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What the WikiLeaks cables do not tell usThese are questions unanswered in the trove of secret US diplomatic cables on WikiLeaks.
Musharraf wants Iran to give up on N-weapons“We don’t want anyone else to get it," he allegedly said.
“Haphazard mix” of Pakistan’s energy bureaucracyThe inefficiency of policymaking in Pakistan`s energy sector was clear.
‘Water issues could sweep away Indo-Pak peace process’
KARACHI: American diplomats were not very hopeful about the long-term prospects of Pakistan and India easily resolving their disagreements about…
KARACHI: American diplomats were not very hopeful about the long-term prospects of Pakistan and India easily resolving their disagreements about…
US wanted closer scrutiny of ‘cash couriers’ providing terror financing
KARACHI: US diplomatic cables obtained by Dawn through WikiLeaks reveal American concerns about funds for the Taliban flowing from the…
KARACHI: US diplomatic cables obtained by Dawn through WikiLeaks reveal American concerns about funds for the Taliban flowing from the…
Relief account in PM’s name arouses suspicion
KARACHI: The Pakistan embassy in Kuwait had raised suspicions of corruption by formally approaching the Kuwaiti government for permission to…
KARACHI: The Pakistan embassy in Kuwait had raised suspicions of corruption by formally approaching the Kuwaiti government for permission to…
India failed to provide information for listing militants as terrorist
KARACHI: For the past many years China has continued to place a ‘technical hold’ in the United Nations to block…
KARACHI: For the past many years China has continued to place a ‘technical hold’ in the United Nations to block…
Indian army hurdle in way of Siachen solution
KARACHI: The Indian army, and not just the civilian government, has played a role in the ongoing deadlock with Pakistan…
KARACHI: The Indian army, and not just the civilian government, has played a role in the ongoing deadlock with Pakistan…
Managing perceptions and the media
KARACHI: It is a testament to the new-found influence of the media as well as the American and Pakistani establishments’…
KARACHI: It is a testament to the new-found influence of the media as well as the American and Pakistani establishments’…
What friends say about Pakistan in private
KARACHI: Pakistan remains “an army in search of a country,” according to French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s Diplomatic Adviser. The condescending…
KARACHI: Pakistan remains “an army in search of a country,” according to French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s Diplomatic Adviser. The condescending…
When US tried to force its terms for investment treaty
KARACHI: When former Attorney General Makhdoom Ali Khan resigned from Gen Musharraf’s cabinet in the wake of the Supreme Court’s…
KARACHI: When former Attorney General Makhdoom Ali Khan resigned from Gen Musharraf’s cabinet in the wake of the Supreme Court’s…
Civil-military tensions over US funding for army
KARACHI: The Pakistani government had complained to the US about being unaware of American funding provided directly to the Pakistan…
KARACHI: The Pakistani government had complained to the US about being unaware of American funding provided directly to the Pakistan…
UAE was upset over leak about Balochistan airstrip
KARACHI: The UAE government was extremely concerned, as far back as 2005, that details about its military cooperation with the…
KARACHI: The UAE government was extremely concerned, as far back as 2005, that details about its military cooperation with the…
US thinks anti-Americanism rife in NDU
KARACHI: The US ambassador to Pakistan had expressed concern about the distance between Pakistan military officials and the Americans that…
KARACHI: The US ambassador to Pakistan had expressed concern about the distance between Pakistan military officials and the Americans that…
Intense US monitoring of Pakistan's nuclear and missile programmes
KARACHI: Despite Pakistan’s repeated assurances that its history as a nuclear scofflaw was firmly behind it, the US has continued…
KARACHI: Despite Pakistan’s repeated assurances that its history as a nuclear scofflaw was firmly behind it, the US has continued…
Don’t provide Iran with a foothold, US told Pak
KARACHI: A US State Department official in a meeting urged President Asif Ali Zardari against accepting Iran’s offer of concessional…
KARACHI: A US State Department official in a meeting urged President Asif Ali Zardari against accepting Iran’s offer of concessional…
Zardari assured Dogar he would not be removed
KARACHI: PPP Co-Chairperson Asif Zardari told US Ambassador Anne W. Patterson a day after signing the Murree Declaration with PML-N…
KARACHI: PPP Co-Chairperson Asif Zardari told US Ambassador Anne W. Patterson a day after signing the Murree Declaration with PML-N…
US was concerned about Pakistan opposing its interests at the UN
KARACHI: United States officials expressed grave reservations over the trend of Pakistan’s positions at the United Nations becoming increasingly divergent…
KARACHI: United States officials expressed grave reservations over the trend of Pakistan’s positions at the United Nations becoming increasingly divergent…
‘Armed gangs outnumber police in Karachi’
KARACHI: “The police are only one of several armed groups and probably not the most numerous or best equipped,” according…
KARACHI: “The police are only one of several armed groups and probably not the most numerous or best equipped,” according…
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Saifullah Paracha’s continued detention at Gitmo a mystery The US claims Paracha, 64 was involved in terrorist activities.
To Presidency, via WikiLeaks WikiLeaks have enriched data reputation and images are built upon and broken.
WikiLeaks: wackiest whistleblower When you dare to steal secrets from America, you have to be kind of wacky.
Emotion versus reality
THIS publication’s WikiLeaks scoop (well done, by the way!) has certainly opened things up, and we are being hit in…
THIS publication’s WikiLeaks scoop (well done, by the way!) has certainly opened things up, and we are being hit in…
Southern Punjab leaks
The official reaction is still awaited to a WikiLeaks cable about money from some Arab countries finding its way to…
The official reaction is still awaited to a WikiLeaks cable about money from some Arab countries finding its way to…
Our causes Leak on Pakistan
As WikiLeaks finds new media friends in Pakistan, there is a deafening silence in some corridors of power. Whatever…
As WikiLeaks finds new media friends in Pakistan, there is a deafening silence in some corridors of power. Whatever…
The Establishment’s true lies
The WikiLeaks’ cables on drone attacks in Pakistan by the Americans have finally confirmed what’s been an open secret…
The WikiLeaks’ cables on drone attacks in Pakistan by the Americans have finally confirmed what’s been an open secret…
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We have no right to be surprised ... given what we should have learned from history about how states operate.
Things we learned from the WikiLeaks Pakistan cables Pakistan's rent seeking elite barters power and privilege with that alien foreign force.
WikiLeaks confirms nobody cares about you Pakistani leaders have more faith in the American government than they do in themselves.
