PakUS Strategic Partnership without Pashtuns Share

[pir_Rokhan]

Press Release: Pak US Strategic Partnership without Pashtuns Share
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Press Release

Toronto – (March 19, 2010 ) - The United States and Pakistan will hold their first strategic dialogue at the ministerial level in Washington DC on March 24. The significance of this meeting can be assessed from the fact that apart from the prime minister, the foreign minister and government officials, Pakistan’s Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), General Kayani, will also be part of the delegation.

The main focus will be FATA and Pukhtunkhwa. The State Department Mark Toner, said “Obviously, we're talking about … Afghanistan, the situation there, the spill-over into the FATA [Federally Administered Tribal Areas] and how to really better engage. And in fact, we've seen some successes on that front in recent weeks on terrorism.”

However, no representative from the Pukhtunkhwa (NWFP) and FATA areas are included in this critical strategic dialogue on FATA, terrorism and economic development. Even the Chairman of the standing committee on Foreign Affairs, Asfandyar Wali Khan was also excluded from. We suspect because he represents Pushtuns, who have a somewhat different approach towards relations with India and Afghanistan (than the Pakistani Punjabi dominant establishment that historically has been more adversarial).

Exclusion of Pashtun would mean that both the US and Pakistan’s Punjabi dominant establishment are unlikely to be in a position to solve the current crisis in these areas and can benefit Taliban and Al-Qaida. Pashtuns consider Taliban a sub-group of Al-Qaida.

Pushtuns demand the inclusion of representatives from FATA, Pukhtunkhwa and other Pushtun representatives in this significant dialogue otherwise Pashtun will denounce any outcome that is against Pashtunn’s interests and benefit Punjab and Pakistan military establishment only.


Background:

Pushtuns have been portrayed as being synonymous with Taliban and terrorism by a Pakistani-Punjabi-biased establishment. Since Pakistan is the main ally of the U.S. and because of the non-inclusion of ethnic Pushtuns, Pushtuns feel that whatever policies come out of these negotiations; will be biased in favor of one ethnicity over the majority who live in these areas.

Pushtuns feel that the distrust that the Pakistani establishment demonstrates towards the majority of Pushtuns, reinforces the exploitation that has historically taken place at the expense of the people of these areas, misinforms the U.S. as to the true scope of what is happening on the ground, and will likely not lead to a resolution that both the U.S. and the people of FATA and Pukhtunkwa desire. Alienating the very people who have the same goals (namely to eradicate extremism and allow for peace to replace the Islamism that threatens to destabilize the region further), can only lead to more chaos. For Pakistan to be an honest partner, representation of the Pushtun people have to be considered imperative.

[Talal]

The great pir porkhan is at it again.. Here let me put down the original story for you because you have a habit of putting facebook stories here so this is the original story k?

Asfandyar isn't on-board because HE IS NOT A MINISTER..Guess who is ? Ameer Haider Khan Hoti and guess which party is he from ? ANP and guess where he is going ? to the frikin states along with all the "ministers" comprende ?

AND the reason Asfand isn't tagging along is because he did this in 2008

WASHINGTON, May 9: ANP president Asfandyar Wali spent Friday with American military officials at the US Central Command in Tampa, Florida, diplomatic sources told Dawn.

Earlier, he spent a week in Washington where he met senior officials at the State Department, the White House and the vice president’s office.

At the State Department, he is believed to have met Deputy Secretary Negroponte although the department is refusing to confirm or deny the meeting.

It is not clear who he met at the White House or at the vice president’s office.

US officials are completely silent on the visit and are refusing even to offer any comments. Although Mr Wali has several relatives and party member in the Greater Washington Area, they too are refusing to talk.

The ANP leader came to Washington earlier this week with a four-member delegation which includes him, Afrasayab Khatak, Saquibullah Chamkanai and Bushra Gauhar.

ANP sources, when pressed for comments, said that publicizing their engagements in Washington could endanger the lives of the visitors when they return home.

“Nobody in the Pashtun areas likes open association with the Americans,” said one such source. “At some places in the Pashtun belt, embracing an American could mean embracing death.”

Even the Pakistan Embassy refused to talk about the visit, saying it was a private affair and does not involve the embassy.

And here is the original story

EDITORIAL: Pakistan-US strategic dialogue
Pakistan and the US are all set to meet for an important strategic dialogue on March 24 in Washington. “The objective of strategic dialogue is to enhance people-to-people relationships, which can bridge the trust deficit,” was how Prime Minister Gilani described the upcoming meeting. The Washington ‘meet’ will be of utmost importance for both the US and its frontline ally in the war on terror. A high power delegation from Pakistan will be meeting its American counterparts. The significance of this meeting can be assessed from the fact that apart from the prime minister, the foreign minister and other ministers and government officials, Pakistan’s Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), General Kayani, will also be part of the delegation. General Kayani has already held a meeting with Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi to discuss the agenda for the Pak-US strategic dialogue. In the said meeting, the COAS exchanged views on matters related to Pakistan and India. If read between the lines, this exchange is actually going to be the central point of the agenda at the meeting in Washington.

With their war phase coming to an end, the plan to leave Afghanistan is very much on the cards for the US-led NATO forces. The Americans are seeking an honourable exit from Afghanistan but they do not want to leave without ensuring that a stable government and properly trained security forces are in place. For this they need the help of Afghanistan’s most important neighbour, Pakistan. But it seems that Pakistan is not very happy with the Karzai government’s one-on-one negotiations with the Afghan Taliban or Saudi mediation in Afghanistan. Cutting out Pakistan and the ISI has not gone down well with the military establishment in the country. It has been reported that President Karzai expressed his displeasure at the arrest of top Taliban leadership from Pakistan. In not so many words, Karzai has said that these measures were taken to sabotage the reconciliation process in Afghanistan and that Pakistan is manoeuvring to stay centre-stage in a post-US dispensation in the country. The Afghans are also wary of a proxy war between India and Pakistan on their soil. In the past we have witnessed terrorist attacks targeting Indians and Pakistanis in Afghanistan. Retaliatory attacks then follow as we can see from yesterday’s attack in Kandahar near a Pakistani consulate. This could be a retaliatory attack considering that India had earlier blamed Pakistan for an attack at a guesthouse in Kabul where several Indians were killed.

It is rather unfortunate that after 40 years of warfare in the country, instead of healing the wounds of the Afghan people, subcontinental rivalry is poised to cause even more damage to an already war-torn country. Pakistan insists that India be cut out from playing an active role in Afghanistan. Well, we should have thought about it before adopting a dual policy after 9/11. During the Soviet invasion and even after that, Pakistan had great influence in Afghanistan. Instead of retaining that advantage, we tried to outwit the Americans, which opened the door for India to make an entrance with its aid, reconstruction and rehabilitation programmes in Afghanistan. A proxy war between India and Pakistan would only lead to an increase in tensions, conflict and arguably a delay in the withdrawal of foreign troops. This is certainly not a good strategy. In the interest of continuity, Pakistan has recently adopted a policy of extensions, but there should be no extension of our Afghan policy. We should be rallying for a broad political consensus in Afghanistan so that peace can return to the region, and the world.

[pir_Rokhan]

Credere..Though you are from a stock of a self-respectless paindoos with wet dhotis around their filthy rears,however I would suggest do not cross the limits of decency.I differ with you politically and try to expose your ISI and ISPR propaganda which you post to misguide Pashtuns and to Punjabise them and call it Pakistanisation.

On a serious note,let me tell you seriously that it is neither going to help Pakistan nor Pashtuns.It is better to be critical to pin point the faults and limitations so Pakistan ,if it can exist at all,should be given a fair trial to survive.We are just against injustice not against any people ,nation,religion ,race our country.You would know in the hearts of your heart that while Punjabis hae benefitted from Pakistan and sacrificed less and havent brought any laurels to Pakistan,Pakhtuns have sacrificed more for your country and have gained nothing except misery,death and destruction due to the policies of GHQ - the real anti democratic force in Pakistan.

Justifying every idiotic and non sense act of the ruling junta,just makes you a certified bootlicker of the power elite and you loose your own ethical standing and credibility as a person with a point of view.I hope you understand it without getting offended.

And instead of arguing do not post the newspapers of these sold-out journalists.I know them very well.It is better you give your analysis than to keep on copying and pasting nonsense of these certified bootlickers of the GHQ.

Now coming to the respresentation of Pashtuns,tell me what type of argument is it when you say that as Asfandyar Khan is not a minister [though chairman of foreign relations committee] hence he can not go.Are they going to a session of NA for voting or to safeguard the interests of this failed state?

Hope it rings bells in your mind which otherwise only understands licking the balls of those in power.

[Talal]

ramble on dude, i started debating with you at first because i didnt know you and i always assume the other person has some substance till they prove me wrong..you have your own racist views and ramblings, not worth my time.