WIKILEAKS IN PAK POLITICS:

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Meeting with zardari:

According to WikiLeaks, during a meeting with President Zardari in 2009, a USs Senator John Kerr !"aced a condition on Pakistan that the "atter wou"d ha#e to ink a $%ew Securit Arrangement accord with neigh&our 'ndia, i( it wanted a ci#i" nuc"ear coo!eration with US, according to "eaked memos o( US di!"omatic ca&"es, cited in a "etter o( the then US am&assador %)W Patterson)

'itin% a letter of Patterson, /iki0eaks claimed that Senator 1erry wanted Pakistan to make a%reement with 2ew 3elhi on 2ew Security ,rran%ement, if latter was lookin% for winnin% a cooperation with *S on 'ivil 2uclear deal. 1erry also ur%ed Pakistan to stren%then democratic institutions first for the purpose, leaked diplomatic cables disclosed. Senator said ,4 1han network was key hurdle in way of pro%ress of Pakistan. /hile, durin% the same sittin%, President 5ardari told him that India itself plotted 6umbai ,ttacks in 2ovember 200.. propa%anda and assassinations. ,ccordin% to the report, the leader was 8payin% unidentified individuals in 0ashkar 9ah, :elmand province, ,; to distribute propa%anda in a letter<note form.= It further states that the propa%anda bein% spread was a%ainst countries involved in the ,f%han war, and that it came with a monetary incentive. 8The propa%anda mentions how host nation commanders that work with *S forces, are the same as ,mericans> therefore, they should die. +ach letter offers an unspecified amount of money for the death of host nation commanders and ,mericans. The letters are placed at the homes of individuals who are known to work with ,mericans.= ,ccordin% to The New York Times, #$ forei%n contractors and aid workers were killed in ,f%hanistan in the first si& months of 200?, while #@ to 20 soldiers had been killed by the Taliban in :elmand alone. ,nother report published by /iki0eaks also cites the -*I but does not mention which faction of the political party was involved. 3ated ,u%ust #0, 200?, the report details an attack that took place the same day. 8Ane of the food for work daily labourers %uardin% road construction tools on the road that 6ission +ast is buildin% to 'hal from TaluBan, was attacked by three men. :e was beaten and hun% upside down by rope around his feet, threatened, and !,000 ,f%hanis were stolen from him. :e was also asked why he was workin% for an international or%anisation and warned not to do so. The victim said the three men were from the local area. The attack took place near the villa%e of Tally. This is where mullahs from -amiatula Alama CsicD, Pakistan, had recently been preachin% a%ainst the %overnment, *2, 29As and the road construction pro(ect to 'hal.= There are doEens of instances recorded in the /iki0eaks files of propa%anda and threatenin% letters, which are received by educationists and %overnment officials amon% others. They form a pattern of intimidation that is used by the Taliban to deter ,f%hans from supportin% the *S and allied forces, and as this report shows, are linked to militant activities.

WIKILEAKS REGARDING FAZLUREHMAN7

WIKILEAKS REGARDING PAK JUDICIAL MOVEMENT In a last-ditch effort to reduce tensions with the Sharif brothers ahead of the start of the lawyers march on March 12, resident !ardari offered akistan Muslim "ea#ue $ M"% leader &haudhry Shu'aat (ussain the )ost of Senate leader if M" would form a

#o*ernment with the akistan eo)les arty $ % in un'ab but will do little to )acify Nawa+ Sharif or the lawyers, Shu'aat is considerin# the deal, which will be sealed by the March 12 *ote in the Senate- it could end #o*ernors rule in un'ab.if Shu'aat can kee) the M" forward block in line, /ther com)romise efforts ha*e failed, althou#h the 01 (i#h &ommission is )robin# for the *arious )arties )ositions in ad*ance of a )ossible (M2 mediation effort, 3fter seein# Interior Minister Malik and 3wami National arty leader 3sfundyar 4ali 1han, 3mbassador will see Shu'aat March 11 and the Sharifs on March

TARGET KILLING AND ROLE OF REHMAN MALIK:

,mid reports of possible tar%eted killin%s and 6umbai style attacks durin% the march, the 9AP be%an arrestin% Pakistan 6uslim 0ea%ue)2 CP60)2D and -amaat)e)Islami C-ID members and some civil activists. Interior 6inister 6alik assured ,mbassador he had no plans to arrest the Sharifs or key civil society leaders like ,itEaE ,hsan, but caveated this by sayin% he mi%ht have to arrest Imran 1han or others 8who did not obey the law.= 0awyers and -I activists already have be%un infiltratin% Islamabad> if a si%nificant number of demonstrators cannot enter the capital, we e&pect protests in multiple areas, especially in Pun(ab, be%innin% 6arch #2. ,ccordin%ly, we are issuin% a /arden 2otice 6arch ##. So Fehman 6alik turned out to be wron% as both 0on% 6arches ended peacefully. This childish misinformation of tar%etted killin% was (ust used as an e&cuse to arrest thousands of lawyers and political activists.

REPLACEMENT F ASIF ALI ZARDARI!

5urin# 3mbassadors fourth meetin# in a week with &hief of 3rmy Staff $&/3S% 2eneral 1ayani on March 16, he a#ain hinted that he mi#ht, "o#$%$r r$&'(tant&)* "a%$ to p$rs'a+$ Pr$si+$nt Zar+ari to r$sign if t"$ sit'ation s"arp&) +$t$riorat$s, H$ -$ntion$+ Asf'n+)ar Wa&i K"an as a possi.&$ r$p&a($-$nt, This would not be a formal cou) but would lea*e in )lace the #o*ernment led by M 2ilani, thus a*oidin# elections that likely would brin# Nawa+ Sharif to )ower, 4e do not belie*e 3rmy action is imminent, 4e do belie*e 1ayani was layin# down a clear marker so that, if he has to act, he can say he warned the 0,S, in ad*ance and #a*e us am)le o))ortunities to )ressure both sides to back down. 1ayani is tryin% to levera%e what he considers predominate *.S. influence

over 5ardari, instead of seekin% a direct confrontation that could provoke an unhelpful civil)military clash.
Confrontation:

In a 6arch ## meetin% with ,mbassador and Polcouns, Interior 6inister 6alik described his efforts to mediate with the lawyers to convince them to hold a peaceful march outside of Islamabad, but he said the lawyers so far have spurned the 9APGs proposals. 6alik plans to block roads into Islamabad be%innin% 6arch #!. ,mbassador warned that efforts to arrest the Sharifs or hi%h)profile activists like ,itEaE ,hsan would not be well received in /ashin%ton or elsewhere. 6alik denied he had any intention of arrestin% the Sharifs or ,itEaE but Bualified this by sayin% 8unless they do not stop, but I will tell you first. I have to maintain law and order. :e said he mi%ht have to arrest Imran 1han and some -I activists. C2ote7 An 6arch #0, Pun(ab police be%an arrestin% 200)2@0 -I student activists and low)level PML-N workers. 6ission contacts report many activists already are %oin% under%round. 2either the Sharifs nor ,itEaE ,hsan have been arrested. 9eo 2ews, which the 9AP has criticiEed for bein% anti)%overnment, disappeared from cable.