US senator criticises China visit

[Pioneerfirst]

No tension,we do not need your aid it is only 0.65 % of our GDP.this aid is spent by US not by Pakistanis so keep it with you.

 

[AAtish]

I am so scared.. what are we gonna do? How we gonna live, if 30% of 1.1 billion doesn't reach the accounts of our Politicians? Damn..

Life and Death situation..

Get the fk Off..

 

[DarK-LorD]

BTW It's Pakistan & it's people wish whom they want to be friends with.I have heard that an average Pakistani favors China more than US.

 

[RazorMC]

"Since 2002, Pakistan has received more than $20 billion from the US, making the country one of the largest US aid recipients, according to the Congressional Research Service. Nearly $9 billion of that has been in the form of reimbursements for Pakistan's costs to support the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan"

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I read these articles but not surprisingly there hasn't been any comprehensive explanation about the exact amount and the dates they were actually transferred on.

If so much of it is reimbursement, then how is considered aid ? Has it even been received by Pakistan yet ?

And the newspaper continues publishing this garbage without verifying it first.

The US supports India's SC bid and provides nuclear tech but gets frustrated when we call China our friend !!

Kindly stop the duplicity and stop the aid. We went through sanctions in the 90s and today we reap the rewards in the form of Thunders and other military hardware from China. Just open the doors to Russia and Iran as well and keep the US out of our equations.

Lets have good relations with them and keep it at that. No more third base

 

[somebozo]

US should go to hell
Tell me one thing what US senators are not critisizing??
How about some ethics here..sending CIA opertives to plant false terrorist strikes..
Now there is a very possibility that 26/11 terrorist attacked was staged by CIA operatives in Pakistan running their mini-terrorist schools to brainwash few people and send them over..Pakistan at large is a sensible country of sensible people not a lawless Somalia

 

[Pak_Sher]

Senator: We caught Raymond Davis and busted his CIA Spy ring authorized by the US tax dollars. Uncle Senator stop terrorism around the world before the US$ is worth less than toilet paper. Though toilet paper may still be useful in the long term.

Most of the terrorism is Pakistan is funded by the US and Pakistani Talibaan are a product of the CIA.

 

[monitor]

Think serious, think American?

What matters is that the Osama episode has put us in a hole and we first need to claw our way out of this pit and only then get on with doing things the right way.

Mohammad Malick

American standup comedian Eddie Murphy once cracked a real funny racial slur when addressing an imaginary black friend he said, "Think serious, think white". Unfortunately for us, neither is Pakistan in a funny situation nor is its 'friend' imaginary. So maybe it's also time for Pakistan to "think serious, think American". The government and the people of Pakistan in particular need to understand that while the world may not be unipolar it is being commandeered nevertheless by a unipolar superpower which is now openly telling everyone that it will do everything its way, because it can. Now you know why Frank Sinatra's "I did it my way" remains eternally popular with our American friends. So with Pakistan finding itself in the cross hairs of a miffed mighty, what does it do next?
For starters, we need to look beyond the contemporary rhetoric of leadership in both countries and concentrate on the substantive US policy objectives, both declared and not so declared. This 'objective oriented analysis of developments' could be our first step towards thinking-American. Isn't it interesting how suddenly the unrelated issue of the safety of Pakistan's nuclear assets has come up tops on US security menu and only because one man, along with his three wives, had managed to hide amongst a nation of 180 million people? The latest visit of Senator John Kerry, arguably one of the closest things resembling a sympathiser of Pakistan within the US power corridors, was aptly summed in his own one liner when he declared that the future Pak-US relationship shall be defined by "actions and not words". Here too without saying it he made it abundantly clear that his reference was exclusively to Pakistan's actions. This statement was not a spur of the moment uttering by Kerry the individual, but a calibrated message based on formal US policy.
Then Kerry also talked about Pakistan's nuclear assets. It is irrelevant that he thought they were in safe hands (for now), because what is relevant is his flagging the nuclear issue in the first instance as did Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in her dramatically timed phone call to Prime Minister Gillani. Is this latest flagging of nuclear issue contemporary political verbosity or the implementation of the next stage of the long held US policy vis-a-vis our nuclear programme?
Did we ever ponder why Senator Lugar, and not any other, had stepped in after Joe Biden to co-author the Kerry-Lugar bill? The original draft of the legislation had overwhelmingly focused on socio-economic development but after Lugar its orientation swung the nuclear way, of course under the garb of this security concern or another. Is it a sheer coincidence that Senator Lugar also happened to have teamed with Senator Nunn to create 'policy legislation' that ultimately saw the demise of the Soviet nuclear programme? Our own KLB replicates certain provisions including bestowing the right to sell Pakistan's national resources to pay for expenses associated with CTR (Cooperative Threat Reduction). The Soviets were actually billed for over 350 sting operations carried out against them by US in the name of CTR. And this is only one small part of the big policy picture.
Pakistan must wake up and smell the coffee, the American brewed to be precise. Time has come for us to recognise the drastically changed global political and security landscape and to readjust our actions, emotions, and 'internal power equations' accordingly. It cannot be business as usual. The new worldview being shaped by a belligerent over $3.2 trillion a year US war industry is wrong but it is the prevalent reality nevertheless and one that must be factored into our policy making. And it gets even worse. The proposed National Defence Authorisation Act expands the notion of America's enemy to include forces "associated" with identified antagonists like Al-Qaeda and Taliban, and whoever is put next on the list once a delusional general like David Petraeus takes over CIA. Add this to our already having agreed to the inclusion of "terrorist sanctuaries" in our beloved Kerry-Lugar bill and the policy framework for 'legitimate' US military unilateralism in Pakistan and elsewhere in the world stands completed. America has started behaving like a swaggering empire and we need to plan accordingly.
And our doing so should not in any way be confused with us giving up our national honour (as the deliberately misleading 'ghairat' brigade will claim) but only tampering it with timely pragmatism. Our holy Prophet (PBUH) laid down examples of tactical easing off with his hijrat and Pact Hudabiya. Clear examples that short-term unpleasant tactical back stepping was ok, as long as one did not abandon legitimate desired strategic objectives. Whether it was a US induced intelligence failure or outright incompetence of our own sleuths is immaterial. What matters is that the Osama episode has put us in a hole and we first need to claw our way out of this pit and only then get on with doing things the right way. And we must begin in earnest by taking a worldview of our local priorities and concerns. We need to eschew conflict and buy time to build our economic might and positive relevance in the comity of nations. The world needs to be convinced that it would be a better place with us, and not without us. And if doing so means taking a step back without jeopardising our security then be it. There will always be another day.

The writer is editor The News, Islamabad.

 

[MastanKhan]

meaning thereby, "kurkur kithay, tey anday kithay..."

Buddy,

Thank you very much for that comment ---one of my grand aunts would have said something like that----it just crakced me up.

 

[MastanKhan]

People--people---people---,

There is no reason to get mad people----. There is no way out for now---so why do it for free-----they are not going away any time soon---. People need to calm down-----.

 

[Saifullah Sani]

 

[All-Green]

You need to update ur self about nawaz sharif
1.where is the sources when he apologized to india ?????even kargil war was started by Musharraf he didn't inform to P.M without the knowledge of Nawaz sharif

2.wht ever happened in karachi was in interest of pakistan, karachi need another military operation as soon as possible

3.he belong to multi millionaire family you cannot rise ur finger n say he is corrupt there is no corruptions charges on him, even your god father mush couldn't prove any corruptions on him..

For God's sake at least try to really analyze the words and actions of these people who have been duping you and me all this time.
Nawaz is a product of Zia and another parasite which has attached itself onto our motherland.
We cannot expect any good out of this neo Mughal Prince.

The Qarz utaro mulk sanwaro scheme was used to loot Pakistanis without any accountability.
The freezing of foreign currency accounts destroyed confidence of overseas Pakistanis and dealt a devastating blow to economy.
The palace in Raiwind and the lavish lifestyle while paying peanuts in income TAX shows how much honest this guy really is.
Only when Imran Khan has exposed him again and again did he pay more Taxes but surprisingly he still pays peanuts.
He had enough money to spend on a steel mill in KSA while he was supposedly kicked out without any penny from Pakistan.

These are all cheats my friend and we poor Pakistanis waste our breath when we defend them.

What about his stance on Raymond Davis case?
What about his stance on drones?
What about his stance on terrorism?
What about his input and participation in all the briefings and meetings of national strategic importance regarding both internal and external challenges?

He is either in London when there is dire need of leadership or gives some reserved comments without taking any action.
Biggest party in the biggest province sitting in assembly and still they cannot do anything regarding anything?

Raymond Davis was in Punjab so what did the fearless leader do to ensure that his party is in the streets calling for a fair trial and punishment?
His stance was to keep low and then covertly hint that it was ISI and federal government which was responsible...well ain't that just cute!

His own party leaders are invited to the rallies of a terrorist organization which believes in sectarian killings as a ticket to heaven!
Rana Sanaullah was quite content when Laskher e jhangvi activists were chanting anti Shia Slogans.
When the Law minister of PML-N in Punjab mixes with outlaws who are sectarian killers...it shows how sincere this current leadership under Nawaz Sharif really is to the cause of Pakistanis.
Vote bank gained by supporting militancy and extremism is more precious to these leeches than blood of Pakistanis.
Their anti Shia links may please their certain Arab financers, but are unacceptable to majority of Pakistanis and are a major cause of the current bloodshed, i daresay it is this sanctuary of extremism which is being used by AQ and all enemies of Pakistan to strike at us via the terrorism being perpetrated in the name of Islam.
This political acceptance of sectarian killers/terrorists is destroying the peace of Pakistan and Nawaz Sharif is the primary culprit because he is heading the second largest party in Pakistan.
His focus is more on Musharraf rather than being a leader for Pakistan and taking stand rather than making comments.
He will never ever take on these Laskhars which are terrorists in thought and action but are politically important to him.
After all he is a product of Zia and twisting Islam and using it for political gains is his forte.

You know why there is so much extremism in our society?
It is because Zia and then his spawn Nawaz Sharif believed in using religious card to play power politics and this is how the Laskhars have never been eliminated despite killing innocent Pakistanis via their banned militant outfits.

Nawaz Sharif is no good for Pakistan and we need sincere and honest leadership in future.
Same goes for majority of other major party heads as well.

 

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[Rank]

who the hell are the US to lecture us on who to have as friends and who not.

Are we holding the US at gun point that they are giving us aid of meager a Billion $$ or so a year, in which also majority of the money goes back into the pocket of US.

For God sake keep the Billion dollar aid to yourself and use it on your own nation which is in much more need of this money.

Let us suffer the consequences, as we will rise again on our own feet.

And as for Jim Jones statement, well just pathetic i would say.

Height of stupidity and arrogance from the US.

Our Govt and Military generals allowed them to pass such statements