Terroristan - 29 September 2017

[Peregrine]

Mogambo Nay Chinawala Ko Dura Thia

China fears envoy in Pakistan might be attacked, requests more security
....
Chinawala Angrayzi not so good!

This letter looks fake.

anupmisra Ji :

Chinese embassy says its envoy may be attacked

ISLAMABAD: The Chinese Embassy in Pakistan has requested more security for its ambassador in the wake of information that he is likely to be attacked.

Quoting sources, a private channel on Saturday reported that in a letter written to the Interior Ministry, the Chinese Embassy had said that a terrorist had entered the country to attack Yao Jing.

The embassy requested the government to take immediate action on the intelligence information and provide security to the ambassador.

The letter, the sources said, written by the focal person for CPEC Ping Ying Fi identifies the militant as Abdul Wali, who belongs to the banned East Turkestan Independence Movement (ETIM), an extremist group which largely operates in the Chinese border Xinjiang region.

Cheers

anupmisra Ji :

Have just realized that the Terrorist is named Abdul Wali of ETIM has a Terroristani Passport No. 0148704863 and PE0448371 as well as a Pakistani Mobile Phone No. 00923101458367. In other words the Terrorist is a Terroristani "Citizen". If you remember Mush the Tush assured the Chinese President or was it the Prime Minister wherein he guarantees that the ETIM will not get any support or shelter in Terroristan. As such this letter is absolutely genuine!

Cheers

[Falijee]

More Stories Surface. Re: The "Closet" Imran Khan

Who decorated Imran Khan’s jaccuzi? Tweet reignites old debate

LAHORE – In her book, from MTV to Mecca, former MTV presenter Kristiane Backer spoke about her relationship, her ups and downs in life and most importantly international heartthrob of 90s, Imran Khan.

Kristiane Backer was one of the very first presenters on MTV Europe. She gained a cult following and became a darling of the European press. According to her book, they dated for a few years, but unfortunately, they couldn’t actually get along well when Imran disclosed to her that his spiritual leader had predicted against their marriage already. She further writes about how she felt devastated, lost and broken after finding out from Imran that they weren’t going to get married ever. And this is the same guy, who wanted to pay homage to the Sufi Saint at Sehwan Sharif yesterday and was rightly refused as he had, according to media reports, come with an armed escort at a religious shrine !

Imran Khan accused her of betraying him, I had been seen one night leaving a man’s house, he said. I couldn’t do anything about it. I was so sad. Imran was my love. And his accusation was untrue. This was in the nineties, twenty years ago, when Immy's hormones were "overactive". If current media reports from Ayesha Gulalai are to be believed, he has not slowed down in the "particular department" even in his "ripe old age of sixty plus

Excerpt from her book: “Imran and I were still planning to get married and on our next trip to Pakistan, we started dreaming of living on a farm with lots of animals in Skardu, a very airy and particularly beautiful mountainous region near Kashmir in the north of the country. The sight of pink cherry blossoms against a backdrop of snow-capped mountains in the bright blue sky was heart-stopping. We went on long walks in the vast dried river beds and in the foothills of the mountains, where I collected the most magical stones and fossils I had ever seen: bright neon green or shiny silver ones, clear crystals, and perfectly preserved shells turned to stone. I was so enamoured with all of them that much to Imran’s annoyance we had to carry a whole collection back to Lahore in two heavy bags, where I decorated his jacuzzi with my special collection.” Not sure if jacuzzi use is halal or haram in Islam

“Sometime later, Imran and I went to the Caribbean together accompanying a cricket tournament through the West Indies, which was a fabulous experience. Imran commentated on the matches and, wherever they took place – in Jamaica, Saint Vincent or Guyana – it was a national holiday and party time. Some of the locals arrived in big hats and funky outfits, and carrying huge ghetto blasters or enjoying family picnics nearby. The whole island was involved. Those who didn’t get seats climbed on trees and watched the matches from up there. In Trinidad, Imran and I made the big mistake of sunbathing in the midday sun without protection not sure what she means by "no protection" because the wind felt so nice and cool.” So, Immy took her also for a "ride". Do the Mullahs of Pakistan know the "real" Imran Khan !!!

[Falijee]

The Paki "All Rounder" On Display For The Cameras

Turkish asylum seeker educationists ko deport karne k Khushi Mai Abbasi sb ko jhoola deya turkey walo ne

[Gagan]

^^^
Pak fauj planning to buy about 30 turkish T-129 attack helicopter

This is a bribe to the fauj to ensure his own political survival

[Falijee]

Fencing the Durand Line is no different than creating the Wall of Berlin: Hussain Haqqani

The Pashtun Times conducted an interview with Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United States abmnd Sri Lanka, and the author of Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military, and Magnificent Delusions: Pakistan, the United States, and an Epic History of Misunderstanding”, Hussain Haqani.

The Pashtun Times: Can you tell us about today’s conference and the objectives of the Saath organisation?

Hussain Haqqani: At a time when when Pakistan is trying to mainstream religious extremist groups, and Pakistan national narrative, which revolves totally around either religious hatred or hatred for Pakistan’s neighbors, therefore, this is important to try to and get together the very weak elements of Pakistani society, represented by Pakistani liberals, progressives, nationalist groups, and Saath, which stands for “South Asia Against Terrorism And For Human Rights”, is an effort towards creating a broad network of people who want Pakistan to give up terrorism, to normalise relations with Afghanistan, and to become a normal country that doesn’t threaten the global order. So, this is the meeting of intellectuals, academics, social and political activists, who share a common view. It is a good excuse to meet in Londonistan for "chai-biscoot" /"kabab nihari" session , but in concrete terms, it is not going to make a difference !

The Pashtun Times: What do you think about the success of this conference? Do you think it will herald the desired results?

Hussain Haqqani: Many Pakistanis who challenged the narrative in Pakistan are eliminated physically. There are many people, who have disappeared. The people who support Baloch and Sindhi nationalism are also missing. So, we don’t want the people face such kind of persecution. We have more than a hundred participants who came from all over the world, including Pakistanis. And I think, we have laid the foundation of a group that will try to challenge the very narrow minded narrative of Pakistan, which legimitizes individuals and groups like the Afghan Taliban, the Haqqani Network, and Lashkar-e-Tayyeba’s Hafiz Saeed is accepted as a Pakistani patriot, but people who advocate 21st Century vision for the country are not.
We want to change that and I think we have laid the foundation of a group which challenge this all.

The Pashtun Times: India was divided, but before that the Pashtuns were divided. And now this division is given permanence by erecting a fence along the Durand Line. You have touched upon the Durand Line issue a bit earlier in the conference, what is your take on this matter?
Hussain Haqqani: Pakistan will be much better off by having normal relations with India and Afghanistan. The Pashtuns of Pakistan and the Pashtuns of Afghanistan have not only ethnic kinship, but a historical relationship as well. Therefore, to build a wall along the Durand Line would be no different than the “Wall of Berlin” that was created in Germany. I think instead of resorting to such extreme measures, Pakistan should just focus on befriending the people of Afghanistan, to have normal relations with them as a neighbor. Pakistan still likes to think of Afghanistan as its own "backyard" but times have changed !

The Pashtun Times:: What do you say about the American President Donal Trump’ policy for South Asia? Hussain Haqqani: President Trump’s policy basically assumes that Pakistan’s behavior will change only when Pakistan is told that America doesn’t accept all excuses and explanations of Pakistan. And that if Pakistan doesn’t behave like an ally it will not be treated like an ally.
I am one of those who feels that this different policy might bring different results. In the past the United States showered Pakistan with aid which made Pakistan more dependent on American aid which didnt make Pakistan a power house like South Korea or Taiwan. Contrarily it has fueled conflict in the region. I hope that the policy can be different, but we will have to wait and see how its results emerge.

[anupmisra]

Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan on despite major pull outs

Sri Lanka´s cricket board Sunday vowed to press ahead with tour of Pakistan next week despite top players pulling out and speculation the coach may not join the squad.

The board has played down speculation in local media that coach Nic Pothas and team physiotherapist Nirmalan Dhanabalasingham will also not travel to Pakistan.

Several players who had said they would not travel to Pakistan have been dropped from the series

https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/23893 ... -pull-outs

[Gagan]

What is the reason for the lovey dovey relations between the Sri Lankans and the Terroristanis?
They are the first to want to play Cricket with them, try to drag their feet when India says no meeting of SAARC, and even want to let the Cheenis into their lands.

Is the Chinese hand guiding these two nations to behave in a certain direction

[habal]

pakistan has also leased Sri Lankan boeing/airbus planes for their PIA london & NY flights along with Sri Lankan flight engineers, stewards etc who work alongside usual PIA staff. The PIA calls it their 'premium service'

[SSridhar]

What is the reason for the lovey dovey relations between the Sri Lankans and the Terroristanis?
They are the first to want to play Cricket with them, try to drag their feet when India says no meeting of SAARC, and even want to let the Cheenis into their lands.

And also suggest that we extend love towards them through music and not characterize all of Pakistanis as terrorists because we Indians must practice ahimsa etc...

But, the Sri Lankan (Ceylon) question has a deeper reason. We will not get into that here.

[Kashi]

What is the reason for the lovey dovey relations between the Sri Lankans and the Terroristanis?
They are the first to want to play Cricket with them, try to drag their feet when India says no meeting of SAARC, and even want to let the Cheenis into their lands.

Is the Chinese hand guiding these two nations to behave in a certain direction

During the 1971 war, after India banned overhead flights, Sri Lanka happily allowed Paki airplanes to refuel before proceeding to what was to become Bangladesh.

The behaviour was always there, Chinese hand may have only corralled them even closer..

[Peregrine]

What is the reason for the lovey dovey relations between the Sri Lankans and the Terroristanis?
They are the first to want to play Cricket with them, try to drag their feet when India says no meeting of SAARC, and even want to let the Cheenis into their lands.

And also suggest that we extend love towards them through music and not characterize all of Pakistanis as terrorists because we Indians must practice ahimsa etc...

But, the Sri Lankan (Ceylon) question has a deeper reason. We will not get into that here.

SSridhar Ji :
With Sri Lanka the main reason of continuing their reliance is "India Playing Cricket with Sri Lanka".

The Indian Cricket Tour has not generated enough money as the Sri Lankans lost ech and every of the Nine Matches. Now India also wants to make some money and as such the Indian Series.

As far as China and Terroristan are concerned I feel Sri Lanka has always been "with" Terroristan and now under Chinese Tutelage and Control especially due to the Humbantota and Colombo Projects.

Never Forget : India took Hundreds of Thousand nay Millions of Tamilians back who had "Legally" entered Ceylon - Sri Lanka. India couldn't send the Illegal East Terroristani Immigrants, which is still going on, and now we have The Rohingya Menace!

Cheers

[Falijee]

Chinese national arrested at Lahore airport for ‘currency smuggling’

LAHORE – Airport Security Force on Monday arrested a Chinese passenger for alleged currency smuggling at Lahore airport.

The foreign national, who is going to Bangkok via an international airline, was held during checking at the Allama Iqbal International Airport following the recovery of foreign currency worth Rs2.5 million.The officials have recovered $20,000 and 15,000 Chinese Yuan from his possession.The accused has been handed over to officials of Pakistan Customs, while a case has been registered against him. According to revised rules of the State Bank of Pakistan regarding foreign exchange, a passenger can carry up to $10,000 or equivalent notes of another currency while going abroad. As Pakhastan becomes more Chinified, get ready to expect such news more frequently. Will their dietary preferences be taken into account while in jail

[SSridhar]

Peregrine ji, there is a reason why I mentioned Ceylon. Further discussion on that may be OT here.

[Falijee]

Paki Plane Target Of Someone's Mischief

Vehicle hits Lahore-bound PIA plane at Toronto airport

LAHORE – Authorities say an oil filling vehicle ran into a parked passenger plane of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada on Saturday, causing damage to one of the engines. This "bad luck" airline is in the news these days, for the "wrong reasons"

PIA spokesman Mashood Tajwar said the vehicle collided with the engine of the plane, PK 798, which was scheduled for Lahore, during the process of refilling due to which the jet received damages.No passengers or crew were aboard the aircraft at the time of the incident, he said, adding that about 16 hours delay was expected in the flight. The plane has been shifted to a hanger for repairs.

The spokesperson said the authorities have informed the company, provides services to PIA at Toronto airport, regarding the accident, while an explanation has been sought from the firm.The passengers have been provided accommodation due to delay and now the flight will depart for Lahore at 9 pm today, he added. Do they have the money to pay for the repairs? Did the "hotel providing accommodation" required 100% payment in advance from the discredited airlines ?

[Falijee]

It Is "Forbidden" To Mock Ganja Sharif Via Your Licence Plate

Man with ‘Kiu Nikala Mjhe’ Number Plate Gets Fined

‘Kiu Nikala Mjhe’ (Why was I expelled) was the catchphrase used by Nawaz Sharif after he was dethroned from his Prime Minister-ship. He said the infamous line against the court decision made on July 28 – the decision which disqualified him as the prime minister in the case of Panama leaks.A man from Lahore decided to get a number-plate with “Kiu Nikala Mujhey” inscribed on it. The authorities failed to see the humor in it and slapped a fine of Rs 300 on the driver for having a non-standard number plate on his vehicle. If they wanted to "teach him a lesson", they should have levied a much "hefty fine" as a deterrent against such future mischief

Warden Mudasir Iqbal passed a challan for Rs. 300 to the vehicle owner, Abrar Ahmed for the violation of traffic code-24 of the traffic law. He was fined in the Township area of Lahore. The challan showed that Abrar Ahmed had been fined for not having a standard number plate. His number plate was removed by the authorities and after getting charged, he fled the scene. Is he a member of Imran's party

The catchphrase ‘Kiu Nikala Mujhey’ (why was I expelled) has been used by people to ridicule Nawaz Sharif, especially by the rival party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI). The chairman, Imran Khan and the followers have used this catchphrase several times to mock the former Prime Minister upon his dethroning. When Abrar Ahmed was getting penalized, hilariously, a crowd of people gathered at the spot and started chanting ‘Kiu Nikala Mujhey’.

This happening in La-Whore which is 100% Ganja Territory

[Falijee]

Helpless Hazaras

WHERE SHOULD HAZARAS GO?
Mohammed HanifUpdated October 22, 2017

2012 was a bad year for the Hazara community in southern Pakistan. The community had been devastated by a series of targeted killings and suicide attacks. Even their future protectors weren’t safe. Police cadets belonging to the Hazara community had been targeted and killed, mid-ranking police officers belonging to the community had been assassinated.

2012 was a bad year for the Hazara community in southern Pakistan. The community had been devastated by a series of targeted killings and suicide attacks. Even their future protectors weren’t safe. Police cadets belonging to the Hazara community had been targeted and killed, mid-ranking police officers belonging to the community had been assassinated.

“It’s quite obvious that the government and security agencies are either not interested in protecting us, or are unable to do so,” he spoke in measured sentences without anger, as if trying to argue his way out of a mass murder. “The government should sell everything we own. Our houses, our businesses, the furniture in our houses, our pots and pans, every single thing. With that money they should buy a large ship and put all of us on that ship and push us out into the open sea. Surely there is one country somewhere out there in the world that will take us.” Pakistan has come a long way since Independence. Ayub Khan's replacement - General Musa ,( C-n-C Pak Army ) himself a Hazara - must be now turning in his grave

Since 2008, when the attacks against the Hazara community increased, Hazaras had been selling off their houses and businesses in search of that mythical ship. Many ended up in Malaysia and Indonesia from where they could pay four to six thousand US dollars to get on a boat that would take them to places such as Australia and New Zealand. The journey could last 50 to 60 hours and, in the words of one Hazara who attempted the journey more than six times, you either reached the promised land or became fish fodder.

If Hazaras thought they were having trouble coping with an atrocious year in 2012, the following year turned out to be the stuff of nightmares. Hazaras were being target-killed, their places of worship had become death traps, their community elders had been systematically eliminated. The Hazaras are Shias and therefore an easy target of the majority Sunnis !

What do Pakistan’s security agencies do when Hazaras are targeted? In Bogor I met Mama, a refugee who has been waiting for his fate to be decided for the past three-and-a-half years. He is a former security official from Quetta who insists on remaining anonymous and says that he should be referred to as Mama. He saw the unfolding of carnage after carnage from inside and felt utterly helpless.

He was part of many meetings and raids that took place after every major incident against the Hazaras. “In these meetings it was often said that Hazaras are rioting again rather than discussing how to protect them. After every major incident, we raided villages and rounded up dozens of Baloch youth who clearly had no hand in these attacks.It became a vicious cycle.

First, Hazaras would be targeted and then Baloch communities would be raided. Even when they managed to arrest the actual suspects, they were handed over to the Anti Terrorist Force, they were held in lock-ups inside the military cantonment and they managed to escape these lock ups.”

Like Mama, many Hazara refugees and independent journalists believe there’s a nexus between Pakistan’s powerful intelligence agencies and the sectarian militias that have been accused of Hazara killings. A sub-inspector in the civilian intelligence agency Special Branch, who left his job to seek asylum after his police officer cousins were shot dead, claims he saw this complicity first-hand. “We chased two terrorists after a targeted attack in Quetta,” he told me. “They were on a motorbike, they drove up to the cantonment gate and disappeared. We told the military guys that two terrorists have just entered your area and we are chasing them. We were asked for our identity cards and then told in stern terms to turn back and never mention the incident to anyone.” Mohamed Hanif, the reporter, probably owns a British Passport, like Altaf Bhai , so he dare not be touched by Deep State !

I had heard such stories second-hand before, it was the first time someone had claimed directly to have been himself involved in such an experience.FC veteran Mama believes that ordinary soldiers have nothing to do with the sectarian attacks. “A law-enforcement agency cannot afford to have a religion. Ordinary soldiers have no clue what’s going on around them. It’s a section of intelligence agencies who patronise these sectarian groups. They are out of control. We have no idea where they take their orders from. It was obvious they [the sectarian groups] were taking money from Gulf [groups] who want to target Shias.” And now Raheel has taken money from the Saudis to target the Shias of Yemen !

When Maliha Ali left Pakistan, she was preparing for her ‘O’-Level exams. For the past three-and-a-half years, she has been living in Cisarua, outside Bogor, with her family and has no way of continuing with her examinations. Her father, Liaquat Ali Changezi, a former TV actor and documentary producer, decided to leave Quetta along with his family when many of his close colleagues were killed. “There came a time when the school administration told me not to send my kids to school because they were putting the entire school at risk,” says Changezi. He was also asked by the Quetta TV manager not to show up at the office because it put his other colleagues at risk.

The biggest challenge that Hazara refugees face in Indonesia is that they are not allowed to work and, even worse, they are not allowed to attend schools. A whole generation of Hazara children is at the risk of remaining illiterate. With the help of other refugees, Changezi has set up a centre where young children can be given elementary education by Hazara volunteers.There are a couple of other such centres which have become community hubs where people can bring their families and seek counseling.Maliha is a volunteer teacher at one such centre. “Sometimes I think it’s ironic that I am at an age where I should be attending a school myself but instead I have become a teacher.” Then she becomes wistful about her time in Quetta and tries to console herself. “At least we can play football here. We couldn’t play in Quetta.”

[Amber G.]

Meanwhile on his way to India (and before he goes to Terroristan) :
Rex Tillerson Pays Secret Visit to U.S. Air Base in Afghanistan

This ought to make Paki's very happy!
As Tillerson heads to Pakistan, Islamabad wary of deepening U.S.-India ties

[Amber G.]

^^^ For Nuclear-armed Terroristan, a staunch U.S. Cold War ally, MuNNA, and key player in the U.S.-backed invasion of Afghanistan .. Ityadi is a little nervous..
I
Mr. Tillerson, due to meet Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Pakistan's powerful military chiefs in a one-day visit, is expected to urge Pakistan to do more to root out Afghan Taliban and Haqqani network militants operating on its soil.

But he is also expected to hear Pakistani officials warn him that drawing nuclear-armed India deeper into Afghanistan would destabilise the region and do little to end the 16-year war that is now America's longest military conflict.

“Bringing India into the mix is like adding kerosene to fire,” said Miftah Ismail, a state minister and close ally of Prime Minister Abbasi.

“It's a complete red line. India has no political role to play in Afghanistan as far as we are concerned.”

Insha AllahI

[Amber G.]

Meanwhile - From Afghanistan .. Tillerson keeps Paki H&D!
Act against terrorists or face consequences, Tillerson tells Pakistan

KABUL: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Monday he would travel to Islamabad on Tuesday to reinforce President Donald Trump administration’s demand that Islamabad move against the Taliban and other extremists based inside its borders or face the consequences.

Speaking at a press conference after meetings with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah during an unannounced visit to Kabul, Tillerson said America’s future policy towards Pakistan would base on whether Islamabad takes action that “we feel is necessary”.

“We have made some very specific requests of Pakistan in order for them to take action to undermine the support the Taliban receives and other terrorist organisations receive,” he told reporters at the Bagram airfield, America’s largest base in Afghanistan.

[Peregrine]

Baj Bahadur gets rid of Ganja under instructions from Bad Ol' Raheel - possibly for a long time

The Senate passed a bill with a majority vote on Monday against the controversial clause in the electoral reforms law that paved way for deposed PM Nawaz Sharif to become the head of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) again.

Shibli Faraz of the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) presented the bill, Express News reported. He told the Senate that the clause, 203 (1), had allowed a person disqualified by the court from holding a public office to become a political party’s office-bearer.

He added that the clause made a mockery of the court’s verdict and so the bill presented against it should by passed by the upper house of the parliament.

Federal Law Minister Zahid Hamid opposed the bill, asserting that the opposition was taking an unconstitutional step.

Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani then sought a vote on the introduction of the bill. The opposition managed to bag 46 votes in favour of the bill against the treasury’s 21 against it. Later it was passed with a majority vote.

The Pakistan People’s Party, the PTI, the Jamaat-e-Islami, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan and the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid voted in favour of the bill.

Last month, the opposition parties in the Senate despite their combined had been unable to the stop the passage of the Elections Bill 2017.

Among the new laws introduced was an amendment to Section 5 of the PPO. The amendment allows every citizen who is not a government servant to form a political party or hold any office of a political party.

Introduced during Musharraf’s era, PPO Section 5 (1) says that every citizen, not being in the service of Pakistan, has the right to form or be a member of a political party or be otherwise associated with a political party or take part in political activities or be elected as an office-bearer of a political party.

But the clause currently has a proviso which reads “Provided that a person shall not be appointed or serve as an office-bearer of a political party if he is not qualified to be, or is disqualified from being, elected or chosen as a member of Parliament under Article 63 of the Constitution…or under any other law for the time being in force”.

That clause has disappeared in the bill. When the bill was passed in the National Assembly, it went unnoticed.

It was only during voting on the bill in the Senate that leader of the opposition Aitzaz Ahsan brought the development to the notice of the house and proposed an amendment in the relevant law passed by the National Assembly.

Ahsan proposed an amendment to clause 203 (1) of the new election laws with a new proviso stating: “provided that the person shall not be appointed or serve as an office-bearer of a political party if he is not qualified to be, or is disqualified from being, elected or chosen as a member of the parliament under any law for the time being in force”.

Law minister Zahid Hamid opposed the amendment, which led to the chairman calling a vote count. To the opposition’s surprise, Ahsan was outvoted by one vote, with 37 for and 38 against, despite the government’s numerical inferiority.

Rejection of Ahsan’s proposed amendment brought jubilation in treasury benches who congratulated each other for their success.

Cheers

[Peregrine]

Act against terrorists or face consequences, Tillerson tells Pakistan

KABUL: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Monday he would travel to Islamabad on Tuesday to reinforce President Donald Trump administration’s demand that Islamabad move against the Taliban and other extremists based inside its borders or face the consequences.

Speaking at a press conference after meetings with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah during an unannounced visit to Kabul, Tillerson said America’s future policy towards Pakistan would base on whether Islamabad takes action that “we feel is necessary”.

“We have made some very specific requests of Pakistan in order for them to take action to undermine the support the Taliban receives and other terrorist organisations receive,” he told reporters at the Bagram airfield, America’s largest base in Afghanistan.

US policy toward Islamabad “will be based upon whether they take action that we feel is necessary to move the process forward for both creating opportunity for reconciliation and peace in Afghanistan but also ensuring a stable future for Pakistan,” he continued.

Islamabad needed to “take a clear-eyed view of the situation that they are confronted with in terms of the number of terrorist organisations that find safe haven inside” the country, he said.

“We want to work closely [with] Pakistan to create a more stable and secure Pakistan as well.”

Tillerson spent almost three hours at Bagram, most of the time in talks Ghani, Abdullah and other US and Afghan officials.

A small group of US media accompanying him on his first official visit to Afghanistan were prohibited for security reasons from filing reports until they returned to Qatar.

The top US diplomat announced that he would be flying to Islamabad on Tuesday, adding that from there, he would then travel to India to discuss a request that it expand its economic and development assistance to Afghanistan.

A statement posted on Twitter by the US embassyin Kabul said Tillerson reiterated the US commitment to working with the Kabul government and regional partners “to achieve peace in Afghanistan and deny safe havens to terrorists who threaten that goal”.

He said President Trump “has declared that we are here to stay until we can secure a process of reconciliation and peace” but adding: “It’s not an unlimited commitment.”

He said: “Clearly we have to continue to fight against the Taliban, against others, in order for them to understand they will never win a military victory.”

It was Tillerson’s first trip to Afghanistan as secretary of state and comes several weeks after US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis also paid an unannounced visit.

The closed-door talks covered Ghani’s reform programme, his anti-corruption strategy and preparations for parliamentary elections due next year.

Tillerson’s unannounced visit follows one of the bloodiest weeks in Afghanistan in recent memory, with more than 200 people killed in multiple attacks on security installations and mosques across the country.

Militants fired several rockets into Kabul on Monday morning but there were no casualties.

Cheers

[Gagan]

Pakis must be browning their Shalwars - T-Rex is coming to town !!!

[Gagan]

Wonder what T-Rex wants though...

[Bart S]

Pakis must be browning their Shalwars - T-Rex is coming to town !!!

Reminded me of this from Jurassic World - he is going to tell the Pakis not to roam outside their zone:

[Bart S]

This is a must watch and good info/data points as well. The Afghan ambassador calmly, methodically and logically rips the Paki 'narrative' to shreds.

[Amber G.]

Meanwhile on his way to India (and before he goes to Terroristan) :
Rex Tillerson Pays Secret Visit to U.S. Air Base in Afghanistan

This ought to make Paki's very happy!
As Tillerson heads to Pakistan, Islamabad wary of deepening U.S.-India ties

Adding to above ..
Relationship With India Is Of Strategic Importance: Rex Tillerson

[Falijee]

Afghanistan Stands Up To Paki Bullying

Afghan president bans Pakistani trucks from entering Afghanistan

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has issued a decree banning Pakistani trucks from entering the country via the Torkham and Spin Boldak border crossings, ToloNews reported.The Afghan Transport Ministry confirmed the move on Sunday, saying that trucks would only be allowed up to the border crossings, at which point the trucks will have to offload their goods and transfer them to Afghan trucks, according to ToloNews.

"The Afghanistan and Pakistan Trade Agreement (APTA) has expired. Before this Pakistan did not allow Afghan trucks to enter its territory. So we [will] do the same, and after this Pakistani trucks will be unloaded at borders and Afghan trucks will carry the goods to Hairatan and Shir Khan ports," Transport Ministry Spokesman Hekmatullah Qawanch said.

It is believed that Ghani's decree will provide a greater number of job opportunities for truckers and transit companies. "Currently there is no work for transit companies and the drivers are at home," a director of a transport company, Abdul Ghafoor Norzai, said.

"Pakistani trucks go to every part of our country, but our trucks are not allowed to enter Pakistan. We want the government to do the same to Pakistan and also help us to be allowed to enter neighbouring countries," said Abdul Rauf, the head of a transport company.

The Afghan Transport Ministry said Kabul would sign transit agreements with Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan soon, on the basis of which Afghan trucks would be allowed to enter the three countries, ToloNews reported. And of course there is the "problem" of Indian goods going to Afghanistan and Afghanistani goods going to India. !

[Guddu]

Pakis must be browning their Shalwars - T-Rex is coming to town !!!

Reminded me of this from Jurassic World - he is going to tell the Pakis not to roam outside their zone:

"Pakis out of containment"...even Hollywood has caught on.

[kancha]

Talking about Hollywood, this 33 second clip says it all!

[Falijee]

Pakistan wary of deeper US-India ties ahead of Tillerson visit
Reuters

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson heads to Pakistan on Tuesday to pressure Islamabad to act over militants targeting Afghanistan from its soil, anxious Pakistanis may be equally interested in dissuading Washington's deepening ties with India. Nuclear-armed Pakistan, a staunch US Cold War ally and key player in the US-backed invasion of Afghanistan after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, has watched warily as Washington has in recent years pivoted towards its arch-foe. US is "tired" of Paki perfidy- broken promises etc etc !

Islamabad views its much-bigger neighbour as an existential threat and the two nations have fought three wars since their violent separation at the end of colonial rule in 1947.
Tillerson, due to meet Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Pakistan's powerful military chiefs in a one-day visit, is expected to urge Pakistan to do more to root out Afghan Taliban and Haqqani network militants operating on its soil.But he is also expected to hear Pakistani officials warn him that drawing nuclear-armed India deeper into Afghanistan would destabilise the region and do little to end the 16-year war that is now America's longest military conflict. Pakistan "cannot live" without US dole !

"Bringing India into the mix is like adding kerosene to fire," said Miftah Ismail, a state minister and close ally of Prime Minister Abbasi."It's a complete red line. India has no political role to play in Afghanistan as far as we are concerned." Pakistan consider Afghanistan as its "own back yard" ! Many Pakistanis feel betrayed that its traditional ally is now cosying up to India over Afghanistan. But the anger runs both ways. The United States accuses Pakistan of playing a double game since 2001, offering public backing to Washington while turning a blind eye, or even at times assisting, the Afghan Taliban and other militants who carry out deadly attacks against U.S. forces and their allies in Afghanistan.

Pakistan supported the Afghan Taliban in the 1990s as a hedge to Indian influence in Afghanistan, and analysts say its military and security services maintained ties long after the Taliban regime was toppled in 2001.
Pakistan denies providing a safe haven for Afghan Taliban and other militant fighters.Tillerson, during a visit to Afghanistan on Monday, said Washington has made some "very specific requests of Pakistan in order for them to take action to undermine the support the Taliban receives and other terrorist organizations receive". And in turn Pakistan will also have "very specific requests" for US arms - which confirms its well known reputation as a "randi"

India has increased aid to Afghanistan in recent years and last year promised to ship more arms. Such moves have aggravating fears in Pakistan that it will find itself wedged between two hostile neighbours.Islamabad bristles at the idea that India holds the key to ending the Afghanistan conflict, and fears U.S. meddling could unsettle a delicate balance of power in South Asia.

But while Pakistan may not like it, India looks set to continue playing a role in Afghanistan, according to Sushant Sareen, a foreign policy analyst at the Vivekananda International Foundation, a think-tank with ties to the government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi."The message is very clear that India is an important player when it comes to coordinating policies between Afghanistan and Washington," said Sareen. Pakistan is also "cosying" up to Russia . Doubt that this will bring in showers of expected financial largesse though !

[Peregrine]

Pakistan PM tells Tillerson it has 'produced results' in fighting terrorism

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday reconfirmed Pakistan's commitment to the "war on terror" during a meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, saying his country had "produced results" fighting the region's Islamist militants.

Relations between uneasy allies United States and Pakistan have frayed in recent years, with Washington accusing Islamabad of turning a blind eye or helping Afghan Taliban and Haqqani network militants who stage attacks in Afghanistan. Pakistan denies doing so.

President Donald Trump has vowed to get tough with Pakistan unless it changed its behaviour, with US officials threatening further reductions in aid and mooting targeted sanctions against Pakistani officials.

Tillerson, on a tour of Asia and the Middle East, arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday afternoon and met with Abbasi, as well as Pakistan's powerful army chief, General Qamar Javed Bajwa.

"We are committed in the war against terror," Abbasi told Tillerson, as the two men sat facing each other on a long table.

"We have produced results. And we are looking forward to moving ahead with the US and building a tremendous relationship," added Abbasi, who sat next to Bajwa.

During a short part of the meeting available to media, Tillerson told the Pakistani delegation that the nuclear-armed nation was an important US ally in the region.

"(Pakistan is) important regionally to our joint goals of providing peace and security to the region and providing opportunity for greater economic relationship as well," Tillerson said.

As well as support for the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani network, another sticking point in the relationship has been growing closeness by the United States to India, Pakistan's arch-foe and neighbour.

Tillerson said last week that the Trump administration wanted to "dramatically deepen" cooperation with New Delhi, partly to offset Chinese influence in Asia. Trump has also called for greater Indian role in Afghanistan.

But this deepening in ties has alarmed Pakistan, which has rejected a greater political role for India for Afghanistan as a "red line" for Islamabad.

Cheers

[anupmisra]

Spinning it (again).

From yawn!!, there's a photu of naya commandu and part time PM with T-Rex. Note the facial expressions (all "heh..heh..heh..heh..we are fukced"and the caption below it on the front page (signifying how low important this arrival was to the pakis).



"America's top diplomat greeted by mid-level Foreign Office official at the military airport in Rawalpindi"

https://www.dawn.com/news/1365955/tille ... afe-havens

[anupmisra]

Nailed!!

Caitlan Coleman breaks silence on captivity, says 'was in Pakistan for more than a year'

Disputing claims about her rescue, the recently recovered Caitlan Coleman has said that she was in Pakistan for at least a year before she was "rescued" by Pakistan Army in an operation near the Pak-Afghan border earlier this month. (at least!)

"We were not crossing into Pakistan that day. We had been in Pakistan for more than a year at that point."

Coleman, who still wears a hijab after being released. She refused to comment on whether the couple have converted to Islam.

She does not exactly remember the events around her rescue but does recall a gun battle while she was in the trunk of a car.(what she heard were bullets being fired...doesn't mean that a battle was on)

While revealing details of the rescue, Pakistan Army had said that the family had been moved from Afghanistan into Pakistan the day the operation took place, not earlier.

Watch the paki back pedal. Er...she was drugged and delusional...

https://www.dawn.com/news/1365936/caitl ... han-a-year

[anupmisra]

Immy the Dimmy wades into deep malsic waters.

Forcibly converting Hindu girls after abduction is extremism not Islam, says Imran

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said that forcibly converting Hindu girls to Islam after abducting them had nothing to do with Islam, instead, "it was a wrongdoing".

"The extremists are mistaken that forcibly converting someone to Islam will bring them virtue," he maintained.

(and for good measure the dimwit added...) Quaid-i-Azam was considered as an ambassador of the Hindu-Muslim unity, he added.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1365958/forci ... says-imran

[anupmisra]

Pakistan gives Tillerson frosty welcome after US warns over Taliban havens

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson got a frosty welcome to Pakistan Tuesday after Washington turned up the heat on Islamabad for allegedly providing "safe havens" for Taliban militants.

America´s top diplomat was quietly greeted by a mid-level Pakistani Foreign Office official at the military airport in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, an AFP photographer saw -- a welcome devoid of the pomp that usually marks high-level visits.

http://thenews.com.pk/latest/239355-Pak ... ban-havens

[anupmisra]

Pakistan wiped out 99 per cent hideouts of militants, says Interior Minister

Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has stated that Pakistan has wiped out 99 percent hideouts of the militants from its territory and the peace is being restored with fast pace.

The statement of interior minister came hours before US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s arrival in Islamabad.

The minister said situation in Afghanistan was the major cause of instability in the region.

Other countries shared responsibility with Pakistan for the situation that emerged during the Afghan war, due to the consequences of the collapse of Soviet Union and destruction of the Berlin Wall, he added.

http://thenews.com.pk/latest/239357-Pak ... r-Minister

[Amber G.]

How to spin:
>>America's top diplomat greeted by mid-level Foreign Office official at the military airport in Rawalpindi.
Pakistan gives Tillerson frosty welcome after US warns over Taliban havens

But at the same time:
Pakistan PM tells Tillerson it has 'produced results' in fighting terrorism..
Bajwa says the same thing ...When T Rex says jump, he says "how high"

[Amber G.]

^^^ Interestingly..
Tillerson is expected to fly to India after his meetings in Islamabad. Interestingly, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who Tillerson met in Kabul, rushed to New Delhi on Monday for meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and foreign minister Sushama Swaraj.

[Amber G.]

Pakistan gives Tillerson frosty welcome after US warns over Taliban havens

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson got a frosty welcome to Pakistan Tuesday after Washington turned up the heat on Islamabad for allegedly providing "safe havens" for Taliban militants.

America´s top diplomat was quietly greeted by a mid-level Pakistani Foreign Office official at the military airport in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, an AFP photographer saw -- a welcome devoid of the pomp that usually marks high-level visits.

http://thenews.com.pk/latest/239355-Pak ... ban-havens

[anupmisra]

Hail SeePack!! They do realize that they have to pay it back, right?

Pakistan’s Hubco coal power plant signs loan contract with Chinese banks

A joint China-Pakistan coal-fired power plant signed a loan contract with banks in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Xinhua news agency reported.

Hubco Coal Power Plant raised 1.5 billion U.S. dollars from a consortium of banks led by China Development Bank.

http://thenews.com.pk/latest/239372-Pak ... nese-banks