In the cable, Patterson also notes that “Haideri said that all important parties in Pakistan had to get the approval of the USG.”
She acknowledges that JUI-F wanted to be a major party and wanted to be “more engaged with the US”. Patterson wrote:
Cable Referenced: WikiLeaks no. 131658
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Pakistan is worse than a banana republic, it is trapped in an episode of twilight zone and there is no escaping. Haram is halal and halal is haram, day is night and night is day...
Confirmed foreign agents and corrupt thieves like Fazlu are patriots and a paragon of honesty in the eyes of the sepoy dominated establishment of this God forsaken country.
She acknowledges that JUI-F wanted to be a major party and wanted to be “more engaged with the US”. Patterson wrote:
At one point in the conversation, Rehman asked the Ambassador if the USG would deal with him if he was elected as Prime Minister and cautioned the USG not to put all of its eggs in the basket of Benazir Bhutto. Ambassador noted that it was not USG policy to crown any particular leader in Pakistan….Rehman indicated his desire to travel to the U.S. and suggested he could lobby the Congress and American think tanks “as well as Benazir Bhutto.”
Cable Referenced: WikiLeaks no. 131658
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Pakistan is worse than a banana republic, it is trapped in an episode of twilight zone and there is no escaping. Haram is halal and halal is haram, day is night and night is day...
Confirmed foreign agents and corrupt thieves like Fazlu are patriots and a paragon of honesty in the eyes of the sepoy dominated establishment of this God forsaken country.