Terroristan - October 8, 2018

anupmisra · Post by **anupmisra** » 27 Oct 2018 19:14

Falijee wrote:PM Imran Khan's Malaysia visit schedule unveiled
... state visit to Malaysia along with a high level delegation comprising Finance Minister, Foreign Minister and Information Minister.

All flying coach or business class? Or is it another of dimmy's U-turns?

anupmisra · Post by **anupmisra** » 27 Oct 2018 19:24

mappunni wrote:Have seen a bunch of Porkistanis selling water bottles in both Madrid and Barcelona. And in Athens many Porkistani beggars near metro stations.

Confirmed. Pakis (I suspect most are illegal) are mostly spread in urban centers because that's where the mosques are (think - free food and charity). I was even surprised to see them in Bolzano (northern part of Italy, close to the Austrian border) in 2004. They were hanging around a halal butchery, talking in loud guttural pakjabi. The ones in Paris (near the metro stops and Eiffel Tower) are BDs mostly.

Bart S · Post by **Bart S** » 27 Oct 2018 19:56

Falijee wrote:Imran Invites Himself To Malaysia To Meet Mahathir

PM Imran Khan's Malaysia visit schedule unveiled
Oct 27, 2018

*ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan Malaysia tour has been finalised and the tentative dates have been revealed.*
*PM Khan will leave for Malaysia on the invitation of its Premier Mahathir Bin Mohamad in the second week of November.* Premier will depart for a state visit to Malaysia along with a high level delegation comprising Finance Minister, Foreign Minister and Information Minister.
Prime Minister Khan, on October 18, made a telephone call to Malaysian Premier Mahathir Bin Mohamad. During the phone call, leaders of both states agreed to extend cooperation in various sectors and invited each other to visit their respective states.An invitation that Malaysian leader has accepted and assured his Pakistani counterpart to visit the country soon.
Imran is a "great admirer" of the half - Indian 92 year old Mahathir . Malaysia did not "go to IMF" during the currency crisis and Mahathir at that time, turned Malaysia "around" without seeking IMF bail-out . Immy wants to replicate that in Pakiland . And therefore seeking expert advice

According to a Paki channel, Pakiland imports a huge amount of palm oil from Malaysia, and the Pakis want palm oil on deferred payment

and apparently since the Malaysians are competing against the Indonesians for palm oil exports to Pakistan they are in no position to refuse.

anupmisra · Post by **anupmisra** » 27 Oct 2018 20:00

The European Union Election Observation Mission that observed the recently held paki elections, has just released its report. Pretty damning. Paklurks, read and rue. You just went through (again) a hoax, a sham, a fraud of an electoral exercise.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The EU EOM encountered significant challenges and difficulties before and during its deployment to Pakistan. Unlike in previous elections, it faced unprecedented delay in the deployment of the whole mission. Due to a series of bureaucratic delays, including with issuing visas and accreditations, EU long-term observers arrived in Pakistan later than planned and were deployed to districts only one week, sometimes less, before election day. This had repercussions on the mission’s ability to observe and thoroughly assess some fundamental areas of the electoral process. These included the candidate nomination process and candidacy complaints and appeals, the campaign environment, as well as the work of the election administration at local level. Additionally, despite constant efforts, meetings with two main interlocutors, the ECP and the judiciary and the various courts, were very limited or did not take place at all. The nonextension of visas for members of the core team led to an earlier than planned departure of the EU EOM from Pakistan. As a result, the final stages of the electoral process were not observed.

Fundamental rights are subject to “any reasonable restriction imposed by law” and therefore vulnerable to arbitrary implementation. Freedom of expression and the right to stand may be curtailed by vague, moral and ethical requirements. Blasphemy laws are problematic for the effective exercise of freedom of speech, while legal restrictions on the right of assembly were, on occasion, applied in an excessive manner during the 2018 elections.

Overall, the ECP’s voter education was insufficient and it was not implemented in a timely manner. Important information on voting procedures and prohibited actions inside polling stations was not well communicated. Voter education was not tailored for any vulnerable group, including persons with disabilities. Civil society organisations and media tried to fill in this gap.

Although steps were taken to ensure participation of minorities in the electoral process, the obstacles faced by the Ahmadi community remain unchanged. They are still registered on a separate electoral roll, contrary to constitutional provisions on the equality of citizens and against Pakistan’s international commitments.

Candidacy requirements are addressed in detail in the Constitution, but include qualifications that are vague and subjective. The lack of implementation guidelines resulted in inconsistent candidate scrutiny.

there was a notable lack in equality of opportunity

The campaign was often dominated by candidates with large political appeal and financial means. Incomplete campaign spending provisions, including a lack of spending oversight and controls on political parties, as well as an undefined campaign period further undermined candidates’ equal opportunity to campaign. The escalation in violence two weeks before election day limited candidates’ direct engagement with voters and made more prominent the role of the media in the campaign.

At first glance, Pakistan’s media appears vibrant, seemingly offering a platform for a free and pluralistic exchange of ideas. Comprehensive analysis of the media’s output, however, reveals that editorial policies were carefully calibrated to downplay issues relating to the army, state security structures and the judiciary. Concerted efforts to stifle the reporting environment were observed, and included intimidating phone calls to senior editors, the disruption and hindrance of the distribution of broadcast and print outlets, and harassment of individual journalists. Most of the content restrictions that affected election coverage stem from the Constitution. Article 19 subjects freedom of expression to “any reasonable restrictions imposed by law”, which diverges from international standards. Excessive content limitations, citing security, religious and moral concerns, are scattered throughout the legal framework for media, resulting in a catalogue of issues on which media cannot report.

Media coverage of the elections, as monitored by the EU EOM, was extensive, but devoid of journalistic, non-partisan scrutiny. There was no level playing field for electoral contestants, including on the state-run TV.

There was considerable uncertainty over the resolution of electoral disputes, with a high number of petitions to the Supreme and High Courts. There was a lack of transparency regarding ECP decisions on electoral disputes, as well as late changes in the make-up of panels for ECP dispute hearings.

The Elections Act 2017 gives the ECP powers to allow citizen observers and international observers to observe the electoral process. However, it is at the discretion of the ECP as to whether it actually allows groups to observe, as well as the extent of access it provides. Due to a lack of clear instructions on accreditation procedures, national and international observers faced difficulties with accreditation. Observers were also hindered by the Code of Conduct for Security Officials which empowered security personnel to allow accredited observers and media stay at a polling station only for a brief period of time.

The ECP allowed the deployment of 370,000 army personnel inside as well as outside polling stations and increased their powers, including the provision of a parallel structure to report irregularities if the presiding officer did not take action. EU observers noted army personnel inside all polling stations observed, and reported a few cases where they interfered in polling proceedings or directed party agents to stay outside the polling stations. Counting was sometimes problematic, with EU observers assessing as positive the counting process in only two thirds of observations.

https://cdn1-eeas.fpfis.tech.ec.europa. ... nglish.pdf

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 27 Oct 2018 20:17

Pakistan responsible for three times the terror risk to humanity than Syria : Report - ANI

Pakistan, which remains the breeding ground and supporter of global terrorism, is responsible for three times the terror risk to humanity that Syria poses, says a study -- `Humanity at Risk - Global Terror Threat Indicant (GTTI) -- by Oxford University and Strategic Foresight Group (SFG).

As per the GTTI, while the Afghan Taliban and the Lashkar-e-Taiyyaba (LeT) pose the maximum threat to international security in future, Pakistan is placed on top of the list of countries with the highest number of terrorist bases and safe havens.

“If we look at the most dangerous terrorist groups, based on hard facts and statistics, we find that Pakistan hosts or aids majority of them. Also, there are a significant number of groups based in Afghanistan, which operate with the support of Pakistan,” the report says.

The over 80-page report, which has been prepared to discuss the challenges in the next decade, presents an analytical framework and tool to enable policy makers to look into the future.

“The rise of competitive extremism of all shades, misuse of weapons of mass destruction and economic disruptions can undermine human progress or even survival in the period from now until 2030. They are all interlinked with terrorism”, the report reveals.

Strategic Foresight Group had analysed almost 200 groups actively involved in committing acts of terror in the first half decade of the twenty first century. During that period, the groups motivated by their own interpretation of Jihadi ideology accounted for only a fourth of almost 200 groups around the world.

Among these groups, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)/Daesh has attracted much of media space in the last five years. But with swift rise and fall of ISIL/Daesh, the Al-Qaida remains the most resilient network. Until 2011, it was led by Osama bin Laden but now his son, Hamza bin Osama bin Laden has emerged, as what sections of the media describe, as the “new crown prince of terror”.

The most significant factor influencing the future {why future alone? Past & current also} of Jihadi groups would be the support they get from states, intelligence agencies and criminal networks. of Jihadi groups would be the support they get from states, intelligence agencies and criminal networks.

“The birth of Al-Qaida was in Pakistan and then Pakistan influenced Afghanistan. Osama Bin Laden had a safe haven in a huge compound near the Pakistani military establishment in Abbottabad. The compound was much larger than the surrounding houses of retired Pakistani military officers. The occupants of the compound often bought expensive goods from a neighbourhood shop that most people in the vicinity could not afford. The presence of an important family in the compound was nothing but conspicuous,” the report reveals.

The report has also given a comprehensive detail about the global terror outfits operating from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen and many other countries who have linkages with each other.

In Pakistan, the terror groups are based in FATA, Khyber Pakhtunkhwah, Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, Quetta and Kalat (Balochistan), Punjab and Sindh. Enjoying patronage of the law enforcement agencies, they easily plan and plot major attacks and raise funds for their activities.

In a shocking revelation report says: “The Jihadi thought processes have proved to be most resilient for almost 150 years, beginning in what is today Pakistan and parts of Afghanistan. Many extremist movements rose and collapsed. But the Jihadi movement has survived in Pakistan and Afghanistan, now firmly spreading to the Middle East and North and West Africa.”

On Friday, Afghanistan’s deputy Defence Minister, Hilaluddin Helal, said at the Beijing Xiangshan Forum on defence, that more than 50,000 militants from 21 terrorist organisations are currently operating in Afghanistan and out of these 70 per cent are Pakistanis.

saip · Post by **saip** » 27 Oct 2018 20:18

anupmisra wrote:
anupmisra wrote:Are this guy's pants on fire?

China not asked for military access to Gwadar, Pakistan admiral says
Paki admiral's (liar, liar) pants are on fire. See report by Newsweek.

He was four hundred percent correct. China never asked but Pakistan gave it. His pants may be on fire but his loin cloth is intact.

Vips · Post by **Vips** » 27 Oct 2018 20:30

Imran has now become a professional at begging, wants $6 billion package from UAE.

The important question is what is in it for UAE and Saudi Arabia to give free money to the beggars? What do they get in return??

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 27 Oct 2018 20:56

History Of IMF Loans To Pakistan . Note The Upward Trend

Now with Saudi, Cheeni and ( hopefully !) Gulf Arbi "Beggary", it is most unlikely that the Ganja Record of $ 24. 9 BILLION will be broken

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 27 Oct 2018 21:02

Pti Princess
‏ @PtiPrincess1
6h6 hours ago
Replying to @GulBukhari

The Two Imrans

PS: Have to "admire" the Kaptaan for "leaving the Royal Life Style" of Londonistan and go back to the shit-hole of Pakiland . Now he is at least "Andho Mae Kaana Raja ( In a group of foolish people even the one with meager amount of inteligent considered braineist. )

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 27 Oct 2018 21:10

The Khadim Rizvi Solution For Getting Rid Of The Paki Monstrous Debt

Khadim Hussain Rizvi Just Gave The Most Epic “Nuskha” For Repaying Pakistan’s Debt And People Are Actually Losing It
MangoBaaz
Oct 27, 2018

Khadim Hussain Rizvi has seen a meteoric rise into mainstream consciousness of the Pakistani public since his infamous dharna against the government of Pakistan back in April. The government was led by Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz and Rizvi’s crude dialogues against the government made waves around the country. Now, there’s rarely anyone in Pakistan who isn’t aware of the crass language that Khadim Rizvi uses against the government, the Chief Justice, common folks and even the Army

Well, today he’s given an epic nuskha to the government, and DG ISPR, for repaying Pakistan’s loans and people are going batshit crazy over the maulana’s comments

Unable to copy/paste the hilarious video by the illiterate but extremely powerful "mainstreamed mullah"

Gul Bukhari
‏Verified account @GulBukhari
7h7 hours ago

Gul Bukhari Retweeted

KHADIM RIZVI HAS SOLVED PAKISTAN’s DEBT PROBLEM!!

“We don’t pay interest. We are Muslims. On demand of Principal, Ghauri missile.”
cc: @ImranKhanPTI https://twitter.com/khadimrizvireal/sta ... 8134831104 …

nam · Post by **nam** » 27 Oct 2018 21:11

call me CT, Parliament attack and Mumbai attack was just after Paks received IMF bailout.

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 27 Oct 2018 21:28

This Proves That "Women Empowerment In Pakistan " Is A Sham !

Violence Against Women Centre staff not paid in four months
Oct 26, 2018
Geo TV - Benazir Shah

Pakistan’s only Violence Against Women Centre (VAWC) will soon be forced to close its doors, putting women fleeing domestic violence and abuse at greater risk.

Staff at the all-female intake centre have not been paid since July when Pakistan held its general election. Then there are pending electricity and phone bills.

“In the budget, recently presented to the Punjab Assembly, by the new government, our centre was not allocated any funds,” a senior official, who asked not to be named, tells Geo.tv, “Our phones have already been disconnected due to non-payment. And if the electricity shuts down we will be forced to cease operations.”Despite being cut off from funding, the centre continues to provide legal assistance, shelter and counselling to women.In the last seven months, it has taken on 2,588 cases, of which 1,600 were of domestic violence, 234 of harassment, 65 of rape, and 147 of life threats.

In these days of "cash crunch" , The Kaptaan and his vice captain ( Finance Minister Umer ) have literally been running from pillar to post to ensure that Pakistan does not "qualify" as an international defaulter, and the fauj is not deprived of the brand new toys that they are going to order ! Therefore, it makes sense that women needs are not a priority.

Established last October in Multan, under the Punjab Women Protection Authority Act (PWPA), the centre aimed to provide 24/7 protection to women against violent crimes, particularly domestic abuse, rape and sexual assaults. Similar centres were to be rolled out in Lahore, Faisalabad and Rawalpindi in the next phase of the project.

Another example of where action is lacking to lack of funds, mullah objection or whatever , buzz words ( Punjab Women Protection Authority Act ) make up the slack

At the centre, outstanding is payroll for the 55 staff members, 15 lawyers, and the electricity and telephone bills which total Rs7.8 million.Still, the centre is doing everything it can to serve women– even if that means working without pay. But if the financial situation drags on, victims will have to be turned away, say the staff.“We are not able to provide the kind of services we did in the past. The lawyers working with us have also not been paid in four months, which has affected the outcome of the court cases filed on our clients’ behalf,” added the VAWC official.Punjab Information Minster, Fayaz Hasan Chohan, did not reply to Geo.tv’s requests for comments.

Beggary from foreign sources ( NGOs and Foreign Govts ) is of course an option, but the Paki Govt has recently been cracking down on foreign NGOs as they deem them a nest of spies

anupmisra · Post by **anupmisra** » 27 Oct 2018 21:47

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 27 Oct 2018 22:26

The Plot Thickens On That Israeli Plane That Landed In Isloo This Week

Did a top Israeli official just visit Islamabad?
Naya Daur
Ali Warsi
Oct 26, 2018

From Muscat, Oman To Isloo

Most of it is still just speculation but reports suggest that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netenyahu might have visited Pakistan during the last 48 hours.According to details, Israel’s top newspaper Haaretz’s English version editor reported in his tweet yesterday that a flight from Israeli capital Tel Aviv had landed in Islamabad.

It was a business jet according to the senior journalist, who claims that the flight left Tel Aviv and after a brief stay in Amman left for Pakistan. This is the usual practice for the planes leaving from Israel to fly to countries where the country is not recognized legitimately.

Although Avi Scharf did not mention the Israeli PM in his tweet, another tweet from The Spectator Index says that the Israeli PM ‘has made a secret visit to a country that does not have diplomatic relations with Israel’

The Spectator Index @spectatorindex

The Spectator Index @spectatorindex

BREAKING: Reports that Israeli PM Netanyahu has made a secret visit to a country that does not have diplomatic relations with Israel
9:14 AM - Oct 26, 2018

Connecting the dots, it is likely that the country where Israeli PM flew to last night was Pakistan.Interestingly, Pakistan might not have been the only country Israeli PM has visited recently. During the last 2 weeks, Netanyahu has visited Oman as well. Two days ago, Azerbaijan’s military chief had also visited Israel and the visit had been termed a ‘clear message to Iran‘.Both the countries are neighbors to Iran. And so is Pakistan. Considering Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent visit to Saudi Arabia, this could well be preparation for a major maneuver in the region.

A BBC Urdu report confirms that the plane certainly took off from Tel Aviv and later landed in Islamabad after a brief stay in Amman but it was unclear whether some senior official from Israel was on the flight or not. It also says that the flight, though not an Israeli plane, did stay in Islamabad for about 10 hours before flying back.

The story was updated at 11:11 am on October 27, 2018

Quick , get Maulana Fazl out of bed right now ! . The Maulana has "always warned" the Paki Abduls against Imran's so -called Zionist connections because of his marriage to Jemima Goldsmith , a jew , and Imran's connections to the so -called Jewish and Zionist lobby in UK, Europe and USA . And the chances that by electing Imran, they are electing a "Jewish friendly " leader and hence (automatically ) anti Islamic PM. Now , with this rumour floating around Islamabad, his prediction may have come true . The Maulana who is a shrewd politico should mobilizes the masses and strike while the iron is hot .

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 27 Oct 2018 22:33

SIR JAHIL- HAM-EID "CHIPS IN " ON THIS ISRAEL RUMOUR

Crypto Bible Retweeted
Zaid Hamid
‏Verified account @ZaidZamanHamid
4h4 hours ago

I suspect that it is Saudis who are pushing Pak to test the waters on recognition of Israel. Saudis are desperate to do it and they need Pakistan's support for this atrocity. If Pakistan recognize Israel, then Saudis would feel secure.
But we Pakistan can NEVER "sell our souls" ( Can Jahil join hands with Maulana Diesel on this

)

One of the "quid pro quo" for the partial bailout by Saudia

Some rumours are that "General For Hire" Raheel Sharif may have had a hand in this as well !

Crypto Bible
‏ @Karachi_Post
3h3 hours ago

Raheel Sharif must have played a crucial role in the recent events between #Pakistan and Israel as he is serving Saudi/Israeli interest in Middle East through his shadowy army #KSA #GHQ #Riyadh

PS: Raheel was recently seen at the Paki Embassy in Amman , Jordan accompanied by Saudi Security officials !!!

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 27 Oct 2018 22:44

Someone Somewhere Is Impersonating The Paki Minister Of Education And Professional Training

Education Minister Contacts FIA to Apprehend People Impersonating Him
Pro Pakistani
Oct 27, 2018

Minister for Education & Professional Training, Shafqat Mehmood, has approached the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to register a case against individuals making fake calls by impersonating the Federal Education Minister.

According to an official statement, Mehmood has informed the FIA to register a case against individuals making fake calls by impersonating as the federal minister.It has been found that many calls have been made in AJK and in the educational institutions in Lahore claiming to be from the education minister and asking for various favors.

Invoking the name of a General, A Minister , or a Big Businessman - to get your work done - is a lucrative business in Pakiland !

The minister also informed government offices, its attached departments and the general public through an official statement that anyone impersonating or making calls as the education minister must be immediately reported to the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training and to the FIA.

Meanwhile, the Education Ministry has decided to auction all of its 150 non-functional vehicles.

No monies left in the Education Budget

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 27 Oct 2018 23:29

For The Khan Now . It Is Only The "Holy Brew" Prepared By The Peerni , That Will Now Do

From The Such Gup Section of Friday Times

Special formula
Our mole says The Great Khan avoids beverages and bottled waters offered by hosts, wherever he goes. Instead, we hear, he only drinks a brew made by his consort, Her Holiness, and takes it with him, wherever he goes. This beverage apparently travels with him overseas too.

Hope that there is no "black magic" ingredients in the stuff that Imran drinks !

Vips · Post by **Vips** » 28 Oct 2018 00:01

Falijee wrote:Pti Princess
‏ @PtiPrincess1
6h6 hours ago
Replying to @GulBukhari

The Two Imrans

PS: Have to "admire" the Kaptaan for "leaving the Royal Life Style" of Londonistan and go back to the shit-hole of Pakiland . Now he is at least "Andho Mae Kaana Raja ( In a group of foolish people even the one with meager amount of inteligent considered braineist. )

You seriously dont know Falijee? By the time Immy the charsi steps down or is overthrown, he would have atleast a couple of billion US $ in secret accounts. So the switch from london to Slumabad is just an investment.

Peregrine · Post by **Peregrine** » 28 Oct 2018 02:14

Pakistan Poses 3 Times The Terror Risk To Humanity Than Syria: Report

According to Global Terror Threat Indicant report, Pakistan is placed on top of the list of countries with the highest number of terrorist bases and safe havens.

Pakistan hosts or aids majority of dangerous terrorist groups.

LONDON: Pakistan remains a breeding ground and supporter of global terrorism and is responsible for three times the terror risk to humanity that Syria poses, says a report. The report titled "Humanity at Risk - Global Terror Threat Indicant (GTTI)" was published by Oxford University and Strategic Foresight Group (SFG).

According to the GTTI, while the Afghan Taliban and the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) pose the maximum threat to international security, Pakistan is placed on top of the list of countries with the highest number of terrorist bases and safe havens.

"If we look at the most dangerous terrorist groups, based on hard facts and statistics, we find that Pakistan hosts or aids majority of them. Also, there are a significant number of groups based in Afghanistan, which operate with the support of Pakistan," the report says.

The over 80-page report, which has been prepared to discuss security challenges in the next decade, presents an analytical framework for policymakers to tackle terrorism.

"The rise of competitive extremism of all shades, misuse of weapons of mass destruction and economic disruptions can undermine human progress or even survival in the period from now until 2030. They are all interlinked with terrorism," the report said.

The Strategic Foresight Group analysed some 200 groups actively involved in committing acts of terror in the first half decade of the 21st century. During that period, the groups motivated by their own interpretation of ideology accounted for only a fourth of almost 200 terror groups around the world.

Among these, ISIS has attracted much of media space in the last five years. But with swift rise and fall of ISIS, the Al-Qaeda remains the most resilient network. Until 2011, it was led by Osama bin Laden but now his son, Hamza bin Osama bin Laden has emerged, as what sections of the media describe, as the "new crown prince of terror".

The most significant factor influencing the future of terror groups would be the support they get from states, intelligence agencies and criminal networks.

"The birth of Al-Qaeda was in Pakistan and then Pakistan influenced Afghanistan. Osama Bin Laden had a safe haven in a huge compound near the Pakistani military establishment in Abbottabad. The compound was much larger than the surrounding houses of retired Pakistani military officers. The occupants of the compound often bought expensive goods from a neighbourhood shop that most people in the vicinity could not afford. The presence of an important family in the compound was nothing but conspicuous," the report said.

The report has also given comprehensive details about global terror outfits operating from Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen and other countries who have linkages with each other.

Cheers

Peregrine · Post by **Peregrine** » 28 Oct 2018 02:30

Cheers

Peregrine · Post by **Peregrine** » 28 Oct 2018 02:46

Indian army chief threatens Pakistan on Kashmir Black Day - News Desk

Indian army chief General Bipin Rawat has threatened Pakistan the same day Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) are observing a Black Day against Indian occupation of the valley.

“If Islamabad continues to back cross-border aggression, then the Indian Army will resort to take ‘other actions’ too,” he was quoted by The Times of India as saying while speaking to reporters on Saturday.

Gen Rawat, however, did not specifically detailed on what could be the likely action he was speaking about.

In 2016, India claimed that it had carried out ‘surgical strikes’ on ‘terror launch pads’ across the LoC following an attack on a military base. Categorically rejecting Indian claims, Pakistan had announced to have captured an Indian soldier the same day.

Ties between the two South Asian arch-rivals hit a fresh low after India called off a planned meeting between the foreign ministers of both countries on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session last month.

Occupied Kashmir observes Black Day

The Indian army chief, in today’s media talk, also urged Pakistan to cease assisting to what he called ‘terrorism’ in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir, stating that the Indian state is “strong enough” to guarantee that the occupied valley remains part of India.

Asked about the ‘cross-border infiltration’, he said Pakistan would be wise to know that by indulging in such activities, harm is coming only to the neighbouring country.

“We are capable of finishing any infiltrators who reach our side. But, if Pakistan continues to support infiltration, we can use other kind of action too,” Gen Rawat said.

Kashmir key plank of Pakistan’s foreign policy: Qureshi

The statement comes days after Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that Pakistan wanted good neighbourly ties with India but bilateral relations will naturally remain strained until Kashmir dispute is taken to its logical end.

Addressing a seminar titled “Kashmir is calling/Kashmir Pukaar Raha Hai” held at National Press Club on Thursday, he said the whole nation was united on the Kashmir issue which was also a main component of Pakistan’s foreign policy. He added that Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) is not part of India.

He thanked the Kashmiri leadership for lauding his address at the United Nations General Assembly’s recent session. He said the meeting of the OIC Contact Group on Kashmir was also an impressive sitting.

Cheers

anupmisra · Post by **anupmisra** » 28 Oct 2018 03:10

In his mouth clarified butter and sugar, saar!

One step closer to FATF blacklist

Hafiz Saeed has seemingly won the latest round in the ring with the civvies. For the presidential ordinance promulgated by the last government back in February — proscribing individuals and entities already outlawed by the UN Security Council — has lapsed. In real terms, this means that both Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) are no longer banned. And, as such, are free to resume fund-raising.

The simple fact is that Pakistan faces a major economic crisis.

Indeed, having visited Saudi Arabia twice since assuming office, both times with begging bowl firmly in hand, the man who insisted he would remain homeward bound for the first three months of his tenure is all set to jet into Beijing at the beginning of next month. To seal yet another deal.

Bluntly put, the country is worse off than before. For unless this question is remedied at the earliest, it is all but guaranteed that Pakistan will be joining the likes of Iran and North Korea on the Task Force blacklist sometime next year. And if that happens, the entire political leadership will be at fault. While the citizenry continues to pick up the tab.

https://dailytimes.com.pk/315123/one-st ... blacklist/

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 28 Oct 2018 03:15

After Begging For Concessional Crude Oil From Saudia, It Is Off To Malaysia For Concession On Palm Oil

‘Brotherly Breathers’ before seeking bailout? What to expect from Imran’s visit to Malaysia
Oct 27, 2018

Prime Minister Imran Khan’s second-in-a-month visit to the Kingdome of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has resulted in securing two positive bits of help. One, that Saudis will deposit $ 3 billion in the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) for a period of one year. And two, Pakistan can defer paying up to another $ 3 billion per annum, for the next 3 years, on what is due to be paid for oil imports. For a cash-strapped economic managers’ team, this surely comes as a handy help.Both, however, are loans, and not any grants, because both are to be repaid. Besides, Pakistan imports oil of around $ 15 billion a year (on current prices), so deferred payments will account for only 20% of Pakistan’s oil imports in a year, and that too to be repaid next year – that year’s payments apart.

Basically, it is debt deferral . But if the Kaptaan's pipe dreams of multiplier effect of 5 Million homes, multiplier effect of CPEC, recovery of 200 Billion US of so-called stolen monies, exponential increases in exports , do not materialize, Pakistan is going to be in a deeper shit hole than it already is in .

Nonetheless, this Saudi ‘generosity’ is helpful in two ways. One, the burden on Pakistan’s external payments is eased to an extent. Second, Pakistan’s forex reserves are jacked up by $ 3 billion. [There is a whole range of economic issues between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia to sort out – especially related to Pakistanis working in the Kingdom. But right now Islamabad needs handy dollars.]

And the strategic dimension! Questions are being raised – understandably so by the opposition but also by the experts – about what will be the strategic price, in return, that Pakistan will have to pay. No free lunches; and no free lunches especially in international relations. PM’s offer to ‘mediate’ in the Yemen conflict raises more questions than any answers it provides, if at all. How can you ‘mediate; when you have just got a favour of $ 6 billion from a party to the conflict, and are hoping for $ 6 billion more in the next two years.The details of much-talked-about Saudi investments in oil refinery at Gwadar and in minerals’ exploration have not emerged yet.

Imran Khan will next be visiting Malaysia on Oct 28-29. Malaysia is not Saudi Arabia, and Malaysian leaders are much more accountable to their people than Saudi royals are, if at all. They cannot simply throw money like Saudis. But at the same time, Mahathir – Malaysia’s newly-elected-again PM – and Imran Khan are said to be having between them. Can that translate into anything meaningful for Pakistan?

There are two reasons for this "urgent trip" to Malaysia. One is begging for concessional price on palm oil, which Pakis import a lot from Malaysia . Secondly, Imran will be looking for tips from the 92 year Mahathir as to how to fix "Paki Economy" and avoid IMF debt traps .

And importantly, Pakistan imports the ‘other oil’ from Malaysia (though also from Indonesia), the edible Palm Oil. If Malaysians help with some more ‘deferred payments’ – then Imran Khan and his team would thereafter be visiting China early November with at least some more financial burdens off his shoulders.

IMF negotiations is in the works . The Kaptaan thinks that these deals from Saudia, UAE, Malaysia and Cheen are going to strengthen his negotiating position with the IMF . The IMF will extract some tough conditions from the Pakis anyways ! No American Taxpayer monies to be used to be pay off CPEC Chini loans !

Let us hope that Imran Khan and his team return from Kuala Lumpur with good news, before embarking upon the all-important visit to China early next month. If Malaysia and China also help with forex, the need for an IMF bailout is further minimized, may even diminish.

mappunni · Post by **mappunni** » 28 Oct 2018 03:51

anupmisra wrote:
Confirmed. Pakis (I suspect most are illegal) are mostly spread in urban centers because that's where the mosques are (think - free food and charity). I was even surprised to see them in Bolzano (northern part of Italy, close to the Austrian border) in 2004. They were hanging around a halal butchery, talking in loud guttural pakjabi. The ones in Paris (near the metro stops and Eiffel Tower) are BDs mostly.

I was in Southern Europe this July and August vacationing with family.

In Madrid, most Taxi wallahs are Porkistanis, lots of illegal Porkistanis selling water at tourist attractions like Real Madrid. BDs have shops selling trinkets.

In Barcelona, couldn't help hearing illegal Porkistanis at Guelle abusing each other's female relatives in chaste Punjabi.

The minute they see the cops, they melt into the crowds.

France is a different story, very strict immigration checks and lots of random checks. Didn't see any Porkistanis. Marseille found a so called Indian restaurant Jaipur, when I checked out the menu had Sialkoti biryani, just walked away. Porkistanis have to call their restaurant Jaipur Indian cuisine.

Cannes and Nice no Porkistanis, few Indian owned restaurants. Found shops owned by Pondicherry Tamils. Nice had lots of security.

Venice, infested with BDs working in restaurants owned by Cheenis. Verano and Pisa once again BDs.

Rome once again BDs.

Athens, just infested with vermin Porkistanis. Some of them begging had fractures and wounds. Could see crowds of these illegals assembled at metro stations talking loudly in Punjabi and once again the minute they see cops, melt away.

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 28 Oct 2018 04:12

Are Insolvent Pakis Going To Match This Under The Equal Equal Formula

India prepares to inaugurate the world's tallest statue
CNN.com
Swati Gupta
Oct 25, 2018

India is set to unveil the world's tallest statue next week, the towering figure of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, a popular political and social leader, who was part of the freedom struggle that resulted in India's independence from British colonial rule in 1947.

Looming 182 meters (597 feet) above the Narmada River in the western Indian state of Gujarat, the statue is set to be unveiled on October 31, revealing a figure molded from approximately 1,850 metric tons of bronze.

Statue of DJinnah- looming 598 feet at entrance to Krachi Harbour. Add to CPEC Bucket List

partha · Post by **partha** » 28 Oct 2018 04:21

Pakis will announce a plan for a taller statue for sure. Announcement is free. They may want to wait till the plan on Shivaji's statue is finalized which will be taller than the statue of unity.

anupmisra · Post by **anupmisra** » 28 Oct 2018 07:24

No covert talks with India, Israel: govt
No $hit!

Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry Saturday categorically stated that Pakistan would not hold any covert talks either with India or Israel. The minister was reacting to a tweet by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ahsan Iqbal who sought clarification from the government over reports circulating on the social media that an Israeli aircraft allegedly visited Islamabad.

The reality is that Imran Khan is not Nawaz Sharif

https://dailytimes.com.pk/315488/no-cov ... rael-govt/

anupmisra · Post by **anupmisra** » 28 Oct 2018 07:28

Anti-Pakistan research
Posting in full.

Pakistan is back on the global radar. For a new report has named the country the world’s greatest terror threat. Three times more dangerous, in fact, than Syria in terms of the number of active militant groups, safe-havens and state support.

These are extremely damning allegations. So, what exactly is to be made of the Humanity at Risk — Global Terror Threat Indicant (GTTI); a project by the Indian-based think-tank Strategic Foresight Group (SFG) in conjunction with Oxford University’s Centre for Resolution of Intractable Conflict (CRIC).

The answer is, not very much. The authors are keen to point out that the purpose of the GTT Scale is not to single out particular countries but, rather, to call for the “international community to act in concert to demolish the infrastructure of terror anywhere and everywhere in the world”. Similarly, much is made of the need to contextualise global terror threats in terms of geo-political developments, security management, socio-economic considerations and political processes.

That being said, the aforementioned appears glaringly absent from the report’s narrative. The GTTI accords Pakistan a negative top score of 70.5. Afghanistan comes next with 44; Syria is third with 22. Libya and Iraq are even further down the list. And although this particular research was conducted from Jan 2015-April 2018, it beggars belief that this country, which has no role to play in the Middle East’s black market chemical weapons network, is considered more dangerous than, say, post-Gaddafi Libya or indeed post-Saddam Iraq. Of course, with regards to the Af-Pak region, there is no mention of the prolonged US oscillation between troop surges and drawdowns. Or, indeed, how American and NATO soldiers ended combat operations before getting fully serious about training local forces. The Afghan Taliban are now active in up to 60 percent of the country. It is not Pakistan where non-state actors launch chemical weapons attacks.

This is not to abdicate the state of responsibility. It goes without saying that the latter must at all times exert control over national borders. Just as it holds true that governments must abide by international obligations under the UN Security Council’s counter-terrorism programme that focuses on ‘targeted sanctions’. And which renders it mandatory for member states to freeze assets and impose travel bans where necessary. Yet what we categorically reject are the report’s assertions that Pakistan has “infested” the entire region with violent extremism. While India receives an entirely clean chit. Not because we are interested in point-scoring with our eastern neighbour. But because research, when made public, has a duty to present facts and analysis in as impartial a manner as possible. What it must not do is enter into the business of propaganda. For that becomes incitement.

https://dailytimes.com.pk/315514/anti-p ... -research/

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 28 Oct 2018 16:29

First Chinification, Now Saudification Of Pakiland

Imran to listen public complaints at PM House cell from tomorrow
ARY News
Oct 28, 2018

ISLAMABAD: In an ‘unprecedented move’ to address problems of the general public, Prime Minister Imran Khan will hear grievances of masses at a complaint cell starting tomorrow.Step is being taken to narrow the gap between the government and its public, according to officials privy to the matter. They say that Prime Minister’s Complaint Cell will be functional by tomorrow, in which Mr Khan will personally listen to the complaints of citizens.Any issues connected with human rights, corruption, land grabbing, bureaucracy and others will reach the PM directly through complaint cell and the premier will issue directives for resolving all problems faced by citizens.

Maybe, the Kaptaan got this idea from his recent visit to Saudia, where such "programs" are a common affairs. The Aam Saudi drives in his SUV ( not camel) from the interior desert to come and borrow money from the Monarch ( whoever it is !), bows and kisses the hand proffered , a "chaprasssi" takes the petition and the King pronounces his judgement ( loan for marriage of his daughter sanctioned !) . To the best of my knowledge, I believe Ganja also has tried this Islami stunt

anupmisra · Post by **anupmisra** » 28 Oct 2018 17:51

Falijee wrote:Imran to listen public complaints at PM House cell from tomorrow
ISLAMABAD: In an ‘unprecedented move’ to address problems of the general public, Prime Minister Imran Khan will hear grievances of masses at a complaint cell starting tomorrow.

This is called the "Jahanpana Deal" with the common people. In the erstwhile days of the moghuls, anyone with a fariyaad could call up on the reigning emperor on a set aside day at the diwan-e-aam with the plea "jahanpana....I have a complaint". Watch any of those old Bollywood movies and you will see what I mean. This one time limited "freedom" for the public made the moghuls look generally empathetic to the subjects' daily woes. There were boundaries and rules, of course, which the fariyadi had to stay within. In reality, history has taught us the complete opposite. The emperor got to know who the troublemakers were and what the public was thinking.

In cheena, during the strict commie controlled days, there was an outlet for the book carrying commoners called "the democracy wall" in Peking. Same purpose. Same effect.

anupmisra · Post by **anupmisra** » 28 Oct 2018 17:59

More on the "Jahanpana Deal". Masses talk about of freedom of speech and expression or the lack of in their cultures and political systems. "Freedom of speech" exists in every culture, religion, nation and society. What happens to that individual after he/she has expressed his/her thought is the key. Pakis have a dubious history on this matter.

Peregrine · Post by **Peregrine** » 28 Oct 2018 18:23

Falijee wrote:History Of IMF Loans To Pakistan . Note The Upward Trend

Now with Saudi, Cheeni and ( hopefully !) Gulf Arbi "Beggary", it is most unlikely that the Ganja Record of $ 24. 9 BILLION will be broken

Falijee Ji :

Ganja's Record is A - 04-12-2013 : US$ 4.3 Billion + 2014 - 2015 : US$ 24.9 Billion + 2016 2017 : US$ 10.1 Billion i.e.

In One Term as Prime Minister Ganja "GRABBED" US$ 39.3 BILLION! Indeed it is most probably a World Record of of IMF Loans by a Single Country in ONE TERM OF A PRIME MINISTER IN OFFICE!

Cheers

Peregrine · Post by **Peregrine** » 28 Oct 2018 18:43

Pakistan will not establish ties with Israel: President Alvi - News Desk

President Dr Arif Alvi on Sunday dismissed reports of an Israeli business jet’s landing at the Islamabad International Airport, asserting that Pakistan will not establish ties with Israel, Radio Pakistan reported.

The president termed the reports “baseless and unfounded” while speaking to the media at the airport before leaving for a three-day visit to Turkey.

Would not negotiate secretly with Israel, says Fawad after reports of ‘Israeli’ aircraft in Pakistan

The president arrived at the capital airport without protocol and joined the queue for immigration. He is travelling to Istanbul on an invitation extended by his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

President Alvi will be addressing the inaugural ceremony of the new International Airport of Istanbul and is expected to hold bilateral meetings with Erdogan and leaders of other countries also invited for the inaugural ceremony.

The saga of an Israeli business jet in Pakistan

On Friday, reports emerged on social media regarding the presence of an alleged Israeli aircraft at Islamabad airport. The plane reportedly spent 10 hours at the airport. The information was obtained by flight tracking website Flight Radar.

Speculation was rife after an Israeli journalist tweeted that an Israeli business jet flew from Tel Aviv to Islamabad on a cleared flight plan after making a brief stopover at Amman.

However, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) denied reports of the presence of an Israeli aircraft in Pakistani airspace or at any of the country’s airports and termed the reports “totally baseless” on Saturday.

In a tweet, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry also refuted the rumours and underscored that the country would not negotiate in secret with either Israel.

“We will not negotiate secretly with either Modi or Israel,” the information minister said on Twitter in a reply to PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal’s tweet asking for clarification regarding reports of an Israeli official’s visit.

Cheers

Peregrine · Post by **Peregrine** » 28 Oct 2018 19:25

X Posted on the I W T Thread

SSridhar Ji : Your views please.

Rethinking water management

Many world leaders have already predicted that the next world war will be fought for clean water. Numerous countries in the world are trying to make substantial policy and management alterations for better utilisation of water.

Various countries sharing international waters have come up with new policies and governing rules for equitable usage and to limit their global-warming footprints to save nature, water resources in particular. Pakistan too is in the midst of a water crisis. According to the IMF, it is the third most water-stressed country in the world. Pakistan faces a number of water-related challenges to Pakistan, including vulnerability to climate change, belligerent neighbours, difficult hydro-politics, and inter-provincial conflict on distribution of water. Like many other countries, Pakistan too has to shift from conventional water usage and management policies to more advanced and sustainable ones if it wishes to avert this colossal crisis in the making.

Rising temperatures, flash floods, long droughts, heatwaves and untimely monsoon showers are some of the reverberations of climate change, but the most acute challenge to Pakistan today is the effect of climate change on the flow of the Indus Basin. Being an agrarian economy, 90 percent of Pakistan’s agriculture on arable lands is sustained by this basin. The Indus water resource, supported by ice and snow melt in the Karakoram and Hindukush ranges, also plays a significant role in steering the country’s domestic usage, industrial power and energy needs.

Statistics by the IMF paint a rather dingy picture for Pakistan’s water needs. A 2016 report asserts that the water capacity of Pakistan has reduced from 5600 cubic meters at the time of independence to currently at an alarming 1070 cubic meters only. Similarly, the Global Climate Risk Index ranked Pakistan at number 7 in the list of countries most vulnerable to global warming. At such a critical junction, Pakistan cannot afford the implications of climate change on the Indus Basin and its tributaries. It is essential for Pakistan to design a pragmatic framework to limit the repercussions of climate change, particularly on the Indus water resource.

Another major hindrance to Pakistan’s water security is the water dispute and other regional hydro-politics with India. The Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) between India and Pakistan, which was signed in 1960 via mediation by the World Bank, was hailed as one of the most successful treaties that have averted potential conflict between two hostile nations. However, as time passed by, the rigid nature of the treaty and loopholes within it have overshadowed its success.

Contemporary obstructions between the two nuclear-armed nations are India’s continuous construction of dams over the three western tributaries that were allocated to Pakistan. India seems to be exploiting the loophole of the IWT that allows it to use 20 percent of the water of the western tributaries for hydroelectric purposes and domestic use. Additionally, the comments made by Indian PM Nadrendra Modi (to stop the water supply to Pakistan) have further fuelled the fire. Moreover, Modi has recently formed a task force to ‘review’ the IWT, an indication that India could be repudiating the IWT at any point. Pakistan maintains a stance that any alteration in the present IWT is not acceptable. If the neighbours are to live with harmony, they ought to let go of this negativity and come back on the table to renegotiate the terms of the treaty. Methinks Terroristanis are CONVINCED THAT THERE IS A CASE for India to repudiate the IWT!

The water dispute within the country is equally detrimental; provinces often resort to blame game against each other. For instance, issues regarding the construction of the Kalabagh Dam were a wakeup call for the federal government to ensure that all federating units are on the same page. For example, Balochistan, being a low-riparian area, had the view that Sindh would get its share of water if the Kalabagh project were realised. Similarly, Sindh had the same opinion against Punjab. Punjab was the only province in favour of building this new dam. The Kalabagh Dam was merely one of the many issues that underscored the dire need for national unity. Subhan Allah - The Chief Justice of Terroristan Main Saqib Nisar - the Chief Proponent of the Kalabagh Dam - is a PAKJABI!

The blueprints of Pakistan’s chronic water challenges are manifold. First, with respect to climate change, the national climate change policy must be implemented in letter and spirit. Moreover, forestation along the banks of rivers and canals are the need of the hour. According to the WWF, River Indus has lost 90 percent of original forest cover owing to agriculture extraction. To deal with the threat of climate change, awareness on individual, local and governmental levels is essential. Furthermore, in order to safeguard the water of the Indus Basin, Pakistan needs to build more dams.

Statistics by Wapda show that Pakistan has a water storage capacity of merely 30 days. India, on the other hand, has storage capacity of over 170 days. Despite this, no new major dam has been constructed since Mangla and Tarbela, whereas, the population of Pakistan has increased six-fold since Independence.

Second, India and Pakistan must renegotiate the terms of the IWT and come up with solutions that would include many contemporary factors, including climate change which has severe adverse effects on water. The International Law Association’s Berlin Rules, which replaced the Helsinki Rules in 2004 could be a good guiding set of laws – Pakistan and India do not have to reinvent the wheel when its already out there. Furthermore, they can work out a way from other examples in the world, including, River Nile (flows between 11 countries), the Amazon river (flows between 6 countries) and the Danube river (flows between 10 countries) to implement something similar for the Indus Basin. India may benefit if Terroristan stirs this Hornets Nest

And, finally, the current times call for greater national cohesion to defeat the water crisis for good. Pakistan has to revisit the already formulated water policy of equitable distribution of water to all the provinces, but this time keeping in mind their contemporary requirements and climatic challenges. Being at the brink of being declared a water-stressed country, it is high time that our provinces rose above their nationalist rhetoric and worked in harmony to defeat this challenge. Failure on this is out of the question; it will be extremely disastrous if Pakistan fails to overcome these water-related impediments.

The writer is a Young Development Fellow at the Planning Commission, and is an associate researcher with the chief economist of Pakistan.

Cheers

Peregrine · Post by **Peregrine** » 28 Oct 2018 20:16

A dangerous path - Cyril Almeida

IN all of this, in all the messy, confused, stuttering start to his term, there has been only one real surprise: Imran seems to harbour a very genuine loathing and hatred for Nawaz and Zardari.

Khanistas will scoff at this. After all, you only had to listen to Imran for the last five, 10, 15 or 20 years to know what he thinks about those two and the parties they lead.

Imran has roared his disapproval and shouted his condemnation into every camera he’s found and in every forum he’s ever had. Hell, he’s said it so much that you’d be a fool to have not listened to him.

But it didn’t mean as much back then.

When you’re at the bottom of the pile and have to clamber over bodies all the way to the top, you do what you have to — and say what you have to. You’ll destroy your enemies, you’ll turn Pakistan into Switzerland, you’ll chuck everyone in jail.

Doesn’t matter how or why — the promise alone draws attention and helps you begin the slow journey upwards to the top of the pile. Where you really want to be.

Once they get to the top, most folk usually move on; recalibrate, get bogged down in other stuff, whatever. But not Imran. Imran, in his own words and in the words of those around him, has no intention to let up, move on or deviate.

Imran looks like he wants to move in for the kill.

This thrills the Khanistas. They think it has the PPP and PML-N running scared. They think that to back off or look away now would be to betray the politics of the PTI. It makes a kind of sense too — if politics is about vanquishing foes and taking no prisoners.

But what thrills the PTI base doesn’t mean it works on the national stage. Imran’s instincts are dragging us all into a dangerous place.

The problem isn’t locking up Nawaz, Shahbaz, Zardari and dozens of their acolytes, enablers and facilitators. Lock ’em all up and throw away the keys for all anyone outside those circles really cares.

But it matters who is doing the locking up and how.

Imran, he is now making clear, considers this to be a personal crusade. He wants to lead the charge, even if it’s NAB or whatever that does the actual prosecuting. And Imran doesn’t seem to much care for how it’s done.

For Imran and his enablers in the PTI, the who and the how don’t matter — Nawaz, Shahbaz, Zardari and whoever else is in the PTI’s cross hairs are manifestly corrupt, and in a rotten system only the brave and the reckless can take down the wicked.

And so we are being told how difficult it is to prosecute white-collar crimes and how thoroughly the PML-N and PPP have penetrated the civilian side of the state. Translation: trust Imran; his heart is in the right place and he’ll deliver.

Except his head doesn’t seem to be.

The more Imran bangs on about his political enemies, the less they’ll eventually have to do to un-entangle themselves from the legal thicket they are being drawn into — what’s more third world and unjust than having the chap in charge throw his enemies in jail?

That’s Imran’s first mistake.

Imran’s second mistake is that he seems to be in a hurry. The PTI is right when it argues that the system is broken and that investigations and prosecutions are riddled with flaws. But what’s the surprise there, exactly?

For 10 years, the PPP and PML-N’s position on NAB was essentially that it had to be dismantled and replaced by a new accountability regime. If you are the PPP and PML-N, you’ll argue that’s because the NAB was flawed and meant to serve a dictator’s interests.

If you aren’t the PPP and PML-N, you may notice that neither ruling party ever got round to legislating a new accountability framework. But that still leaves Imran pressing ahead with an accountability machine that is broken — all but guaranteeing that the results it will produce will be tarnished even before a judge’s gavel is brought down.

Imran’s third mistake is, well, everything else Imran has done.

His only real achievement so far, even by his friends’ reckoning, is the few billions he got from the Saudis this week. But even that is an explicit rejection of Imran’s own roadmap — the need for domestic reforms and governance was so urgent, Imran had told us, that he could not leave the country for the first three months.

Though, since being clueless before assuming high office is a regular Pakistani affliction, maybe Imran can be given a pass on that.

The fourth problem could be the worst.

It is quite obviously almost entirely out of Imran’s control, but it could loom largest in the decisions he makes: what’s coming down the pipe in the next year or two in the shape of inflation.

Inflation, especially of the double-digit variety that seems headed our way, has a way of knocking everything else out of the way.

Nobody really cares about who you’ve chucked in jail and what good things you’ve done with the police if prices are spiking, growth is down and jobs are harder than ever to find.

But imagine you’re Imran then. Short of options, cornered, but there, across the aisle from you, are the political enemies you hate and loathe. What would you do?

You’d be tempted to go for it. And that should make the rest of us just a little bit afraid for all that it could cause to unravel and bring tumbling down on everyone’s heads.

The writer is a member of staff. cyril.a@gmail.com

Cheers

Peregrine · Post by **Peregrine** » 29 Oct 2018 00:51

Restructuring the export sector

It becomes a real challenge to craft an export-led economy for a country suffering from limited exportable surpluses, that too mostly raw materials, like cotton and leather and very low value-addition products such as yarn and at best towels and bedwear.

Pakistan is an agriculture-based country so there should be no doubt that majority of the exports made by the country would be agriculture based: Fruits, cotton fibre, raw cotton, yarn, thread, knitwear, bedwear textiles, clothing, carpets, sports goods, leather goods including belts and shoes, carpets, rugs, white and red meat, chicken, milk, wheat, seafood, vegetables, processed food items and, rice and maize.

All the incentives both monetary and financial that the government periodically allows to the export industries, especially to the textile sector, have so far ended up making no difference to export promotion but have enriched a handful of exporters without having had any positive impact on export – volume-wise as well as in value terms.

After surrendering a significantly big part of international textile clothing market to its regional rivals, especially Bangladesh, since the abolition of quotas, Pakistan is now fast losing its cotton spun yarn markets to the much cheaper products from Vietnam.

Vietnam’s net yarn export of over 40pc in recent years is paralleled by the large rise in China’s investment in spinning in Vietnam alongside wholesale relocations of some firms.

Cotton consumption for Vietnam’s domestic yarn utilisation has also shown impressive growth, more than doubling. Thus, more yarn is being exported to China by Vietnam, eating into Pakistan’s share of yarn export to our big northern neighbour. The International Cotton Advisory Committee estimated that Vietnam’s cotton consumption had surged by 22pc to 1.1m tonnes in 2015/2016 and Bangladesh’s by 13pc to 1.1m tonnes compared with the 12pc decline to 2.2m tonnes in cotton use by Pakistani factories. Legletfully Ilon Blothel plefelling to Impolt flom Viet Nam & Bangladesh and leducing Impolts flom Telloliststan

The increasing cotton consumption in Vietnam and Bangladesh — both the countries grow very little cotton, and heavily rely on imports to meet their industry’s demand — is attributed to the lower cost of production due to cheaper energy and labour in the two countries.

Pakistan needs to diversify its exports not only in terms of commodities but also in terms of markets. Heavy concentration of exports in few commodities and few markets has led to export instability. Other issues which need to be addressed include low value added and poor quality, obsolete use of machinery and technology, higher wastage of inputs adding to the cost of production, low labour productivity, little spending on research and development, export houses lacking in capacity to meet bulk orders, inability to meet requirements of consumers in terms of fashion and design, non-adherence to contracted quality and delivery schedule and lack of marketing techniques.

Pakistan also needs to do some original thinking on the issue of exports by studying the needs of land-locked western part of China linking Pakistan and the western neighbour through border regions of Xinjiang and Gilgit- Baltistan.

China’s western region contains 71.4% of mainland China’s area, but only 28.8% of its population. The main components of the strategy chalked out to develop the region include the development of infrastructure (transport, hydropower plants, energy, and telecommunications), enticement of foreign investment and increased efforts on ecological protection. Pakistan needs to explore this market rather closely for improving our exports to the region as well as for relocating low-tech textile units from western China to Pakistan.

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g.sarkar · Post by **g.sarkar** » 29 Oct 2018 01:11

https://thediplomat.com/2018/10/is-the- ... its-shine/
Is the Crown Jewel of the Belt and Road Losing Its Shine?
A new report suggests that Pakistan’s new government is rethinking CPEC. What does that mean for the whole BRI?
By Shannon Tiezzi, October 24, 2018
When Imran Khan took the oath as Pakistan’s new prime minister back in August, the general consensus was that China had nothing to fear. Despite the change in government from the previous ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) to Khan and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), there was no reason to think the PTI would jeopardize the long-standing “iron brotherhood” between Pakistan and China. As Michael Kugelman, deputy director of the Asia Program and senior associate for South Asia at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC, told The Diplomat at the time of Khan’s swearing-in, “There’s a deep political consensus in Pakistan in favor of maintaining Islamabad’s deep partnership with Beijing. That won’t change under Khan.”
Since then, however, there have been signs that Khan might be rethinking the China-Pakistan relationship to a larger degree than expected – while still extolling that all-important partnership. The first sign came when Khan chose Saudi Arabia over China as the site of his first foreign visit as prime minister, breaking with previous convention. As it turned out, China won’t even be the second country Khan visits. The Pakistani prime minister is making a second visit to Saudi Arabia and then spending two days in Malaysia before finally touching down in China on November 3. But, as if to make up for the delay, Khan is reportedly set to spend a week in China, during which he will attend the opening of the Shanghai International Import Expo.
Khan’s approach to China catapulted into the headlines thanks to a report on his upcoming travel from Dawn, Pakistan’s leading English-language daily. In particular, Dawn suggested that the PTI government wants a major change in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. “Khan would inform the Chinese leadership that his government wanted to bring about a significant shift in the projects falling under the purview of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC),” according to Dawn, citing sources in the Pakistan government.
…Under the previous government there was an emphasis on infrastructure schemes, but the present government wanted projects involving agriculture, job creation and foreign investment [to] take center stage.
The Prime Minister’s Office had already decided on such a shift in early October. “Earlier, the CPEC was only aimed at construction of motorways and highways, but now the prime minister decided that it will be used to support the agriculture sector, create more jobs and attract other foreign countries like Saudi Arabia to invest in the country,” Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry told Dawn on October 9. The fate of CPEC is of immense interest not just to China and Pakistan, but to observers around the world who are keeping a close eye on China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). CPEC has been explicitly described as a “pilot project” for the BRI and a lot of the BRI’s fate is riding on the mega project. Given the unusually close ties between Beijing and Islamabad, there’s a perception that if the BRI can’t succeed in Pakistan, it can’t succeed anywhere.
So reports that Pakistan wants to rethink the project have sparked a flurry of speculation that the Belt and Road is losing its shine even in capitals friendly to Beijing. The truth of the situation is more complicated: while Khan does want a major shift in the way CPEC is being conceptualized, he is still betting heavily on Chinese investment and aid to jump start Pakistan’s economy. While CPEC as Khan envisions it would require flexibility from Beijing, cooperation with Khan could actually lead to a BRI model that is both more sustainable for and more enticing to host governments around the world.
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Gautam

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 29 Oct 2018 05:34

Peregrine wrote:A dangerous path - Cyril Almeida

IN all of this, in all the messy, confused, stuttering start to his term, there has been only one real surprise: Imran seems to harbour a very genuine loathing and hatred for Nawaz and Zardari.
Once they get to the top, most folk usually move on; recalibrate, get bogged down in other stuff, whatever. But not Imran. Imran, in his own words and in the words of those around him, has no intention to let up, move on or deviate.
Imran looks like he wants to move in for the kill.
The more Imran bangs on about his political enemies, the less they’ll eventually have to do to un-entangle themselves from the legal thicket they are being drawn into — what’s more third world and unjust than having the chap in charge throw his enemies in jail?
His only real achievement so far, even by his friends’ reckoning, is the few billions he got from the Saudis this week. But even that is an explicit rejection of Imran’s own roadmap — the need for domestic reforms and governance was so urgent, Imran had told us, that he could not leave the country for the first three months.
Though, since being clueless before assuming high office is a regular Pakistani affliction, ...
Inflation, especially of the double-digit variety that seems headed our way, has a way of knocking everything else out of the way.
Nobody really cares about who you’ve chucked in jail and what good things you’ve done with the police if prices are spiking, growth is down and jobs are harder than ever to find.
But imagine you’re Imran then. Short of options, cornered, but there, across the aisle from you, are the political enemies you hate and loathe. What would you do?
You’d be tempted to go for it. And that should make the rest of us just a little bit afraid for all that it could cause to unravel and bring tumbling down on everyone’s heads.
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Peregrine - ji:
This seasoned journo has very nicely summarized the Kaptaan's dilemma . The Kaptaan is just using rhetoric to demonize Ganja, Zardari and others. Using gutter language also . He does not have a clue as to how to fix Paki problems, and Almeida is right when he says that ultimately it is the economy that will determine Imran's fate . If prices shoot up due to inflation ( just printing money, no real growth ), the so-called youthias cannot find jobs, the Islamic Farewell State cannot be delivered as promised, the CPEC is not the "best thing" for Pakiland, then the corruption issue will be forgotten . Imran can go on shouting about corruption of Ganja and Dus Percenti , but if he cannot deliver on what he promised , then he is an empty vessel. And that is how it looks right now .
Am however concerned about this Goan Journo and the newspaper he writes for . He has already been targeted by Deep State. Even falsely accused of being an Indian Agent !!!

anupmisra · Post by **anupmisra** » 29 Oct 2018 07:56

Rabies vaccine crisis worsens as Indian makers stop supplies to Pakistan

With an unprecedented rise in dog-bite cases, health institutions in Pakistan, especially in Karachi are facing an acute shortage of anti-rabies vaccine (ARV) as three leading Indian vaccine manufacturers have stopped exporting vaccines to Pakistan citing an increased domestic demand, health officials said on Thursday.

The Indian manufacturers have gradually reduced ARV supplies to Pakistan, and at the moment none of them is supplying the vaccine to any Pakistani importer or pharmaceutical company.

There is a worldwide crisis regarding the availability of anti-rabies vaccine due to recall of Chinese vaccine from the market due to safety concerns. In the absence of Chinese vaccine, India used to fill the gap, but at the moment Indians are unable to meet their own demands so they have reduced ARV exports to other countries, including Pakistan

Currently, Pakistani institutions are using anti- rabies vaccines, including Indirab from the Bharat Biotech, Abhayrab from the Human Immunologicals Limited and Equirab manufactured by the Bharat Serums and Vaccines Limited, but all of them have almost stopped the ARV supplies citing their domestic demands, they said.

In fact, the entire Pakistan is facing any acute shortage of ARV at the moment due to recall of the Chinese vaccine and the Indians’ refusal to supply us the vaccine citing their domestic needs

https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/386890 ... o-pakistan

mappunni · Post by **mappunni** » 29 Oct 2018 08:40

anupmisra wrote:Rabies vaccine crisis worsens as Indian makers stop supplies to Pakistan

https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/386890 ... o-pakistan

How come Mullahs have not caught the scent that it is Indian vaccine and have declared it haram?