OrionHunter
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1. An end to CIA-operated drone strikes.
A tricky issue as these strikes have helped diminish the Al Qaeda and their affiliates to a considerable degree. In other words, drone strikes would continue.
2. A civil nuclear deal similar to the Indo-US agreement besides 38 other demands.
Difficult if not impossible seeing that the majority of U.S. congressmen see Pakistan as an insecure state which cannot be trusted with fissile material. However, I feel that Pakistan has enough Plutonium to build 200 plus nukes which is an adequate deterrent. So they probably wouldnt require more. What they need is nuclear energy for power generation. And they need lots of it. Provision of fissile material and building nuclear reactors for power generation should be par for the course provided these reactors come under IAEA safeguards. But would Pakistan allow IAEA inspectors to be prowling around their reactors?
3. No hot pursuit or boots on Pakistani territory and the activity of foreign private security contractors must be transparent and subject to Pakistani law.
The moot question is, why is Pakistan allowing these private contractors to operate on its soil? Why is Pakistan allowing hundreds of CIA sleuths to operate with impunity in Pakistan? On the one hand the government allows them to do so (WOT and so on) and on the other they are demanding operational transparency which is impractical. The CIAs dirty tricks department will always operate according to SOPs related to their cloak and dagger operations. They will and can never be subject to Pakistani law. Period!
4. Taxes and other charges must be levied on all goods importing in or transiting through Pakistan which experts have estimated could amount to $1 million a day.
Isnt NATO/U.S. already paying taxes/duties/levies to Pakistan for such transition of Goods/military hardware through Pakistan? The CIS Republics of the NDN are being paid $500 million annually. I wonder how much Pakistan is being paid for the favour? In any case, Pakistan has agreed to re-open routes that allows U.S. and NATO forces to transport goods and military material into and out of Afghanistan. The decision was taken on 14th Mar by after a high-level meeting among Pakistani officials in Islamabad, attended by Pakistan President Asif Zardari, Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani, Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, and Foreign Minister Hina Ribbani Khar.
Cheers!
A tricky issue as these strikes have helped diminish the Al Qaeda and their affiliates to a considerable degree. In other words, drone strikes would continue.
2. A civil nuclear deal similar to the Indo-US agreement besides 38 other demands.
Difficult if not impossible seeing that the majority of U.S. congressmen see Pakistan as an insecure state which cannot be trusted with fissile material. However, I feel that Pakistan has enough Plutonium to build 200 plus nukes which is an adequate deterrent. So they probably wouldnt require more. What they need is nuclear energy for power generation. And they need lots of it. Provision of fissile material and building nuclear reactors for power generation should be par for the course provided these reactors come under IAEA safeguards. But would Pakistan allow IAEA inspectors to be prowling around their reactors?
3. No hot pursuit or boots on Pakistani territory and the activity of foreign private security contractors must be transparent and subject to Pakistani law.
The moot question is, why is Pakistan allowing these private contractors to operate on its soil? Why is Pakistan allowing hundreds of CIA sleuths to operate with impunity in Pakistan? On the one hand the government allows them to do so (WOT and so on) and on the other they are demanding operational transparency which is impractical. The CIAs dirty tricks department will always operate according to SOPs related to their cloak and dagger operations. They will and can never be subject to Pakistani law. Period!
4. Taxes and other charges must be levied on all goods importing in or transiting through Pakistan which experts have estimated could amount to $1 million a day.
Isnt NATO/U.S. already paying taxes/duties/levies to Pakistan for such transition of Goods/military hardware through Pakistan? The CIS Republics of the NDN are being paid $500 million annually. I wonder how much Pakistan is being paid for the favour? In any case, Pakistan has agreed to re-open routes that allows U.S. and NATO forces to transport goods and military material into and out of Afghanistan. The decision was taken on 14th Mar by after a high-level meeting among Pakistani officials in Islamabad, attended by Pakistan President Asif Zardari, Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani, Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, and Foreign Minister Hina Ribbani Khar.
Cheers!