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Pakistan government to betray all, Resumption of Nato Supplies by May 17!

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We positioned ourselves badly because our position wasn't a sincere one, or one that would last. The flimsy Parliament resolution emphasised that, and we were on thin ice ever since flip flopping statements were being made.

Our economic situation is a reason we need the cash, and playing chicken with the US has been a huge political and policy failure.

We've come out of this weak, unprincipled, desperate for money and most importantly have betrayed those who lost their lives in this incident.

Another feather in the cap of this government.
 
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USA has been sarcastic with that.. we may not see a deal by the end of this weekend doesn't mean it may not strike in the coming week. But - I am against any deal between Pakistan and US/NATO on the resumption of supply routes.
 
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Top US officials say no apology to Pakistan

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A second senior U.S. official is saying the Obama administration has definitively decided not to apologize to Pakistan for the accidental killings of Pakistani troops by U.S.-led forces, following months of top-level discussions about making such a high-stakes foreign policy decision.

The second official told an American TV channel on Friday morning many factors played into the decision, including that Pakistan appears to have "moved on" from its initial anger.

The official also asked: "When are they going to apologize to us" for a series of grievances, most notably that high-level terrorists such as Osama bin Laden gained safe harbor inside Pakistan in recent years.

That the administration was agonizing over the decision amid election-year politics was reported first by The Wall Street Journal.

The U.S. has already expressed "regret" for the Nov. 26 deaths. But Obama has throughout his four years in office been chastised for apologizing to other countries, with critics saying it is a sign of weakness from the most powerful country in the world.

The decision reportedly comes amid negotiations and progress between Pakistan and the U.S. in opening ground-supply lines, which have been closed since the incident on the Afghanistan border that resulted in the death of 24 Pakistani soldiers.

The decision was “argued in dozens of video conference calls, nearly 20 high-level White House meetings and hundreds of confidential e-mails." And the administration came to the brink of saying sorry several times. One mission to deliver an apology by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was aborted mid flight, according to the Wall Street Journal story.

Administration officials appear cautiously optimistic that the supply lines will soon be reopened, without the U.S. apology, considering comments made Thursday by White House National Security Adviser Tom Donilon.

The decision could happen as early as this weekend in Chicago when Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari participates in some of NATO Summit meetings, the officials said.


Top US officials say no apology to Pakistan | The Nation
 
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Pakistan to seek USD 1 bn from NATO as compensation for terror war

Islamabad: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari would demand USD 1 billion from the NATO as compensation for the war on terror and its dire consequences on the country's economy, a top official said.

Presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said Zardari would put forward the demand at the NATO summit in Chicago.

The payment through NATO's Coalition Support Fund was Pakistan's right, he said."We are with the international community in the fight against this menace (terrorism) but it cannot be won by military means only. Poverty and unemployment are two big reasons of extremism," Babar said.

Babar said it was imperative to win the hearts of the people in order to establish peace in the country.US President Barack Obama is hosting a two-day NATO summit in Chicago that will focus on plans to hand over security to Afghan forces and withdrawal of foreign troops by 2014.

Zardari is being accompanied by Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar and Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbass Jilani.

Pakistan to seek USD 1 bn from NATO as compensation for terror war
 
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Pakistan to seek USD 1 bn from NATO as compensation for terror war

Islamabad: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari would demand USD 1 billion from the NATO as compensation for the war on terror and its dire consequences on the country's economy, a top official said.

Pakistan to seek USD 1 bn from NATO as compensation for terror war
Yes! his pocket was empty lately cuz no supplies were passing through and USA stopped paying $$$ since 2010 so he has to beg and cry to fillup his empty pockets........:lol:
 
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Yes! his pocket was empty lately cuz no supplies were passing through and USA stopped paying $$$ since 2010 so he has to beg and cry to fillup his empty pockets........:lol:


This is not the new Funding. This is the old one US commit in 2010 and the payment is still not done. Pakistan release the fund to army but never got from US. So they are asking US to at least release the FUND which US had promised in 2010. This is nothing related to new funding.
 
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An editorial: http://dawn.com/2012/05/20/nato-summit-2/

The two-day Nato summit in Chicago set to open tomorrow is an important moment for Afghanistan and Pakistan. For Afghanistan, what is at stake is nothing less than a road map for the drawdown of foreign troops and the post-war future of the country. When do the troops leave, how many resources will be left behind and how much money will be pumped in, who will pay for what, and how will stability and peace be made possible in a fractious Afghanistan — these are among the main questions that Chicago may go some way in answering. While the countries which have contributed to the Nato/Isaf forces in Afghanistan are in agreement that the latter cannot be abandoned and that the international commitment to it must remain firm over the next decade at least, there are disagreements over the pace and extent of the drawdown of troops, the cut-off date by which the mission there changes definitely towards a more supporting role, and how much money can be made available for Afghanistan.

Arguably, however, the country with the most to lose at Chicago, if the situation is mishandled, is Pakistan. Because for all the uncertainty over Afghanistan’s future, there is at least some determination to try and maintain a modicum of peace. In Pakistan’s case, the questions are likely to be more pointed; the time may have finally come for Pakistan to articulate what it can and will do to aid the international effort to stabilise Afghanistan in the years ahead. The summit has also come at a time where goodwill for Pakistan in the international community gathering there may be at an all-time low over the closure of the Nato ground supply routes through Pakistan. Pakistan can expect to be asked about what it will do about safe havens inside its territory, how it will strengthen border controls, whether it intends to aid or hinder the Afghan reconciliation process and if it will play by the rules of the international community in Afghanistan or those of its own making.

Critical as these questions are, what is worrying from a Pakistani point of view is that it is not clear that policymakers here are in a position to give satisfactory answers. International, including US, patience with Pakistan will eventually run out if it is continued to be seen as a spoiler in Afghanistan. From there, the distance to acute isolation for this country at a precarious economic and security moment would not be very long. If Pakistan has a defendable case to make, now is the time to do it.
 
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This thread should be closed as the prediction did not come true.
 
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