From: Habib Yousafzai <yousafzai49@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, May 8, 2011 at 8:05 AM
Subject: [bangla-vision] Pakistani government should not rely on foreign aid
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Pakistani government should not rely on foreign aid
Stop reliance on foreign aid. Pakistan does not have any valid reason to be lagging behind in comparison to other nations. One cannot expect to be economically stable relying solely on assistance from others. Accepting help is damaging the country ;(i) the countries who are providing help are violating the sovereignty of Pakistan ;(ii)the amount of help received is not sufficient; and(iii) the current government has failed to motivate the people to work hard, as a result, goods and services are not being produced to meet the need, adds Habib Yousafzai.
US violated Pakistan's sovereignty: Gilani
To Brief Parliament Today
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Islamabad, May 7: Amid a diplomatic row between Pakistan and the US over the secret operation that killed al- Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said Washington should not have violated his country's sovereignty to carry out the raid in Abbottabad.
"There was no need to (take) a shortcut or to bypass Pakistan," Gilani told reporters who accompanied him on an official visit to France.
In view of the long-standing relations with the US, Pakistan's sovereignty should not have been violated, he said.
Reacting to Monday's operation by US special forces inside Pakistani territory, Gilani said the issue of violation of sovereignty was a matter of concern for the country, particularly in view of the cooperation with the US in intelligence and defence.
He said relations with the US had seen many ups and downs in the past, including the incident of CIA contractor Raymond Davis, who was arrested after he killed two men in Lahore, and the killing of bin Laden.
He added that it would take "some time" for bilateral relations to fully normalize.
GILANI TO BRIEF PARLIAMENT TODAY
Meanwhile, Gilani would brief the parliament tomorrow to "take the nation into confidence" on the issue.
The announcement came after Gilani held a meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari and army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani to review the fallout of the killing of bin Laden in an operation by US special forces in the garrison city of Abbottabad on Monday.
"The Prime Minister will take the nation into confidence through the platform of the parliament on Monday and looks forward to a full debate on the matter on the floor of the House," said a statement issued by Gilani's office.
A separate statement issued by the presidency said Zardari, Gilani and Kayani "took cognizance of the present situation in its totality" during their meeting.
It did not give details.
This was the first meeting of the top civilian and military leadership since the killing of bin Laden.
Gilani had held extensive consultations with the President, the army chief, Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar on the "situation arising from the Abbotabad operation resulting in the death of Osama bin Laden", said the statement from the Prime Minister's office.
"The situation was comprehensively reviewed in the perspective of Pakistan's national security and foreign policy," it said.
Gilani emphasised during these consultations that the "sole criteria for formulating our stance is safeguarding of Pakistan's supreme national interest, by all means, by all state institutions, in accordance with the aspirations of the people of Pakistan, who above all value their dignity and honour", the statement added.
The civil and military leadership have already said that the US did not inform Pakistan about the raid that killed bin Laden.
They have described the raid as an "unauthorised unilateral action" and the army has warned that it will respond if any other such operation is mounted by the US or any other country.
However, the government and the military leadership is facing awkward and embarrassing questions, especially from the US, about its failure to detect bin Laden's presence in Abbottabad.
At the same time, the public have criticised the military for its perceived failure to detect or respond to the helicopter-borne raid by a crack US Navy SEAL team.
RADARS WERE INACTIVE DURING OPERATION: PAF
Pakistan Air Force has assured the government that no foreign helicopters or fighter planes will be allowed to violate the Pakistani air space in future and if ordered, the PAF can shoot down the US drones.
Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman has accepted the responsibility of air surveillance failure but informed the government that the entry of American helicopters into the Pakistani air space during Abbottabad operation against Osama bin Laden was not detected because the radars deployed on the western borders were not active on May 2. He dispelled the impression that the Pakistani radars were jammed.
Tension between Pakistan and the US further increased on Friday after another drone attack in the tribal area. The PAF clearly told the government that they never perceived any threat for urban areas of Pakistan from Afghanistan and that was why the radars deployed close to the western borders were "on rest".
It was learnt that radars deployed on the borders with India and the LoC with the Kashmir are active 24 hours and that was why Pakistan came to know about a possible Indian attack in December 2008 immediately after the Mumbai attacks. It was the evening of December 21, 2008 when Pakistan came to know about the unusual movement of Indian Army and Air Force.
"We were not sure about the identity of intruders on May 2 but when the PAF chief came to know about the presence of some helicopters in Abbottabad through the Army, he immediately ordered his night fighters to shoot down the unknown helicopters. Night fighters were in the air within 15 minutes but when they reached Abbottabad, by that time the unknown helicopters had disappeared," defence sources said.
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