Latest news,Pakis summon British HC for a dressing down! Will this scupper Zardari's visit? Thisa seems to be a Paki trick to try and get the "Zardar's" visit cancelled/postponed because the British PM has refused to withdraw his statements accusing Pak of exporting terror globally.
Cameron terrorism row: High Commissioner in Pakistan summoned to meeting
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... eting.html
Excerpts:
The British High Commissioner has been summoned to meet Pakistan's foreign minister as the effects of David Cameron's remarks on terrorism continue to be felt.
By Andrew Porter, Political Editor, and Andy Bloxham
Published: 10:09AM BST 02 Aug 2010
An effigy of Prime Minister David Cameron burns on the streets of Karachi Photo: AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Adam Thomson will meet Shah Mehmood Qureshi after David Cameron said he would not apologise for his comments about Pakistan exporting terrorism when he meets the country’s president for talks this week.
Relations between London and Islamabad soured last week when Mr Cameron said Pakistan could not be permitted to "look both ways" in promoting the export of terror while publicly working for stability in the region.
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His comments were made in India, which added to the negative reaction across the border.
President Asif Ali Zardari has been facing pressure to cancel the talks with Mr Cameron at Chequers, which he has so far resisted.
Last Wednesday, while In Bangalore, Mr Cameron said: "We cannot tolerate in any sense the idea that this country [Pakistan] is allowed to look both ways and is able, in any way, to promote the export of terror."
He made the comments after the leak of more than 90,000 secret US files which detailed alleged links between Pakistan's intelligence services and Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, which has long been a source of concern in the West.
.... the New York Times said some 92,000 classified documents released by the WikiLeaks website showed Pakistani agents and Taliban met "in secret strategy sessions to organize networks of militant groups that fight against American soldiers in Afghanistan, and even hatch plots to assassinate Afghan leaders."
When asked on BBC radio whether the row would be put to rest when Zardari visits Britain, Pakistan's Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said "hopefully" and that he would talk to Britain's Prime Minister directly on the matter.
Pakistan as a country felt "hurt" over Mr Cameron's comments, he said.
Newspapers in Pakistan have lashed out against Cameron, but comment was muted by twin tragedies of Pakistan's worst aviation disaster that killed 152 people on Wednesday and floods that have killed 1,200.
The English-language newspaper The Nation called on Zardari to cancel his visit to Britain, saying "mere words will not suffice as the British have simply gone too far and at the very least some symbolic action is required".
President Zardari is scheduled to hold a summit with Mr Cameron at Chequers, the prime minister's country retreat, on Friday during a three-day visit to Britain.
Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI) pulled out of a visit to discuss counter-terrorism co-operation with British security services.
PS:Quite a dreadful time for the Pakis! Perhaps the worst time for it since the loss of its eastern half and the assassinations of Zia and Bibi.
1.Wikileaks expose Pak's duplicity.
2.British PM David Cameron condemns Pak's terror policies.
3.Worst Paki plane crash.
4.Floods toll 1500+.
5.Worst water and electricity crisis for decades.
6.Indo-Pak talks end in disaster.
7.Worst of all,the Pakis get thrashed by England in the cricket Test,shot out for just 80 runs in their second innings,their second worst Test score ever!
There is one further unmitigated disaster waiting in the wings to happen very shortly for Pak,when Pres.Zardari launches officially the political career of son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari!