KARACHI:
India was planning to offer wheat to residents of Swat valley who were displaced by the military operation in 2009, but (felt) it was ‘difficult to proceed with the offer’ after Hafiz Saeed was released, according to a US embassy cable released by WikiLeaks.
On June 2, 2009, Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) leader Hafiz Saeed was ordered to be released from house arrest by the Lahore High Court (LHC), which ruled that his detention was illegal. In a meeting with the US Charge d’affaires Peter Burleigh the same day, then Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon expressed “dismay” at Saeed walking free.
Saeed was detained under the Maintenance of Public Order Law on December 11, 2008. After the LHC’s orders, Saeed was placed under house arrest again on September 21, 2009. On May 28, 2010, the Supreme Court of Pakistan dismissed appeals filed by the government against Saeed’s release.
The cable states, “Menon had received the go-ahead to offer Pakistan donated wheat to feed displaced persons who had fled fighting in the Swat Valley. However, Menon noted, the release of Saeed had made it much more difficult to proceed with the offer.”
As far as the trial of the 26/11 attack suspects was concerned, the cable notes that Indian officials believed that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) was trying to “do the right thing but predict they will be stopped by other elements in the Pakistani government if they get close to achieving successful prosecutions.”
Published in The Express Tribune, March 18th, 2011.
At least now voters in PAK will realize that her neighbor’s hand is often tied by the actions of PAK politics in their own country.
Why would we want the IDPs to get wheat? They’re so much easier to brainwash with militant propaganda when they are hungry and desperate.
Pakistani government said a blunt “NO !” to aid meant for flood victims.
Here, they did not even have to say “NO” as this aid was never offered. This in fact might be pleasing to know that the wheat meant for Swati people was never send as they consider all the Swatis as insurgents.
@John:
we do not need any aid from india,you must have to know one thing that Hafiz Saeed is not a terrorist he is a freedom fighter.
@Qaisar Farooq:
There is a very thin line between terrorism and freedom fighting. A freedom fighter pust his own life on line when he fights and not that of other innocent people. The whole of Pakistan is responsible and owes a big time it to the entire Humanity for nurturing the these terrorists and becoming a terrorist factory.
“We know what the problems are, we know they’re not getting better, we know they’re getting worse. So, if we don’t correct them now, it’s not going to get better.”
WAIT ! Pakistan does not know they have a problem.
In fact CIA and Americans have problem and they are using Pakistan to solve their problem.
Similarly RAW and India has a problem and the want to use Pakistan.
In fact the whole world has a problem and they want Pakistan to solve it ………
Is that funny ??
@Qaisar Farooq:
Your comment says it well why the promised aid money from other nations for recent flood has not come through yet.
Once in a while one should as the ask the question is my reasoning correct. Read the comments of others and see where your thoughts stand.
There are 3 buttons to deal with anything associated with India in Ghairat – i – Pasand Pakistan:
SEND (threats across the border)
IGNORE (no matter how valid their view point)
DELETE (all records that can be traced back to the land of the pure)
Usually only the first two are required for ease and efficiency.
@Qaisar Farooq:
Wonder how you judge people who are train, abet and encourage suicide bombings in Pakistan on daily basis. Are they freedom fighters too?
@Qaisar Farooq. how is it that freedom fighters like these get involved in th ekilling of their own leaders, like Salman, Shahbaz Bhatti and the likes. What freedom are they aiming at?
Pakistani leadership has no vision in dealing with herself and her neighbors.
@Qaisar Farooq:
=( The future is bleak. What if just like the Americans even the Indians start bombing us to the stone age =(
@abhsishek:
They are fighting for the Independence of Balochistan, Sindhudesh and Pakhtunistan.
Pakistan Zindabhag