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SUBJECT:  PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 26, 2010 
 
Summary:  Coverage of the Trilateral Summit in Istanbul dominated 
media on Tuesday morning.  Newspapers focused on President Zardari's 
statement that the Government of Pakistan is willing to talk to 
Taliban who are "reconcilable" and "want to give up their way of 
life." Several dailies reported General McChrystal's hope that the 
troop surge would weaken the Taliban enough to force its leaders to 
accept a peace deal, and General Petraeus' statement that any Afghan 
can play a role if they focus on the future, and not the past." 
"Daily Times" reported that Senator Lieberman and Ambassador Haqqani 
will announce on Wednesday Pakistan's exemption from additional 
airport screening measures. Urdu dailies "Express," and "Islam," 
reported that the U.S. Embassy spokesman denied reports that 
Blackwater has trained the Pakistani Prime Minister's security 
personnel.  The papers also corrected a story (published on 1/25) 
that claimed the U.S. Mission imported 3000 bullet-proof vests for 
its employees.  All major dailies highlighted reports that Pakistan 
ruled out global negotiations to ban the future production of 
nuclear material given the "clear and present danger" from a 
nuclear-armed India.  Both electronic and print media also reported 
execution of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's notorious 
henchman "Chemical Ali".  Reconciliation with the Taliban was also 
the subject of several editorials today that focused on U.S. 
willingness to talk to Afghan Taliban, while pressing Pakistan to 
open new military fronts against the Pakistani Taliban. The 
editorials questioned what effects a reconciliation policy would 
have on Pakistani security.  Headlines include:  "Turnaround on 
Taliban" ("The Nation"), "NATO Commander's Suggestion of Talks with 
the Taliban: This Is the Best Time to Withdraw U.S Troops from the 
Region" ("Nawa-i-Waqt"); and "Could the Taliban Reconcile with 
Kabul?" ("The News").  End Summary. 
 
TOP STORIES 
 
News Story: Istanbul Summit Reiterates Pledge To Counter Terror - 
"The News" (01/26) 
 
"President Asif Ali Zardari said Monday the Pakistan government 
would be willing to talk to the people who want to give up their way 
of life and are reconcilable. President Zardari was answering 
questions at a joint news conference with Presidents Abdullah Gul of 
Turkey and Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan on the conclusion of 4th 
Trilateral Summit in Istanbul among them. In a joint declaration 
after the parleys, the three countries reiterated their 
determination to tackle terrorism in all its forms and importance of 
enhancing indigenous capacities to that effect." 
 
News Story: Taliban Leaders May Join Afghan Govt.: U.S.  - "Dawn" 
(01/26) 
 
"The commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan said in an interview 
published on Monday that senior Taliban leaders could join a new 
government in Kabul. Although U.S. leaders started talking publicly 
about including the Taliban in a political solution earlier this 
month, Gen. Stanley McChrystal went a step ahead when he spoke of 
also accepting senior Taliban leaders in a possible new 
arrangement." 
 
News Story: Afghanistan Will Take Longer Than Iraq: Petraeus  - "The 
Nation" (01/26) 
 
"The new American-led surge in Afghanistan will take longer to fight 
the insurgency than a similar injection of force in Iraq three years 
ago when violence fell sharply within months, the top U.S. General 
in the region told 'The Times.' General David Petraeus, the head of 
Central Command, also warned that the fight in Helmand province, 
Afghanistan, where British and U.S. forces are based, as well other 
areas, would become even tougher before the situation improved." 
 
News Story: "Blackwater Didn't Train PM's Security Staff: U.S. 
Embassy - "Express" (01/26) 
 
"The U.S. Mission in Islamabad on Monday clarified that it has 
imported 3,000 bullet-proof jackets to improve the performance of 
the NWFP Police which would be handed over to the provincial 
government within the next 15 days. Talking to the wire service, 
'Online', U.S. Embassy spokesperson, Richard Snelsire, said that 
American trainers, not the Blackwater, had imparted training to 
Prime Minister's security staff. He added that the news published in 
a section of the Pakistani media, in which it was claimed that the 
U.S. Embassy had imported bullet-proof jackets for its own security 
personnel, is false." 
 
News Story: Pakistan May Be Excluded From Search List  - "Dawn" 
(01/26) 
 
"U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman, chairman of the Senate Committee on 
Governmental Affairs, and Ambassador Husain Haqqani are expected to 
announce on Wednesday Pakistan's removal from a list of countries 
earmarked for additional security." 
 
News Story: Pakistan Rejects Atom Bomb Material Cut-Off Talks - 
"Daily Times" (01/26) 
 
"Pakistan, citing a "clear and present danger" from its 
nuclear-armed rival India, ruled out on Monday global negotiations 
to ban the future production of material to make atomic bombs. 
Confirming a Reuters report from January 22, Pakistan's ambassador 
to the UN in Geneva, Zamir Akram, said such a treaty would leave 
Pakistan - the most recent member of the nuclear club - at a 
permanent disadvantage." 
 
TERRORISM/MILITARY ISSUES 
 
News Story: Obama Aide Also Wants Pakistan To 'Do More' - "Daily 
Times" (01/26) 
 
"U.S. President Barack Obama's National Security Adviser on Monday 
called for Pakistan to show greater urgency in the fight against 
extremism and pledged that Washington was committed for the long 
haul. Retired General James Jones said Pakistan's role is critical 
for the region's future, as the U.S. is pouring thousands of troops 
into Afghanistan to fight Al Qaeda and other militants. 'It is 
beyond question that the speed with which we're able to achieve our 
goals in Afghanistan has a relationship with the willingness of 
Pakistan to take on the fact that safe havens exist in the border 
region,' Jones said at the Centre for American Progress, a 
think-tank." 
 
News Story: Taliban Reward Fighter For 'Shooting Down U.S. Drone' - 
"The News" (01/26) 
 
"The Taliban in North Waziristan on Monday rewarded one of their 
fighters with a new model car for shooting down the US drone on 
Sunday evening. Also, government officials in the restive tribal 
region finally confirmed the downing of the U.S. spy aircraft by the 
Taliban militants. The militants led by Hafiz Gul Bahadur claimed 
shooting down the drone in Hamzoni village on Sunday." 
 
News Story: Pak-Afghan-U.S. Flag Meeting Held - "The News" (01/26) 
 
"The monthly tripartite flag meeting of Pakistani, Afghan and U.S. 
military officials was held on Monday at the Shiraz U.S. base camp 
in Afghanistan. The meeting, which lasted for two and a half hour, 
discussed the border security and legal mobility across the border, 
official sources said." 
 
News Story: Second Line Of Defence In Afghanistan U.S., U.K. Deploy 
Arabs And Asians - "Pakistan Observer" (01/26) 
 
"The United States and United Kingdom are increasing employing Arabs 
and Asians to work as a second-line of defence in Afghanistan 
through unpublished deals and private recruitment contracts. The 
U.S. armed forces newspaper, 'Star and Strips' on Monday (January 
25) reported that 'security forces men from Bahrain are among 125 
troops from the Muslim nations deployed in Helmand province,' 
Afghanistan." 
 
News Story: Airstrikes Kill 23 Taliban in Bajaur, Kurram  - "Daily 
Times" (01/26) 
 
"Security forces on Monday backed by fighter jets and helicopter 
gunships targeted Taliban strongholds across the country's 
northwest, killing 23 terrorists in the Kurram and Bajaur agencies, 
according to sources." 
 
News Story: Karzai Wants Taliban Off UN Blacklist  - "Dawn" (01/26) 
 
 
"Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Monday he would press for 
Taliban names to be removed from a UN blacklist, as he sought 
support for his country in talks with the leaders of Pakistan and 
Turkey." 
 
News Story: UN Seeks To Drop Some Taliban Leaders  - "The Nation" 
(01/26) 
 
"As the United Nations Organisation seeks to drop some Taliban 
leaders from terrorists list, sources said Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil, 
Abdul Salim Zaeef and Gulbadeen Hikmatyar were among those expected 
to be cleared, well-informed diplomatic sources told 'The Nation' on 
Monday." 
 
News Story: Malik Again Says No To Talks With Terrorists - "Daily 
Times" (01/26) 
 
"Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Monday said that terrorists' 
plans to destabilize the country had been foiled with successful 
military operations. Talking to journalists in Peshawar he said 
there will be no talks with terrorists. The government will launch 
operation against them wherever they will be found in the country." 
 
 
POLITICAL ISSUES 
 
News Story: London Conference Tomorrow; Stakeholders Realise Role 
For Good Taliban In Future Set-Up - "The News" (01/26) 
 
"As preparations for Wednesday's London conference on Afghanistan 
gain momentum, authoritative voices are ensuring that a role for the 
Taliban in a future political set-up is ensured, as there is a full 
realization now that only a 'military surge' will not deliver at a 
time when the Taliban are heady with power. As negotiations continue 
with the Taliban, sources in Kabul say this is one reason that polls 
have been delayed inside Afghanistan. Recently, U.S. Secretary of 
State Hillary Clinton and Defence Secretary Robert Gates, during 
their visits to Pakistan, had envisaged a role for 'reformed' or 
'good' Taliban, who were willing to enter the democratic process, 
abide by the Afghan constitution and accept the Karzai government." 
 
News Story: Pakistan Acts To Counter Indian Influence In Afghanistan 
 - "Daily Times" (01/26) 
 
"Pakistan has successfully mobilized the defunct six-plus-two talks 
formula to counter the U.S. pressure regarding giving India a 
'greater role' in war-torn Afghanistan's rehabilitation. 
Afghanistan's immediate neighbors - Pakistan, Iran, China, 
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as the U.S., are meeting today 
(Tuesday) in Turkey to discuss the situation in Afghanistan and to 
take stock of measures for the restoration of peace in the country." 
 
 
News Story: Protesting Cops Paralyze Life In Quetta  - "The News" 
(01/26) 
 
"Life was paralyzed in the provincial capital on Monday when 
hundreds of policemen staged a sit-in outside the Chief Minister 
Secretariat, demanding of the government to accept their demands, 
including hike in salaries. Reports of similar demonstrations by 
policemen were also received from other districts of the province. 
The protesters in Quetta blocked important roads and highways and 
burnt tyres. There were some reports about aerial firing in some 
localities of the city." 
 
ECONOMY/ENVIRONMENT 
 
News Story: UN-Govt. Row May Disrupt Aid Plan - "Dawn" (01/26) 
 
"Wrangling between the government and the United Nations over a $500 
million aid plan may adversely affect the flow of humanitarian aid 
for 1.2 million displaced people in the NWFP and FATA. The 
government's consent for the UN's 'Pakistan Humanitarian Response 
Plan (PHRP) 2010' has been held up because of differences between 
the two over transparency and operational matters." 
 
News Story: Qureshi in Dubai For FoDP Meeting - "The News" (01/26) 
 
"The Foreign Minister arrived in Dubai on Monday for participation 
in the Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FoDP) moot to be held there 
on Tuesday (today).... Meanwhile the foreign Office spokesperson 
Abdul Basit expressing his optimism over the success of Friends of 
Democratic Pakistan (FoDP) meeting said Pakistan would invite 
investors of Corporate and Private Sectors to visit Pakistan." 
News Story: Donors Slow In Releasing Project Aid  - "The News" 
(01/26) 
 
"Slow disbursement (up to only 25 per cent) of project aid from 
multilateral and bilateral donors has hampered work on the 
foreign-funded development projects in the areas of power sector and 
earthquake reconstruction during the current fiscal year, official 
documents available with 'The News' reveal." 
 
News Story: Pak To Enrich Uranium For Nuclear Power Plants  - 
"Pakistan Observer" (01/26) 
 
"The government has decided to enrich uranium for use of existing 
and future nuclear power plants and to this effect Executive 
Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) that met here 
recently accorded approval to Nuclear Fuel Enrichment Plant Project 
at a cost of Rs 14.247 billion, a senior official at PAEC (Pakistan 
Atomic Energy Commission) told 'Pakistan Observer.'" 
 
News Story: Govt. To Reduce Uplift Budget By 30pc - "Dawn" (01/26) 
 
"The government has decided to reduce the current year's development 
budget by another 30 per cent to about Rs300 billion because of 
additional expenditure on security and power sector subsidies. 
Sources said the ministry of finance had conveyed to the Planning 
Commission and the ministries concerned. The issue is likely to be 
taken up by the Federal Cabinet on Wednesday." 
 
EDITORIALS/OPINIONS 
 
Editorial: Turnaround on Taliban, an editorial in the center-right 
national English daily "The Nation" (cir. 20,000) (01/26) 
 
"While the U.S. and U.K. are evolving strategies to talk to the 
Taliban in Afghanistan, the top UN Envoy in Afghanistan has urged 
Afghan officials to seek removal of senior Taliban leaders from the 
UN terror list; and the U.S. to review the detention of 750 Bagram 
prisoners - a major grievance of the Taliban. So is the ground being 
prepared for a U.S.-Taliban dialogue and will Pakistan once again be 
left with the destructive remains of a failed U.S. policy?" 
 
Editorial: NATO Commander's Suggestion Of Talks With The Taliban: 
This Is The Best Time To Withdraw U.S Troops From The Region, an 
editorial in the second-largest, nationalist Urdu daily 
"Nawa-i-Waqt" (cir. 150,000) (01/26) 
 
"NATO Commander in Afghanistan Gen. Stanley McChrystal has stressed 
on the need for peace talks with the Afghan Taliban for peace in the 
region.... If the U.S. itself is running away from this war  and 
coming towards talks with the Taliban, what is stopping us from 
doing the same?... If the tribesmen can shoot down a drone, our Air 
Force has the full capability of doing the same." 
 
Editorial: The Social Cost Of War Against Militancy, an editorial in 
the country's premier business newspaper, "Business Recorder" (cir. 
25,000) (01/26) 
 
"Terrorist attacks have traumatized the whole nation. The 
psychological impact of bomb blasts and the killing of relatives and 
friends leaves a deep imprint, particularly on children's minds, 
which they will carry with them for years to come. The incidents 
cause physical, emotional disruptions, commonly referred to as 
post-traumatic stress disorder and its treatment, often spread over 
years, is highly costly. Pakistan can ill afford such a situation. 
In the case of the U.S., which has conducted wars of aggression in 
Iraq and Afghanistan, the problem involves only a few thousand 
veterans. In our case, those affected include both civilians and 
military personnel. Unless treated properly, thousands of people 
with personality disorders, developed during the ongoing war on 
militancy, will continue to pose a threat to themselves, their 
families and the rest of society. Unless there is widespread 
awareness about the problem, this could pose a danger to society." 
 
Editorial: The Need To Resolve Indo-Pak Disputes Through Talks, an 
editorial in the liberal Urdu daily "Express" (cir. 25,000) (01/26) 
 
"U.S. Defense Secretary has added to his complicated statements by 
saying that that neither India nor Pakistan consider mediation [in 
bilateral disputes] acceptable.... This means that Pakistani 
leaders' repeated statements urging the U.S. to mediate in resolving 
Indo-Pak disputes actually have no value in America's eyes.... 
 
 
Indian sincerity and interest in the matter can also be gauged from 
the fact that instead of holding talks to improve the climate, they 
are insisting [on Pakistan] to improve the situation before talks 
are held.... The fact is that every year, India and Pakistan buy 
arms worth billions from the U.S. and other developed countries. 
Hence, mediation followed by a substantial improvement in [Indo-Pak] 
ties would translate into a loss for [western] weapon factories.... 
It is India and Pakistan's responsibility to focus on resolving 
their disputes, decrease reliance on developed countries and divert 
money from buying arms to public welfare." 
 
Editorial: Increase In India's Water Aggression, an editorial in the 
second-largest, nationalist Urdu daily "Nawa-i-Waqt" (cir. 150,000) 
(01/26) 
 
"Pakistan's agriculture is threatened with severe losses due to 
India's theft of 50 thousand cusec water from Pakistan's important 
river Chenab through pumps.... Already the waters of rivers Jhelum 
and Indus are being misappropriated [by India].... In the face of 
this increasing water aggression by India, the attitude of Pakistani 
Indus Water Commissioner is apologetic and criminal. He resorts to 
knocking on IMF and World Bank doors whenever domestic pressure 
increases.  However, as these two donors have invested in India's 
illegal dams - Baglihar, Wullar, and Kishen Ganga -- they will 
neither support Pakistan, nor decide in its favor, fearing loss of 
their investment. In the present circumstances, there is no need to 
be cordial with India." 
 
Editorial: Israeli Intransigence, an editorial in the Karachi-based 
center-left independent national English daily "Dawn" (cir. 55,000) 
(01/26) 
 
"While there is not much new in Sunday's declaration by the Israeli 
prime minister that his country will retain - read annex - parts of 
the West Bank, what is striking is the categorical tone that was 
adopted. With America's special envoy George Mitchell in Israel, 
Benjamin Netanyahu said words that deserve to be quoted for their 
hubris: Our message is clear. We are planting here, we will stay 
here, we will build here.... What is shocking, however, is the 
American administration's surrender to the powerful Israel lobby in 
America, notwithstanding President Barack Obama's declaration in his 
June 4 speech to the Muslim world that settlement activity must come 
to a halt." 
 
Opinion: Obama's Changing Tone, an op-ed by Shahid Javed Burki in 
the Karachi-based center-left independent national English daily 
"Dawn" (cir. 55,000) (01/26) 
 
"A good part of the debate in the US as President Barack Obama was 
deciding on a strategy to fight the Islamic militants operating in 
the border areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan was concerned with 
giving more weight to economic development in winning the war 
against the extremists. If economic deprivation was a powerful 
reason for the extremists to fight the West and simultaneously the 
Afghan and Pakistani states then that is where the bulk of the 
effort has to go." 
 
Opinion: Could The Taliban Reconcile With Kabul?, Opinion: an op-ed 
by Rahimullah Yusufzai in the populist, often sensational national 
English daily "The News" (cir. 55,000) (01/26) 
 
"All who matter in Afghanistan are talking about reconciliation with 
the Taliban, but on the Afghan government's terms. Strangely enough, 
though, the offers of peace talks are being made at a time when 
37,000 fresh U.S. and NATO troops are on their way to the country in 
a desperate attempt to bring the conflict to a military end. This is 
a turnaround from statements from Western capitals in the past that 
the Taliban are terrorists and not worthy of being engaged in 
political talks or reconciliation.... On the other hand, the 
Taliban, who won't give up the fight easily after their sustained 
resistance against a formidable enemy for so long, demand that all 
foreign forces withdraw from Afghanistan and without any agreement 
on the country's future and its system of government. So it would be 
naove to assume that the Taliban would cut a deal with the U.S. and 
its partners under pressure from Pakistan on terms that are more 
favorable to Islamabad than to their leader Mullah Mohammad Omar.... 
Pakistan will have to be careful not to argue the cause of the 
Afghan Taliban to such an extent that it leads to the strengthening 
of the Pakistani Taliban, because the links between these two 
militant groups cannot be broken easily. It is ironic that the West 
is keen to promote reconciliation and political dialogue with the 
Afghan Taliban while insisting on the military defeat of the 
Pakistani Taliban." 
 
Opinion: The Real Problem In Afghanistan, an op-ed by Mohammad Jamil 
in the Islamabad-based rightist English daily "Pakistan Observer" 
(cir. 5,000) (01/26) 
 
"The U.S. and the West already blame Pakistan for all their 'woes' 
in Afghanistan whereas in fact the U.S., NATO and Afghan forces with 
all the arsenal and the best machine at their disposal have not been 
able to control more than 40 per cent of Afghanistan.... The problem 
is that the international community has been found wanting in 
delivering on its promises to the post-Taliban Afghanistan. It 
failed to disarm militias and the country remained awash with 
illegal weapons.... The Yemen meeting will be followed on Thursday 
by a bigger, higher-level conference to which 68 countries have been 
invited and which will be attended by U.S. Secretary of State 
Hillary Clinton and Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The talks will 
focus on how to tackle extremism in Yemen and how to stabilize 
Afghanistan through political as well as military means. But this is 
an exercise in futility, as things in Afghanistan can only improve 
when the U.S. and the West address Pakistan's concerns, otherwise 
they can never win the war or bring peace at least in Afghanistan." 
 
 
Opinion: U.S. And Pakistan, Strange Allies, an op-ed by Dr. Huma Mir 
in the Islamabad-based rightist English daily "Pakistan Observer" 
(cir. 5,000) (01/26) 
 
"Despite having suffered the most due to the U.S. adventure in 
Afghanistan, Pakistan today remains the most vibrant and loyal U.S. 
ally.... U.S. has been persistently demanding from Pakistan to shun 
its traditional threat perception and shift additional troops from 
Indo Pak border to the Afghan border to battle the Taliban 
extremists in North Waziristan. The U.S. wants to use Pakistani 
forces as bait, U.S. planners visualize that Pakistani action in 
North Waziristan could draw Taliban fighters from Afghanistan thus 
relieving the pressure there on U.S. and NATO forces while Pakistan 
executes its dirty work.... Will the Pakistani assault provide any 
relief to the Western Forces in Afghanistan or will it confirm the 
Pakistani viewpoint that the Afghan problem needs an Afghan 
solution. Demonizing Pakistan won't win the war for the Western 
Forces in Afghanistan." 
 
Opinion: A Culture Of Militancy, an op-ed by Mazhar Abbas in the 
Karachi-based center-left independent national English daily "Dawn" 
(cir. 55,000) (01/26) 
 
"From the bustling, congested markets of Karachi, where violence is 
endemic in all its myriad forms, to Peshawar and Quetta, videos and 
audio messages of 'martyrs', and sermons and statements that glorify 
terrorism as jihad have been sold freely for decades. These have 
come to be a sad source of inspiration for the youth and have 
promoted the hate culture that has gripped our society today.... As 
the government strives towards strengthening the tenets of secular 
education and boosting social welfare policies, the sale of hate 
material must be made a punishable act." 
 
Opinion: FMCT And Strategic Stability, an op-ed by Dr. Maleeha Lodhi 
in the populist, often sensational national English daily "The News" 
(cir. 55,000) (01/26) 
 
"Pakistan's present position on the negotiating process stems from 
the concern that, as currently envisaged, the proposed treaty could 
upset the strategic equilibrium in the region by limiting its 
deterrent capability at a time when India has been offered other 
means to escape a similar cap on the size of its nuclear arsenal. 
Two developments, in particular, have changed Pakistan's threat 
perceptions, and they have a bearing on its position on the FMCT. 
The first is the Indo-U.S. civilian nuclear agreement and the 
consequent NSG waiver that has allowed India to conclude agreements 
with countries, including Russia and France, to supply it with 
nuclear fuel.... Together with the NSG exemption, this places India 
in a position to increase its fissile material stocks qualitatively 
and quantitatively. It will be able to divert, if it wants to, most 
of its indigenous stocks to its weapons program.... The FMCT 
negotiations still have many issues to iron out, including the scope 
of the treaty, definition of fissile material and verification 
procedures. But for substantive progress the process will require 
getting Pakistan on board in a forum that works on the principle of 
consensus. This will depend on how Pakistan's principal concern can 
be addressed: that the treaty should not become a vehicle to 
constrain its strategic deterrence capability and leave it in a 
position of permanent disadvantage to India." 
 
(All circulation figures are based on estimation) 
Patterson