The Pak-US strategic dialogue

[ajpirzada]

Six power plants: US to extend $125 million for rehabilitation
MUSHTAQ GHUMMAN
ISLAMABAD (March 19 2010): United State (US) has agreed to extend $125 million to energy-starved Pakistan for rehabilitation of six hydro and thermal power plants, official sources told Business Recorder. The sources said US is expected to provide fund for repair and maintenance of units 1, 3 and 4 of Terbela Dam at an estimated cost of $16.5 million that would increase generation by 80 MW.

For rehabilitation of units 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Muzaffargarh Thermal Power Plant, US has agreed to extend $15.2 million. The sources revealed that Islamabad is hopeful of getting $18.4 million from US in one year for repair and maintenance of units 1-4 of 850 MW Jamshoro Thermal Power Plant.

According to sources Pakistan would receive $18.1 million for repair and maintenance of units CC-5, GT-7 and >-8 of Guddu Thermal Power Plant. US will also provide $60 million to improve power distribution system of Power Distribution Companies (Discos).

It is not known how much has been allocated by the US for the replacement of 1000 inefficient tube-well pumps. This financial assistance is apart from the 20 new energy sector projects, which are being submitted to the USG for funding. Pakistan and the United States are scheduled to hold the next round of strategic dialogue towards the end of the current month in Washington, with acquisition of civil nuclear technology and military to military co-operation on top of Pakistan's agenda.

Official documents reveal that the dialogue would focus on the entire gambit of co-operation, including economic, energy, defence, counter-terrorism, science and technology, education, agriculture, health, public diplomacy and consultations on security, strategic stability and non-proliferation. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi will lead the Pakistani delegation, while US Secretary of State will represent the US.

The objectives of these talks are to provide strategic guidance/directions for strengthening US-Pakistan partnership in the 21st century, review progress and oversee implementation of agreed programmes/projects, comprehensively share perspectives on regional and global issues, chart a roadmap for promoting comprehensive co-operation based on the foundations of shared values, mutual trust and mutual respect.

Business Recorder [Pakistan's First Financial Daily]

 

[ajpirzada]

Pakistani military to be part of strategic dialogue: Holbrooke

WASHINGTON: The Obama administration's ****** envoy on Friday said that there can be no strategic dialogue with Pakistan without the active participation of its military and the talks should not be at the expense of India.

This is the reason why Pakistan army chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani and ISI chief Lt Gen Shuja Pasha have been included in the US-Pakistan strategic dialogue slated to be held in Washington next week.

Secretary of state Hillary Clinton and her Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmoud Qureshi would be co-chairing the day-long meeting on March 24.

"How can you have a strategic dialogue without including the military," special US representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke told reporters at the Foggy Bottom headquarters of the state department.

"If we have a strategic dialogue in our country, we're going to include the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff or some other representative. So we are very pleased that General Kayani is part of this delegation. We think that it's one country, one government, one team. It was their decision, and we welcomed it," Holbrooke said.

Responding to a question, Holbrooke said the strategic dialogue with Pakistan is not at the expense of India or any other country.

"We have an important strategic dialogue with India and with other countries, including China. Makes it all the more important we have one with Pakistan. But this is a bilateral dialogue. This strategic dialogue with Pakistan is not at the expense of any other country in the region," he said.

Holbrooke said the strategic dialogue means that the two countries talk about their basic core objectives, which defeating, destroying al-Qaida, helping the Afghans become self-reliant so they can take care of their own security, strengthening Pakistan's ability to own security, development, strengthening democratic institutions; all the things that secretary Clinton talked about during her trip.

"So we need to sit down with our Pakistani friends and hear their points of view and give us ours. Now, we've all been going to Islamabad and they've all been coming here," he said, adding beyond the strategic discussions, the broad range discussions, include to move into operational things in such areas as water, energy and other issues.

Holbrooke said the next round of US-Pakistan strategic dialogue would be held in Islamabad in next six months.

The Pakistani delegation of the next week's meeting include foreign minister Qureshi, minister of defence Ahmed Mukhtar, the finance minister, the foreign secretary, the Pakistani ambassador to the US, among others.

The US delegation would be led by Clinton and will include secretary of defence Robert Gates, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mullen and US ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson among others.

Pakistani military to be part of strategic dialogue: Holbrooke - US - World - The Times of India

 

[jbond197]

Pak to US: Terror bill worth $35 billion, nuke deal

WASHINGTON: Pakistan is coming up with a bill of $ 35 billion for its efforts in the war on terror and a wish-list that includes a nuclear deal similar to the US-India agreement as it prepares to engage Washington this coming week in what officials from both sides say is the most comprehensive dialogue in their bilateral history.

Turning the US mantra that Pakistan should "do more" in the war on terror, Pakistani officials, in an aggressive turnaround, have said Pakistan has done enough and it is now the United States turn to do more, as they set off to Washington for talks on the heels of what they claim is unprecedented success against the Taliban.

Pakistan has "captured" nearly half the top Taliban leadership, including the organisation's No.2 Mullah Baradar, in recent weeks in the run-up to the talks. Although U.N and Afghan officials accuse the Pakistanis, who were hosting the Taliban leadership, took them in to sabotage peace talks being held outside Islamabad's patronage, U.S officials said on Friday that they were "gratified" by the arrests.

"We are extremely gratified... he is where he belongs," the Obama administration's ****** envoy Richard Holbrooke said about Baradar's arrest by Pakistan as he previewed the upcoming talks with reporters at the State Department on Friday, adding, "And many other people have been picked up or eliminated, and this is putting much more pressure on the Taliban. And this is a good thing for the simplest of reasons: It is good for the military efforts that are underway in Afghanistan."

Holbrooke also endorsed a central role for the Pakistani military at the talks, asking "how can you have a strategic dialogue without including the military?" In a move that has caused some disquiet in Pakistan itself, the country's army chief Pervez Ashfaq Kiyani and spy chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha are members of the delegation, ostensibly led by Pakistan's foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi. Kiyani is said to have set the agenda for the talks in preparatory meetings in Pakistan.

"If we have a strategic dialogue in our country, we're going to include the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff or some other representative. So we are very pleased that General Kayani is part of this delegation. We think that it's one country, one government, one team. It was their decision and we welcomed it," Holbrooke said. Washington in recent weeks has noticeably cooled down its criticism of the over-arching role played by the Pakistan military in the country's affairs.

Pakistan's wish-list for the Obama administration includes not only speeding up disbursements in bilateral aid under the Kerry-Lugar package and Coalition Support Funds, both of which are audited for more precise use and claim, but enhanced support for its economy, particularly in the energy sector. Vast swathes of the country are now under 8 to 12 hour power cuts and Islamabad is presenting this as one reason why Washington should offer a civilian nuclear deal to Pakistan similar to the US-India deal, although experts say Pakistan has no capacity to absorb or implement such an agreement even if it were to pass international scrutiny.

US officials remain non-committal about the deal. "We have a very broad and complex agenda in these talks... and we're going to listen carefully to whatever the Pakistanis say," Holbrooke said cautiously when asked about a possible nuclear deal. In fact, no one in Washington takes Pakistan $ 35 billion claim as its total cost in the war on terror arrived at during internal deliberations in Islamabad last week, seriously.

But Holbrooke held out the prospect of enhanced aid in other areas and sectors, promising a few surprise announcements. "This is not a photo op, although you will have an opportunity to take a photo. This is an intense, serious dialogue bilaterally between the US. and Pakistan," he said in a hurried briefing at the state department that followed a White House meeting of principals where, Holbrooke said, -- "almost every senior person in the United States foreign policy community was in the room" to discuss US policy for the region.

Pakistan too is striving to broad-base its ties with the US on the same lines as India's expansive engagement, covering sector beyond security. Indicative of the broad agenda for the March 24 talks, the Pakistani delegation led by Foreign Miniser Qureshi includes Minister of Defense Mukhtar Ahmad, Finance Minister nominee Abdul Shaikh, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Social Issues Wazir Ali; Advisor to the Prime Minister on Agriculture and Water Majidullah; the Chief of Staff of the Army General Kayani and his delegation of military advisors; Ambassador Hussain Haqqani; Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir; and Secretaries of Information Technology, Water and Power, Finance, Agriculture, Defense, among others.

The US delegation, led by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton includes Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mullen, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Deputy Secretary of State Jack Lew, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Neal Wolin, National Security Council Senior Director David Lipton, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Marantis, the Administrator of USAID Raj Shah, myself, Ambassador Anne Patterson and Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Judith McHale, Under Secretary of Defense Michele Flournoy and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense David Sydney, among others.

 

[Cynic Waheed]

It will be interesting what happens at this strategic dialogue... but i remain rather pessimistic! It will be promises but no actual action, like always...

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Pakistan army chief leaves to attend talks in US

Associated Press
2010-03-20 01:14 PM Fonts Size:

Pakistan's military says its chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has left for the United States for talks between the two allies in the war on terror.
An army statement says Kayani left for the U.S. from the eastern city of Lahore on Saturday.

Wednesday's talks in Washington are to be chaired by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and her Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi.

The two sides will discuss ways to improve cooperation in fighting terrorists.

Pakistan is also expected to seek more assistance to improve its ailing economy.


Second Article
US will ‘do more and announce more’ for Pakistan: Holbrooke

* US special envoy says strategic dialogue not possible without participation of army

LAHORE: US special representative Richard Holbrooke has indicated that the Obama administration would “do more and announce more” to assist Pakistan’s development in various fields.

Briefing the US State Department, Holbrooke said, “We are doing more, we will announce more, we want to do as much as the Congress will support, but Congress writes the cheques.”

The envoy praised Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Kayani for deciding to participate in the upcoming round of strategic dialogue in the US. He said strategic dialogue was not possible without the participation of the army. He also praised the Pakistan Army for its successes against terrorists in Tribal Areas.


What can be expeted ???

a) Will Kiyani be wooed with power
b) Will $funds be announced for Military
c) Will we get economic air
d) F35 ? Deal
e) Nuclear power
f) More F15C/D?
g) Apache ?
h) Understanding of Pakistan moving into Afganistan ?

 

[Creder]

F35 ?? F15 ??

 

[Fighter488]

All eyes on Kayani as Pakistan gears for first strategy talks with US​

India is keeping a close watch on the first broad-based US-Pakistan strategic dialogue next week where Islamabad will be making a strong pitch for a “compensation package” besides looking to corner assurances on major defence deals, energy cooperation including in the nuclear sector and a larger say on the future of Afghanistan.


From the Indian standpoint, it is important to note that Pakistan plans to make a detailed presentation on its relations with India and the “threats” it faces on its eastern front, which is expected to stress on the “futility” of holding talks without a commitment on resuming the composite dialogue and also rake up the water issue for which it blames New Delhi. The Pakistan Water and Power Secretary is going to be part of the delegation precisely for this purpose, said sources.


What has caught New Delhi’s attention is that though Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi is the head of a mammoth (over 15 members) delegation, it is Pakistan Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani who seems to be the central figure of the dialogue. Ahead of the talks, he surprised the civilian establishment by holding a detailed preparatory meeting at the Pakistan Army General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi. Secretaries of various ministries were asked to be at the GHQ for a review meeting on March 16 chaired by Kayani himself. Originally, the meeting was to be held at the Pakistan Foreign Office given that Qureshi was leading the delegation but the venue was later shifted.


While Kayani is already on his way to the US at the invitation of the US Central Command, he will still participate in the strategic dialogue. Also present will be ISI chief Lt Gen Shuja Pasha. This was a specific request from Islamabad to which the US agreed and was subsequently justified by US A f P ak envoy Richard Holbrooke as a normal affair. The Pakistan Army chief will also be holding separate meetings in Pentagon on defence issues, military procurements and other related subjects.


During her recently concluded trip to the US, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao is learnt to have conveyed Indian apprehensions over military aid to Pakistan being used to strengthen its arsenal against India. Washington is said to have assured New Delhi it will be enforcing tough accountability measures to ensure that such aid is only used for developing counter-insurgency capabilities.


According to information available with India, the Pakistan government has worked out a massive compensation demand of some $35 billion for its assistance to the war against terror over the last seven years. It did get some $1 billion for its operations in South Waziristan last year, but that was much less than what it had projected. While Pakistan’s demands have been dubbed “unrealistic”, the Obama Administration is working overtime to make necessary financial appropriations as authorised by the Kerry-Lugar Act so that a major package can be announced on March 24.


On the energy front, Pakistan is pitching hard for a nuclear deal but sources here said the indications from Washington is that it is not yet prepared to go down this road, given Islamabad’s poor track record on non-proliferation. Yet, Pakistan is linking this to its deteriorating energy situation and asking for exemptions.


In this context, sources said, India will await the kind of response the US has on the pipeline deal that Pakistan and Iran recently struck. Given the increasing pressure the US is mounting in various forums on pressing for sanctions against Iran, this deal is indeed contradictory.


While India does expect the US to deliver a strong message to Pakistan on acting against terrorist groups like the Jamaat-ud-Dawa and capturing those named by David Coleman Headley for masterminding and executing the 26/11 attacks, sources said Washington’s principal effort would be to ensure Pakistan’s support in the Afghanistan campaign. There have been reports about Pakistan trying to play spoiler to Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai’s reintegration efforts and the arrest of Taliban second-in-command Mullah Baradar is being cited as an example.


Either way, the announcements next week will indicate the trajectory Pakistan’s approach to India may take in the days ahead besides its overall approach in the region. The next round of strategic dialogue is supposed to be held within the next six months.

All eyes on Kayani as Pakistan gears for first strategy talks with US

 

[HAIDER]

A huge outcome is coming from the dialogue. When US invite COAS, it means, US is going to show all his cards in Afghanistan and road map for peace in Afghanistan too. Plus soon Pak armed forces will be part of NATO, plus finalizing to establish NATO depot in Pakistan too. Lots of good news, but let's see what US will ask in return and Indian concerns will be addressed. India has all eyes and ears on this dialogue. How high India will jump, its all depend how much Pakistan will get, after serving long wars for US as ally. But its time Pakistan deserve alot from US.

 

[JohnyD]

Gabbar...forget F35 for at least next 15 years..apart from USAF, US Navy, project partner counties have placed huge orders so the first priority will be given to them...also price tag is little heavy for Pakistan’s pocket...

 

[JohnyD]

Pak to US: Terror bill worth $35 billion, nuke deal ..LOL.

WASHINGTON: Pakistan is coming up with a bill of $ 35 billion for its efforts in the war on terror and a wish-list that includes a nuclear deal similar to the US-India agreement as it prepares to engage Washington this coming week in what officials from both sides say is the most comprehensive dialogue in their bilateral history.

Turning the US mantra that Pakistan should "do more" in the war on terror, Pakistani officials, in an aggressive turnaround, have said Pakistan has done enough and it is now the United States turn to do more, as they set off to Washington for talks on the heels of what they claim is unprecedented success against the Taliban.

Pakistan has "captured" nearly half the top Taliban leadership, including the organisation's No.2 Mullah Baradar, in recent weeks in the run-up to the talks. Although U.N and Afghan officials accuse the Pakistanis, who were hosting the Taliban leadership, took them in to sabotage peace talks being held outside Islamabad's patronage, U.S officials said on Friday that they were "gratified" by the arrests.

"We are extremely gratified... he is where he belongs," the Obama administration's ****** envoy Richard Holbrooke said about Baradar's arrest by Pakistan as he previewed the upcoming talks with reporters at the State Department on Friday, adding, "And many other people have been picked up or eliminated, and this is putting much more pressure on the Taliban. And this is a good thing for the simplest of reasons: It is good for the military efforts that are underway in Afghanistan."

Holbrooke also endorsed a central role for the Pakistani military at the talks, asking "how can you have a strategic dialogue without including the military?" In a move that has caused some disquiet in Pakistan itself, the country's army chief Pervez Ashfaq Kiyani and spy chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha are members of the delegation, ostensibly led by Pakistan's foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi. Kiyani is said to have set the agenda for the talks in preparatory meetings in Pakistan.

"If we have a strategic dialogue in our country, we're going to include the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff or some other representative. So we are very pleased that General Kayani is part of this delegation. We think that it's one country, one government, one team. It was their decision and we welcomed it," Holbrooke said. Washington in recent weeks has noticeably cooled down its criticism of the over-arching role played by the Pakistan military in the country's affairs.

Pakistan's wish-list for the Obama administration includes not only speeding up disbursements in bilateral aid under the Kerry-Lugar package and Coalition Support Funds, both of which are audited for more precise use and claim, but enhanced support for its economy, particularly in the energy sector. Vast swathes of the country are now under 8 to 12 hour power cuts and Islamabad is presenting this as one reason why Washington should offer a civilian nuclear deal to Pakistan similar to the US-India deal, although experts say Pakistan has no capacity to absorb or implement such an agreement even if it were to pass international scrutiny.

US officials remain non-committal about the deal. "We have a very broad and complex agenda in these talks... and we're going to listen carefully to whatever the Pakistanis say," Holbrooke said cautiously when asked about a possible nuclear deal. In fact, no one in Washington takes Pakistan $ 35 billion claim as its total cost in the war on terror arrived at during internal deliberations in Islamabad last week, seriously.

But Holbrooke held out the prospect of enhanced aid in other areas and sectors, promising a few surprise announcements. "This is not a photo op, although you will have an opportunity to take a photo. This is an intense, serious dialogue bilaterally between the US. and Pakistan," he said in a hurried briefing at the state department that followed a White House meeting of principals where, Holbrooke said, -- "almost every senior person in the United States foreign policy community was in the room" to discuss US policy for the region.

Pakistan too is striving to broad-base its ties with the US on the same lines as India's expansive engagement, covering sector beyond security. Indicative of the broad agenda for the March 24 talks, the Pakistani delegation led by Foreign Miniser Qureshi includes Minister of Defense Mukhtar Ahmad, Finance Minister nominee Abdul Shaikh, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Social Issues Wazir Ali; Advisor to the Prime Minister on Agriculture and Water Majidullah; the Chief of Staff of the Army General Kayani and his delegation of military advisors; Ambassador Hussain Haqqani; Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir; and Secretaries of Information Technology, Water and Power, Finance, Agriculture, Defense, among others.

The US delegation, led by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton includes Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mullen, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Deputy Secretary of State Jack Lew, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Neal Wolin, National Security Council Senior Director David Lipton, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Marantis, the Administrator of USAID Raj Shah, myself, Ambassador Anne Patterson and Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Judith McHale, Under Secretary of Defense Michele Flournoy and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense David Sydney, among others.

Pak to US: Terror bill worth $35 billion, nuke deal - US - World - The Times of India

 

[Creder]

Pak to US: Terror bill worth $35 billion, nuke deal ..LOL.

WASHINGTON: Pakistan is coming up with a bill of $ 35 billion for its efforts in the war on terror and a wish-list that includes a nuclear deal similar to the US-India agreement as it prepares to engage Washington this coming week in what officials from both sides say is the most comprehensive dialogue in their bilateral history.

Turning the US mantra that Pakistan should "do more" in the war on terror, Pakistani officials, in an aggressive turnaround, have said Pakistan has done enough and it is now the United States turn to do more, as they set off to Washington for talks on the heels of what they claim is unprecedented success against the Taliban.

Pakistan has "captured" nearly half the top Taliban leadership, including the organisation's No.2 Mullah Baradar, in recent weeks in the run-up to the talks. Although U.N and Afghan officials accuse the Pakistanis, who were hosting the Taliban leadership, took them in to sabotage peace talks being held outside Islamabad's patronage, U.S officials said on Friday that they were "gratified" by the arrests.

"We are extremely gratified... he is where he belongs," the Obama administration's ****** envoy Richard Holbrooke said about Baradar's arrest by Pakistan as he previewed the upcoming talks with reporters at the State Department on Friday, adding, "And many other people have been picked up or eliminated, and this is putting much more pressure on the Taliban. And this is a good thing for the simplest of reasons: It is good for the military efforts that are underway in Afghanistan."

Holbrooke also endorsed a central role for the Pakistani military at the talks, asking "how can you have a strategic dialogue without including the military?" In a move that has caused some disquiet in Pakistan itself, the country's army chief Pervez Ashfaq Kiyani and spy chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha are members of the delegation, ostensibly led by Pakistan's foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi. Kiyani is said to have set the agenda for the talks in preparatory meetings in Pakistan.

"If we have a strategic dialogue in our country, we're going to include the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff or some other representative. So we are very pleased that General Kayani is part of this delegation. We think that it's one country, one government, one team. It was their decision and we welcomed it," Holbrooke said. Washington in recent weeks has noticeably cooled down its criticism of the over-arching role played by the Pakistan military in the country's affairs.

Pakistan's wish-list for the Obama administration includes not only speeding up disbursements in bilateral aid under the Kerry-Lugar package and Coalition Support Funds, both of which are audited for more precise use and claim, but enhanced support for its economy, particularly in the energy sector. Vast swathes of the country are now under 8 to 12 hour power cuts and Islamabad is presenting this as one reason why Washington should offer a civilian nuclear deal to Pakistan similar to the US-India deal, although experts say Pakistan has no capacity to absorb or implement such an agreement even if it were to pass international scrutiny.

US officials remain non-committal about the deal. "We have a very broad and complex agenda in these talks... and we're going to listen carefully to whatever the Pakistanis say," Holbrooke said cautiously when asked about a possible nuclear deal. In fact, no one in Washington takes Pakistan $ 35 billion claim as its total cost in the war on terror arrived at during internal deliberations in Islamabad last week, seriously.

But Holbrooke held out the prospect of enhanced aid in other areas and sectors, promising a few surprise announcements. "This is not a photo op, although you will have an opportunity to take a photo. This is an intense, serious dialogue bilaterally between the US. and Pakistan," he said in a hurried briefing at the state department that followed a White House meeting of principals where, Holbrooke said, -- "almost every senior person in the United States foreign policy community was in the room" to discuss US policy for the region.

Pakistan too is striving to broad-base its ties with the US on the same lines as India's expansive engagement, covering sector beyond security. Indicative of the broad agenda for the March 24 talks, the Pakistani delegation led by Foreign Miniser Qureshi includes Minister of Defense Mukhtar Ahmad, Finance Minister nominee Abdul Shaikh, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Social Issues Wazir Ali; Advisor to the Prime Minister on Agriculture and Water Majidullah; the Chief of Staff of the Army General Kayani and his delegation of military advisors; Ambassador Hussain Haqqani; Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir; and Secretaries of Information Technology, Water and Power, Finance, Agriculture, Defense, among others.

The US delegation, led by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton includes Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mullen, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Deputy Secretary of State Jack Lew, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Neal Wolin, National Security Council Senior Director David Lipton, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Marantis, the Administrator of USAID Raj Shah, myself, Ambassador Anne Patterson and Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Judith McHale, Under Secretary of Defense Michele Flournoy and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense David Sydney, among others.

Pak to US: Terror bill worth $35 billion, nuke deal - US - World - The Times of India

the hell is so funny ?! Frkin troll

 

[JohnyD]

General Kayani - A Musharraf in the making?

General Ashfaq Kayani, the chief of staff of the Pakistan Army, is much in the news these days. Senior foreign diplomatic officials make it a point to consult with him when in Islamabad. He has just renewed the term of the ISI chief, Shuja Pasha, and he has recently commented at length on Pakistan’s role and interests in Afghanistan. His presence in the political limelight is nothing short of intriguing. After all, Pakistan has a legitimately elected government and is ostensibly a functioning democracy. More to the point, barely a year ago, a host of commentators had blithely argued that he would prove to be the model for an apolitical general.

 

[kidwaibhai]

General Kayani needs to understand that the people will not allow him to overthrow an elected government. Those times are done and over with.

 

[fatman17]

General Kayani needs to understand that the people will not allow him to overthrow an elected government. Those times are done and over with.

where did u get this idea / notion that he is ?

 

[Tomahawk]

More F15C/D?

Didn't know that we already had F-15 .