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SUBJECT:  PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 02, 2009 
 
Summary:  Reports on U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Feierstein's media 
roundtable dominated front pages in all newspapers on Friday.  All 
major dailies quoted him as saying that "Taliban leader Mullah Omar 
was in Quetta while Usama was in FATA." Side by side, newspapers 
also ran Pakistan Foreign Office's denial terming the statement of 
the DCM as "baseless speculation."  Also highlighted were remarks 
attributed to Interior Minister Malik that the "U.S. (had) raised 
Quetta Shura (issue) with President Zardari (as well)."  Several 
major newspapers highlighted report that the "U.S. and Pakistan 
signed agreements worth 899 million dollar in the areas of health, 
education, governance, and reconstruction."  Reports on the 
International Republican Institute's latest opinion poll that "an 
overwhelming majority of Pakistanis continues to reject the U.S. as 
partner in the country's fight against militancy" received extensive 
coverage.  Also front-paged were reports that the ISI chief General 
Pasha met U.S. security officials in Washington  to "make Pakistan's 
'input' into the new U.S. strategy for the Pak-Afghanistan region." 
Senator Kerry's remarks expressing hope that the "U.S. aid package 
would ease widespread anti-Americanism in Pakistan" also figured 
prominently. 
 
Some major newspapers continued to run editorials and op-eds on the 
pros and cons of the Kerry-Lugar bill just passed by the U.S. 
Congress.  The center-right national English daily "The Nation," 
observed that "backed by parliamentary support, the government could 
have told the U.S. Congress and the Obama administration that the 
Parliament was not prepared to accept the intrusive and 
destabilizing conditionalities."  A prominent columnist Ayaz Amir 
opined in the English language daily, "The News," that the 
"Kerry-Lugar, in so far as it reads like a charter of dictations, 
demeans and diminishes the struggle we are engaged in."  In 
contrast, the center-right Urdu daily "Pakistan," maintained that 
"this could be said with full confidence that Kerry-Lugar Bill does 
not entail anything that could justify a uproar or which could be 
described as transgression of Pakistan's independence and 
sovereignty."  End Summary. 
 
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News Stories 
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"Omar, Usama In Pakistan: Diplomat; U.S. Demands Action In Quetta" 
"Dawn" (10/02) 
 
"The United States stepped up pressure on Pakistan on Thursday, 
asking it to dismantle what a U.S. Embassy official described as 
Taliban's command structure in Quetta, commonly known as the Quetta 
Shura, for the sake of securing peace in Afghanistan.  The diplomat 
did not rule out use of drones against what he called Quetta Shura. 
'In the first instance, we will like the government of Pakistan to 
move aggressively to prevent the use of Pakistan's soil (by Taliban) 
in this way ... we hope the GoP will take steps to arrest these 
individuals,' U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Gerald Feierstein told 
journalists in Islamabad." 
 
"Drone Hits In Quetta Unacceptable: FO" "The Post" (10/02) 
 
"Foreign Office spokesman strongly rejected the allegations of U.S. 
Embassy about the presence of Taliban leaders including Mullah Omar 
in Quetta and termed these allegations as baseless and fabricated. 
The spokesman in his remarks on western media reports and 
allegations leveled by U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Gerald 
Feierstein said that these allegations were baseless and if the 
United States had any information about presence of Taliban 
leadership in Quetta, then it should share this information with 
Pakistan." 
 
"U.S. Raised Quetta Shura With Zardari, Says Malik" "The Nation" 
(10/02) 
 
"Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik in Islamabad on Thursday 
confirmed to the Senate's Standing Committee that the American 
leadership in Washington had asked President Asif Ali Zardari about 
the presence of Al-Qaeda men in Quetta.  'We have asked them to 
provide us with any evidence in this regard,' he added." 
 
"Quetta Not On U.S. Hit List, Says Malik" "The News" (10/02) 
 
"Minister for Interior Rehman Malik on Thursday rejected the news 
report that Quetta was on the U.S. hit list.  'I was with President 
Asif Ali Zardari during his meetings in the U.S. with Hillary 
Clinton, the director CIA, Holbrooke and other U.S. dignitaries. 
They said nothing like that, as there are only apprehensions that 
some Taliban and Mullah Omar might be in Quetta.  We have 
categorically told them that they are not in Quetta and if they have 
real time information, they must give it to us and we will take 
action on it,' he said while talking to journalists in Islamabad." 
 
"U.S. Provides Pakistan With $920 Million For Development" "Daily 
Times" (10/02) 
 
"The Governments of United States and Pakistan on Thursday signed 
agreements worth $899 million in the areas of health, education, 
governance, and reconstruction from the 2005 earthquake.  The 
agreements bring the total obligations to Pakistan through USAID 
this year to $920 million, a statement by the U.S. Embassy said." 
 
"Poll: Pakistanis Oppose Assisting U.S. Terror Fight" "Dawn," "The 
News" (10/02) 
 
"An overwhelming number of Pakistanis believe their leaders should 
not cooperate with the U.S. fight against terrorism, according to a 
poll released on Thursday, amid a spate of American missile strikes 
aimed at Islamist militants that have also killed civilians.  Eighty 
per cent of people surveyed said 'no' when asked if Pakistan should 
assist the U.S. in the 'war on terror,' according to the poll by the 
International Republican Institute, a U.S.-based nonprofit 
organization." 
 
"ISI Chief Meets U.S. Security Officials" "Dawn" (10/02) 
 
"ISI Chief Lt-Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha, who is currently on a trip to 
the United States, has met CIA Director Leon Panetta, President 
Barack Obama's National Security Advisor Gen. James L. Jones and 
U.S. National Intelligence Chief Dennis Blair in Washington to make 
Pakistan's 'input' into the new U.S. strategy for the Pak-Afghan 
region, diplomatic sources told 'Dawn.'  'They discussed the current 
security situation in the Pak-Afghan region,' said a diplomatic 
source aware of the talks.  'Gen. Pasha informed his U.S. 
counterparts how Pakistan views the new policy debate in 
Washington.'" 
 
"Threats To U.S. Emanate From South Asia: FBI" "Dawn" (10/02) 
 
"Top U.S. security officials have once again warned that the 
terrorists based in Afghanistan and Pakistan's tribal areas pose a 
serious threat to the United States and its interests.  In testimony 
before the U.S. Senate, the officials said that despite recent 
arrests, they remained worried about Al Qaeda's intentions, FBI 
Director Robert Mueller told the Senate Homeland Security 
Committee." 
 
"Kerry Hopes Aid Will Ease Hostility" "Dawn" (10/02) 
 
"Senator John Kerry voiced hope on Thursday that a giant US aid 
package would ease widespread anti-Americanism in Pakistan but 
admitted a long road lay ahead.  Mr. Kerry, the head of the Senate 
Foreign Relations Committee and co-author of the act, said the aid 
plan marked a turning point by responding to the needs of Pakistan's 
people rather than just the government.  'It's no secret that the 
relationship between our countries has suffered its share of 
strains. Many Pakistanis believe that the United States has 
exploited them for strategic goals,' Mr. Kerry said at a 
congressional hearing." 
 
"U.S. Bill Not to Hurt Pakistan's Interest Haqqani" "Dawn," "The 
News" (10/02) 
 
"There's nothing in the Kerry-Lugar Bill that contradicts Pakistan's 
stated policy, Ambassador Husain Haqqani told a briefing at the 
Pakistan Embassy in Washington, while rejecting the criticism that 
the proposed legislation seriously undermined the country's 
sovereignty.  The Ambassador noted that such criticism emanated from 
mutual mistrust and the bill was an effort to overcome this 
mistrust." 
 
"Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Plans Protest Drive" "Dawn" (10/02) 
 
"The Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) has decided to speed up its campaign 
against the Kerry-Lugar bill, alleged U.S. interference into 
internal affairs, price hike and load shedding and planned a 
three-month protest campaign.  The campaign includes train marches, 
road caravans, rallies, demonstrations and a signature drive." 
 
"U.S. Defends Inter-Risk Security Agency" "The Nation" (10/02) 
 
"Deputy Chief of Mission, Gerald Feierstein, refused to accept 
Pakistan interior Minister's claim that Inter risk's license had 
been revoked and NOC cancelled - something that was also said on the 
record to 'The Nation' by Additional Secretary Interior, Raja 
Mohammed Ehsan a few days earlier.  The U.S. diplomat, in an 
interaction with journalists on Thursday, asserted, 'We believe its 
(Inter Risk's) NOC is still valid and Inter Risk is a very 
professional security agency.'  He claimed that no law or rules were 
violated by the U.S. Embassy in hiring the agency that deployed 
guards with 'licensed' weapons.  So who is being truthful: the 
Interior Minister and his Ministry or the U.S. Embassy?" 
 
"Action Against Inter Risk For 'Possessing Illegal Arms': Malik" 
"Dawn" (10/02) 
 
"Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that action against Inter 
Risk, a private security company, has been taken because it 
allegedly possessed some illegal weapons and not because it provided 
security to American diplomats, the Minister said while talking to 
reporters after attending a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee 
on Interior on Thursday." 
 
"U.S. Pullout Will Embolden Taliban To Turn On Islamabad: Qureshi" 
"The Nation" (10/10) 
 
"Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has warned the U.S. against 
withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan before the Taliban are 
defeated, saying that if the U.S. forces retreated from the war-torn 
country, the militant group would soon turn its sights again on 
Islamabad." 
 
"More U.S. Troops To Destabilize Pakistan" "The News" (10/02) 
 
"Testifying before a U.S. Senate Committee, Dr. Maleeha Lodhi, 
former Pakistan Ambassador to the U.S. and U.K., has warned of the 
destabilizing effects on Pakistan if Washington opted for a strategy 
of more military escalation in Afghanistan." 
 
"U.S. Urges Stable Pak-India Bilateral Ties" "The News" (10/02) 
 
"Stressing linkages between Pakistan, India and Afghanistan with 
regard to durable peace and stability in South Asia, the United 
States on Wednesday said it encourages dialogue between Islamabad 
and New Delhi for developing a stable bilateral relationship. 
Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs Philip J. Crowley 
said the U.S. is focused on the region and 'understands clearly the 
importance of Afghanistan, the importance of Pakistan, the 
importance of India, and the interaction among those countries.'" 
 
"Battle For Waziristan Looms" "Dawn" (10/02) 
 
"After fighting brief skirmishes against militants, the Pakistan 
Army plans to unfold in the next few days what military officials 
characterize as the mother of all battles in South Waziristan, 
senior military and security officials said on Thursday.  'If we 
don't take the battle to them, they will bring the battle to us,' a 
senior military official said of the militants.  'The epicenter of 
the behemoth called the Taliban lies in South Waziristan, and this 
is where we will be fighting the toughest of all battles.'" 
 
"Hakimullah Mehsud's Brother Killed" "The Nation" (10/10) 
 
"The brother of new Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud has been killed 
in a clash with the military in North Waziristan, security officials 
said on Thursday." 
 
"More Militants Killed, More Areas Cleared" "The Nation" (10/10) 
 
"At least two militants were killed and six other arrested during 
search operation of the security forces in Ghari area of Tehsoil 
Shamozo of the restive Swat district while two personnel of the 
security forces were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up 
in Topri area of Swat on Thursday." 
"3 Militants Killed In Malakand Agency" "The News" (10/02) 
 
"Three militants were killed in search operation by the security 
forces at Aladhand area in Malakand Agency on Thursday." 
 
"U.S. Sends 52 Pakistani Students On American Exchange Visit" "The 
Nation" (10/02) 
 
"U.S. Consul General Karachi, Stephen Fakan on Thursday honored 52 
Pakistani high school students selected to go to Washington, DC, for 
a two-week science and technology exchange program.  The students, 
including 26 girls and 26 boys, are making the trip as part of the 
Links to Learning (ED-Links) program, supported by the U.S. Agency 
for International Development (USAID)." 
 
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Editorials/Op-eds 
--------------------- 
 
"Gilani's Confusions," an editorial in the center-right national 
English daily "The Nation" (cir. 20,000) (10/02) 
 
"Prime Minister Gilani has once more revealed a rather confused 
mind, especially in the context of national issues.  He has declared 
that it was premature to take the issue of the Kerry Lugar Bill to 
the Parliament.  This is absurd because if anything it is already 
late in that an early discussion of this Bill, with the debilitating 
conditionalities, would have reinforced the Pakistani leadership's 
position to seek their retraction before the Bill became law.  In 
other words, backed by parliamentary support, the government could 
have told the U.S. Congress and the Obama Administration that the 
Parliament was not prepared to accept the intrusive and 
destabilizing conditionalities.  Therefore, if the U.S. wanted to 
continue to seek Pakistan's support in the 'war on terror' it would 
have to remove these conditionalities." 
 
"Kerry-Lugar: Bill Or Document Of Surrender?," an op-ed Ayaz Amir in 
the populist, often sensational national English daily "The News" 
(cir. 55,000) (10/02) 
 
 
"The Kerry-Lugar bill, just passed by the U.S. Congress and expected 
to be signed soon by President Obama, leaves an odd taste in the 
mouth.  After wading through tortuous prose, Pakistan seems less an 
ally than a rogue state straight out of the pages of science 
fiction....  Kerry-Lugar requires the U.S. President to 'develop a 
comprehensive interagency regional security strategy to eliminate 
terrorist threats and close safe havens in Pakistan, including by 
working with the government of Pakistan -- to best implement 
effective counterinsurgency and counterterrorism efforts in and near 
the border areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan, including the FATA, 
the NWFP, parts of Balochistan and parts of Punjab.'  Doesn't this 
language suggest that the U.S. President is also President of FATA, 
the NWFP, parts of Balochistan and parts of Punjab?  This is not 
wounded sovereignty but ceded sovereignty.  And for what?  A few 
pieces of silver....  Kerry-Lugar, in so far as it reads like a 
charter of dictations, demeans and diminishes the struggle we are 
engaged in." 
 
"Why This Sloganeering Against The Kerry-Lugar Bill," an editorial 
in the center-right Urdu daily "Pakistan" (cir. 10,000) (10/02) 
 
"This could be said with full confidence that Kerry-Lugar Bill does 
not entail anything that could justify a uproar or which could be 
described as transgression of Pakistan's independence and 
sovereignty.  Fact of the matter is that Pakistan has already 
established policies vis-`-vis the conditions under discussion and 
is implementing them.  Pakistan has a clear and stated policy that 
its soil would not be used for terrorism against any other country 
and that Pakistan would continue to support nuclear 
non-proliferation.  The extremist organizations mentioned in the 
bill had already been banned in Pakistan and some of their 
operatives have been arrested....  The bill passed by the U.S. House 
of Representatives is appropriate and is in accordance with the 
country's need.  There is no justification for the hullabaloo that 
is going on....  Yes, if we don't need the aid, if we can do without 
this aid then the Parliament should hold a debate on the issue and 
refuse to take the assistance." 
 
"Kerry-Lugar Bill: This Is The Time To Take Parliament Into 
Confidence," an editorial in the second largest, nationalist Urdu 
daily "Nawa-i-Waqt" (cir. 150,000) (10/02) 
 
"Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that it is premature to 
take the Parliament into confidence on Kerry-Lugar Bill.... 
Objection raised against the bill are not so much about the money 
being offered, but about the unjust conditions laid down in the bill 
for receiving the aid, which are against national honor and 
sovereignty....  One condition says that Pakistan should continue 
cooperation with America against illegal nuclear proliferation 
networks and if needed should give America access to any Pakistani 
individual involved with such a network.  Another condition is that 
Pakistan will not allow Al-qaeda and Taliban or terrorist groups 
affiliated with them, for example Lashkar-i-Taiba and 
Jaish-i-Muhammad, to use Pakistani soil for launching attacks on 
neighboring countries.  Moreover, those elements of Pakistan Army 
and intelligence agencies would not be supported who would be 
involved in giving direct or indirect assistance to the terrorists. 
How could such shameful conditions be acceptable?...  In fact this 
is the time for taking the Parliament into confidence." 
 
"Kerry-Lugar Bill: Reservations And Importance," an editorial in 
liberal Urdu daily "Express" (cir. 25,000) (10/02) 
 
"This bill could bring about an outstanding change in the U.S. 
relationship with Pakistan's democratic government.  The need of the 
hour is that this bill is once gain reviewed with an open mind and 
in keeping with Pakistan's interests.  On the other hand, the 
government is responsible for responding to the objections raised 
against the bill." 
 
"Increasing Assistance To Pakistan," an editorial in the country's 
premier business newspaper, "Business Recorder" (cir. 25,000) 
(10/02) 
 
"What was the U.S. Senate's objective in passing the bill?  Senator 
Kerry advised his fellow Senators in the second quarter of 2009 that 
'we must approach this endeavor (Kerry-Lugar bill) with a large dose 
of humility.  Our leverage is limited.  This bill aims to increase 
that leverage significantly.'...  There is a consensus in Pakistan 
that U.S. leverage on our governments, past as well as present, has 
been significant....  One would have hoped that a cash-strapped 
government would have shifted the continued reliance on generating 
assistance from abroad, a strategy that has not paid dividends a 
year and a half after the government took over power, to slashing 
expenditure and imports." 
 
"Turning Pakistan Into A Client State," an op-ed by Dr. Muzaffar 
Iqbal in the populist, often sensational national English daily "The 
News" (cir. 55,000) (10/02) 
 
"With the passage of the 'Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 
2009' in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 
Pakistan has formally entered the status of a client state.  The 
term client state, understood in its broad meaning, is synonymous 
with terms such as 'satellite state,' 'puppet state,' 'neo-colony,' 
and 'vassal state....  Pakistani people now stand at real 
cross-road.  If they take the road set by [The Enhanced Partnership 
with Pakistan Act of 2009], they can look forward to handing over 
their children to the Americans in the years to come, to make them 
what they want to make in their own image.  This road to Washington 
will clearly turn the Qibla of this nation and within one 
generation, all that has accumulated in the spiritual and 
intellectual realms through a millennium of slow and organic growth 
of a civilization, will be Americanized." 
 
"No Prizes for Guessing What Pakistan Will Do," an op-ed by Ejaz 
Haider in the Lahore-based liberal English language daily "Daily 
Times" (cir. 10,000) (10/02) 
 
"As the conditionalities stand (in Kerry-Lugar Bill), far from the 
expressed sentiments of partnership and its enhancement, the 
legislation is likely to become a document that will continue to 
sour relations between the two in times to come.  This was 
predictable because rarely are two states so diverse in interests 
put together in one bed by the compulsions of real politik.  The 
U.S. wants to help Pakistan, which is the stated purpose of the 
legislation, and yet cannot bring itself round to trust Pakistan 
even on the central premise of this partnership - i.e., fighting 
terrorism.  Pakistan wants the money, is forced to play ball but 
precisely because its strategic interests in the region diverge, 
more than they converge, with the U.S., it keeps chaffing even as it 
tags along." 
 
"Deciphering The U.S. Aid Bill," an op-ed by Cyril Almeida in the 
Karachi-based center-left independent national English daily "Dawn" 
(cir. 55,000) (10/02) 
 
"Frankly, the conditions themselves are arguably what the state 
should be doing in any case; we need to be rid of the curse of 
militancy and we need to do it for our own good.  But in the present 
context, it matters who is asking us to do it and why.  From a 
hard-nosed, real politik perspective - and you cannot ignore that in 
statecraft - the references amount to Indian security concerns 
inserting themselves into an American bill meant to provide 
democratic, economic and development assistance to Pakistan.  So 
even if you ignore, and you should, the most outrageous bile of the 
bill's critics, the more subtle point is reinforced: we remain a 
tactical ally of the U.S., not a strategic partner.  Going forward, 
what that really calls for is a serious, measured, thoughtful debate 
about our approach to the U.S. specifically and our grand, national 
security and national military strategies generally." 
 
"The U.S. Focus On Balochistan," an op-ed by Najmuddin A. Shaikh in 
the Lahore-based liberal English language daily "Daily Times" (cir. 
10,000) (10/02) 
 
"The passage in the Senate of the Kerry-Lugar proposed legislation 
for the provision of $1.5 billion annually for the next five years 
to Pakistan for economic development was initially hailed by the 
government....  The government did not at that time seem to have any 
idea of the sort of media storm that would arise with regard to the 
'conditionalities' attached to the bill.  The debate, which focused 
on the infringement on Pakistan's sovereignty that this bill was 
said to represent, did not seem to take account of the fact that 
much of what the bill requires the Secretary of State to certify is 
what the Government of Pakistan is by its declared policy 
endeavoring to do....  Admittedly all these certifications represent 
interference in Pakistan's internal affairs since all these are 
matters that Pakistan's leaders should be dealing with on their own. 
 The Americans however have made no secret of the fact that their 
interest in Pakistan's well being, which the assistance package is 
designed for, flows from their battle against terrorism." 
 
"This Time Senator Kerry Is Right," an editorial in the 
Islamabad-based rightist English daily "Pakistan Observer" (cir. 
5,000) (10/02) 
 
"Senator Kerry, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations 
Committee has urged President Obama to conduct a sweeping review of 
the overall military mission in Afghanistan.  He also demanded a 
national debate before committing more troops to deal with the 
surging Taliban.  The views expressed by Senator Kerry deserve 
appreciation and due consideration by the White House.  American 
public opinion is turning against the war in Afghanistan....  It 
would be in the greater interest of U.S. not to get bogged down in 
Afghanistan and listen the sane advice of Senator Kerry and others 
for an honorable exit." 
 
"U.S. Withdrawal," an editorial in the Karachi-based center-left 
independent national English daily "Dawn" (cir. 55,000) (10/02) 
 
"There are two reasons why America has quickened the pace of troop 
withdrawal from Iraq.  One reason is obvious: the top U.S. Commander 
in Afghanistan, Gen Stanley McChrystal, wants 40,000 more troops.... 
 The second reason is the Pentagon's belief that Iraq's own security 
forces have reached a level where they can maintain peace when the 
American pullout is complete....  While security is no doubt better, 
Iraq's politics remains fractious, with its people, parties and 
leaders hopelessly divided along ethnic and sectarian lines.... 
While an American withdrawal deserves to be welcomed, Iraqi 
politicians have to prove they do not take controversies to a level 
where the country plunges into anarchy yet again." 
 
"Transit Trade Facility To India," an editorial in the Lahore-based 
liberal English language daily "Daily Times" (cir. 10,000) (10/02) 
 
"In the context of the current Indo-Pak deadlock over restarting the 
'composite dialogue,' the MoU can be a good quid pro quo.  It will 
show Pakistan's confidence in not being unduly shaken by India's 
presence in Afghanistan.  It will also be a clever move by Pakistan 
to pre-empt the alternative Indian route to Afghanistan through 
Iran. And sitting astride a trade route is more empowering than a 
standing army." 
 
(All circulation figures are based on estimation) 
Patterson