Comments on: Storm on the Horizon for Pakistan http://www.pakintel.com/2008/08/06/storm-on-the-horizon-for-pakistan/ An insider's view to Pakistan through critical intelligence, analysis and commentary. Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:47:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: noman habib http://www.pakintel.com/2008/08/06/storm-on-the-horizon-for-pakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-1261 noman habib Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:48:27 +0000 http://www.pakintel.com/2008/08/06/storm-on-the-horizon-for-pakistan/#comment-1261 I am sorry but it is hard to agree with analysis Kiyani is most popular officer in the Army. He is keeping army away from politics and rightly so .Under the present circumstances of polarization where certain segments of society and political power circles are rattling sabers the presence of a neutral force is a must.Pak army belong to the nation and it is best course of action to be neutral. Kiyani is doing fine job by not letting Army to be a Party who support Musharaf or someone else.Army will have a foothold in policy matters but indirectly I am sorry but it is hard to agree with analysis
Kiyani is most popular officer in the Army.
He is keeping army away from politics and rightly so .Under the present circumstances of polarization
where certain segments of society and political power circles are rattling sabers the presence of a neutral force is a must.Pak army belong to the nation and it is best course of action to be neutral.
Kiyani is doing fine job by not letting Army to be a Party who support Musharaf or someone else.Army will have a foothold in policy matters but indirectly

]]> By: zubair khan http://www.pakintel.com/2008/08/06/storm-on-the-horizon-for-pakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-1249 zubair khan Sun, 10 Aug 2008 03:28:18 +0000 http://www.pakintel.com/2008/08/06/storm-on-the-horizon-for-pakistan/#comment-1249 good job again sir , but i wanted to request you on writing some thing about ALTAF HUSSAIN .I dont know about others but it sounds like he is hatching another scheme cause for the past few days he has been barking about talibanization and get ready for fighting and he is just getting his amy of MQM terrorists ready who as we all know since may 12 have been running wild and basically the people of karachi are on his mercy .so plz write some thing on this issue and make people aware good job again sir , but i wanted to request you on writing some thing about ALTAF HUSSAIN .I dont know about others but it sounds like he is hatching another scheme cause for the past few days he has been barking about talibanization and get ready for fighting and he is just getting his amy of MQM terrorists ready who as we all know since may 12 have been running wild and basically the people of karachi are on his mercy .so plz write some thing on this issue and make people aware

]]> By: Pakistani ISI http://www.pakintel.com/2008/08/06/storm-on-the-horizon-for-pakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-1248 Pakistani ISI Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:54:45 +0000 http://www.pakintel.com/2008/08/06/storm-on-the-horizon-for-pakistan/#comment-1248 Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.MarkTwainMark Twain Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.MarkTwainMark Twain

]]> By: Shoaib http://www.pakintel.com/2008/08/06/storm-on-the-horizon-for-pakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-1211 Shoaib Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:26:02 +0000 http://www.pakintel.com/2008/08/06/storm-on-the-horizon-for-pakistan/#comment-1211 A very good analysis, but one question Shaan. You said: "Insider Brief sources also report that discontent is growing within the Army against its chief, Gen. Ashfaq Kayani. He is increasingly being perceived as an American lackey from within the ranks." Isnt he seen as Musharrafs man? A very good analysis, but one question Shaan.

You said: “Insider Brief sources also report that discontent is growing within the Army against its chief, Gen. Ashfaq Kayani. He is increasingly being perceived as an American lackey from within the ranks.”

Isnt he seen as Musharrafs man?

]]> By: imran tahir http://www.pakintel.com/2008/08/06/storm-on-the-horizon-for-pakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-1207 imran tahir Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:18:18 +0000 http://www.pakintel.com/2008/08/06/storm-on-the-horizon-for-pakistan/#comment-1207 thanks shaan and well said myra i dont trust these stories quoted by so and so well me and my dad have this in horizon since failed coup by zardari .This was on card and trust me this wont save zardari from army beacuse this impeachment will not work they dont have enough numbers but let see what happens but for shore this umcompitant and non GOVT has to go they will go. thanks shaan and well said myra i dont trust these stories quoted by so and so well me and my dad have this in horizon since failed coup by zardari .This was on card and trust me this wont save zardari from army beacuse this impeachment will not work they dont have enough numbers but let see what happens but for shore this umcompitant and non GOVT has to go they will go.

]]> By: Riaz Haq http://www.pakintel.com/2008/08/06/storm-on-the-horizon-for-pakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-1199 Riaz Haq Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:07:59 +0000 http://www.pakintel.com/2008/08/06/storm-on-the-horizon-for-pakistan/#comment-1199 As Myra points out, the timing and motives of these unnamed officials raises a lot of suspicion. Is the crisis real? Or is a sense of crisis being created on purpose by those who have an ax to grind? Is the PPP-PML coalition looking for a way to divert attention from its own incompetence on display for several months? The disastrous US visit of Gilani certainly did not inspire any confidence in the current government in Pakistan. All of the concerted ISI bashing by the Gilani govt and the the CIA, legit or not, is likely to backfire on PPP-PML and help rehabilitate ISI in the eyes of the military and the people. As Myra points out, the timing and motives of these unnamed officials raises a lot of suspicion. Is the crisis real? Or is a sense of crisis being created on purpose by those who have an ax to grind? Is the PPP-PML coalition looking for a way to divert attention from its own incompetence on display for several months? The disastrous US visit of Gilani certainly did not inspire any confidence in the current government in Pakistan. All of the concerted ISI bashing by the Gilani govt and the the CIA, legit or not, is likely to backfire on PPP-PML and help rehabilitate ISI in the eyes of the military and the people.

]]> By: Storm on the Horizon for Pakistan « Indus Asia Online Journal (iaoj) http://www.pakintel.com/2008/08/06/storm-on-the-horizon-for-pakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-1198 Storm on the Horizon for Pakistan « Indus Asia Online Journal (iaoj) Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:00:57 +0000 http://www.pakintel.com/2008/08/06/storm-on-the-horizon-for-pakistan/#comment-1198 [...] Courtesy and Thanks: The Insider Brief [...] [...] Courtesy and Thanks: The Insider Brief [...]

]]> By: Myra MacDonald http://www.pakintel.com/2008/08/06/storm-on-the-horizon-for-pakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-1193 Myra MacDonald Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:01:33 +0000 http://www.pakintel.com/2008/08/06/storm-on-the-horizon-for-pakistan/#comment-1193 Whenever you see a deluge of stories in the media quoting government or intelligence officials, it’s always worth asking why those unnamed officials have chosen this particular moment to speak out. Whenever you see a deluge of stories in the media quoting government or intelligence officials, it’s always worth asking why those unnamed officials have chosen this particular moment to speak out.

]]> By: Jawad http://www.pakintel.com/2008/08/06/storm-on-the-horizon-for-pakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-1191 Jawad Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:23:42 +0000 http://www.pakintel.com/2008/08/06/storm-on-the-horizon-for-pakistan/#comment-1191 Why choose now to complain about Pakistan’s ISI ? Why now? Until this week, the ISI was an acronym for Pakistan’s powerful spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence, that was little known outside of South Asia. Now it’s all over the American media as the organisation accused of secretly helping Islamist militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan, despite the fact that Pakistan is a crucial ally in the U.S. battle against al Qaeda and the Taliban. This time has been chosen because it is ripe now. There could never have been a better time. Its all about taking control of Pakistan’s atomic program. It was impossible that the US forces packed back from Iraq and Afghanistan without settling the core issue of Pakistan’s nuclear program. So the time has come. Fortunately for the US, the public opinion against the Pakistan Army is touching its lowest level in the country. The scenario may have been articulately created where President Musharraf was reassured again and again by the US only serving to drop his, and the Military’s, popularity to an extent where a strike against ISI, and thus the nuclear assets of Pakistan, was possible. It should be kept in mind that the total control of Pakistan’s nuclear program is in the hands of Military or more precisely ISI. Why choose now to complain about Pakistan’s ISI ?
Why now? Until this week, the ISI was an acronym for Pakistan’s powerful spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence, that was little known outside of South Asia. Now it’s all over the American media as the organisation accused of secretly helping Islamist militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan, despite the fact that Pakistan is a crucial ally in the U.S. battle against al Qaeda and the Taliban.
This time has been chosen because it is ripe now. There could never have been a better time. Its all about taking control of Pakistan’s atomic program. It was impossible that the US forces packed back from Iraq and Afghanistan without settling the core issue of Pakistan’s nuclear program. So the time has come. Fortunately for the US, the public opinion against the Pakistan Army is touching its lowest level in the country. The scenario may have been articulately created where President Musharraf was reassured again and again by the US only serving to drop his, and the Military’s, popularity to an extent where a strike against ISI, and thus the nuclear assets of Pakistan, was possible. It should be kept in mind that the total control of Pakistan’s nuclear program is in the hands of Military or more precisely ISI.

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