Pakistan spy chief to push for intel share at US talks: Malik

[Machoman]

DUBAI: Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Monday that Pakistan’s spy chief will call for an end to US drone strikes in its tribal areas bordering Afghanistan and push for a sharing of technology and intelligence during a visit to Washington this week, .

“We will push for no drones. If we (Pakistan and the US) are partners, we should sit together and have a common strategy.” However, in this regional war there has been no common strategy against a common enemy,” Interior Minister Rehman Malik told a news conference in Dubai.

“I hope the visit of the director of the ISI will have good results. There is some dialogue going on as we speak,” he said.

The United States has given no sign it is willing to halt the drone strikes.

“Both countries have to find a mid-way,” Malik told reporters. “This of course means intelligence-sharing. Also, give us the technology and we will use it. The US has given us F16s. Are we misusing it?

Lieutenant-General Zaheer ul-Islam’s visit to meet CIA director General David Petraeus will be his first since he became head of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in March and follows a thaw in relations between Pakistan and the United States.

Pakistan, however, continues to insist US drone strikes – which it says are a breach of its sovereignty – must end.

The country has been increasingly vocal in its public opposition to the drones. Pakistan’s leaders had quietly approved initially but now say they are a violation of sovereignty and insist they fan anti-US sentiment.

US officials are understood to believe the attacks too important to give up, although the number declined as relations between the nominal allies plunged to their lowest in a decade.

But on July 3 Islamabad agreed to end a seven-month blockade on Nato supplies travelling overland to Afghanistan after the United States apologised for the deaths of 24 Pakistani soldiers in botched air strikes last November.

Earlier today, Pakistani officials said that a ban on Nato trucks at the main border crossing into Afghanistan will last until the government promises to safeguard security.

I think Malik is gone mad..... what did he mean by we are misusing F-16s?..........lol

 

[third eye]

Would some one kindly ask the learned minister even if he wanted to how would he have ' misused ' an F 16 ?

He wants the US to share intel on the bad boys !

Can there be a better way for them to ' slip off' ??

That's the reason why US went it alone at Abbotabad.

 

[Solomon2]

Well, my respect for Mr. Malik is up a notch as he is willing to voice that the U.S. and Pakistan have been working at strategic cross-purposes. Of course, Mr. Malik also doesn't make these decisions, since in the Pakistani gov't the military has the final say in everything they care about, military matters especially.

 

[Pakistanisage]

DUBAI: Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Monday that Pakistan’s spy chief will call for an end to US drone strikes in its tribal areas bordering Afghanistan and push for a sharing of technology and intelligence during a visit to Washington this week, .

“We will push for no drones. If we (Pakistan and the US) are partners, we should sit together and have a common strategy.” However, in this regional war there has been no common strategy against a common enemy,” Interior Minister Rehman Malik told a news conference in Dubai.

“I hope the visit of the director of the ISI will have good results. There is some dialogue going on as we speak,” he said.

The United States has given no sign it is willing to halt the drone strikes.

“Both countries have to find a mid-way,” Malik told reporters. “This of course means intelligence-sharing. Also, give us the technology and we will use it. The US has given us F16s. Are we misusing it?

Lieutenant-General Zaheer ul-Islam’s visit to meet CIA director General David Petraeus will be his first since he became head of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in March and follows a thaw in relations between Pakistan and the United States.

Pakistan, however, continues to insist US drone strikes – which it says are a breach of its sovereignty – must end.

The country has been increasingly vocal in its public opposition to the drones. Pakistan’s leaders had quietly approved initially but now say they are a violation of sovereignty and insist they fan anti-US sentiment.

US officials are understood to believe the attacks too important to give up, although the number declined as relations between the nominal allies plunged to their lowest in a decade.

But on July 3 Islamabad agreed to end a seven-month blockade on Nato supplies travelling overland to Afghanistan after the United States apologised for the deaths of 24 Pakistani soldiers in botched air strikes last November.

Earlier today, Pakistani officials said that a ban on Nato trucks at the main border crossing into Afghanistan will last until the government promises to safeguard security.

I think Malik is gone mad..... what did he mean by we are misusing F-16s?..........lol

I think you are misreading him. He is implying that just as we did NOT misuse F16's we will not misuse the DRONE Technology.

 

[A.Rafay]

We Want drone technology so badly, Pakistan know almost all hideouts of Pakistani Taliban And Afghani Taliban and want drones to eliminate them because pak understand how powerful these drones are.

 

[tarrar]

Who & what is this Rehman Malik, this guy always tries to take the credit without doing anything. The truth is this guy is a total looser douchebag.

 

[pakistanitarzan]

Well, my respect for Mr. Malik is up a notch as he is willing to voice that the U.S. and Pakistan have been working at strategic cross-purposes. Of course, Mr. Malik also doesn't make these decisions, since in the Pakistani gov't the military has the final say in everything they care about, military matters especially.

no dawg that aint true no more. Maybe in the 90's but after Musharaf time, things have changed alot in Pakistan.

Edit: I mean the part where you said the military has a final say

 

[Vassnti]

We Want drone technology so badly, Pakistan know almost all hideouts of Pakistani Taliban And Afghani Taliban and want drones to eliminate them because pak understand how powerful these drones are.

Excellent what better time then to start a sharing of technology and intelligence.

Please forward the locations of said hideouts and the times the occupants will be at home for a call by our representitives to.

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[Aragorn]

If the U.S. is not willing to share intel then what is it going to cooperate on? It has given nothing but peanuts in military assistance throughout the years.

 

[Srinivas]

This is what US doing and they stopped the sharing just before may 2 and it worked.

 

[third eye]

I think you are misreading him. He is implying that just as we did NOT misuse F16's we will not misuse the DRONE Technology.

Thats just the point.

How can the F 16 be misused ??

Run it as a air taxi perhaps ?

An offensive weapon of war can only be used in one manner..