Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan- November 7, 2016

sanjaykumar · Post by **sanjaykumar** » 11 Dec 2016 00:30

US Congress approves aid, with caveats

http://www.dawn.com/news/1301601/us-con ... th-caveats

But Pakis see right through the deception and psychological pressure. The comments are always revealing.

Pakistan has a huge number of youth population. Pakistan economy is youth. Invest in youth and in few years Pakistan will be giving loans to US.

Pakistan strategic location is very important for USA and Russia. Declining power of USA cannot afford to lose Pakistan, The certification from Defence secretary is only a window dressing and face saving for USA, after watching Russia cozying off towards Pakistan and Russian disapproval of Afghanistan and India’s criticism of Pakistan in the Heart of Asia conference, USA has to entice Pakistan with billions of dollars to rein in its sphere of influence. .

Maybe if the ISI goons trimmed their beards, they could see what they are typing.

CRamS · Post by **CRamS** » 11 Dec 2016 02:28

SanjakumarJi, that report is striking in how meticulous US drafted the resolution so that most TSP RAPE will accept it even grudgingly. No mention, none whatsoever of the real pigLeT assets of TSP: LeT and Jaish and Hizbul. Note this despite the fact that all 3 are listed as terrorist orgs by US itself. So I doubt there is any legal reason why they did not find mention in that US resolution except to appease TSP.

Guddu · Post by **Guddu** » 11 Dec 2016 02:50

The US govt screws have tightened under Ash Carter. Last year 300 million $ was subject to "certificate", this year its 400 million $. I think slowly aid is being cut off, but some has to go as hafta for keeping US troops in Afghanistan.

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 11 Dec 2016 03:35

Tales Of "All In The Family" And "Like Father Like Son !"

Judge's Son Accused of Corruption in Pakistan ; Chief Justice Distances Himself from Case, Which Supporters Call Baseless - International Herald Tribune - 2012

Ex-CJP Iftikhar Chaudhry openly defies Court and refuses to return taxpayer owned car when ordered (dawn.com)- 2016

Some things never change

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 11 Dec 2016 03:46

US links Pakistan aid of $400 million with good conduct certificate

It is in the "interest of Pakistan" to provide such a certificate - ie "go after Haqqani network" AND "free Dr Afridi"- as it is rumoured in D.C , that the incoming "new school master" in January is reputed to be a "strict" person

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 11 Dec 2016 03:57

DSP Riazul Islam shot dead in Peshawar

PESHAWAR – A senior police officer of Counter-Terrorism Department was shot dead by unknown militants in Peshawar on Saturday.
DSP Riazul Islam and his son were on their way to home after offering evening prayers in a nearby mosque when terrorists targeted their vehicle on Charsadda road.The police official died instantly while his son sustained bullet injuries, according to police officials.Police launched a search operation in the area following the attack. Further investigation was in process.

Fallout from the FATA operations ?

svinayak · Post by **svinayak** » 11 Dec 2016 04:31

http://pakobserver.net/mccain-desires-t ... k-us-ties/

Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi on Thursday held meetings with top US officials including Senator John McCain, the Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), in Washington DC.
Fatemi also met with officials of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC).
In both meetings, the growing tension across the Line of Control (LoC) came under discussion. Fatemi highlighted the human rights violations in India-held Kashmir, said a statement issued by the Foreign Office.
Fatemi gave a briefing on the increasing negative implications for prospects of peace in South Asia “because of Indian hostility and belligerence”.

sanjaykumar · Post by **sanjaykumar** » 11 Dec 2016 04:58

SanjakumarJi, that report is striking in how meticulous US drafted the resolution so that most TSP RAPE will accept it even grudgingly. No mention, none whatsoever of the real pigLeT assets of TSP: LeT and Jaish and Hizbul. Note this despite the fact that all 3 are listed as terrorist orgs by US itself. So I doubt there is any legal reason why they did not find mention in that US resolution except to appease TSP.

Yes it makes it more palatable to the average Paki;however India is a big boy now, it would be amiss for it to depend on US congressional goodwill to fight its battles..

Peregrine · Post by **Peregrine** » 11 Dec 2016 05:25

Fully Posted on the IWT Thread

India plans to make most of its share of water under Indus pact with Pakistan

NEW DELHI: India has set in motion its ambitious plan to utilise its share of water from western tributaries of the Indus, a decision driven by India-Pakistan geopolitics, which may see work begin on a major hydel project on the Chenab early next year. It is a long haul to implement PM Narendra Modi's September 27 decision to review water use within the ambit of the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan, but the government has prioritised three hydel projects on Chenab and its tributary —Sawalkot (1,856 MW), Pakal Dul (1,000 MW) and Bursar (800 MW) —in a time-bound manner.

Cheers

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 11 Dec 2016 06:55

CRamS wrote:SanjakumarJi, that report is striking in how meticulous US drafted the resolution so that most TSP RAPE will accept it even grudgingly. No mention, none whatsoever of the real pigLeT assets of TSP: LeT and Jaish and Hizbul. Note this despite the fact that all 3 are listed as terrorist orgs by US itself. So I doubt there is any legal reason why they did not find mention in that US resolution except to appease TSP.

CRS, fifty five years after India voiced a genuine concern which was proved right time and again, the US tried to tighten its aid and arms supplies to Pakistan through the Kerry-Lugar-Berman Act (variously known as PEACE Act or Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act) of c. 2009. That waas in the initial flush of assumption of office by a certain Barack Obama who said many nasty things about Pakistan during his campaign. The Act prescribed aid for Pakistan for the next five years and the conditions that the Government of Pakistan needed to fulfill in order to receive the aid. Major conditions were: track where US military hardware sent to Pakistan ended up, a warning that the aid must not upset “the balance of power in the region” – a reference to Pakistan’s diversion of such supplies for use against India, specifically asking Pakistan to eliminate JeM & LeT, and exercise a complete oversight of the Armed forces by the civilian government.

However, this created a big furore in the Pakistani Army whose Corps Commanders demanded that such provisions must be rescinded by the US. How agitated the Army was could be understood by the fact that even as a Taliban attack on the GHQ in Rawalpindi was going on, probably the most serious attempt ever by the Taliban to directly confront the State, the COAS, Gen. Ashfaq Kiyani was discussing the Kerry Lugar-Berman Bill with President Zardari and demanded that the Foreign Minister, Qureshi, be dispatched to Washington immediately to convey the Army’s displeasure. Gen. Kayani said that 12 extra provisions have been added to the bill over and above what was discussed with it, thus revealing the fact that like the Pressler Act, this was also drafted in Rawalpindi! Most members of the Pakistani Parliament, including the ruling PPP, opined that the Kerry-Lugar-Berman Bill was an invidious attempt at dividing the Army and the Civilian government.

As a result of the severe uproar in Pakistan by the Army and Members of the National Assembly, the US diluted the provisions of the Bill. References to LeT & JeM as well as 'civilian oversight of the Armed forces' were removed. Hastily, an explanatory note was attached to the Bill, which read, "'There is no intent to, and nothing in this act in any way suggests that there should be, any US role in micromanaging internal Pakistani affairs . . ." The explanatory note also states that even the remaining requirement can be 'waived if the determination is made by the Secretary of State in the interest of (US) national security that this was necessary to continue' military assistance to Pakistan. Qureshi, Kerry & Lugar issued a joint statement which said that the reports envisioned in Section 302 of the Bill were not binding on Pakistan, and require merely the provision of information by the executive branch to the US Congress.

Such was the somersault by the only super power!

And, you are saying in c. 2016 (when China is dominating the scene) that there is no reference to PigLeTs, Jaish or Hizbul in yet another of the never-ending US aid bill to Pakistan !

Gagan · Post by **Gagan** » 11 Dec 2016 06:55

Watch these two jingos in action

https://youtu.be/gN4CxufDseg

CRamS · Post by **CRamS** » 11 Dec 2016 07:35

SSJi, good points, but what stops India from raising this with US. Any half-arsed nationalist media would be pointing this out and driving the point home and asking ModiJi some tough questions on why he is not confronting US, asking US officials some tough questions by inviting them on DDM shows, but our DDM is more obsessed in pointing out that ModiJi's surgical strikes have failed. Maybe Indian MEA officials have done so to their US interlocutors I don't know, but my point is that what stops India from going hammer and tongs on this and making a lot of noise instead of "US India strategic partnership" BS? What kind of strategic BS is this when US refuses to use its enormous leverage over TSP to at least hold its aid conditional on TSP targeting all terrorists.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 11 Dec 2016 08:01

CRS, what stops India, did you ask? Well, there may be multiple factors. One could be the 'understanding' that the US is dependent upon Pakistan for its Afghan-based military in particular and Afghan-denouement in general, and some leeway, therefore, for it was acceptable to us. Another could be that GoI understands its 'limits' in pushing the US. I am not so sure that our diplomats have been always able to push Indian interests in hard negotiations. There could be some exceptions but as a general rule, it is my belief, that we conceded much more than what we received in a bargain. It could either be because we always felt that we had no bargaining power (a case of Hanuman not being aware of his own strength) or we were simply not good negotiators or we were not shrewd consistently or we had this notion of 'Vasudeiva Khutumbakam' (or idealpolitik) which would interfere with practice of statecraft & realpolitik or a combination of all these playing in the subconscious minds of negotiators & political leaders.

IMO, we are slowly coming out of that and the last two years have been dramatic, no doubt. We have a long way to go.

sanjaykumar · Post by **sanjaykumar** » 11 Dec 2016 08:30

^^ General Vikram Singh is one clear thinker and direct to the point of being blunt. I hope he is not being wasted in retirement.

Peregrine · Post by **Peregrine** » 11 Dec 2016 15:05

X Posted on the PESW Thread

ADB stalls $300m loan tranche over delayed reforms

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves are likely to come under more strain in the coming months as the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has delayed the approval of a third loan tranche worth $300 million for budget financing after the government put energy sector reforms on the backburner.

The loan tranche is critical for the finance ministry as official foreign currency reserves have started depleting. In the last one month, forex reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan have come down to $18.36 billion – a net reduction of $722 million. The loan proceeds would have been used to provide a cushion to the central bank’s foreign currency reserves besides meeting budget financing needs.

The ADB was supposed to approve the Sustainable Energy Sector Reforms sub-programme-III before the end of December, said sources in the finance ministry. The third tranche was part of a five-year $1.6-billion package the ADB had approved to make the country’s energy sector sustainable and self-reliant. The government has already received $800 million in two equal tranches in 2014 and 2015.

Sources said that due to non-implementation on most of the agreed prior actions, the ADB may not approve the loan in the near future. The finance ministry is the executing agency while the agreed actions have to be taken by the Ministry of Water and Power, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources and the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra).

Lack of coordination in policy formulation and implementation by the ministries and agencies remain a risk to these actions. After the expiry of the three-year $6.2-billion International Monetary Fund programme, the government’s focus has shifted away from the energy sector reforms agenda. It has also started taking populist decisions, which carry huge economic implications for the country.

Sources said that an ADB mission recently completed its visit to Pakistan to review progress on actions the country had agreed to take before the board of directors of the Manila-based lending agency and approve the next tranche.

The ADB had set 14 prior actions for the third loan tranche. These had to be completed by July 2016 to qualify for the loan of $300 million, according to ADB documents. Among the key conditions were approval of a multi-year tariff determination for two power distribution companies and reducing the flow of overdue payables of the energy sector to Rs92 billion. Both of these actions could not be completed, sources revealed.

Last month, the government rolled over the Rs136.5 billion loan it had obtained to pay off the circular debt. It suggests the power sector was not self-reliant even after the ADB and the World Bank collectively gave $2 billion in loans for power sector reforms in the past three years.

According to other conditions, the Private Power Infrastructure Board (PPIB) would update procedures for the 2002 IPP policy to ensure consistency with the least cost generation plan for competitive and unsolicited bids from IPPs for new capacity.

The government was also supposed to approve a restructuring plan for the midstream and downstream gas sector, which it could not do, said sources. The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources was supposed to notify a revised 2012 Petroleum Policy to promote additional gas production.

Nepra was tasked to approve market rules to allow generators to directly contract sales to bulk power consumers, covering market registration, balancing operations, settlement and billing among market participants and offshore areas.

One of the targets under the second loan was to help Pakistan with short-term stabilisation measures and start the long-term restructuring for a sustainable power sector. This target could not be achieved.

However, the government claims that during the past three years it has improved the sector’s performance. There are now clear policies on tariffs and subsidies that are targeted at low-income customers. The line losses have been reduced and collection rate of Discos have improved.

Yet it could not address the circular debt that stood at Rs662 billion by the end of June 2016 including Rs335 billion parked in a holding company.

ADB Country Director Werner Liepach was unavailable for comment. A senior official of the finance ministry said that the December 2016 deadline for approval of the loan would be missed due to delay in taking prior actions by other government ministries

Cheers

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 11 Dec 2016 19:06

Chief ( Bearded !) Justice Of Pakistan Makes A Sales Pitch Of Behalf Of His Sponsors

Judges do not make decisions to please anyone or under media's pressure: CJ

The "said gentleman" serves at the pleasure of the Paki Establishment ; one "wrong" anti - NS judgement and he will be shown the door !

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 11 Dec 2016 19:20

The Express Tribune > Pakistan > Sindh
Sindhi Nationalist Zakir Bozdar found dead

SUKKUR:
Nationalist Zakir Bozdar was found dead on Saturday morning. He was the Ghotki chapter president of Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz and was picked up by plain-clothed men (Sind is becoming the "New Balochistan !")from Hashim Bozdar village on December 3.The body, wrapped in a cloth, was found at a taxi stand situated near Degree College Ghotki. The police shifted the body to taluka hospital Ghotki, where a large number of people, including the deceased’s relatives, gathered.

Akhtar had filed a constitutional petition with the Sindh High Court’s Sukkur bench against the kidnapping of his brother and the hearing was fixed on December 14.Three years ago, Zakir was picked up from Degree College Ghotki by unidentified men in plain clothes and was released after six months of captivity.

So, it seems that a "previous warning " , went unheeded and this time, he was not given a chance

CRamS · Post by **CRamS** » 11 Dec 2016 21:14

Guys, everything about TSP becomes an internal India slug fest. Latest is Rajnath SinghJi telling it like it is on TSP abomination's obsession to undo India. But pappu not to be left behind and instead of speaking in unison, predictably, he is says BJP is doing the same thing

http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pak-cons ... eststories

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 11 Dec 2016 22:52

Indian Home Minister's Blunt Warning To Pakistan : Pak divided into 2 countries, will break into 10 if it does not stop terror:

POSTED IN FULL

Kathua: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday accused Pakistan of "conspiring" to divide India on religious lines but said it will not succeed.
"Pakistan is conspiring to divide India on religious lines but it will not succeed. We were divided in 1947 on religious basis. We have not been able to forget that... All Indians are brothers, whether they are born from the womb of a Hindu mother or a Muslim mother," he said addressing a Martyrs' Day function in Kathua district.Singh said nowhere in the world other than India 72 sects of Islam live together peacefully.
He said that as the Home Minister of the country, he wanted to make it clear that India is committed to taking along everybody and moving ahead on the path of development.

He also offered India's cooperation to Pakistan to eradicate the menace of terrorism from its soil.
"If Pakistan is serious about eradicating terrorism but is incapable of doing that and wants cooperation, we are ready to help it eradicate terrorism from there," the minister said.He said, "We want to live in peace with Pakistan but it has indulged in sponsoring a proxy war against India.
"Every Prime Minister of India wanted to mend relations with Pakistan but it did not understand the language of peace and attacked India four times. But our brave soldiers gave them a befitting reply."After repeated defeats, Pakistan has understood that it cannot defeat India in wars so it has resorted to sponsoring proxy war, he said, adding that "terrorism is the weapon of weak and not the brave".Singh said that while the entire world was concerned about the spread of ISIS, the terrorist organisation has failed to spread its roots in India.

Now expect some sort of a reaction from the Paki Govt along the lines of "we are a nuclear takat blah, blah, blah

g.sarkar · Post by **g.sarkar** » 11 Dec 2016 23:48

https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/no-chan ... hi-1636726
No Chance Of India-Pakistan Bilateral Cricket Series In 2017: Najam Sethi
No India-Pakistan cricket series is likely to happen in 2017 due to strained relationship between the two countries, according to Najam Sethi, Pakistan Cricket Board executive committee head
A Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) top official says he does not see any India-Pakistan bilateral series taking place next year owing to the strained relations between the two countries.
Najam Sethi, who heads the PCB executive committee, on Sunday said it was highly unlikely that Pakistan and India will play a bilateral series next year.
"I don't think it will happen because of the current scenario which will take time to change. But I also don't think India will avoid playing us in the Champions Trophy next year in England," he said.
Asked about a likely move by Ministry of Inter Provincial Coordination to boycott all sporting ties with India in India, Sethi said if the government issued directives to this effect the PCB will follow them.
"But we will only agree to not playing on Indian soil. But if for example, India agrees to matches with us on a neutral venue of our choice, which we host, then we will play them," he said.
.....

Dream on.
Gautam

anupmisra · Post by **anupmisra** » 11 Dec 2016 23:56

Another PIA aircraft's engine catches fire in Multan

An engine of a Pakistan International Airlines aircraft caught fire on Sunday, only four days after the tragic incident of flight PK-661 air crash

the aircraft was stopped at the runway before it could take off

Duh!!

Haramiyon ka link: https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/17131 ... -in-Multan

anupmisra · Post by **anupmisra** » 12 Dec 2016 00:03

Meanwhile, PIA dismisses media reports about PK661's 'faulty engine'

Gillani on Sunday dismissed the media reports regarding the possibility of a fault in engine of the ill-fated PIA aeroplane before flight

It's premature to say that propeller of one the engines of #PK661 had started to spin in reverse

Fact of the matter is that both engines of the aircraft were fully operational at the time of takeoff from Chitral and some problem developed during flight

Double Duh!! And, now the follow up statement:(I did not make this up)

The crash site has been cordoned off and now only investigators would be able to visit the ares

Damn! loss of valuable tourist Dollars which will surely affect the local economy.

Haramkhoron ka link: http://www.dawn.com/news/1301862/pia-di ... lty-engine

Neela · Post by **Neela** » 12 Dec 2016 00:34

Ms.Jihadini Haider at it again at Commie mouthpiece. Not linking. Easy to find
Modi's Pukistan policy of unpredictability and escalation not new.
Is a "Madman theory" ( sly one from Ms.Haider)
Unpredictability doctrine would become expected and would yield diminishing returns.

Second, not everyone likes surprises. China and Pakistan, most notably, can be expected to counter the doctrine with an overly aggressive defence posture, which would then lead to more tensions at India’s frontiers just when the Modi government may want to focus on economic and domestic policies the most.

Notice in all of her articles, she always puts the onus on India and GoI .
It should be restraint, or engage in peace talks or some wacko global scenario unrelated to all of this would work against GoI.

I have never seen this imbecile call out Pakis on their terror & legitimizes Paki actions.

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 12 Dec 2016 04:30

For a week in US, Fatemi still hoping to meet Trump team
http://www.dawn.com/news/1301768/for-a- ... trump-team

WASHINGTON: The prime minister’s special assistant on foreign affairs, Tariq Fatemi, who is visiting the United States for familiarisation meetings with the Trump team, is hoping to meet some members of the incoming administration early next week.Mr Fatemi, however, has held a series of meetings with senior officials of the outgoing Obama administration and US lawmakers. Such meetings are highlighted in press releases issued by the Pakistan embassy, which claims that these talks have helped create a better understanding of Pakistan’s position on various issues.
So far the only comment from the US side came from the State Department’s deputy spokesman Mark Toner who said that US officials did discuss “a range of bilateral and regional” issues with Mr Fatemi and these included “regional stability and counterterrorism cooperation”.But he did not say if the meetings helped resolve the differences that have strained Pakistan’s relations with the United States.Neither the Pakistan embassy nor the Trump team have said anything about Mr Fatemi’s meetings/probable meetings with the officials of the incoming administration.Earlier this week, Mr Fatemi visited New York, from where US President-elect Donald Trump is conducting his business, but Pakistani diplomats said he was only there to meet senior UN officials and returned to Washington the same day.

A senior Pakistani diplomat, when asked why Mr Fatemi had not yet met members of the Trump team, said “protocol did not allow him to meet them in his official capacity” but he and the embassy were trying to arrange some informal meetings.One such meeting, with Stephen Hadley, the former Bush administration’s national security adviser, may happen next week. Mr Hadely is a key member of the team that is advising Mr Trump on transition.The embassy official said that Mr Fatemi has also been “very active on telephone,” speaking to the Trump team. “We are reaching out to the ‘influentials’ not ‘probables,” said the official while explaining why Mr Fatemi had not yet met Trump officials although he has been in the United States for almost a week now.“We are trying to meet the people who have influence and are feeding into the transition process,” the embassy official said.
While the Pakistan embassy insists that it would not be appropriate for Mr Fatemi to hold formal meetings with officials who are not in the government yet, officials from other countries are doing exactly that. Senior officials and leaders from across the globe are visiting New York for meeting Trump officials.Pakistan embassy officials, however, say they too are meeting members of the Trump team, but they are more interested in arranging ‘informal meetings’ for Mr Fatemi. “While we are arranging some meetings, some he is doing himself,” said one official.
The embassy’s informal, and formal, contacts with the Trump team did help them in arranging Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s telephone call with Mr Trump last week. But that call too became controversial when the prime minister’s office released readout of that call.Mr Fatemi, however, told a news briefing in Washington on Monday that Mr Trump’s office had approved the readout and had also allowed them to release it to the media.“That is the language that the president-elect used. And it was a very honest and truthful narrative, which we put out with the approval of his office,” he said. “And if that has created interests and excitement, we are in no way disappointed with it,” he added.Asked if he was with the prime minister during that call, Mr. Fatemi said: “I am special assistant to the PM, so it’s my job to be present in the right place, at the right time.”The surprisingly candid readout of the telephone call created a major controversy in Washington where even the White House joined the call for Mr Trump to be more careful while talking to foreign leaders. The US media also criticized Pakistan for releasing details of personal greetings.
Unfazed by the controversy, Mr Fatemi insisted that the new administration would provide Pakistan a “fresh opportunity to burnish its credentials” with Washington.

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 12 Dec 2016 05:08

Lt Gen Naveed Mukhtar appointed as DG ISI

Pakistan Army on Sunday made significant postings and transfers, including the transfer of the ISI chief and DG Rangers, Sindh.
The development comes two weeks after Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa took over as Chief of Army Staff (COAS).
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) ( only in a "farce democracy" like Pakistan, would such an important announcement come from the Fauji Propaganda Machine, instead of from the civilian govt, nominally in control !) in a statement announced that Lt Gen Naveed Mukhtar was appointed as DG ISI. He will replace Lt Gen Rizwan Akhtar who has been posted as President National Defence University (NDU).

Lt Gen Bilal Akbar has been appointed Chief of General Staff (CGS). The new CGS comes with a vast experience of dealing with internal security matters. Though his focus or responsibility as DG Rangers was Karachi, the transfer of Gen Bilal Akbar indicates the new COAS would like to give priority to internal security.

Lt Gen Rizwan Akhtar presently serving as DG Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has been appointed President National Defence University (NDU). Lt Gen Nazir Butt, currently President NDU has been appointed Corps Commander Peshawar (11Corps). Lt Gen Hidayat ur Rehman, currently serving as Corps Comd Peshawar has been appointed Inspector General (IG)Training and Evaluation (IGT&E) at GHQ.
Similarly Lt Gen Asim Salim Bajwa, presently serving as Director General (DG) ISPR has been appointed Inspector General Arms (IG Arms) at GHQ. He was posted DG ISPR in June 2012 and promoted to Lt Gen in Sept 2015.Newly promoted Lt Gen Hamayun Aziz has been appointed Inspector General C&IT at GHQ, while Lt Gen Qazi Ikram has been appointed Chief of Logistic Staff at GHQ. He was also among those promoted recently.Newly promoted Lt Gen Sher Afgun has been posted 31 Corps Comd (Bahawalpur). Lt Gen Muhammad Afzal will continue as DG FWO. He was also recently promoted to the rank of Lt Gen. Newly promoted Lt Gen Naeem Ashraf has been appointed Chairman Heavy Industries Taxila(HIT).The names for the incoming DG ISPR, DG Rangers have not yet been announced.

.So, it seems that the new COAS is bringing with him his own team ; wonder, if Nawaz's input was sought!

Lt Gen Asim Bajwa
Asim Bajwa was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-General from Major-General in Sept 2015. He was appointed as DG ISPR in 2012 by then COAS Gen Ashfaq Pervez Kayani.Prior to his posting as DG ISPR, Bajwa was posted in Dera Ismail Khan as a general officer commanding. Under his leadership, the army conducted military operations in the South Waziristan tribal region to eliminate militancy and restore peace.

So, it seems that "clan biradari " is still important in Paki society ; one Bajwa "takes care " of the other Bajwa

Pathik · Post by **Pathik** » 12 Dec 2016 05:14

sanjaykumar wrote: Pakistan has a huge number of youth population. Pakistan economy is youth. Invest in youth and in few years Pakistan will be giving loans to US.

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 12 Dec 2016 05:27

Pak workshop in Dubai hosts dialogue with Indian officials

DUBAI: Participants from Pakistan and India have stressed the need for improving and conducting frequent free dialogues and exchanging best practices between citizens of the two countries, as well as highlighting the common issues pertaining to their local government systems, anti-corruption mechanisms and institution across borders.These comments as well as a number of suggestions were jointly adopted during the second round of the Pakistan-India Legislators and Public Officials Dialogue on the sharing of experiences on governance and democracy held at a local hotel in Dubai on Saturday.The workshop was organised by the Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT), an independent, non-partisan and not-for-profit indigenous think tank focused on political and public policy research and legislative issues.The event was attended by members of the Rajya Sabha/Lok Sabha, Vidhan Sabha and experts from India along with their Pakistani counterparts from the national and provincial assemblies and bureaucrats and experts from the Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provinces of Pakistan.

By attending such "so-called dialogues" , the Indian participants are unnecessarily providing legitimacy to the "Pakistani point of view " !

Sharing good practices on two key subjects once again underscored the critical need for regular dialogues and discussions among Pakistani and Indian citizens, especially in areas that improved the lives of citizens in both countries.

Sharing good practices on two key subjects once again underscored the critical need for regular dialogues and discussions among Pakistani and Indian citizens, especially in areas that improved the lives of citizens in both countries. The = = bakwaas again !

Those from Pakistan included Syed Naveed Qamar, MNA; Arbab Muhammad Asim Khan, District Nazim Peshawar; Mahtab Akbar Rashdi, MPA; Mian Mehmood ur Rashid, MPA; Engineer Qamar-ul-Islam Raja, MPA; Said Rehman, Director, Local Governance School, Peshawar; Maj. (Retd) Syed Burhan Ali, Director General-NAB, Punjab ( to make sure that no" fauji bashing " statements come out ?) and Senator Taj Muhammad Afridi.

The Indian delegation included Mani Shankar Aiyar, MP; Aryadan Shoukath, Ex-Panchayat President and Former Municipal Chairman, Nilambur, Kerala; Ashutosh, Spokesperson AAP; Bharat Bhushan, Editor, Catch News; Bhupinder Singh Hooda, MLA, INC and former Chief Minister Haryana; Dr. Sharan Prakash Patil, MLA, Karnataka; Mahendra Jeet Singh Malviya, MLA, INC, former Cabinet Minister; Dr Sukhbilas Barma, MLA; V.D. Satheesan, MLA, INC, Member, Kerala Legislative Assembly; Dr Nupur Tiwary, faculty member, Indian Institute of Public Administration New Delhi, India and Nandana Reddy, (Karnataka) Panchayati Raj Activist, Convener of the Grand Panchayat Hakkottaya Andolona.Experts who joined the Dialogue included Shahid Hamid, Senior Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan, Former Governor of Punjab and former Federal Minister; Prof George Mathew, Chairman, Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi, India and Prof Jagdeep Chhokar, founder and trustee, Association for Democratic Reforms New Delhi, India, former Professor and Dean, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India.

CRamS · Post by **CRamS** » 12 Dec 2016 05:31

Neela wrote:
I have never seen this imbecile call out Pakis on their terror & legitimizes Paki actions.

This is exactly what I called out many posts ago. This narrative is a US-scripted narrative. Never the evil that TSP is, and what it should do, and how the "international community" to hold TSP accountable on terror. Its always what India should do or cannot do or whatever reaction India has will lead to escalation etc.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 12 Dec 2016 06:17

ISI head removed by Pakistan’s new Army chief - PTI

Pakistan’s new Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Sunday removed the head of the country’s spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) as part of a major reshuffle.

Gen. Bajwa, who took over from Gen. Raheel Sharif two weeks ago, however, did not name Lt. Gen. Rizwan Akhtar’s successor.

Lt. Gen. Akhtar has been appointed president of the National Defence University (NDU), the Army said in a statement.

Later, Dawn newspaper reported Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), ISI’s media wing, as telling that Lt. Gen. Naveed Mukhtar will replace Lt. Gen. Akhtar as the ISI head.

Lt. Gen Mukhtar possess vast experience in the field of intelligence and has headed the counterterrorism wing of the spy agency in Islamabad. He was commissioned in the Armoured Corps regiment in 1983.

Gagan · Post by **Gagan** » 12 Dec 2016 06:18

Jihadini also appears in several paki talk shows and tries to do an == .
Sometimes she will get upset with the pakis when they display pakistaniyat, but is soon back on another program.

Wrt Gen Bikram Singh, former COAS.
Although MMS jumed through several hoops to clear a path for him, one thing one can credit Gen Bimram Singh with is, when MMS was talking about a piss park in siachen and asking the IA to withdraw, Bikram Singh chipped in and said, first we have to answer the question, 'do we consider Siachen and J&K to be indian territory or not'
That put paid to MMSs siachen gambit

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 12 Dec 2016 06:19

RAW-trained terrorists planning attack in Dir, Chitral: CAA report

By submitted an hour ago by GenQamarJavedBajwa[*][/url]

[*]File under FAKE NEWS

svinayak · Post by **svinayak** » 12 Dec 2016 08:29

One more western author doing psy ops

https://intpolicydigest.org/2016/12/11/ ... thinkable/

Pakistan’s current Defense Minister, Muhammad Asif, told Geo TV, “If anyone steps on our soil and if anyone’s designs are a threat to our security, we will not hesitate to use those [nuclear] weapons for our defense.”

Every few years the Pentagon “war games” a clash between Pakistan and India over Kashmir: every game ends in a nuclear war.

The second dangerous development is the “Cold Start” strategy by India that would send Indian troops across the border to a depth of 30 kilometers in the advent of a terrorist attack like the 1999 Kargill incident in Kashmir, the 2001 terrorist attack on the Indian parliament, or the 2008 attack on Mumbai that killed 166 people.

Peregrine · Post by **Peregrine** » 12 Dec 2016 16:57

Falijee wrote:Pak workshop in Dubai hosts dialogue with Indian officials

Falijee Ji and all Gurus :

Who is financing such "Dialogues" Jaunts? Is it possible for Cwapistan? If not then who?

Cheers

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 12 Dec 2016 17:22

KP refuses to let Qatari princes hunt houbaras

This "houbara hunting " thing is almost an "ego and H & D " tussle between Kaptaan ( his party "runs" KP and who has previously expressed "disgust" - for political reasons - at the hunting of this engendered species, in spite of him being an avid hunter himself !) And Ganja Sharif, who from recent press reports , has relied upon the Qatari Royals to provide him a "fake affidavit", ( to save his skin in court

) and now is in an obligatory situation to these corrupt fanatics and cannot seem to refuse their "request" for hunting this "rare bird" !

yensoy · Post by **yensoy** » 12 Dec 2016 18:21

Falijee wrote:KP refuses to let Qatari princes hunt houbaras

Zindagi na milegi houbara, starring Qatari prince, Ganja Sharif and Imran Khan, still discussing with Hina Rabbani for what her role will be in it...

ricky_v · Post by **ricky_v** » 12 Dec 2016 19:32

https://in.news.yahoo.com/1-cr-statemen ... 37371.html

New Delhi [India], Dec. 12 (ANI): The Congress on Monday expressed its concern over the recent statement of Sardar Raees Inqlabi, a leader of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir-based Jammu and Kashmir Aman Forum, stating that Pakistan pays Rs. 1 crore to each terrorist to cross the Line of Control (LoC), and said if this is proved, then, Pakistan would be shamed and exposed worldwide.

"We must use this opportunity to highlight what this gentleman has said and tell the world how Pakistan in PoK is not only sending terrorists with money across in the Indian borders but also encouraging those terrorist organisations that have been banned worldwide," Dikshit said.

"If we are able to prove this, then it will shame Pakistan and hopefully make them change their strategy," he added.

Urging the government to take cognizance of the matter and take some stringent action, the Congress leader said, "This information is very serious. I hope the government and security agencies take full note of this, cognizance of the fact and the first thing should be that in case there is some actionable intelligence in this (then) we should see that our borders are not breached.nor these people are allowed to cross the border."

Inqlabi said, "You (Pakistan) are hiring killers and murderers; you pay them one crore rupees and turn them into a bomb and make them cross LoC, which is the main reason of tension. We condemn this terrorism. If you are so fond of firing, you must fight army to army." (ANI)

how charming of the pakis, feeding illegitimate fu*k stains fake currency of the country that they are supposed to attack

anupmisra · Post by **anupmisra** » 12 Dec 2016 19:54

Mob 'besieging' Ahmadi place of worship in Chakwal dispersed by police

A charged mob of around 1,000 people

'attacked' by nearly 1,000 people

a mob armed with batons and weapons was throwing stones and firing on the premises

The mob was "attempting to seize Ahmadiyya property,"

the mob also set fire to part of the building

As per details, a misunderstanding developed between the two groups

So, a normal day in pureland.

Haramkhor link: http://www.dawn.com/news/1302057/mob-be ... -by-police

sanjaykumar · Post by **sanjaykumar** » 12 Dec 2016 23:10

The mob left their places of domicile to attack the place of worship, t police were called from their place of duty. The prime mininster will give a message of condolence from his place of governance, the army chief will concur from the place of military planning.

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 13 Dec 2016 03:04

The Humiliation Of Sartaj Aziz By His Indian "Hosts"

Gluttons for punishment

Munir Akram

IT was sad to witness the humiliation of Pakistan’s adviser on foreign affairs, Sartaj Aziz, by his Indian hosts and the Afghan president in Amritsar. Mr Aziz is one of Pakistan’s elder statesmen. His treatment at the so-called Heart of Asia Conference by India is yet another example of the brutish nature of the ruling regime in New Delhi.

Some "wise mandarins" in Isloo had warned him against the visit for this very reason, but being "old and senile", he did not heed it !

The conference was misused by India, the rotational host, to promote its single agenda of portraying Pakistan as a ‘terrorist’ state in order to ‘isolate’ it. The Indian prime minister played a duet with Afghan President Ghani, the ostensible beneficiary of the conference, who launched an aggressive indictment of Pakistan for alleged support to the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan; interrogated the Pakistan delegation leader from the floor of the conference; and rejected Pakistan’s offer of $500 million in economic assistance. To add injury to insult, the Indians barred the Pakistan leader from meeting the media and even from leaving his hotel.

The mystery is why the Pakistan government chose to expose its most senior diplomat to the hostility and insults which should have been expected from India and Afghanistan’s president. Since India scuttled the Saarc summit in Islamabad, Pakistan could have reciprocated by refusing to attend the Amritsar conference and persuading its close friends, China and Turkey, from doing so. At the very least, Pakistan’s representation should have been at a low level.

Sartaj himself wanted to be the "centre of attention", otherwise he would not have changed his schedule and arrived a day earlier !

Mr Aziz’s display of self-restraint is no doubt admirable. But the Indian and Afghan insults were not merely to his person; these were insults to the national dignity of Pakistan and, as such, they ought not to have been tolerated. According to diplomatic norms, such insults are expected to evoke a strong response. It is unclear if formal protests have been lodged with the two governments.

The Enchandee factor again !

History teaches that weakness invites aggression. Timidity will invite further abuse and pressure. Pakistan must adopt a more robust posture in defence of our national interests.
Following Amritsar, Pakistan should strictly limit the activities and access of Indian diplomats in Pakistan; designate the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh as ‘terrorist’ organisations; provide finance to the Kashmiri Hurriyat Conference for humanitarian and material support to the Kashmiri victims of Indian repression.Pakistan should also formally approach the Security Council to: investigate and condemn India’s human rights violations in Kashmir; call for a halt to Indian violations of the LoC ceasefire; and agree on steps to implement the Security Council resolutions on Jammu and Kashmiri.The screws can be turned harder against Afghanistan. Pakistan can accelerate Afghan refugee repatriation; slow the transit of Afghan goods and halt their transit to India; fence the border as planned and strictly limit cross-border traffic.

All the "suggested measures" have already been tried by the Ganja Govt with no result ( remember the various delegations send abroad to raise awareness of the "Kashmir dispute"; all of the people had a good time abroad and came empty handed ! Conclusion: Modiji's policy to diplomatically isolate Pakistan seems to be working !)

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 13 Dec 2016 03:19

Collateral Damage Of The Flight Crash

PIA Chairman Azam Saigol resigns- Due To Personal Reasons

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Chairman Azam Saigol resigned from his post on Monday due to personal reasons, the national carrier's spokesman confirmed. ( Could not take it anymore)

Earlier today, the PIA spokesman said in a statement that the chairman was working on a pro bono basis (without salary and perks).

The Oxford educated Saigol is a well known industrialist of the country, and brought with him vast experience in handling big industrial concerns and corporations.He had remained on PIA’s board of directors since 2013.

They "tried" an Oxford education person - and that did not work; now, they should seriously consider "home grown" talent- like a locally educated person /graduate of the Binori Seminary in Karachi ( Maulana Samiul Haq, mentor of OBL,and "star graduate" of this "famous university" should be offered this post - pro bono !)