Comments on: Islamabad Tonight – 16 November 2009

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By: JJ Khan

JJ Khan — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:27:44 +0000

Mulla Jatt

Said:”I not like zardari but he has pakistan president”, this is joke of the day! Nice.

You have a very good avatar that exactly represents your true personality and sense. haha

By: maulajatt

maulajatt — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:51:07 +0000

@jj khan

religion exploeters also jokers. they good at looting dollers in jahad. i not like zardari but he has pakistan president.

By: molabuksh

molabuksh — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:41:04 +0000

Those who hoped that the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s recent statement expressing his readiness to discuss all issues with Pakistan would presage an end to the persisting diplomatic impasse were bound to be disappointed.

Mr Singh actually said little that was new. During his visit to Srinagar on October 26, he said he was not setting pre-conditions but the “practical aspect” was that talks would not make headway unless Pakistan took effective action against terrorism. His readiness for talks was, therefore, placed squarely in the context of Pakistan being able to create an “atmosphere that is fruitful for negotiations”.

This pronouncement was neither accompanied nor followed by any move by Delhi to re-engage Islamabad in a dialogue. Quite the contrary. Delhi declined to respond to the ‘road map’ for resuming talks that Pakistan had conveyed to Indian officials on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session in New York.

It is quite customary for Indian leaders visiting the troubled valley to talk peace. The timing of Prime Minister Singh’s remarks provides an even better indication of his intent. His peace rhetoric coincided with the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to Pakistan. The remarks also came ahead of his upcoming visit to Washington — the first state visit of the Obama presidency. Thus one aim could have been to preclude the possibility of the US injecting itself into the Pakistan-India equation on Kashmir.

Above is a excerption of Dr Maliha lODHI ARTICLE IN thenews.It is worth reading.

By: mazloomlog

mazloomlog — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:31:29 +0000

Pakistan ranks 42nd in global corruption index: TI
According to the latest Transparency International (TI) corruption report, Pakistan has become more corrupt as compared to 2008.

The TI announced its report today in which Pakistan had moved up quite a few positions in the list of the most corrupt countries and ranked at number 42 in the list.

Releasing the annual report, the TI chief in Pakistan, Adeel Gilani, had said that anti-corruption efforts in the country had taken a 180 degree turn after Gen Pervez Musharraf issued the National Reconciliation Ordinance on October 5, 2007, 56 days after the ratification of the UN Convention against Corruption.

A clear proof of venal PPP government corrupt Zardari and company.

By: sherepunjab

sherepunjab — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:24:22 +0000

WHAT many of us had suspected for some years now, that the US wanted to take out our nuclear weapons one way or another, has been confirmed by a senior US journalist, Seymour Hersh. It was never feasible for the US to take out our weapons by military targeting, so their aim has been to create enough instability in the country and thereby justify taking the nukes in their custody. They are seeking access to our triggers and weapon systems’ sites but have failed so far. The Hersh account also talks of an erroneous alert whereby the US mobilised a rapid response force which actually arrived in Dubai before realising the alarm was false.
Now the US must think we are really stupid for no matter how much anyone demonises the military, there is absolutely no way in which the Pakistan military will give any access to the US in terms of our actual weapons or even their whereabouts. But unfortunately, Musharraf and others have given away too many hints and there is also the factor of the Presidency and Farhatullah Babar, who was for many years working with the PAEC at a time when security was more lax. By collecting enough hints of information, the US can connect the dots, especially if they also have boots on the ground for physical surveillance and purchase of information.
Hersh is right in talking about the US plan to grab our nuclear triggers but trying to claim it as a bilateral agreement with the military is false and meant to undermine the military as well as hope that in its denials some further revelations may be made. The aborted action in Dubai by special US forces was more likely a dry run than an aborted mission. The growing presence of covert US personnel around Islamabad and in the US mission is a direct security threat for Pakistan. All those caught with weapons and then released plus the presence of DynaCorp and Xe Worldwide are now fitting into the larger threatening picture. No wonder the Sihala facility has become a virtual fortress for US security personnel just as the training facility in Rawat offers the US a covert operational base. One is not sure how much the government has compromised on our nuclear assets with the US since it continues to provide shelter to these covert operatives in their questionable activities. But why has the military adopted such a tolerant approach to this blatant US intrusiveness? It is probably true that the team meant to seize our nuclear assets is already housed in the US embassy. Surely it is time for the government to come clean and send these Americans back before it is too late – if it is not already so.

Above article in THENATION tells us lot about American intentions about our nuclear arsenals and our own people who connived with Americans.

By: Wajahat

Wajahat — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:13:30 +0000

Zardari would never realize how badly he had damaged the institution of Presidency. First there were used to military dictator to ruin this nation. COAS was holding powers of President and Chief Executive under Musharraf.
Now zardari has experimented a new thing, co-chairman of PPP, holds party meetings in President House, draws all his powers not from people of Pakistan who voted his party to power, but from Washington, which paved the way for his NRO arrangement with Musharraf.
So one of the most corrupt person around was abel to become President, despite the fact that he was under muder investigation on three counts.
Is he any different from Musharraf?

By: jaagpakistanijaag

jaagpakistanijaag — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:50:31 +0000

THERE seems to be a new onslaught of pressure by the US on Pakistan, despite the fact that the US has never had so much official compliance from the Pakistani state as it does at present. Yet the US is not satisfied and the reason is fairly apparent by now. It would appear that the military has not got itself into a quagmire in SWA, unlike NATO and the US military in Afghanistan. This means that the US will find it much harder to convince the world that Pakistan’s nuclear assets must be handed over to international, that is American, control. Yet the US had everything else in place for this purpose including a special team to grab these assets.

By: JJ Khan

JJ Khan — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:47:21 +0000

Zardari is a joker who is good at looting commission.

Roidad Khan spoke tough.