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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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07ISLAMABAD2107 | FOREIGN SECRETARY AND TURKISH AMBASSADOR REFLECT [...] (S) Summary. Charge d'Affaires met with Pakistan Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan May 7 and Turkisk Ambassador Engin Soysal SIPDIS May 8 to hear their reflections on the April 29-30 Pakistan-Afghanistan-Turkey trilateral in Ankara. Both Khan and Soysal were in Ankara for the meetings -- Khan as [...] | 2007-05-10 12:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PK AF |
07ISLAMABAD2113 | PAKISTAN'S ACTION ON DISRUPTING EXTERNAL FINANCING TO THE TALIBAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-11 06:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KPAO KTFN PK PTER |
07ISLAMABAD2129 | UNHRC VOTE: PAKISTAN INCLINED TO SUPPORT SLOVENIA [...] (C) PolOff discussed the upcoming UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) election with MFA Director (UN) Haider Shah on May 11 and emphasized demarche points per refs B and C, urging Pakistan to support Slovenia and Bosnia. Shah reacted positively to Bosnia's official candidacy (ref A),saying Pakis [...] | 2007-05-11 12:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC PK |
07ISLAMABAD2133 | PAKISTAN WILL PUSH FOR SUPPORT OF KOSOVO [...] (SBU) On May 11, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General in charge of OIC affairs. Chaudhry said that he was aware of Albania's efforts to obtain OIC endorsement for UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's proposal during the upcoming OIC Sum [...] | 2007-05-11 12:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC PK YI |
07ISLAMABAD2157 | VIOLENCE IN KARACHI: RUMOR MILL ACTIVE WHILE CITY WAITS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-14 11:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD2175 | MAY 15 KARACHI UPDATE [...] (C) According to Consulate Karachi, as of 1500 Tuesday, April 15 (three days after the outbreak of violence),most Karachi businesses are operating normally and the city, while somber, is returning to normal. Public transportation is operating. The airport and all usual transport routes in Kar [...] | 2007-05-15 11:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD2193 | ALL QUIET IN KARACHI; NO ONE YET HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-16 11:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD2207 | GOVERNMENT, CHIEF JUSTICE'S ATTORNEY REFUSE TO [...] (U) Since May 14, Pakistan's Supreme Court has held daily hearings to consider 23 petitions objecting to the filing of a reference against Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. The Court has issued no opinions since the opening of arguments. Supreme Judicial Council proceedings against th [...] | 2007-05-17 10:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PHUM PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD2218 | MQM HOLDING EMERGENCY MEETING IN LONDON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-17 12:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD2220 | PROTESTS AND CLASHES OVER BEGINNING OF CAMP [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 16, the Government of Pakistan began the process of physically closing two Afghan refugee camps by bulldozing several buildings. At Jungle Pir Alizai camp in Balochistan, the action sparked protests and gunfire between the Frontier Corps and locals, resulting in a number o [...] | 2007-05-18 02:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PTER PK AF |
07ISLAMABAD2252 | PAKISTAN'S IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1747 ASSET FREEZE AGAINST [...] (S) The External Finance Division of Pakistan's Finance Ministry detailed to Econ the country's procedures for implementing the asset freeze provisions of UNSCR 1747. The MFA is the entity that receives updates from the UN on additions to the 1747 designee list and then has this information p [...] | 2007-05-18 13:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | EFIN KNNP PARM IR DA SW PK |
07ISLAMABAD2270 | RED MOSQUE ISSUE FLARES UP AGAIN [...] (C) In what has become a recurring spectacle in Islamabad, mosque supporters and seminary students-- better known as the Red Mosque brigade-- have again "kidnapped" police to draw attention to their demands. On May 18, the Red Mosque (Lal Masjid) "brigade" captured four plain-clothes police off [...] | 2007-05-21 12:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD2292 | TRUCKS DESTROYED IN ROCKET ATTACK AT TORKHAM BORDER [...] (C) According to Mission contacts, at approximately 0400 local time Monday, May 21, unknown persons fired two Russian-made MRB-12 rockets at a group of fuel trucks bound for Coalition forces in Afghanistan. The trucks were parked in a lot near the Torkham border crossing, about 35 miles west [...] | 2007-05-22 14:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK AF PREL |
07ISLAMABAD2316 | SCENESETTER: CHAIRMAN JCS GENERAL PACE MEETING [...] (C//NF) Embassy Islamabad welcomes your meeting with Chief of Joint Staff General Ehsan Ul Haq of the Pakistan Army. Your meeting comes at an important time in U.S.-Pakistan relations: Politicians, opinion makers, and the press are paying close attention to what Pakistanis view as unfair pu [...] | 2007-05-23 11:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PK AF IN |
07ISLAMABAD2317 | TRUCKS DESTROYED IN ROCKET ATTACK AT TORKHAM [...] (C//REL TO ISAF, NATO) According to Mission contacts, at approximately 0400 local time Monday, May 21, unknown persons fired two Russian-made MRB-12 rockets at a group of fuel trucks bound for Coalition forces in Afghanistan. The trucks were parked in a lot near the Torkham border crossing, a [...] | 2007-05-23 13:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK AF PREL |
07ISLAMABAD2334 | RED MOSQUE RELEASES POLICE OFFICERS [...] (C) On May 24, the Red Mosque (Lal Masjid) brigade released the last two police officers kidnapped on May 18. The other two officers had been released on May 19. (Note. The Red Mosque "brigade" is a group of supporters and madrassa students who are often seen outside the mosque wielding large [...] | 2007-05-25 09:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD2344 | POLITICAL PARTIES WORRIED ABOUT MQM VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-26 07:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD2348 | ISLAMABAD HOSTS ORGANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC [...] (U) On 15-17 May, the 34th Islamic Conference of Ministers convened in Islamabad. Ministers discussed the need for stability in Iraq and Somalia; assistance for Sudan and Afghanistan; concern over Iran; and independence for Kosovo. Other highlights were a brainstorming session on the causes o [...] | 2007-05-26 08:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD2378 | DISARMING KARACHI: A WORTHY BUT CURRENTLY UNLIKELY GOAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-30 11:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD2401 | UPDATE ON MUSHARRAF'S POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (SBU) Frequently Asked Questions about President Musharraf's current political problems. 2. (C) Q: Is Musharraf in as much trouble as some Western journalists indicate? A: No, but he is not as strong politically as he was four or five months ago. 2007 is an election year in Pakistan, and the P [...] | 2007-05-31 13:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PK PREL PINS |
07ISLAMABAD2402 | PRESS COVERAGE OF BAN ON LARGE GATHERINGS MISSES [...] (C) On May 30, the Islamabad district administration issued an official Section 144 order banning "all kinds of gatherings of five or more people" inside Islamabad for two months. Breathless press reports described the order as a new and dangerous decision, but in reality the document merely r [...] | 2007-05-31 13:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC PK |
07ISLAMABAD2435 | SHUJAAT'S HEALTH [...] (C) During a June 1 meeting, Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain told us that, because of the political problems facing Musharraf, the President had insisted Shujaat cancel a recent trip to Germany, where he was to receive his regularly scheduled Botox treatment for his [...] | 2007-06-01 10:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PK |
07ISLAMABAD2467 | MQM FEELING WOUNDED [...] (C) On June 1, Charge met with Minister of Ports and Shipping (and MQM member) Babar Khan Ghauri to discuss the May 11-13 violence in Karachi. Ghauri said the Karachi violence had "killed" the MQM's chances of gaining voters in Punjab province. The party was focusing on repairing its reputation in [...] | 2007-06-04 12:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV |
07ISLAMABAD2468 | IMAM OF THE KAABA CONDEMNS THE RED MOSQUE'S [...] (C) Background: Reftels describe the situation at Islamabad's Red Mosque, where two imams have for several months been encouraging male and female madrassah students to engage in vigilante justice. The situation at the women's madrassah, which is located in the heart of Islamabad and is hom [...] | 2007-06-04 13:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PK |
07ISLAMABAD2469 | CHIEF JUSTICE RALLY IN ABBOTTABAD DRAWS LARGE CROWD [...] (SBU) Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry addressed a large crowd of lawyers and political activists on June 2 in Abbottabad, about 120 miles Northeast of Peshawar in the Northwest Frontier Province. Reports of crowd numbers ranged from 15,000 to 25,000, and media contacts stated it took the Chi [...] | 2007-06-04 13:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV ASEC PHUM |
07ISLAMABAD2493 | MOVING FORWARD ON NUCLEAR REGULATORY COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-05 12:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | KNNP PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD2494 | GOVERNMENT PLACES RESTRICTIONS ON MEDIA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-05 13:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD2495 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PAKISTAN MFA ON DARFUR [...] (SBU) On June 4, PolOff delivered reftel points urging Pakistan to weigh in with the UN and the AU on the need for UN command and control of the proposed hybrid operation to MFA Director (UN-I) Haider Shah. Shah said that the substance of our message made sense, as Pakistan has in the past al [...] | 2007-06-05 13:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO PK SU |
07ISLAMABAD250 | POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PELOSI [...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your January 27-28 visit to Islamabad. The Government of Pakistan is a key ally in the War on Terror and an essential partner in our efforts to stabilize Afghanistan. President Musharraf and Prime Minister Aziz, both western-oriented modern [...] | 2007-01-17 03:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PK PREL PTER PGOV KDEM OVIP OTRA |
07ISLAMABAD2520 | PAKISTAN'S ACTION ON BANK SEPAH [...] (U) Classified By: Economic Counselor Mary Townswick for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (S) On June 4 Econoff and Poloff spoke with Kamran Akhtar, Director, Disarmament Cell, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, concerning Pakistan's action in reference to Bank Sepah's (BS) and Bank Sepah Internation [...] | 2007-06-06 10:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | KNNP EFIN IR PK |
07ISLAMABAD2525 | POINTS DELIVERED TO SENIOR OFFICIALS [...] (S) On June 6, Charge delivered reftel points to President Musharraf's Deputy Chief of Staff, Major General Akhtar Iqbal, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Additional Secretary for the Americas Shahid Kamal. The Acting Deputy Chief of Mission delivered the [...] | 2007-06-06 12:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PK PREL PGOV |
07ISLAMABAD2526 | WHAT HAPPENED TO PRESS FREEDOM IN PAKISTAN? [...] (C) On March 24, President Musharraf told Ambassador Crocker that Musharraf intended to fire the head of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Agency (PEMRA),whose heavy handed interventions during the early stages of the Chief Justice controversy had been "unhelpful and wrong" (ref C). I [...] | 2007-06-06 14:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD2527 | PAKISTAN SUPPORTS A CREDIBLE JIRGA [...] (C) On June 6, Charge met with Minister of Culture (and Jirga Commission member) GG Jamal to discuss recent meetings between the Afghan and Pakistani Jirga Commissions. Jamal emphasized the commissions made significant progress, finalizing an agenda for the planned August jirga and bridging [...] | 2007-06-06 15:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK AF PREL PGOV |
07ISLAMABAD2530 | SUBMISSION OF G/TIP PROPOSALS -- PAKISTAN [...] SUMMARY: Following are summaries of three anti-trafficking in persons proposals received by Embassy Islamabad for consideration for funding from G/TIP-managed FY07 funds to strengthen Pakistan's efforts in combating trafficking in persons. As requested, post forwarded the original proposals t [...] | 2007-06-07 05:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN PK |
07ISLAMABAD2544 | POLICE ARREST HUNDREDS THROUGHOUT PUNJAB PROVINCE [...] (C) According to media reports, Pakistani police have arrested between 800 and 1,200 people -- mostly political party workers -- throughout Punjab over the last few days. Rahat Quddusi, special advisor to Punjab's Chief Minister, said that the arrests are an effort to maintain law and order, a [...] | 2007-06-07 12:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK |
07ISLAMABAD2545 | PAKISTAN JOINS GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (U) On June 7, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs officially communicated by Note Verbale the Government of Pakistan's endorsement of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Pakistan intends to participate in the June 11-12 Global Initiative meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan. One offici [...] | 2007-06-07 13:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PK PREL PGOV |
07ISLAMABAD2546 | IMRAN KHAN TAKES ON THE MQM IN THE UK [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-07 13:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PTER |
07ISLAMABAD2547 | PAKISTAN MEDIA SITUATION: JUNE 7 UPDATE [...] (SBU) MEDIA PROTESTS IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. Evening of June 6, the Pakistani press corps that regularly covers the National Assembly began a "walk-out" from the Assembly to protest the new PEMRA ordinance regulating the electronic media (see para 2). According to a media contact, while Parlia [...] | 2007-06-07 13:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAO PK |
07ISLAMABAD256 | MUSHARRAF TELLS BOUCHER ABOUT PAKISTAN’S PLANS FOR [...] (S) Summary and introduction: In his January 12 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher, Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf spoke of irritants in Pakistan's relationship with Afghanistan and Pakistan's tactical adjustments to enhance security i [...] | 2007-01-17 06:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | EAID MOPS PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD2572 | NEW POLL SHOWS WEAK SUPPORT FOR MUSHARRAF IN URBAN [...] (C) On May 15-28, just days after political violence in Karachi left 40 people dead, the International Republican Institute (IRI) polled 1,500 Pakistanis in six cities throughout Punjab, Pakistan's most populous province. Polling questions, which had been developed weeks earlier with the help [...] | 2007-06-08 11:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD2574 | FEDERAL RAILWAYS MINISTER DEFENDS MEDIA CRACKDOWN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-08 13:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD2617 | SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-12 12:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD2647 | DEMARCHE - PROMOTING TRANSPARENCY AND [...] (U) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel demarche June 13 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Assistant Director United Nations (III) Syed Mustafa Rabbani, who said the Government of Pakistan "can,t comment now" on the reftel points but would consult the GOP,s Permanent Representative to the Uni [...] | 2007-06-14 05:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN KUNR PGOV PK PREL UNDP |
07ISLAMABAD2648 | SHANGHAI COOPERATIVE ORGANIZATION DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel demarche June 12 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Assistant Director of the Americas Kamran Mansoor, who stated the Government of Pakistan would consult the appropriate offices and respond within approximately one week. BODDE [...] | 2007-06-14 05:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD2654 | SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL FALLON'S JUNE 15-17 VISIT [...] (C) We look forward to your arrival in Pakistan. As always, your discussions with senior officials will strengthen joint U.S.-Pakistan efforts in the War on Terror. You may also have the opportunity to encourage your military counterparts to support democratization and the protection of huma [...] | 2007-06-14 12:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV AF IN PK |
07ISLAMABAD268 | GOVERNMENT HINDERS ACCESS TO INTERNALLY DISPLACED IN BALOCHISTAN [...] (C) Summary: In spite of a mid-December intervention from Ambassador Crocker to senior Pakistani officials, UNICEF reports it is still unable to assist internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Balochistan. End summary. 2. (U) On December 21, the Christian Science Monitor reported that UNICEF had fa [...] | 2007-01-17 11:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF SOCI PK |
07ISLAMABAD2699 | CHIEF JUSTICE CASE: SUPREME COURT DEFERS RULING [...] BACKGROUND: In early March, President Musharraf presented a reference (charge sheet) to the Chief Justice of Pakistan. The same day, the President ordered the establishment of a "Supreme Judicial Council" to decide the merits of the reference against the Chief Justice and declared the judge [...] | 2007-06-18 13:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PK |
07ISLAMABAD274 | BOUCHER DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, INDIA, TRADE WITH [...] (C) On January 12, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Foreign Minister Mian Khurshid Kasuri for a wide-ranging discussion, which included Pak-Afghan and Pak-India relations, Reconstruction Opportunity Zones, the development plan for Pakist [...] | 2007-01-17 12:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PREF PK AF IN CA |
07ISLAMABAD277 | BOUCHER AND PAKISTANI FOREIGN MINISTRY REVIEW BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: On January 12, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher held back-to-back meetings at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan and Additional Secretary Shahid Kamal. Khan stressed that improved intelligence coopera [...] | 2007-01-17 12:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON ETRD EINV PK |
07ISLAMABAD2780 | BOUCHER'S FOREIGN MINISTRY DISCUSSIONS FOCUS ON CURRENT EVENTS, STRATEGIC DIALOGUE AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-22 11:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF ECON IN PGOV PHUM PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD2782 | BOUCHER VISITS BALOCHISTAN [...] (C) Summary: On June 14, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher made his first visit to Balochistan. Inspector General of Police Tariq Khosa discussed the need for more contacts with his counterparts in Afghanistan and Iran and expressed doubt that Afg [...] | 2007-06-22 11:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK AF |
07ISLAMABAD2793 | MUSHARRAF ASSURES NEGROPONTE THAT FIGHT AGAINST [...] (C) During a 90-minute cordial meeting with Deputy Secretary Negroponte, Assistant Secretary for South and SIPDIS Central Asian Affairs Boucher, and the Charge d'Affaires, President Musharraf emphasized that Al Qaeda and extremism are Pakistan's greatest threat. The National Security Counc [...] | 2007-06-22 13:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV PK AF |
07ISLAMABAD2794 | F-16 SECURITY NOTES: REQUEST FOR TWO SPECIFIC [...] (C) Pakistan's September 2006 agreement to purchase 18 new F-16 aircraft marked an important milestone in our alliance. The agreement signaled Pakistan's and the United States' intent to continue strengthening our security relationship. We are grateful for both State's and DoD's enormous e [...] | 2007-06-22 13:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD2795 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OPPOSITION SUBMITS REFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: On June 21, opposition National Assembly members submitted a disqualification reference (complaint) against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz for financial misconduct. The reference comes on the heels of a similar reference against political leader (and former cricket star) Imran Khan, [...] | 2007-06-23 05:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCRM PK UK |
07ISLAMABAD2796 | BOUCHER AND VICE CHIEF DISCUSS NEW STEPS IN THE [...] (C) Summary: While he demurred from speaking about Pakistan's political situation, Vice Chief of the Army Staff General Ahsan Saleem Hyat was eager to discuss a variety of topics during his June 13 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher. Hyat reported tha [...] | 2007-06-23 05:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | AF MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD2797 | FOREIGN SECRETARY DISCUSSES STRATEGIC DIALOGUE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Negroponte, Assistant Secretary Boucher, and Charge d,Affaires Bodde met Foreign SIPDIS Secretary Khan for a lunch meeting on June 16. Khan SIPDIS discussed details of the Strategic Dialogue between the U.S. and Pakistan, expressed concerns about a bilater [...] | 2007-06-23 07:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ENRG PGOV PK PREL SOCI |
07ISLAMABAD2798 | DEPUTY SECRETARY AND FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte, Assistant Secretary Boucher, and Charge d,Affaires Bodde met with Foreign Minister Kasuri on June 15. Both sides expressed strong support for the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue. Kasuri noted that negative comments from the U.S. media and [...] | 2007-06-23 07:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD2799 | PRIME MINISTER STRESSES NEED FOR STABLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Negroponte, Assistant Secretary Boucher, and Charge d,Affaires Bodde met with SIPDIS Prime Minister (PM) Aziz on June 16. The PM stressed the importance of a stable Afghanistan and expressed concern about Afghan drug production. He reiterated Pakistan,s com [...] | 2007-06-23 07:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PK PREL PTER SNAR |
07ISLAMABAD2817 | OIG REPORT ITEM TWENTY ONE UPDATE [...] (SBU) Post provides the following update on recommendation 21: 2. (SBU) Islamabad's Narcotics Affairs Section performed a technical evaluation of proposals for the design/build contract of a new secure compound in Quetta. Of six proposals recieved, two were found to be technically acceptabl [...] | 2007-06-26 05:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABLD ASEC ASIG PK SNAR |
07ISLAMABAD2818 | OIG REPORT ITEM TWENTY ONE UPDATE [...] (SBU) Post provides the following update on recommendation 21: 2. (SBU) Islamabad's Narcotics Affairs Section performed a technical evaluation of proposals for the design/build contract of a new secure compound in Quetta. Of six proposals recieved, two were found to be technically acceptabl [...] | 2007-06-26 05:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABLD ASEC ASIG PK SNAR |
07ISLAMABAD2829 | THE RED MOSQUE STRIKES AGAIN: MASSAGE PARLORS [...] (C) Summary: On June 23, students from men's and women's madrassahs associated with the Red Mosque kidnapped nine individuals, including six Chinese nationals, from a local massage parlor. The hostages were released sixteen hours later. The incident has embarrassed the Interior Minister, who o [...] | 2007-06-26 08:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD283 | PRIME MINISTER AZIZ RAISES ECONOMIC AND CROSS-BORDER AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: On January 12, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. Aziz discussed his recent visit to Afghanistan, noting that he had spent over two hours in a one-on-one meeting with Karzai, and that Karzai's [...] | 2007-01-18 06:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON ETRD EINV OPIC MNUC AF PK |
07ISLAMABAD2835 | PAKISTAN'S PARTICIPATION IN PEACE JIRGA [...] (C) In response to reftel, PolOff spoke June 25 with Minister of Tourism and Culture GG Jamal, one of five members of the Pakistan jirga commission. Jamal reported that the two commissions had not discussed the duration of the upcoming jirga. Under jirga tradition, he said, such a conversat [...] | 2007-06-26 14:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL AF |
07ISLAMABAD2853 | PAKISTAN TO PARTICIPATE IN JULY 2-3 AFGHAN RULE OF [...] (C) On June 28, PolOff delivered reftel points to Amir Shaukat, Director for Afghanistan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Shaukat told PolOff the Government of Pakistan would participate in the July 2-3 Afghan Rule of Law Conference in Rome. Shaukat said Interior Minister Sherpao would " [...] | 2007-06-28 10:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK AF PREL PGOV |
07ISLAMABAD2856 | DEPUTY SECRETARY, GEN HYAT, AND GEN UL-HAQ STRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte, Assistant Secretary Boucher, and Charge d,Affaires Bodde met with Vice Chief of Army Staff GEN Ahsan Saleem Hyat and then separately with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff GEN Ehsan ul-Haq on June 16. Both sides emphasized the importance o [...] | 2007-06-28 11:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PK MOPS AG |
07ISLAMABAD2866 | HIGH LEVEL APG DELEGATION TO VISIT REGARDING STALLED AML [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Asia Pacific Group is sending a high level delegation to Pakistan July 2-3 in order to impress on the GOP the seriousness with which they regard Pakistan's lack of progress on passing anti-money laundering legislat [...] | 2007-06-29 12:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN PTER EFIN PK |
07ISLAMABAD2870 | DISASTER DECLARATION -- CYCLONE YEMYIN [...] (U) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: This cable declares areas affected by Cyclone Yemyin in Sindh and Balochistan provinces as a disaster, and requests U.S. government emergency assistance for those in need. The powerful cyclone is traveling along southern Pakistani coastal areas, killing over 2 [...] | 2007-07-01 10:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD2873 | MONITORING PAKISTAN'S COALITION SUPPORT FUNDS [...] (C) Summary: Post increasingly has engaged the GOP to ensure that Coalition Support Funds (CSF),used to reimburse Pakistan for costs related to the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban, are reasonable and credible. We have asked for additional information in order to verify pending Pakistani [...] | 2007-07-02 07:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD2889 | PAKISTANI RESPONSE TO CAMEL JOCKEY CONFERENCE IN [...] SUMMARY: Poloff met with Khizar Hayat Khan, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Interior, a GOP participant at SIPDIS the UAE-hosted Camel Jockey conference in Abu Dhabi, June 26-27. Khan is preparing a longer analysis of the GOP's expectations from the bilateral MOU for his Minister and p [...] | 2007-07-02 12:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KCRM AE SU BG MR PK |
07ISLAMABAD29 | SENIOR PAKISTAN SENATOR ASKS FOR HELP IN REACHING [...] (C) On December 28, Pakistan Muslim League Secretary General and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Mushahid Hussain Sayed told poloffs that his attempts to make progress on starting a regular parliamentary exchange with his Afghan counterparts (as discussed in ref A) are going [...] | 2007-01-03 13:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PK AF |
07ISLAMABAD2905 | SITREP ISLAMABAD 20:00 LOCAL -- CONFRONTATION AT RED MOSQUE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-03 15:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PK PTER |
07ISLAMABAD2907 | RED MOSQUE -- SITREP ISLAMABAD 15:30 LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: The Pakistan Army has taken command of government forces in the immediate area of the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque). Approximately 700 people inside the mosque surrendered at the urging of the government; approximately 3,200 remain. Prime Minister Aziz told visiting Codel Davis July [...] | 2007-07-04 11:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PTER PK |
07ISLAMABAD2908 | RED MOSQUE -- SITREP ISLAMABAD 15:30 LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: The Pakistan Army has taken command of government forces in the immediate area of the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque). Approximately 700 people inside the mosque surrendered at the urging of the government; approximately 3,200 remain. Prime Minister Aziz told visiting Codel Davis July [...] | 2007-07-04 12:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PTER PK |
07ISLAMABAD2919 | SITUATION REPORT #1 - CYCLONE YEMYIN [...] (U) On Monday, July 2, 2007 Major General Farooq Ahmad Khan, Chairman of the Pakistan National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) held a meeting with the donor and diplomatic community to provide a briefing on the impact of the recent cyclone, what the Government of PakistanQs (GOP) respons [...] | 2007-07-05 06:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD2932 | RED MOSQUE -- SITREP 16:00 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Lal Masjid leader mullah Abdul Aziz was arrested July 4 while trying to escape disguised as a woman in a burqa. Pakistan Army Rangers estimate close to a thousand people have surrendered from the mosque. Abdur Rashid Ghazi, the remaining mullah in the mosque, reaffirmed his [...] | 2007-07-05 11:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PTER PK |
07ISLAMABAD2934 | RED MOSQUE -- SITREP 16:00 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Lal Masjid leader mullah Abdul Aziz was arrested July 4 while trying to escape disguised as a woman in a burqa. Pakistan Army Rangers estimate close to a thousand people have surrendered from the mosque. Abdur Rashid Ghazi, the remaining mullah in the mosque, reaffirmed his [...] | 2007-07-05 13:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PHUM PTER PK |
07ISLAMABAD2944 | PAKISTAN'S ELECTIONS: SOLVING THE VOTER ROLL [...] (C) Summary: Post is quietly engaged with senior Pakistani officials to press for a resolution to credible opposition complaints that perhaps 20 million voters have dropped off the latest Election Commission of Pakistan's voter list. A potential data merger of the Election Commission and Nat [...] | 2007-07-06 07:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD2950 | HIGH-LEVEL APG DELEGATION EXPRESSES CONCERN TO GOP [...] (C) Summary: A high-level delegation of the Asia-Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG),a regional subsidiary of FATF, traveled to Pakistan on July 2-3 to gage the country's progress on passing Anti-Money Laundering (AML) legislation, and to send a message that quick movement was necessary [...] | 2007-07-06 08:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER ECON PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD2954 | ATTACK ON MUSHARRAF / RED MOSQUE STANDOFF CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: Government sources confidentially confirmed that a rocket was fired at President Musharraf's airplane at Chaklala Air Base this morning; the Pakistan Army continues to publicly deny the attack took place. Security forces and militants at the Red Mosque continue to exchange spora [...] | 2007-07-06 12:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD2960 | RED MOSQUE -- SITREP JULY 7, NOON LOCAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The strict curfew in the area around the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) remains in effect as of noon on Saturday, July 7. Gunfire and explosions continued intermittently overnight. After a several-hour lull Saturday morning, sporadic exchange of fire resumed. The rest of Islamabad c [...] | 2007-07-07 08:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PTER PK |
07ISLAMABAD2976 | RED MOSQUE - SITREP JULY 9, 1600 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: There has been no major change in the Red Mosque situation since Post's July 7 report (reftel),but the government appears to be preparing for a final siege. Security forces and militants exchanged sporadic gunfire on July 8 and 9, and mosque leader Ghazi continues to refuse to [...] | 2007-07-09 11:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PTER PK |
07ISLAMABAD2979 | BIOSECURITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM HELPS STRENGTHEN S&T [...] (SBU) Summary: The Biosecurity Engagement Program team's second visit to Pakistan June 12-23 further strengthened the collaboration on the Science and Technology Agreement, part of the Strategic Dialogue between Pakistan and the U.S. The team met with high-level GOP officials and various membe [...] | 2007-07-09 11:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PTER TSPL ETTC PK |
07ISLAMABAD2980 | PAKISTAN RAISES CONCERNS OVER PROPOSED ROZ LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 9, EconCouns met with Jamshid Khan, Joint Secretary and Raheela Tajwar, Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce in the Ministry of Commerce to discuss Pakistan's concerns over proposed ROZ legislation. Some concerns were resolved by discussing the wording in the do [...] | 2007-07-10 01:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EIND ELAB ETRD PK |
07ISLAMABAD2990 | RED MOSQUE SITREP AND EAC -- JULY 10, 11:00 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Overnight on July 9, the Pakistani government escalated its operation against the Red Mosque. A high-level delegation tried to negotiate with militant leader Maulana Ghazi on July 9. The negotiations failed and the military operation resumed at 04:00 July 10. As of 11:00 local, [...] | 2007-07-10 05:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD3022 | RED MOSQUE SITREP -- JULY 11, 1630 LOCAL [...] (U) Summary: The military operation launched against the Red Mosque at 0400 on July 10 continued for over 30 hours until 1030 on July 11. As of 1630, security forces continue to do a room-by-room search of the mosque compound but are no longer facing armed resistance. Militant cleric Abdul Rash [...] | 2007-07-11 11:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD3027 | POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE RED MOSQUE OPERATION [...] (C) Summary. President Musharraf's decision to take military action against the Red Mosque removes a long-festering cell of extremism in Pakistan's capital. Although criticized for being "soft" on extremists, the government's delayed response reflected concern about keeping civilian casualtie [...] | 2007-07-12 07:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINS PREL PTER PK |
07ISLAMABAD3028 | RED MOSQUE SITREP -- JULY 12, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Security forces continue to sweep the Red Mosque for any remaining weapons, but military operations are complete. The military has still not allowed journalists or other observers to the site of the Red Mosque as of 1300 July 12. The media is reporting 287 people killed in "Oper [...] | 2007-07-12 09:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD3030 | STRENGTHENING SUPPORT FOR PAKISTAN'S ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pakistan's general elections are expected to take place in late 2007 or early 2008, and Post has been working with stakeholders, donors and the Pakistan Election Commission since 2005 to strengthen the process. This cable outlines current US and international donor projects unde [...] | 2007-07-12 10:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PK |
07ISLAMABAD3084 | RED MOSQUE AFTERMATH; DEMISE OF NORTH WAZIRISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) operation was a catalyst for implementation of this weekend's attacks on Pakistani security forces in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and the FATA. However, the attacks were primarily a tribal response to the growing re-deployment of government [...] | 2007-07-16 11:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PK |
07ISLAMABAD31 | PRESIDENT MUSHARAFF BRIEFS GEN SCHOOMAKER AND [...] (C) Introduction and summary: During a December 29 meeting, President (and Chief of Army Staff) Musharraf reinforced for U.S. Chief of Army Staff GEN Schoomaker and the Ambassador that Pakistan and the U.S, are in the war on terrorism together, sharing the same goals and fighting the same enemy. No [...] | 2007-01-03 13:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF MOPS PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD3111 | SUICIDE BOMBER TARGETS ISLAMABAD CHIEF JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary: It is still too early to draw conclusions about the cause of the July 18 suicide bombing in Islamabad. The government's challenge will be to provide the increased security that opposition parties and the general public are demanding without imposing a state of emergency. End Summa [...] | 2007-07-18 12:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD3128 | MUSHARRAF TELLS EDITORS: IT IS MODERATES VS. [...] (C) Summary: In a surprisingly wide ranging and confident interview with senior Pakistani editors July 18, President Musharraf flatly stated that Pakistan was in a direct confrontation with extremist forces and the biggest challenge was to stop the spread of Talibanization. To win that fight [...] | 2007-07-19 14:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD3154 | SUPREME COURT RULES THAT CHIEF JUSTICE MUST BE [...] (C) Summary: On June 20, the Supreme Court of Pakistan ruled that President Musharraf's suspension of the Chief Justice had been unconstitutional. The court's decision was not unexpected, a fact that did not stop the media from turning the day leading up to the announcement into a live-fro [...] | 2007-07-20 13:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD3199 | PAKISTAN POLITICAL LANDSCAPE, PART 1: POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Pakistan's multi-party parliamentary system includes large personality-based secular parties, regional nationalist/ethnic parties with limited appeal and surprisingly democratic religious parties. Party/personal loyalty and a spoils system count for more with voters than ofte [...] | 2007-07-24 12:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD3200 | PAKISTAN POLITICAL LANDSCAPE, PART 2: FRACTURED OPPOSITION PREPARES FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Unable to unite at the All Parties Conference (APC) for en masse resignations or mass street protests, Pakistan's severely fractured opposition is unlikely to mount a credible challenge to President Musharraf's bid to seek re-election under the current assemblies. Unsurprisingly the Ju [...] | 2007-07-24 12:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD3201 | GREENING THE RED MOSQUE [...] (C) Summary: The government plans to re-open the Red Mosque on July 27 under a newly repainted green dome. The work of bulldozers and painters is so far proving more straightforward than finding partners for President Musharraf's July 12 call to help bring Pakistan's madrassas into the mainstr [...] | 2007-07-24 14:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PK |
07ISLAMABAD3217 | DEMARCHE ON AML BILL DELIVERED TO GOP [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 16 EconCouns delivered reftel demarche to Muhammad Javed Malik, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Finance and Nuzhrat Bashir, Joint Secretary for Banking, Ministry of Finance. EconCouns pointed out the extensive amount of time Pakistan has been working on passing Anti-M [...] | 2007-07-25 09:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ECON PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD3224 | PRIME MINISTER: GOP COMMITTED 200 PERCENT TO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, DCM and Economic Counselor (notetaker) met with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz at his request at his residence July 24. Aziz took Ambassador to task over recent statements by U.S. officials regarding terrorist threats emanating from Pakistan. Aziz stressed to Ambassador tha [...] | 2007-07-25 14:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG PK |
07ISLAMABAD3236 | DEMARCHE ON AL RASHID TRUST DELIVERED TO GOP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-26 10:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | ECON EFIN EINV KTFN PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD3246 | F-16 BASING: REQUEST FOR BASING REVIEW [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. Following Ambassador's July 21 meeting with Pakistan Air Chief Marshall Tanvir, post requests a review of paragraph 9 (basing and personnel restrictions) of the pending security notes for the $3 billion sale of 18 block 52 F-16s to Pakistan before the Congres [...] | 2007-07-26 13:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD3247 | SUPREME COURT TELLS ELECTION COMMISSION TO BEEF UP VOTER [...] (U) On July 26, a full Supreme Court bench -- including recently restored Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry -- directed the Election Commission of Pakistan to develop by August 10 a plan to increase the number of names on the draft voter rolls. 2. (U) The Supreme Court's direction was in respo [...] | 2007-07-27 02:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PK |
07ISLAMABAD3269 | RED MOSQUE FLARES UP AGAIN, SUICIDE BLAST AT [...] (U) Security forcces have re-taken the Red Mosque after July 27 demonstrations. Hundreds of unarmed religious students and local attendees of Friday prayers protested the re-opening of the Red Mosque. Refusing to pray behind the government-appointed prayer leader Maulana Ashfaq, protesters rem [...] | 2007-07-27 13:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD3290 | RED MOSQUE UPDATE - JULY 30, 2007 [...] (SBU) The Government of Pakistan closed the Red Mosque indefinitely on Friday, July 27 following the re-occupation of the compound by unarmed students and a suicide bombing at nearby Aapbara Market (reftel). An investigation into the bombing has so far turned up few leads on the bomber's ide [...] | 2007-07-30 12:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PK PREL ASEC |
07ISLAMABAD3291 | GROWING PERCEPTION THAT U.S. WILL ABANDON PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: News that the U.S. House and Senate had approved House Resolution 1 with language requiring the President report annually on Pakistan's efforts in the War on Terror predictably caused a stir in Islamabad. The media's interpretation of the bill narrowly focused on the perceived [...] | 2007-07-30 14:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV |
07ISLAMABAD3296 | SITUATION REPORT #2 - CYCLONE YEMYIN [...] (U) SUMMARY: A USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Regional Advisor (RA) visited Pakistan from July 10 through 17 to assess additional needs following Cyclone Yemyin in Pakistan. To date 362 people have died in flooding and up to 2.5 million people have been affected. In add [...] | 2007-07-31 06:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD333 | SIX PAKISTANI DETAINEES TRANSFERRED FROM BAGRAM [...] (S/NF) On January 8, 2007, CJTF-76 and Bagram's Task Force Guardian repatriated six (6) Pakistani nationals previously held at Bagram (Ref A). PolCouns and an ODRP officer were present for the detainees arrival at Chakala Air Base, Rawalpindi. Ministry of Interior/National Crisis Managemen [...] | 2007-01-19 11:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | AF KAWC PHUM PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD3342 | POST APPROVES 1206 PROPOSAL FOR SSG ENHANCEMENT [...] (U) Post supports the transfer of funds from the Regional Maritime Awareness Capability (RMAC) 1206 program to a new 1206 program of higher priority. The new program will enhance Pakistan's border operations and maritime security forces. Specifically, the 1206 funds will be applied to improv [...] | 2007-08-01 14:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PK |
07ISLAMABAD3374 | PAKISTAN'S POLITICAL PARTIES ENGAGE THE SUPREME [...] (C) SUMMARY: In light of the June 20 landmark Supreme Court decision reinstating the Chief Justice, Pakistan's opposition political parties and civil society have hailed what they see as an invigorated and independent judiciary. Both the Chief Justice and President Musharraf have lauded the ne [...] | 2007-08-02 13:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD3397 | NEED TO GET IMET PROGRAM BACK ON TRACK [...] (U) This cable contains an action request -- see para 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy needs help urgently in getting our IMET program back on track. Nothing is more important to our long-term relationship in Pakistan than contact with mid-grade Pakistani military officers. We have lost 39 stu [...] | 2007-08-04 09:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD3399 | WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT MINISTER TELLS AMBASSADOR: [...] (C) Summary: In a cordial, hour-long meeting on July 18, Women's Development Minister Sumaira Malik talked to the Ambassador about the after-effects of the Red Mosque operation, internal politics, new draft women's legislation, and her ideas for U.S. assistance programs to assist Pakistan's wo [...] | 2007-08-06 03:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWMN PK |
07ISLAMABAD3424 | PAKISTAN'S CONTROVERSIAL NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: By offering to resign, Pakistan's Attoreny General became the only cabinet member to take the blame for the Chief Justice debacle. But his replacement, Malik Qayyum, has a checkered history and is already proving controversial. Qayyum was the presiding judge in the 1999 convict [...] | 2007-08-06 11:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD3434 | NEW NATIONWIDE POLL SHOWS DIMINISHED SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: The results of a new nationwide poll show a 20 percent drop in support for President Musharraf's job performance since February -- from 54 percent to 34 percent. Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Benazir Bhutto's popularity continued to grow steadily, and she emerged as the c [...] | 2007-08-07 09:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PK |
07ISLAMABAD3476 | FATA STRATEGY UPDATE: AUGUST 8, 2007 [...] (U) Summary: Embassy is beginning biweekly snapshot reporting on implementation of the FATA Development Program. Embassy appreciates Washington's support for the FATA initiative, which will require coordination among a number of agencies and funding spigots. These cables will provide detai [...] | 2007-08-08 12:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PK PREL PGOV |
07ISLAMABAD3477 | MUSHARRAF REAFFIRMS INTENT TO SEEK RE-ELECTION IN [...] (U) In public remarks August, 6, President Musharraf retierated his intention to run for re-election, in uniform, and before the current assembles. He indicated he did not believe the Connstitution would bar him from contesting the presidential election for a second term. He again asserted th [...] | 2007-08-08 12:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD3534 | MUSHARRAF AND SENATOR DURBIN DISCUSS WAR ON [...] (C) Summary: Senator Durbin called on President Musharraf August 7 to discuss Pakistan's role in the war on terror, the state of Islamic extremism in Pakistan, relations with the U.S., and education in Pakistan, particularly in religious schools. Senator Durbin recognized Pakistan had been A [...] | 2007-08-13 07:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
07ISLAMABAD3694 | Will Pakistan's growth continue [...] (SBU) Pakistan is in its fifth year of seven percent economic growth, but a number of international and private sector observers in Islamabad and Karachi question whether this growth is sustainable without additional reforms and a clear path through the election season. This cable is based on [...] | 2007-08-23 13:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD3706 | PAKISTAN: A DAY AFTER THE NAWAZ VERDICT [...] (SBU) The Supreme Court's August 23 ruling in favor of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been lauded by Nawaz supporters and opposition parties as another sign of an independent judiciary standing up for democratic rights. People celebrated in the streets in Islamabad and in other Punjabi [...] | 2007-08-24 11:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD3714 | IPR LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING A SUCCESS [...] SUMMARY: August 13-18, ECON presented the "Intellectual Property Rights and Cyber Investigative Techniques & Resources" law enforcement training program in Islamabad for Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officers, provincial police, Ministry of Interior (MoI) officials, and academics on tool [...] | 2007-08-25 05:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD3738 | KARACHI STOCK MARKET CONTINUES DOWNWARD SLIDE [...] (U) The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) took another dive on August 23 on rumors of the Supreme Court's imminent decision to clear the Sharif brothers return to Pakistan. The market lost 319 points or 2.6 percent to close at 12,001 points, slightly less than its biggest one day loss on August 8 [...] | 2007-08-27 11:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD3739 | PAKISTAN CONDUCTS SUCCESSFUL TEST OF RAAD CRUISE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-27 12:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM PK |
07ISLAMABAD3744 | PAKISTAN'S UNCERTAIN POLITICAL LANDSCAPE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-28 02:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD3761 | USG SUPPORT FOR PAKISTAN'S ELECTORAL PROCESS [...] (SBU) Summary. Post has been working with political parties, NGOs, donors and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to ensure Pakistan's upcoming elections are free, fair and credible. We are pleased that the Pakistan Supreme Court decided to act upon a petition filed by the Pakistan Pe [...] | 2007-08-28 12:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PK |
07ISLAMABAD3762 | MINISTRY OF COMMERCE ON BIT, ROZS AND DATA EXCLUSIVITY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. SUMMARY - - - - - - - - - 2. (SBU) Econ Counselor met August 27 with Jamshid Khan, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce at his request to discuss next steps SIPDIS on the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT),GOP concerns regarding t [...] | 2007-08-28 13:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD3777 | PAKISTANI CHRISTIANS APPEAL TO THE SUPREME COURT [...] (C) Summary: On August 25, the Pakistan Christian National Party (PCNP) filed a petition with the Supreme Court seeking to declare as unconstitutional the requirement that the President of Pakistan be a Muslim. Christian groups and other minorities remain divided on many issues; however, all ha [...] | 2007-08-29 10:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK |
07ISLAMABAD3779 | PAKISTAN SUPREME COURT: INCREASING CHALLENGES TO [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf's troubles with the Supreme Court are multiplying even as his negotiations with Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto intensify. On August 28, the Court agreed to hear two cases challenging Musharraf's right to seek re-election in uniform. The newly e [...] | 2007-08-29 12:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD3796 | SOUTH WAZIRISTAN'S CONTINUING MILITANCY [...] (C) Summary: Concurrent with the much-publicized breakdown of the North Waziristan Agreement, the GOP's agreement in South Waziristan has also been faltering. The result has been increasingly brazen militant attacks on security forces, including the recent kidnapping of 19 Frontier Corps (FC [...] | 2007-08-30 13:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD3811 | CONCERNS ABOUT JALOZAI REFUGEE CAMP CLOSING [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings, Ambassador and DCM raised with Interior Minister Sherpao our concern that the GOP's decision to close the Jalozai refugee camp by August 31 would create a political and humanitarian crisis. Sherpao confirmed receiving similar demarches from Afghanistan and U [...] | 2007-08-31 12:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD3857 | SUICIDE ATTACKS SHAKE RAWALPINDI [...] (C) Summary: On September 4, 31 people were killed and 67 injured in two separate suicide bomb attacks on government targets in Islamabad's neighboring city of Rawalpindi. In the short-term these attacks and the kidnapping (reftel) of Frontier Corps soldiers in Waziristan will undermine public [...] | 2007-09-05 14:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD3873 | THE NAWAZ FACTOR CONTINUED: RETURN SCENARIOS [...] (C) Summary. There are four scenarios regarding former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's return to Pakistan, which now seems likely September 10. (1) He could postpone his arrival because of Saudi persuasion or cold feet about his prospects. This seems the least likely option. (2) The government could [...] | 2007-09-06 17:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD3889 | PAKISTAN'S SUPREME COURT KEEPS THE PRESSURE ON [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf's legal counsel told the Pakistan Supreme Court September 6 that Musharraf's term as President would end on November 15, but he will remain in office until a successor is chosen. The Chief Justice rejected efforts to immediately restrain Musharraf from seeking [...] | 2007-09-07 15:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD389 | ECONOMIC SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PELOSI [...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your January 27-28 visit to Islamabad. Your visit coincides with a period of expanding and deepening engagement between the U.S. and Pakistan on a range of key economic and trade issues. Reforms pioneered in 1999 by Prime Minister Shaukat Az [...] | 2007-01-22 08:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP ECON EFIN EAID ETRD PREL PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD3901 | PREPARING FOR NAWAZ SHARIF'S RETURN TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf's government is planning to deport Nawaz Sharif upon his expected arrival September 10, although some of his advisors continue to try to dissaude him of this. Saudi emissary Saad Hariri will be here today (September 8) to talk to Musharraf and reportedly make a [...] | 2007-09-08 13:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD392 | 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM -- PAKISTAN [...] Embassy Islamabad submits the following draft text for inclusion in the 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism: Few countries play as central a role as Pakistan in the long war on terrorism and few have experienced as much suffering at the hands of terrorists. Credible reports estimate that as [...] | 2007-01-22 09:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD3923 | NAWAZ DEPORTED ON RETURN TO ISLAMABAD [...] (C) Summary: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was deported from Islamabad to Saudi Arabia within hours of his return to Pakistan on September 10. Security forces kept the capital under tight security. Senior opposition leaders were placed under house arrest, and only small-scale demonstrat [...] | 2007-09-10 11:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD3952 | NAWAZ: THE DAY AFTER THE DEPORTATION [...] (C) Summary: Twenty-four hours after former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's deportation from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia, Pakistan remains calm. While opposition parties called for nationwide demonstrations, turnout was weak, and many senior opposition leaders remained under house arrest. The gov [...] | 2007-09-12 09:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD3957 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BOEHNER [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Rep. John Boehner, Rep. Peter Hoekstra, Rep. Pat Tiberi, Rep. Tom Latham, Rep. Devin Nunes, Rep. Charles Wilson, Rep. Peter King, Ms. Jen Stewart, Mr. Brian Kennedy, COL Paul Kennedy, and GySgt Ramses Cypress, from September 14 to Se [...] | 2007-09-12 12:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OTRA PK |
07ISLAMABAD3994 | PPP ANNOUNCES BENAZIR'S RETURN ON OCTOBER 18 [...] (U) At a press conference September 14, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) President Makhdoom Amin Fahim announced that Party Chairman Benazir Bhutto would return to Pakistan on October 18, three days after the window for presidential elections closes. Fahim announced that on October 18, Bhutto wi [...] | 2007-09-15 09:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD4008 | REASSURING PAKISTAN ON THE F-16 SALE [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with the Deputy Secretary last week, President Musharraf, Prime Minister Aziz and Foreign Secretary Khan told us the U.S. had violated the F-16 SIPDIS agreement with Pakistan. A series of misunderstandings and delays, including important ones on our part, has promp [...] | 2007-09-17 12:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL MARR PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD4024 | PAKISTAN -- PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION COUNTDOWN [...] (C) Summary. The next few days likely will determine whether or how President Musharraf can secure his re-election, and last-minute maneuvering is in full swing. Musharraf unquestionably has the simple majority of votes he needs in the current National and Provincial Assemblies; however, the [...] | 2007-09-18 14:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD4064 | PAKISTAN'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: A PRIMER [...] (SBU) On September 20, Pakistan's Election Commission announced that the presidential election will be held on October 6. This cable outlines the process through which President Musharraf plans to be re-elected. WHEN WILL THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS OCCUR? -- On October 6. WHO CAN N [...] | 2007-09-20 11:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD4083 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S PAKISTAN MEETINGS ON REGIONAL [...] (C) During a lunchtime session of the Strategic Dialogue September 13, the Deputy Secretary and Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan discussed regional issues. Khan said that despite some successes, Pakistan is disappointed about the lack of progress on "real" issues in the Indo-Pak dialogue. Khan q [...] | 2007-09-21 10:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD4084 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S BILATERAL MEETINGS IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Secretary Negroponte held bilateral meetings September 12 during the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue with Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan and Foreign Minister Kasuri. Khan raised concerns about the negative impact of the U.S. NIE, the 9/11 Commission legislation's Pakistan [...] | 2007-09-21 10:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID PTER PK |
07ISLAMABAD4085 | MUSHARRAF TELLS DEPUTY SECRETARY PAKISTAN IS [...] (C) Summary. During a September 13 meeting with the Deputy Secretary, President Musharraf reiterated his intention, absent intervention by the Chief Justice, to be re-elected before October 15 by the current National and Provincial Assemblies. He explained the nature and required solutions to what [...] | 2007-09-21 10:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
07ISLAMABAD4086 | PRIME MINISTER TELLS NEGROPONTE: NO MORE F-16 [...] (C) Summary: During a September 14 meeting with Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, Prime Minister Shaukat SIPDIS Aziz voiced his government's frustration with what Pakistan perceives as changes in the terms of sale of U.S. F-16s to Pakistan. Aziz said that unless the U.S. changes so [...] | 2007-09-21 10:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD4092 | BIN LADEN'S CALL TO ARMS FALLS FLAT [...] (C) Summary: On September 20, al-Qaeda leaders released two new tapes calling for Pakistanis to wage holy war against President Musharraf in retaliation for the Red Mosque operation in July. The government has dismissed the threats and vowed to continue its counter-terrorism strategy. It is to [...] | 2007-09-21 13:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD4094 | PAKISTAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OCTOBER 6 [...] (C) Summary: On September 20, Pakistan's Election Commission (ECP) set the presidential election for October 6. This confirms that Musharraf will seek re-election, in uniform, before the current assemblies. Opposition parties issued the predictable objections, but the move demonstrated Musha [...] | 2007-09-23 05:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD4106 | UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION FOR EMBASSY ISLAMABAD [...] (U) Per reftel request, updated contact information provided below. 2. (SBU) Embassy Islamabad leadership: Ambassador Anne W. Patterson O: +92-51-208-2500 H: +92-51-208-2505 C: +92-300-856-2140 Deputy Chief of Mission Peter W. Bodde O: +92-51-208-2502 H: +92-51-208-2507 C: +92-300- [...] | 2007-09-24 11:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD4107 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PAKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: On September 13, Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Minister of Interior Sherpao. Sherpao praised the recent jirgas with Afghanistan and said Pakistan would move quickly to appoint its follow up team. Sherpao briefed the participants on the ongoing efforts by both the Pakistani [...] | 2007-09-24 14:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD4108 | U.S.-PAKISTAN STRATEGIC DIALOGUE, SEPTEMBER 12 [...] (SBU) The second session of the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue took place in Islamabad on September 12, 2007. Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte and Foreign Secretary Khan chaired the meeting and agreed that future sessions of the Dialogue should occur every six months. The Pakistanis als [...] | 2007-09-24 15:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAID ENRG TSPL KPAO PK |
07ISLAMABAD414 | APHC'S PAKISTAN VISIT HIGHLIGHTS PAKISTAN'S [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-22 13:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IN PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD4148 | GOP PREPARES FOR A SUPREME COURT VERDICT ON [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan's Supreme Court continues to hear arguments on the bundle of pending cases challenging President Musharraf's eligibility to run for re-election. We expect a verdict by the end of the week, and the government remains confident of a pro-Musharraf vote. Musharraf has sign [...] | 2007-09-27 02:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD4158 | MUSHARRAF PLACES LOYALISTS IN KEY ARMY SLOTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-27 09:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4167 | PAKISTAN ELECTION COMMISSION CLOSES NOMINATION LIST [...] (U) Pakistan's Election Commission (ECP) accepted nominations from forty-one presidential candidates, including President Pervez Musharraf and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in-country leader Amin Fahim, by the noon September 27 filing deadline. These 41 included candidates from Islamabad (13),[...] | 2007-09-27 11:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD4204 | SUPREME COURT FREES POLITICAL DETAINEES, OPENS [...] (U) On September 27, Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry ordered the release of political party activists arrested over the September 22-23 weekend and the lifting of roadblocks throughout and surrounding the capital. 2. (U) At least 100 opposition political party leaders [...] | 2007-09-28 12:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD4206 | SUPREME COURT RULES FOR MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: In a complex decision, Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled September 28 six to three to dismiss the petitions challenging Musharraf's right to run for re-election while concurrently holding the offices of President and Chief of Army Staff. However, the decision was based on procedural [...] | 2007-09-28 13:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD4208 | PAKISTAN'S TEXTILE EXPORTS DROP; COMPETITIVENESS AN ISSUE [...] (SBU) Textiles and apparel account for 38 percent of Pakistan's total industrial production but almost 2/3 of exports. Despite $6 billion in investment in the textile sector in the last six years, textile exports growth slowed down in FY07 to just 5.2 percent versus last year's 16.8 percent. [...] | 2007-09-29 09:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PK |
07ISLAMABAD4209 | REACTION TO PRO-MUSHARRAF RULING [...] (C) Summary: Musharraf's spokesman lauded the September 28 Supreme Court ruling allowing the President to run for re-election in uniform and called on all sides to respect the rule of law. Musharraf's coalition partner, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM),called on Musharraf to doff his unifor [...] | 2007-09-29 13:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD4235 | ISLAMABAD POLICE CHIEF SUSPENDED ON SUPREME COURT [...] (C) Responding to the violence used to quell lawyers' protests in Islamabad September 29, the Supreme Court ordered the arrest and suspension of the Islamabad Police Inspector and two of his deputies. GOP Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah responded by suspending Islamabad's Police Inspector [...] | 2007-10-02 02:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD4254 | PAKISTAN'S WHEAT SHORTAGE AND FOOD INFLATION ADD TO [...] SUMMARY: During this year's holy month of Ramadan, the average Pakistani is more concerned about finding a bag of flour than who will win the upcoming elections. A combination of overly optimistic production estimates, increased domestic consumption, a temporary lifting of the export ban, an [...] | 2007-10-02 08:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD4271 | ANOTHER LEGAL BATTLE FOR MUSHARRAF; MASS POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan's Supreme Court agreed October 2 to begin immediate hearings on petitions filed by two opposition presidential candidates challenging Musharraf's right to seek re-election in uniform. Simultaneously, in an effort to embarrass Musharraf, 86 opposition politicians resigned [...] | 2007-10-02 14:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD4273 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FAZLUR REHMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-02 14:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD4290 | PAKISTAN: UPDATE ON OPPOSITION RESIGNATIONS [...] (U) Eighty-six members of the opposition alliance All Pakistan Democratic Movement (APDM) resigned October 2 from the National Assembly, according to Speaker Chaudhary Amir Hussain. The speaker's office has not yet formally accepted the resignations, but Hussain announced that he would consult [...] | 2007-10-03 14:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD4291 | RED MOSQUE RE-OPENS FOLLOWING SUPREME COURT [...] (U) A two-member Supreme Court bench ordered October 2 the re-opening of Islamabad's Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) and two thousand people gathered there today (October 3) for afternoon prayers. The mosque has remained closed since the July military operation against followers of Maulana Abdul Aziz [...] | 2007-10-03 14:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
07ISLAMABAD430 | PAKISTAN OFFICIALLY PROTESTS JANUARY 22 ISAF [...] (S) Summary: On January 23, the Foreign Ministry convened the Ambassador to protest the January 22 death of a Frontier Corps soldier and the wounding of two others during the bombing of a militant target in Afghanistan near the Pakistan border. The Ambassador expressed regret for the loss [...] | 2007-01-23 12:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | AF MOPS PK PNAT PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4302 | TERADATA: AMERICAN COMPANY WITH PAKISTANI TIES GOES [...] (SBU) A/DCM and Economic Officers watched (via satellite feed) American company NCR spin off its new subsidiary Teradata into a stand-alone company by ringing the New York Stock Exchange opening bell on October 1. The new Managing Director of Teradata, Khuram Rahat (also the former Managing Di [...] | 2007-10-04 11:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL EINV EIND EINT PK |
07ISLAMABAD4336 | COURT ORDERS VOTER ROLLS POSTED ON THE ELECTION [...] (SBU) Pakistan's Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry ordered October 4 the country's Election Commission (ECP) to finalize the voter list by October 25 and post it on the ECP's website. The list will be used in the parliamentary elections which are expected in early January 2008. 2. ( [...] | 2007-10-05 13:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD4337 | MUSHARRAF SIGNS DEAL WITH BHUTTO; COURT DELAYS RELEASE OF OFFICIAL ELECTION TALLY [...] (C) Summary. President Musharraf October 5 signed the "reconciliation package" sealing his agreement with Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto. Meanwhile, Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled that the presidential election, scheduled for October 6, can proceed. However, the Court barred the Elec [...] | 2007-10-05 13:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD4340 | MUSHARRAF (UNOFFICIALLY) WINS ANOTHER 5-YEAR TERM [...] (C) Summary: According to unofficial results, President Musharraf has been re-elected by Pakistan's electoral college to another five-year term. An October 5 Supreme Court decision barred Pakistan's Election Commission from announcing the official results until pending court cases against Mus [...] | 2007-10-06 13:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD4358 | PAKISTAN EXPORTERS SEEK TO IMPROVE LABOR CONDITIONS WHILE [...] Summary: While Pakistan has ratified 35 of the International Labor Organization's 185 Conventions on Labor Rights, including all eight core Conventions concerning the most basic worker rights, working conditions are still poor, and the labor movement has a long way to go to become relevant he [...] | 2007-10-09 11:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON EIND ETRD PHUM KTEX SOCI PK |
07ISLAMABAD4363 | FATA PLAN IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE: OCTOBER 8, 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTS: Implementation of the Mission's strategy in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) is moving ahead despite challenges. We received our fiscal year 2007 (FY07) funding for the FATA by September 30. With our prodding, the donor community is taking ste [...] | 2007-10-09 12:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MASS KPAO PK |
07ISLAMABAD4382 | BHUTTO SEEKS TO CLAIM NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SEAT [...] (U) Summary: Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto has renewed her suit for a National Assembly seat after the National Reconciliation Ordinance voided all corruption charges and convictions against her. The GOP, for its part, continues to fulfill its side of the Musharraf-Bhutto "deal [...] | 2007-10-10 12:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CVIS PK |
07ISLAMABAD4421 | PAKISTAN SERIOUS ABOUT POLIO ERADICATION [...] (SBU) Economic Counselor and Economic Specialist met with Ministry of Health (MOH) Director General Lieutenant General (retired) Shahida Malik to deliver reftel demarche October 11. MOH Polio Country Coordinating officer Dr. Rehan Hafiz also attended the meeting. The Minister of Health is [...] | 2007-10-12 13:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KSCA PK |
07ISLAMABAD4422 | MOORE MEETINGS FOCUS ON ROZS, IPR, TRANSIT TRADE [...] (SBU) On the margins of the October 12-13 Strategic Dialogue in Islamabad, Bureau of Economic and Energy Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary Chris Moore met with senior Ministry of Commerce, Finance SIPDIS and Industries to share details of the Reconstruction Opportunity Zone (ROZ) legislat [...] | 2007-10-12 14:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD4426 | NATIONAL RECONCILIATION ORDINANCE FACES SUPREME COURT SCRUTINY [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan's Supreme Court again weighed into the political fray, accepting six opposition petitions against Musharraf's October 5 National Reconciliation Ordinance. While the Court will not take up the unified case for weeks, its initial October 12 decision to hear the case halted all o [...] | 2007-10-14 10:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD4439 | AMCITS SHOULD AVOID KARACHI OCTOBER 18 [...] (SBU) Expecting up to a half million people to turn out for the October 18 arrival in Karachi of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto, the U.S. Consulate in Karachi has issued the below Demonstration Notice (para 2). Bhutto's arrival party alone will be in the hundreds, includin [...] | 2007-10-17 11:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PREL PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD4472 | BHUTTO'S HOMECOMING [...] (C) Summary: After over eight years in self-imposed exile, Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto returned to Karachi October 18. Hundreds of thousands greeted her at the airport, while thousands of security personnel guarded her against terrorist assassination threats. Bhutto returns [...] | 2007-10-18 13:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD4494 | FORMER PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO KARACHI [...] (C) Following is a description of the investigation to date provided by the Ministry of Interior to the RSO. 2. (C) RSO met with the Secretary of the Ministry of Interior (MOI),Kamal Shah, the morning of October 19 to discuss the attack in Karachi on the motorcade of former Prime Ministe [...] | 2007-10-19 13:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER CASC |
07ISLAMABAD4495 | KARACHI BOMB BLASTS - THE DAY AFTER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-20 12:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PTER PINR PK ASEC CASC |
07ISLAMABAD4531 | BHUTTO ASKS AMBASSADOR FOR SECURITY ASSESSMENT ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador and Consul General Karachi met with Benazir Bhutto and members of her staff October 23 regarding a range of issues, but most urgently about her security. Bhutto requested, in writing, that USG "undertake an evaluation of existing executive security procedures and recommenda [...] | 2007-10-23 14:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC PK |
07ISLAMABAD4573 | POLITICAL ROUNDUP: BHUTTO CAMPAIGNING; MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: Despite ongoing security concerns, Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto announced October 25 that she would travel to Larkhana on October 27 where tens of thousands are expected to welcome her. Pakistan's Supreme Court continues to hear the case against Musharraf's re-el [...] | 2007-10-25 13:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD4574 | PAKISTAN'S RELIGIOUS PARTIES: AN UNHAPPY MARRIAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Differences have surfaced again between Jamiat Ulema Islam's Fazlur Rehman (JUI-F) and Jamaat Islami (JI) -- the two largest parties within the religious Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) coalition. The row this time is over MMA's failure to dissolve the Northwest Frontier Province [...] | 2007-10-25 14:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD4599 | DISCUSSION WITH BHUTTO DESIGNEES REGARDING SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: RSO met October 26 with two individuals empowered by Benazir Bhutto to discuss her security. As per reftel, RSO provided names of three security contractors who can provide security assessments and a full range of security services. There has been no reduction in police protection for [...] | 2007-10-27 11:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PTER CASC PINR PK PGOV |
07ISLAMABAD4601 | FATA PLAN IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE: OCTOBER 26 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTS: Per Ref A, Post requests urgent action on two pending requests: 1) Funding for a temporary FATA Coordinator; and, 2) Renewal of funding for a critical Pashto-language radio program. (See Paras 3 and 4 for action requests.) Post appreciates the swift respon [...] | 2007-10-27 12:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT EAID PGOV KPAO PK PTER PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4625 | MORE SIGNS THAT SUPREME COURT MAY RULE IN FAVOR OF [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf's inner circle is still very concerned about a Supreme Court decision against Musharraf's eligibility to run for re-election, but, according to a senior attorney who initially argued the case against Musharraf, the Court will probably not rule against President [...] | 2007-10-29 15:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD4652 | UK AND US AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: UK and US ambassadors reiterated October 29 the offer of law enforcement assistance to Interior minister Sherpao and MOI secretary (and former Karachi police chief) Kamal Shah. Sherpao said the investigation into the October 18 Karachi bombing was proceeding well. A formal reque [...] | 2007-10-31 13:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PTER PINR PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD4692 | SECURITY STATUS UPDATE - FORMER PRIME MINISTER BENAZIR BHUTTO [...] (C) SUMMARY - According to the Sindh Inspector General (IGP) of Police, the suicide bombing attack of October 19 against former PM Bhutto (reftels) was carried out by two persons and was probably made possible due to the thorough advance public revelation of her plans and the snail-paced movement [...] | 2007-11-03 16:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PTER PINR PK PGOV |
07ISLAMABAD4694 | MGPK01: SITREP 02, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary. Musharraf defended his decision to suspend the Constitution in an emotional speech aired on Pakistan Television; notably, he did not mention a schedule for elections or his plan to resign as Chief of Army Staff. The government continues to block cable distribution of most intern [...] | 2007-11-03 20:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PINR |
07ISLAMABAD4695 | MGPK01: SITREP 03, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD; QUIET [...] (C) SUMMARY. Pakistan's first morning under the state of emergency was a quiet one throughout Pakistan. Both Embassy and Consulates report business as usual on the streets. However, we are receiving increasing reports of arrests of opposition figures and human rights activists. The government has c [...] | 2007-11-04 09:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO PINR PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4701 | HEAVY-HANDED IMPLEMENTATION OF PAKISTAN STATE OF [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Post is concerned that the Pakistani government has used excessive force and no judgment in its implementation of the state of emergency and the Provision Constitutional Order (PCO). On Monday, November 5, we recommend a call from a seventh floor principal to P [...] | 2007-11-04 13:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KPAO PK |
07ISLAMABAD4702 | MGPK01:SITREP 04, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD; PM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Shaukat publicly announced the timing for assembly elections may slip due to recent events. The Ambassador called several opposition leaders and human rights activists to express her concern regarding the government's crackdown and our commitment to elections on s [...] | 2007-11-04 14:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL AEMR AMTG ASEC CASC KFLO PINR PK |
07ISLAMABAD4713 | MGPK01:SITREP 05, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD; LAWYERS' [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite growing scattered protests by lawyers, the streets in Pakistan remain largely quiet. The number of lawyers, human rights activists, and opposition figures detained by the Government of Pakistan continues to grow. During a briefing for the diplomatic corps, Musharraf appear [...] | 2007-11-05 09:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL AEMR AMTG ASEC CASC KFLO PINR PK |
07ISLAMABAD4727 | MGPK01: SITREP 06, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD; ARRESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The arrest of lawyers has quelled protests for the moment and the streets in Pakistan remain largely quiet. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) has dispelled rumors of a counter-coup against Musharraf, which fueled heavy losses on the Karachi Stock Exchange. The Punjab Home Secreta [...] | 2007-11-05 13:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4728 | MUSHARRAF CONVOKES DIP CORPS [...] (C) Summary: President Pervaiz Musharraf spoke November 5 to the full diplomatic corps. The hour-long monologue was rambling and personalized, focused more on his reasons for the March 12 sacking of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry than for his November 3 suspension of Pakistan's Constitution. [...] | 2007-11-05 13:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK ASEC CASC KFLO PINR |
07ISLAMABAD4729 | CHAUDHRY SHUJAAT PREDICTS ELECTIONS WILL PROCEED [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said that President Musharraf would resign as Chief of Army Staff as promised and would hold parliamentary elections on schedule in January. Shujaat was surprised that earlier in the day President Musharraf had declined [...] | 2007-11-05 14:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
07ISLAMABAD4739 | MGPK01: SITREP 07, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: MIXED [...] (C) Summary: As of 1200 local time, mainly peaceful lawyers' protests occurring in Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar, and Quetta. Following a conversation with Ambassador last night, Bhutto said that Musharraf would not commit to a timetable to have elections, doff his uniform, lift the state of em [...] | 2007-11-06 08:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO PINR |
07ISLAMABAD4751 | PAKISTANI BUSINESS COMMUNITY CAREFULLY WATCHING [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic Section spoke with a wide range of contacts to gauge local business reactions to the November 3 imposition of a state of emergency. While the overall consensus is that it is too early to determine any long-term effects of the current crisis on Pakistan's economy, mo [...] | 2007-11-06 11:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD4754 | MGPK01: SITREP 08, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: LAWYERS' [...] (C) Summary: Overall, the country remains calm. Sporadic lawyers' demonstrations occurred through the country, some involving police beatings of journalists and activists. The government agreed in theory to release 50-60 human rights activists in Lahore, but a paperwork glitch postponed thei [...] | 2007-11-06 14:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4761 | MGPK01: SITREP 09, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Following Mission and Department intervention, 54 members of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan were released November 7 morning from house arrest, and charges against them have been dropped. People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto, upon arriving in Islamabad November 6, [...] | 2007-11-07 09:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR |
07ISLAMABAD4766 | MGPK01: SITREP 10, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Police used tear gas to break up a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) parliamentarians march to the National Assembly. Earlier, PPP leader Benazir Bhutto issued defiant statements at a press conference and PPP supporters clashed with police in front of PPP headquarters. DCM met with [...] | 2007-11-07 13:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR |
07ISLAMABAD4767 | DCM MEETS WITH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR AZIZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM met with National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz for a 30-minute one-on-one meeting November 7. During the meeting the DCM conveyed reports that detained human rights lawyer Atizaz Ahsan has no access to family members and may have suffered physical abuse. The DCM reiterated [...] | 2007-11-07 16:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PK AEMR CASC KFLO PINR |
07ISLAMABAD4776 | MGPK01: SITREP 11, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: ISOLATED [...] (C) Summary: The National Security Council is meeting to discuss the current political/security situation. The National Assembly November 7 voted to approve the State of Emergency. In a meeting yesterday with Ambassador, PPP leader Bhutto said she is ready to work with Musharraf if he sched [...] | 2007-11-08 09:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4785 | AMBASSADOR DEMARCHES ELECTION COMMISSIONER [...] (C) Summary. On November 6, Pakistan's Election Commissioner assured Ambassador that he continued to prepare for parliamentary elections. Legally, only the President has the authority to determine the elections date, and the Commissioner believed the elections would take place in January, m [...] | 2007-11-08 10:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
07ISLAMABAD4786 | ATTORNEY GENERAL REVIEWS CURRENT EVENTS [...] (C) Summary: Attorney General Qayyum told Ambassador November 7 that Musharraf would announce parliamentary elections once his own re-election was confirmed by the newly reconstituted Supreme Court. (Note: In the course of the evening of November 7, we heard three entirely different versions [...] | 2007-11-08 10:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR |
07ISLAMABAD4789 | BHUTTO SAYS SHE MUST PROTEST STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto told Ambassador Novmeber 7 that "I am ready to continue with the roadmap with Musharraf" but first he has to honor his commitments to schedule elections and announce his resignation from the Army. Without this, Musharraf had left h [...] | 2007-11-08 11:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
07ISLAMABAD4790 | PAKISTAN PRESIDENTIAL SCIENCE ADVISOR PROPOSES ENHANCED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dr. Caird Rexroad, USDA Agricultural Research Service Associate Administrator, met with Pakistan government officials and the scientific community October 31, as part of the ongoing Science and Technology Dialogue, a sub-group of the of the U.S. Pakistan Strategic Dialogue. Mini [...] | 2007-11-08 11:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EAID ECON EINV PK |
07ISLAMABAD4791 | INTERIOR MINISTER SHERPAO DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Sherpao defended the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) and told DCM November 7 that elections likely would be delayed until March or April. Sherpao gave his personal assurances over the well-being of detained opposition lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan and agreed to l [...] | 2007-11-08 12:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
07ISLAMABAD4793 | NSA AZIZ ASKS USG TO CONVINCE BHUTTO TO CALL OFF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-08 12:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4794 | PAKISTAN, INDIA APPEAR TO HAVE AGREED ON PRICE [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan and Iran are very close to signing a bilateral gas pipeline deal, now that the gas pricing issue is resolved, according to November 8 press reports. Pakistan has also reportedly won the ability to resell Iranian gas to both India and Pakistan. Imported Iranian gas woul [...] | 2007-11-08 13:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC PREL PK IN IR |
07ISLAMABAD4795 | PAKISTAN: RECONSTITUTED SUPREME COURT AND [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf has reportedly decided that, before he can schedule parliamentary elections, the newly constituted Supreme Court must rule on the pending case challenging his own election. Under Musharraf's November 3 Provisional Constitution Order (PCO),he fired all Supreme [...] | 2007-11-08 13:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK |
07ISLAMABAD4796 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary: Post has confirmed that Pakistan's National Assembly approved November 7 Musharraf's imposition of emergency. However, contrary to some media reports, Musharraf did not/not commit to holding elections on time when he met with his coalition legislators earlier in the day. Instead [...] | 2007-11-08 13:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR |
07ISLAMABAD4797 | MGPK01: SITREP 12, ELECTIONS TO BE HELD BY FEB 15; [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf announced today that national elections would take place before February 15 and that he would resign as Chief of Army Staff when the newly constituted Supreme Court rules on his election case. Bhutto exhorted supporters to join a PPP rally in Rawalpindi Novemb [...] | 2007-11-08 14:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4805 | MGPK01: SITREP 13, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto is under virtual house arrest. Ambassador called Bhutto to urge her to consider the consequences of pushing for demonstrations and to express our concerns regarding further political polarization and her own personal safety. The [...] | 2007-11-09 08:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PK PREL PINR KFLO CASC AMGT AEMR |
07ISLAMABAD4809 | MGPK01: SITREP 14, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO [...] (C) Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto attempted to leave her Islamabad home November 9, 1400 hours (local). She remains in her car, surrounded by 40-plus PPP supporters on foot. Bhutto talked her way through the first barricade but has been stopped at a second one. As of 15 [...] | 2007-11-09 10:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR |
07ISLAMABAD4811 | PAKISTAN: MUSHARRAF DUAL OFFICES BACKGROUNDER [...] (U) President Pervez Musharraf currently serves as both President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Chief of Army Staff. This dual office role is permitted under the 17th amendment to the Pakistani Constitution, which specifically allowed Musharraf to hold both offices through Decembe [...] | 2007-11-09 11:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM PK |
07ISLAMABAD4813 | CONVERSATIONS WITH BENAZIR BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador spoke to Benazir Bhutto November 8 and 9 to express concerns for Bhutto's safety and to urge her to consider the possible effect her rally and arrest might have on polarization and violence in the country. They spoke again mid-day as Bhutto was trying to leave her hous [...] | 2007-11-09 12:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4814 | MGPK01: SITREP 15, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto retreated back into her house late November 9 after attempting to go to Rawalpindi to lead her party's demonstration. Her Islamabad home is now surrounded by police and barricades, a virtual if not yet official house arrest. Bhutto v [...] | 2007-11-09 13:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR |
07ISLAMABAD4816 | MGPK01: SITREP 16, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary: The GOP lifted the virtual house arrest on Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto. Ambassador raised Amcit and civil society detainees cases with Interior Minister. Lahore CG met separately with human rights activist Asma Jahangir and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leader Liaq [...] | 2007-11-10 09:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4817 | PAKISTAN: RETHINKING ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Musharraf has now set a date for elections and indicated he will resign from the Army. This is an opportunity to re-examine our assistance relationship and consider changes that will enable USG funding to more directly promote a more robust counter-terrorism (CT) and c [...] | 2007-11-10 10:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD4818 | MGPK01: SITREP 17, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf was scheduled to give a press conference at 1400 local time; we will provide immediate follow-up information on his remarks for the Department. Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto moves to Lahore today in preparation for a planned "long march" Novem [...] | 2007-11-11 10:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR |
07ISLAMABAD4819 | MUSHARRAF'S PRESS CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with local and international press November 11, President Musharraf announced elections would be held "by January 9" and said he would take the presidential oath of office as a civilian after the Supreme Court allows the Election Commission to confirm his re-election. He [...] | 2007-11-12 10:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR |
07ISLAMABAD4821 | MGPK01: SITREP 18, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: REACTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Some opposition parties threatened to boycott elections if they are held under a state of emergency. All media covered the Secretary's Sunday talk shows comments on Pakistan. The Attorney General predicted the Supreme Court would begin hearing the case on Musharraf's re-electio [...] | 2007-11-13 06:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4824 | MGPK01: SITREP 19, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary: The GOP placed PPP leader Bhutto under house arrest and deployed several thousand police in Lahore, who are now (1330 local) clashing with PPP activists staging a "Long March" from Lahore to Islamabad. As Interior Minister promised Ambassador, the GOP last night released Amcit Ha [...] | 2007-11-13 11:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4830 | PAKISTAN: NEXT POLITICAL STEPS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-13 14:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
07ISLAMABAD4831 | PAKISTAN EXPECTS TO MEET AMBITIOUS TAX COLLECTION TARGET [...] (SBU) The Federal Board of Revenue expects to meet its annual tax collection target of Rs.1.025 trillion ($16.8 billion ). The first quarter tax (July - September 2007) collection is up by 21.1 percent, compared to the same period of last year, but falls short of the FBR's self-imposed target [...] | 2007-11-13 15:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD4832 | PAKISTAN ELECTIONS OBSERVERS [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Summary. President Musharraf announced November 11 that Pakistan's parliamentary elections will be held by January 9. With imposition of a state of emergency, post believes it is more important than ever to increase the number [...] | 2007-11-14 01:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PK |
07ISLAMABAD4833 | PAKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PAKISTANI [...] (C) On November 13, Haider Shah, Director of the United Nations desk at the Pakistan MFA, called Polcouns to respond to reftel demarches. Shah said that after careful review of the pros and cons, Pakistan had decided to decline the Chairmanship for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chem [...] | 2007-11-14 03:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PK PREL CWC |
07ISLAMABAD4837 | MGPK01: SITREP 20, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary: The Pakistan People's Party "long march" continued November 14, but with much reduced numbers, resulting from hundreds of arrests. Bhutto remains under house arrest in Lahore but is busy contacting opposition party colleagues. Additional religious and nationalist party leaders h [...] | 2007-11-14 10:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PREL PINR |
07ISLAMABAD4864 | "LIKE MINDED" GROUP: REACTIONS TO ELECTIONS UNDER [...] (C/NF) Summary: International donors for Pakistan's pro-democracy programs are growing increasingly skeptical that the government can reverse actions related to the state of emergency in time to stave off aid cuts or decisions to cancel election observation missions. Post continues to caution [...] | 2007-11-15 12:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PK PREL PINR AEMR KFLO CASC |
07ISLAMABAD4869 | MGPK01: SITREP 21, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: IMRAN KHAN [...] (C) Summary: CNN, BBC and some local private TV news channels are back on the air. CG Lahore met with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto, still under house arrest, in Lahore today. The PPP announced it would try again to launch the "long march" from Lahore to Islamabad; th [...] | 2007-11-15 12:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4876 | MGPK01: SITREP 22, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary: The government this morning released PPP leader Benazir Bhutto and human rights activist Asma Jahangir. Senate Chairman Soomro today was sworn-in as Pakistan's caretaker prime minister. Musharraf amended the Provisional Constitutional Order to give the president and not the Chief [...] | 2007-11-16 09:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4888 | SIALKOT ENTREPRENEURS DISCUSS SKILLED LABOR SHORTAGES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a recent visit to the eastern Pakistani export center of Sialkot, Economic and USAID officers discussed the status of child labor monitoring and human resource development with private sector leaders. Our contacts were generally upbeat in their assessment of business conditio [...] | 2007-11-16 12:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ELAB EINV ETRD SOCI PK |
07ISLAMABAD4889 | FATA PLAN IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post still awaits publication of the Central Command Planning Order that will formalize the security development plan (SDP). Post appreciates funding for Pashto radio programming and the temporary FATA Coordinator, and will continue to urge Pakistani leadership to appoint a FA [...] | 2007-11-16 12:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MASS PK |
07ISLAMABAD4890 | MUSHARRAF NAMES CARETAKER CABINET [...] (C) Summary: As expected and provided for under the constitution, Musharraf named a caretaker cabinet when the National Assembly's term ended on November 15. Caretaker governments will be named for the provinces beginning November 20. These caretaker governments will serve until new assembli [...] | 2007-11-16 12:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PK PREL PINR AEMR KFLO CASC |
07ISLAMABAD4895 | MGPK01: SITREP 23, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: NEGROPONTE [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary met with National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz and telephoned Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto November 16; he met with President Musharraf and Vice Chief of Army Staff Kayani on November 17. The GOP officially shut down Geo TV overnight, which had s [...] | 2007-11-17 10:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4925 | MGPK01: SITREP 24, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: [...] (C) Summary: The reconstituted Supreme Court dismissed most of the petitions against Musharraf's re-election when opposition attorneys refused to recognize the panel's authority. One petition remains for a November 22 hearing. Depending on the outcome of the case, Musharraf may be free to tak [...] | 2007-11-19 13:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4926 | TERRORIST FINANCE: PAKISTAN FOLLOW-UP TO ACTION REQUEST ON [...] (U) The following is Embassy Islamabad's response to reftel request for additional information on illicit cash couriers. 2. (SBU) Pakistan places statutory limits on the international transportation of currency. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) legally allows individuals to carry up to USD [...] | 2007-11-20 01:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN KCRM PREL PTER PK |
07ISLAMABAD494 | BOMB EXPLODES IN MARRIOTT HOTEL PARKING LOT [...] (U) On January 26 at approximately 1430, a bomb exploded at the back area of the Islamabad Marriott hotel. According to media reports an hour after the event, two people were killed, and seven injured (two critically so). Initial reports indicate that a suicide bomber detonated himself at the [...] | 2007-01-26 12:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC CASC PK |
07ISLAMABAD4947 | PAKISTAN GENERAL ELECTIONS CALLED FOR JANUARY 8 [...] (SBU) Summary: Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Qazi Muhammad Farooq announced November 20 that Pakistan will hold general elections for the National and Provincial Assemblies on January 8, 2008. Opposition parties were quick to question the credibility of elections under the current [...] | 2007-11-20 13:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD4962 | EXPANDED USAID PROGRAM IN PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable is a follow-up to reftel. In reftel, Post recommended that the $200 million cash transfer could be projectized. We believe funds currently used for the cash transfer could be more productively used for other USG programs that directly benefit the Pakistani people [...] | 2007-11-21 11:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV PK PINR PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD4964 | PAKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IDENTIFIER INFORMATION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-21 13:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN IR KNNP PARM PK |
07ISLAMABAD4965 | AMBASSADOR INVITES PAKISTAN TO ANNAPOLIS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) caretaker Foreign Minister (FM) Inamul Haq 21 November to invite him to attend the November 26-27 conference in Washington and Annapolis to advance Arab-Israeli peace. FM Haq pleasantly and courteously said he would need a few [...] | 2007-11-21 13:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PGOV PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD4968 | MUSHARRAF'S MEETING WITH JORDAN'S KING ABDALLAH [...] (C) During a November 1 meeting between King Abdallah II of Jordan and President Musharraf in Islamabad, the two heads of state focused their brief discussion primarily on trade issues and the situation in the Middle East. The visit to Pakistan by King Abdallah was the third stop on a tour tha [...] | 2007-11-21 15:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD4990 | WEEKLY ROUNDUP: COURT CLEARS WAY FOR MUSHARRAF'S [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed the final case challenging Musharraf's candidate eligibility, clearing the way for him to re-take the presidential oath of office as a civilian, possibly as early as this weekend. Musharraf issued new constitutional amendments to provide himself legal [...] | 2007-11-23 12:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4992 | URGING THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO STAY ENGAGED ON [...] (C) Summary and action request: Led by the European Commission, a growing number of European countries here are questioning their participation in election observer missions. Ambassador briefed her European counterparts November 22 (septel) to urge that they not take pre-emptive decisions th [...] | 2007-11-23 12:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4993 | NWFP REQUESTS HELP TO SET UP IDP CAMPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) authorities have asked UNHCR and the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) for assistance in setting up IDP camps for residents fleeing the violence in Swat. The central government has yet to approve the request. Two potential sites have been [...] | 2007-11-23 14:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS PREF UNHCR EAID PK |
07ISLAMABAD4994 | PAKISTAN: SLOW PROGRESS ON RESTORING POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: The government of Pakistan is making slow progress on restoring political rights under the still enforced state of emergency. The GOP's apparent "catch and release" policy and the bureaucratic lag between national release announcements and actual action at the local level make it [...] | 2007-11-23 15:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4995 | MEETING WITH EU AMBASSADORS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with several EU ambassadors November 22 to brief them on the Deputy Secretary's recent visit and encourage their nations' continued support for election observer missions. See reftel requesting demarche in Brussels. The group agreed on goals of: (1) on-time electi [...] | 2007-11-23 16:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4997 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PML-N'S JAVED HASHMI [...] (C) Summary: In-country president of opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Javed Hashmi met with the Ambassador November 24, soon after his release from prison. He appreciated USG concern during his most recent ordeal but urged us to do more to lift the state of emergency and get the [...] | 2007-11-25 12:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PHUM |
07ISLAMABAD4998 | IMPACT OF NAWAZ SHARIF'S RETURN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-25 15:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD5017 | AMERICAN BUSINESSES EXPRESS VIEWS ON STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador spoke November 20 at the Islamabad monthly American business breakfast meeting to share U.S. views the political and economic situation and to gauge business reaction to the state of emergency. Opinions diverged among the executives on the current state of affair [...] | 2007-11-26 12:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD5018 | PAKISTAN: UPDATE ON ATTORNEYS AHSAN AND MALIK [...] (U) Summary. Both the current and former Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association Presidents have been released from jail. Aitzaz Ahsan has been transferred to house arrest in Lahore where he was allowed to file his election nomination papers. Munir Malik was transferred to the Pakistan Inst [...] | 2007-11-26 13:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK |
07ISLAMABAD5019 | FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN UPDATE (11/26/07) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Construction crews broke ground for the Border Coordination Center (BCC) at Torkham November 17. Design teams working on the Frontier Corps Training Center (FCTC) at Warsak will return within the week to refine construction timelines. The UK may proceed (ahead of the US) with ef [...] | 2007-11-26 13:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK |
07ISLAMABAD5022 | PAKISTAN CENTRAL BANK PROJECTS STRONG ECONOMIC GROWTH IN [...] (SBU) The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) released its annual report on the state of Pakistan's economy in October 2007 prior to the imposition of the November 3 state of emergency. The State Bank was pleased with the seven percent GDP growth rate in FY2007, particularly given the increase in inte [...] | 2007-11-27 04:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD5037 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTIONS WITH FAZLUR REHMAN [...] (C) Summary. Responding to an invitation, Ambassador met for lunch with Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) leader Fazlur Rehman on November 20. Ambassador reiterated that the USG supporting lifting the state of emergency and steps to ensure the elections are free and fair. Rehman agreed, but he affirmed [...] | 2007-11-27 08:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KISL PK |
07ISLAMABAD505 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INVITATION FOR PAKISTAN TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post is using several channels -- in coordination with Italian officials -- to invite and encourage Pakistan to participate in March classes at the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU). The Pakistanis seem to want the COESPU training and are on board with the c [...] | 2007-01-30 07:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PGOV KPKO PK IT |
07ISLAMABAD5054 | PAKISTAN: PLANNING FOR JANUARY 8 ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy is emailing to SCA, USAID, and DRL the first cut of the Mission Pakistan election monitoring plan. We will focus on constituencies which historically have been closely contested and/or stolen. We are planning, particularly if the Europeans do not participate in elec [...] | 2007-11-28 07:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID PHUM PK |
07ISLAMABAD5060 | GOP DECLINES UNHCR HELP FOR IDPS FROM SWAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Citing concern about the optics, Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority declined to approve the Northwest Frontier Province's request for UN assistance to help displaced persons (IDPs) fleeing the violence in Swat. NDMA claims it has sufficient tents and food, but pr [...] | 2007-11-28 10:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS PREF UNHCR EAID PK |
07ISLAMABAD5085 | MUSHARRAF'S LEGACY AND THE RETURN OF THE TROIKA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-29 12:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD5086 | Ministerial Meeting on Turkmen- Afghan-Pakistan- India [...] (C) Summary: A Ministerial meeting to further discussions on the Turkmen- Afghan- Pakistan- India(TAPI) pipeline has been postponed. Pakistan media implies that Turkmenistan's gas deals with Russia are the reason for the delay and not Pakistan's state of emergency. Pakistan continues to seek U [...] | 2007-11-30 03:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC PREL EPET ELTN PK IN IR |
07ISLAMABAD5091 | PAKISTAN TO MISS DEADLINE FOR 2008 AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Due to the upcoming elections in Pakistan and current caretaker government, Government of Pakistan (GOP) approval for the proposed USGS and NRL geophysical survey is not possible in advance of the December 1 deadline. Post will continue to advocate for project approval so that t [...] | 2007-11-30 10:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN ETRD EAID PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD5099 | PAKISTAN UPDATE: WEEK OF NOVEMBER 26 [...] (C) Summary: Sporadic protests by lawyers, journalists and students continued around the country the week of November 26, and opposition political party leaders continued to debate whether to boycott the January 8 elections. In the wake of Pervez Musharraf's retirement as Chief of Army Staff, [...] | 2007-11-30 14:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK |
07ISLAMABAD5100 | IMRAN KHAN STICKS TO HIS PRINCIPLES [...] (C) Summary: With little to lose personally, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan is working to convince Pakistan's opposition parties to boycott the January general elections. Khan predicted any coalition government formed after the election would be short-lived and suggested tha [...] | 2007-12-01 09:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD5101 | AMBASSADOR MEETS CARETAKER PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: During a courtesy call with Ambassador, Caretaker Prime Minister Muhammedmian Soomro reiterated the government's commitment to facilitate election observers. He promised immediate action to resolve eviction notices and visa problems of the International Republican Institute and T [...] | 2007-12-01 09:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PHUM |
07ISLAMABAD5102 | CODEL BENNETT'S MEETING WITH BENAZIR BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary. With Codel Bennett November 30, Benazir Bhutto indicated she will participate in the January 8 general elections but asked for USG assistance in ensuring those elections are free and fair. Codel members expressed support for ensuring the integrity of elections but noted the larger issu [...] | 2007-12-01 10:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD5103 | PAKISTAN OCR REVIEW RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Islamabad recommends that Pakistan remain on the Watch List (WL) at the conclusion of the current Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review. While Pakistan has yet to live up to its commitment to enact TRIPS-consistent data protection legislation, we believe that it should remai [...] | 2007-12-01 10:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD5138 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NAWAZ SHARIF [...] (C) Summary. During a one and a half hour meeting December 3 with Pakistan Muslim League-N party leader Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz, Ambassador outlined USG support for free and fair elections with the participation of all parties. Nawaz indicated that he would boycott the electio [...] | 2007-12-04 15:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD5139 | PAKISTANI ECONOMY WEATHERS STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (SBU) The imposition of a state of emergency and political uncertainty has markedly affected Pakistan's ability to attract and retain portfolio investment, its exchange rate and the wholesale and retail business. There have been large outflows from the stock exchange; foreign investors have wit [...] | 2007-12-05 01:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD5140 | FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN UPDATE (12/02/07) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We will be advising the Pakistanis on mechanisms to improve civil-military coordination in the FATA. Outcomes in Swat could be a case study for future FATA operations; effective civil affairs follow-up will be needed to consolidate short term security gains by Pak forces and rev [...] | 2007-12-05 01:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK |
07ISLAMABAD516 | PAKISTAN'S "INFLUENTIAL WOMEN" NOMINEES [...] Embassy Islamabad nominates the following outstanding Pakistani female leaders for inclusion in the Women's Empowerment Strategy Session. The list includes women who represent the vast range of ethnicities, political affiliations, and vocations in Pakistan. --Ms. Sumaira Malik Federal Mi [...] | 2007-01-31 07:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD5160 | USG SUPPORT FOR CREDIBLE PAKISTANI ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: Pakistanis will go to the polls on January 8 to choose new National and Provincial Assemblies. It appears that none of the three major parties will receive enough votes to independently form a government, so political vote swapping and coalition building is in full swing. Pakista [...] | 2007-12-05 14:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK PREL EAID PHUM |
07ISLAMABAD5161 | BHUTTO CALLS ON THE AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto called on the Ambassador to thank her for the "critical" USG pressure that pushed Musharraf to resign from the Army and lift the state of emergency. Bhutto shared her concern about the government's ongoing and planned efforts to rig th [...] | 2007-12-05 15:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL EAID |
07ISLAMABAD5178 | PAKISTAN'S ELECTORAL CODE OF CONDUCT [...] (C) Summary: The Election Commission of Pakistan has now issued its Electoral Code of Conduct for the January elections. With no enforcement mechanisms, it will have little impact except to generate political party complaints. On November 27, the Ministry of Interior released further "unoffic [...] | 2007-12-06 13:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD5192 | GOP STEPS TOWARD NORMALIZATION [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan's Attorney General outlined to Polcouns several steps in the GOP plan to restore constitutional normalcy. The constitution will be fully restored and the state of emergency will be lifted on December 15; all judges will re-take an oath to uphold the constitution; poli [...] | 2007-12-08 07:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
07ISLAMABAD5193 | PAKISTAN: GEO TV UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: The Sindh High Court denied on technical grounds Geo TV's petitions on December 4 to resume full broadcasting. Geo TV remains the only channel unable to air domestically. Other news stations are allowed to broadcast because they have agreed to a Media Code of Conduct, which allow [...] | 2007-12-08 08:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK |
07ISLAMABAD5199 | ANOTHER OUTBREAK OF AVIAN INFLUENZA IN PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistani authorities reported an outbreak of avian influenza (AI) affecting 18,000 birds on a commercial poultry farm 50 kilometers north of Islamabad. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) has confirmed four poultry outbreaks so far this season, with 81,000 birds dead or culled. Th [...] | 2007-12-10 06:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO EAGR AMGT PK |
07ISLAMABAD5226 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-11 09:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN PK |
07ISLAMABAD5235 | PAKISTAN: UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-11 13:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL IS UNGA |
07ISLAMABAD5237 | NSA AZIZ PROPOSES STEPS TO IMPROVE ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and DCM called on National Security Advisor (NSA) Tariq Aziz December 11 to discuss the on-going political situation and upcoming elections. NSA Aziz said the Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan recently met with Nawaz Sharif, implying the Saudis had tried to encourage a rappr [...] | 2007-12-11 14:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD5256 | PAKISTAN IMPOSES 35 PERCENT DUTY ON FLOUR EXPORTS [...] (U) This cable has been coordinated with Consulates Lahore and Peshawar. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Government of Pakistan (GOP) has imposed a 35 percent duty on the export of wheat products in an attempt to discourage exports, bolster domestic supplies and reduce the domestic price of flour. F [...] | 2007-12-13 06:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ELTN ETRD PK |
07ISLAMABAD5262 | PAKISTAN: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Summary: The Government of Pakistan (GOP) continues to pursue a national strategy for the elimination of the worst forms of child labor. A legal framework exists barring children from hazardous labor, and Pakistan has ratified all eight of the International Labor Organization (ILO) core conven [...] | 2007-12-13 11:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD5263 | PAKISTAN VOTES FOR ISRAELI-SPONSORED UN RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary. We welcome Pakistan's December 11 UNGA vote in favor of an Israeli-sponsored resolution; however, the MFA was quick to stress privately and publicly that the vote was a reflection of Pakistan's support for the content of the resolution and should in no way be interpreted as a polic [...] | 2007-12-13 12:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK IS UNGA PREL |
07ISLAMABAD5266 | PAKISTAN: FIXING COALITION SUPPORT FUNDING [...] (U) This is an action request, see Para 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Since 2002, the USG has reimbursed Pakistan over 5.3 billion USD for support to U.S. operations using Coalition Support Funds (CSF). When pending claims are processed, that figure will likely exceed 5.6 billion USD. The CSF authorizi [...] | 2007-12-14 04:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD5267 | GOP URGES U.S. TO BACK OFF PUBLIC CRITICISM [...] (C) On December 5, MFA convoked Polcouns and the Ministry of Information convoked Press Attach to complain about public statements by in-country Mission officials. MFA's Acting Director of Americas Sohail Mahmood told Polcouns that our consuls general were making "inappropriate" "political" [...] | 2007-12-14 05:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD528 | PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF MEETS SPEAKER PELOSI AND 110TH [...] (C) Summary: In a January 27 meeting lasting more than an hour-and-a-half, Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Committee/Sub-Committee Chairs of the Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Intelligence and Appropriations Committees called on Pakistani President Musharraf. The Speaker [...] | 2007-01-31 12:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF IN MOPS PK PREL PTER XF |
07ISLAMABAD5283 | PAKISTAN: ATTEMPTED INTERCEPTS OF COALITION [...] (S) SUMMARY. On D...SUBJECT: PAKISTAN: ATTEMPTED INTERCEPTS OF COALITION AIRCRAFT Classified By: Anne W. Patterson, Reasons 1.4 (b),(d) Â [...] | 2007-12-14 10:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD5288 | CORRECTED COPY: PAKISTAN: FIXING COALITION [...] (U) This is an action request, see Para 12. This is a retransmission correcting text in Paragraph 10 of Ref A. Please refer only to this version of the cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Since 2002, the USG has reimbursed Pakistan over 5.3 billion USD for support to U.S. operations using Coalition Support Fu [...] | 2007-12-15 05:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD5289 | PAKISTAN: STATE OF EMERGENCY LIFTED [...] (U) Summary: As promised, President Musharraf has lifted the State of Emergency (SOE) and restored the constitution; he addresses the nation at 2000 local tonight. The January 8 general elections can now proceed under an established legal framework. However, the effects of the SOE linger on [...] | 2007-12-15 09:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD5302 | PAKISTAN CONFIRMS FIRST CASES OF AVIAN INFLUENZA IN HUMANS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pakistan National Institute of Health (NIH) confirmed on December 15 that six individuals have tested positive for H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI). One of the confirmed AI patients died in hospital. This marks the first reported cases of AI in humans in Pakistan. World Health Or [...] | 2007-12-18 02:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO EAGR AMGT PK |
07ISLAMABAD5305 | PAKISTAN ELECTIONS: PREPARATION AND MONITORING [...] (SBU) Summary. December 15 was the last day for candidates to withdraw or change political parties in the run-up to Pakistan's January 8 parliamentary elections. All the major parties will contest the election and are now heavily engaged in campaigning. USG- and international donor-sponso [...] | 2007-12-18 10:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD5328 | PAKISTAN FACES FISCAL PROBLEMS DUE TO SWELLING DEFICIT [...] (SBU) Summary: High international oil and food prices and political unwillingness to decrease or eliminate subsidies in an election year are contributing to a projected increase in Pakistan's fiscal deficit from 4 to 4.9 percent for FY2008. GOP expenditures on energy and food subsidies have [...] | 2007-12-20 07:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD5336 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN [...] (SBU) On December 10, Econ Off informed officials at the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Section of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) statement on Iran. Officials at both ministries pledged that the USG points will be conveyed to relevant agencies of [...] | 2007-12-20 12:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC EFIN KTFN PK |
07ISLAMABAD534 | FORWARD MOVEMENT THE BEST PROTECTION FOR MIRWAIZ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-01 05:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD5349 | PAKISTAN: INDEPENDENT TESTING CONFIRMS ONE HUMAN FATALITY OF [...] (C) Summary: Independent testing conducted by microbiologists from the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit 3 (NAMRU3) confirms that one individual who died from respiratory failure tested positive for H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI). NAMRU is unable to obtain viable samples from two other cases, of whic [...] | 2007-12-27 02:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KFLU TBIO EAGR AMGT PK |
07ISLAMABAD5358 | SITREP 1: BHUTTO KILLED BY RALLY BOMB BLAST [...] (C) At about 1800 hours (local) December 27, Benazir Bhutto suffered fatal injuries while departing a campaign rally outside of Rawalpindi. Initial reports from the scene stated a suicide bomber, carrying four kilos of explosives, approached Bhutto's vehicle as she was getting in to depart. B [...] | 2007-12-27 14:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD5359 | SITREP 2: BHUTTO, FAMILY TO LARKHANA; MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: Bhutto's December 27 assassination caused immediate reactions throughout Pakistan: Musharraf addressed the nation calling for calm, while PPP supporters spontaneously rallied, causing damage to cars and select buildings. Bhutto's body will likely be moved to Larkhana (Bhutto's an [...] | 2007-12-27 17:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD5361 | CODEL SPECTER'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary. In a December 27 meeting with Codel Specter, President Musharraf outlined ongoing Pakistani efforts to fight extremism, expressed support for increased IMET funding, and defended his decision to impose a state of emergency. Senator Specter pressed for Pakistan to capture Usama [...] | 2007-12-27 19:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD5362 | CODEL SPECTER MEETS WITH AFGHAN PRESIDENT HAMID [...] (C) Summary: Codel Specter had an impromptu meeting with visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai December 27 in Islamabad. Karzai was extremely courteous and thanked Senator Specter and Representative Kennedy for continued USG assistance to Afghanistan. Karzai described his December 26 meetin [...] | 2007-12-27 19:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL SNAR PTER |
07ISLAMABAD5380 | MGPK02: SITREP 3: BHUTTO'S FUNERAL; PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary: The GOP transported the body of slain Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto to Larkana, where funeral services are taking place as of 1430 hours December 28. Violent sporadic protests occurred throughout the country well into the night of December 27. Pakistan was r [...] | 2007-12-28 11:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PK PREL AEMR ASEC CASC PINR KFLO MARR |
07ISLAMABAD5382 | INSTRUCTIONS TO DEFER FOR THE NEXT 72 HOURS NON-ESSENTIAL [...] AmEmbassy Islamabad requests all non-essential travel to Pakistan be deferred for the next 72 hrs (until 31 December, after 1800 HRS local time, or 0800 HRS Eastern Standard Time). This is a precautionary measure because, in the aftermath of the death of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, [...] | 2007-12-28 12:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT ASEC PK |
07ISLAMABAD5383 | BHUTTO'S ASSASSINATION: THE DAY AFTER [...] (C) Summary. Benazir Bhutto's family and supporters are consumed with funeral and mourning ceremonies, but the struggle for party leadership between Benazir's husband, Asif Ali Zardari, and PPP Vice Chairman Amin Faheem has begun. The USG is perceived as being the power behind Bhutto's retur [...] | 2007-12-28 13:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD5384 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BHUTTO ASSASSINATION WITH NSA [...] (C) Ambassador and DCM met NSA Tariq Aziz December 28 to discuss the GOP's reaction to the assassination of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto. Aziz made the following points: 2. (C) The GOP will defer to the PPP on whether to proceed on schedule with the election. Azi [...] | 2007-12-28 13:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD5388 | PAKISTAN’S NEXT PRIME MINISTER? [...] (S/NF) The Pakistan Muslim League has unofficially selected former Punjab Chief Minister and current head of the party's Punjab chapter, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, as its candidate for the Prime Ministership following the January 2008 national elections. Elahi, who until the November 15 dissolution of [...] | 2007-12-28 16:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PINR SHUM PK PINS |
07ISLAMABAD5390 | MGPK02: SITREP 4: BHUTTO'S FUNERAL FOLLOWED BY [...] (U) SUMMARY. Countrywide protests, violence and widespread arson followed the December 28 afternoon interment of Benazir Bhutto. Today has brought greater calm in many areas with most businesses closed and light traffic on the streets, but unrest continues in some cities, especially Karachi. [...] | 2007-12-29 11:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL AEMR ASEC AMGT CASC PINR MARR |
07ISLAMABAD5392 | INITIAL BHUTTO INVESTIGATION BRIEFED TO DIP CORPS [...] (C) Summary: At a special briefing for the diplomatic corps December 29, Interior Secretary Kamal Shah presented the GOP's "initial findings" from the investigation into the Bhutto assassination. Basing his conclusions primarily on medical reports, Shah stated that Bhutto was killed by the bl [...] | 2007-12-29 12:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER MARR ASEC |
07ISLAMABAD5393 | MGPK02: SITREP 5: PPP POST-BENAZIR STRATEGY; [...] (C) Summary: Order was being restored in much of Pakistan on the last day of the 3-day mourning period in memory of Benazir Bhutto. In Sindh and its major city of Karachi, violence and casualties continued with widespread property loss. Shops remained closed, but airports and roads reopened [...] | 2007-12-30 12:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO MARR |
07ISLAMABAD5394 | OPEN COMPETITION LEADS TO VERY LOW MOBILE PHONE RATES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pakistan's telecommunication policy reforms earned the country USD 8.0 billion in investments over the past four years. Promotion of open competition in the telecom industry has led to some of the lowest mobile phone rates in the world and substantially increased the average Pa [...] | 2007-12-30 12:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON ETRD EICN EINV PBTS PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD5395 | BHUTTO'S SON (AND HUSBAND) NEW PPP LEADERS; PPP [...] (C) The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has chosen Benazir's son, Bilawal Bhutto, to lead the party, with support from her husband, Asif Ali Zardari as a co-chair. Amin Faheem will continue as Vice Chairman and be the PPP's candidate for Prime Minister. While Bilawal finishes his degree at Oxf [...] | 2007-12-30 15:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD5410 | MGPK02: SITREP 6: CALM BEING RESTORED; ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan today slowly returned to life after three days of mourning for Benazir Bhutto. Major cities were largely quiet December 31, with most businesses open and public transportation running. Pakistan's Election Commission deferred to tomorrow a decision on whether elections c [...] | 2007-12-31 12:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO MARR |
07ISLAMABAD5411 | PAKISTAN: CODEL SPECTER MEETING WITH CHAIRMAN OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a December 27 meeting with General Tariq Majid, Pakistan's Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Senator Arlen Specter and Representative Patrick Kennedy stressed the importance of U.S.-Pakistan military cooperation, support for Pakistan's counter-terrorism efforts, and the p [...] | 2007-12-31 12:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
07ISLAMABAD608 | INTERIOR MINISTER ON PAK-AFGHAN RELATIONS: [...] (U) This cable contains an action request; please see para. 5. 2. (C) Introduction: In a February 5 meeting, Interior Minister and Chairman of Pakistan's Jirga Commission Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao told the Ambassador that he has extended an invitation to Afghanistan's jirga planning com [...] | 2007-02-06 09:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PK PREL PTER PREF |
07ISLAMABAD609 | MUSHARRAF'S MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN PEACE [...] (C//NF) Summary. In January, President Musharraf energetically renewed his two-year old effort to be a leader of moderate Muslim world with trips to seven Islamic capitals in three weeks; trips to two more capitals--Tehran and Ankara--are scheduled for this week. With a sense of urgency drive [...] | 2007-02-06 09:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PTER XF |
07ISLAMABAD616 | LATEST STEPS ON CURRICULUM REFORM IN PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-06 12:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PTER SCUL SOCI |
07ISLAMABAD625 | GOVERNMENT ORDERS ILLEGAL MOSQUES DEMOLISHED, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Pakistani government is pitted against Muslim hard-liners over the fate of illegally constructed mosques in Islamabad. The Capital Development Authority has demolished three mosques in the recent weeks and has its sights on dozens more. This is the centerpiece of a broader [...] | 2007-02-07 11:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SCUL PK |
07ISLAMABAD637 | SUPREME COURT'S DEMAND TO ACCOUNT FOR MISSING DRAWS LIMITED GOVERNMENT COOPERATION [...] (C) On October 9, 2006, after agitation by human rights organizations and repeated public protests by family members, the Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered the Government to locate 41 missing Pakistanis believed to have been arrested by government authorities and subsequently held incommunicado, of [...] | 2007-02-08 08:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER PHUM PK |
07ISLAMABAD650 | INTERIOR MINISTER ANALYZES REPRISAL ATTACKS [...] (S//NF) Summary: In a February 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao shared his assessment that, with one exception, the spate of suicide bombings, IED and missile attacks since mid-January were not/not motivated by sectarian tensions; these attacks were [...] | 2007-02-08 13:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | AF MOPS PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD674 | G.G. ON JIRGAS [...] (C) Summary. Minister of Culture Dr. Ghazi Gulab (G.G.) Jamal, a key member of Pakistan's jirga commission, told us February 7 that, when representatives of the two commissions meet later in February, key topics for discussion will include: to whom to issue jirga invitations; the scope of the [...] | 2007-02-12 02:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD695 | MFA RESPONDS REGARDING ALLEGED PAKISTANI [...] (S) On February 2, MFA (Disarmament Cell) Director Mohammad Kamran Akhtar advised PolCouns of MFA actions following post's December 11, 2006 demarche regarding information that a Pakistani firm, Westbridge Smc-Pvt. Limited, may have purchased nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) suits from [...] | 2007-02-12 12:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PK PREL PARM ETTC IR |
07ISLAMABAD709 | REFUGEE TRIPARTITE MEETING ANNOUNCES CLOSURES, [...] (U) On February 7, participants of the 12th Refugee Tripartite Commission announced their decision to close four Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan in 2007. Scheduled in two phases, the closures will affect over 240,000 of Pakistan's estimated 2.4 million Afghan refugees. The Government of Pakis [...] | 2007-02-14 02:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PK AF |
07ISLAMABAD783 | PAKISTAN TRANSIT AGREEMENT AND SOFA UPDATE [...] (SBU) The Office of Defense Representative-Pakistan has checked its files and enquired with its contacts and finds no record of bilateral transit/personnel agreements other than the arrangements described in Ref D. Recipients who would like to receive scanned versions of post's various trans [...] | 2007-02-17 05:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PK PNAT PREL |
07ISLAMABAD828 | SUICIDE BOMBER DETONATES IN QUETTA COURTROOM: 16 [...] (SBU) On February 17 at approximately 1100, a suicide bomber wearing explosives around his chest entered a courtroom in the Quetta District Court complex and detonated himself, killing 16 people and wounding 40. Among those killed was senior civil judge Abdul Wahid Durrani. 2. (U) The bombe [...] | 2007-02-20 13:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PK |
07ISLAMABAD830 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR TAHIR-KHELI (MAR [...] American Embassy Islamabad warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State for Women's Empowerment to Pakistan from March 9-March 19. The purpose of visit is to meet with Pakistani officials, politicians, an [...] | 2007-02-21 11:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ASEC OTRA OREP AFIN PK |
07ISLAMABAD845 | UPCOMING PAKISTANI BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-22 13:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | IN KNNP MCAP PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD872 | GOP INQUIRY INTO GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW [...] (U) This cable contains an action request -- please see para. 5. 2. (C//NF) During a January 26 lunch with visiting SCA DAS John Gastright, MFA officials queried emboffs regarding the prospects for the release of Pakistani detainees currently in custody at the Guantanamo Bay detention ce [...] | 2007-02-24 06:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KAWC PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD890 | UPCOMING PAKISTANI BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-26 10:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | IN KNNP MCAP PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD895 | PAKISTAN PUSHES MIDDLE-EAST PEACE INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary and comment. Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri convened a meeting in Islamabad of the Foreign Ministers from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Indonesia and Malaysia. The session was billed as a continuation of President Musharraf's efforts to work with like-minded Mu [...] | 2007-02-26 12:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD896 | MOSQUE DESTRUCTION STANDOFF CONTINUES TO CHALLENGE [...] (C) Summary. Four weeks in, approximately 200 female students of the Madrassa Hafza continue to occupy a children's library to protest the Islamabad Capital Development Authority's initiative to raze and relocate illegally constructed mosques. Reporters who have visited the girls and women oc [...] | 2007-02-26 12:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD897 | MOSQUE DESTRUCTION STANDOFF CONTINUES TO CHALLENGE [...] (C) Summary. Four weeks in, approximately 200 female students of the Madrassa Hafza continue to occupy a children's library to protest the Islamabad Capital Development Authority's initiative to raze and relocate illegally constructed mosques. Reporters who have visited the girls and women oc [...] | 2007-02-26 12:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD898 | JIRGA INVITATION UPDATE [...] (C) On February 21, Mark Pont, the UNAMA representative in Islamabad, told us he had heard "rumors" that President Karzai had instructed Pir Gilani not to respond to an invitation to visit Islamabad to discuss cross-border or parallel jirgas. Pont, who is friends with some of Gilani's relativ [...] | 2007-02-26 13:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AF PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD899 | INTERIOR MINISTER SHERPAO SAYS PROACTIVE STEPS NECESSARY IN TRIBAL AREAS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-26 13:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD954 | PAKISTAN'S REFUGEE REPATRIATION PLAN WORRIES UNHCR [...] (C) Summary. Representatives from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)'s Geneva office met with the DCM on February 19th. The representatives expressed concern that, in Pakistan's desire to close camps and reduce its refugee population, the government might violate UNHCR [...] | 2007-02-28 09:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PK PREF |
07JAKARTA2228 | MUSLIM ORGANIZATION OFFERS ASSISTANCE ON KOREAN [...] (SBU) Pol/C met August 15 with Rozy Munir, Indonesia's Ambassador-designate to Qatar. Munir is currently a senior Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) official and chairman of its international relations committee. NU, a mainstream group, is Indonesia's largest mass-Muslim organization with an estimated 35 [...] | 2007-08-15 09:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PTER ID AF PK KS QA |
07JAKARTA3480 | MGPK02 -- INDONESIAN REACTION TO BHUTTO [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesian President Yudhoyono has expressed shock at the news of Benazir Bhutto's assassination, strongly condemning the attack. Other members of the GOI--as well as legislators--have also co [...] | 2007-12-28 07:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ID PK |
07JEDDAH392 | SAUDIS UNSURPRISED BY SHARIF'S RETURN; CONCERNED WITH MAINTAINING STABILITY IN PAKISTAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. In Ambassador Fraker's September 11 meeting with Prince Muqrin, Head of the General Intelligence Presidency, Muqrin reiterated the SAG's commitment to accepting Sharif while in exile but added that Sharif had not heeded Saad Al-Hariri's warning not to return to Pakistan. (NOTE: A [...] | 2007-09-12 06:31:00 | Consulate Jeddah | SECRET | PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER SA |
07KABUL1345 | TENSION FLARES OVER PAKISTAN FENCING ALONG [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani actions to fence areas near the eastern border are seen by the Afghans as a deliberate effort to provoke a crisis over acceptance of the Durand Line. Shots have been fired, and President Karzai is said to have instructed Minister of Defense Wardak not to allow any enc [...] | 2007-04-19 18:59:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS AF PK |
07KABUL1454 | PRESIDENT KARZAI ON EXPECTATIONS FOR THE ANKARA [...] (C) Ambassador used April 27 meeting with Karzai and CENTCOM CG Admiral Fallon to preview the upcoming trilateral with President Musharraf in Ankara. The Ambassador presented Ref A suggestions on ways to achieve a productive exchange. 2. (C) Karzai had a press conference on the Ankara m [...] | 2007-04-29 13:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK TU AF |
07KABUL1456 | BAGRAM THEATER INTERNMENT FACILITY--PAKISTANI, YEMENI DETAINEE ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-29 14:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | AF KAWC MARR PINS PK PREL PTER |
07KABUL1690 | AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN BORDER FIRING INCIDENTS [...] (S/NF) Summary: Another border firing incident between Afghan and Pakistani forces occurred early on the morning of May 17. The facts regarding which side fired first and why remain hard to pin down, with each side blaming the other for having provoked the exchange. The incident occurred in [...] | 2007-05-20 09:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MOPS MASS NATO PREL PK AF |
07KABUL183 | BOUCHER AND SPANTA TALK NEIGHBORS, COORDINATION [...] (C) On January 9, Assistant Secretary Boucher and Afghan Foreign Minister Spanta discussed Pakistan, cross-border jirgas, U.S. funding for Afghanistan, Iran, the Strategic Dialogue, and the U.S. proposal to energize the Joint Coordinating and Monitoring Board. Spanta was downbeat over recent [...] | 2007-01-20 11:56:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF IR PK |
07KABUL184 | A/S BOUCHER MEETING WITH AFGHAN NSA RASSOUL [...] (C) During a January 9 meeting between Assistant Secretary Boucher and Afghan National Security Advisor SIPDIS Rassoul, Rassoul offered a comprehensive look at the security situationin Afghanistan, and the two shared concerns over the situation in Musa Qala and poppy cultivation. Boucher s [...] | 2007-01-20 12:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF IR PK ECON |
07KABUL185 | BOUCHER, MOSBACHER AND KARZAI TALK ENERGY, [...] (S/NF) On January 10, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher and Overseas Private Investment Corporation President and Chief Executive Officer Robert Mosbacher met with President Karzai. Mosbacher briefed Karzai on the Investment Corporation's projects in Afghanista [...] | 2007-01-20 12:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF PK |
07KABUL1867 | NY TIMES BESTSELLER PROMPTS THREATS FOR KABUL BEAUTY SCHOOL EMPLOYEES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-06 07:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PHUM PK PREF PREL PTER |
07KABUL2324 | UNHCR VIEWS ON AGHANISTAN, IRANIAN DEPORTEES AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a July 5 meeting, Ambassador and UNHCR Country Representative Salvatore Lombardo discussed a wide range of issues. Chief among these were the politicization of the Afghan refugee situation in Pakistan, Afghan deportees from Iran and concerns regarding President Karzai,s forth [...] | 2007-07-19 02:15:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL AF IR PK |
07KABUL3192 | U.S.-AFGHAN-PAKISTANI TRILATERAL: MOVING FORWARD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-20 14:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON AF PK |
07KABUL343 | PRT GARDEZ: REGIONAL MEETING IN SUPPORT OF [...] (SBU) Representatives from the southeastern provinces of Paktia, Khost, Paktika, and Ghazni gathered in Gardez January 25 to meet with representatives from Kabul to discuss and build support for the cross-border Jirgas initiative. The event demonstrated the Government,s efforts to secure supp [...] | 2007-02-04 11:14:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PK AF |
07KABUL3787 | Afghan Commerce Official Wary of Iran's Assistance, Wary of [...] (SBU) Econ-Commoff and Deputy PolCouns met with Deputy Minister of Commerce and Industry, Azeem Wardak, to discuss bilateral trade issues with Iran and Pakistan. Wardak emphasized the desire for good relations with both neighbors. But he also vented frustration at Pakistan's continued relucta [...] | 2007-11-08 11:15:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON AF PK IR |
07KABUL94 | PAKISTAN PM AZZIZ VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Afghan Deputy National Security Advisor Engineer Ibrahim characterized the January 4 visit of Pakistan Prime Minister Azziz as a "good trip." There had not been agreement on substance, but Azziz and Karzai held frank and open discussions on a range of bilateral issues. Foreign Minister S [...] | 2007-01-10 06:04:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF PK |
07KARACHI755 | SINDH GOVERNOR ON BHUTTO BOMBING AND INVESTIGATION [...] (C) Summary: On October 23, the Ambassador and Consul General (CG) met with Sindh Governor Ishrat-ul-Ebad. The Governor provided his official perspective on the security issues surrounding the October 19 attack on Pakistan People,s Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto and the subsequent investi [...] | 2007-10-29 10:34:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PINR PREL PTER PK |
07KARACHI756 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH BENAZIR BHUTTO ON SECURITY AND INVESTIGATION OF KARACHI ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: During an October 23 meeting in Karachi, Pakistan People,s Party Chairman Benazir Bhutto told the Ambassador that she was dissatisfied with the government's investigation of the October 19 bombing that targeted her motorcade. The Ambassador noted we had absolutely no evidence anyone [...] | 2007-10-29 10:36:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PINR PREL PTER PK |
07KARACHI784 | SINDH GOVERNOR SUMMONS THE CONSULAR CORPS TO HIGH [...] (C) Summary: On November 5, 2007, the Governor of Sindh summoned all Consuls General for a meeting to explain and justify the recent declaration of a State of Emergency. Within the one-sided conversation, the Governor touched upon press freedom, judicial activism, and how the abuse of freed [...] | 2007-11-06 12:30:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ASEC CASC PK |
07KARACHI861 | MQM LEADERS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ELECTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) leaders discussed their election plans at a meeting with the Consul General (CG) at their party headquarters on December 13, 2007. The MQM sees itself as a national party and will field candidates throughout Pakistan. Party leaders have been in [...] | 2007-12-14 06:26:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PK |
07KARACHI869 | CONTINUING ORDEAL OF MUNIR MALIK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Supreme Court Bar Association President Munir Malik has been released from detention and hopes to travel from hospital to the UK for treatment of renal failure. Malik alleges that he is suffering due to abuse he received while in jail; the government claims this is a pr [...] | 2007-12-18 17:59:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PK |
07KATHMANDU2137 | NEPAL: FOREIGN SECRETARY COMMENTS ON BHUTTO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-31 10:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PK NP |
07KUALALUMPUR381 | MALAYSIA SEES PAKISTAN INITIATIVE AS CONTINUATION [...] (C) Malaysia views the Pakistan-led Middle East peace initiative as largely a continuation of earlier Arab peace proposals, the Foreign Ministry's Under Secretary for Multilateral Political Affairs Shahrul Ikram told polchief February 28. Shahrul, who had just returned from the Islamabad meet [...] | 2007-02-28 09:29:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PK MY |
07KUALALUMPUR467 | MALAYSIAN OIC DIPLOMAT ON HAMAS VISIT, PAKISTAN, [...] (C) The March 3 visit of a senior Hamas leader was in line with Prime Minister Abdullah's desire to engage directly and in more detail on Middle East issues, Malaysia's senior OIC diplomat Ambassador Ibrahim Abdullah told polchief March 9. The Pakistan initiative represents a "repackaging" o [...] | 2007-03-12 11:07:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC KISL KNNP OIC IS PK IR MY |
07KUWAIT1023 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL DAVIS (JUNE 30 - JUL 4, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Davis to travel to Post 1-2 July, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will [...] | 2007-06-30 12:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN BA EI GM KU PK COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
07KUWAIT1358 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BOEHNER (12-14 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL BOEHNER to travel to post on September 12-14, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exp [...] | 2007-09-09 12:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN EI KU IZ AF SP PK COUNTRY |
07KUWAIT247 | KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL DICKS (FEBRUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Dicks to travel to post o/a 22-25 February 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...] | 2007-02-20 09:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AORC TU PK AF IZ GM EI KU |
07KUWAIT433 | KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL BLAZEY (MARCH [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Reyes to travel to post o/a 28 - 30 March 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...] | 2007-03-27 07:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN PK AF JO AE GM KU COUNTRY |
07KUWAIT44 | KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BAYH (JANUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Brownback to travel to post o/a 12 and 13 January 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver [...] | 2007-01-11 15:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU AF IZ PK GM EI |
07KUWAIT462 | KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MCCAIN (MARCH 30 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Reyes to travel to post o/a 2 April 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor wi [...] | 2007-04-02 12:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ PK AF GM EI COUNTRY |
07KUWAIT480 | KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL TAYLOR (APRIL [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Taylor to travel to post o/a 6 -7 and 11 April 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/ex [...] | 2007-04-04 11:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF PK UK BA KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
07KUWAIT70 | KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL PELOSI (JANUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Pelosi to travel to post o/a January 25 to 27, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/ex [...] | 2007-01-19 06:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ PK AF GM KU |
07KUWAIT823 | KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SPRATT (MAY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Spratt to travel to post o/a 27-29 May 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...] | 2007-05-25 07:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ AE PK AF COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
07KYIV187 | UKRAINE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN COESPU [...] Italian DCM Sergio Martes, Italian military attache Colonel Claudio Ritacca, Embassy Kyiv Office of Defense Cooperation Chief LTC Rob Timm, and poloff delivered reftel demarche January 25 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov and Counselor [...] | 2007-01-26 04:56:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PGOV IT TU PK ID UP |
07KYIV2491 | (S) UKRAINE/MTCR/NSG: CENTRIFUGAL CHARGING PUMPS [...] (S) On September 27, MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor Oleh Belokolos provided us with a non-paper regarding delivery to China of centrifugal charging pumps to China from the Ukrainian company, Sumy Frunze Machine Building Scientific Production Associatio [...] | 2007-09-28 10:49:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC TSPA PK CH UP |
07LAHORE671 | ROUND-UPS UNDERWAY IN PUNJAB [...] (S) Summary: Normalcy still prevails in Lahore and throughout the Punjab in the wake of the suspension of the constitution. Reports are surfacing, however, that the police are conducting sweeps against key opponents of the government. Punjabi opposition leaders, lawyers and civil society eleme [...] | 2007-11-04 15:59:00 | Consulate Lahore | SECRET | PGOV PREL AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PINR AMGT PK |
07LAHORE707 | NAWAZ SHARIF TOUCHES DOWN AT LAHORE [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani authorities permitted exiled former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif to enter Pakistan on Sunday November 25th, arriving at Lahore's Allama Iqbal International Airport at approximately 6:30 p.m. local time via a personal aircraft of the [...] | 2007-11-25 16:42:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PINR AMGT PK |
07LAHORE715 | PML-N WILL NOT BOYCOTT ELECTIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: According to a close confidant of Nawaz Sharif, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) does not/not intend to boycott elections but will continue publicly and privately to threaten to do so in order to extract concessions from the government by insisting on the selection of a new [...] | 2007-11-26 14:37:00 | Consulate Lahore | SECRET | PGOV PREL AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PINR AMGT PK |
07LAHORE722 | PML-N TO COMPETE IN SPITE OF ADPM ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The nephews of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif indicated November 30 that PML-N will participate in January 8 elections regardless of recent press coverage and public statements. We would not be surprised, however, if Nawaz milks the threat of a boycott a b [...] | 2007-11-30 17:08:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PINR AMGT PK |
07LAHORE733 | IT'S OFFICIAL--THE PML-N WILL COMPETE IN ELECTIONS [...] (S) On December 9 in Lahore the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) announced it will participate in upcoming elections in the wake of the failure of the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) to reach a consensus on whether or not to boycott the upcoming legislative elections. According to R [...] | 2007-12-10 14:43:00 | Consulate Lahore | SECRET | PGOV PREL AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PINR AMGT PK |
07LAPAZ3253 | LOANS TO MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS [...] (U) The following is in response to a potential Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) program to support loans to Microfinancing Institutions (MFI) and, in particular, the Bolivian MFI, Fundacion Boliviana para el Desarrollo de la Mujer (FUNBODEM). FUNDOBEM is part of the Women's [...] | 2007-12-14 16:06:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON BL BR CO IN ID MX NU PK RP |
07LJUBLJANA717 | SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF THE NOVEMBER 19-20 FOREIGN [...] (C) Emboff delivered reftel's non-paper to the MFA's EU Correspondent Aljaz Arih on November 15. Arih remarked that we were on the "same line" on most issues, including Bosnia, Iran, and Pakistan. He requested that the U.S. consider inviting Slovenia to the Annapolis meeting. EU-China Sum [...] | 2007-11-15 15:53:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV BK BM CH IR IS IZ KV LE PK |
07LONDON4327 | DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S MEETING WITH HOME [...] (C/NF) Home Secretary Jacqui Smith told Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff about her concern about turbulence SIPDIS in Pakistan and explained the future use of biometrics at UK borders at their meeting November 14 in London. The two also conferred about ways to counter radicaliz [...] | 2007-11-21 16:01:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PINS PTER PK UK |
07LONDON4688 | (SBU) PAKISTAN: UK URGES ELECTIONS WITHOUT [...] (SBU) HMG "agrees completely" with the USG that Pakistan's elections should proceed on schedule if possible, and if not, the postponement should be to a specified new date, according to Laura Guy, Head of FCO's Pakistan Section. Responding to reftel, Guy said HMG is keen on "as much electio [...] | 2007-12-31 11:26:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM PTER PK UK |
07MADRID999 | 3RD US-SPAIN HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE COMMITTEE REVIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the third bilateral High Level Defense Committee (HLDC) meeting, held in Madrid on May 17-18, DASD Dan Fata and MOD Secretary General for Policy Luis Cuesta discussed shared strategic interests including the NATO-ISAF operations in Afghanistan, multi-lateral missions in Kosovo [...] | 2007-05-24 15:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO SP AF RS YI LE IR PK IS |
07MANILA1336 | PRESIDENT ARROYO "BULLISH" ON ASIA AT BOAO FORUM [...] (U) President Arroyo made a 12-hour trip to Hainan Island, China, on April 21, to attend the 2007 Boao Forum for Asia. She delivered an address on regional economic integration and development, proclaiming that she was "bullish on Asia and our ability to help drive positive change in the wor [...] | 2007-04-26 08:28:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PK CH RP |
07MOSCOW2693 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS CLUSTER MUNITIONS DISCUSSION IN [...] (C) Andrey Malov, Counselor in the Multilateral Disarmament Section of the Foreign Ministry's Department for Disarmament and Security Affairs, told us June 5 that Russia shared the US view that discussion of cluster munitions (CM) should remain in the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW). [...] | 2007-06-06 14:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PARM PREL CH PK RS |
07MOSCOW3494 | RUSSIANS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS AND CCW [...] (C) The Russians acknowledge that we have similar positions on cluster munitions and share the aim of keeping their discussion within the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW). They also share our aim of trying to coordinate positions on cluster munitions well in advance of the November m [...] | 2007-07-17 13:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PARM PREL CH PK RS |
07MOSCOW4420 | RUSSIA WANTS A STABLE PAKISTAN BUT AVOIDS DIRECT [...] (C) Summary: Russia seeks a stable Pakistan, preferably under the leadership of President Musharraf, but is reluctant to weigh in on the country's volatile political situation. The MFA told us that the GOR considers Musharraf capable of maintaining government control of the nation's nuclear w [...] | 2007-09-10 02:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN PK RS XD |
07MOSCOW5412 | GOR SYMPATHIZES WITH MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: The MFA tells us that the deteriorating domestic situation and limited political options "understandably" forced Musharraf to declare a state of emergency in Pakistan. MFA Pakistan Desk Chief Andrey Starkov argued that Musharraf had to prevent the invalidation of his re-election [...] | 2007-11-16 11:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN PK RS |
07MOSCOW5969 | POINTS DELIVERED ON U.S. POLICY ON PAKISTAN'S [...] We delivered reftel points to the office of MFA Second Asia Department Director Aleksandr Maryasov. The MFA is closed for the holidays, but Maryasov's staff promised to pass the points to Maryasov immediately. RUSSELL [...] | 2007-12-31 10:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SHUM PK RS |
07NDJAMENA53 | CHAD:SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL FINAL COORDINATION [...] (S/NF) Following are AmEmbassy N'djamena's comments on Section 1206 proposals for Chad. Given the fragility of the political situation in Chad, highly visible equipment deliveries or major new training programs should be avoided, 2. (S/NF) A. Improve Partner National Intelligence (Al [...] | 2007-01-22 11:43:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PK PM PREL MASS CD |
07NDJAMENA628 | CHAD: SECTION 1206 FOR FY 07 [...] (S/NOFORN) Post has reviewed the FY 07 proposed 1206 activity (reftel A) and declines the following program: Tactical Communications Interoperability (TCI) (USD 3.144) for Chad, Algeria, Mauritania and Nigeria Reason: At this time a number of training and equipment activities are underway [...] | 2007-07-31 10:17:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | SECRET | PARM PK PM PREL MASS CD |
07NEWDELHI1050 | INDIA AND U.S. HOLD COUNTER-TERRORISM JOINT [...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Additional Secretary (International Organizations) K.C. Singh and Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Frank Urbancic chaired the 8th U.S.-India Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG) on February 28th in New Delhi. Calling the timing "late, but better late than ne [...] | 2007-03-02 14:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK |
07NEWDELHI1248 | US PARTICIPATION IN AMAN 07 "SURPRISES" AND [...] (C) PolCouns was summoned to the Ministry of External Affairs by Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar on 12 March for an urgent meeting to discuss the USG's participation in the multinational joint naval exercise "Aman 07." Kumar delivered the non-paper in para. 4 to Polcouns as directed [...] | 2007-03-14 12:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS CH PK IN |
07NEWDELHI1383 | AMBASSADOR TAHIR-KHELI DISCUSSES PAKISTAN, WOMEN'S [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings with Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and Prime Minister Media Advisor Sanjaya Baru, Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli: -- discussed Indo-Pakistan relations, agreeing that the relationship is in relatively good shape at this time; -- urged her interlocutors [...] | 2007-03-22 12:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWMN PK IN |
07NEWDELHI1424 | BJP MEMBER CLAIMS THE RSS IS ACTIVE IN NEPAL - CORRECTED [...] (S) SUMMARY: Bharataya Janata Party (BJP) member and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activist Seshadiri Chari (PROTECT),claimed March 19 that the RSS is involved with the Madhesi movement in Nepal's southern Terai region. This is the first RSS confirmation Post has had. Chari claimed the [...] | 2007-03-23 10:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR MOPS KISL NP PK CH IN |
07NEWDELHI1620 | KARZAI TELLS BOUCHER THAT AFGHANISTAN IS GROWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meeting Afghan President Hamid Karzai April 3 on the sidelines of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit, Assistant Secretary Boucher noted that Pakistan had given Karzai a warm welcome into the organization. A Joint Jirga session last week was succe [...] | 2007-04-04 12:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MOPS PTER AF PK IN |
07NEWDELHI1704 | INDO-PAK DISCUSSIONS ON SAARC SIDELINES HINT AT [...] (C) Summary: The recently concluded SAARC Summit (April 3-4) was notable for its lack of major tension over the perennially contentious issues between India and Pakistan. Indo-Pak experts on the sidelines of SAARC saw signals that a proposal may be just around the corner to try to resolve l [...] | 2007-04-11 09:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI1720 | DELHI DIARY, MARCH 29-APRIL 11 [...] (C) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for March 8-29, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Naxalites Looking to Join the Fray in Kashmir -- BJP Coalesces Its Strategy of Attack on Congress -- Civil Society Holds SAARC Accountabl [...] | 2007-04-11 12:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PK IR JA IN |
07NEWDELHI1727 | PDP WINS PUBLIC BATTLE OVER JAMMU AND KASHMIR [...] (S) Summary: People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mufti Muhammad Sayeed rather astutely and with exquisite timing caused a major dilemma that threatened to unravel the Congress-PDP coalition government of Jammu and Kashmir state. In negotiations before the SAARC Summit and on the eve of Ut [...] | 2007-04-12 05:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI1915 | RAHUL GANDHI JUMPS INTO THE U.P. ELECTORAL FRAY [...] (C) Summary: Rahul Gandhi, the heir apparent of the Gandhi family dynasty, has made a number of gaffes, suggesting an uneven start to his active political career. During a series of ""roadshows"" meant to jump-start the Congress campaign in ongoing Uttar Pradesh (UP) elections, Rahul made ellipti [...] | 2007-04-23 11:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR SCUL KDEM KISL IN PK |
07NEWDELHI1920 | RECORD CROWD ATTENDS HARDLINE SEPARATIST GEELANI'S [...] (C) Summary: In a show of force as well as strength, hardline separatist Sayeed Ali Shah Geelani held a rally in Srinagar on April 22nd to mark his return to the Valley following cancer surgery in Mumbai. Our interlocutors say the rally was attended by several thousand mostly young people -- [...] | 2007-04-23 13:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI2072 | G-8 SEEKING IMPROVED CT COOPERATION WITH INDIA [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns attended a meeting of the G-8 Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) in New Delhi, which is now chaired by the German Political Counselor. The group attempts to coordinate G-8 efforts to partner with the Indian government against terrorism. The group discussed each coun [...] | 2007-05-01 08:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI209 | MUKHERJEE'S PAKISTAN TRIP YIELDS LITTLE FOR INDIA [...] (C) Summary. Indian Foreign Minister Mukherjee met with Pakistani leaders in Islamabad on January 13th and 14th, announcing that Pakistani Foreign Minister Kasuri will visit New Delhi in February, inaugurating the next round of composite dialogue with Foreign Secretary talks on March 13th a [...] | 2007-01-16 10:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI210 | COMMUNISTS COPECETIC WITH UPA REGIONAL APPROACH, [...] (C) Summary: The Left Front (LF) and UPA are locked in agreement when it comes to South Asian regional policy, but differ sharply when it comes to the US and countries with which the US has disputes, such as Iran. In preparation for his January 13-14 Pakistan visit, External Affairs Minister [...] | 2007-01-16 11:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF PINR KDEM IN PK BT BG |
07NEWDELHI2102 | PM HOSTS THIRD JAMMU AND KASHMIR ROUNDTABLE AS [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Singh chaired a third Roundtable Conference in New Delhi with Kashmiri leaders on April 21st, although separatists from both moderate and hard-line political camps refused to attend. The Prime Minister sat through more than 10 hours of presentations by Kashmiri p [...] | 2007-05-02 12:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI2117 | INDIAN DEOBANDIS SAY PAKISTANI JUI-F WILLING TO BROKER PEACE TALKS WITH TALIBAN [...] (S) Summary: Poloffs met on April 27th with Pandit N. K. Sharma -- who once headed Muslim Outreach for the Rao government and who claims close ties to the Gandhi family -- as well as Maulana Mahmood Madani, a member of Parliament and prominent leader of the Deobandi political organization Jamiat U [...] | 2007-05-03 10:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI2139 | DELHI DIARY, APRIL 26-MAY 4 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for April 26-May 4, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Indian Boots on the Ground in Afghanistan? -- Parliamentary Histrionics Play On -- Bhutanese Refugees Want To Participate In Election [...] | 2007-05-04 11:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS AF PK IR IN |
07NEWDELHI2177 | NEW PUNJABI LEADERSHIP SEEKS EDUCATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: During a May 2 meeting with POLCOUNS in Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Secretary Ramesh Inder Singh and Principal Secretary to the Punjab Chief Minister D.S. Guru discussed opportunities for India/U.S. education cooperation, water and electricity subsidies, relations with Pakistan, and [...] | 2007-05-07 13:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR SCUL IN PK |
07NEWDELHI2223 | INDIA-PAKISTAN STILL STUCK ON SIACHEN TALKS [...] (S) Summary: Indian Defense Minister A K Antony traveled to the Army's Siachen base camp to demonstrate his administration's ongoing tough stance toward Pakistan in negotiations over troop withdrawal from the peaks surrounding the glacier, as well as to set a marker by which India can claim v [...] | 2007-05-09 12:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI2254 | GOI REMAINS SKEPTICAL ON IRANIAN GAS PIPELINE AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: EconMinCouns delivered to Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MPNG) Secretary M.S. Srinivasan on May 9 information that he had requested (ref A) confirming that -- contrary to top Iranian officials' claims to Srinivasan -- Iran does not have domestic engineering and technologi [...] | 2007-05-10 12:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | EPET ELTN PREL EINV PGOV IN PK IR |
07NEWDELHI2258 | TERRORIST INFILTRATION FALLING IN INDIAN KASHMIR, INCREASING IN INDIAN HEARTLAND [...] (S) Summary: The Indian Home Ministry released its finding on May 10th that terrorist infiltration from Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir into Indian Kashmir fell to an all time low from January through March of 2007. Although these winter months are often considered a low period in violence and infil [...] | 2007-05-10 13:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI2360 | DELHI DIARY, MAY 10-17 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 10-17, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Handicapping the Presidential Race -- The Mysterious Process of Indian Presidential Elections -- Next Phase of India-Pakistan Composite Di [...] | 2007-05-17 14:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MASS PINR SOCI PK IN |
07NEWDELHI2460 | DELHI DIARY, MAY 18-23 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 18-23, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Crude Bombs in UP Point to Internal Politics -- India Gives the Green Light for Civil Servants to Visit China -- Indian Army Chief Begins [...] | 2007-05-23 12:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS MARR PHUM BT PK CH IN |
07NEWDELHI2621 | KASHMIRI PARAMILITARY SEEKING US VISA [...] (S) This is an ACTION Request for the Department. SCA please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Summary: Kashmiri paramilitary leader and J&K State MLA Usman Abdul Majid is seeking a U.S. visa to attend functions hosted in Washington by the United States Institute of Peace starting on June 7th. Majid is a le [...] | 2007-06-04 11:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI268 | INDIA SEEKS U.S. HELP TO KEEP "UNNECESSARY" [...] (C) MEA Joint Secretary (North) Pankaj Saran called A/PolCouns on January 18 to convey the following demarche regarding the upcoming vote on Nepal in the UNSC: -- In the spirit of superb, close and on-going US-India coordination on Nepal, India wanted the U.S. to keep the "bigger picture" in [...] | 2007-01-18 12:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AORC MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI2711 | DEMARCHE ON SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-11 10:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS AF CH IN IR MG PK RS ZK |
07NEWDELHI2792 | HOT, TENSE SUMMER AWAITS JAMMU AND KASHMIR [...] (S) SUMMARY: An unknown group claiming to be Al Qaeda's Indian wing has made and distributed in Jammu recorded statements declaring jihad on India. The Indian Army and several trusted analyst and journalist sources have scornfully dismissed the claim as a hoax, similar to last year's publici [...] | 2007-06-15 01:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI2912 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 18-22, 2007. FIRST ROUND ON INDIA/EC FTA TALKS TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK -------------- 2. (SBU) European Commission Trade Counselor Bermejo told us that the first round of negotiations for an Indian [...] | 2007-06-22 11:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EAIR PTER KTFN PREL ENRG ECON IN PK IR |
07NEWDELHI2935 | KASHMIR ANXIOUS WITH LITTLE SHORT-TERM HOPE FOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: Unknown terrorists threw a grenade at a bus stop in Doda in J & K June 25, wounding 15, three critically. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims, both Shi'a and Sunni, staged minor, non-violent street actions and chanted anti-US slogans June 14 and 15 to protest the Iraq Samarra Mosque bom [...] | 2007-06-25 12:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI3034 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 25-29, 2007. COMING SOON - EFFORTS TO AMEND THE MONEY LAUNDERING ACT --------------------------------------------- --- 2. (SBU) During a meeting with Econoff on June 29, Joint Secretary of Reve [...] | 2007-06-29 11:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EAIR PTER KTFN PREL ENRG ECON IN PK IR |
07NEWDELHI306 | INDIA ON ALERT AS USUAL FOR REPUBLIC DAY THREATS [...] (C) Summary. As India's Republic Day fast approaches, security in the capital and the country's largest cities has increased to its highest level as Indians prepare for a significant national holiday. Airports remain on alert as press reports surfaced of threats, over the January 13-14 week [...] | 2007-01-19 12:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI310 | INDIA SET TO INCREASE PLEDGED AID TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) Summary. PolOffs met with Afghan Second Secretary Asadi to discuss Foreign Minister Mukherjee's January 22nd to 23rd visit to Afghanistan, including press reports that India is considering increasing its aid to Afghanistan by $100 million. Asadi, speaking through an interpreter, also gav [...] | 2007-01-19 13:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER EAID ETRD MOPS KDEM KISL PK |
07NEWDELHI3134 | INDO-PAK TALKS ON TERRORISM AND NARCOTICS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Indian Home Minister Madhukar Gupta and Pakistani Secretary of the Interior, Syed Kmal Shah, met July 2-3 for the fourth round of Home Secretary-level talks on Terrorism and Drug Trafficking as part of the continuing Composite Dialogue process. Major topics were an exchange of [...] | 2007-07-09 11:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SNAR PINR PK IN |
07NEWDELHI342 | BJP DOWNPLAYS IMPORTANCE OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: The UPA's January 3 luncheon meeting with the BJP leadership proved to be largely a flash in the pan. Subsequent events and statements by BJP insiders confirm that little of substance took place at the meeting, which consisted primarily of a briefing by Minister of External Affa [...] | 2007-01-22 13:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF PINR PTER KDEM IN PK BT |
07NEWDELHI343 | INDIAN NSA NARAYANAN UPBEAT ON PAKISTAN, CAUTIOUS [...] (S) Summary: National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan expressed optimism about the general trajectory of talks with Pakistan during a January 22nd meeting with Ambassador Mulford, although he said Prime Minister Singh was unlikely to schedule a trip to Islamabad before the SAARC summit in Ap [...] | 2007-01-22 13:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK |
07NEWDELHI406 | INDIA MULLING TALKS WITH KASHMIRI SEPARATISTS [...] (S) Summary. Deputy PolCouns met with one of India's chief negotiators with the Kashmiri separatists, Union Cabinet Minister for Water Resources Professor Saifuddin Soz, himself a Kashmiri, to discuss Mirwaiz Omar Farooq's visit to Pakistan, New Delhi's response to the Mirwaiz's statements de [...] | 2007-01-25 11:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI4224 | DELHI DIARY, SEPTEMBER 8-14 [...] (U) This week's product is a joint effort of Embassy New Delhi and Consulate General Mumbai. Below is a compilation of political highlights for September 8-14, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Senior Nuclear Scientist Speaks in Support of Nuclear Deal -- BJP [...] | 2007-09-14 12:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MNUC KNNP KISL IR PK BU IN |
07NEWDELHI4414 | DELHI DIARY, SEPTEMBER 15-27 [...] (U) This week's product is a joint effort of Embassy New Delhi and Consulate General Mumbai in conveying items of interest for September 15-26, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India to Launch Israeli Spy Satellite? -- BJP President Urges UN Resolution 1373 Sa [...] | 2007-09-28 05:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL PTER MARR MOPS PHUM IS PK TI |
07NEWDELHI4487 | DELHI DIARY, SEPTEMBER 28-OCTOBER 4 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for September 28-October 4, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Trucks Cross Indo-Pak Border for the First Time in 60 Years -- New Army Chief Assumes Office -- Protests and Rallies Portend [...] | 2007-10-04 10:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ELTN MARR MOPS PHUM PK IN |
07NEWDELHI4690 | DELHI DIARY, OCT 13-22 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for October 13-22, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Indo-Pak Dialogue on Conventional and Nuclear Confidence Building Measures -- SAARC Home Ministers Meeting Scheduled for Next Week -- [...] | 2007-10-23 08:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PBTS PK BT IN |
07NEWDELHI4756 | NEW DELHI NERVOUSLY WATCHING DEVELOPMENTS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: India-Pakistan relations continue to exude positive vibrations, but officials in New Delhi are closely watching developments in Pakistan for storm clouds on the diplomatic horizon. The Composite Dialogue process continues unabated despite distractions at the political level in [...] | 2007-10-26 11:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER PK IN |
07NEWDELHI4832 | AMBASSADOR, INDIAN DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. In a November 1 meeting between Ambassador Mulford and Minister of Defense A.K. Antony, the Ambassador: -- stressed the probity and accountability of American business practices in the context of defense sales to India, providing Antony with a copy of the Foreign Corrupt Practic [...] | 2007-11-01 13:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PARM MNUC ECPS BEXP ENRG PK IN |
07NEWDELHI4899 | INDIA TALKS 123 WITH PAKISTAN DURING CBM DIALOGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs Disarmament and International Security (DISA) Director Amandeep Singh Gill gave PolOffs a read-out November 6 of the fourth round of Conventional and Nuclear Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) held in New Delhi October 18-19. During the nuclear CBM [...] | 2007-11-07 13:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP MARR MNUC MOPS KTIA PK IN |
07NEWDELHI5026 | INDIA WANTS TO STAY QUIET ON ITS WESTERN (IRAN AND [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told the Ambassador November 19 that the Indian government had not yet determined how it would express its concern about the IAEA Director General's Iran report. Although he conveyed the Indian government's continuing concern with the lack of t [...] | 2007-11-20 11:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR EPET ENRG EINV IR PK IN |
07NEWDELHI5047 | DELHI DIARY, NOVEMBER 16-21 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for November 16-21, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- MEA Concerns about Negotiating with the Taliban -- PM Singh Uses ASEAN to Urge Burma to Expedite the Reconciliation Process -- Three [...] | 2007-11-21 09:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR IR PK AF CH SN KS JP |
07NEWDELHI511 | SEPARATISTS CONTEMPLATING JOINING 2008 JAMMU AND [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for SCA. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (S) Summary: Moderate Kashmiri separatist Bilal Lone met with Deputy PolCouns on January 31st to discuss his January 19 to 27 trip to Pakistan with All Parties Hurriyat Council (APHC) leader Mirwaiz Omar Farooq. Bilal told [...] | 2007-02-01 15:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI513 | SEPARATISTS CONTEMPLATING JOINING 2008 JAMMU AND [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for SCA. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (S) Summary: Moderate Kashmiri separatist Bilal Lone met with Deputy PolCouns on January 31st to discuss his January 19 to 27 trip to Pakistan with All Parties Hurriyat Council (APHC) leader Mirwaiz Omar Farooq. Bilal told [...] | 2007-02-02 01:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI5422 | INDIAN REACTION TO BHUTTO ASSASSINATION: UNIVERSAL CONDEMNATION, AND WORRY OVER CONTROL OF PAK-BASED TERRORISTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-28 12:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC IN KISL PGOV PK PREL PTER |
07NEWDELHI636 | KASHMIRIS IRATE OVER CUSTODIAL KILLINGS; PM SINGH TAKING ACTION [...] (S) Srinagar was once again gripped with protests on February 7th, as police officials announced that they had dug up five unmarked graves in an ongoing investigation of custodial killings. Our interlocutors say Prime Minister Singh is influencing the investigations as a confidence building [...] | 2007-02-08 12:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI701 | INDIAN NSA NARAYANAN DISCUSSES RUSSIAN MIG-35, [...] (S) Summary: Lieutenant General Maples, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, met with Indian National Security Advisor MK Narayanan on February 8th to discuss joint efforts to increase U.S.-India defense cooperation. NSA Narayanan explained India's longstanding concern about Chinese d [...] | 2007-02-12 14:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI729 | AFGHAN AMBASSADOR OPEN TO INCREASED INDIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Afghan Ambassador to India, Dr. Sayed Makhdoom Raheen, told Ambassador Mulford February 12 that India and Afghanistan had a strong relationship, and that Indian help in strengthening Afghanistan's infrastructure was welcome. He said that Pakistan is overly sensitive about India [...] | 2007-02-13 11:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS ELTN AF PK IR IN |
07NEWDELHI752 | BOTH SIDES VICTORIOUS IN BAGLIHAR VERDICT, INDIA [...] (C) Summary. The World Bank-appointed neutral expert announced his ruling on February 12 regarding the controversial Baglihar dam project, which both Pakistan and India claimed as a victory. Several specifications contested by Pakistan are being addressed, but the overall design of the dam [...] | 2007-02-14 13:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWWT ECON PBTS ENRG ECIN KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI768 | PM TELLS SECRETARY GUTIERREZ U.S.-INDIA RELATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh February 14. The two agreed to explore means to strengthen cooperation in science and technology, clean energy and education, and with regards to education, the Secretary mentioned his initiatives an [...] | 2007-02-15 09:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF BEXP EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD IN KPAO MASS PK |
07NEWDELHI779 | INDIAN DEFENSE MINISTER DEMANDS DEMARCATION ON [...] (U) Speaking to Indian reporters on February 10th on the sidelines of a conference on India and the ASEAN sponsored by the Institute for Defense Studies and Analysis, Indian Defense Minister AK Antony reiterated that any agreement with Pakistan over Siachen would be unacceptable to the Indian [...] | 2007-02-15 12:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI783 | GUTIERREZ WEIGHS IN WITH FM MUKHERJEE ON BELL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Even while extolling the significant growth in U.S. ) India economic and political ties and assuring the GOI,s continued support, Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee stubbornly defended to Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez, Under Secretary Frank Lavin, and Ambas [...] | 2007-02-15 13:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI786 | INDIA APPEASES LEFT AND MUSLIMS WITH TEHRAN VISIT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: "Times of India" diplomatic correspondent Indrani Bagchi, who accompanied Foreign Minister Mukherjee on his visit to Tehran February 6-7, told Deputy PolCouns that the visit had been an exercise by the government of India (GOI) to garner headlines that would please the Indian Mus [...] | 2007-02-15 13:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET PARM KNNP IR PK IN |
07NEWDELHI849 | SAMJHAUTA EXPRESS TRAIN BOMBINGS UNEXPECTEDLY [...] (C) Summary: Indian and Pakistani officials rushed to mobilize joint efforts in response to the February 18th attack on the New Delhi to Lahore Samjhauta ("friendship") Express train, which killed 67 Indian and Pakistani nationals. Indian press reports point out that this may be the first ti [...] | 2007-02-20 14:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI872 | INDIA AWASH WITH SPECULATION ABOUT FRIENDSHIP [...] (S) Summary. As the death toll in the February 19th Samjauta Express bombing continued to rise on February 21st, press reports in India began to hint at rumors that the likely culprits were Lashkar-e-Taiba or Jaish-e-Muhammad. Police and Indian officials, however, continue to join their Pakis [...] | 2007-02-21 14:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI945 | STAFFDEL FARKAS DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, [...] (C) On February 23, Senate/House Armed Services Committee staffdel Farkas met with Dilip Sinha, Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran, then separately with Brigadier AS Nundal, MEA Director for Military Affairs, and Avinash Pandey, MEA Director for Co [...] | 2007-02-26 14:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF IR PK IN |
07NEWDELHI974 | INDIAN JOURNALISTS AND POLITICAL WATCHERS [...] (C) On February 16, a group of distinguished Indian journalists and political strategists gathered in Delhi for a digital video conference (DVC) discussion of Iran,s nuclear program with U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Mission in Vienna Ambassador Schulte. With two IAEA votes and many [...] | 2007-02-27 12:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF IR PK IN |
07NICOSIA70 | NO CYPRUS EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN; STILL DECIDING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-25 05:04:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO CY PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK |
07OSLO1099 | PAKISTANI NORWEGIANS RIPE FOR RADICALIZATION? [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 23. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Norway is increasingly a land of immigrants, with over twenty three percent of the capital city,s population now designated as non-Norwegian,. The largest non-Western group is Pakistani, a population that has established deep [...] | 2007-11-08 15:28:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINR KCRM KPAO PK NO |
07OTTAWA1275 | EMERGENCY CANADIAN AID TO AFGHAN AND PAKISTAN [...] Foreign Minister MacKay and International Development Minister Verner announced in a July 4 press release that Canada will contribute up to C$2 million to provide immediate relief to the people of Pakistan and Afghanistan affected by recent flash floods and landslides. The humanitarian aid wi [...] | 2007-07-05 18:21:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI SENV AF PK CA |
07OTTAWA1881 | G-8: CANADA LOOKING FOR HELP ON THE AFGHAN-PAK [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's Foreign Ministry briefed G-8 embassies on its recent mission to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border which was focused on border management, immigration, and counter-narcotics. Under the G-8 border initiative Canada is taking the lead on the piece of the frontier where its [...] | 2007-10-09 12:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CA AF PK |
07OTTAWA1922 | CANADA: MAKING THE CASE FOR THE AFGHAN MISSION [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Canadian body politic is highly conflicted over the Afghan mission, with one poll in September indicating that 68 pct of Canadians want a complete pullout in February 2009 and 56 pct want the troops out even earlier, while an October poll shows that 54 pct want Canadian tr [...] | 2007-10-17 16:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS PGOV CA AF PK |
07OTTAWA1993 | CANADA: POSITIVE INTERIM RESPONSE TO PIC DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-30 11:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO PK CA |
07OTTAWA2233 | U.S.-CANADA POLICY PLANNING TALKS: AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) Summary: U.S. and Canadian Policy Planners met November 29-30 to discuss the broad strategic outlook over the next 25 years (with specific reference to the National Intelligence Council's 2020 and 2025 projects) and a range of international and regional issues that represent policy priorit [...] | 2007-12-07 22:06:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CA AF PK XB XL XM XK |
07OTTAWA2326 | PM LINKS PAKISTAN TO AFGHAN MISSION; MEDIA COMMENT [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Harper joined other world leaders on December 27 in condemning the murder of Benazir Bhutto, stressing that Bhutto's death "cannot be allowed to permit any delay in the return of Pakistan to full democracy." Harper expressed concern about the implications of Bhutto [...] | 2007-12-31 13:00:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS MARR PK AF CA |
07PARIS379 | FRENCH MFA MULLS NEW APPROACH ON PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-31 16:43:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PBTS PTER NATO FR AF PK |
07PARIS380 | FRENCH MFA MULLS NEW APPROACH ON PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-31 16:43:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PBTS PTER NATO FR AF PK |
07PARIS384 | FRENCH MFA MULLS NEW APPROACH TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French MFA, based on its perception of widespread international exasperation with Pakistan's failure to control the Taliban insurgency that operates within its borders, is considering a proposal to encourage NATO allies -- particularly the U.S. and the U.K. -- to push Pakistan [...] | 2007-01-31 17:05:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PBTS PTER NATO FR AF PK |
07PARIS4516 | GAERC DEMARCHE: FRENCH RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 15, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy (DAS-equivalent) Emmanuel Cohet, who provided the following responses in advance of the November 19-20 GAERC meeting of EU foreign ministers: A. EU-CHINA SUMMIT: The GOF agrees with the USG position on worki [...] | 2007-11-16 15:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN BK BM CH IR IS IZ KV LE PK |
07PARIS4522 | USD/P EDELMAN DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 9, USD/P Eric Edelman met with senior GOF officials to discuss Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, missile defense, Russia, NATO and ESDP, and Georgia. There are internal discussions about future French contributions to Afghanistan, but there is no consensus yet on fielding [...] | 2007-11-19 09:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR MCAP AF IR RU PK GG FR |
07PARIS4529 | USD(P) EDELMAN MEETING WITH FRENCH DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 9, USD(P) Eric Edelman met with French Defense Minister Herv Morin in Paris as a follow-up to Secretary Of Defense Gates, 25 October meeting with Morin at the NATO Informal Defense Ministerials. Edelman provided Morin information on the Iranian ballistic missile thr [...] | 2007-11-19 16:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR MCAP AF IR RU PK GG FR |
07PARIS4683 | USD/P EDELMAN AND COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Undersecretary of Defense for Policy (USD/P) Eric Edelman and State Department Counselor (C) Eliot Cohen discussed the U.S. desire to develop a three- to five-year strategic vision for the Alliance in Afghanistan with senior French officials on December 5 in Paris. The French were [...] | 2007-12-11 10:28:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PARM MARR MCAP AF IR RU PK GG FR |
07PARIS692 | FRENCH SEEKING TO OPEN STRATEGIC DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: After five years of cool relations, France hopes to open a "strategic dialogue" with Pakistan based on shared security concerns. Notwithstanding the 2002 terrorist attack in Karachi that killed 11 French nationals, the Pakistan desk officer said the MFA now believes it would only [...] | 2007-02-23 16:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AF PK FR MASS KNNP |
07PARIS864 | BOUCHER AND FRENCH POLITICAL DIRECTOR ARAUD TALK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 1 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Director Gerard Araud offered frank views on Afghanistan, counter-narcotics in Central Asia, and France-Turkey relations and offered reco [...] | 2007-03-07 07:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PBTS PREL PTER SNAR NATO MOPS FR AF PK |
07PESHAWAR169 | NWFP: AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON NWFP GOVERNOR [...] (S) Summary. Ambassador paid a farewell call on March 7 on Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Ali Jan Mohammad Orakzai. The Governor's Secretary Azmat Hanif and PO (notetaker) also attended. Pakistan's and Afghanistan's jirga commissions will meet on March 12 or 13 in Islamabad to [...] | 2007-03-13 13:04:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | PREL PTER EAID PK AF |
07PESHAWAR714 | FATA: PRIMER - JUDICIAL PROCESS AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION [...] This is the fourth in a series of primers on Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). This cable describes how tribesmen in the FATA and Frontier Regions (FRs) resolve disputes in an area that is not subject to the laws that govern the rest of Pakistan. The concentration of judi [...] | 2007-11-09 11:25:00 | Consulate Peshawar | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER EAID MOPS PK |
07PESHAWAR716 | NWFP: MILITANTS EXPANDING THEIR HOLD ON SWAT [...] (C) Swat's militants are expanding their hold, moving north and east in the district. Security forces and local residents have been demoralized by militant gains. Local officials acknowledge the task of re-establishing government control of the district is becoming increasingly difficult. Wh [...] | 2007-11-09 15:03:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
07PESHAWAR717 | CONSULATE PESHAWAR EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITEE MEETING [...] (U) On 11/09/2007 at approximately 15:40 (local),an explosion occurred in Peshawar's Hayatabad suburb (approx. 5 miles west of the Consulate) at the residence of Amir Muqam, Federal Minister for Political Affairs and Northwest Frontier Province President for the Pakistan Muslim League - Qaid [...] | 2007-11-09 15:19:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PK ASEC |
07PRAGUE60 | CZECH PLANS FOR THE JANUARY 26 NATO FOREIGN [...] (C) Poloff met January 23 with MFA Security Policy Director Veronika Smigolova to discuss Czech plans for the January 26 NATO foreign ministerial in Brussels. The meeting followed up on delivery of Ref A demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar by CFC-A Commander Lieutenant General Karl [...] | 2007-01-23 17:56:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL AF PK EZ |
07PRAGUE67 | CFC-A COMMANDER DISCUSSES THE WAY FORWARD IN [...] (C) Summary. Visiting Prague, Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan (CFC-A) Commander General Karl Eikenberry briefed Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar on January 22nd. In a wide ranging and positive conversation on Afghanistan they discussed contributions, the current situation, and fu [...] | 2007-01-25 16:31:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK EZ |
07REYKJAVIK353 | MGPK02: ICELAND CONDEMNS BHUTTO ASSASSINATION [...] Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson said the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto "was a deplorable reminder of the sacrifices that are always made when the consolidation of democracy is attempted." Grimsson added, "Benazir Bhutto was a respected leader that f [...] | 2007-12-28 16:21:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IC PK |
07RIYADH1886 | SAUDI OFFICIALS DID NOT WANT NAWAZ SHARIF TO [...] (U) The Saudi press has run several front page news items in the past week clarifying its position regarding the return of exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to Pakistan -- which took place on September 10, 2007. (NOTE: Developing news reports indicate that Sharif was arrested shortly [...] | 2007-09-10 13:33:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR PK SA |
07RIYADH2320 | SAUDI ARABIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE US ON PAKISTANI [...] (S) On November 20, Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the US Adel al-Jubeir invited the Charge d'Affaires and Executive Office Staff Assistant (note taker) to his residence for lunch. During the meal, Ambassador al-Jubeir said that Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf arrived in Saudi Arabia, today, Nove [...] | 2007-11-20 16:17:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PK PREL PTER SA |
07SARAJEVO937 | BOSNIA - TAKING ON RADICAL BOSNIAK MUSLIM POLITICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: We stepped up our efforts during the week of April 23 to undercut efforts, particularly of Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Silajdzic, to further radicalize the political situation in Bosnia. We met with the Bosniak Party for Democratic Action (SDA) leadership to deliver [...] | 2007-04-30 05:35:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL UN KJWC BK PK |
07SARAJEVO970 | PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF'S VISIT TO BOSNIA [...] (C) During his April 27-29 state visit to Bosnia, Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf emphasized a consistent message of interfaith harmony and tolerance and the need for Bosnia to complete the process of postwar reconstruction. Musharraf repeated this constructive message throughout [...] | 2007-05-04 17:01:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | BK PREL PGOV PK |
07SEOUL170 | ROKG STILL PLANS TO ALLOW MACHINE TOOL EXPORT TO [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) On January 19, poloff delivered reftel A points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Deputy Kim Jae-woo. Kim informed poloff that the primary factor in the ROKG decision was the lack of [...] | 2007-01-19 08:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MTCR PREL ETTC KS PK |
07SINGAPORE1797 | (S) PAKISTAN MISSILE PROGRAM PROCUREMENT POINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-28 04:44:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA PK GM NL SN |
07SINGAPORE2128 | (S)PAKISTAN MISSILE PROCUREMENT: ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-29 09:55:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA PK SN |
07SINGAPORE803 | (S) GOS RELEASES DETAINED STEEL PLATES TO SHIPPER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-24 11:01:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET//NOFORN | CH ETTC IR KN KNNP MTCRE PARM PK PREL SN |
07STATE130635 | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON EFFORTS BY PAKISTAN TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Beijing please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background and Purpose/Objective: Since March 2006, the U.S. has provided PRC officials with information on efforts by an entity affiliated with Pakistan's missile program to procure a ring-rolling machine and [...] | 2007-09-17 21:02:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA CH PK |
07STATE144711 | SUMMARY OF RESPONSES TO CABLE ON INDOOR AIR [...] This is an action request. See Paragraph 3. SUMMARY 2. SUMMARY: Reftel asked posts in countries where greater than 20 percent of the population uses biomass and coal to meet basic energy needs to assess host countries, commitment to addressing the health concerns posed by indoor air po [...] | 2007-10-16 17:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | BG CE IN NP PK SENV TBIO TI |
07STATE146513 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Posts' assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05-1002499 for the export to Pakistan of a coil for an AN/APN-59 Altimeter System in a C [...] | 2007-10-19 15:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DA ETTC KOMC PK |
07STATE149579 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050068647 for the export of night vision equipment to Pakistan. Post is requested to [...] | 2007-10-26 19:54:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC PK |
07STATE156474 | APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE NOVEMBER 19-20 [...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 17. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on November 19-2 [...] | 2007-11-15 03:17:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PGOV BK BM CH IR IS IZ KV LE PK SY ZI |
07STATE165479 | URGING THE EC TO SEND PAKISTAN ELECTION OBSERVER [...] (C) This is an urgent action request. Department requests the United States Mission to the European Union convey key points (see paragraph 8) at the earliest opportunity and at the highest appropriate level to the Commissioner's Office. 2. (C) Summary: Pakistan will hold country-wide par [...] | 2007-12-10 23:32:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK |
07STATE166577 | CORRECTED COPY - DEMARCHE REQUEST - MISSING AMCIT [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 8. This cable included corrected action request/objectives. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S) The United States has reason to believe Iranian security services may have targeted and detained private investigator and retired F [...] | 2007-12-13 15:13:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | BA CASC IR IZ KJUS KPRP KU LE MU PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
07STATE170638 | INSTRUCTIONS TO DEFER FOR THE NEXT 72 HOURS NON-ESSENTIAL [...] AmEmbassy Islamabad requests all non-essential travel to Pakistan be deferred for the next 72 hrs (until 31 December, after 1800 HRS local time, or 0800 HRS Eastern Standard Time). This is a precautionary measure because, in the aftermath of the death of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto [...] | 2007-12-28 10:25:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT ASEC PK |
07STATE170925 | DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C/Rel UN) The Department of Justice (DOJ),in conjunction with the U.S. Attorney,s Office for the Western District of Missouri, is conducting a criminal investigation regarding the Islamic American Relief Agency (IARA) and its alleged f [...] | 2007-12-28 21:50:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN PTER UNSC XA XD PK |
07STATE170928 | BHUTTO ASSASSINATION AND US POLICY FOR PAKISTAN'S [...] The tragic December 27 assassination of Benazir Bhutto has reinforced urgent goals vis-a-vis Pakistan , U.S. believes that Pakistan must continue on a path leading to a civilian-led democratic government. We continue to support Pakistan,s moderate majority in its struggle against a violent e [...] | 2007-12-28 23:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SHUM PK |
07STATE18700 | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON PROCUREMENT EFFORTS BY [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Beijing please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background and Purpose/Objective: In March 2006 and January 2007, the U.S. provided PRC officials with information indicating that an entity affiliated with Pakistan's missile program was working to procure a [...] | 2007-02-14 22:13:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA CH PK |
07STATE48491 | MEDIA GUIDANCE FOR MUSLIM CLERIC DENIED ENTRY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-12 16:28:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS KISL PREL PTER SCUL IN PK |
07STATE65749 | (S) NIAG 7011/7015/7016: EFFORTS BY AN [...] ACTION REQUEST: Post is requested to approach appropriate Chinese officials regarding ongoing attempts by an unsafeguarded nuclear program to obtain technology for the program from Chinese entities. Post should provide new information about continued activities by this program to seek enric [...] | 2007-05-14 22:35:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC PK CH HK |
07STATE8579 | REQUESTING PRC INVESTIGATE MISSILE-RELATED [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Beijing please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background and Purpose/Objective: In March 2006, the U.S. provided PRC officials with information indicating that a Chinese firm was working to supply a ring rolling machine to Pakistan's missile program (Ref [...] | 2007-01-23 22:44:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA CH PK IR |
07STATE93926 | DEMARCHE ON JIRGA PREPARATIONS [...] This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Proposed dates for the Afghanistan-Pakistan Crossborder Peace Jirga are less than four weeks away. Washington remains concerned that the two sides have not come to agreement on several key outstanding issues. It was hoped that the Bilat [...] | 2007-07-06 00:37:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER AF |
07STOCKHOLM1389 | SWEDEN ON NOVEMBER 19-20 FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-16 17:09:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN PK SW CH BM IS LE KV SY ZI |
07TASHKENT1950 | KYRGYZ AND PAKISTANI AMBASSADORS ON RECENT SCO [...] (C) Summary. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) conducted its sixth annual meeting of Prime Ministers in Tashkent on November 2. The Ambassador visited his Pakistani and Kyrgyz counterparts this week to get a readout of the proceedings. Pakistan, which has observer status, is an as [...] | 2007-11-08 10:41:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC PGOV PK KG UZ |
07TBILISI1293 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NATO-AFGHANISTAN: URGENT NEED [...] (C) Per reftel request, on May 29, Poloff delivered demarche points to MFA America Desk Officer Irakli Machitidze. Machitidze said Georgia was committed to doing everything it can in the fight against Islamic fundamentalist forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, as evidenced by its significant troop [...] | 2007-06-01 13:08:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR AF GG PK |
07TELAVIV2652 | U/S BURNS' AUGUST 17 MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOSSAD [...] (S) In an August 17 meeting, Israeli Mossad Chief Meir Dagan thanked Under Secretary Burns for America's support of Israel as evidenced by the previous day's signing of an MOU that provides Israel with USD 30 billion in security assistance from 2008-2018. Dagan provided his assessment of the [...] | 2007-08-31 12:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER MARR MASS KNNP UNSC PK IR IZ ZP |
07TELAVIV3517 | ISRAEL PLEASED WITH PROGRESS IN RELATIONS WITH INDIA AND CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 4, PolCouns and PolOff met with newly-appointed Deputy Director General for Asia and the Pacific (A/S EAP and SCA equivalent) Ruth Kahanoff to discuss Israel's relations with India and China. . . . ---------------------------------- China Has Great Respect for Israel - [...] | 2007-12-13 17:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID PARM MASS CH IN ID MY PK IS |
07THEHAGUE1909 | PAKISTANI CANDIDATE FOR CRITICAL OPCW CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (U) This is an action message ) see para 8. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) will hold a five-year Review Conference in April 2008, only the second such conference in its ten-year history. Negotiations are in full swing to choose a chai [...] | 2007-10-18 13:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PK PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE1912 | PAKISTAN-AFGHANISTAN DEVELOPMENT MEETING: DUTCH [...] (SBU) Mission forwarded on October 16 reftel invitation for the Pakistan-Afghanistan development meeting hosted by EEB A/S Sullivan to Dutch Development Minister Bert Koenders. Koenders will attend the October 20-21 IMF/World Bank Annual Meeting in Washington. 2. (SBU) Andre Westerink, [...] | 2007-10-18 15:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID IMF IRDB AF PK NL |
07THEHAGUE1962 | PAKISTANI CANDIDATE FOR CRITICAL OPCW CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (U) This is an action message ) see para 4. 2. (C) We received word today informally from Embassy Islamabad that a key official being demarched on the issue of Ambassador Sibte Yahva Naqvi,s extension to chair the OPCW,s Second Review Conference (Refs a, b and c) is Colonel Shahab Ab Din [...] | 2007-11-02 17:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PK PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE496 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DAS GASTRIGHT'S MARCH 13 [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia John Gastright visited The Hague on March 13 for bilateral discussions on Afghanistan. Dutch interlocutors expressed satisfaction with their deployment in Uruzgan, but said increased insurgency activities have complic [...] | 2007-03-20 14:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO AF IN PK NL |
07TOKYO2790 | JAPAN-PAKISTAN RELATIONS: SLOWLY WARMING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan-Pakistan relations appear to be slowly warming, after having suffered a breach following Pakistan's detonation of a nuclear device in 1998. Japan's overriding concern regarding Pakistan is to maintain stability in the South Asia region and, therefore, to help keep it a moder [...] | 2007-06-20 20:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EAID PK JA |
07TOKYO3587 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a working lunch hosted for the Deputy Secretary by Vice Foreign Minister Yachi, MOFA officials made SIPDIS the following points: -- Japan is hopeful the September report on progress in Iraq will be positive, but is realistic and expects it may not meet expections and will [...] | 2007-08-06 07:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG XF IZ IR IS IN AF BM PK JA |
07TOKYO5268 | JAPAN WATCHING CLOSELY SITUATION IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan was caught by surprise by Pakistan's declaration of a state of emergency only days after Foreign Minister Koumura announced significant increases in ODA to that country. As a result, he was forced to announce Japan will "reconsider" this decision in light of recent events. [...] | 2007-11-16 08:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV MOPS PK JA |
07TOKYO941 | GENERAL EIKENBERRY MEETS WITH MOD VICE MINISTER [...] Summary. The military situation in Afghanistan has improved, but policing and governance problems must be addressed in the near future, Lt. Gen. Eikenberry of Combined Forces Command Afghanistan told MOD Sr. VM Moriya March 1. Gen. Eikenberry praised Japan's commitment to the Global War on Te [...] | 2007-03-06 04:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PK AF JA |
07TUNIS1616 | MGPKO2: TUNISIA "FIRMLY CONDEMNS" BHUTTO [...] (SBU) Summary. Official and private Tunisians were quick to denounce the December 27 assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. On December 27, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs "firmly condemned" the assassination and reasserted Tunisia's rejection of all forms of terrori [...] | 2007-12-28 12:16:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PK TS |
07USNATO160 | WELCOME TO USNATO FOR AMB ERIC EDELMAN AND [...] USNATO welcomes the visit of Ambassador Eric Edelman and delegation to Brussels March 11-12,2007 for meetings at NATO. The overall control officer for this visit is Defense Advisor LTC James Luke, work: (32-2) 724-3170, Cell: (32) 476-990-820 assisted by USNATO Political Officer Mr. John Cockr [...] | 2007-03-09 17:15:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC OTRA NATO AF PK BE |
07USNATO165 | AFGHAN SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT ASKS NAC FOR SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a March 12 coffee with Permreps the Speaker of Afghanistan,s Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament)Yanus Qanuni challenged NATO to provide a long-term commitment to Afghanistan. He said the Afghan Parliament and people did not want NATO and international military force [...] | 2007-03-14 11:34:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PREL PTER AF PK |
07USNATO308 | COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. During separate May 14 meetings at NATO HQ with Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and NATO Permanent Representatives, Counselor Cohen discussed NATO's role in Afghanistan, as well as general challenges in Afghanistan and Pakistan and the need to address them in an integrat [...] | 2007-05-16 16:13:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PK |
07USNATO315 | ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS' MAY 8 COUNTERNARCOTICS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During separate May 8 meetings at NATO HQ with select Permanent Representatives and Deputy Secretary General (D/SYG) Minuto-Rizzo, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy John Walters highlighted the role that security and good governance play in reducing poppy cu [...] | 2007-05-18 15:21:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR SNAR AF PK |
07USNATO62 | PAKISTANI PM AZIZ MEETS THE NAC: "WE ARE AN ANCHOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his first meeting with the North Atlantic Council, Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz vigorously defended Pakistani actions against Al Qaeda and Taliban terrorists, and his nation's commitment to a peaceful, stable Afghanistan. He asserted that Pakistan was "an anchor of [...] | 2007-02-02 08:49:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PK |
07USNATO71 | PAKISTANI PM AZIZ DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, MIL-MIL [...] (SBU) NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer distributed to Allies a report on his discussions with Pakistani Prime Minister Aziz on January 30 preceding Aziz's meeting with the NAC (REFTEL). 2. (C) Text of SYG's Report SG(2007)0095 follows. Note internal numbering. Begin text: ( [...] | 2007-02-06 12:03:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS NATO PREL MARR PK |
07USUNNEWYORK115 | PAKISTANI NON-COMPLIANCE WITH AL-QAIDA SANCTIONS [...] (S) Ambassador Wolff told Pakistani PermRep Akram that the United States considers any alleged violations of the UN al-Qaida/Taliban sanctions regime to be a serious matter. The two ambassadors spoke on February 8 after Ambassador Akram, the previous day, raised with Ambassador Wolff a U.S. re [...] | 2007-02-09 21:18:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL KTFN PK |
07USUNNEWYORK1210 | UN: 62ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION: SOUTH ASIA WRAP [...] (U) Joe Melrose served as the Senior Area Advisor for the 62nd UN General Assembly for South and Central Asia. The following is his summary of the UNGA as it pertained to South and Central Asia. The South and Central Asian states did not provide the drama of some other regions or even of [...] | 2007-12-26 16:35:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF BG CE IN KG KZ NP PHUM PK PREL TI TX |
07USUNNEWYORK1216 | PRINCE TURKI RAISES POTUS VISIT AND CONCERN ABOUT [...] (S) Ambassador Khalilzad met Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal, former Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. and current head of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, on December 26 in New York. Al-Faisal underscored that Secretary Rice should accompany President Bush on his SIPDIS up [...] | 2007-12-26 20:03:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL PTER UNSC IZ AF PK SA |
07USUNNEWYORK128 | PAKISTAN UN PERMREP ON SANCTIONS ENFORCEMENT [...] (S) Although initially critical of U.S. efforts to raise in New York the issue of Pakistan's apparent lack of compliance with UNSCR 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban),following Ambassador Wolff's intervention (ref A),Pakistani PermRep Akram reported that he had advised Islamabad to "take steps" to addr [...] | 2007-02-13 17:58:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PTER KTFN PK |
07USUNNEWYORK415 | U.S. BILATERALS AT THE UN COMMISSION ON [...] (U) Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky took advantage of the ministerial segment of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development's 15th Session (CSD-15) May 9-11 to conduct a number of bilateral discussions with key states, with climate change, energy and economic dev [...] | 2007-05-25 21:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KGCC SENV EAID EAGR CH MD FI PK RS IN |
07USUNNEWYORK779 | INDIAN UNSC REFORM GAMBIT: LOTS OF SOUND AND FURY, [...] (C) Summary. The last few meetings of the 61st UNGA session of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on UNSC reform, held between September 11-14, featured much more controversy than usual in the fourteen-year history of the working group. After President of the General Assembly (PGA) Khalifa [...] | 2007-09-21 16:04:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KUNR IN JA PK IT |
07VIENNA180 | AUSTRIA ON AFGHANISTAN AT THE JANUARY 26 INFORMAL [...] (SBU) Charge presented reftel demarches on January 24 to Austrian MFA Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting. Embassy had previewed ref (a) material on January 19 to Mayr-Harting's office. 2. (C) Mayr-Harting confirmed that Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik would attend the minis [...] | 2007-01-25 13:02:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK AU |
07VILNIUS829 | LITHUANIA WILL FOCUS ON GEORGIA FOR NOVEMBER 19 [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's focus for the November 19 GAERC will be Georgia. FM Vaitiekunas plans to try to convince other EU members that Georgia needs more support now, not less. He will push for a statement urging other countries not to intervene in Georgia's domestic political affairs. On [...] | 2007-11-16 16:12:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PGOV GG IR PK BM LH |
07ZAGREB1041 | PAKISTAN NUCLEAR FACILITY: GOC SEEKS ADVICE ON [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Head of MFA's Department for International Security Sanja Bujas-Juraga requested USG guidance from EconOff November 28 regarding renewal of a services export license for Croatian nuclear scientists to offer technical training in "Sym [...] | 2007-11-28 13:50:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ETTC PREL PK HR EXPORT CONTROL |
07ZAGREB45 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES JANUARY 26 INFORMAL NATO [...] (C) Drawing on Ref A, the Ambassador discussed Afghanistan with Croatian Foreign Minister Grabar-Kitarovic on January 17. The Ambassador stressed the challenges that NATO would face with the spring thaw in Afghanistan and the importance of allies and partners delivering on promises made on A [...] | 2007-01-17 15:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK HR |
07ZAGREB722 | PAKISTAN SMALL ARMS SALE: GOC SEEKS ADVICE ON [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 3. 2. (C) Head of MFA's Department for International Security Sanja Bujas-Juraga requested USG guidance from PolOff July 27 regarding a pending export license application from Croatian company "HS Produkt" to export 9mm pistols to the private [...] | 2007-07-30 15:22:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ETTC PTER PK HR NON PROLIFERATION |
08ABUDHABI1218 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH UAE FOREIGN MINISTER: [...] (C) Summary: On the margins of the Forum for the Future ministerial in Abu Dhabi October 19, UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) recited to Deputy Secretary Negroponte UAE concerns about U.S. visas for medical cases, an irritant in the context of very favorable relations overall. O [...] | 2008-10-22 12:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CVIS PK IR IZ AE |
08ABUDHABI1255 | UAE DIPLOMATIC NOTE INVITES FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN TO NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) Post received the following diplomatic note from the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dated 11/02/08 (informal Embassy translation). BEGIN TEXT: (Complimentary greeting) Wish to notify the Embassy that the Ministry will convene a meeting at the level of senior officials of the Friend [...] | 2008-11-03 11:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID KPAO PK AE |
08ABUDHABI1297 | NEW PAKISTANI AMBASSADOR TO THE UAE A LONG-TIME BHUTTO ALLY [...] (C) In a November 9 courtesy call, incoming Pakistani Ambassador Khursheed Ahmed Junejo described his long-term affiliation with the late Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, describing himself as the mayor of her town, and a party confidant during a "20 year" association. He claimed so many trips b [...] | 2008-11-10 12:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PK AE |
08ABUDHABI1318 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT [...] (C) General: we look forward to your first visit to the UAE in your capacity as CENTCOM Commander. ------------------------------ Punching above its Weight ------------------------------ 2. (C) Over the past five years, the UAE has emerged as a regional powerhouse, using its financial c [...] | 2008-11-18 04:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS KNNP IR IZ PK AE |
08ABUDHABI1404 | DEMARCHE ON PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE RECEIVED WITHOUT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-14 15:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK AE |
08ANKARA1052 | TURKEY-PAKISTAN-AFGHANISTAN: "ANKARA PROCESS" [...] (C) Ongoing political wrangling in Pakistan has caused the dates for the next Turkey-Afghanistan-Pakistan trilateral summit (the "Ankara Process") to slip once again, this time to October 2008, according to MFA South Asia Section Head Ilhan Sener. An U/S-level Joint Working Group (JWG) would [...] | 2008-06-06 10:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF PK TU |
08ANKARA1166 | TURKEY URGING PAKISTAN/AFGHANISTAN DIALOGUE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish President Gul plans to call Afghan President Karzai, Pakistani President Musharraf and Pakistani PM Gillani to urge them to commit to talks in Ankara in September, per a Turkish MFA contact. The Turks believe Karzai would accept, and even welcome, Gillani's participatio [...] | 2008-06-25 11:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV AF PK TU |
08ANKARA1196 | TURKEY LESS OPTIMISTIC ON PAKISTAN FOLLOWING [...] (C) The GOT is more pessimistic about the prospect for Pakistani political unity following Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Zardari's June 27-28 visit, according to MFA Section Head Ilhan Sener. Zardari, who stopped in Turkey enroute to Socialist International meetings in Athens, explain [...] | 2008-07-01 16:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF PK TU |
08ANKARA1259 | TURKEY: STILL AIMING FOR SEPTEMBER AF-PK-TU [...] (C) Turkey believes hosting a meeting between Afghan and Pakistani leaders is more important then ever, given heightened bilateral tensions, but confirming a date and Pakistani representation remains difficult, MFA Deputy U/S for Middle East, South Asia and Iran Sinirlioglu told Ambassador Ju [...] | 2008-07-11 16:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF PK TU |
08ANKARA1265 | SCENESETTER FOR NSA HADLEY'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary. US-Turkish relations have been transformed in the nearly three years since your last visit in 2005. You come right after Erdogan's visit to Baghdad (July 10),Boyden Gray's visit here (July 11) and President Bush's July 11 condolence call to President Gul over the Istanbul consul [...] | 2008-07-14 16:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV ENRG ECON IZ SY IS IR AF PK CY TU |
08ANKARA1313 | TURKEY: FILAMENT WINDING MACHINES WILL NOT BE [...] (S) Responding to the reftel demarche, MFA Acting Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Elif Ulgen told us on July 22 that the Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade (UFT) was recently approached by Tet Makina reps regarding its application to export filament winding machine [...] | 2008-07-23 12:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCAE KSCA TU PK |
08ANKARA1340 | (S) SHIPMENT OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN DEMARCHE [...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Deputy Director General Elif Ulgen on July 25. Ulgen said the GOT determination that the machine in question was not controlled by the Wassenaar Arrangement or the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) was made following consultations with interagency ex [...] | 2008-07-25 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC PK TU |
08ANKARA1417 | GOT STATUS UPDATE ON TRANSFER OF BOEING 747 TO IRAN BY ANKAIR: THE PLOT THICKENS REF: SECSTATE 84112 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-08 15:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | EAIR ETRD ETTC IR PARM PK PREL TU UK |
08ANKARA1476 | SECOND UPDATE ON TRANSFER OF BOEING 747 TO IRAN BY ANKAIR REF: A. SECSTATE 84112 B. ANKARA 1417 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-15 13:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | EAIR ETRD ETTC IR PARM PK PREL TU UK |
08ANKARA1689 | CJCS ADMIRAL MULLEN CALL ON PRESIDENT GUL [...] (C) Summary: President Gul told CJCS Admiral Mullen September 15 that Turkey wanted our close counterterrorism cooperation to continue and that U.S. success in Iraq is critical for Turkey. Admiral Mullen pledged U.S commitment to sustaining intelligence cooperation. Gul said Turkey continue [...] | 2008-09-22 14:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PTER IZ GG IR PK AF TU |
08ANKARA1819 | TURKEY/AFGHANISTAN: ELECTIONS, AFGHAN SPEAKER [...] (C) Turkey views upcoming Afghan elections as an important opportunity to strengthen Afghan national identity, MFA South Asia Section Head Emre Karagol told us October 17. President Gul and PM Erodgan underscored this point with Afghan National Assembly Speaker Kanuni during Kanuni's October [...] | 2008-10-20 05:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PGOV AF PK TU |
08ANKARA1917 | FM BABACAN IN AFGHANISTAN; GILLANI, KARZAI IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Babacan stressed Turkey's commitment to Afghanistan during his October 26-27 visit to Kabul, Wardak and northern Afghanistan. The Turks are pressing forward on infrastructure and education projects, but face obstacles from local and national authorities in Kabul. Turkey has [...] | 2008-11-05 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PTER MARR EAID EINV AF PK TU |
08ANKARA1972 | FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN: TURKEY TO FOCUS ON [...] (C) We conveyed ref A points on the "Friends of Pakistan" meeting in Abu Dhabi to MFA South Asia Section Head Emre Karagol November 13. Karagol, who will accompany MFA DG for South Asia and Iran Huseyin Dirioz to the November 17 meeting, told us Turkey plans to concentrate on the security and [...] | 2008-11-14 08:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON EAID AF PK TU |
08ANKARA2012 | TURKEY: PM ERDOGAN'S PASSAGE TO INDIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Eight years after the last visit to New Delhi by a Turkish Government leader, Prime Minister Erdogan departs November 20 for a four-day trip to India. Both the MFA and Indian Embassy in Ankara describe the visit as "overdue," but emphasize that it reflects a healthy bilateral r [...] | 2008-11-20 13:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV PREL TU IN AF PK |
08ANKARA2055 | TURKISH RESPONSE: POTENTIAL PAKISTAN DONORS [...] (SBU) On November 26, we delivered reftel message to Babur Girgin, Department Head, Directorate of South Asia, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Girgin said Turkey is generally supportive of the concept of holding a Pakistan Donors, Conference, but has not determined the level of its parti [...] | 2008-11-26 11:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK TU AF |
08ANKARA2106 | DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON POTENTIAL PAKISTAN DONORS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Econ counselor delivered reftel talking points December 11 to Babur Girgen, Head of the Afghan-Pakistan Department at MFA. Girgen said having a fixed date for the conference was the most important factor to ensure the [...] | 2008-12-11 10:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD PK TU |
08ANKARA33 | TURKEY: INSUFFICIENT TIME TO RECALL SHIPMENT TO PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-08 13:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | EWWT GM PARM PK PREL SN TU |
08ANKARA377 | TURKEY PRIORITIZES PAKISTAN STABILITY; COURTS INDIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkey favors a grand governing coalition in Pakistan, to continue to include President Musharraf, MFA South Asia DDG Hizlan told us February 26. Rather than internal politicking, Pakistan's politicians should be focused on curtailing violence and extremism. Turkey is not dir [...] | 2008-02-27 12:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF IN PK TU |
08ANKARA385 | Codel Biden talks Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan with [...] (SBU) Summary: President Gul, in a February 22 meeting with Codel Biden, focused on political realism and participation as the key to stability in Iraq. Maximalist demands were counterproductive. The surge was working. Passage of important legislation would further enhance political integra [...] | 2008-02-27 15:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV PK BM AF EUN TU |
08ANKARA387 | Codel Biden talks Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan with [...] (SBU) Summary: President Gul, in a February 22 meeting with Codel Biden, focused on political realism and participation as the key to stability in Iraq. Maximalist demands were counterproductive. The surge was working. Passage of important legislation would further enhance political integra [...] | 2008-02-28 07:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV PK BM AF EUN TU |
08ANKARA467 | TURKEY PLEDGES TO INVESTIGATE IMMINENT SHIPMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (S) We delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Director General for Disarmament and Nonproliferation Ahmet Gun on March 10. Gun pledged to investigate the matter on an urgent basis, and immediately inform all relevant agencies, including [...] | 2008-03-10 15:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ETTC KSCA PARM PREL PGOV TU PK |
08ANKARA577 | TURKEY STRESSES TO FM SPANTA ITS CONTINUED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Afghan FM Spanta, visiting Ankara March 18, did not ask for more troops from Turkey, saying it was a NATO decision. He did, however, ask for more military training. Turkey is prepared to respond; FM Babacan will take up the issue with the Turkish General Staff (TGS). Spanta als [...] | 2008-03-27 15:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER NATO AF PK TU |
08ANKARA614 | TURKEY: STATUS REPORT ON INVESTIGATION OF TET [...] (S) We delivered ref C points as non-paper to MFA Head of Department for Disarmament and Nonproliferation Elif Ulgen on April 1. Ulgen appreciated the additional information and stated she would share it with other agencies involved in the investigation. She provided the following update on G [...] | 2008-04-02 04:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ETTC KSCA PARM PREL PGOV MTCRE TU PK |
08ANKARA722 | (S) FOLLOWING UP WITH THE GOT ON FILAMENT WINDING [...] (S) We followed up on this case April 17 with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Deputy Director General (DAS-equivalent) Ahmet Muhtar Gun and Department Head Elif Ulgen, emphasizing our strong belief that Tet Makina Metal Sanayi ve Ticaret is seeking ways to evade export controls to sell filame [...] | 2008-04-17 15:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ETTC KSCA PARM PREL PGOV MTCRE PK TU |
08ANKARA74 | TURKEY: CONSIDERING ACTION ON PAKISTAN SHIPMENT, CONCERNED ABOUT SHORT LEAD TIME [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-14 16:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL EWWT SN GM TU PK |
08ANKARA745 | (S) ADVISING THE GOT OF TET MAKINA'S PREPARATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-21 14:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA PK TU |
08ANKARA767 | TURKEY-AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN: SUMMIT DATES BEING FINALIZED; DOSTUM ARREST WOULD THREATEN TURKISH-AFGHAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-24 12:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | AF PGOV PK PREL TU |
08ANKARA92 | TURKEY ASSERTS INFORMATION ON PAKISTAN SHIPMENT INCORRECT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-16 14:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | EWWT PARM PK PREL TU |
08ASHGABAT1255 | TURKMENISTAN: PAKISTANI DCM SEES MUCH ROOM FOR [...] (C) A Pakistani diplomat told Emboff in a recent conversation that Turkmenistan, with its poor investment climate, is doing itself a real disservice. In a conversation with Emboff on September 18, Deputy Head of Mission Ali Araim said that he hoped that the government of Turkmenistan will com [...] | 2008-09-23 03:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PK TX |
08ASHGABAT1258 | TURKMENISTAN: PAKISTANI DIPLOMAT SHARES HIS VIEWS [...] (C) In a recent conversation with emboff, a senior Pakistan Embassy diplomat described his country as having had an "up and down" relationship with Iran for the last 20 years. He called Iranians "difficult people", and said Pakistan's relations with them were at a low during the years prior [...] | 2008-09-23 12:27:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IR PK TX |
08ASHGABAT1454 | TURKMENISTAN: PAKISTANI DIPLOMAT SKEPTICAL ON IPI PIPELINE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-06 03:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET IR PGOV PINR PK PREL TX |
08ASHGABAT727 | TURKMENISTAN: NEGOTIATIONS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: High-level representatives from Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India met in Ashgabat in late May to resolve some issues that continue to stand in the way of more substantive negotiations on the envisa [...] | 2008-06-06 12:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET ECON ETRD IN PK AF TX |
08ATHENS1719 | GREEK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE FOR POTENTIAL PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) A/DepEconCouns delivered reftel points on December 15 to Dr. Nike-Catherine Koutrakou, Hellenic Aid, Director of Emergency Humanitarian and Food Aid Programs. On December 24, Dr. Koutrakou advised A/DepEconCouns once again (see reftel B) that the GoG has not made any firm decisions on [...] | 2008-12-24 10:51:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN GR PK |
08ATHENS330 | GAERC DEMARCHE: GREECE EXPECTS "NO DECISIONS" [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-06 12:44:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU ZL PK AFIN ZI IR GG IS SY LE |
08ATHENS338 | GAERC DEMARCHE: GREECE EXPECTS "NO DECISIONS" [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 13:28:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU ZL PK AFIN ZI IR GG IS SY LE |
08ATHENS341 | GAERC DEMARCHE: GREECE EXPECTS "NO DECISIONS" [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 13:29:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU ZL PK AFIN ZI IR GG IS SY LE |
08ATHENS346 | GAERC DEMARCHE: GREECE EXPECTS "NO DECISIONS" [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 13:29:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU ZL PK AFIN ZI IR GG IS SY LE |
08BANGKOK1425 | U.S. Wins Concessions on UNESCAP 64th Commission Session [...] (SBU) Summary. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) held its 64th annual commission session in Bangkok April 22-30. This year's theme was "Energy Security and Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific." After several days (and nights) of n [...] | 2008-05-09 09:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ENRG UN IR CH IN KS JA PK RS AS XB |
08BEIJING1142 | AFM HE YAFEI DISCUSSES SIX-PARTY TALKS, TIBET, [...] (C) Senate Staffel members urged Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei to help convince DPRK leaders that if they fulfill their obligations under the Six-Party Talks framework, the United States stands ready to do the same. The DPRK must disclose information on its uranium enrichment program and [...] | 2008-03-26 09:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM IN KS KN RS JA TW CH PK |
08BEIJING1267 | April 3 MFA Press Briefing: Hu Jia Case, Olympic Boycott, [...] Key points at the April 3 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China has handled the Hu Jia case according to law and will not accept criticism. -- The IOC is right to reject calls to boycott the Beijing Olympics and the torch relay should not be disrupted. -- Reports China supplied the IAEA with [...] | 2008-04-03 11:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CH PK TN TZ CI QA KZ AS SW |
08BEIJING1316 | April 8 MFA Press Briefing: Dalai Lama, Olympic Torch, [...] Key points at the April 8 MFA Press Briefing were: -- The Dalai Lama "lies for a living" and wants to bring emancipated Tibetans back to slavery. -- United States and Chinese officials have been in contact to ensure safe passage for the Olympic torch in San Francisco. -- China will hold [...] | 2008-04-08 11:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CH PK TN TZ CI QA KZ AS SW |
08BEIJING1565 | CHINA STILL SUPPORTS MUSHARRAF; IS CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Chinese schoars downplayed the significance of Pakistan President Musharraf's April 10-15 visit to China in recent discussions with PolOff, but scholars and Chinese Government officials alike reaffirmed Chinese support for Musharraf despite his declining authority in the wake of [...] | 2008-04-23 09:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM ENRG EPET MNUC CH PK |
08BEIJING1643 | HIZB UT-TAHRIR, MUSLIM MISSIONARIES AND ISLAMIC [...] (C) Counterterrorism experts at the Ministry of State Security-affiliated China Institutes for Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) described to PolOffs on April 15 an ongoing Islamic "resurgence" in western China, encouraged by rising wealth among Chinese Muslims and increasing contac [...] | 2008-04-28 09:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF TI PK KG AF KZ CH |
08BEIJING1661 | XINJIANG: LACK OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, [...] (C) Job discrimination continues to fuel ethnic tension in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR),according to academics and Beijing-based Uighurs. Well-known Xinjiang scholar Yang Shengmin (strictly protect) of Beijing's Central University for Nationalities also acknowledged that unem [...] | 2008-04-29 09:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF TI PK KG AF KZ |
08BEIJING1662 | APRIL 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Torch Relay, Dalai Lama, [...] Key points at the April 29 MFA press briefing were: -- Chinese students who attended the torch relay in Seoul intended to defend the dignity of the torch. -- China's willingness to meet with the Dalai Lama's representatives shows China's "consistent policy" and "forgiveness." -- Seven Ch [...] | 2008-04-29 11:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY PTER CH KS KN JA PK GM BB |
08BEIJING1691 | NINGXIA MUSLIMS, PART 1: GOVERNMENT CONTROLS LIMIT [...] (C) Ningxia is not fertile ground for the further spread of Islam, despite the substantial ethnic Muslim concentrations that live there. Government controls on religious education, the freedom of worship among Muslim CCP members and other aspects of religious life, as well as echoes of the de [...] | 2008-04-30 09:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PTER KIRF PK CH SA EG |
08BEIJING1698 | NINGXIA MUSLIMS, PART 2: BUDDING FUNDAMENTALISM [...] (C) The Salafiyya movement, a Saudi Wahhabist import which promotes a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam, has established a small but significant presence in Ningxia in recent years, according to scholars and imams in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Surprisingly, the Gove [...] | 2008-05-01 05:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PTER KIRF PK CH SA EG |
08BEIJING1699 | Ningxia Muslims, Part 3: The Sufi King of Tongxin County: [...] (C) Hong Yang, a Peking University-educated imam in Ningxia's Tongxin County, heads a Sufi order which he says has over 2,000 imams, serving at 1,500 mosques with a total population of over one million Hui followers. An entourage of imams surrounded Hong as he entertained PolOff on an April vi [...] | 2008-05-02 01:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PTER KIRF PK EG CH SA |
08BEIJING178 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S DINNER WITH CHINESE [...] (U) January 16, 2008; 7:45 p.m.; Beijing, Ambassador's Residence. 2. (U) Participants: UNITED STATES The Deputy Secretary Mrs. Diana Negroponte Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr. Mrs. Sarah Randt Dennis Wilder, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Asian Affairs, NSC [...] | 2008-01-18 05:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CH TW KN KS IR IZ PK RS |
08BEIJING1880 | (S) PRC PROVIDED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CHINESE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-15 09:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH PK |
08BEIJING2185 | PRE-NOTIFICATION OF REQUEST TO ADD AKAS TO 1267 COMMITTEE LIST [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-06 02:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | CN EFIN KTFN PINR PK PREL PTER |
08BEIJING2414 | XINJIANG: OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY BRINGS TIGHT [...] (C) Summary: One government contact in Xinjiang described Urumqi as a city paralyzed by inconvenient security measures, while Urumqi netizens on a Xinjiang Government-run news portal complained of minor hassles. Local media were more upbeat; they took the arrival of the Olympic torch relay to [...] | 2008-06-19 09:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PREL PGOV KIRF KOLY PK KZ CH |
08BEIJING2941 | CHINESE COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICIALS SEEK COOPERATION [...] (C) In a July 22 meeting with EmbOffs, MFA External Security Affairs Department Division Director Xia Jingge asked if the United States could provide additional training for the Chinese air marshal program. Xia also sought an update on China's request for access to the FBI's terrorism databas [...] | 2008-07-30 07:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KOLY UN PHUM CH PK SYTH |
08BEIJING2965 | CHINESE SCHOLARS ON PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, INDIA [...] (C) Summary: Chinese contacts agree that continuing political uncertainty and the resulting diffusion of authority in Pakistan have distracted Pakistan's leadership from addressing counter-terrorism and economic concerns. They say that the Pakistan Government's negotiation approach with tribal [...] | 2008-07-31 11:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV MNUC CH PK AF IN |
08BEIJING2987 | IRANIAN SCO MEMBERSHIP LOOKS UNLIKELY, SAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sources at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Secretariat, Chinese MFA and Russian Embassy told PolOff separately that it is unlikely Iran will join the SCO in the near future. Rather than adding new members, the SCO intends to have "dialogue partners" to promote cooper [...] | 2008-08-01 09:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CH IN IR MG PK RS |
08BEIJING3109 | AUGUST 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BUSH VISIT, DRUM TOWER [...] Key points at the August 13 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- Asked to provide a reaction to President Bush's comments regarding religious freedom, the spokesman said that the Chinese government safeguards the rights of its citizens, including religious freedom. -- China expressed its [...] | 2008-08-13 11:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY PHUM CH KN JA GG RS PK |
08BEIJING3175 | CHINA SEEKS COOPERATION WITH UNITED STATES ON [...] (C) China and the United States share a "huge" interest in helping Pakistan maintain political stability in the wake of Pakistan President Musharraf's August 18 resignation, MFA Asia Department Afghanistan and Pakistan Division Director Zhang Yiming told PolOff August 19. In response to reftel [...] | 2008-08-19 09:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER CH PK |
08BEIJING3208 | AUGUST 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PROTESTS, GEORGIA CEASE FIRE, [...] Key points at the August 20 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- All protestors require approval of the Public Security Bureau, however, pro-Tibet independence activities will not be welcomed by the Chinese people. -- China welcomes the cease fire between Russia and Georgia and hopes it [...] | 2008-08-20 09:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KOLY PHUM CH JA GG RS PK KS |
08BEIJING3356 | PRC INFORMED OF CONCERNS RE PAKISTAN PLANS TO [...] (S) PolOff conveyed reftel talking points urging China to prevent Chinese firms from supplying flow-forming and ring-rolling machines to Pakistan's missile program to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on August 29. Wang promised to relay t [...] | 2008-08-29 07:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA CH PK |
08BEIJING3500 | SEPTEMBER 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: JOINT COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE [...] Key points at the September 9 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- Vice Premier Wang Qishan will visit the United States next week to discuss bilateral trade issues with U.S. officials as part of the Sino-U.S. Joint Committee on Commerce and Trade (JCCT). -- Vice Foreign Minister Wu Daw [...] | 2008-09-09 23:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD PARM MNUC CH KN TW IN PK EC |
08BEIJING3629 | FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) PolOff delivered points and text of invitation letter on the Friends of Pakistan group (reftel) to MFA Asian Affairs Department Afghanistan and Pakistan Division Director Zhang Yiming and MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo on S [...] | 2008-09-19 07:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON CH PK |
08BEIJING3758 | DEMARCHE ON PAKISTAN SECURITY AND ECONOMIC CRISES [...] (C) In a meeting with MFA Asian Affairs Department Afghanistan and Pakistan Division Deputy Director Cao Jing on September 26, PolOff delivered reftel points asking China to urge Pakistan's leadership to undertake strong measures to resolve Pakistan's security and economic crises. Deputy Dire [...] | 2008-09-26 09:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID EFIN PTER CH PK |
08BEIJING3854 | CHINA INFORMED OF CONTINUED EFFORTS BY A CHINESE [...] (S) PolOff delivered ref A message (informing China of continued efforts by a Chinese firm to supply missile production technology to Pakistan's Advanced Engineering and Research Organization (AERO)) to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on [...] | 2008-10-08 08:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCR PREL ETTC CH PK |
08BEIJING3911 | October 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: President Zadari's Visit, [...] Key points at the October 14 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China welcomes Pakistani President Zadari and looks forward to "in-depth discussions" and the signing of several "deals." -- China regains control of half of Heixiazi Island from Russia. -- China will "communicate and c [...] | 2008-10-14 10:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM PINR CH KN KS EC CS PK HK MC |
08BEIJING3941 | FM YANG AND SENATOR HAGEL DISCUSS THE FINANCIAL [...] (C) Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) that the current global economic crisis "demands global leadership" and U.S.-China cooperation to overcome the lack of confidence in financial markets. He said that China will "do its best" to ensure a smooth transition of U.S.- [...] | 2008-10-16 07:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL MASS PTER PGOV TW PK KN KS CH |
08BEIJING4006 | October 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TERRORIST LIST, NUCLEAR [...] Key points at the October 21 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes that "relevant countries will work with China to bring eight terrorists to justice." -- China's cooperation with Pakistan on civilian nuclear energy is "subject to International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA [...] | 2008-10-21 23:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM PTER PK IN SU XG |
08BEIJING4031 | PRC: MFA CONFIRMS UNSPECIFIED CIVILIAN NUCLEAR [...] (C) China wishes to continue the development of its civilian nuclear cooperation with Pakistan, according to MFA Asian Affairs Department Afghanistan and Pakistan Division Director Zhang Yiming. In an October 23 briefing for the U.S. and U.K. Embassies on Pakistan President Asif Zardari's Oct [...] | 2008-10-23 10:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID EFIN PTER CH PK |
08BEIJING4062 | VFM HE YAFEI AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS FINANCIAL [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei expressed to the Ambassador October 27 his belief that the United States and China should hold consultations before the November 15 G-20 summit, in part to ensure that European-sponsored proposals for an overhaul of the global financial system are tempered to [...] | 2008-10-27 12:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL EFIN CH PK |
08BEIJING4064 | AMBASSADOR URGES CONTINUED NONPROLIFERATION [...] (S) In an October 27 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei on a range of topics (septel),the Ambassador stressed the importance of nonproliferation and of continuing the U.S.-China nonproliferation dialogue. Noting the unwillingness of MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department offici [...] | 2008-10-27 12:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCR PREL ETTC KSCA CH PK |
08BEIJING4147 | PRC-PAKISTAN NUCLEAR COOPERATION: CHINA WILL ABIDE [...] (C) The United States need not be concerned about China-Pakistan civilian nuclear cooperation, because China will "strictly abide" by obligations and commitments it has made to the international community, MFA Asian Affairs Department Afghanistan and Pakistan Division Director Zhang Yiming tol [...] | 2008-11-06 07:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC PGOV AORC ECON CH PK |
08BEIJING4192 | FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN DEMARCHE; NO NEW INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Chinese MFA Asian Affairs Department Afghanistan and Pakistan Division Deputy Director Cao Jing offered no substantive response to U.S. views on the objectives and functions of the Friends of Pakistan (FOP) group (ref A). Cao said China will be represented at the next FOP meeting in Abu [...] | 2008-11-12 08:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PARM ENRG ECON EAID CH PK |
08BEIJING4353 | CHINA CONSIDERING ATTENDANCE AT PAKISTAN DONOR [...] (C) Chinese MFA Asian Affairs Department Afghanistan and Pakistan Division Attache Xing Wei offered no substantive response to U.S. views on the proposed December 16 donor conference in support of Pakistan (ref A). Xing told PolOff November 26 that the Chinese had learned of the conference at [...] | 2008-11-26 11:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN IBRD IMF CH PK |
08BEIJING4442 | DECEMBER 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DALAI LAMA AND FRANCE, INDIA [...] Key points at the December 4 MFA press briefing: -- China hopes to "repair" its relationship with France, but urges France to "take seriously the feelings of the Chinese people" with regard to the planned meeting between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the Dalai Lama. -- Both India an [...] | 2008-12-04 23:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER PARM ECON EFIN ETRD CH FR IN PK SU |
08BEIJING4452 | UNDER SECRETARY JEFFERY URGES CHINA'S SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) In a December 4 meeting with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei on the margins of the Strategic Economic Dialogue, Under Secretary Jeffery strongly urged China to support the designation of four Lashkar-e-Tayyiba leaders under UNSCR 1267, particularly in light of the Mumbai terror atta [...] | 2008-12-05 08:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CH IN PK |
08BEIJING4475 | PRC SCHOLARS CONCERNED ABOUT INDIAN REACTION [...] (C) PRC South Asia scholars have expressed concern to us that retaliation by India against Pakistan for the recent Mumbai terror attacks would create instability in the region and significantly hamper U.S. counter-insurgency efforts in Afghanistan and along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. In [...] | 2008-12-09 08:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CH PK IN AF |
08BEIJING4489 | CHINESE MFA URGED TO RELEASE 1267 HOLDS BY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-10 09:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN AORC UN PK CH |
08BEIJING4610 | CHINA ASKED TO FOLLOW-UP ON EFFORTS BY PAKISTAN'S [...] (S) On the margins of a meeting on another topic, visiting EAP/CM Director shared ref A points requesting an update of China's investigation into Chinese entities' attempts to supply ring-rolling and flow-forming machines to Pakistan's missile program with MFA North America and Oceania Affairs [...] | 2008-12-19 09:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL MTCR ETTC KSCA CH PK |
08BEIJING7 | MFA: MAINTAINING STABILITY IN PAKISTAN "A COMMON [...] (C) Maintaining stability in Pakistan is a "common interest" of China and the United States, and China stands ready for further cooperation with the United States on Pakistan, Asia Department Director for Pakistan Zhang Yiming told PolOff on January 2 in response to reftel points. Zhang cited [...] | 2008-01-02 09:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CH PK |
08BEIJING869 | PRC-PAKISTAN: MFA, SCHOLARS REMAIN FOCUSED ON [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials and PRC scholars believe the new coalition government in Pakistan will be inherently weak and that extended political instability would likely lead to the intervention of the Pakistan Army. Though the shakiness of the nascent coalition Government will slow the devel [...] | 2008-03-10 09:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM CH PK |
08BEIJING90 | MFA: CHINA INTERSTED IN STABLE AND PEACEFUL [...] (C) MFA Asia Department Deputy Director General Liu Jian briefed PolMinCouns January 8 on Chinese Foreign Minister (FM) Yang Jiechi's January 5 phone call to Pakistan FM Inam-ul Haq. (Note: See also the January 5 report on the telephone conversation by the official PRC news agency Xinhua (re [...] | 2008-01-08 09:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TER PARM CH PK |
08BERLIN1069 | (S) GERMAN FIRM GEBR SAACKE GMBH INDICATES NO [...] (S) In response to reftel demarche, Germany indicates the German firm Gebr Saacke GmbH & Co has had no business dealings with the Pakistani firm Premier International and has since been sensitized to future procurement efforts. On July 21, 2008, German MFA Export Control Division Desk Offic [...] | 2008-08-06 08:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA AEC GM PK |
08BERLIN14 | (S) GERMANY WILL INVESTIGATE SHIPMENT OF [...] (S) Global Affairs Officer delivered reftel demarche January 4 to MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck. Reck undertook to pass the information immediately to the German interagency export control working group. Reck said German export control officials are well aware of the ri [...] | 2008-01-04 13:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC EWWT PARM PREL KNNP SN TU PK GM |
08BERLIN1484 | GERMAN VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 3 GYMNICH AND NOVEMBER [...] (C) In addition to transatlantic relations, EU foreign ministers are expected to use their November 3 informal "Gymnich" lunch in Marseille to discuss options for EU support of the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including the possibility of deploying an EU battlegroup Germany [...] | 2008-10-31 15:53:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN RS IS AF PK SY LE SO IR |
08BERLIN1509 | GERMAN INQUIRY ON CHINA - PAKISTAN NUCLEAR [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 5. 2. (S) On the margins of an unrelated meeting, German MFA Desk Officer Joerg Polster requested any releasable information on a reported China - Pakistan civil nuclear agreement under which China would provide two new nuclear power plants to [...] | 2008-11-05 13:05:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | KNNP KNUC PREL PK CH GM |
08BERLIN1511 | MERKEL IN CHINA SEEKS RESOLVE IN HANDING FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Much of Chancellor Merkel's October 23-25 visit to Beijing to attend the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) focused on the financial crisis, according to Chancellery advisors Ludger Siemes (Bilateral Relations to the Near and Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America) and Petra Sigmu [...] | 2008-11-05 13:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN ECON CH GM IN PK |
08BERLIN1547 | GERMANY SUPPORTS U.S. GOALS FOR NOVEMBER 19 AFGHAN [...] (SBU) Post delivered ref A talking points regarding the November 19 international conference on Afghan refugees in Kabul to MFA Office Director for Afghanistan Affairs Director Ruediger Koenig on November 14. Koenig noted that Germany took the conference very seriously, although nobody from B [...] | 2008-11-17 10:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM AF PK IR GM |
08BERLIN1548 | GERMAN ENGAGEMENT WITH PAKISTAN AND VIEWS ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. To help Pakistan deal with its broad range of challenges, Germany has significantly ramped up its diplomatic engagement with Islamabad and plans to double its development assistance. Both Chancellor Merkel and FM Steinmeier have met with Pakistani leaders in recent weeks. Germa [...] | 2008-11-17 10:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ECON EAID PK GM |
08BERLIN159 | (S) GERMANY WILL INVESTIGATE ALLEGED PAKISTANI MISSILE-RELATED PROCUREMENT ATTEMPTS; DUAL-USE EXPORTS TO PAKISTAN REMAIN SUSPENDED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-08 17:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC GM MTCRE PARM PK PREL |
08BERLIN1591 | (C) GERMANY FEARS NSG COULD BE UNDERMINED BY [...] (C) Germany believes that continued civil nuclear cooperation between Pakistan and China (beyond the Chasma II nuclear power plant) is outside the scope of China's entrance agreement into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and fears that this continued cooperation could weaken the NSG as a who [...] | 2008-11-26 16:27:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KNUC PREL PK CH GM |
08BERLIN1605 | GERMAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PAKISTAN DONORS [...] On December 1, Econoff met with Gudrun Sraega, Head of Division, South Asia, Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to encourage German participation in the proposed December 16 Pakistan Donors Conference in New York (ref A). Other than a recent inquiry by the Japanese, Sraega said she had not b [...] | 2008-12-02 10:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL GM PK |
08BERLIN1679 | (S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PAKISTANI FIRM SEEKING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-17 12:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL PK GM |
08BERLIN243 | GERMAN COMPANY ALERTED TO PAKISTANI ENTITY'S ATTEMPT TO PROCURE SPARE PARTS AND TECHNICAL ASSITENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-28 08:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC GM KSCA MTCRE PARM PK PREL |
08BERLIN541 | GERMANY ON APRIL 28-29 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol-mil/external chief met with MFA Deputy European Correspondent Thomas Schieb April 25 to discuss reftel points on key issues to be discussed at the April 28-29 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). The Western Balkans, the Middle East, Burma, Zimbabwe and [...] | 2008-04-25 17:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL GM IR RS KV BK BM IZ ZI PK ZL |
08BERLIN607 | (S) PAKISTAN NEVER RECEIVED DUAL-USE CNC MACHINES [...] (S) MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker provided Global Affairs Officer on May 5 with a German-language nonpaper response to reftel regarding the attempted Pakistani procurement of dual-use CNC (computer numerical control) machine tools from the German firm Deckel Maho Gild [...] | 2008-05-09 14:50:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL PK AU GM |
08BRUSSELS1354 | DE GUCHT SEPT 3 TRIP TO MOSCOW; EXCHANGE WITH [...] (C) De Gucht September 3 Call in Moscow on Lavrov - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - -- - - -- - - - - - - -: During a September 2 call on MFA Deputy Cabinet Chiefs Fons Borginon (multilateral affairs) and Thomas Lambert (European bilateral affairs, who attended the September 1 EU Summit),they expl [...] | 2008-09-02 17:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PGOV GG RS YI AF PK BE |
08BRUSSELS165 | SCA ADVISOR DEUTSCH SEEKS SUPPORT FROM EC AND EIB [...] (C) Senior Economic Advisor for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Deutsch met with European Commission, European Investment Bank, and KfW Bank officials January 23 - 24 in Brussels to discuss the Central to South Asia Regional Electricity Market (CASAREM). European Commission (EC) Head o [...] | 2008-02-01 14:34:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU EAID OSCE AF TI TX UZ XG ZK PK |
08BRUSSELS1796 | EU SEEKS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PAKISTAN DONORS [...] (C) Political Officer spoke with European Commission RELEX Head of Unit for Afghanistan and Pakistan David Tirr and Desk Officer for Pakistan Heino Marius on November 26 concerning reftel demarche. Tirr said that the Commission would like additional information before making any decisions regar [...] | 2008-11-26 18:02:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMC PK |
08BRUSSELS1883 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION ON POTENTIAL PAKISTAN DONORS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-12 16:15:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK |
08BRUSSELS560 | TAKING STOCK OF EUROPEAN COMMISSION ASSISTANCE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The dramatic increase in annual European Commission (EC) assistance from EUR 19 million per year (2002-2006) to EUR 50 million (2007-2010) underscores the EC's deepening commitment to development in Pakistan. Programs are implemented through a mix of project and sector support, i [...] | 2008-04-14 15:24:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EUN PK |
08CAIRO808 | U.S.-EGYPT COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-20 15:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV KISL AG MO SO PK AF LY SU |
08CANBERRA1205 | AUSTRALIA SEEKS MORE INFO ON PAKISTAN CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff met with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and AusAID officials December 2 to discuss reftel potential Pakistan donors conference. The GOA officials were unable to make any commitments, but are clearly interested. However, they need more details before they [...] | 2008-12-02 05:13:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF AS PK |
08CANBERRA1270 | AUSTRALIA UNDECIDED ON PAKISTAN CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) GOA remains uncertain whether it will be able to attend a Pakistan donors conference at the Foreign Minister level, and on what sort of commitment it could make. DFAT Pakistan Director Lisa Rice-Madan reiterated that the uncertainty about the details of the conference (now including its [...] | 2008-12-12 05:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK |
08CANBERRA374 | AUSTRALIA TO DOUBLE ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) confirmed plans to double assistance to Pakistan through 2010. GOA aid is expected to increase from approximately US $23M to US $46M. This growth continues a [...] | 2008-04-11 04:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK AS |
08CANBERRA4 | U/S BURNS AT 12/5 TSD SOM - AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Burns met with his Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) counterparts Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Secretary Michael L,Estrange and Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Deputy Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka December 4-5, 2007 in [...] | 2008-01-03 04:49:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL AF IN PK AS |
08CANBERRA946 | FOREIGN MINISTER SMITH TO ATTEND FRIENDS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-19 07:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | AS ECON PGOV PK PREL |
08CHENNAI55 | POLICE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE TERRORISTS [...] (C) Summary: Police officials in the South India state of Karnataka arrested two individuals on January 9 who have since made statements suggesting that they are involved in plotting terror attacks in India. At least one of the suspects claimed to have received training at a Lashkar-e-Tayyib [...] | 2008-02-14 08:50:00 | Consulate Chennai | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN PK BG NP SA IN PINR |
08COLOMBO534 | MALDIVES HOSTS INDIAN OCEAN COUNTRIES FOR U.S. COAST [...] (SBU) Summary: In conjunction with the U.S. Coast Guard, the Government of Maldives hosted the "Partnering for a Safer Sea" conference May 19-22, at which Indian Ocean national and private maritime security and maritime industry stakeholders discussed regional security trends and issues. Offi [...] | 2008-06-03 06:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MARR PREL PTER BG CN IN MA MP MU MV PK SL |
08COLOMBO733 | SAARC SUMMIT: BOUCHER AND GILANI FOLLOW UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting on the margins of the SAARC summit, Prime Minister Gilani told Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher that he felt his recent meetings in Washington had gone well. Foreign Minister Qureshi objected to Afghanistan's withdrawal from pla [...] | 2008-08-04 09:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PINR PGOV PTER KNNP PARM IN AF PK |
08COLOMBO735 | Pakistan-Sri Lanka FTA Presents Opportunities for U.S. [...] (U) Summary: Trade between Pakistan and Sri Lanka has increased significantly following signing of the Pakistan-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement in June 2005. Total trade in 2004 was valued at USD 147.4 million; by 2007 it grew to USD 233.4 million, an increase of 58 percent. As tariffs are re [...] | 2008-08-04 09:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAID CE PK |
08DOHA818 | QATARI EXPERTS SEE SECURITY, BRIGHT FUTURE IN [...] (C)At a November 3 meeting with Poloff, Dr.Hatem El Karanshawy, Dean of the Faculty of Islamic Studies at Qatar University and former Governor of the Egyptian Central Bank, attributed the recent global financial turmoil to speculation on the part of western bankers and investors, particularly i [...] | 2008-11-20 10:37:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ECON QA SU SY UK EG PK YM |
08DOHA837 | EMBASSY DOHA WARMLY WELCOMES CODEL BAIRD (DECEMBER [...] Embassy Doha warmly welcomes the December 2-3 and 5-6 visits to Qatar of United States Representative Brian Baird; United States Representative Lincoln Davis; Dr. Nichloas Palarino, Senior Investigator and Policy Advisor, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; Brooke Bennett, Profession [...] | 2008-12-01 10:48:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KW AF PK QA IZ |
08GENEVA775 | UNHCR:HC GUTERRES ON AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, IRAN [...] (SBU) UNHCR High Commissioner Guterres painted a grim picture of the situation in Northwestern Pakistan during a briefing to key donors. Describing the situation there as the most worrisome in the world at the moment, he called on the International Community to support both the current govern [...] | 2008-09-16 15:46:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF EAGR EAID IR PGOV PHUM PK PREF |
08HANOI581 | VIETNAM'S BIGGEST EVER SEIZURE OF MARIJUANA [...] Summary. The May 13 seizure of eight tons of marijuana resin by GVN authorities was the biggest such seizure ever in Vietnam. The drugs were found in two shipping containers transiting Mong Cai border gate in the Northeastern province of Quang Ninh into China. The shipment originated in Paki [...] | 2008-05-16 09:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM SOCI CH PK VM |
08HELSINKI1 | FINNISH RESPONSE - BHUTTO ASSASSINATION AND US [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-02 13:05:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SHUM PK FI |
08HELSINKI550 | FINNISH COMMENTS ON THE DECEMBER 8-9 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. PolOff met with MFA Unit for the European Union Common Foreign and Security Policy Director Leena-Kaisa Mikkola to discuss GAERC points on December 5. On the question of enlargement, she stated that the Western Balkans will be part of a general discussion and Turkey will be encou [...] | 2008-12-05 15:12:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EUN ZL IS PK CG TU FI |
08ISLAMABAD1 | MGPK02: SITREP 7: CALM RETURNS; CONFUSION OVER [...] (C) Summary: Calm returned across Pakistan on New Year's Day. The Election Commission met and decided to consult with the political parties January 2 before making a final decision to postpone the elections. Various political parties have differing view on whether to delay. Bhutto widower Za [...] | 2008-01-01 11:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO MARR |
08ISLAMABAD1015 | RESTORING THE JUDICIARY [...] (C) Summary. Whether or how to restore the judges ousted by President Musharraf under the November 3 Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) is a key issue in coalition negotiations between Asif Zardari's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party [...] | 2008-03-06 10:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD1032 | PAKISTAN AND OIC SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER'S REQUEST [...] (U) On March 7 Poloff informed MFA Americas Division Director Mansoor Khan of Special Envoy Cumber's interest in a meeting with the Pakistani delegation at the OIC summit in Dakar. We also provided contact information per reftel. Khan said the best POC for arranging a meeting with FM Inam ul [...] | 2008-03-07 15:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC OIC PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1033 | PAKISTAN AGREES TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE UNSCR ACTION [...] (C) In a March 5 meeting with MFA Assistant Director Farhat Ayesha, Poloff drew on reftel points regarding concerns about piracy on Somalia's coast. Assistant Director Ayesha noted that Pakistan shared our concerns and welcomed a multilateral approach on the issue. Ayesha thanked Poloff for [...] | 2008-03-07 15:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PBTS PREL UNSC UN SO PK |
08ISLAMABAD1034 | ZARDARI DROPS FAHEEM AS PM CANDIDATE [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Amin Faheem told Ambassador March 7 that Asif Zardari does not want him to be Prime Minister because the party needs a Punjabi to counter the influence of Nawaz Sharif. Zardari offered Faheem the post of Speaker of the National Assembly or any other minist [...] | 2008-03-07 16:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD1035 | PAKISTAN'S FISCAL DEFICIT PUTTING ECONOMIC STABILITY AT [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF expects the fiscal deficit for the current fiscal year to be as high as 6.5 percent of GDP, far exceeding the 4 percent target. A nearly $1 billion shortfall in tax collection, larger than budgeted expenditures, below target privatization receipts, and the projectizat [...] | 2008-03-08 03:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD105 | PAKISTAN: REFOCUSING SECURITY ASSISTANCE [...] (U) This is an action request - see Paras 3 and 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Over the past year, militant extremists in Pakistan have sharply increased attacks, both in tribal areas along the Pak-Afghan border and into settled areas. While these attacks do not represent a medium-term threat to Pakis [...] | 2008-01-08 09:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD1070 | FATA IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE FOR 03/07/08 [...] (U) Summary: Following below is a summary of US Mission Islamabad's activities in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) along its northwest border with Afghanistan during the week ending March 7, 2008. ODRP FATA Programs ------------------ 2. (C) Senior ODRP officers met [...] | 2008-03-10 12:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID MASS PK |
08ISLAMABAD1071 | COALITION "DECLARATION": FEDERAL PARTICIPATION [...] (C) Summary: Late March 9, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) announced the details for the formation of Pakistan's next coalition government. In exchange for the PPP's commitment to pass a resolution ostensibly returning deposed judges to the bench, th [...] | 2008-03-10 13:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1072 | ZARDARI'S VIEWS ON AGREEMENT WITH NAWAZ [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari told Ambassador March 10 that yesterday's agreement with Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif was less than it seemed regarding the restoration of the judges (Ref A). Zardari reiterated his desire to work with Mush [...] | 2008-03-10 15:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1073 | IMET: RECAPTURING PAKISTAN'S LOST GENERATION [...] (U) This is an action request, please see Paras 2 and 9. 2. (U) SUMMARY. Post welcomes Department's proposal to expand IMET funding for Pakistan (reftel) and intends to focus additional funding on those Pakistani military officers, now at mid and senior ranks, who were unable to participat [...] | 2008-03-10 15:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS MARR PK |
08ISLAMABAD1097 | TARIQ AZIZ NOT ALARMED BY ZARDARI'S DEAL WITH NAWAZ [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-12 08:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD11 | Post-Conflict Assistance in Swat [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable outlines options Post is considering to assist the GOP in providing post-conflict assistance to citizens in Swat (Northwest Frontier Province) who have suffered during the military's recent anti-terrorist campaign. We have reviewed existing Mission assistance programs [...] | 2008-01-02 15:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK PTER |
08ISLAMABAD1100 | BIOSECURITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM: SUPPORT FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) Summary: Avian influenza (AI) and the threat of pandemic influenza continue to be key issues in Biosecurity Engagement Program (BEP) discussions with Pakistani health and agricultural officials. Continued AI outbreaks in poultry as well as a confirmed human case in late 2007, have sparked [...] | 2008-03-12 12:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PTER TSPL ETTC PK |
08ISLAMABAD1101 | PTA ON THE YOUTUBE BLOCKING INCIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to an informal request from the Department, EconCouns and Econoff met with Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) Chairman Shahzad Alam Malik March 5 to discuss the February 22 blockage of YouTube. Malik explained that the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority ( [...] | 2008-03-12 12:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ECPS EINT KPAO PK |
08ISLAMABAD1114 | POTENTIAL PUNJAB CHIEF MINISTER SHAHBAZ SHARIF [...] (C) Summary: This is one of several profiles on Pakistani politicians who will have a significant role in shaping the new government. 2. (C) Shahbaz Sharif, brother of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, is a PML-N heavyweight who intends to be Punjab's next Chief Minister. Although he cur [...] | 2008-03-13 03:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1130 | UNSCR 1803: PAKISTAN OPPOSES IRAN SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-13 13:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR KNNP MNUC PARM PK |
08ISLAMABAD1131 | PAKISTAN CONSIDERING SUPPORT FOR OIC COMMUNIQUE ON [...] (C) In a March 6 discussion with MFA Director Afzaal Mahmood, Poloff drew on Ref A points encouraging Pakistan to support language in the OIC Summit communique welcoming Kosovo's independence. Mahmood noted Pakistan was considering such support, but had not yet made a decision. Mahmood once a [...] | 2008-03-14 02:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNMIK KV PK |
08ISLAMABAD1148 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH POTENTIAL NEW MINISTER OF FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: In a March 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, whose name has been cited as a potential PML-N Minister of Finance, discussed his relationship with Benazir Bhutto and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP),and emphasized that [...] | 2008-03-14 12:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1180 | APRIL 24-25 ISLAMABAD REGIONAL ECONOMIC [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para six. 2. (SBU) As per reftel request, post approached the Economic Affairs Division of the Ministry of Finance regarding preparations for the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECC). Joint Additional Secretary Sohail Re [...] | 2008-03-17 10:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EAID ECON ENRG ETRD PGOV KPWR PK AF |
08ISLAMABAD1181 | FATA IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE FOR 03/14/08 [...] (U) Summary: Below is a summary of US Mission Islamabad's activities in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) along its northwest border with Afghanistan during the week ending March 14, 2008. FATA Briefings -------------- 2. (U) In Peshawar on March 11, DCM briefed the N [...] | 2008-03-17 11:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PK PREL MASS |
08ISLAMABAD1192 | PAKISTAN'S NEW NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONVENES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-17 13:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1212 | AITZAZ AHSAN GIVES PARLIAMENT 30 DAYS TO RESTORE [...] (C) Summary. Supreme Court Bar Association President Aitzaz Ahsan told Ambassador March 18 that former Chief Justice Chaudhry "will not storm the Supreme Court" upon his release (expected as soon as a new government is in place). Instead, Ahsan is giving the new parliament 30 days to find a [...] | 2008-03-19 08:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD1219 | CABINET NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-19 13:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1220 | PAKISTAN ELECTS A WOMAN AS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: On March 19, the National Assembly voted to elect Pakistan's first female Speaker of the National Assembly. Dr. Fahmida Mirza is a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) parliamentarian from Sindh and a respected women's rights advocate. The PPP's choice for Deputy Speaker, Faisal Kareem [...] | 2008-03-19 14:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1230 | GOP AGREES TO POSTPONEMENT OF APRIL 24-25 REGIONAL ECONOMIC [...] (U) SUMMARY. Pursuant to the request from the Government of Afghanistan (GOA),the Government of Pakistan (GOP) has agreed to postpone the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference (RECC) scheduled for April 24-25, 2008 in Islamabad. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) EconOff met with the Joint Secretary o [...] | 2008-03-20 05:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EAID ENRG ECON ETRD PGOV KPWR PK AF |
08ISLAMABAD1268 | BIOSECURITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM: SUPPORT FOR U.S.-PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Department's Biosecurity Engagement Program (BEP) will contribute USD 1.2 million under the auspices of the U.S.-Pakistan Science and Technology (S&T) Agreement toward projects related to BEP's mission to engage scientists in Pakistan. Initially funded by USAID, collaborati [...] | 2008-03-24 11:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PTER TSPL ETTC PK |
08ISLAMABAD1269 | CSF AND THE POTENTIAL FOR CIVIL-MILITARY TENSION [...] (C) Summary: Coalition Support Fund (CSF) reimbursements are a major political and economic factor in our bilateral relations with Pakistan. On the military side, the recent publicity about CSF claims, largely resulting from congressional hearings, has prompted concern that reimbursements wi [...] | 2008-03-24 11:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS MARR PK |
08ISLAMABAD1271 | YOUSEF GILLANI ELECTED PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Vice Chairman Yousef Gillani was elected as Pakistan's new Prime Minister on March 24 by a resounding two-thirds majority of the National Assembly; he will be sworn in by President Musharraf on March 25. With the real political leaders (Asif Zardari [...] | 2008-03-24 13:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1272 | CJCS MULLEN'S MEETING WITH COAS GENERAL KAYANI [...] (C) Summary: CJCS Mullen met with Pakistan's Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani twice March 3-4. At a private dinner on March 3, they engaged in a discussion of Pakistan's new political landscape in the aftermath of the February 18 parliamentary elections. During talks on March [...] | 2008-03-24 13:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MASS PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1273 | ADMIRAL MULLEN'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARAFF [...] (C) Summary: In a March 4 meeting with CJCS Admiral Mullen, Musharraf commented on perceptions of India's growing role in Afghanistan and cautioned his visitors with regard to overly optimistic assessments of the peace jirga process. He also gave his view of the post-election political situati [...] | 2008-03-24 14:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD129 | ODRP CHIEF ENGAGES PAKISTAN'S MILITARY LEADERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Major General Helmly, Chief of Office of the Defense Representative - Pakistan (ODRP),met with senior Pakistan military leadership to reinforce our commitment to the U.S.-Pakistan security relationship. The officials expressed concerns about the effect "conditionality" on U.S. [...] | 2008-01-09 10:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD1295 | DETAINED JUDGES ARE RELEASED [...] (U) Summary. On March 24, former Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, seven other deposed Supreme Court justices, and three provincial high court judges were released from five months of house arrest by police. This announcement to release the deposed judges was the first a [...] | 2008-03-25 14:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD13 | PROPOSALS FOR EXPEDITED DEVELOPMENT IN PAKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: As instructed by Principals December 28, this cable outlines proposals to enhance and expedite military and development projects for Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and adjacent Pakistan-Afghan border areas. These include projects with the Pakistan military, [...] | 2008-01-02 16:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL ECON EAID PREF |
08ISLAMABAD1330 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH ASIF ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary. In a wide-ranging discussion March 25, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari told the Deputy Secretary that the National Assembly would give newly elected Prime Minister Gillani a vote of confidence on March 29. This would give the new government six months to beg [...] | 2008-03-27 07:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD1331 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH NAWAZ SHARIF [...] (C) Summary. During a March 25 meeting with the Deputy Secretary, Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Nawaz Sharif SIPDIS repeatedly complained about President Musharraf but agreed that "we must win, no matter how" in the battle against extremism. The Deputy Secretary suggested that "we agre [...] | 2008-03-27 07:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD1332 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. In a March 25 meeting, Foreign Secretary Khan told the Deputy Secretary it might be possible to schedule the next round of the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue in Washington in June, depending on approval of the incoming Foreign Minister. Khan said there was a chance of progre [...] | 2008-03-27 07:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD1333 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. In a March 25 meeting, the Deputy Secretary congratulated Fahimida Mirza on becoming Pakistan's SIPDIS first female National Assembly Speaker and welcomed her proposed visit to Washington. Mirza described her plans to strengthen the institution of parliament. End Summary. [...] | 2008-03-27 07:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD1334 | DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETS PM GILLANI [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with newly elected Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gillani on March 26. Gillani expressed appreciation for the President's congratulatory call, asked for the support of the United States, and expressed desire to expand cooperation with the U.S. in counte [...] | 2008-03-27 07:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD134 | GOP APPROVES SIGNING OF IRAN-PAKISTAN PIPELINE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para five. Pakistan approves signing of Iran-Pakistan pipeline --------------------------------------------- ------ 2. (SBU) The GOP approved the gas sale purchase agreement with Iran on January 8, which paves the way for signing the Iran-Pak [...] | 2008-01-09 14:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EFIN EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1351 | CODEL TIERNEY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF [...] (C) In a March 27 meeting with Codel Tierney, President Musharraf praised newly elected Prime Minister Gillani, urged the new government to make the transition from politics to governance, and discussed efforts to combat extremism. End Summary. 2. (C) Codel Tierney (Representatives John [...] | 2008-03-28 17:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD1355 | NEW PAKISTAN CABINET [...] (U) Summary. Pakistan's newly elected Prime Minister Yousef Gillani March 29 received a unanimous vote of confidence from the Parliament; this gives the new government six months to move forward and tackle significant economic and terrorism challenges. Gillani then outlined the coalition gov [...] | 2008-03-29 10:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1368 | PROFILE: PPP CO-CHAIR ASIF ZARDARI [...] (U) This profile of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari is one of a series on Pakistan's new political leadership. Political Plans --------------- 2. (C) On March 22, Zardari announced the nomination of Yousef Gillani as the PPP candidate for Prime Minster and [...] | 2008-03-31 07:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD137 | GOP APPROVES SIGNING OF IRAN-PAKISTAN PIPELINE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para five. Pakistan approves signing of Iran-Pakistan pipeline --------------------------------------------- ------ 2. (SBU) The GOP approved the gas sale purchase agreement with Iran on January 8, which paves the way for signing the Iran-Pakis [...] | 2008-01-10 01:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EFIN EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1376 | MUSHARRAF SWEARS IN 24 MINISTERS; PRIME MINISTER [...] (U) Summary. On March 29, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gillani announced his "100 Day Plan" to the National Assembly. Within his plan, he looks to assist the lagging economy, continue to fight terror, strengthen Pakistan's ties with its neighbors and the West, restore the judiciary, and [...] | 2008-03-31 12:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1381 | PAKISTAN SUPPORTS NEW UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-01 07:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL AF UNGA |
08ISLAMABAD1383 | PAKISTAN: SOMALIA AND PIRACY, SEEKING VIEWS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-01 09:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PBTS PGOV PK PREL SO UNGA UNSC |
08ISLAMABAD1384 | FATA IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE FOR 03/28/08 [...] (U) Below is a summary of US Mission Islamabad's activities in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) along its northwest border with Afghanistan during the past two weeks up to March 28, 2008. ODRP FATA Activities -------------------- 2. (SBU) CCMR Contact Group: The [...] | 2008-04-01 09:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MASS PK |
08ISLAMABAD139 | GOP APPROVES SIGNING OF IRAN-PAKISTAN PIPELINE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para five. Pakistan approves signing of Iran-Pakistan pipeline --------------------------------------------- ------ 2. (SBU) The GOP approved the gas sale purchase agreement with Iran on January 8, which paves the way for signing the Iran-Pakis [...] | 2008-01-10 01:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EFIN EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1396 | A TROUBLING TREND: TEXTILE EXPORTS DOWN AGAIN. [...] (SBU) Summary. Pakistan is losing its competitiveness in textile and apparel goods. Based on third quarter figures, Pakistan's textile export performance slumped in July-February 2007-08 putting the GOP's export target of USD 19.2 billion at risk. With the exception of readymade garments all [...] | 2008-04-01 11:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PK |
08ISLAMABAD1401 | EARLY DAYS OF THE NEW COALITION GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: PM Gillani in his first week is already demonstrating what Pakistanis describe as "our tendency to jump into the river first and figure out how deep it is afterwards." Faced with immediate opposition, Gillani has had to backtrack on pronouncements that the Frontier Crimes Regula [...] | 2008-04-01 15:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PHUM |
08ISLAMABAD1404 | AMBITIOUS UNHCR STRATEGY FOR AFGHAN REFUGEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) is revising its strategy for Afghan refugees to complement voluntary repatriations. It includes regulatory mechanisms to allow Afghans in Pakistan to better support themselves; development of refugee affected hosting areas [...] | 2008-04-02 06:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PK AF |
08ISLAMABAD1414 | PAKISTAN: UNAMID DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-02 12:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL UNGA |
08ISLAMABAD1420 | THE PORT OF GWADAR: MEGA PORT DREAM REQUIRES ENERGY TO BE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Without fanfare and in the midst of the political changeover, Pakistan's strategic new seaport in Balochistan became operational and opened the trade routes to Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran. Investors and energy are desperately needed to make the Pakistani dream of a mega-p [...] | 2008-04-03 08:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1421 | PAKISTAN NOT READY TO DISCUSS VOTE ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-03 09:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1424 | CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH PAKISTAN'S DEPOSED CHIEF [...] (C) Summary. In a March 27 meeting with Codel Tierney, former Chief Justice Chaudhry and his lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan affirmed their commitment to seeing the Chief Justice return to his duties, along with other judges removed by President Musharraf following the November 3 State of Emergency. Chau [...] | 2008-04-03 10:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1432 | POST REQUESTS FBI RECALL DEROGATORY INFORMATION ON [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. (S/NF) Post requests FBI recall information about Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) leader Fazlur Rehman noted in Reftel. Reftel indicates that an individual "ËœFasil Ul Rehman' believed to be associated with Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) is behind the March 20 [...] | 2008-04-03 12:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD144 | CODEL LIEBERMAN'S MEETING WITH THE PML-N [...] (C) Summary. In a January 9 meeting with Codel Lieberman, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Chair Raja Zafrul Haq detailed alleged fraud and electoral irregularities, questioned U.S. ties with the person of President Musharraf instead of support for the people of Pakistan, and urged closer USG o [...] | 2008-01-10 06:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD1447 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a March 28 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard SIPDIS Boucher, Awami National Party (ANP) leader Asfundyar Wali Khan clarified the government's plan to engage in dialogue with militants. Asfundyar said his party intends to hold t [...] | 2008-04-04 05:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1448 | BIOSECURITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM: PROVINCIAL ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Biosecurity Engagement Program (BEP) staff visited several institutes and universities in Lahore, Abbotabad, Peshawar, and Karachi in March to further develop areas of collaboration. Common themes included a need for basic lab biosafety and biosecurity training at facilities h [...] | 2008-04-04 06:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PTER TSPL ETTC PK |
08ISLAMABAD1449 | CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH PAKISTAN'S FIRST FEMALE [...] (C) Summary. On March 27, Codel Tierney met with Dr. Fehmida Mirza, Pakistan's first female National Assembly speaker. She stressed that women's rights, especially in the areas of healthcare and education, would be her top commitment while in this historic position. The Speaker also eagerly a [...] | 2008-04-04 06:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL KWMN |
08ISLAMABAD145 | CODEL LIEBERMAN MEETS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 9 meeting with Codel Lieberman, human rights activist Asma Jahangir expressed her great concern for the current political and economic atmosphere within Pakistan. She also has hope for the elections but sees that the relationship between the American and Pakistani go [...] | 2008-01-10 08:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1450 | CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH AHSAN IQBAL, PML-N [...] (C) Summary. On March 27, Codel Tierney met with Ahsan Iqbal, a newly elected National Assembly member and former Chief Coordinator and Information Secretary for the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N). Iqbal discussed the need for the deposed judiciary to be reinstated, that the War on Ter [...] | 2008-04-04 06:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1459 | CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary: On March 27, CODEL Tierney met with Pakistan People,s Party (PPP) co-chair Asif Zardari. Zardari professed his appreciation for U.S. support for the election and stressed that the U.S. should consider the new Parliament the primary decisonmaking entity in the government. He deta [...] | 2008-04-04 09:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD146 | CODEL LIEBERMAN'S MEETING WITH PPP LEADER FAHEEM [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan People's Party candidate for Prime Minister Amin Faheem told Senator Lieberman January 9 that the party was concerned about election fraud and related arrests of party workers in Sindh. Faheem said that he would follow Benazir Bhutto's moderate political agenda, and no [...] | 2008-01-10 09:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD1469 | CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH ANP'S ASFUNDYAR WALI KHAN [...] (C) Summary: On March 27, Codel Tierney met with Awami National Party (ANP) leader Asfundyar Wali Khan. Asfundyar explained his plan to incorporate the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) into the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and said he hoped to see the Political Parties Act ext [...] | 2008-04-04 13:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD1475 | CODEL BIDEN'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF [...] (C) In a February 19 meeting with President Musharraf, Codel Biden congratulated the President on keeping his commitment to hold free and fair elections. Musharraf shared his views on why he believed the deposed judiciary could not be restored, expressed satisfaction with progress against e [...] | 2008-04-07 03:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD1476 | CODEL BIDEN'S MEETING WITH ASIF ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan People's Party leader Asif Zardari told Codel Biden February 19 that he is seeking U.S. advice on the way forward. He is meeting or talking with all parties in pursuit of some form of a national unity government but suggested the PPP would try to form a government wit [...] | 2008-04-07 03:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD1493 | BOUCHER DINNER WITH PAKISTAN MUSLIM LEAGUE-NAWAZ [...] (C) Summary. During a dinner hosted by the Charge, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher discussed challenges facing the new Pakistani government with leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. Finance Minister-designate Dar outlined steps the new governmen [...] | 2008-04-08 08:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD1494 | BOUCHER MEETING WITH LEADERS OF PAKISTAN MUSLIM [...] (C) Summary: During a March 28 meeting, Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and General Secretary Mushahid Hussain told Assistant Secretary for South SIPDIS and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher that their party would now act as a "calm opposition." The party's onl [...] | 2008-04-08 09:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1497 | BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER QURESHI [...] (C) During a March 28 meeting with Assistant Secretary or South and Central Asian Affairs Boucher, Foreign Minister-designate Shah Mehmood Qureshi confirmed that the new government wanted to work with the U.S. to combat extremism, increase trade and extend cooperation with India and Afghanistan. [...] | 2008-04-08 09:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD1498 | BOUCHER,S MEETING WITH RELIGIOUS PARTY LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with religious party leader Fazlur Rehman March 28. While the maulana thanked Boucher (and Deputy Secretary Negroponte) for reaching out to all of Pakistan's political parties during their recent visit, he [...] | 2008-04-08 09:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1499 | BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH MUTTAHIDA QUAMI MOVEMENT [...] (C) Summary: On March 28, Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) leader Farooq Sattar met with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher to discuss the party's plans for sitting in opposition of the new government. Sattar expressed satisfaction with the credibility of th [...] | 2008-04-08 09:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1525 | PROFILE: PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER GILLANI [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Vice Chairman Yousef Gillani was elected as Pakistan's new Prime Minister on March 24 by the National Assembly (Ref A),receiving a unanimous vote of confidence from the Assembly four days later. Gillani is a seasoned politician who descends from a [...] | 2008-04-10 10:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1526 | PROFILE: SENIOR MINISTER AND COMMUNICATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 31, PML-N heavyweight Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan was sworn in as Senior Minister and Minister of Communications. Nisar, as Senior Minister, will be the country's de facto Deputy Prime Minister. Nisar has been elected a member of the National Assembly in every election si [...] | 2008-04-10 10:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1527 | PROFILE: PAKISTANI DEFENSE MINISTER AHMED MUKHTAR [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 31, Ahmed Mukhtar was sworn into office as Pakistan's new Minister of Defense. Mukhtar is a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) stalwart and a close associate of PPP co-chair Asif Zardari; until recently he had been a top contender for the position of Prime Minister. End Summ [...] | 2008-04-10 10:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1528 | PROFILE: PAKISTANI FOREIGN MINISTER QURESHI [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 31, Shah Mehmood Qureshi was sworn into office as Pakistan's new Foreign Minister. Qureshi is a polished and pro-western politician from Punjab; however, he is a longstanding political rival of newly elected Prime Minister Yousef Gillani. Qureshi is a relative newcomer [...] | 2008-04-10 10:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1532 | PAKISTAN'S FISCAL DEFICIT PUTTING ECONOMIC STABILITY AT [...] (U) Summary: Pakistan's Finance Minister Ishaq Dar gave the Cabinet the bad news on Pakistan's economy, followed by a press conference where he made very clear his plans for government austerity. During the press conference, he accused the Shaukat Aziz government of fudging figures and misma [...] | 2008-04-11 01:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1534 | AMBASSADOR AND FINANCE MINISTER DAR DISCUSS PAKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with newly-appointed Finance Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar (PML-N) April 8. Pakistan's current fiscal crisis and need for fiscal austerity shape Dar's plan to ask for a shadow International Monetary Fund (IMF) program, pending Coalition Support Fund (CSF) payments, [...] | 2008-04-11 02:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1536 | DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S MEETING WITH THE AMERICAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Assistant Secretary Boucher met with the elected Executive Board of the American Business Council (ABC) in Karachi on March 27. Representatives from U.S. companies were optimistic about Pakistan's investment climate but expressed concerns over the [...] | 2008-04-11 03:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1573 | BALOCHISTAN: THE NEGLECTED PROVINCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-15 12:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PHUM PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD1574 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON INTERIOR ADVISOR REHMAN MALIK [...] (C) Summary: In an April 14 meeting with Ambassador, the new senior Advisor for Interior Rehman Malik repeatedly emphasized the new coalition government's commitment to fighting terrorism, his long-standing ties to American law enforcement, his closeness to Benazir Bhutto during the negotiations le [...] | 2008-04-15 12:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER SNAR ASEC |
08ISLAMABAD1585 | RIOTS OVER POWER BLACKOUTS TURN VIOLENT IN MULTAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the Punjab provincial city of Multan, protests organized by local textile mill owners to object to rolling blackouts which have forced factories to remain closed, turned violent on April 14. The Power Loom Association in Multan organized a rally of textile workers and day labor [...] | 2008-04-16 17:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ENGY ECON PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD16 | IMPLEMENTATION OF RECONSTRUCTION OPPORTUNITY ZONES REQUIRES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-03 05:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PK ETRD EAID PREL AFGHAN |
08ISLAMABAD1600 | CODEL CAPUANO MEETS WITH NEW GOP [...] (C) Summary: Codel Capuano visited Islamabad April 13-14, meeting with Pakistan's new Prime Minister, Interior Minister and Deputy National Assembly Speaker. The delegation included U.S. Representatives Michael Capuano (D-MA),William Pascrell (D-NJ) and Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ),as well as House [...] | 2008-04-17 13:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD1601 | GOP NOT YET FOCUSED ON BIT NEGOTIATIONS BUT INTERESTED IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para five. 2. (SBU) Summary: Econoffs met with Board of Investment (BOI) Executive Director General Major (Rtrd) Iqbal Ahmad and BOI staff April 17 to discuss resumption of BIT negotiations and organization of a Pakistan energy investment confere [...] | 2008-04-17 13:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ENGY ECON PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1609 | MUSHARRAF ON RELEASE OF TALIBAN/AQ DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-18 11:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1611 | FATA IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE FOR 04/11/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-18 12:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MASS PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1613 | PAKISTANI LEADERS DENY INTENT TO RELEASE A.Q. KHAN [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings with Strategic Plans Division (SPD) Chief Kidwai,Pakistan People's Party Co-Chair Zardari, and President Musharraf, DCM and Ambassador expressed our deep concern over GOP statements and press reports indicating that the restrictions on A.Q. Khan were about to be [...] | 2008-04-18 14:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM KNNP PK |
08ISLAMABAD1614 | PM GILLANI SAYS NO TO RELEASING 27 AQ/TALIBAN DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-18 15:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1615 | ANP COALITION PARTNER ASFANDYAR WALI KHAN COMMENTS [...] (S) Summary: On April 18, Peshawar Principal Officer Lynne Tracy followed up with Awami National Party (ANP) leader Asfandyar Wali Khan about the GOP's plans to sign a peace agreement with tribal elders in South Waziristan. While Khan thought the document ""was not bad"" and consistent with hi [...] | 2008-04-19 09:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PK PREL PTER PHUM PINR |
08ISLAMABAD1623 | NAVIGATING THE MAZE OF PAKISTANI ENERGY POLICY- PART ONE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pakistan's energy crisis has the potential to slow down economic growth and create law and order problems. With massive blackouts affecting every region and every demographic, energy policy and shortages are daily front page news. Not a single mega-watt of electricity has been [...] | 2008-04-21 10:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGY EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1633 | SUPREME COURT ABOLISHES GRADUATION REQUIREMENT FOR [...] (U) Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled April 21 to abolish the constitutional requirement that candidates for elective office have a bachelors degree, among other qualifications. This pre-qualification to run was introduced by President Pervez Musharraf in the lead-up to the 2002 parliamentary ele [...] | 2008-04-21 13:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL KJUS |
08ISLAMABAD164 | CODEL LIEBERMAN'S MEETING WITH PAKISTAN COAS KAYANI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-11 04:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MARR PK |
08ISLAMABAD1641 | RESTORATION OF JUDICIARY: DEADLOCKED FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: After two intense days of personal negotiations, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chair Asif Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif remained deadlocked over the issue of how/when to restore the deposed judiciary. They continue to debate whether to restor [...] | 2008-04-22 14:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL KJUS PHUM |
08ISLAMABAD1643 | PAKISTAN'S LEVEL OF PREPAREDNESS TO RESPOND TO UG99 WHEAT [...] (U) The following is a response to the Department's request for information on the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) level of preparedness for a possible outbreak of UG99 wheat stem rust. 2. (SBU) Summary: While wheat stem rust is not a new phenomenon in Pakistan, UG99 presents a serious chall [...] | 2008-04-23 04:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR EAGR PK |
08ISLAMABAD1648 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources on April 16 to discuss Pakistan's plans for dealing with the current energy crisis. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) requests assistance with attracting investors to its energy sector, organizing an investment [...] | 2008-04-23 09:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1655 | PAKISTAN'S NEW HEARTS AND MINDS CAMPAIGN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-23 14:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD1657 | EMBASSY ENDORESEMENT OF FY 2008 SECTION 1206 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post endorses CENTCOM/ODRP's FY 08 Section 1206 proposal for a $21 million helicopter sustainment program. These resources will fund a maintenance and sustainment program for Pakistan's U.S. origin helicopters. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The FY 08 1206 proposal will enable Pakis [...] | 2008-04-24 03:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1659 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW MINISTER OF WATER AND POWER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with the Minister of Water and Power on April 21 to discuss Pakistan's plans for dealing with the current energy crisis. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) emphasizes its desire to have more engagement with the U.S. on energy issues and specifically requests assist [...] | 2008-04-24 05:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL EAID EINV ENGY PK |
08ISLAMABAD1673 | PAKISTAN'S F-16 PROGRAM -- AT RISK OF FAILURE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has approached the U.S. with a request to use Foreign Military Financing (FMF) to help pay for Mid-Life Updates (MLU) on its existing fleet of F-16 fighter aircraft. This request would require the modification of the original Letter of Offer and Accepta [...] | 2008-04-24 15:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1678 | GOP RESPONSE TO SUPPORT FOR UN 1267 REGIME [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-25 12:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | KTFN PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD1679 | GROWING CONCERN OVER JUDGES' RESTORATION [...] (C) Summary. There is growing concern over the continued deadlock between the Pakistan People's Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz over how to resolve the issue of the deposed judiciary. A new court petition attempting to prevent the National Assembly from considering a legislative [...] | 2008-04-25 14:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1684 | NATURAL GAS PIPELINE FOR TURKMENISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, [...] (U) SUMMARY. With the signing of a framework agreement in Islamabad on April 25, the Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan natural gas pipeline project formally includes India as a partner and agrees to move forward quickly on implementation. With construction scheduled to start in 2010 and comp [...] | 2008-04-28 06:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGY EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK IN AF TX |
08ISLAMABAD169 | GOP RESPONSE ON UPCOMING LET DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-11 09:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PETER PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1691 | PAKISTAN REMAINS OPPOSED TO FMCT NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) During an April 24 call on MFA Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan, Ambassador raised reftel points and urged Islamabad to direct the Pakistani Delegation to the Conference on Disarmament to support commencement of negotiations on a Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty (FMCT). Khan reiterated the GOP [...] | 2008-04-28 10:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM CDG UNGA PK |
08ISLAMABAD1695 | PAKISTAN IMPLEMENTING TRAVEL BANS AS REQUIRED BY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-29 09:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1696 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL WITH NEW DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: During an April 21 introductory call on the Defense Minister Ahmed Mukhtar, Ambassador raised Coalition Support Funds (CSF),the need for a formal agreement governing the use of Pakistan's Airspace, consideration of a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA),the F-16 payment schedule [...] | 2008-04-29 09:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1699 | NO ACTION BUT MORE RHETORIC ON PAKISTAN IRAN PIPELINE DEAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para eleven. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Following a brief state visit from Iranian President Mahmound Ahmadinejad on April 28, local media reports that the path has been cleared for Pakistan and Iran to sign the much touted natural gas pipeline deal. While [...] | 2008-04-29 12:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EFIN EINV PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD170 | PAKISTAN ENERGY WOES: A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Violence, sabotage, and supply disruptions following Bhutto's December 27 assassination combined with routine winter hydroelectric maintenance have pushed Pakistan's normally tight energy supplies past the limit. Since December 27, Pakistan's 3000MW electricity deficit has in [...] | 2008-01-11 09:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1701 | NAVIGATING THE MAZE OF PAKISTANI ENERGY POLICY- PART TWO [...] (SBU) Summary. Further complicating Pakistan's maze of government organizations with responsibility over energy, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources and its 16 subordinate agencies, determine the natural gas, oil, mineral and coal policies for a country which desperately needs energ [...] | 2008-04-29 13:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGY EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1702 | WILL THE JUDICIARY ISSUE BRING DOWN PAKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: Though seemingly close to a deal on restoration of the deposed judiciary, the Pakistan People's Party and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz continue to negotiate (now in Dubai). The sticking point continues to be former Chief Justice Chaudhry, who likely will return to the bench. But [...] | 2008-04-29 14:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL KJUS |
08ISLAMABAD1705 | POVERTY IN PAKISTAN: WHOSE NUMBERS ARE RIGHT? [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistani government officials frequently cite poverty alleviation as one of President Musharraf's key economic legacies. However, economic analysts frequently dispute the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) statistics. Separate studies conducted by the GOP and the World Bank indicat [...] | 2008-04-30 05:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1715 | PAKISTAN: THE IMPACT OF RISING FOOD AND COMMODITY PRICES [...] (U) The following is a response to the Department's request for information on the impact that rising food and agricultural commodity prices are having on Pakistan's economic and political stability. 2. (SBU) Summary: The prices of almost all essential agricultural commodities have steadil [...] | 2008-04-30 14:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1719 | INTERNATIONAL LEADERS FLOCK TO ISLAMABAD [...] (C) Summary: In the past few weeks, international leaders have been streaming into Pakistan to meet the newly elected government. They included UK Foreign Secretary Miliband, the Chinese FM Jiechi, Turkish FM Babacan, EU Foreign Policy Chief Solana, Afghanistan FM Spatna, Malaysian FM Yatim, [...] | 2008-05-01 06:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER AF CH EAID IN MY EU |
08ISLAMABAD172 | USG MEDIA LEAKS HAVE PAKISTANI MILITARY "REVIEWING CONTINGENCIES" [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Tariq Majid separately called in Ambassador January 8 and 9 to express their concern about repeated media reports stating senior USG officials were considering unilateral action within Pakistan. Both official [...] | 2008-01-11 10:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR KPAO PK |
08ISLAMABAD1723 | PAKISTAN RUPEE FALLS BUT NO CAPITAL FLIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan's rupee has lost ground against the dollar as the current account deficit continues to grow due to increased international commodity prices. It hit a new low against the dollar on April 24, breaching the September 22, 2001 low. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) believe [...] | 2008-05-01 12:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1734 | NAVIGATING THE MAZE OF PAKISTANI ENERGY POLICY- PART THREE [...] (U) Please see Action Request in paragraph 28. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Concluding the three part roadmap of agencies involved in Pakistan's energy policy, this cable outlines the involvement of the Prime Minister's Secretariat, four additional Cabinet level Ministries, and five other regulatory a [...] | 2008-05-04 05:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGY EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1735 | HELPING RESOLVE THE DEADLOCK OVER THE JUDGES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-04 11:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1742 | PAKISTAN'S NEW FOREIGN SECRETARY SALMAN BASHIR [...] (SBU) Summary: Salman Bashir has replaced Riaz Mohammad Khan as Pakistan's Foreign Secretary. Bashir--who previously served as Ambassador to China and Denmark--is a veteran Foreign Service officer. Bashir told local press he intends to focus on "economic diplomacy" during his tenure as Foreign [...] | 2008-05-05 10:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1745 | DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRAMER'S CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-05 11:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KPAO PK |
08ISLAMABAD1746 | DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRAMER'S CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-05 11:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KPAO PK |
08ISLAMABAD1747 | DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRAMER'S CALL ON FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. On April 21, DRL Assistant Secretary Kramer urged a conservative Foreign Secretary Khan to be proactive in supporting human rights initiatives at the UN and encouraged higher levels of commitment with Broader Middle East and North Africa Initiative (BMENA). Khan suggested that co [...] | 2008-05-05 11:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1749 | DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRAMER MEETS WITH FEMALE [...] (C) Summary: On April 22, Assistant Secretary Kramer and PolCouns met with female National Assembly members from the Pakistan People's Party (PPP),Pakistan Muslim League (PML),and the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM). During a lively one hour discussion, the women discussed election reform and [...] | 2008-05-05 11:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL KWMN |
08ISLAMABAD1750 | DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRAMER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: On April 22, DRL A/S Kramer met with Pakistan's Chief Election Commissioner Farooq to review possible areas of electoral reform on which the U.S. might be able to assist. In response, Farooq announced the recent formation of an Electoral Reforms Commission and noted that the EU O [...] | 2008-05-05 11:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PHUM |
08ISLAMABAD1751 | DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRAMER'S CALL ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary. DRL Assistant Secretary Kramer met with Khursheed Shah, the new Minister of Labor, Manpower, and Overseas Pakistanis on April 22. During the meeting, they discussed the government's initiatives to combat child labor and the trafficking of persons for bonded labor purposes. The [...] | 2008-05-05 11:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PK PREL ELAB ETRD |
08ISLAMABAD1756 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PML-N LEADER NAWAZ SHARIF [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on May 2 to discuss the judges restoration issue, the South Waziristan peace deal and the Pakistani economy. Nawaz said a committee would be established to draft a parliamentary resolution to reinstate the judges on May 12. [...] | 2008-05-05 13:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KJUS PK |
08ISLAMABAD1757 | BY-ELECTIONS POSTPONED [...] (C) Summary: In a tactical move designed to frustrate Nawaz Sharif, the Pakistan People's Party is delaying National and Provincial Assembly by-elections from June 18 to August 18. The delay allows PPP Co-Chairman Asif Zardari time to determine if the coalition can settle the judges issue. [...] | 2008-05-05 15:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1758 | BUDGET DEFICIT NUMBERS LOWER BUT SLOW GROWTH AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: Private sector economists, the Ministry of Finance Special Advisor and IMF Resident Representative all expressed concern over Pakistan's record USD 8.3 billion budget deficit, but for different reasons. Citibank's Aziz Rahman was concerned that Finance Minister Ishaq Dar's overs [...] | 2008-05-06 06:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECON PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1772 | COMMITTEE ON JUDGES INCHES FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: Senior attorneys charged by the political parties with drafting a resolution to restore the pre-November 3 judiciary continue to bicker, and some committee members have already quit. On the table is a resolution that labels the November 3 firing of the judges as illegal and allow [...] | 2008-05-07 14:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL KJUS |
08ISLAMABAD1783 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ENCOURAGING ATTENDANCE AT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-08 08:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL PHUM OXEM SOCI UNESCO |
08ISLAMABAD1784 | PAKISTAN COMMITMENT TO COESPU INVITATION FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-08 08:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL KTIA MARR MASS |
08ISLAMABAD179 | CHINESE EMBASSY SEEKS IMPROVED EXCHANGES [...] (C) Following up on a phone conversation between U/S Burns and China's Assistant Foreign Minister, the Chinese DCM in Islamabad shared China's views on the political situation in Islamabad. China's primary foreign policy goals are to promote stability, fight terrorism, increase economic exc [...] | 2008-01-11 12:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD1803 | PAKISTAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION OFFICIAL DISCOUNTS REPORTS [...] (C) Summary: Unsurprisingly, a source in the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission said that a May 9 article in national circulation daily "Dawn News" reporting enhanced China-Pakistan civil nuclear cooperation was unfounded. The May 9 article alleged that, following President Musharraf's April 20 [...] | 2008-05-10 10:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENGY ECON PGOV PREL KNNP PK |
08ISLAMABAD1804 | BY-ELECTIONS NOW SET FOR JUNE 26 [...] (C) Summary: After a firestorm of public criticism, the Election Commission (ECP) reversed its decision to postpone by-elections until August 2008; on May 7, it announced by-elections will be held June 26. This was an embarrassing, if minor, debacle involving multiple excuses and finger poin [...] | 2008-05-10 11:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1805 | PML FORWARD BLOCK IN THE WINGS [...] (C) Summary: As the deadlock over restoration of the judiciary drags on, back room negotiations continue over what might happen should the coalition collapse. Pakistan Muslim League (PML) parliamentarian Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo claims that Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari h [...] | 2008-05-10 11:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD181 | ELECTION COMMISSION CONFIRMS OBSERVER ACCESS [...] (SBU) Summary. Officials at the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) confirmed there were no ECP restrictions on the activities of foreign or domestic election observers. Observers could pay unannounced visits to polling stations; all the ECP asked was that observers notify district offici [...] | 2008-01-11 12:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM PK |
08ISLAMABAD1811 | OIC ENVOY SADA CUMBER'S VISIT TO PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary. In meetings May 2 with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the General Coordinator of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH),the Chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology, journalists, religious lead [...] | 2008-05-12 09:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1825 | LIFE AT NDU: TRAINING PAKISTAN'S NEXT GENERATION OF MILITARY LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan's National Defense University's curriculum is designed to foster national pride, but many of its students and instructors have an anti-American bias. Their attitudes demonstrate why we should continue our efforts to increase IMET opportunities, especially those aimed at the ge [...] | 2008-05-12 12:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1826 | APRIL 23 PAK-AFGHAN BORDER INCIDENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-12 12:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | MARR MASS PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1828 | CODEL SMITH MEETS PRIME MINISTER GILANI [...] (C) Summary: Codel Smith visited Pakistan April 27-28. In their meeting with Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani, U.S. Representatives Adam Smith (D-WA),Mac Thornberry (R-TX),Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ),Bill Shuster (R-PA) and Mike Conaway (R-TX) stressed the U.S.'s continued commitment to our long [...] | 2008-05-12 12:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER PINR |
08ISLAMABAD1829 | CODEL SMITH MEETS PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting April 28, Codel Smith discussed the political and economic situation and efforts to combat extremism in Pakistan. Musharraf expressed appreciation for U.S. assistance in the tribal areas but said more was needed; he defended efforts by the new government to begin n [...] | 2008-05-12 12:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1830 | PAKISTANI RUPEE CONTINUES TO FALL [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan's growing current account deficit and increasing uncertainty over the future of the government coalition are causing the rupee to fall against the dollar. The rupee closed at record lows against the dollar again on May 8, rebounding only slightly on May 9. The State Ba [...] | 2008-05-12 13:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1831 | NAWAZ PULLS MINISTERS BUT STAYS IN PPP-LED GOP [...] (C) Summary: Nawaz Sharif announced May 12 that his Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party's nine federal ministers would resign from the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) led cabinet on May 13. He lamented this course of action, caused, Nawaz said, because the pre-November 3 judges were not rest [...] | 2008-05-12 13:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PHUM KJUS |
08ISLAMABAD1832 | PAKISTAN CAMPAIGNING FOR SEAT ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (U) On May 7, A/DCM delivered Ref A points to Hasan Javed, MFA Director General of the UN and Economic Cooperation Division. Hasan confirmed that Pakistan did plan to run for one of the four Asian-designated seats on the Human Rights Council (HRC) and said he was confident of victory. 2. (C) Re [...] | 2008-05-12 14:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PHUM UNHCR |
08ISLAMABAD1840 | REQUEST TO MFA ON LEVEL OF PAKISTAN COMMITMENT TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-13 13:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL KPOV MARR |
08ISLAMABAD1841 | LETTER FROM SECRETARY RICE ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-13 13:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL UN |
08ISLAMABAD1866 | NAWAZ PULLS MINISTERS BUT STAYS IN PPP-LED GOP [...] (C) Summary: Nawaz Sharif announced May 12 that his Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party's nine federal ministers would resign from the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) led cabinet on May 13. He lamented this course of action, caused, Nawaz said, because the pre-November 3 judges were not rest [...] | 2008-05-15 14:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PHUM KJUS |
08ISLAMABAD1867 | ZARDARI PUSHES "GLOBAL DEAL," BUT NAWAZ MAY HAVE [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Ambassador May 14, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari was optimistic about reaching a "global deal" on the judiciary, wooing the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) back into the cabinet, and finalizing a budget by the June 30 deadline. PML-N lead [...] | 2008-05-15 14:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD188 | PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF AND CODEL LIEBERMAN DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a January 9 meeting with Codel Lieberman, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf explained the mechanisms to ensure the election process is free and fair, and commented on improved relations with Afghanistan. Lieberman delivered two messages: (1) the February 18 general electi [...] | 2008-01-14 10:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD1880 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ADVANCED ENGINEERING RESEARCH ORGANIZATION (AERO) [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-16 12:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | BMGT ETRD ETTC PK |
08ISLAMABAD189 | ISLAMIC FINANCE DEVELOPS SLOWLY IN PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pakistan has started to develop well-managed financial products for Islamic banking and finance, but their market share is still low and will take time to grow. Currently there are six full fledged Islamic banks and 13 conventional banks that offer Islamic finance products at a [...] | 2008-01-14 10:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD ECON PREL EAID EINV PK |
08ISLAMABAD1894 | SHOWDOWN MAY LOOM OVER JUDGES' RESTORATION [...] (C) Summary: On May 18, Pakistan's legal fraternities, frustrated with the new GOP's lack of progress to restore the pre-November 3 judges, called for a "long march" on the capital to begin June 10. The lawyers' movement is hoping sympathetic civil society organizations and political parties [...] | 2008-05-19 15:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL KJUS |
08ISLAMABAD1898 | LAHORE IPR SEMINAR A SUCCESS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-20 09:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD1900 | INITIAL ECONOMIC POLICY DIRECTION LOOKS GOOD [...] (U) Prior to his resignation as Finance Minister, Ishaq Dar set out broad priorities for Pakistan's FY 2008-2009 budget during a May 12 speech at a pre-budget seminar at the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce. Dar pledged to focus on "fiscal consolidation" and to raise the tax-to-GDP [...] | 2008-05-20 11:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1905 | PAKISTAN: ACTING CENTCOM COMMANDER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Acting USCENTCOM Commander, Lieutenant General Martin Dempsey visited Pakistan May 12. In his meeting with Secretary of Defense Kamran Rasool, Dempsey stressed the U.S.'s continued commitment to our long-term relationship with Pakistan and made assurances regarding continuity o [...] | 2008-05-21 07:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1906 | PAKISTAN: ACTING CENTCOM COMMANDER MEETS WITH JCSC [...] (C) Summary: Acting USCENTCOM Commander, Lieutenant General Martin Dempsey visited Pakistan May 12. In his meeting with General Tariq Majid, Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff Committee, Dempsey stressed the U.S.'s continued commitment to our long-term relationship with Pakistan and made [...] | 2008-05-21 07:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD191 | AMBASSADOR PATTERSON MEETS WITH CARETAKER FINANCE MINISTER [...] SUMMARY. In a January 4 meeting with caretaker Minister of Finance Salman Shah, Ambassador Patterson inquired about the state of Pakistan's economy following the violence after Bhutto's December 27 assassination and raised commercial advocacy issues, coalition support funds, anti-money launderi [...] | 2008-01-14 12:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PREL PK EAID |
08ISLAMABAD1914 | PROPOSED ENERGY AND FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: As follow up from President Bush's May 18 meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Gilani, Embassy Islamabad has two suggestions for assistance that the Deputies may wish to consider. Post proposes providing USD 180 million over three years for energy and food assistance, two areas t [...] | 2008-05-22 11:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID ENRG EPET PTER PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1916 | FINANCE MINISTER QAMAR SAYS BUDGET WILL BE ON TIME [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Naveed Qamar, the Acting Minister of Finance, who has replaced Ishaq Dar after the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Ministers tendered their resignations May 13. Qamar said that the budget would be prepared for the Parliament to debate and pass it by the [...] | 2008-05-22 11:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1919 | SOUTH WAZIRISTAN AGREEMENT: GOP BEGINNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Interior Minister Rehman Malik briefed Ambassador on the May 20 jirga with Mehsud tribal leaders. Malik said the GOP would likely sign the peace agreement "after a while." It appears the GOP has begun piecemeal implementation of the agreement. Malik outlined the GOP's negotiati [...] | 2008-05-22 13:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD1931 | FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AS OF MAY 16, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-23 12:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK |
08ISLAMABAD1932 | PAKISTAN: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR VIGILANCE REGARDING BANK [...] (S) Economic Counselor and Economic Officer delivered reftel demarche May 22 to senior officials at the Ministries of Finance and Foreign Affairs (MFA). Both Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Director General Sohail Mahmood and Ministry of Finance Senior Joint Secretary Iqbal Hussain pledge [...] | 2008-05-23 12:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | ECON EFIN ETTC KNNP MNUC PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1933 | CONSTITUTIONAL HURDLES FOR PROPOSED 18TH AMENDMENT [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) this week prepared and appears ready to present an omnibus amendments package to reinstate the pre-November 3 judiciary, indemnify President Pervez Musharraf for his actions related to the judges' removal, and diminish significantly the possibility of [...] | 2008-05-23 16:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL KJUS |
08ISLAMABAD1934 | ANP'S KHAN LOBBIES FOR SWAT AGREEMENT; DISAVOWS [...] (C) Summary: Peshawar Principal Officer (PO) Lynne Tracy met Awami National Party (ANP) leader Asfandyar Wali Khan in Islamabad May 23 to discuss the peace agreements being negotiated in Swat and in South Waziristan, separately. Khan was emphatic that the ANP would only take responsibility for [...] | 2008-05-23 16:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD1936 | NO IMF PROGRAM FOR PAKISTAN RIGHT NOW [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-25 06:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1947 | CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS WITH LAWYERS' MOVEMENT LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI),visiting Islamabad May 26, met with leaders of Pakistan's lawyers' movement. The Senator noted his long-standing support for the lawyers, calling both the USG's response to Musharraf's 2007 state of emergency and the new GOP's plans to reinstate [...] | 2008-05-28 10:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL KJUS PHUM |
08ISLAMABAD195 | THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA: WAZIRS VS. MEHSUDS IN PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-14 12:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD1953 | STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN ANNOUNCES TIGHTER [...] (U) Summary: The State Bank of Pakistan Governor Dr. Shamshad Akhtar announced a series of measures to tighten monetary policy, drain excessive liquidity from the system, and decrease imports to firm up the rupee in a May 22 speech. Most of the new measures, which are effective immediately, a [...] | 2008-05-28 11:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1954 | 62 PARTS OF AMENDMENTS PACKAGE GOES PUBLIC [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 24 press conference, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari provided the details of a comprehensive constitutional amendments package, including abolishing the presidential power to dissolve the National Assembly, allowing criticism of Pakistan's armed forces [...] | 2008-05-28 11:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL KJUS |
08ISLAMABAD1955 | 62 PARTS OF AMENDMENTS PACKAGE GOES PUBLIC [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 24 press conference, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari provided the details of a comprehensive constitutional amendments package, including abolishing the presidential power to dissolve the National Assembly, allowing criticism of Pakistan's armed forces [...] | 2008-05-28 12:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL KJUS |
08ISLAMABAD1956 | PAKISTAN: ACTING CENTCOM COMMANDER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Acting USCENTCOM Commander, Lieutenant General Martin Dempsey visited Pakistan May 12. In his meeting with General Ashfaq Kayani, Chief of Army Staff, Dempsey stressed the U.S.'s continued commitment to our long-term relationship with Pakistan and made assurances regarding contin [...] | 2008-05-28 12:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1957 | CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: In a May 26 meeting with President Musharraf, Senator Russ Feingold discussed Pakistan's current political and economic climate as well as efforts to combat extremism in Pakistan. Describing his current personal status as "confused," Musharraf reported that he would not become a "usele [...] | 2008-05-28 13:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR ECON PK |
08ISLAMABAD1958 | CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER QURESHI [...] (C) Summary: In a May 26 meeting with CODEL Feingold, Foreign Minister Qureshi reiterated Pakistan's support to combat terrorism but suggested that the Pakistan and the U.S. form a broad relationship based on common ideals and interests beyond counter-terrorism. Foreign Minister Qureshi asked [...] | 2008-05-28 13:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR ECON ENRG EPET PK |
08ISLAMABAD1959 | CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER GILANI [...] (C) Summary: In a May 26 meeting with CODEL Feingold, Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani expressed gratitude for U.S. support for democracy and reiterated Pakistan's commitment to combat terrorism. Gilani believes that there is an opportunity for a multi-dimensional U.S.-Pakistan relationship and sou [...] | 2008-05-28 13:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR ECON PK |
08ISLAMABAD196 | PAKISTAN: RIGHT-SIZING THE OFFICE OF THE DEFENSE [...] (U) This is an action request - see Para 4. 2. (U) Following 9/11, military assistance to Pakistan increased so sharply that the U.S. security assistance program here is now the third largest in the world. Since 2002, DoD has provided just under $7 billion in funding to Pakistan, primarily [...] | 2008-01-14 12:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER AMGT APER MASS MARR PK |
08ISLAMABAD1967 | FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE PROPOSED AGENDA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-29 11:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL IZ MARR MOPS OTRA |
08ISLAMABAD1968 | CODEL NELSON MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER GILANI [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting May 27 with Pakistan Prime Minister Gilani, Codel Nelson discussed the political and economic situation and efforts to combat extremism in Pakistan. Gilani expressed appreciation for U.S. assistance, particularly in the tribal areas, but said more was needed. He ou [...] | 2008-05-29 14:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1970 | FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AS OF MAY 23, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 03:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK |
08ISLAMABAD1979 | DELIVERY OF UN SYSTEM OF INTERNAL JUSTICE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 06:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL UNGA AORC APER |
08ISLAMABAD1980 | 2007 UN VOTING REPORT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 06:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL AORC UNSC UNGA |
08ISLAMABAD1981 | DEMARCHE DELIVERY TO MOVE ENGINEERS FROM UNMIS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 06:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL UNSC KPKO SU |
08ISLAMABAD1982 | SUPPORT TO IOM DG CANDIDATE IS UNKNOWN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 06:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK PREL AORC PREF SMIG |
08ISLAMABAD1995 | RUMORS OF MUSHARRAF RESIGNATION, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: As one press headline announced May 30, "Rumors and Denials Galore." Pakistan is abuzz at the possibility that President Pervez Musharraf may be ready to resign from office, or, alternatively, use his 58(2)(b) constitutional powers to dissolve the National Assembly. A particular [...] | 2008-05-30 14:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1996 | ZARDARI REPEATS COMMITMENT TO JUDICIARY, TONES [...] (SBU) In a late May 30 press conference, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Zardari reaffirmed the GOP's commitment to restore the Supreme Court and provincial High Court judges removed on November 3, 2007. He added that he and Law Minister Farooq Naek would discuss this evening th [...] | 2008-05-30 15:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL KJUS |
08ISLAMABAD1998 | CODEL SCHIFF MEETS WITH PPP LEADER ZARDARI: [...] (C) Summary: On May 26, Codel Schiff -- U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) -- met with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Zardari, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, NSA Ambassador Mahmud Ali Durrani and Ambassador-designate to the U.S. Husain Haqqan [...] | 2008-05-30 16:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD1999 | CODEL NELSON MEETS PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting May 27 with Pakistan President Musharraf, Codel Nelson discussed the political and economic situation and efforts to combat extremism in Pakistan. Musharraf expressed appreciation for U.S. assistance and understanding on the strategic issue of terrorism and hoped clo [...] | 2008-05-30 16:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD2000 | FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AS OF MAY 23, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-31 03:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK |
08ISLAMABAD2001 | CODEL SCHIFF MEETS WITH MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: Codel Schiff -- U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA),Allyson Schwartz (D-PA),and Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) -- met May 27 with President Pervez Musharraf. The President recounted his three-stage plan to transition Pakistan to a full-fledged democracy. He outlined that Pakistan [...] | 2008-05-31 05:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER EAID |
08ISLAMABAD2002 | CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS WITH PPP CO-CHAIRMAN ASIF ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary: In a May 26 meeting with CODEL Feingold, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Zardari reaffirmed his support to combat terrorism, adding that the Pakistani people have to take ownership of this "struggle of ideas." He pledged that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) will no [...] | 2008-05-31 11:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR ECON PK |
08ISLAMABAD2003 | CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS WITH PML-N PARLIAMENTARY LEADER NISAR [...] (C) Summary: In a May 26 meeting with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) parliamentary leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Senator Russ Feingold discussed Pakistan's current political situation and efforts to combat extremism. The PML-N, Nisar insisted, considers the U.S. to be a friend but took [...] | 2008-05-31 11:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR ECON PK |
08ISLAMABAD2006 | CODEL SCHIFF MEETS WITH PM GILANI: PUSHING [...] (C) Summary: Codel Schiff -- U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA),Allyson Schwartz (D-PA),and Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) -- met May 27 with Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. The Prime Minister reiterated Pakistan's full support for the war on terror and noted improving relations [...] | 2008-06-02 04:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2019 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 03, 2008 [...] "Blast Rocks Danish Embassy In High-Security Area: 8 Killed" "Dawn" (06/03) "A car-bomb exploded outside the Danish Embassy in Islamabad in one of the most high-security residential districts on Monday, killing eight people and injuring more than 25 others." 2. "Terrorism Remains A Real [...] | 2008-06-03 09:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2020 | NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR DURRANI ADDRESSES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-03 10:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2021 | NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR DURRANI DISCUSSES FATA [...] (U) SUMMARY. On May 29, Mahmud Ali Durrani, Pakistan's new National Security Advisor (NSA),addressed counties with troops in Afghanistan on Pakistan's strategies for combating terrorism and enforcing peace agreements within the tribal areas. He stressed that it was important not only to him [...] | 2008-06-03 10:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2041 | CODEL SCHIFF MEETS PML-N INFO SECRETARY AHSAN IQBAL [...] (C) Summary: Codel Schiff -- U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) -- met May 27 with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Information Secretary and National Assemblyman Ahsan Iqbal. He argued that the U.S. had relied too heavily on President Pervez Musharraf, pa [...] | 2008-06-04 13:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2042 | CODELS LEVIN AND CASEY DISCUSS SECURITY WITH [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf met with Senator Levin and Senator Casey May 25 to discuss Pakistan's counterterrorism efforts, recent peace agreements in the border areas, U.S. security assistance, and the worsening economic situation. Musharraf supported the agreements, saying the military [...] | 2008-06-04 13:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR ECON PK |
08ISLAMABAD2049 | PAKISTAN'S ECONOMY WORSE THAN THE PM EXPECTED; PM SEEKS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-05 13:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV MARR MASS PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2050 | CODELS LEVIN AND CASEY DISCUSS SECURITY AND [...] (C) Summary: Senator Carl Levin and Senator Robert Casey met May 25 with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Zardari, National Security Advisor Mahmud Ali Durrani and Ambassador-designate to the U.S. Husain Haqqani to discuss recent negotiations with militants, counterterrorism effo [...] | 2008-06-05 14:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER ECON PK |
08ISLAMABAD2051 | CODELS LEVIN AND CASEY DISCUSS BORDER SECURITY AND AID WITH PM GILANI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-05 14:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON PINR PREF PK |
08ISLAMABAD2052 | STATE BANK CONCLUDES PAKISTAN'S ECONOMY SHOWING INCREASING [...] (SBU) Summary: In its third quarter fiscal year 2008 report, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) highlighted the multiple pressures on the national economy from rising fiscal and current account deficits and inflation. As a result, the SBP has used USD 4.8 billion in reserves, putting downward pre [...] | 2008-06-05 14:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2055 | CODEL SCHIFF MEETS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER MIRZA [...] (C) Summary: Codel Schiff -- U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) -- met May 26 with Pakistan National Assembly Speaker Dr. Fehmida Mirza. She promised the new GOP would remain tough in the fight against terrorism, but requested that the USG focus more resources [...] | 2008-06-06 05:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL EAID PHUM KPAO |
08ISLAMABAD2061 | FOOD CRISIS IN PAKISTAN: REASONS BEHIND THE SHORTAGES [...] (SBU) Summary: While rising fuel prices, nation-wide power cuts, insufficient irrigation water and global price trends are all to blame for the shortage of basic agricultural commodities in Pakistan, government mismanagement remains a primary cause of the country's agricultural problems. The p [...] | 2008-06-09 01:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2064 | PAKISTAN: INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN [...] (U) The following is a response to the Department's request for information on the use of forced and child labor in the production of goods. Responses are keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (U) There are no recent surveys or studies on the nationwide use of forced labor and exploitative child [...] | 2008-06-09 09:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD PGOV SOCI PK |
08ISLAMABAD2068 | FATA PROGRAM UPDATE AS OF MAY 30, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-09 11:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK |
08ISLAMABAD2095 | PAKISTAN: RESPONSE TO PRE-NOTIFICATION OF TRUST ALTERNATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 11:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | KTFN PREL PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD2096 | THE PAKISTANI LAWYERS 'LONG MARCH' BEGINS [...] (C) Summary: The much promised lawyers' Long March to protest for restoration of the deposed judiciary has begun its journey from Karchi through Lahore; officials expect hundreds of thousands of demonstrators will converge on Islamabad June 12 and 13. The march is a difficult challenge for P [...] | 2008-06-11 14:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD2101 | FOREIGN SECRETARY CONDEMNATION OF RECENT [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of June 11, Ambassador was called by Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir to protest the U.S. Coalition strike earlier that day, which reportedly killed eleven Pakistan civil armed forces, injured eight, and resulted in an undetermined number of missing personnel. Bashir [...] | 2008-06-12 08:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2104 | USDP EDELMAN DISCUSSES SECURITY AND TERRORISM WITH [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary for Defense Eric Edelman met with President Pervez Musharraf June 2 to discuss U.S. concerns regarding recent peace agreements in the border areas, Pakistan's counterterrorism efforts and U.S. security assistance. Portraying civilian government leaders as soft on [...] | 2008-06-12 13:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MASS ECON PK |
08ISLAMABAD2105 | FATA PROGRAM UPDATE JUNE 6, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-12 13:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK |
08ISLAMABAD2106 | PAKISTAN MISSES MAJOR ECONOMIC TARGETS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Naveed Qamar released on June 9 the Economic Survey for the 2007-08 fiscal year. The document, released one day before the fiscal year 2008-09 budget, reported that all major economic indicators for the first ten months of the current fiscal year (July 07 to Ap [...] | 2008-06-13 00:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2107 | PAKISTAN'S 2008-09 BUDGET: FOCUS ON DEVELOPMENT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During the official announcement of Pakistan's fiscal year 2008-09 budget proposal to Parliament, Finance Minister Naveed Qamar described poverty reduction as the "main plank" of the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) economic policy. Qamar announced a proposed development strategy [...] | 2008-06-13 00:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG ELAB PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2108 | PAKISTAN'S 2008-09 BUDGET: NO MONEY SLOTTED FOR ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 10, Finance Minister Naveed Qamar delivered the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) proposed budget for fiscal year 2008-2009 which must still be approved by the National Assembly. Despite acknowledging that the shortage of energy and prolonged nationwide blackouts were the w [...] | 2008-06-13 00:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2109 | PAKISTAN'S 2008-2009 BUDGET: OVERLY OPTIMISTIC, PART ONE OF [...] (SBU) The Government of Pakistan (GOP) released its USD 31 billion 2009-2009 budget June 11 in a speech by Finance Minister Naveed Qamar to Parliament. In addition to setting revenue targets and expenditure levels, Pakistan's budget also includes assumptions on economic growth and economic pol [...] | 2008-06-13 00:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2135 | A WORLD BANK-LED CONSORTIUM FOR PAKISTAN'S AFGHAN BORDER [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 14. 2. (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Embassy recommends the establishment of a World Bank consortium to coordinate and expand donor activities focused on areas along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan. Stabilization of this border area is v [...] | 2008-06-17 10:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2139 | LONG MARCH ENDS WITH NO DECISION ON JUDICIARY [...] (U) Summary: On June 14, the "Long March" of the lawyers' movement ended quietly in Islamabad, leaving supporters disappointed, disgruntled and no closer to a solution on the judicial restoration issue than when the march began. Organizer Aitzaz Ahsan was widely criticized for allowing Nawaz S [...] | 2008-06-18 03:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD2140 | LONG MARCH ENDS WITH NO DECISION ON JUDICIARY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 03:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD2141 | LONG MARCH ENDS WITH NO DECISION ON JUDICIARY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 03:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD2165 | WORLD BANK LOAN NOT YET FINALIZED [...] (C) Summary: World Bank Senior Economist Dr. Hanid Mukhthar briefed Economic and Commercial Counselor on the recent Bank efforts to negotiate a USD 500 million structural adjustment loan with the Government of Pakistan (GOP). Despite over two months of negotiations, the loan has not been final [...] | 2008-06-19 09:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV MARR MASS PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2200 | PAKISTAN: AI OUTBREAK IN THE NWFP [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistani authorities confirmed on June 21 an outbreak of avian influenza (AI) in poultry on a commercial breeding farm in the Swabi district of the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP). To date this season, 112,000 chickens have died from the disease or been culled in ten separat [...] | 2008-06-23 12:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO EAGR AMGT CASC PK |
08ISLAMABAD2201 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CARDIN [...] (SBU) Summary. Pakistan's newly elected civilian government remains a fragile coalition beset by differences over how to restore the deposed judiciary and President Musharraf's future. Continuing political deadlock over the judiciary has seriously undermined the GOP's ability to tackle grow [...] | 2008-06-23 12:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2203 | PARLIAMENT SETS SYMBOLIC PRECEDENT WITH DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 17, Pakistan's parliament debated the defense budget for the first time in the nation's history. Although details were sparse and debate limited, this marked a symbolic move toward greater civilian oversight of the armed forces. Chief of Army Staff General Kayani supp [...] | 2008-06-23 12:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK PREL MARR ECON |
08ISLAMABAD2218 | JUNE 26 BY-ELECTIONS IN PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the June 23 decision by the Lahore High Court to declare Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif ineligible to run (reftels),Pakistan's June 26 by-elections will continue. The GOP June 25 petitioned the Supreme Court to overrule the decision against Nawaz [...] | 2008-06-25 11:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2219 | FREE NATIONAL IDENTITY CARDS [...] (U) On June 23, the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) announced that it would begin to issue free Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs) to Pakistani citizens. Currently, only approximately 60% of citizens have received CNICs. Because the CNICs had to be purchased, t [...] | 2008-06-25 13:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD2226 | KIDNAPPING, RELEASE OF CHRISTIAN GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: Unidentified militants kidnapped an estimated 25-32 Christian men and boys in Peshawar on 21 June and released them in the early morning of 22 June. While the incident is part of a widening deterioration in security in the Northwest Frontier Province, it also demonstrates the [...] | 2008-06-26 10:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2233 | OPTIONS FOR MITIGATING PAKISTAN'S FOOD CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: In response to Pakistan's worsening food situation and its potential impact on the country's most vulnerable groups, Embassy Islamabad suggests six program options for food assistance for Washington agencies' consideration. With 100 million Pakistanis living on two dollars or les [...] | 2008-06-26 14:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL EAID ETRD EAGR PK |
08ISLAMABAD2244 | TRANSIT TRADE BETWEEN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN: PROVISIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-27 17:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR EAID PREL PGOV PK AF |
08ISLAMABAD2245 | BY ELECTION RESULTS IN PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite some violence and procedural irregularities, voting in the June 26 by-Elections was held in a generally free and fair environment. Turnout was reportedly 32%. As expected, the ruling coalition swept the polls. Both the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) and Pakistan Peop [...] | 2008-06-28 10:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD2250 | WORLD FOOD PROGRAM-LED ASSESSMENT OF PAKISTAN'S FOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: World Food Program (WFP),the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and other international organizations briefed Government of Pakistan (GOP) officials, donors, non-governmental organizations (NGOs),and diplomats on the initial phase of its food security assessment for Pakis [...] | 2008-06-30 04:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EAGR ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2252 | TRANSIT TRADE BETWEEN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN: HOPE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-30 04:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR EAID PREL PGOV PK AF |
08ISLAMABAD226 | NSA TARIQ AZIZ ON A NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-15 13:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD228 | ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF RECENT VIOLENCE IN PAKISTAN [...] This cable was coordinated with Consulates Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar. Summary 2. (SBU) Summary: The violence following Benazir Bhutto's December 27 assassination cost Pakistan approximately $2 billion dollars in lost tax revenue, foregone production, and infrastructure damage. In [...] | 2008-01-16 02:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ENRG EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2303 | PRIME MINISTER GILANI AND CODEL CARDIN DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 30 meeting with Codel Cardin, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Gilani requested increased cooperation with the U.S. on security and economic assistance. He also firmly asserted that Pakistan's nuclear assets are protected and expressed hope for greater international focu [...] | 2008-07-07 07:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER IN PK |
08ISLAMABAD2304 | PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF AND CODEL CARDIN DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 30 meeting with Codel Cardin, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf explained the importance of concluding agreements with the tribal groups in the border areas to secure peace. He also expressed hope for stronger military and intelligence cooperation with the U.S as well [...] | 2008-07-07 07:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER IN PK |
08ISLAMABAD2305 | BOUCHER AND GILANI DISCUSS BORDER SECURITY AND [...] (C) Summary: During a July 1 meeting, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told Assistant Secretary Boucher that his government was serious about the need to confront militant extremists, establish a foundation for sustainable development and address Pakistan's growing economic crisis. Gilani al [...] | 2008-07-07 07:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON PK |
08ISLAMABAD2313 | USDP EDELMAN DISCUSSES MILITANT THREAT WITH ARMY [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary for Defense Policy Eric Edelman met separately with 11th Corps Commander Lieutenant General Masood Aslam and Inspector General Frontier Corps Major General Muhammed Alam Khattak on June 3 in Peshawar to discuss negotiations with tribal leaders and the importance o [...] | 2008-07-07 13:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MASS PK |
08ISLAMABAD2314 | Stabilization Measures for Pakistan's Falling Stock Market [...] (SBU) After consulting with the Karachi Stock Exchange Board (KSE),the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) announced measures to stabilize the stock market. These measures include: a ban on short selling to stop speculation; use of bank guarantees as security deposits; change [...] | 2008-07-07 13:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2315 | Pakistan Ministry of Finance explains its "fiscal [...] (C) Visiting Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher met with Pakistan Ministry of Finance Secretary Farrukh Quayyum and Special Advisor Dr. Ashfaque Hasan Khan July 2. The Minister was in Karachi for a cabinet meeting. Quayyum gave a frank overview of recent economic developments, emphasizing t [...] | 2008-07-07 13:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV ENRG PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2316 | USDP EDELMAN DISCUSSES SECURITY WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary for Defense Policy Eric Edelman and Ambassador met with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on June 2. USDP Edelmen stressed the U.S.'s long-term commitment to Pakistan and discussed how the U.S. might assist Pakistan in addressing the growing security threat posed [...] | 2008-07-07 13:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MASS PREF PK |
08ISLAMABAD2317 | USDP EDELMAN MEETS WITH PAKISTAN CJCSC GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary for Defense Policy Eric Edelman met June 2 with General Tariq Majid, Pakistan's Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. USDP Edelman and Majid discussed strains on the Pakistan military and recent peace negotiations in the tribal areas. Majid also supported U.S [...] | 2008-07-07 13:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MASS PK |
08ISLAMABAD2318 | PAKISTAN: COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSSES SECURITY WITH [...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister (and former ambassador to the U.S.) Mahmud Ali Durrani met with the Counselor of the Department of State, Dr. Eliot Cohen, and the Ambassador on June 25. In a warm and wide-ranging conversation, Durrani conveyed his views about the [...] | 2008-07-07 13:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS PINR PK |
08ISLAMABAD2320 | KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-08 04:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL UNMIK YI EU KPKO KV |
08ISLAMABAD2323 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 08, 2008 [...] "Fear Grips Citizens As Seven Blasts Rock Karachi" "The News" (07/08) "A series of seven bomb blasts rocked Karachi on Monday, killing at least one person and injuring more than 40, the state-run television reported. Intelligence sources claimed that the criminals wanted to provoke ethnic [...] | 2008-07-08 09:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2328 | WALI KHAN'S STRATEGY FOR CONTAINING MILITANCY [...] (C) Summary. Awami National Party (ANP) leader Asfundyar Wali Khan told Ambassador July 7 that security in Peshawar was under control. He questioned the seriousness of the recent Khyber operation in Bara, but said that if the Pakistani security forces can continue to push the militants int [...] | 2008-07-08 12:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2329 | NEW GLOBAL PARTNERS RECOGNIZED AND POC PROVIDED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-09 05:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL PARM PTER KGIC KNNP JO IN RS |
08ISLAMABAD2336 | PRIME MINISTER GILANI AND CODEL GREEN DISCUSS BORDER ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: In a July 4 meeting with CODEL Green focused on cross-border issues with Afghanistan, Prime Minister Gilani explained his views on the causes of terrorism in Pakistan and his government's three prong counter-terrorism policy. He also requested additional Parliamentary exchanges [...] | 2008-07-09 11:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD2337 | CODEL GREEN DISCUSSES MADRASSAS, EXTREMISM WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: In a July 4 meeting with President Musharraf, CODEL Green discussed extremism in Pakistan and their support for madrassa reform. The CODEL cited a specific case of two young U.S. citizens apparently being held against their will in a Karachi madrassa; the Embassy is facilitating [...] | 2008-07-09 11:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD2351 | REP. JACKSON-LEE MEETS NA SPEAKER MIRZA [...] (C) Summary: Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee met July 1 with National Assembly Speaker Dr. Fehmida Mirza. Mirza informed Rep. Jackson-Lee of her intention to visit the U.S. and women's advances in the current assembly. They also discussed President Musharraf's future. Rep. Jackson-Lee voiced concer [...] | 2008-07-10 11:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PHUM |
08ISLAMABAD2352 | BOMBING MARKS RED MOSQUE OPERATION ANNIVERSARY [...] (C) Summary: The latest suicide bombing on the one-year anniversary of the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) military operation in Islamabad demonstrates just how potent a symbol the mosque remains in the militants' battle with the Pakistani government. We believe the bombing was more a demonstration [...] | 2008-07-10 11:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2353 | FISSURES IN THE PPP [...] (C) Summary: A split in the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is not imminent. However, led by estranged party Vice Chair Amin Faheem and disgruntled Bhutto family members, fissures in the PPP have begun to emerge publicly. PPP Co-Chair Asif Zardari is widely disliked for reasons that range from [...] | 2008-07-10 11:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD2359 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: PROGRESSIVE ENGINEERING [...] Post has repeatedly contacted Progressive Engineering, located in Taxila District (approximately 30 miles from Islamabad),regarding the license request for an angular position measurement kit and requesting an appointment to visit their site. All requests were rebuffed, and the reason always [...] | 2008-07-11 07:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETTC ETRD PK |
08ISLAMABAD2365 | AMBASSADOR BRIEFS MOD ON SECURITY ISSUES [...] (S/NF) Ambassador, RAO and the Office of Defense Representative July 9 briefed Defense Minister Mukhtar on U.S. intelligence cooperation, military cross border operations and U.S.-Pakistan security assistance. Mukhtar noted that press reports about impending unilateral military action, civil [...] | 2008-07-11 12:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2377 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 12-14, 2008 [...] "10 U.S. Soldiers Killed In Attack On Afghan Base" "Dawn" (07/14) "A multi-pronged militant assault on a small, remote U.S. base in the eastern Nuristan province and killed 10 American soldiers and wounded 15 on Sunday in the deadliest attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan in three years." [...] | 2008-07-14 09:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2379 | GOP ANNOUNCES ENERGY CONSERVATION STRATEGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Pakistan has drafted an energy conservation strategy to gain short and long term increases to Pakistan's national gird. With current energy shortfalls of up to 4500 mega-watts per day, impacting all regions of the country, Pakistan desperately needs to make cha [...] | 2008-07-14 11:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGY EFIN ECON EINV EAID PK |
08ISLAMABAD238 | NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT: A NON-STARTER [...] (C) Summary. The trial balloon launched to test the idea of a national unity government combined with an election delay (reftels) was shot down very quickly. President Musharraf and all the major political parties have firmly rejected the idea. However, the political and security uncerta [...] | 2008-01-16 10:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD2381 | KASHMIR LINE OF CONTROL VIOLATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani MFA sources confirm reports from New Delhi (reftel) that neither country wanted recent violations of the Kashmiri Line of Control (LOC) to impede bilateral confidence building measures (CBMs). However, the Indians reportedly have just canceled the next round of CBM ta [...] | 2008-07-14 13:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD2400 | REQUEST FOR PL-480 EMERGENCY FOOD AID TO PAKISTAN THROUGH [...] (SBU) The following is an action request. Please see paragraph 12. SUMMARY - - - - 2. (SBU) Summary: In Reftel I, Post recommended six food aid options for assistance to Pakistan - three options with existing ESF resources and three options with additional resources. This message pr [...] | 2008-07-15 11:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EAGR ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2403 | FOOD AND AGRICULTURE POLICY REFORM OBJECTIVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY - Pakistan's current food problems are the result of high world market prices and serious policy distortions that are a disincentive to farmers. The World Bank is currently addressing some of the most difficult food pricing policy issues with the USD 500 million budget support loa [...] | 2008-07-15 14:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EAGR ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2404 | FINANCE MINISTER QAMAR WELCOMES POSSIBILITY OF FOOD [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Naveed Qamar, the Acting Minister of Finance July 10. He welcomed the possibility of U.S. food assistance, asked for a briefing from Ministry of Finance staff regarding the bilateral investment treaty (BIT),previewed Under Secretary Jeffery's upcoming trip [...] | 2008-07-15 14:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2405 | SAUDI ARABIA AGREES TO DEFER PAKISTAN'S OIL PAYMENTS BUT [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Pakistan is once again asking for assistance from Saudi Arabia to bail out the country's faltering economy by providing deferred oil payment concession. Details on the size and duration of this concession are still being finalized with Saudi authorities and are not publicly avai [...] | 2008-07-16 00:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGY EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
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 |