RAW, through Afghanistan, had executed the terrorism incidents through Afghans by providing them money and weapons for the set targets.
ISLAMABAD – Pakistani authorities have garnered the most sought-after evidence regarding the involvement of India’s notorious intelligence agency RAW in destabilising the country by using Afghan soil, a local newspaper reliably learnt on Sunday.
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Now Americans can land only on Benazir Bhutto Shaheed International Airport, Islamabad, as Government has banned other airports of the country for them.
ISLAMABAD: Now Americans can land only on Benazir Bhutto Shaheed International Airport, Islamabad, as Government has banned other airports of the country for them. A reliable source informed a local newspaper that unusual activities of Americans in Pakistan have forced the Government to take this decision and the arrest of five US nationals from Sargodha also played a key role in it.
The plane reached Islamabad airport at 4:08am, and officials had received instructions from authorities not to inspect any of them and clear them immediately.
The foreigners affiliated with the private military contractor Blackwater / Xe Worldwide LLC arrived at Islamabad Airport on Tuesday November 4, 2009 through a PIA flight. “Of the 274 passengers, who boarded Pakistan’s national flag carrier-PIA, flight PK-786 from Heathrow Airport UK, 202 were foreigners but they were fluently speaking Urdu language,” disclosed the sources.
The Blackwater supervisory team in Peshawar includes James Bill William, Copper, Steven Cash, Roderick Christopher and Alisha Cambel.
Peshawar: A Peshawar-based journalist Syed Fawad Ali Shah has alleged that he has received life threats from Blackwater (BW) officials and Blackwater is operative in Peshawar. The Blackwater supervisory team in Peshawar includes James Bill William, Copper, Steven Cash, Roderick Christopher and Alisha Cambel, Fawad claimed. He said that they have hired several Pakistani government officials and retired army personnel at remunerations as high as $2,000 per day.
The Foreign Office of Pakistan used its discretionary power for issuing visas to VIPs who go on short notice to Pakistan and do not have sufficient time to take permission from it (FO).
NEW YORK: Pakistan’s embassy in the United States had issued 26 visas to American diplomats, 1,200 to US Army officials and 2,500 to civilians travelling for Afghanistan during last 15 months, the embassy spokesman told.
The spokesman said that since last June to September this year, 12-13,000 Pakistani-Americans were issued visas.
The official said officials of the Lahore High Court were also on the hit list of US funded talibans and the warning letter had been circulated to the departments concerned for necessary measures
A main intelligence agency has issued a fresh terror threat warning to the departments concerned, naming some individuals and security establishments in Rawalpindi and Lahore.
According to the warning, CIA and RAW funded talibans might target a senior journalist of Lahore, and a prominent moderate religious scholar who appears on Geo TV, an official said, requesting anonymity.
Aqeel aka Dr. Usman had camouflaged himself well and kept out of sight for a couple of hours until bad luck struck him in the face. The false ceiling couldn’t bear his weight any longer and simply collapsed, throwing Aqeel on the floor and hurting his head badly.
Some key leaders of several jehadi and sectarian organisations, including a jailed militant, were flown from Lahore, Bahawalpur and Rahim Yar Khan to the garrison town of Rawalpindi on special flights to hold talks with the hostage takers who had stormed the GHQ building on October 10, 2009.
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“Not only Blackwater, but other private military firms are operating in Pakistan”, stated Bob Robert Hathaway, Director Asia Program at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. In an interview aired on Geo TV, Mr. Hathaway said that visas to Blackwater and other private military personnels have been granted by Pakistani government. If Pakistan does not want their presence, they should contact Washington. He said that President Asif Ali Zardari did not abide by his promises to the people of Pakistan.
Full Text of Kerry-Lugar Bill as passed by Senate.
S.1707
Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2009
SEC. 203. LIMITATIONS ON CERTAIN ASSISTANCE.
(a) Limitation on Security-related Assistance: For fiscal years 2011 through 2014, no security-related assistance may be provided to Pakistan in a fiscal year until the Secretary of State, under the direction of the President, makes the certification required under subsection (c) for such fiscal year.
Foreigners in Islamabad and Peshawar have been advised not to carry any weapons with them.
Islamabad: The interior ministry has issued directives to Police to seize unlicensed weapons from foreigners, if they are found displaying even licensed weapons in any part of the country. It has also advised foreigners not to carry unlicensed weapons and avoid unnecessary display.
The directives have come after several complains regarding DynCorp and suspected Blackwater personnel carrying unlicensed weapons in the streets of Islamabad and Peshawar.
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