEMENTING UN SANCTIONS ON DPRK, BUT [...] (C) Summary. In response to reftel demarches supporting implementation of United Nations Security Council sanctions on the DPRK, Kamran Akhtar, Disarmament Director at Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told PolOff on June 30 that Pakistan has issued a Statutory Regulatory Order to appl [...] | 2009-07-01 16:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PTER PGOV MNUC PARM EFIN PK |
09ISLAMABAD1469 | BUNER BEGINS TO RECOVER FROM EFFECTS OF TALIBAN [...] (C) Summary: Several assessment missions to the Buner district of Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) by U.S. mission personnel and contractors and by United Nations (UN) personnel over the past two weeks have revealed that life there is gradually returning to normal, two months after the begi [...] | 2009-07-02 09:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER EAID MARR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1470 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-02 09:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1473 | ZARDARI, TARIN ASK NSC LIPTON FOR LEEWAY ON ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 30 meeting, President Zardari asked National Security Council Senior Director David Lipton to help convince the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) to allow Pakistan to delay an increase in electricity tariffs until December and for a subsidized oil facility. [...] | 2009-07-02 11:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1493 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-06 10:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1507 | MUMBAI PROSECUTION UPDATE: ANTI-TERRORISM COURT [...] (C) Summary: There has been no movement in Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on the Mumbai prosecution case since May 23. The ATC in Rawalpindi has not had a judge on its bench to hear the case and thus no formal indictment has been filed against the five Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) suspects in [...] | 2009-07-06 13:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1520 | COMMERCE AND INVESTMENT MINISTRIES REQUEST UNDERSTANDING AND ACCESS TO U.S. MARKETS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-07 10:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1521 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 07, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-07 10:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1525 | SUPREME COURT WEIGHS IN ON ELECTRICITY TARIFF HIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 6, the Supreme Court ordered the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) to refrain from enacting the proposed 17.5 percent increase in electricity tariffs until such time as the court is satisfied that the increase is truly necessary. Chief Justice Iftikhar [...] | 2009-07-08 02:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EFIN EINV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1528 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 08, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-08 08:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD153 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-23 11:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1543 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 09, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-09 13:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD155 | CENTCOM GENERAL PETRAEUS MEETS WITH PAKISTAN COAS [...] (C) U.S. CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus, accompanied by the Ambassador, J5 Major General Robert Allardice and POLAD Michael Gfoeller, met with Pakistan Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Kayani on January 20. Kayani was accompanied by his Director General Military Operations, M [...] | 2009-01-24 12:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MAR MOPS PK |
09ISLAMABAD1552 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-10 10:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD156 | CENTCOM GENERAL PETRAEUS MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: USCENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus and the Ambassador met January 20 with Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani. The Prime Minister complained about the rolling electricity blackouts throughout the country, blaming the Musharraf administration for the lack of capacity. Businesses [...] | 2009-01-24 12:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1562 | PAKISTAN'S OPTIONS ON FISSILE MATERIAL CUTOFF [...] (C) Summary: In late June, Embassy Energy Attach was given a pre-publication draft of a paper (ref) written by Kurshid Khan, an officer formerly with the Arms Control and Disarmament Affairs Section of Pakistan's Strategic Plans Division (SPD). The paper details Pakistan's views and options [...] | 2009-07-13 06:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PTER PGOV MNUC PK |
09ISLAMABAD1567 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: July 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-13 13:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1568 | MEETING WITH UN U/SG JOHN HOLMES: AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: In a July 10 meeting with UN Under Secretary John Holmes, Humanitarian Coordinator Martin Mogwanja and UN staff, the Ambassador stressed the importance of getting UN humanitarian assistance into Buner and Swat as soon as possible, the need for the UN to undertake donor coordinatio [...] | 2009-07-13 16:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1574 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-14 10:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1585 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-15 12:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1586 | MUMBAI PROSECUTION UPDATE: LATEST TIME LINE [...] (C) The next hearing date for the Mumbai attacks prosecution is July 18. The Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) and Pakistani prosecutors expect to file their formal charge sheet on July 18. The five suspects in custody, Zaki ur-Rehman Lakhvi, Hammad Ameen Sadiq, Mazhar Iqbal (aka al Qama),[...] | 2009-07-15 13:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1589 | PUNJAB WITHDRAWS ITS APPEAL AGAINST HAFIZ SAEED'S RELEASE [...] (C) Summary: On July 14, to the surprise of the federal government, the Punjab Advocate General withdrew his province's appeal to the Supreme Court challenging the release of Jamaat-ud-Dawa leader Hafiz Saeed. Punjab provincial officials cite a lack of evidence and cooperation from the federal gov [...] | 2009-07-15 13:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1592 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-16 10:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1607 | AQ KHAN DEFENDS PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS [...] (C) Summary: In his periodic column in the July 15 edition of Pakistan daily "The News," A.Q. Khan further tested the boundaries of his "gag order" with an expansive defense of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program. This article, like previous ones, seeks to burnish his credentials as the "fath [...] | 2009-07-17 09:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PTER PGOV MNUC PK |
09ISLAMABAD161 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-26 12:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1613 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-17 10:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1625 | SUPREME COURT AND GOP CLASH OVER FUEL TAX; GOP WINS FOR NOW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-18 05:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EFIN PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD164 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-27 09:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1642 | SECRETARY NAPOLITANO DISCUSSES BORDER [...] (S//NF) Summary: In a series of meetings with President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani and Minister of Interior Rehman Malik July 3, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano offered DHS assistance to enhance Pakistan's border security and sought GOP view [...] | 2009-07-20 10:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | EAIR PGOV PREL PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1652 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-20 14:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1654 | INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT IN PAKISTAN: TRANSITION TO [...] (SBU) Summary: With the exception of expected further displacement from Waziristan, the current internal displacement from conflict-affected areas in Pakistan appears close to an end. The government has signed on to principles of safe, voluntary, informed and dignified return and began on J [...] | 2009-07-20 16:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1658 | ZARDARI AND NAWAZ MEET IN RAIWIND [...] (C) Summary: On July 17, President Zardari and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met outside of Lahore at Sharif's Raiwind estate and discussed ongoing military operations in Pakistan and potential constitutional changes in their first meeting since the Long March crisis. The relationship b [...] | 2009-07-21 08:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1660 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-21 12:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1662 | JAPANESE SRAP FOLLOWS UP ON FODP AND IDPS [...] (SBU) Summary. In a July 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Japan's Special Representative for Assistance to Pakistan and Afghanistan Yoshikawa revealed that Spain and Kuwait have allegedly withdrawn their pledges from the Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FODP) conference in Tokyo. He also commen [...] | 2009-07-21 15:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV PREL PREF PK |
09ISLAMABAD1670 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-22 08:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1671 | FATA: NEW ROUND OF KURRAM SECTARIAN VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: The breakdown in Sunni-Shi'a relations in Kurram Agency and ensuing violence over the past three weeks has cost 120 lives and mobilized the local communities on a scale not seen for months. After the intervention of the Frontier Corps and a jirga drawn from local Sunnis and Shi [...] | 2009-07-22 09:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREF EAID PGOV MOPS PK |
09ISLAMABAD1674 | PAKISTAN WAITING FOR INDIA TO RESTART DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: The GOP urged the GOI to restart Composite Dialogue talks during July 14 and 16 meetings between Foreign Secretaries and Prime Ministers in Egypt. India refused, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General Afrasiab. The talks were detailed, however; and of merit o [...] | 2009-07-22 10:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM IN PK |
09ISLAMABAD1680 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-23 10:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1684 | SUPREME COURT SUMMONS MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan,s Supreme Court is hearing a case, which actually combines two separate petitions, that may be the first of several legal challenges to the constitutionality of former President Musharraf,s actions on November 3, 2007, when he suspended the constitution, declared a state [...] | 2009-07-23 15:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1688 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-24 11:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD169 | PORT SECURITY DEMARCHE - PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-27 11:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EWWT KHLS PREL PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD1712 | PAKISTAN LAUNCHES NEW PROGRAM TO REVERSE BRAIN DRAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 15, President Zardari launched the President's Program for Care of Highly Qualified Overseas Pakistanis (PPQP). This program plans to integrate the skills and talents of expatriate Pakistanis back into Pakistan in an attempt to "reverse the brain drain." The government [...] | 2009-07-28 05:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EAID PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1718 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-28 11:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1724 | PAKISTAN'S SUPREME COURT: ONE STEP CLOSER TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a partial reversal of its July 6 ruling ordering the GOP to refrain from raising the electricity tariff, the Supreme Court ruled on July 23 that the National Electric Power Regulatory Agency (NEPRA) could continue to calculate the cost recovery tariff rate for power productio [...] | 2009-07-28 12:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1726 | TRANSIT TRADE ISLAMABAD ROUND: SMUGGLING STILL THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-28 13:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL AF PK |
09ISLAMABAD1732 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-29 10:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1737 | A/S SCHWARTZ'S MEETING WITH LT. GEN. NADEEM, [...] (C) Summary: In a July 24 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Population, Migration and Refugees Eric Schwartz, Lt. General Nadeem Ahmad outlined the planned assumption by the Provincial Relief, Rehabilitation and Settlement Authority (PaRRSA) of programmatic responsibility for the GOP's co [...] | 2009-07-29 12:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM PGOV EAID PK |
09ISLAMABAD1739 | ICRC ON THE DISPLACED IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: In a July 23 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Eric Schwartz, International Committee of the Red Cross Head of Delegation Pascal Cuttat expressed concern over the speed of government-facilitated IDP return from the camps and the coerci [...] | 2009-07-29 12:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM EAID PREL PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1740 | UNHCR ON THE DISPLACED IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: In a July 22 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Eric Schwartz, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Country Representative Guenet Guebre Christos and staff requested that the United States Government make clear to the Government of [...] | 2009-07-29 12:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM EAID PREL PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1748 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-30 12:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD177 | THE WAY FORWARD FOR PAKISTAN'S F-16 PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: Embassy requests that a small interagency team of decision makers visit Islamabad to chart a financial and technical way forward on the F-16 program. Ambassador confirmed January 28 with Finance Minister Tareen that the GOP would make the pending overdue payment on the purchase of n [...] | 2009-01-28 08:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER MARR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1770 | MOTIVATIONS AND CONCERNS REGARDING EXPEDITED [...] (C) Summary: Below is an e-mail account providing a timeline of events for the expedited return of displaced persons from Yar Hussain camp, Swabi, in the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan. It is followed by a review, from an NGO perspective, of some of the likely considerations and mot [...] | 2009-07-31 08:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM EAID PREL PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD178 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-28 10:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1782 | SUPREME COURT DECLINES TO TAKE UP TREASON APPEAL [...] (C) Summary: Supreme Court Justice Iftikar Chaudhry said July 30 the Court would not take up an appeal to charge former President Musharraf with treason. The appeal had emerged during an ongoing case being heard by the Court which challenges the constitutionality of Musharraf's actions in [...] | 2009-07-31 16:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1786 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 03, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-03 10:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD180 | ANOTHER CABINET EXPANSION; MQM JOINS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: President Asif Zardari swore in four more federal ministers on January 26, two from the religious Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party (JUI-F, including Fazlur Rehman's brother) and two from the Karachi-based Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM). With this move, Zardari formally brings MQM and i [...] | 2009-01-28 14:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID MARR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1803 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 04, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-04 11:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1808 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 05, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-05 10:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1809 | HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR FOR PAKISTAN: [...] (C) In a July 22 meeting between Ambassador Holbrooke and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir indicated unequivocally that his government would support the appointment of a high-level UN humanitarian assistance coordinator for Pakistan. His agreement c [...] | 2009-08-05 11:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC PREF EAID PGOV UN PK |
09ISLAMABAD1816 | HAFIZ SAEED CASE ADJOURNED FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE [...] (C) On August 3, the Pakistani Supreme Court once again adjourned the appeal hearing concerning Hafiz Saeed. This follows the July 14 Punjab Advocate General's withdrawal of his province's appeal in the Supreme Court challenging the release of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JUD) leader Hafiz Saeed (See Reft [...] | 2009-08-05 13:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1817 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 29 JULY 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-05 13:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD182 | A PRIMER: PAKISTAN'S SENATE ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On or about March 9, Pakistan will hold indirect elections to replace 50 (of 100) members, whose terms expire this year. The process, controlled by the Election Commission, is governed by a complicated proportional system in which members of the National and the four Provincial [...] | 2009-01-28 14:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PK |
09ISLAMABAD1823 | DUBAI PROCESS CONFERENCE: AF/PAK CONVERSATIONS ON [...] (SBU) The Canadian Embassy hosted the most recent round of Dubai Process talks between Afghan and Pakistani officials from July 23-24 in Pakistan. Two of the five Dubai Process issues were covered: Movement of People and Counternarcotics. The next session, currently slated for October in Ka [...] | 2009-08-06 05:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PK PREF PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD183 | UPDATE ON PAKISTAN IDP SITUATION [...] (C) Summary. As of January 23, the population of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the conflict-afflicted areas of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) continued to rise, with approximately 10,000 families living in the twelve establi [...] | 2009-01-28 14:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER MOPS |
09ISLAMABAD1830 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-06 10:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1840 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 07, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-07 12:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1845 | MUMBAI PROSECUTION UPDATE: ABSCONDER ARRESTED [...] (C) On August 5, the Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) arrested a sixth suspect, Jamil Ahmed, allegedly linked with the Mumbai terror attacks. Ahmed was arrested after the Government of Saudi Arabia passed information they had from an Interpol lead. Ahmed had allegedly sent money from Saudi Ara [...] | 2009-08-07 13:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1846 | PAKISTAN'S FIA ON COUNTERING TERRORIST FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 22 meeting with the Treasury Advisor to the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) Director General Tariq Khosa said counter-terrorist financing efforts had limited external sources of funds available to Al-Qaida and Tar [...] | 2009-08-07 14:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID KJUS AF PK |
09ISLAMABAD1848 | NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU EXPECTED TO REMAIN INTACT [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan's anti-corruption agency, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)--once one of the country's preeminent law enforcement institutions--has in the past two years become increasingly marginalized. In a 14 July meeting with NAB Chairman, Nawid Ahsan, Treasury Attach and Re [...] | 2009-08-10 03:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD KCOR PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1850 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-10 10:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1859 | FITFUL PROGRESS: ROUND THREE OF THE AF-PAK TRANSIT [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Kabul/Embassy Islamabad cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: The third round of negotiations for the Afghan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) yielded progress on some outstanding issues such as arbitration, but the atmosphere frayed over interim arrangements to expedite [...] | 2009-08-10 12:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL AF PK |
09ISLAMABAD1873 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-11 11:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1877 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-12 12:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1884 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-13 11:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD189 | CODEL TIERNEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of CODEL Tierney on February 2, 2009. 2. Control officer for the visit will be Deputy Econ Counselor Martha Patterson. She can be reached at the following numbers: Embassy: +92-51-208-0000; Office: +92-51-208-2690, Direct +92- [...] | 2009-01-29 08:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PARM ASEC OREP AMGT AFIN PK |
09ISLAMABAD1896 | ZARDARI TO REFORM FATA GOVERNANCE [...] (C) Summary: At midnight on August 14, Pakistani Independence Day, President Zardari plans to unveil a reform package significantly changing the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) and extending the Political Parties Act. Zardari's new ordinance will remove some of the draconian aspects of the F [...] | 2009-08-14 05:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD190 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-29 09:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1900 | ZARDARI TO REFORM FATA GOVERNANCE [...] (C) Summary: At midnight on August 14, Pakistani Independence Day, President Zardari plans to unveil a reform package significantly changing the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) and extending the Political Parties Act. Zardari's new ordinance will remove some of the draconian aspects of the F [...] | 2009-08-14 05:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1901 | GOP UNVEILS NEW THREE-YEAR TRADE POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Pakistan (GOP) unveiled its 2009-2012 trade policy with the primary goal of growing exports by 29 percent over the next three years. The policy focuses on making Pakistan more competitive both internationally and domestically, but covers incentives for only no [...] | 2009-08-14 08:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1902 | MANGO UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 6, the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) hosted the third digital video conference (DVC) with the Pakistani Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MINFA) and USDA's office of Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to discuss the next steps towards U.S. market ac [...] | 2009-08-14 08:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD EAID PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1903 | GOP UNVEILS NEW THREE-YEAR TRADE POLICY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 08:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1904 | MANGO UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 08:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD EAID PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1905 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 12 AUGUST 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 08:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD191 | LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Planning for the Friends of a Democratic Pakistan is moving forward, albeit slowly. On January 27, Jean Arnault negotiated with the MFA a draft framework for his future participation as a UN advisor to the Friends under UNDP auspices. Ambassador met separately with Arnault t [...] | 2009-01-29 10:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID ECON PK |
09ISLAMABAD1917 | RECONSTRUCTION OPPORTUNITY ZONE PREP - GAINING SOME TRACTION? [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-17 01:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1930 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-17 11:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1955 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-18 10:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1969 | OPERATION TRITON/GFXZ-09-8004/PAKISTAN CONTAINERS DESTINED [...] (SBU) ON 08/17/09, DEA ISLAMABAD COUNTRY OFFICE (ICO) ACTING COUNTRY ATTACH (ACA) MICHAEL W. BROWN MET WITH A HIGH RANKING PAKISTAN CUSTOMS OFFICIAL CONCERNING TWO CONTAINERIZED FABRIC CONSIGNMENTS WHICH DEPARTED THE SEAPORT IN KARACHI, PAKISTAN, DURING THE END OF JULY AND THE BEGINNING OF A [...] | 2009-08-19 06:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR DEAX TI |
09ISLAMABAD1976 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-19 09:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1988 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-20 09:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1992 | REMITTANCES LIKELY TO REMAIN HIGH, BUT MAY TRAVEL LESS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of meetings in Karachi and Islamabad in early August, the Treasury Attach, Consulate EconOff, and EconOff, spoke to several Pakistani government and private sector officials to discuss Pakistan's steadily growing remittance levels. The State Bank of Pakistan reported [...] | 2009-08-21 05:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD KCOR PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1996 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-21 11:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD200 | TERRORISM FINANCE: PRENOTIFICATION OF UPCOMING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-30 03:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PREL PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD2007 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-24 09:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2008 | GFXZ-08-9180/MULLAH YUSEF DTO INTEL PASSED TO PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) ON AUGUST 18, 2009, SPECIAL AGENT (SA) JOSEPH LABENBURG BRIEFED PAKISTAN CUSTOMS-PREVENTIVE, SOUTHERN ZONE, KARACHI, PAKISTAN, WITH THE FOLLOWING INTELLIGENCE ON MULTI-TON HASHISH TRAFFICKER MULLAH YUSEF. THIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING WILL ASSIST PAKISTAN CUSTOMS PREVENTIVE WITH AN ONGOING [...] | 2009-08-24 09:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
09ISLAMABAD201 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-30 13:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2014 | GFXZ-08-9180/MULLAH YUSEF DTO INTEL PASSED TO PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) ON AUGUST 18, 2009, SPECIAL AGENT (SA) JOSEPH LABENBURG BRIEFED PAKISTAN CUSTOMS-PREVENTIVE, SOUTHERN ZONE, KARACHI, PAKISTAN, WITH THE FOLLOWING INTELLIGENCE ON MULTI-TON HASHISH TRAFFICKER MULLAH YUSEF. THIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING WILL ASSIST PAKISTAN CUSTOMS PREVENTIVE WITH AN ONGOING [...] | 2009-08-25 01:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
09ISLAMABAD2022 | ENCOURAGING GULF INVESTMENT IN KARACHI'S POWER [...] (SBU) Summary: Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC),Pakistan's only private utility, serves 18 million consumers in Karachi, the financial, industrial and commercial hub of Pakistan. Inadequate generation and out-dated transmission infrastructure have contributed to chronic load shedding [...] | 2009-08-25 05:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG AE PK |
09ISLAMABAD2025 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-25 08:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2036 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-26 09:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2049 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-27 10:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2052 | GFXZ-09-9180/JOINT DEA ISLAMABAD CO/ DEA NEW YORK FIELD [...] (SBU) REF. (A),(B): ON AUGUST 25, 2009, THE DEA ISLAMABAD COUNTRY OFFICE (ICO) RECEIVED AN ACTION REQUEST FROM THE DEA NEW YORK FIELD DIVISION ORGANIZED CRIME DRUG ENFORCEMENT STRIKE FORCE, GROUP Z-53 GROUP SUPERVISOR PATRICK J. HAMLETTE, REQUESTING ASSISTANCE TARGETING THE TRAFFICKING ACTIVI [...] | 2009-08-27 10:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR DEAX TI |
09ISLAMABAD2056 | POST PROPOSED FY09 FOREIGN MILITARY FUNDS SPEND [...] (S) Post proposes the following distribution of $300 million in FY09 Foreign Military Funds: - Pakistan Navy: $65 million for refurbishment of the Excess Defense Articles (EDA) Oliver Hazard Perry-class (OHP) Frigate. Although the Joint Staff has only allocated $58M to date in FY09 FMF to [...] | 2009-08-27 13:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER MARR PK |
09ISLAMABAD2062 | STABILIZING AND MODERNIZING PAKISTAN'S MILITARY [...] (S) Summary: As the current five-year commitment to provide Pakistan with $300 million annually in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) ends in FY 2009 and we begin to implement our Afghanistan/Pakistan strategy, Post proposes the establishment of a new, multi-year commitment of FMF for Pakistan. [...] | 2009-08-28 06:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER MARR PK |
09ISLAMABAD2067 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-28 10:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2070 | LAHORE HIGH COURT RULING ON A.Q. KHAN [...] (C) Summary: On August 28, The Lahore High Court (LHC) issued a show-cause notice to the federal government instructing it to justify its prevention of movements requested by nuclear scientist Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan. The court scheduled a hearing for September 4 at which the federal governmen [...] | 2009-08-29 11:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD2074 | PAKISTANI SECURITY FORCES ACCUSED OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN MALAKAND DIVISION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-30 12:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PHUM PK PTER |
09ISLAMABAD2075 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 31, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-31 10:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2093 | GOP ANNOUNCES REFORMS TOWARD AUTONOMY FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Gilani announced August 29 changes to the governance of Pakistan's "Northern Areas." The region will now be called "Gilgit-Baltistan" and enjoy most of the political arrangements of a province, less the right to representation in the Federal Parliament. Minister [...] | 2009-09-01 10:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER IN PK |
09ISLAMABAD2094 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: September 01, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-01 11:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2102 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-02 09:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2111 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 03, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-03 10:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2115 | SRAP HOLBROOKE' AUGUST 17 MEETING WITH FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: In their August 17 meeting, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin told Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke that the Ministry of Finance had missed budget targets because of large outlays for IDPs and the military, as well as a large unexpected withdrawal [...] | 2009-09-03 14:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PGOV PHUM PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2131 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 04, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-04 09:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2135 | REGIONAL FOOD SECURITY SYMPOSIUM ON WHEAT STEM RUST [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-04 10:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON PREL TBIO AF IN PK IR |
09ISLAMABAD2139 | FINANCE MINISTER ON PAKISTAN'S BUDGET WOES, TOKYO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin said the GOP had included $2 billion in Tokyo Pledges in its budget but was grappling with a shortfall in actual donor assistance. He asked that the USG provide $650 million in cash through the GOP to cov [...] | 2009-09-04 11:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK |
09ISLAMABAD2140 | PM AND FINANCE MINISTER ON PAKISTAN'S TROUBLED [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Prime Minister Gilani and Finance Minister Tarin, NSC Senior Director for International Economics David Lipton said Pakistan needed to take a number of steps in the coming months to put its energy sector on firmer footing: resolve the remaining $3.7 billion " [...] | 2009-09-04 12:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK |
09ISLAMABAD2149 | SWAT HUMANITARIAN AID CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary. USAID/OFDA implementing partners, UN agencies and other humanitarian organizations continue to provide assistance to populations in Swat, Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP). Following an August 30 suicide bombing in Mingora, the capital of Swat District, international media mis [...] | 2009-09-07 03:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PK PINR PREL PTER PREF IO |
09ISLAMABAD2159 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 08, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-08 12:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2160 | XZ-09-0004 / YEH1K / NAWAB, ARSHAD - INTERCEPTED [...] (SBU) THE ISLAMABAD COUNTRY OFFICE (ICO) IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PAKISTAN ANTI-NARCOTICS FORCE SPECIAL INVESTIGATION UNIT (ANF/SIU) HAS AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION INTO THE ARSHAD NAWAB POLYDRUG/PRECURSOR CHEMICAL (HEROIN, HASHISH, ACETIC ANHYDRIDE) TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION. IN MARCH 2009, THE MAI [...] | 2009-09-08 12:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
09ISLAMABAD2161 | NGOS DISCUSS ASSISTANCE AND SECURITY IN SWAT [...] (C) Summary: In September 4 discussions, representatives from 14 international non-governmental organizations (INGOs),the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirmed that humanitarian relief was being delivered in [...] | 2009-09-08 13:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM EAID PREL PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD2162 | FORMER RULING PARTY PML SPLITS [...] (SBU) Summary: Following weeks of wrangling within the former ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) about the intra-party electoral process, and on the heels of the July 20 national-level party elections in which Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain was reelected unopposed as PML president, dissident part [...] | 2009-09-08 13:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
09ISLAMABAD217 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-02 10:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2173 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 09, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-09 09:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2183 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 11:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2184 | INTERIOR MINISTER REHMAN MALIK'S SEPTEMBER 7 MEETING WITH CODEL SMITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 12:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS KNNP IN AF PK |
09ISLAMABAD2185 | ADDRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT PAKISTAN SECURITY [...] (S/NF) A growing body of evidence is lending credence to allegations of human rights abuses by Pakistan security forces during domestic operations against terrorists in Malakand Division and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. While it is oftentimes difficult to attribute with accuracy any res [...] | 2009-09-10 14:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PTER MOPS MASS KJUS PK |
09ISLAMABAD2196 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-11 11:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2199 | RE-09-0010 / WGC1R / LOPEZ, JAMES. DEA ISLAMABAD CO [...] (SBU) REFERENCE IS MADE TO THE ELECTRONIC MAIL (EMAIL) CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN SA JOHNSON, ISLAMABAD COUNTRY OFFICE (ICO) AND SA BRENDA MCINOTOSH AND SA JACK WILSON OF THE SEATTLE DIVISION OFFICE (SDO). THE EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE PERTAINED TO AN ACTION REQUEST FROM THE SDO REGARDING THE AFOREMENT [...] | 2009-09-11 11:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
09ISLAMABAD2200 | NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT INFORMATION DELIVERED TO [...] Ambassador passed reftel information on President Obama's Nuclear Security Summit to Pakistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi on September 11, 2009, and will raise it with President Zardari at the next opportunity. Embassy PolOff followed up with MFA Director General for Di [...] | 2009-09-11 11:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PREL PTER PGOV MNUC PK |
09ISLAMABAD2201 | CODEL SMITH VISITS TARBELA TRAINING CENTER; MEETS [...] (C) Summary. During a September 5 visit to Tarbela, Codel Smith praised the quality of training provided by U.S. Special Forces for its Pakistani Army counterparts; as part of a training demonstration, the delegation fired Glock 17 pistols and AK47 assault rifles. At a later meeting with 11 [...] | 2009-09-11 11:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | MASS MOPS PGOV PK PTER |
09ISLAMABAD2203 | FOREIGN MILITARY SALE OF OLIVER HAZARD PERRY CLASS FRIGATE TO THE PAKISTAN NAVY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-11 11:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR PGOV PK PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD2208 | CODEL CASEY'S AUGUST 25 MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) Summary: In an August 25 meeting with CODEL Casey, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan emphasized the need for a long-term enduring partnership between the United States and Pakistan. He argued for increased trade preferences for Pakistani goods through the lo [...] | 2009-09-11 13:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD PREL PTER AF PK |
09ISLAMABAD2209 | PESHAWAR: "HERE I COME AGAIN" OPERATION IN BARA [...] (C) Summary: After just over a week of fighting under the "Here I Come Again" operation in Khyber Agency, the joint army/Frontier Corps/Frontier Constabulary/police actions in Bara tehsil appear to be drawing to a close as army and Frontier Corps troops are pulled out to concentrate on other [...] | 2009-09-11 13:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS PK |
09ISLAMABAD2218 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-14 09:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2225 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 09 SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 05:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2226 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 09:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2227 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PRIORITIES FOR 12TH SESSION [...] (SBU) Deputy PolCouns delivered reftel demarche on U.S. priorities for the 12th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to MFA UN Division Director Ahmed Farooq on September 14. Since Farooq normally covers security issues and is only temporarily responsible for the human rights portfol [...] | 2009-09-15 09:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN PK |
09ISLAMABAD2231 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ENCOURAGING EXPANDED PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 13:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA IR KNNP MNUC PARM PK PREF |
09ISLAMABAD2232 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ENCOURAGING MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) On September 15, Deputy PolCouns delivered reftel demarche encouraging governments to respond favorably to meeting requests from Government of Kosovo representatives at UNGA to Zaheer Pervaiz Khan, MFA Director General for the Foreign Minister's Office. Khan gave no substantive reply, bu [...] | 2009-09-15 13:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN KV PK |
09ISLAMABAD2233 | PAKISTAN WILL FOLLOW NAM ON IAEA GENERAL [...] (C) PolOff raised U.S. concerns about Middle East issues at the IAEA General Conference (reftel) with Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Disarmament Director General Irfan Yusuf Shami on September 15. Shami agreed that Middle East issues are likely to be problematic this year and recognize [...] | 2009-09-15 14:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP AORC PARM IAEA EG IS PK |
09ISLAMABAD2236 | MEDIA REQUEST: INTERVIEW WITH FLOTUS FOR [...] (U) Post would like to support a request by noted Pakistani journalist Jugnu Mohsin for an interview with First Lady Michelle Obama. Ms. Mohsin is one of the leading liberal secular journalists in Pakistan. She is the Managing Editor and Publisher of The Friday Times and a television presen [...] | 2009-09-16 07:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAO AF PK |
09ISLAMABAD2245 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-16 10:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2250 | GFXZ-09-9180 / DEA ISLAMABAD CO RESPONSE TO DEA/SOD [...] (SBU) ON MAY 30, 2009, THE ISLAMABAD COUNTRY OFFICE (ICO) RECEIVED AN ACTION REQUEST FROM THE DEA SPECIAL OPERATIONS DIVISION (SOD) REGARDING THE AFOREMENTIONED CASE FILE TITLE(S). THE ICO HAS PROVIDED SEVERAL OFFICIAL LETTERS TO THE ANTI-NARCOTICS FORCE/ SPECIAL INVESTIGATION CELL (SIC) REQUE [...] | 2009-09-16 12:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
09ISLAMABAD2263 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-17 10:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2268 | MFA SAYS PAKISTAN HAS NO IMMEDIATE PLANS TO [...] (SBU) On September 17, Deputy PolCouns delivered to MFA UN Affairs Director Ahmed Farooq ref demarche requesting Pakistan defer introducing at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) a resolution proposing action in response to the Goldstone report on the Gaza conflict. During a follow-up conversat [...] | 2009-09-17 12:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UN IS PK |
09ISLAMABAD2278 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-18 09:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2279 | NON-INJURY ACCIDENT INVOLVING OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT VEHICLE [...] (U) ON 9-18-2009, OGV T-06-0022A, DRIVEN BY ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTOR (ARD) JOHN A. F. DUDLEY, WAS STATIONARY, FACING EAST ON AGHA KHAN ROAD, SECTOR F-6/4, IN ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN, WHEN IT WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY A MOTORCYCLE BEARING PAKISTAN LICENSE PLATE MM-234. THE OPERATOR OF THE MOTORC [...] | 2009-09-18 09:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
09ISLAMABAD2285 | PAKISTAN WILL OBSERVE CTBT CONFERENCE, BUT [...] (C) PolOff raised GOP participation in the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Article XIV Conference (reftel) with MFA Disarmament Director General Irfan Yusuf Shami on September 18. Shami reported that Pakistan will be an observer at the conference, as it has been since 1998. He indicat [...] | 2009-09-18 14:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PREL KTBT PGOV MNUC PK |
09ISLAMABAD2288 | PRIME MINISTER GILANI OUTLINES GOP PLANS ON THE [...] (C) Summary: In an hour-long meeting September 18, Prime Minister Gilani said the Malakand campaign against extremist groups is 70 percent completed. He emphasized the need to undertake reconstruction and rehabilitation in the region, not only to help the population there but also to convi [...] | 2009-09-20 09:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PTER PREL SNAR PINS PREF AMGT PHUM |
09ISLAMABAD2289 | NATIONAL RECONCILIATION ORDINANCE MAY BE THE [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Court's decision to return the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) to the National Assembly for action has left the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government with a Hobbesian choice between taking public responsibility for passage of this very unpopular legislation [...] | 2009-09-21 12:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD229 | PAKISTAN'S BANKS FACE DETERIORATING CONSUMER AND SMALL [...] (SBU) Summary. The banking sector in Pakistan has been largely shielded from the international financial crisis by a regulatory framework that has limited its foreign currency and securities exposure. Although there were no major losses in calendar year 2008, local bankers are expecting probl [...] | 2009-02-03 13:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2290 | ASSESSMENT OF PRESIDENT ZARDARI'S FIRST YEAR IN [...] (C) Summary: When Asif Ali Zardari took oath as Pakistan's President on September 9, 2008, he inherited a series of intersecting political, economic, and security crises for which the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)-led coalition government appeared ill-equipped. One year later, Zardari appears [...] | 2009-09-21 13:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL ECON EAID ENRG MOPS PK IN AF |
09ISLAMABAD2292 | FINANCE MINISTER TARIN MEETS LEW, ASKS FOR US [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-22 11:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK ECON ETRD EAID EFIN |
09ISLAMABAD2293 | ANTI-TERRORISM ACT CHANGES MAY NOT ADDRESS [...] (S) Summary: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Babar Awan informed PolCouns that the changes his office was proposing to Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Act were not/not designed to address the prosecution of those detained in combat operations. Instead, they were designed to ease the prosecution and [...] | 2009-09-23 09:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PHUM PGOV MOPS PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD2295 | REVIEWING OUR AFGHANISTAN - PAKISTAN STRATEGY [...] (S/NF) Summary: In response to queries posed by the National Security Council, Embassy Islamabad believes that it is not/not possible to counter al-Qaeda in Pakistan absent a comprehensive strategy that 1) addresses the interlinked Taliban threat in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2) brings about stable, [...] | 2009-09-23 15:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PINR MOPS EAID PK |
09ISLAMABAD23 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 05, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-05 09:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD230 | ZARDARI IN NO HURRY TO CEDE HIS CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Nawaz Sharif has a new populist cause-- pressuring President Zardari and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) to fulfill their Charter of Democracy pledge to repeal Musharraf-era constitutional changes that transferred power from the Prime Minister to the President. Zardari inherite [...] | 2009-02-03 13:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD2301 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-24 09:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD231 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 03, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-03 14:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2311 | PAKISTAN'S DRAFT AFGHAN MANAGEMENT STRATEGY AND [...] (C) Summary: The final step necessary to extend the permitted stay of Afghan refugees in Pakistan through 2012 is issuance of an executive order by the Prime Minister. A draft Afghan strategy is in the final stages of governmental consideration and will go to the Prime Minister and the Cabin [...] | 2009-09-24 14:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL EAID PHUM PK |
09ISLAMABAD2320 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-25 10:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2340 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-28 10:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2353 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-29 11:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD236 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY HOLBROOKE [...] (C) Summary. Mission Pakistan warmly welcomes your arrival; your appointment comes as Pakistan grapples with internal change and hopes the Ombama administration can support regional solutions to development and counter-terrorism challenges. After eight years of military rule, the civilian governmen [...] | 2009-02-04 10:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER EAID MARR MOPS PK |
09ISLAMABAD2360 | PAKISTAN REQUESTS TOKYO PLEDGE FOLLOW UP, BUDGET [...] (SBU) In a September 16 letter to the Ambassador, Economic Affairs Division Secretary Farrakh Qayyum thanked the USG for committing $174 million in budget support in FY09 and requested an additional $500 million in budget support for FY10 (text in para 3). Qayyum's letter was a follow up to [...] | 2009-09-30 05:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PHUM PREF PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD2361 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-30 10:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD237 | BAHAWALPUR: GROWING MILITANT RECRUITMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: In discussing research findings for her new book on extremism, Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa outlined to A/DCM how a decline in the old socio-economic order in southern Punjab was slowly radicalizing the region. She described how a failing agricultural system, absentee landlords, poor educa [...] | 2009-02-04 12:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD2375 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 01, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-01 10:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2379 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-02 12:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD238 | PAKISTAN STANDBY ARRANGEMENT: SO FAR SO GOOD, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF and Ministry of Finance contacts agree that, based on preliminary indications, Pakistan has performed well in fulfilling IMF performance criteria as required in Pakistan's November 24 Standby Arrangement (SBA). After retiring $1.24 billion in debt, borrowing from the State [...] | 2009-02-04 13:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EAID PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2380 | POST APPROVAL FOR NIGHT VISION DEVICES FOR SPECIAL [...] (U) Summary: Post supports the procurement of night vision devices (NVDs) for the Pakistan military at a cost of $300,000, using FY09 Pakistan Counter-Insurgency Funding (PCF). The purchase is for 25 Renegade 320 Thermal Imaging Devices for the Special Services Group (SSG). End Summary. [...] | 2009-10-02 12:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER MARR PK |
09ISLAMABAD2381 | PAKISTAN RAISES ENERGY TARIFFS IN STEP TO REDUCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP raised electricity tariffs 6 percent, in accordance with its commitments to international financial institutions. However, lower fuel costs and higher hydropower generation simultaneously pushed tariffs down, reducing the immediate impact on consumers, and hence public [...] | 2009-10-02 12:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK |
09ISLAMABAD2382 | FATA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS RESIGN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: On September 30, PolCouns met with Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Members of the National Assembly (MNA) Munir Khan Orakzai and Shaukat Ullah, and their colleague FATA Senator Rasheed Ahmed. The meeting followed the recent announcement by three federal ministers and [...] | 2009-10-02 12:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD2384 | UPDATE ON DISPLACEMENT, RETURN, ASSISTANCE, AND [...] (U) Summary and introduction: According to the Government of Pakistan, approximately 1.85 million of the roughly 2.7 million displaced Pakistanis (69 percent) had returned to their areas of origin as of September 25. Ongoing military operations to clear remaining pockets of insurgent resistan [...] | 2009-10-03 07:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL EAID MOPS SNAR PK |
09ISLAMABAD2385 | GOP SUGGESTS DISCUSSION ON INDIAN NUCLEAR ISSUES [...] (C) PolOff met with MFA Disarmament Director General Dr. Irfan Yusuf Shami on September 30 and conveyed reftel points regarding Pakistani concerns about a possible Indian nuclear test. Shami reiterated the GOP perception that India may be preparing for a nuclear test, but when pressed on the [...] | 2009-10-03 11:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PGOV MNUC IN PK |
09ISLAMABAD2389 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 05, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-05 11:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD239 | PAKISTAN'S GOVERNMENT STABILIZES [...] (C) Summary. Despite media speculation and rumor, PM Gilani's government is now stable, and President Zardari's position is now secure. Nawaz Sharif may be the most popular leader in Pakistan, but Zardari has added the Muttahida Quami Movement, soon perhaps to be joined by the Pakistan Musl [...] | 2009-02-04 13:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD2391 | PAKISTAN MUSLIM LEAGUE - NAWAZ MOVING TOWARDS [...] (C) Summary: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif stated that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is moving towards forcing mid-term legislative elections due to the poor performance and growing unpopularity of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government. Shahbaz viewed these moves towar [...] | 2009-10-05 16:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PK |
09ISLAMABAD2393 | KERRY-LUGAR LEGISLATION CRITICIZED BY OPPOSITION, [...] (C) Summary: During an October 5 National Assembly session, the opposition PML-N sharply criticized the Kerry-Lugar bill's perceived conditionality, while the PPP defended the government's approach toward the legislation and maintained that the conditions are in synch with Pakistan's own inte [...] | 2009-10-05 20:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PK |
09ISLAMABAD2398 | REQUEST TO CREATE AND NOTIFY FMS CASE FOR F-16 [...] (C) Summary: The Country Team requests the Department create and notify to Congress a new $150 million FMS case, which would use a mix of FMF and national funds, for the 5-year, 24/7 U.S. technology security presence mandated by the security notes for the Pakistan F-16 LOAs. End Summary. [...] | 2009-10-06 03:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MARR PK |
09ISLAMABAD24 | ZARDARI COMMENTS ON INDIA/NAWAZ SHARIF [...] (S) Summary: President Zardari told the Ambassador January 2 he would have no choice but to respond militarily to an Indian attack. There was no more politically sensitive issue in Pakistan than Kashmir, he said. Zardari had been briefed by ISI Director General, LTG Pasha, on his meeting with the D [...] | 2009-01-05 13:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD241 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 04, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-04 14:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2411 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-06 10:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2416 | PAKISTAN NOMINATES AMBASSADOR TO BEIJING AS [...] Kamran Akhtar, Disarmament Director in Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, conveyed to PolOff on October 6 that Pakistan has decided to appoint its Ambassador to Beijing, Mr. Masood Khan, as Sherpa for the Nuclear Security Summit. Ambassador Khan can be reached by phone at 86-10-6532-25 [...] | 2009-10-07 03:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PREL PTER PGOV MNUC PK |
09ISLAMABAD2417 | PAKISTAN WELCOMES GICNT UPDATE, BUT CAUTIOUS ON [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche updating partners on enhanced implementation of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) to Kamran Akhtar, Disarmament Director at Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on October 6. (Despite repeated attempts, PolOff was not able to ma [...] | 2009-10-07 03:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PTER PGOV MNUC KGIC PK |
09ISLAMABAD2424 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 07, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-07 10:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2427 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH KAYANI AND PASHA ABOUT [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador heard a number of complaints about the Kerry-Lugar bill from COAS General Kayani and DGISI Pasha in a two-hour meeting October 6. These focused on the history of Pressler sanctions, particularly a fear that the waiver in Kerry-Lugar would not be used and aid would be suspend [...] | 2009-10-07 13:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD2431 | PAKISTAN WELCOMES PROGRESS ON IRAN NUCLEAR ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-08 06:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR KNNP MNUC PGOV PK PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD2434 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 08, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-08 10:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2448 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BEGINS FORMAL DEBATE ON [...] (U) Summary. Pakistan's National Assembly commenced formal debate on the Kerry-Lugar legislation on October 7. The PML-N's Chaudhry Nisar -- the leader of the parliamentary opposition -- criticized the bill's conditions, while PM Gilani stressed that these conditions are not "binding" on Pak [...] | 2009-10-09 07:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PK |
09ISLAMABAD2449 | (S) PAKISTAN ARMY GHQ AGAIN APPROVES EMBEDDING [...] (S) Summary: The Pakistani Army has for just the second time approved deployment of U.S. special operation elements to support Pakistani military operations. The first deployment, with SOC(FWD)-PAK elements embedded with the Frontier Corps in XXXXXXXXXXXX, occurred in September (reftel). Previously [...] | 2009-10-09 07:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK |
09ISLAMABAD2453 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: KERRY-LUGAR BILL, TERRORIRSM, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-09 10:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2459 | HEATED DEBATE IN PAKISTAN'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON [...] (SBU) Summary: In three days of intense debate in the Pakistan National Assembly October 7-9, the Kerry-Lugar Bill (KLB) has come under fire (reftel). Post has been observing the debates daily. During debates on October 8 and 9, criticism of the bill by opposition members of parliament conti [...] | 2009-10-10 06:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD2474 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM, KERRY-LUGAR BILL, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-13 10:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2477 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 23 SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-13 12:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2483 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: KERRY-LUGAR BILL, PAK-CHINA, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-14 10:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2487 | STATUS OF DANIEL PEARL MURDER CASE AND OMAR SAEED SHEIKH [...] (C) On August 13, the Sindh High Court yet again continued the adjournment in the appellate case of Omar Saeed Sheikh, the convicted murderer of U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl. According to Pakistani legal experts, the refusal of the Court to hear the appeal or set a date for further hearings places [...] | 2009-10-14 12:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD2488 | RESOURCING THE MILITARY ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: To build a long-term relationship with Pakistan and increase the country's political will and military capability to fight insurgent and terrorist groups, post recommends (1) obtaining "cash-flow" financing authority for Pakistan's FMF; (2) announcing a Presidential commitment to Paki [...] | 2009-10-14 13:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MARR PK |
09ISLAMABAD2495 | MUMBAI PROSECUTION UPDATE: FORMAL INDICTMENT [...] (C) Summary: On October 10, following more than two months of delays and adjournments, a Pakistani Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) formally indicted the seven Mumbai attack suspects. The ATC is set to begin formal court hearings on October 17. The Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) is in the pr [...] | 2009-10-15 05:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD2496 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: KERRY-LUGAR BILL, TERRORISM, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-15 09:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD25 | Pakistan: 2009 INCSR Submission, Part I - Narcotics and [...] (U) Pakistan is on the frontline of the war against drugs as a major transit country for opiates and hashish from and precursor chemicals to neighboring Afghanistan. In 2008, Pakistani forces have engaged the militants along the border with Afghanistan, particularly in the Bajaur Agency of th [...] | 2009-01-05 13:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PK |
09ISLAMABAD2501 | PML-N PRAISES KERRY-LUGAR'S INTENTIONS, CRITICIZES [...] (U) National Assembly debate on the Kerry-Lugar bill continued on October 14. PML-N spokesman Ahsan Iqbal adopted a somewhat more conciliatory tone toward the legislation than his party had taken during previous debate sessions. 2. (U) Iqbal praised Kerry-Lugar as "a very good document" wi [...] | 2009-10-16 05:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD2511 | SUSPENSION OF COURIER POUCH OPERATIONS TO PESHAWAR [...] (SBU) Islamabad is currently the hub for all Diplomatic Courier material that is destined for Peshawar. Over the last year, Post has encountered problems transporting pouches from Islamabad to Peshawar. Since the bombing of the Pearl Continental Hotel in Peshawar, Post has had difficulties g [...] | 2009-10-16 07:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ADCO ADPM AMGT |
09ISLAMABAD2518 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM, KERRY-LUGAR BILL, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-16 10:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD252 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 05, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-05 09:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2523 | TERRORISTS INCREASE ACTIVITY IN ADVANCE OF [...] (S) Summary: With the Pakistan military preparing to launch an operation against major terrorist safe havens in South Waziristan, Pakistan's terrorist/extremist groups have dramatically increased their militant and propaganda operations in an effort to undermine public support. On the operatio [...] | 2009-10-16 14:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PTER MOPS PK |
09ISLAMABAD2534 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM, KERRY-LUGAR BILL, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-19 10:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2539 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 7 OCTOBER 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-20 12:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2541 | STATUS OF PAKISTAN'S ENERGY SECTOR DEBT HOLDING [...] (SBU) Summary: While the GOP has taken some concrete steps to return the Pakistani energy sector to financial solvency, several key elements remain unresolved. On October 1, the GOP raised tariff rates by 6 percent, the first of three tariff hikes agreed with international financial institutio [...] | 2009-10-20 14:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK |
09ISLAMABAD2543 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: KERRY-LUGAR BILL, TERRORISM, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-21 03:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2554 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/MILITARY, KERRY-LUGAR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-21 10:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2571 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-22 12:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2576 | EXTREMISM IN SOUTHERN PUNJAB AND NORTHERN SINDH [...] (SBU) Summary: Though the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) continue to grab headlines for terrorist violence, poor and underdeveloped regions in the rest of "settled" Pakistan are increasingly the recruiting and training ground for extremism and mil [...] | 2009-10-23 03:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD2577 | P-3C MARITIME PATROL AIRCRAFT INSPECTED [...] (S/NF) Summary: A PMA team conducted an Enhanced End-Use Monitoring (EEUM) inspection of Pakistan's P-3C Maritime Patrol Aircraft during October 12-14. The team found no indications of tampering with the aircraft or the related systems. End Summary. 2. (S/NF) Ref A reported that on Septe [...] | 2009-10-23 03:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR MASS PK |
09ISLAMABAD2585 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-23 11:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2591 | PAKISTAN MILITARY LAUNCHES GROUND CAMPAIGN IN [...] (S) Summary: The Pakistan military launched a ground combat campaign against Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants in South Waziristan on October 17. Reconnaissance in force (RIF) operations have transitioned to preparations for a major ground assault. Military sources have described th [...] | 2009-10-23 15:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL MOPS PK |
09ISLAMABAD260 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-06 11:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2600 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-26 13:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2607 | MILITARY GROUND OFFENSIVE IN SOUTH WAZIRISTAN SLOWS [...] (S) Summary: A week after Pakistani ground forces began the ground combat phase of Operation RAH-e-NIJAT ("Path of Salvation") against Tehrik-e-Taliban (TTP) strongholds in South Waziristan, the offensive has slowed down considerably, as the Army has elected to conduct a deliberate and method [...] | 2009-10-26 14:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER MARR MASS PK |
09ISLAMABAD2609 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-27 15:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2611 | USAID Funding for Pakistan Food Shortfalls [...] (U) Summary. The U.N. World Food Program (WFP) expects food shortfalls in Pakistan in late 2009. Current donor pledges to the WFP Emergency Operation (EMOP) will improve, but not resolve, the food pipeline situation. USAID is providing USD 21 million in immediate funding to WFP to prevent any [...] | 2009-10-27 15:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PK PINR PREL PTER PREF IO |
09ISLAMABAD2625 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-28 09:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2628 | PAKISTAN-U.S. ENERGY DIALOGUE POINTS TO LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS FOR THE SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Delegations to the U.S.-Pakistan Energy Dialogue of October 23-24 discussed plans for moving beyond the current difficulties and strategies for addressing longer-term planning. It was clear that Pakistan has made measurable progress in addressing the electricity sector's debt pr [...] | 2009-10-28 14:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG PREL PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD2632 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, SECRETARY CLINTON'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-29 10:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2640 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, SECRETARY CLINTON'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 11:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2641 | MANAGEMENT 2010 LOOKING FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary. Mission Pakistan's Management Section evaluated its goals and objectives, to determine how best to direct its efforts over the coming year. This cable summarizes the mission environment as it relates to management services, and lays out what we hope to achieve in the coming year [...] | 2009-10-30 13:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT KICA PK |
09ISLAMABAD2642 | PM GILANI CONFIDENT GOP WILL OVERCOME ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 24 meeting, David Goldwyn, Secretary's Coordinator for International Energy Affairs (S/CIEA) and head of the U.S. Delegation to the U.S.-Pakistan Energy Dialogue, commended Prime Minister Gilani on Pakistan's sound plan for addressing the country's energy crisis, i [...] | 2009-11-02 03:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID ENRG PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD265 | AFGHAN-PAKISTAN TRADE AGREEMENT MOVES FORWARD WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP is working with the Afghan draft amendment to the Afghanistan Pakistan Transit Agreement, which was provided to them in November at the Joint Economic Commission, to identify concerns of the private sector, in particular the transport industry, before finalizing their [...] | 2009-02-06 14:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON PREL AF PK |
09ISLAMABAD2651 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT, USAID, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-02 12:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD266 | CODEL BIDEN'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary. During a January 9 meeting with President Zardari and Prime Minister Gilani, Senators Biden and Graham reasserted their support for passage of the Biden/Lugar aid legislation. However, Senator Biden noted that the U.S. public was financing its own economic recovery efforts and [...] | 2009-02-06 14:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD2663 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-03 11:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2665 | PAKISTAN'S PETROLEUM MINISTRY ON POSSIBILITIES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to its chronic and worsening natural gas shortage, the GOP will "most likely" award contracts to two firms -- 4Gas and a Vitol-FOTCO consortium -- to build floating LNG re-gasification terminals, according to Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources Special Secret [...] | 2009-11-03 14:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK |
09ISLAMABAD2669 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-04 12:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD267 | ISLAMABAD HIGH COURT "FREES" A.Q. KHAN, WITH [...] (C) Summary. The Islamabad High Court released a ruling on February 6 that declares A.Q. Khan a "free citizen." Although Khan and his lawyers claimed victory before the Pakistani media, the text of the ruling reads more like a plea deal, indicating that Khan accepted conditions on his freed [...] | 2009-02-06 14:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP PK |
09ISLAMABAD2672 | PAKISTAN MILITARY MAKING SLOW BUT DELIBERATE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Pakistani ground forces appear to be making slow but deliberate progress in their campaign against the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in South Waziristan. In recent days, the Army has been securing the ground it occupies, and on November 3, the 14th Division advanced into th [...] | 2009-11-05 04:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER MARR MASS PK |
09ISLAMABAD2675 | Visit to Waziristan IDP Relief Center [...] (U) Summary. Following reports of rioting at multiple relief distribution points in Dera Ismail (D.I.) Khan, representatives of USAID, the U.N., a local relief organization, and the media traveled with Lt. General Nadeem Ahmed on October 28 to the newly established centralized relief distribut [...] | 2009-11-05 08:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV PK PINR PREL PTER PREF IO |
09ISLAMABAD2677 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, HILLARY CLINTON'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 10:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD269 | PAKISTAN INVESTIGATION INTO MUMBAI ATTACKS LEADS [...] (C) Summary: On February 5, Interior Minister Rehman Malik met with the Ambassador and FBI agents to discuss the initial results of the FIA-led investigation into the Mumbai attacks. Malik shared both the investigation team's findings and the draft First Instance Report (FIR),both of which wi [...] | 2009-02-06 14:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD2692 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY STATE'S VISIT, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-06 09:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2696 | THE WAY FORWARD FOR THE UN IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The UN continues to struggle in structuring itself to play its full role in Pakistan. The departure of Jean Arnault as the Secretary General's representative to the Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FODP) not only reduces the UN's leadership role in the group, but also complicates [...] | 2009-11-06 13:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID PK |
09ISLAMABAD2698 | FINANCE MINISTER TARIN ON BUDGETS, CSF DOLLAR FUND, AND PAKISTAN'S IMPROVING ECONOMIC OUTLOOK [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Finance Shaukat Tarin told the Ambassador that he is "cautiously optimistic" about the Pakistani economy and expressed GOP gratitude that the USG would begin to move gradually towards greater use of Pakistani platforms to channel U.S. assistance. Tarin requested that an ad [...] | 2009-11-06 14:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID MOPS PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD270 | CODEL BIDEN'S MEETING WITH COAS KAYANI AND ISI [...] (S) Summary: Senators Biden and Graham met with Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Kayani and Director General of ISI LTGen Pasha on January 9 to underscore bipartisan support for the U.S.-Pakistan relationship. Senator Biden emphasized the need for the American people to see results soon in Afghanistan [...] | 2009-02-06 15:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER MARR PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD2706 | PAKISTAN REQUESTS USG SUPPORT BID FOR SECURITY [...] (U) On October 16, post received a diplomatic note in which the GOP formally requested USG support for its candidacy for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for the term 2012-2013. They noted that Pakistan last served on the Security Council 10 years ago and that their candidatu [...] | 2009-11-10 05:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID PK |
09ISLAMABAD2708 | WAZIRISTAN UPDATE: GROUND FORCES MAKE GAINS, HOLD [...] (S) Summary: Pakistan ground forces continue Operation RAH-e-NIJAT (Path of Salvation or Deliverance,) in South Waziristan against the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and we have seen significant fighting in the major TTP strongholds of Makin, Ladha, and Sora Rogha. It is likely we are now s [...] | 2009-11-10 06:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER MARR MASS PK |
09ISLAMABAD2709 | PAKISTAN SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION TO SEYMOUR M. HERSH STORY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-10 11:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD271 | CODEL BIDEN MEETS WITH PM GILANI [...] (C) Summary. During a January 9 meeting with Codel Biden, PM Gilani pledged continued Pakistani resolve to fight terrorism and cooperate in the Mumbai investigations. He said that civil-military relations had improved, urged an expedited meeting of the Friends of Pakistan and requested U.S [...] | 2009-02-06 15:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD2710 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/MILITARY, POLITICAL, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-10 11:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2716 | INTERIOR MINISTER SEEKS USG HELP IN PROTECTING [...] (C) Summary:... [...] | 2009-11-11 14:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PK |
09ISLAMABAD2718 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, VISITING U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-12 11:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2739 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, U.S. CONGRESSIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-13 11:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2740 | AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR GETS A NEW PRIME MINISTER, [...] (C) Summary: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly elected Farooq Haider as AJK prime minister on October 22 -- making him the region's third prime minister since 2006 elections there. Haider previously headed a breakaway faction of AJK's Muslim Conference party, and had held [...] | 2009-11-14 05:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PK |
09ISLAMABAD2741 | NEW CEO ON CHANGE IN KESC LEADERSHIP AND FUTURE OF [...] (U) This is a joint Consulate General Karachi-Embassy Islamabad message. 2. (SBU) Summary: Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) CEO Tabish Gahaur said that KESC had made significant strides in increasing collections and bringing new generation on line since Abraaj Capital took over its ma [...] | 2009-11-15 13:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK |
09ISLAMABAD2744 | Mobile Banking in Pakistan - Challenges and Prospects [...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of meetings in Karachi and Islamabad in early October, the Treasury Attache and an advisor from Treasury's Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes discovered that some of Pakistan's commercial banks and microfinance banks have a growing interest in providi [...] | 2009-11-16 04:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD KCOR PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2754 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 01:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2760 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 12:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2767 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES,04 NOVEMBER 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 13:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EFIN EINT EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2769 | CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Gilani told CODEL Tierney November 11 that the Pakistani people were united in the fight against terrorism and supported military efforts in Swat, Malakand and South Waziristan. However, he noted the public was upset with Pakistan's failing economy, pointing out co [...] | 2009-11-17 14:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF EAID ECON MOPS PK |
09ISLAMABAD2773 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-18 09:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2780 | GROUND FORCES MOVE TO SECURE MILITANT STRONGHOLD [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Pakistan Army's Operation Rah-e-Nijat ("Path of Salvation") continues to make progress against Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants in the Mehsud tribal Area of South Waziristan. Three infantry divisions assigned to the Army's 11th Corps continue to be engaged in the [...] | 2009-11-18 11:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER MARR MASS PK |
09ISLAMABAD2784 | PAKISTAN: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan's National Assembly is discussing a bill to turn into permanent law the Musharraf-era National Command Authority (NCA) Ordinance, which established Pakistan's nuclear command and control infrastructure. Media reports had linked the introduction of the bill to internat [...] | 2009-11-19 05:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP PREL PGOV PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD2786 | PAKISTAN UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT RUSSIAN FUEL BANK [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel request for support for the Russian Fuel Bank proposal at the November International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board meeting to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Disarmament Director Kamran Akhtar on November 17. Akhtar said that Pakistan believed the Russian proposal [...] | 2009-11-19 08:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP PREL PGOV PTER IAEA ENRG PK |
09ISLAMABAD2787 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 10:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2798 | PAKISTAN'S ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IMPROVING, BUT STRUCTURAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 12:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2799 | POST RESPONSE TO CSG TASKING ON CFT CAPABILITIES [...] (C/NF) Mission Islamabad provides the following response to Ref A request for information on the Mission's resources and for staff combating terrorist financing in Pakistan. 2. (C//NF) Embassy Islamabad has dedicated the following resources to terrorism finance issues, at least part-time. I [...] | 2009-11-19 13:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SNAR PK |
09ISLAMABAD280 | INTERIOR SECRETARY PROVIDES TERMS OF A.Q. KHAN'S [...] (S) Secretary of the Interior Kamal Shah called in the Ambassador on February 7 to provide a copy of "Annexure-A", the terms of the Islamabad High Court,s decision on Khan,s appeal of his detention (text below). Shah assured the Ambassador that the Government of Pakistan retains full powers to en [...] | 2009-02-07 15:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP PK |
09ISLAMABAD2802 | PHARMACEUTICAL DATA PROTECTION AMENDMENT APPROVED, [...] (SBU) Summary: Director General for Health Dr. Rashid Jooma told EconCouns and Econoff that the Ministry of Health is at last moving forward with long-stalled data protection for pharmaceutical products. According to Jooma, representatives from both domestic and international pharmaceutical i [...] | 2009-11-20 02:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD281 | PRESIDENT ZARDARI DISCUSSES AQ KHAN RELEASE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-09 12:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PK KNNP PARM |
09ISLAMABAD2810 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 10:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2813 | PAKISTAN: GOODS PRODUCED BY FORCED AND CHILD LABOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 14:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL SOCI PK |
09ISLAMABAD2819 | FRAUD SUMMARY: ISLAMABAD [...] Pakistan Fraud Summary: Pakistan is considered a "high" fraud country. Fraud of every kind is pervasive at all levels of government and commercial sectors. Fraud surfaces in many different forms, including washed U.S. visas of good to excellent quality; forged documents such as post-secondary [...] | 2009-11-21 05:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PKST |
09ISLAMABAD2820 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT, USAID, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-21 05:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2822 | USAID/Pakistan Provides $44 million for Families Displaced [...] (U) Summary. On November 17, USAID/Pakistan notified the Government of Pakistan (GoP) that USAID had requested release of USD 44 million in budget support for the GoP cash assistance to families displaced by conflict with insurgents. Funds should reach the GoP's bank account by Friday, Novemb [...] | 2009-11-21 09:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PK PINR PREL PTER PREF IO |
09ISLAMABAD2826 | PAKISTAN MOD RELUCTANTLY AGREES TO COOPERATE WITH [...] (C) Summary: In light of renewed discussion in Washington about the necessity of providing man-portable air defense system (MANPADS) assistance to Lahore airport (LHE) as a prerequisite to its certification for non-stop flights from LHE to the United States, Econ Counselor and ICE Attache met [...] | 2009-11-23 08:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ASEC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2827 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-23 11:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2828 | BONDED LABORERS HELD HOSTAGE BY LANDLOWNERS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 4, a Pakistani NGO reported to Embassy Islamabad that over 150 peasants and their family members in rural Sindh had disappeared after filing illegal confinement and non-payment wage petitions with local courts. There was strong evidence that the peasants' employers -- [...] | 2009-11-23 13:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER ELAB PK |
09ISLAMABAD2829 | DIVVYING UP THE TAX REVENUE PIE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-23 13:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAID PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD283 | PAKISTAN INTERESTED IN GICNT WORKSHOP, BUT LACKS [...] PolOff delivered invitation and informational paper on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Draft Model Guidelines workshop to Kamran Akhtar, Disarmament Director in Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on February 7. Akhtar welcomed the invitation and stated that experts from [...] | 2009-02-09 12:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP KGIC PK |
09ISLAMABAD2830 | PAKISTAN'S THIRD IMF REVIEW - ENOUGH PROGRESS TO [...] (C) Summary: In an upbeat meeting November 17, Acting Additional Secretary of Finance Salim Sethi assured Treasury Attache and Econ Counselor that Pakistan's third review under its Stand-By Arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was "virtually assured" of a successful conclusion [...] | 2009-11-23 15:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2836 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-24 09:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2837 | ADVANCE IN SOUTH WAZIRISTAN CONTINUES; FIGHTING [...] (S/NF) Summary: Pakistani ground forces advanced into the interior of Makin, where they appear to be meeting little resistance in the sixth week of Operation Rah-e-Nijat (""Path of Salvation""),the Pakistan military's air and ground offensive against the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) milit [...] | 2009-11-24 10:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER MARR MASS PK |
09ISLAMABAD2838 | SECRETARY CLINTON,S OCTOBER 30, 2009, MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Political, civic, and business leaders from Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) told the Secretary during an October 30 meeting in Islamabad that "not all tribesmen are militants" and that development and long-term U.S. economic [...] | 2009-11-24 12:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ECON OVIP PK |
09ISLAMABAD2839 | EMBASSY ISLAMABAD P1 REFERRAL: FAMILY OF JOHN [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Islamabad hereby refers for P1 U.S. resettlement consideration/in-country processing the family of Syed Hashim, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) staff member killed by a Baloch nationalist group on February 2, 2009 at the time of the kidnapping of U.S. cit [...] | 2009-11-24 12:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PK |
09ISLAMABAD284 | PRESIDENT ZARDARI DISCUSSES AQ KHAN RELEASE [...] (S) Summary: President Zardari assured the Ambassador on February 8 that A.Q. Khan would remain under house arrest and not engage with the media. Minister of Interior Rehman Malik also insisted that Khan would be prohibited from talking to the press and politicians, and his movements would be curta [...] | 2009-02-09 12:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PK KNNP PARM |
09ISLAMABAD2840 | PAKISTANI VIEWS ON FISSILE MATERIAL CUTOFF TREATY [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani officials do not appear to have coalesced on a strategy or position for the mid-January resumption of Conference on Disarmament (CD) discussions on the Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) interlocutors continue to stress the need for conse [...] | 2009-11-24 12:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP PREL PGOV PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD2847 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 18 NOVEMBER 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 06:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2853 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 10:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD286 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 09, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-09 13:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2868 | ZARDARI'S IMMEDIATE DEPARTURE IS UNCERTAIN, PPP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-27 13:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PK |
09ISLAMABAD2880 | WORLD FOOD PROGRAM FEARS SHORTAGE OF FOOD FOR IDPs [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.N. World Food Program (WFP) is taking steps to prevent a food shortfall in its Emergency Operation in Pakistan (EMOP) in the coming months. Left unaddressed, this break in the WFP assistance pipeline could affect the 2.7 million individuals, including internally displaced [...] | 2009-12-01 05:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EAID PGOV PK PREL PREF IO |
09ISLAMABAD2885 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 01, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-01 14:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2889 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-02 11:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD289 | ZARDARI’S PLANNED APPROACH TO HOLBROOKE [...] (C) Summary. During a February 8 meeting with the Ambassador, President Zardari outlined Pakistan's need for additional assistance, a message that would figure prominently in his meeting with Special Representative Holbrooke. Zardari outlined the steps he would follow to restrict A.Q. Khan (septel) [...] | 2009-02-09 14:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD2890 | POLITICAL CONTACTS ACROSS SPECTRUM GENERALLY [...] (C) Summary: Key contacts in Peshawar and Islamabad across the political spectrum by and large reacted positively to the way forward on Afghanistan and Pakistan that President Obama outlined in his December 1 speech. Most of our interlocutors were supportive of the U.S. increasing troops in [...] | 2009-12-02 13:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER AF PK |
09ISLAMABAD2894 | AF-PAK TRANSIT TRADE - PERSONNEL CHANGES AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-03 02:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAID PGOV PREL AF PK |
09ISLAMABAD2895 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 02 DECEMBER, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-03 02:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2900 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 03, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-03 09:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2903 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OMAR SAEED SHEIKH CASEREF: SECSTATE 108201 [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and associated non-paper and diplomatic note on the transfer of Ahmad Omar Saeed Sheikh to the U.S. to MFA Director for Americas Sohail Khan on November 25. Per reftel instructions, she specifically requested that while the request for transfer of Sheikh was bei [...] | 2009-12-03 09:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV UK PK |
09ISLAMABAD2927 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 04, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-04 10:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2928 | SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW NATIONAL RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary: The National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) lapsed on November 28. The Supreme Court announced that it will review all petitions related to the NRO beginning on December 7, and will likely make a ruling on its constitutionality. The government has not yet decided whether to def [...] | 2009-12-04 11:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2932 | U.N. EXPLAINS THE DELAYED RELEASE OF 2010 HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.N. has proposed a 12-month Pakistan Humanitarian Response Plan (PHRP) valued at nearly $800 million - 14 percent larger than the 2009 PHRP. However, the Government of Pakistan (GoP) is concerned that releasing a large appeal will create the perception that the internally [...] | 2009-12-05 03:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PTER PREF IO PK |
09ISLAMABAD2933 | U.N. EXPLAINS THE DELAYED RELEASE OF 2010 HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.N. has proposed a 12-month Pakistan Humanitarian Response Plan (PHRP) valued at nearly $800 million - 14 percent larger than the 2009 PHRP. However, the Government of Pakistan (GoP) is concerned that releasing a large appeal will create the perception that the internally [...] | 2009-12-05 03:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PTER PREF IO PK |
09ISLAMABAD2939 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 07, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-07 10:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2941 | PAKISTAN HUMAN TRAFFICKING INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. This cable responds to ref A request for an interim assessment of Pakistan's progress in combating trafficking in persons (TIP). In response to Pakistan's Tier 2 Watch List ranking in the 2009 TIP report, the government enhanced its efforts to address Pakistan's significant huma [...] | 2009-12-08 03:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER ELAB KTIP PK |
09ISLAMABAD2942 | WAY FORWARD ON AFGHAN REFUGEES REMAINS UNCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: A new inter-ministerial subcommittee has been established to find a way forward on Afghan refugee status, repatriation, and security-related issues in Pakistan. While establishment of the subcommittee has rolled back progress on finalizing Pakistan's draft Afghan Management and R [...] | 2009-12-08 09:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL EAID PHUM PK |
09ISLAMABAD2946 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 08, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-08 11:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2947 | WAVE OF TERRORIST ATTACKS CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its allies are continuing -- and intensifying -- their wave of terrorist attacks in Pakistan's settled areas. Separate attacks in Multan, Lahore, and Peshawar during December 7-8 killed over 70 people. These three attacks came on the heels [...] | 2009-12-08 13:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2956 | LAUNCH OF 2010 HUMANITARIAN APPEAL FOR PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the U.N. remains in discussions with the Government of Pakistan (GoP) to obtain a non-objection decision for the release of a seven-month 2010 Pakistan Humanitarian Response Plan (PHRP),the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is considering [...] | 2009-12-10 07:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PTER PREF IO PK |
09ISLAMABAD2959 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-10 11:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2960 | USG TRAINING PROVIDES FATA LEVIES WITH INCREASED [...] (SBU) Summary: Through a joint State/INL and Justice/ICIPTAP program, the Mission continues to offer police training to the Levy forces, who are the primary law enforcement arm of the Political Agents in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). On 21 November, 25 Levies graduated [...] | 2009-12-10 13:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD2963 | CONTINUED POST-CONFLICT PLANNING FOR SOUTH [...] (C) Summary. In meetings December 3 with CG and Assistance Coordinator, Northwest Frontier Province Governor Ghani and FATA Additional Chief Secretary Habibullah Khan confirmed support for USAID's proposed supporting post-conflict reconstruction in South Waziristan. Both approved in principl [...] | 2009-12-11 08:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EAID PK MOPS |
09ISLAMABAD2966 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: December 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-11 09:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD297 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-10 11:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2973 | PAKISTAN'S ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING ORDINANCE LAPSES, [...] (C) Summary: In a last minute attempt to keep some kind of anti-money laundering regime in place after the Supreme Court directed that a string of Musharraf-era ordinances be promulgated as laws or allowed to lapse, President Zadari issued a revised Anti-Money Laundering ordinance (AMLO) on No [...] | 2009-12-12 11:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2974 | NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE AWARD [...] Embassy Islamabad nominates Masarrat Misbah for the International Women of Courage award. 2. In 2003, Masarrat Misbah, a beautician by profession, decided to take action against an abhorrent cultural practice: acid attacks against women and girls. Men and boys perpetrate these attacks wh [...] | 2009-12-12 11:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO PK |
09ISLAMABAD2979 | MISSION ESTABLISHES INTER-AGENCY GENDER [...] Summary: The Mission held the first meeting of an inter-agency Gender Development Working Group (GDWG) on November 19. The group, which subsequently met two more times and will convene monthly, was established with four broad goals: 1) to build greater understanding, collaboration, and commun [...] | 2009-12-14 04:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KPAO KWMN PK |
09ISLAMABAD2987 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-14 08:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3002 | ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR BRIEFS FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) Ambassador Robin Raphel, Coordinator for Economic and Development Assistance in Pakistan briefed Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on U.S. plans to channel more assistance through the Pakistani government, target USG assistance in areas vulnerable to militants, and to focus on severa [...] | 2009-12-15 05:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3005 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-15 08:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3010 | Islamabad VIP Visit Limitation Request [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Islamabad and its three consulates cannot continue to host visitors at the current level. The security situation is too precarious and we do not have the people to support such a heavy visitor load: manning in some Embassy sections is now down to 50 percent. Moreover, th [...] | 2009-12-15 14:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT PREL OVIP ASEC PK |
09ISLAMABAD3015 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-16 09:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3027 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-17 11:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3035 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-18 09:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3037 | BALOCH REQUEST UNHCR FACILITATE MOVEMENT OF [...] (S/NF) Summary: XXXXXXXXXXXX, who has been designated by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres as XXXXXXXXXXXX in Pakistan, met with the Ambassador and Deputy Chief of Mission on December 13 to discuss the U.S. Government's position on the possible movement of Baloch leader Brahmdagh B [...] | 2009-12-18 11:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PREF PK AF |
09ISLAMABAD3039 | AF-PAK TRANSIT TRADE -- GETTING TO YES? [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-18 17:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAID PGOV PREL AF PK |
09ISLAMABAD304 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-11 13:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3042 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 16 DECEMBER, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-22 02:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3043 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-22 02:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD305 | STATE BANK GOVERNOR: LACK OF CREDIT STIFLING PAKISTAN'S [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 31, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) released its Monetary Policy Statement which maintained the discount rate at 15 percent for the next six months, causing disappointment to many in the private sector who were hoping for an easing of rates. SBP Governor Salim Raza [...] | 2009-02-12 07:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD EAID PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD307 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-12 11:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3073 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-22 14:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3076 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-23 14:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3077 | FISCAL FEDERALISM OR FISCAL FOOLISHNESS? [...] (SBU) Summary: In a move heralded in the Pakistani press as a "historical shift to provincial autonomy" and a "victory for democracy," the National Finance Commission (NFC) reached a consensus on the formula for revenue division between the federal and provincial governments on December 11. Ag [...] | 2009-12-23 14:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD308 | SPECIAL PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION - RICHARD HOLBROOKE'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-12 11:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3084 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-24 07:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3089 | AF-PAK TRANSIT TRADE: GETTING CLOSER, BUT NO DEAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-28 11:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAID PGOV PREL AF PK |
09ISLAMABAD3104 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 11:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3116 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON "DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS" [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche regarding the U.S. request to cooperate with Pakistan to constructively address the problem of racial and religious intolerance and discrimination to MFA Director General (Americas) Sohail Khan on December 30. Khan noted U.S. opposition to "defamation of r [...] | 2009-12-31 07:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID PK |
09ISLAMABAD313 | PAKISTAN FILES CASE AGAINST MUMBAI ATTACK SUSPECTS [...] (C) Summary: On February 12, Interior Minister Rehman Malik publicly declared that the Mumbai terror attacks were planned, at least partially, in Pakistan and that the GOP had several suspects in custody. Malik held a press conference to present the initial results of the inquiry and announce [...] | 2009-02-12 16:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD3131 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 31, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-31 10:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD315 | PAKISTAN'S ENERGY CRISIS - IMPROVING, BUT CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP is making some headway fulfilling President Zardari's January directive to clear up the "circular" debt situation that is wreaking havoc among power producers, but confidence varies that it will be paid off in its entirety any time soon. Blackouts have been reduced from [...] | 2009-02-13 08:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EFIN PK |
09ISLAMABAD318 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 11:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD32 | QURESHI SHARES MUMBAI DOSSIER WITH BOUCHER [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi on January 5. The two men discussed India's sharing of a dossier with Pakistan detailing the results of India's ongoing investigation into the November 26-29 [...] | 2009-01-06 14:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD320 | PAKISTANI FOREIGN MINISTER QURESHI STEPS OUT ON [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Qureshi called in the Ambassador, February 13, to review next steps on U.S.-Pakistan strategic coordination following the visit of Special Representative Holbrooke. Qureshi expressed pleasure with the results of the Special Representative's first visit to Pakistan and r [...] | 2009-02-13 14:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD321 | GOP REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR MIRZA BEG'S IFAD CANDIDACY [...] (SBU) Muhammad Haroon Shaukat, MFA Additional Secretary, convoked representatives of Japan, Kuwait, Libya, the United States, and Saudi Arabia (which was not present) on February 13 to ask their support for the candidacy of Mirza Qamar Beg for President of the International Fund for Agricultura [...] | 2009-02-13 14:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID EAGR PK |
09ISLAMABAD329 | UPDATE ON KIDNAPPING OF AMCIT JOHN SOLECKI [...] This... [...] | 2009-02-17 09:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AF PK |
09ISLAMABAD33 | FATA UPDATE - 2 JANUARY 2009 [...] (C) Summary. On December 28, a polling station in Buner District in the NWFP was bombed, killing at least 37 people and wounding 28 others, and on December 30, the Pakistan military initiated a series of operations in Khyber Agency in the FATA, resulting in the temporary closure of the NATO su [...] | 2009-01-06 14:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD330 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-17 10:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD334 | INDIAN HIGH COMMISSION REACTS TO PAKISTAN'S MUMBAI [...] (C) Summary: The GOI reaction to the GOP report on its investigations into the Mumbai attacks and the request for further information from the GOI has been positive and "deflated tensions," according to the Indian High Commission. Surprise at the depth of the investigation into the attack, h [...] | 2009-02-17 15:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
09ISLAMABAD335 | UPDATE ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR IN PAKISTAN [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Pakistan (GOP) continues to recognize the importance of the elimination of the worst forms of child labor and is slowly taking steps to achieve this goal. There have been pockets of improvement over the past year but the main problem for Pakistan continues to be [...] | 2009-02-18 06:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD337 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-18 10:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD34 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-07 03:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD341 | FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, JANUARY [...] (C) Almost no fighting was reported in Bajaur during the second week of January. Consulate contacts report that security forces have established 13 checkpoints on the 17 km of road between Bajaur's agency border and Khar, converting what is usually a 10 minute drive into a 90 minute voyage. T [...] | 2009-02-19 03:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD343 | MORE DONOR ASSISTANCE NEEDED [...] (SBU) This is an action cable. See paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: GOP officials have told us and high-level visitors that they have received little support from the international donor community in recent months. A World Bank senior economist confirmed that very little foreign assistance [...] | 2009-02-19 07:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON IBRD PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD344 | DONORS AND FRIENDS: THE WAY AHEAD [...] (SBU) Summary. Given Pakistan's struggling economy and the urgent need for development and budgetary assistance, Mission recommends that we move forward as quickly as possible to facilitate a successful Donors' Conference, co-hosted by the World Bank, and now tentatively scheduled for April i [...] | 2009-02-19 07:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD353 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES FROM 13 FEBRUARY 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 09:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EFIN EINT EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD358 | SHARIAT COURT OVERTURNS RAPE LAW [...] (U) Summary: Pakistan's Federal Shariat Court invalidated a 25 year-old law allowing a man accused of rape to impeach the credibility of his alleged victim by offering evidence she "was of generally immoral character." In its judgment, the four-member panel requested President Zardari repea [...] | 2009-02-19 11:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP KISL KWMN PK |
09ISLAMABAD359 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 11:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD364 | UPDATE ON SOLECKI CASE [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and UN Resrep Akcura met February 19 with Interior Minister Malik to follow up on the Solecki kidnapping case. Akcura expressed concern about Solecki's deteriorating health, as noted by the kidnappers' spokesman in a February 18 statement rejecting direct negotiatio [...] | 2009-02-19 16:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PGOV PK CASC |
09ISLAMABAD365 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL KAYANI’S VISIT TO [...] (S) Summary. Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Kayani's February 20-27 visit to Washington comes on the heels of the government's loss of control over Swat, continued Pakistani Army/Frontier Corps operations in the tribal areas, and still-simmering Indo-Pak tensions in the wake of the Mumba [...] | 2009-02-19 16:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV MOPS MARR EAID PK |
09ISLAMABAD366 | MUMBAI-ATTACKS PROSECUTION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Since the filing of the First Information Report (FIR) on February 12, Pakistan has established an anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi, appointed a special prosecutor, and is actively working on prosecutions. The GOP is still seeking several pieces of information and cooperation fr [...] | 2009-02-19 16:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD373 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-20 11:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD377 | UPDATE ON IDP SITUATION IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary. The overall IDP situation has not changed significantly over the past few weeks, with UN estimates of the conflict-affected population still at approximately 300,000. However, there has been an increase in the number affected by conflict in Swat. Despite a proposed peace deal i [...] | 2009-02-20 12:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD378 | POLITICAL UPDATE: ZARDARI CONSOLIDATES POWER [...] (C) Summary: President Asif Zardari has taken simultaneous moves to further consolidate his authority over the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and to extend the PPP's control over both the National Assembly and Senate. Senate elections will not occur until March 4, but the PPP has already locked [...] | 2009-02-20 13:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD379 | U.S. EMBASSY APPROVAL FOR JOINT COMBINED EXCHANCE [...] (U) Summary: U.S. Embassy Islamabad and host nation concur with Special Operations Command Central,s (SOCCENT) and 3rd Special Forces Group,s (SFG)(Airborne) Concept of Operation (CONOP) for conducting a Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) event with the Pakistan Army,s (PAKARMY) Special [...] | 2009-02-20 13:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS ASEC MOPS PK |
09ISLAMABAD380 | U.S. EMBASSY APPROVAL FOR JOINT COMBINED EXCHANGE [...] (U) Summary: U.S. Embassy Islamabad and host nation concur with Special Operations Command Central,s (SOCCENT) and Naval Special Warfare Unit 3 (NSW-3) Concept of Operation (CONOP) for conducting a Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) event with the Pakistan Army,s (PAKNAVY) Special Servi [...] | 2009-02-20 13:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS ASEC MOPS PK |
09ISLAMABAD381 | U.S. EMBASSY APPROVAL FOR JOINT COMBINED EXCHANGE [...] (U) Summary. U.S. Embassy Islamabad and host nation concur with Special Operations Command Central,s (SOCCENT) and the Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC) Concept of Operation (CONOP) for conducting Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) events with the Pakistan Army,s (PAKARMY) Speci [...] | 2009-02-20 13:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS ASEC MOPS PK |
09ISLAMABAD382 | U.S. EMBASSY APPROVAL FOR JOINT COMBINED EXCHANGE [...] (U) Summary. U.S. Embassy Islamabad and host nation concur with Special Operations Command Central,s (SOCCENT) and 6th Special Operations Squadron (6th SOS) Concept of Operation (CONOP) for conducting a Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) event with the Pakistan Air Force,s (PAKAF) 6th Ai [...] | 2009-02-20 13:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS ASEC MOPS PK |
09ISLAMABAD383 | PARASTATAL TRADING COMPANY INCREASINGLY INVOLVED [...] (C) Summary. The Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP),a state trading company under the Ministry of Commerce, is engaging in another purchase venture that could prove devastating to private market trading. It is planning to import 200,000 metric tons (MT) of refined sugar for approximately [...] | 2009-02-20 14:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD385 | FOCUSING THE U.S.-PAKISTAN STRATEGIC DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary. As Foreign Minister Qureshi and his team arrive in Washington for coordination on the Holbrooke/Riedel strategic review, Post offers the following thoughts on issues for strategic engagement. In the coming weeks, Post will detail our suggestions on how to expand political, economic, se [...] | 2009-02-21 12:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD387 | POST'S FSN NOMINATION FOR 2009 ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, [...] (U) Post would like to nominate Bibi Gul-e-Afshan for the 2009 Environment, Science, Technology, and Health (ESTH) course at FSI. This course would help bolster her reporting and drafting skills as well as increase her knowledge on ESTH policy issues. 2. (U) Please see below the requested bi [...] | 2009-02-23 04:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PK |
09ISLAMABAD389 | CARTAGENA PROTOCOL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-23 06:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR ETRD TBIO KPAO PK |
09ISLAMABAD397 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-23 10:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD404 | FOOD CRISIS WEATHERED, BUT BOTTLENECKS, [...] (SBU) Summary. Based on information provided by Pakistan's Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (MinFAL),it now appears evident that the GOP has been able to avoid a potential food crisis by stepping up wheat imports. Since December, the GOP has purchased nearly one million tons of [...] | 2009-02-23 12:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD405 | GETTING THE MOST OUT OF OUR ENERGY DIALOGUE WITH PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Ministry of Water and Power Additional Secretary Zarar Aslam suggested rescheduling the U.S.-Pakistan Energy Dialogue during the week of March 15. He requested the USG propose dates via letter to which Aslam would then coordinate a GOP response. Although Asl [...] | 2009-02-23 13:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD411 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 13:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD412 | NEW PRIVATIZATION POLICY APPROVED; GAS FIELD PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 19, the Cabinet Committee on Privatization (CCOP) approved a new privatization policy whereby 26 percent and management control of a number of state owned enterprises would be sold. While total privatization is the eventual goal, the GOP intends to proceed in steps [...] | 2009-02-24 13:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ETRD ENRG PK |
09ISLAMABAD413 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-25 11:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD415 | SHARIFS DISQUALIFIED FROM OFFICE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled February 25 that both Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif from the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party are ineligible to hold public office. President Zardari told Charge that he had temporarily appointed PPP Governor Taseer as Chief Execut [...] | 2009-02-25 15:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS EAID PK |
09ISLAMABAD416 | TERRORISM FINANCE: PRENOTIFICATION OF UPCOMING [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs UN Director Ahmad Farooq on February 24, 2009. Farooq promised to forward this information to his superiors and other relevant ministries and to follow up with the Embassy. Farooq noted that Haq's name previously was put fo [...] | 2009-02-26 03:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD42 | PAKISTAN POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (C) Summary: Political developments in Pakistan during the week of January 5 included: the main Baloch insurgent groups called an end to their voluntary and tenuous cease-fire with the Pakistani military; President Zardari announced his plan to reform and restructure the National Accountability [...] | 2009-01-08 08:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD420 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-26 09:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD422 | WORLD BANK GIVES HIGH MARKS TO GOP "SCORECARD" APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) Summary and Recommendation: World Bank point person for the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) Iftikhar Malik told EconOff February 12 that President Zardari had signed off on revisions to the BISP "distributions via parliamentary political networks" on January 22. Pilot programs for [...] | 2009-02-26 11:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL SOCI PK |
09ISLAMABAD428 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) On February 12 CommCouns and Senior Commercial Specialist visited the Kamra Avionics and Radar Factory (KARF) at Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC),Kamra, and conducted the subject Pre-License End Use Check (PLC). Before conducting the PLC, the USG officials held a discussion with Air [...] | 2009-02-26 12:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BMGT KOMC PK |
09ISLAMABAD429 | DEMONSTRATIONS AND POLITICAL MANEUVERING CONTINUE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-26 15:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR PK PREL |
09ISLAMABAD43 | FOLLOW-UP ON MUMBAI INFORMATION SHARING [...] (S) Summary. On January 6, 7, and 8, ... [...] | 2009-01-08 14:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD435 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 11:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD438 | PAKISTAN 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Pakistan remain on the Priority Watch List (PWL) at the conclusion of the 2009 Special 301 Review process. Pakistan has made no significant progress in IPR enforcement or data protection legislation in the past year. End Summary. Data Protection ------ [...] | 2009-02-27 14:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD439 | DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE IN PUNJAB [...] (C) Summary: Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets, mostly in Punjab, after Friday prayers to protest the disqualification of opposition Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leaders Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif. Protests turned violent in Lahore and Rawalpindi, and police used tear gas and b [...] | 2009-02-27 14:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR PK |
09ISLAMABAD44 | PM GILANI FIRES NSA DURRANI [...] (C) Summary. On January 8, Ambassador Mahmood Durrani confirmed to Ambassador that he had been fired by PM Gilani late on January 7. The press reported that Gilani fired Durrani because he confirmed to the press that Mumbai attacker Mohammed (Ajmal) Kasab was indeed a Pakistani citizen wit [...] | 2009-01-08 15:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD440 | PAKISTAN MEETS FUND TARGETS; MORE LEEWAY AS GROWTH SLOWS [...] (SBU) Summary. The IMF finished its first "generally positive" review of Pakistan's Standby Arrangement on February 25. While the program remains on track, the Fund has relaxed its fiscal deficit and tax revenue targets slightly, based on a deteriorating global economic environment. Finance [...] | 2009-02-28 04:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV EAID PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD441 | POLITICAL TURMOIL, GOING NOWHERE FAST [...] (C) Summary: Actors across the political spectrum were working to solve yet another self-inflicted political crisis in the wake of the Supreme Court's February 25 decision to disqualify the Sharif brothers from public office. Both President Zardari's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Shar [...] | 2009-03-01 12:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINR KDEM PK |
09ISLAMABAD442 | PAK TELECOM SECTOR SLUMPS [...] (SBU) Summary: Based on conversations with several telecom executives and the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) Director of Economic Affairs Muhammad Sargana, the telecommunications sector in Pakistan is suffering from market saturation and the general economic downturn. Telecom co [...] | 2009-03-02 02:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD443 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES FROM 25 FEBRUARY 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 02:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EFIN EINT EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD450 | PAKISTAN WED TO "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION" LANGUAGE [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel demarche announcing USG participation as an observer in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) (ref a),Imran Siddique, Director of UN Affairs in Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs told DepPolCouns February 28 Pakistan remains committed to language on "Def [...] | 2009-03-02 13:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UN PK |
09ISLAMABAD451 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 13:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD454 | SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (C) Summary: Mission Pakistan warmly welcomes your arrival in Islamabad. You are arriving in the midst of largely self-inflicted political turmoil following the Supreme Court's decision to disqualify from public office Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif, political rivals of President Asif Zardari. Zardari en [...] | 2009-03-03 02:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD46 | POST'S APPEAL FOR FY09 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH STRATEGY AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pakistan played a major role in the original Green Revolution. After several decades of lagging agricultural production, the Government of Pakistan (GOP) is looking to make the leap to join the Gene Revolution. Post has outlined an ambitious biotech program for FY 2009 and req [...] | 2009-01-09 06:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO PK |
09ISLAMABAD465 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 03, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-03 10:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD468 | LACK OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO UN APPEAL FOR PAKISTAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 8-9. 2. (SBU) Summary. On February 26, representatives from the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Food Program (WFP) called on Charge d'Affaires to discuss their operations within Pakistan. Both organizations committe [...] | 2009-03-03 14:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD472 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 04, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-04 11:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD477 | NO CONTEST: PAKISTAN'S SENATE ELECTIONS [...] (C) National and provincial legislators gathered in their respective chambers March 4 to elect 50 new senators to Pakistan's 100-member upper house (ref A). Senators are hand-picked by their party leaders, elected indirectly not by popular vote, and serve six-year terms. Pakistan's Election [...] | 2009-03-04 14:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID PINR PK |
09ISLAMABAD478 | NEW WAZIRISTAN TERRORIST ALLIANCE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Rival Pakistani Taliban leaders Baitullah Mehsud, Maulvi Nazir, and Hafiz Gul Bahadur formed a new militant alliance on February 23. The new alliance recognizes Taliban leader Mullah Omar as its leader, and its goal is to fight the planned U.S. troop surge in Afghanistan. The P [...] | 2009-03-04 14:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD486 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 05, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-05 11:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD491 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-06 10:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD492 | TEST TELEGRAM GENERATED FROM WEB MACRO ON OPENNET [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-06 10:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AADP ACOA |
09ISLAMABAD494 | POST'S SECOND FSN NOMINATION FOR 2009 ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, [...] (U) Post would like to nominate Asmat Raza for the 2009 Environment, Science, Technology, and Health (ESTH) course at FSI. Mr. Raza will serve as the back up FSN for Post's Biosecurity Engagement Program (BEP) which funds most of our ESTH programs. This course would help bolster his reporting a [...] | 2009-03-06 12:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PK |
09ISLAMABAD495 | ZARDARI-NAWAZ RECONCILIATION: PLEAS FOR U.S. INTERVENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-07 16:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD497 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UPDATED INFORMATION ON ARIF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-09 10:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PINR PTER PK IN |
09ISLAMABAD499 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 09, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-09 11:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD501 | NWFP: TNSM,S ONE-SIDED "MEDIATION" [...] (C) Jamal Nasir, Special Assistant to the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Home Secretary, confirmed to post on March 5 that Tehrik-i Nifaz-I Shariati Muhammadi (TNSM) leader Sufi Mohammad had presented the government with a list of 17 demands. The list, which circulated widely in the local [...] | 2009-03-09 12:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD505 | MUMBAI ATTACKS PROSECUTION UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-09 15:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD506 | PM GILANI STAYS ABOVE THE FRAY [...] (C) Summary and Comment. In a March 9 meeting with Ambassador, Gilani criticized the decision to impose governor's rule in Punjab and supported compromise to end the dispute between Zardari and the Sharif brothers. However, Gilani offered little in terms of immediate ideas that would be acce [...] | 2009-03-09 15:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD508 | PML-N: "WE WON'T BE FOOLED AGAIN." [...] (C) Summary: Opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) reached out March 9 to the diplomatic corps; the Pakistan People's Party (PPP)-led government made its case to the same group on February 28. PML-N leader Shahbaz Sharif, meeting with the Ambassador late March 9, reiterated the part [...] | 2009-03-09 16:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR PK |
09ISLAMABAD511 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-11 09:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD514 | LAWYERS: "OUR MARCH HAS BEGUN." [...] Summary: In an attempt to pre-empt tens of thousands of protesters from converging on Islamabad, with marches starting March 12 and a sit-in planned for March 16, the GOP arrested dozens of lawyers, opposition party workers and civil society activists (reftels). The top opposition leadership [...] | 2009-03-11 14:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR PK |
09ISLAMABAD515 | LITTLE MOVEMENT ON RECONCILIATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-11 14:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD516 | LITTLE MOVEMENT ON RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary. In a last-ditch effort to reduce tensions with the Sharif brothers ahead of the start of the lawyers' march on March 12, President Zardari offered Pakistan Muslim League (PML) leader Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain the post of Senate leader if PML would form a government with the Pakistan Peo [...] | 2009-03-12 04:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD526 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-12 14:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD528 | PUNJAB GOVERNOR TASEER: A FIZZLE FROM A BANG [...] (C) Summary: On March 12, Ambassador met in Islamabad with Punjab Governor Salman Taseer, whose jurisdiction extends to the federal capital's border. Taseer was adamant that opposition protesters would not be allowed into Islamabad but committed that arrested organizers would be released as so [...] | 2009-03-12 16:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR PK |
09ISLAMABAD529 | FATA STUDENTS "EXPERIENCE AMERICA" [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 10, Principal Officer, US Consulate in Peshawar, USAID Deputy Director for the FATA Development Program and USAID OTI representative met with 15 recent returnees from the Experience America Program (EAP). This USAID multi-year student exchange program is designed to im [...] | 2009-03-13 05:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PREF KPAO PK |
09ISLAMABAD537 | EAD LAYS OUT STRATEGY FOR PAKISTAN DONORS' MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary. Farrakh Qayyum, Secretary in the Economic Affairs Division (EAD),which is in charge of preparations for the April 17 donors' conference, told DCM March 12 that the GOP is working closely with the World Bank office in Islamabad to prepare their request. He noted that the reques [...] | 2009-03-13 10:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD541 | LATEST EFFORTS AT RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Pakistani media is reporting late March 13 that Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Kayani met today with President Zardari and PM Gilani, and that Zardari had invited Shahbaz Sharif to a late night meeting to discuss reconciliation. When Ambassador sees PM Gilani ton [...] | 2009-03-13 15:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD543 | UPDATE ON IDP ASSISTANCE IN BAJAUR AGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite recent military operations in Bajaur that may have "secured" roads in parts of the agency (reftel),the majority of internally displaced persons (IDPs) have not yet begun to return because they see military operations continuing. USAID is currently providing USD 1.8 mill [...] | 2009-03-13 15:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER PREF KPAO PK |
09ISLAMABAD545 | LONG MARCH ROUND UP AS OF 1700 LOCAL TIME, MARCH 14 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-14 14:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD546 | GILANI STILL TRYING FOR RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary. In a March 13 meeting with Ambassador, Prime Minister Gilani reiterated his views that the Pakistan People's Party should end governor's rule and allow formation of a government in Punjab by any party that had the votes. Going further than he had before, Gilani said that because [...] | 2009-03-14 15:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD547 | GOP DECIDES TO APPEAL SHARIFS' DISQUALIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-14 16:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD548 | ZARDARI AGREES TO APPEAL SHARIFS' DISQUALIFICATION [...] (C) Ambassador and UK High Commissioner (Ambassador) had dinner with President Zardari March 14. Right before the meeting, Zardari had issued a statement indicating his government's intention to request a review of the Supreme Court's decision on the eligibility of the Sharif brothers to ho [...] | 2009-03-14 17:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD551 | LONG MARCH ROUND UP AS OF 1700 LOCAL TIME, MARCH 15 [...] (C) Summary: Citing fears for his safety, the GOP placed Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif under a restraining order early in the day, but backed off to allow him to address the crowds - estimated at 70 - 80,000. Ambassador spoke to Interior Minister Rehman Malik, Prime [...] | 2009-03-15 13:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD552 | WHAT'S NEXT? [...] (C) Summary. Absent a terrorist attack or what we believe is unlikely Army intervention, the lawyers' ""long march"" will end with both sides claiming victory. They then will have to settle into a protracted series of negotiations to address the Sharifs' eligibility, governors' rule in Pun [...] | 2009-03-15 13:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD554 | LONG MARCH ROUND UP AS OF 1930 LOCAL TIME, MARCH 15 [...] (C) Summary: Nawaz Sharif has reached the center of Lahore and is leading a crowd of 25,000-50,000 supporters towards the Ravi River heading to Islamabad. The police have largely given up fighting the protesters and are actively helping them to remove barriers from the road to Islamabad. The [...] | 2009-03-16 02:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD559 | LONG MARCH ROUND UP AS OF 1500 LOCAL TIME, MARCH 16 [...] (C) Summary: Early in the morning on March 16 Prime Minister Gilani announced former Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry's reinstatement and the GOP's intention to file a review petition on the Sharif brothers' case in the Supreme Court. Shortly thereafter, Nawaz Sharif announced that he was calling of [...] | 2009-03-16 12:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD560 | IMPLICATIONS OF THE LONG MARCH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-16 12:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD561 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES, 11 MARCH 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-17 08:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD564 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-17 11:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD568 | CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER GILANI [...] (C) Summary: CODEL Tierney met February 2 with Prime Minister Yousef Gilani. Gilani thanked the U.S. for its help in defusing tensions with India following the Mumbai attacks. He emphasized the GOP commitment to cooperating with the U.S. in the fight against terrorism and stressed the need fo [...] | 2009-03-18 08:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON EAID PK |
09ISLAMABAD575 | IMF Update - "Nascent Stability" [...] (SBU) Summary. In a briefing of G-7 countries, the IMF Resident Representative characterized Pakistan's economic situation as "nascent stability." Revealing little new information, he commended the GOP's efforts to meet its numeric goals, but cautioned that tax revenue targets would be diffic [...] | 2009-03-18 11:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD576 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-18 11:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD583 | ZARDARI APPOINTS "FORWARD LEANING" AIR CHIEF [...] (C) As the USG considers options on how to continue Pakistan's F-16 program in the face of funding problems (septel),Air Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman assumes command March 18 as Pakistan's new Chief of Air Staff. He replaces retiring Air Chief Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed, who had lobbied extensively [...] | 2009-03-18 15:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR MARR PK |
09ISLAMABAD584 | STATUS OF EFFORTS TO RECOVER AMCIT HOSTAGE JOHN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-18 15:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD586 | SAVING THE F-16 PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan is the most important front-line state in our battle against extremists who threaten the U.S. and our allies. In post's view, preserving the F-16 program, which is the flagship symbol of post 9/11 bilateral re-engagement, is critical to our goals of enabling Pakistan to co [...] | 2009-03-18 16:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV MARR MOPS PK |
09ISLAMABAD600 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-19 10:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD604 | PM GILANI RESTORES ALL DEPOSED JUDGES [...] (SBU) Summary: With two March 17 executive orders, Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani restored to the bench deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry and a handful of remaining Supreme Court and provincial High Court judges. These judges had refused (or not been invited) to take a new oath of office [...] | 2009-03-19 13:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS PK |
09ISLAMABAD612 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 13:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |