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SUBJECT:  PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 21, 2009 
 
Summary:  Fallout from the NRO verdict continues to dominate media 
coverage Monday morning, with wide coverage of a variety of 
statements by government officials portraying themselves as 
"political victims," and rejecting public calls for resignation. 
Rumored U.S. diplomatic and military activities in country continue 
to grab headlines.  The Daily Times published an AP report that, 
according to senior U.S. officials, the United States will seek a 
separate agreement to go after the Haqqani network.  The Nation 
front-paged a report today that "U.S. land-grabbing" has caused 
eight families residing in the Prime Minister's staff colony to 
receive evacuation notices.  The same paper also published another 
report claiming that the government has decided to "shift U.S. 
trainers from Sihala Police Training College to Islamabad Police 
Lines Headquarters." Weekend editions of several major newspapers 
reported that the government has made ISI clearance mandatory for 
foreigners intending to visit Pakistan.  In an 'exclusive story' 
published on Sunday, "The News," and its sister Urdu daily claimed 
that the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad sought registration numbers for 
800 vehicles.  On the same day, several papers carried a report 
quoting Indian wire-service, PTI, that "U.S. fighter jets were seen 
flying over the Mohmand Agency for almost two hours."  Reports and 
photographs of the Jamaat-e-Islami's "go (away) America go (away)" 
rally in Rawalpindi also garnered media coverage.  Recent terrorist 
attacks rounded out coverage, including the bombing of a private 
school near Peshawar and the torching of two NATO oil tankers in a 
suburb of Quetta. End Summary. 
 
TOP STORIES 
 
News Story: U.S. Fighter Jets Intrude Into Pak Airspace "The Nation" 
(12/21) (12/20) 
 
"U.S. fighter jets were on Saturday seen flying over Mohmand tribal 
region bordering Afghanistan for almost two hours, local residents 
and officials said, reported Indian news agency PTI. The jets, which 
were flying at low altitude, intruded almost 50 kilometers into the 
Pakistani airspace." 
 
News Story: U.S. Embassy Seeks Registration Numbers For 800 Vehicles 
"The News" (12/20) 
 
"The United States Embassy has sought registration numbers of the 
federal capital for about 800 vehicles. The Foreign Office will 
consider the Embassy's demand at a meeting on Monday. Senior 
officials of intelligence agencies, the local administration, and 
the Interior Ministry and its subordinate organizations will attend 
the meeting." 
 
News Story: Vehicle Of U.S. Embassy Stolen From Satellite Town "The 
News" (12/21) 
 
"A vehicle of the U.S. Embassy was stolen from the Satellite Town, 
after an employee of the Embassy, parked it in front of his house on 
Sunday, a police spokesman said. An official of a security agency 
feared that the car could be used for terrorist activities. The 
police have taken up the case on the report of security supervisor 
of the embassy and started investigation.... Richard Snelsir, 
spokesman of the U.S. Embassy, when contacted by 'The News' said 
that the Rawalpindi Police were working on the case proficiently and 
hopefully they would trace out the vehicle. When asked, whether, the 
stolen vehicle could be used in terrorist activity, the spokesman 
said, 'I don't think so, because, the police engaged in 
investigation, know every detail about the vehicle.'" 
 
News Story: Another Victim Of U.S. 'Land Grabbing' "The Nation" 
(12/21) 
 
"Prime Minister's Staff Colony that falls in the limits of 
Diplomatic Enclave is the latest piece of land that fell prey to the 
U.S. land grabbing, 'The Nation' has learnt reliably. According to 
well-informed sources in PM Secretariat, the concerned quarters, in 
a latest move, have issued evacuation notices to some eight families 
of the staffers of the PM Secretariat residing in PM Staff Colony. 
They have been asked to leave their flats immediately, while 
construction of new flats and renovation of existing houses are in 
progress.... 'Now it is clear that after evacuation of PM Staff 
Colony, the land would be given to the U.S. Embassy where the 
operatives of a U.S. security firm would be housed," the sources 
disclosed." 
 
News Story: Islamabad Police Lines New Home Of U.S. 'Trainers' "The 
Nation" (12/21) 
 
"Succumbing to pressure of media and lawyers' fraternity, who 
protested twice in front of Police Training College, Sihala, and 
raised questions about the presence of Americans there, the 
Government has decided to shift Americans to Islamabad Police Line 
Headquarters. Reliable sources informed 'The Nation' on Sunday that 
the quarters concerned have asked Islamabad police to vacate two 
blocks of Police Line Headquarters for American who would be shifted 
there from Sihala." 
 
TERRORISM/MILITARY ISSUES 
 
News Story: Reality Bites As U.S. Pushes Pakistan To Finish Off 
Terrorists "Daily Times" (12/21) 
 
"Pakistan will not go as far as Washington wants, and there's 
nothing the U.S. can do about it: that's the sobering reality as the 
U.S. tries to persuade the hesitant government to finish off the 
fight against terrorists. Expand the current assault against the 
Taliban? The government has made clear that will happen only on its 
own terms. U.S. officials acknowledge that so far they have not won 
the argument that militants who target America are enemies of 
Pakistan too. The citizens are deeply suspicious of America's power 
and motives, making it difficult for the leaders to accede to 
Washington's pressure in public, lest they look like U.S. puppets. 
U.S. officials say while Pakistani officials cooperate more in 
private, there are definite limits. The U.S. wanted Pakistan to move 
forces deeper into the tribal belt before winter. It did not happen, 
and might not at all." 
 
News Story: NATO Chief Calls For Enhanced Ties With Islamabad "Dawn" 
(12/21) 
 
"NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in Brussels that 
the military alliance's new strategy to uproot terrorism from the 
Pak-Afghan region is based on increased cooperation with Islamabad. 
Rasmussen said the U.S.-led coalition must emerge victorious in its 
battle with the Taliban in Afghanistan, otherwise the militant 
outfit would destabilize not only Afghanistan, but Pakistan as 
well." 
 
News Story: Two NATO Oil Tankers Set Ablaze "Dawn" (12/21) 
 
"Two oil tankers carrying fuel for NATO forces in southern 
Afghanistan were burnt down by armed men near the western bypass 
(Quetta) on Sunday. It was the second case of torching of NATO 
tankers in Balochistan in the last four days." 
 
News Story: Pakistan Urged To Gain Control Of FATA With U.S. Help 
"Dawn" (12/21) 
 
"By partnering with the United States, Pakistan can gain sovereignty 
over all its tribal territory for the first time in its history, The 
Washington Post has suggested. Columnist David Ignatius, who is 
currently in Pakistan, wrote that he had discussed the idea with 
senior Pakistani leaders. Such an arrangement, he argued, would 
'finally complete the task of building (the Pakistani) nation.' 
'This is a classic example of what strategists call a 'positive sum' 
game where, by working together, Washington and Islamabad could gain 
benefits that they would not achieve alone,' he wrote." 
 
News Story: 'Go America Go' Rally: JI Warns Of Long March On 
Islamabad "Dawn," "The News" (12/21) 
 
"The Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) on Sunday threatened to give call for a 
long march on Islamabad in case the government created obstacles in 
implementation of the Supreme Court verdict on National 
Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO). Speaking at a 'Go America Go' rally 
held in the city despite imposition of Section 144, JI Chief Syed 
Munawar Hassan said the NRO beneficiaries should have honored the 
verdict of the apex court by tendering resignations." 
 
News Story: ISI Clearance Must For Foreigners Entering Pakistan 
"Daily Time" (12/19) 
 
"The government has declared that security clearance by the 
Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is a prerequisite for all 
foreigners entering Pakistan, a private TV channel reported on 
Friday. According to sources, the decision was made due to the 
prevailing law and order situation in the country." 
 
News Story: Blast Damages School In Peshawar "Daily Time" (12/21) 
 
"A private school building was damaged in a blast in Mathra Police 
Station limits, police said on Sunday." 
 
News Story: U.S. Condemns Terrorist Attack in Timargarah "The News," 
"Jang," "Jinnah" (12/19) 
 
"The U.S. Embassy in Pakistan strongly condemned the terrorist 
bombing on Friday targeting people in prayer near Timargarah police 
headquarters, killing and injuring many innocent people." 
 
POLITICAL ISSUES 
 
News Story: Ex-U.S. Envoy Backs Zardari on Kashmir "The Nation" 
(12/21) 
 
"A former American ambassador to Pakistan has endorsed President 
Asif Ali Zardari's view that there would be no lasting peace in 
South Asia unless the Indo-Pakistan dispute over Kashmir was 
resolved, but disagreed with his suggestion that U.S. had exploited 
Islamabad in the aftermath of the 1979 Soviet invasion of 
Afghanistan. 'This (the Kashmir issue) seems now to be on the back 
burner, but it should not be forgotten,' wrote Ronald Spiers who 
served as U.S. envoy in the early 1980's when Washington began 
supplying weapons to anti-Soviet Afghan Mujahideen with the help of 
former president Zia-ul-Haq's military regime." 
 
News Story: Major Parties Shun Call For Mid-Term Polls "Dawn" 
(12/21) 
 
"Although the PPP appears to have adopted a posture of confrontation 
in the wake of Supreme Court's verdict against the NRO, a demand by 
Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf chairman Imran Khan for mid-term elections 
has not gained any support from major opposition parties. Almost all 
important parties which contested the February 2008 polls as well as 
those which boycotted them are of the view that mid-term polls are 
not a solution to the political crisis now faced by the country." 
 
News Story: Balochistan Package Jeopardized "The Nation" (12/21) 
 
"Imminent threats of American drone attacks inside Balochistan and 
adjacent tribal belt are feared to jeopardize the Government's 
endeavors to appease the estranged Baloch through the recently 
announced empowerment package for the most backward province.... The 
Government at the same time is not at all in a position to guarantee 
against the drone attacks, the sources observed." 
 
News Story: U.S. Develops 'Judicial Solidarity' With Pakistan; 
American Judges Complete Four Day Exchange "The News," "Business 
Recorder," "Jang," "Nawa-i-Waqt," "Express," "Pakistan," "Khabrain," 
"Jinnah," "Aaj Kal," "Al Akhbar" 
(12/19) 
 
"The Honorable Morrison C. England Jr., U.S. District Judge for the 
Eastern District of California, and the Honorable Janet Bond 
Arterton, U.S. District Judge for Connecticut, concluded the first 
official visit of American judges to Pakistan on Friday. During the 
four-day exchange, established by the U.S. Judicial Conference, the 
federal judges met with district and session court judges from 
across Pakistan to examine ways to improve case management 
efficiency." 
 
ECONOMY/ENVIRONMENT 
 
News Story: Terror Financing Dominates Pak-Afghan Transit Trade 
Talks "The Nation" (12/21) 
 
"The U.S.-monitored ongoing Pakistan-Afghanistan parleys aimed at a 
new transit trade agreement hit snags after Islamabad's proposal of 
attaching tough security related strings. According to sources, the 
U.S.-sponsored efforts were in trembles as Pakistan wants assurances 
that the proposed Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement 
(APTTA) would not be misused for terror financing, drug trafficking 
and arms trade. The three-day fourth round of talks at the 
technical-level would conclude today (Monday). Senior Joint 
Secretary Commerce, Shahid Bashir, is heading Pakistani team while 
Adib Farhadi, Deputy Minister for Commerce and Industries, is 
leading the Afghan side." 
News Story: Bureaucracy Stalls $800m Hydel Project "Dawn" (12/21) 
 
"Amid a controversy over expensive rental power projects, a $800 
million foreign investment for cheap hydroelectric power generation 
is unlikely to materialize mainly because of bureaucratic wrangling, 
despite full support extended by federal and Azad Kashmir 
governments. This comes at a time when the Federal Government is 
finding it difficult to lure foreign investment to meet growing 
energy shortfalls and is approaching world capitals to secure 
supplies of oil, natural gas and liquefied gas for power generation 
at much higher prices, involving massive outflow of foreign 
exchange. Background interviews and official documents available 
with 'Dawn' suggest that after pursuing the 500-MW Mahl power 
project at home and abroad for almost four years now, the process 
'has been stopped altogether.'" 
 
News Story: U.S. Blamed For Copenhagen Failure "The News" (12/21) 
 
"ActionAid International Policy Director Anne Jellema has said that 
U.S. President Barrack Obama has to shoulder most of the blame for 
the failure of the UN Climate Change Conference in achieving a 
meaningful global deal, says a press release issued in Islamabad 
Sunday." 
 
News Story: Call For Building On Copenhagen Momentum "Dawn" (12/21) 
 
 
"World leaders insisted on Sunday that the climate deal clinched in 
desperation at the UN summit was the best that could have been done 
as they returned home to a lashing from critics. U.S. President 
Barack Obama acknowledged that all of the world's polluters would 
quickly have to do more, but German Chancellor Angela Merkel said 
the critics would only hold up the battle against rising 
temperatures that threaten devastating floods, storms and drought. 
Mr. Obama returned to the White House and said 'extremely difficult 
and complex negotiations' had been needed in Copenhagen." 
 
MISCELLANEOUS 
 
News Story: Black Acts Of Blackwater "The Nation" (12/20) 
 
"A significant section of Western media believes that the existence 
of notorious Blackwater is strongly interlinked to the pursuit of 
those hegemonic and expansionist designs that have emanated from 
religious prejudice and ethnic bias. The information available at 
some renowned Western websites, magazines and newspapers is evident 
enough to believe the underlying reality that Blackwater, now known 
as Xe Worldwide, is not just a security company but an organized 
lethal network that has been entrusted, by its framers, with the 
task to spread crusade ideology and eliminate Muslims from all over 
the world. A renowned website quotes a former Blackwater employee, 
who among the other employees of the same company had sworn 
affidavits against their employer containing the accusations of 
weapon smugglings, slaughters and killings of all those former 
employees of the company who cooperated with U.S. federal 
investigators against Blackwater to expose numerous atrocities and 
killings that it carried out over the years." 
 
News Story: Afghan President Says New Cabinet To Be Accountable "The 
News" (12/21) 
 
"Afghan President Hamid Karzai promised on Sunday his new Cabinet 
would be held to account following mounting criticism over graft in 
his government. Karzai's nominations for 23 ministerial positions 
were presented to Parliament for approval on Saturday." 
 
News Story: U.S.-Led Operation In Helmand To Fizzle Out, Claim 
Taliban "The News" (12/21) 
 
"Taliban on Sunday described the Helmand governor's statement to 
extend the ongoing military operation to Taliban-controlled areas as 
a propaganda tactics. Talking to Afghan Islamic Press (AIP), a 
spokesman for Taliban Qari Muhammad Yusuf Ahmadi said that the 
operation launched by foreign and Afghan forces in Helmand province 
would not yield any result." 
 
News Story: U.S. Hails Return Of Pakistani Exchange Students & 
Teachers "Ausaf" (12/19) 
 
"U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Gerald Feierstein welcomed home 57 
students and 27 teachers from the ED-Links training and cultural 
exchange program in the United States on Friday, saying he hopes 
such 'people to people' exchanges will promote better understanding 
between America and Pakistan." 
 
EDITORIALS/OPINIONS 
 
Editorial: Festering Tensions, an editorial in the populist, often 
sensational national English daily "The News" (cir. 55,000) (12/21) 
 
 
"Doubtless one of the bones of contention is the American complaint 
that we are 'dragging our feet' (another version of the 'not doing 
enough' mantra) in the matter of issuing new visas to U.S. nationals 
or renewing the visas of those who have been working here and wish 
to return. We are told that the continued delays in the issuing of 
visas may begin to impact upon the payment of tranches of aid we are 
due to receive - as blatant a piece of arm-twisting as we have seen 
for some time. Yet why should we not be careful - indeed slow - to 
issue visas to Americans some of whom may not be as advertised on 
the outside of the packet? You may find this irritating, Uncle Sam - 
but it is no less irritating for us to discover armed Americans in 
local dress travelling our roads. Just ask yourself ... wouldn't you 
be wary? The 'festering' looks chronic and the healing process 
slow." 
 
Editorial: Lawyers' Movement Against U.S. Interference, an editorial 
in the popular rightist Urdu-language daily "Ausaf" (cir. 10,000) 
(12/21) 
 
"The growing U.S. interference in the internal affairs of Pakistan 
is not only an intrusion on our sovereignty, but also the real cause 
of the fast-deteriorating law and order situation in the country. We 
think that the Saturday's protest rally staged by the lawyers 
fraternity in Rawalpindi, against the presence of American trainers 
at Sihala Police Training College, demonstrated the resentment of 
the Pakistani masses over the U.S. activities." 
 
Editorial: U.S. Lack of Interest in Real Issues Confronting World, 
an editorial in the Karachi-based, pro-Taliban Jihadi Urdu daily 
"Islam" (cir. 15,000) (12/21) 
 
"Many commentators are of the view that the great powers, 
particularly the U.S., were not interested in making the Copenhagen 
Conference a success. We think that Washington takes more interest 
in fighting war than solving the real issues facing the mankind. In 
fact, most of the world's problems will be solved, if the U.S. 
agrees to spend only 1/3 of military budget for eliminating poverty 
and coping with the environmental challenges. But it would never do 
so." 
 
Editorial: Peshawar Declaration of Political Parties, an editorial 
in the Peshawar-based Urdu-language daily "Mashriq" (cir. 55,000) 
(12/21) 
 
"In a joint declaration, several progressive political parties and 
the representatives of the civil society have demanded the 
government to change its Afghan policy, and give up the idea of 
using Afghanistan as the strategic depth for Pakistan (in case of 
any Indian strike). They said that several reports suggested that 
our ruling elite is still pursuing this strategy. We think that 
broad-based alliance of such like-minded forces is of vital 
importance to put an end to the ambiguity and uncertainty in our 
national policies." 
 
Editorial: The Deal That Wasn't, an editorial in the Karachi-based 
center-left independent national English daily "Dawn" (cir. 55,000) 
(12/21) 
 
"Yes, a select group of countries came up with an 'accord' that is 
not obligatory and was simply 'noted' by other delegates in a final 
resolution. Indeed, it is questionable whether the so-called deal 
even enjoys UN endorsement. Warming caps have been agreed upon but 
how these are to be achieved remains a mystery.... The unkindest cut 
for many developing countries is that they will be hardest hit by 
climate change even though their emission levels are negligible on 
the global scale." 
 
Editorial: Copenhagen Summit, an editorial in the center-right 
national English daily "The Nation" (cir. 20,000) (12/21) 
 
"Even those who would have liked Copenhagen to be a success now see 
it as merely preparation for the next moot, Conference of the 
Parties 16 (COP16) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change 
(UNFCCC), to be held in Mexico next year. It is hoped to achieve 
more at this meeting, and tie down the worst carbon emitters to more 
than just giving money, as at Copenhagen. The Summit tends to show 
that nations will go on bringing state interests to the table, and 
it is fear for jobs and the standard of living they have, that is 
driving the attitudes of the worst polluters, as well as those who 
have embarked on the profligate Western development model." 
 
Editorial: Copenhagen's Non-Deal, an editorial in the Lahore-based 
liberal English language daily "Daily Times" (cir. 10,000) (12/21) 
 
"The Copenhagen accord reached between the U.S., China, India, 
Brazil and South Africa provides for a target to limit global 
temperatures rising by no more than 2 degrees Celsius. However, it 
is not clear how this goal will be achieved. The accord also 
promises to deliver $ 30 billion over the next three years to help 
developing countries adapt to climate change.... It is an epochal 
task with huge costs. If the developed countries do not take up the 
major burden of the cost, it would obviate the entire purpose of the 
climate summit. So far it seems as if the developed world is not too 
serious in turning this non-deal into a real deal. To avert a global 
disaster, the world must act urgently before it is too late." 
 
Editorial: A Setback To Environment, an editorial in the 
Lahore-based liberal English daily "The Post" (cir. 5,000) (12/21) 
 
"The conference merely recognized the need to limit global 
temperatures to no more than 2C above "pre-industrial levels" and 
set a goal for developed countries to raise $100 billion a year for 
poorer nations by 2020. Only time could tell how the developed 
countries would honor these commitments. Executive Director of 
Friends of the Earth Andy Atkins expressed his frustration by saying 
this agreement won't stop a two degree rise in temperature and, as 
it stands, condemns millions of the world's poorest people to 
hunger, suffering and loss of life as climate change accelerates. 
Developing countries expressed outrage that threats to the very 
existence of some nations were ignored." 
 
Editorial: "Admiral Mullen's Suggestion To Resolve The Kashmir 
Issue, an editorial note in the liberal Urdu daily "Express" (circ. 
25, 000) (12/21) 
 
"U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen has said that 
resolving the Kashmir issue has become inevitable for peace and 
stability in South Asia hence President Obama should convince India 
and Pakistan to work towards a compromise. His argument in this 
regard was that America's new Afghan policy would not have positive 
results until tension on Pakistan's eastern border is removed and 
this tension cannot be removed until the Kashmir issue is 
resolved.... At a critical time such as this, it is very significant 
that a powerful U.S. official has realized the importance of 
resolving the Kashmir issue. Pakistan should also request President 
Obama to help resolve this festering issue using his power and 
wisdom." 
 
Editorial: Kashmir Issue: Admiral Mullen's Suggestion, an editorial 
in the center-right Urdu daily "Pakistan" (cir. 10,000) (12/21) 
 
"Talking with journalists in the U.S. after visiting Pakistan, 
Admiral Mike Mullen has said that resolving Kashmir issue has become 
inevitable for stability in South Asia.... The Indian leadership 
should take the initiative in resuming bilateral talks and should 
come to the negotiating table with the objective in mind that the 
talks should be a source of ending the conflict, not wasting time." 
 
 
Editorial: Kashmir Is The Real Issue, an editorial in the 
Lahore-based populist center-right Urdu daily "Khabrain" (cir. 
50,000) (12/21) 
 
"Actually, India is such a big market that no one wants to displease 
it. The U.S. President also went quiet on his promise [on Kashmir] 
after taking a look at this market. Now, however, the U.S. 
understands the fact that it is only due to the Kashmir issue that 
Pakistan cannot fight the war on terror wholeheartedly. The Indian 
government must realize that issues can only be resolved through 
talks. The sooner Indian leadership realizes this better." 
 
Editorial: Iran's Nuclear Issue, an editorial in the center-right 
national English daily "The Nation" (cir. 20,000) (12/21) 
 
"By now the U.S. should have grasped the point that Iran would not, 
under any circumstances, close down its nuclear enrichment 
facilities so that it could allay the fear, which it maintains is 
baseless, about its clandestine attempt to acquire nuclear weapons 
for itself. The various proposals envisaging the swap of Iran's 
uranium enriched at low level for fuel to run nuclear power stations 
are on the table. And its Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has 
reiterated his President's remark that Tehran is ready to examine 
the fuel swap offer. There is, therefore, no justification for 
continuing the language of threats and sanctions." 
 
Opinion: Demonizing America, an op-ed by Ahmad Faruqui in the 
Karachi-based center-left independent national English daily "Dawn" 
(cir. 55,000) (12/21) 
 
"With every passing week, Pakistan continues to inch towards the 
brink. Given the frequency of the Muslim-on-Muslim attacks that are 
now being mounted, it is moot whether Pakistan is a failing state or 
a failed state. Neither prognosis is good. The U.S. is not perfect. 
It has made its share of mistakes, domestically and internationally. 
A common charge levied by the anti-Americanistas is that the U.S. 
acts in its own interests. That should be cause for celebration and 
not denigration. If only Pakistan would do the same. Instead of 
demonizing America, it should turn on its own demons." 
 
(All circulation figures are based on estimation) 
Patterson