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KARACHI Benazir Bhutto had returned to Pakistan despite threat to her life only after getting clearance from the United States and her husband Asif Ali Zardari and believed that US was our safety blanket, according to WikiLeaks disclosure of then US ambassador s cables dated January 28, 2008 and aired by private tv channel Geo.
The cables also claimed that Zardari acknowledged that he believed that the more he would get closer to Gen. Ashfaq Kayani, the more Kayani would be weakened. WikiLeaks also exposed the double face of Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Amir Haider Hoti, who, according to Peshawar US Counsel Principal Officer Lynne Tracys cable dated April 30, 2009 said Hoti has welcomed drone attacks, but he said that he could never support it in public.
Lahore US Counsel Principal Officer Brian Hunt said former Punjab governor Salman Taseer was critical of Shahbaz Sharifs government. In a cable dated Dece. 31, 2008, Hunt wrote Taseer was of the view that Shahbazs government was highly heart burning. Shahbaz Sharif is hard working, but just like my gardener. Brian Hunt in memo dated February 7, 2009 wrote that Taseer has nothing to do with the lawyers long march and he is getting ready for celebrating Basant (kite-flying festival) and he would see whether the people give importance to Islamabad march or Basant party.
WikiLeaks: Benazir returned to Pakistan after US clearance
The cables also claimed that Zardari acknowledged that he believed that the more he would get closer to Gen. Ashfaq Kayani, the more Kayani would be weakened. WikiLeaks also exposed the double face of Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Amir Haider Hoti, who, according to Peshawar US Counsel Principal Officer Lynne Tracys cable dated April 30, 2009 said Hoti has welcomed drone attacks, but he said that he could never support it in public.
Lahore US Counsel Principal Officer Brian Hunt said former Punjab governor Salman Taseer was critical of Shahbaz Sharifs government. In a cable dated Dece. 31, 2008, Hunt wrote Taseer was of the view that Shahbazs government was highly heart burning. Shahbaz Sharif is hard working, but just like my gardener. Brian Hunt in memo dated February 7, 2009 wrote that Taseer has nothing to do with the lawyers long march and he is getting ready for celebrating Basant (kite-flying festival) and he would see whether the people give importance to Islamabad march or Basant party.
WikiLeaks: Benazir returned to Pakistan after US clearance
