Perceptor Security & Governance Report (12-17 March 2012)

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Perceptor Security & Governance Report (12-17 March 2012)

 This weekly report has been compiled through inputs from media and security and governance reports from different sources and has been analyzed by experts available in The Perceptors group. The report aims at providing insight of security and governance issues to the decision makers.

1.      Casualties Facts and Figures - Week (12-17 March 2012)

*Note: In column ‘Nature of Incident’ above, gives maximum killed due to the incident.

 2.      National Desk

a.      British Foreign Secretary faces legal action over drone strikes complicity

b.      No Pakistani in authority knew about Osama presence: Commander Centcom Gen Mattis – says safe havens exist because Pak Army is stretched

c.      SC takes notice of Civil servants beaten up, legs being broken; decides to address bureaucracy's poloticisation

d.      Soldier killing 16 Afghans could get death: Panetta

e.      COAS decries mil bashing

f.       Sharifs plan defamation suit against Younus Habib

g.      Ex-MI-6 Offr tells a London based NGO seminar that ISI was behind 2008 suicide attack on Indian Kabul embassy: The News

h.      India to conduct submarine fired ballistic missile tests

i.        Outgoing PAF Chief tipped to be new PIA Chairman

j.       Swiss ltr will amount to treason: PM – ‘Prison better than going to the gallows

k.      Swiss couple ‘escapes’ from Taliban captivity

l.        Taliban free son-in-law of former CJCSC Gen (Retd) Tariq Majeed

m.    A day after op – 12 non-combatants found dead in Bara

n.      Extortion, ‘Parchi’ mafia – MQM announces countrywide protest’

o.      China group is no more a part of gas pipeline plan: Minister for Petroleum

p.      Russia to invest in IP project, high level Russian delegation to arrive soon: The Nation

3.    Intl Desk

a.        UK rights group takes legal action against UK govt for helping US drone strikes (WP)

b.        Amid anger over Afghan killings, U.S. faces growing public weariness about war, Craig Whitlock and Jon Cohen (WP)

c.        The Nuclear ‘Implementation Study (Ed) (NYT)

d.        Panetta Seeks to Boost Support for Kyrgyzstan Base: (NYT)

e.        Massacre Makes Obama 'More Determined' to Leave Afghanistan (NYT)

f.         Chinese bank no longer interested in funding Pak-Iran pipeline deal (WP)

g.        Russia May Give NATO a Base for Afghan Supply Runs (NYT)

h.        Pak team arrives in India to probe Mumbai attacks (BBC News)

4.    Governance Alerts

a.    IT Ministry:

·         HRCP has expressed deep concern over the attempt by the IT Ministry to further restrict freedom of expression, creativity and peaceful thought on the Internet by projecting an extensive filtering system that will if implemented allow authorities to block up to 50 million undesirable URLs at the national level. (Daily Times)

b.    Corruption:

·         Government withdrew millions from Intelligence Bureau’s account; PPP allegedly used money to push political agenda in Punjab; had also done the same in 1989. (The Express Tribune)

·         The federal government not only inducted more than 100 officials in the FIA on contract basis but also regularized 17 officers of Grade-17 and 18 in the agency in sheer violation of the rules and regulations, reports. (Nation)

·         Government ignoring rules in postings/transfers of bureaucrats, report Mehtab Haider. (News)

·         Official vehicles are still being misused despite the directives of the Federal government. (Jang)

c.    Finance Ministry:

·                     Finance Ministry yet to appoint SBP Deputy Governors. (News)

d.    Health:

·         No anaesthetist in PIMS Burn Care Centre for last 5 years, report Asma Ghani. (Nation)

·         20 brands of Mineral Water have been found as harmful for the health. (Jang)

e.    Others:

·                     NTDC hires 60 engineers in violation of rules. (Dawn)

·                     Rules violated in hiring drug authority chief. (Dawn)

·         Construction of dams and energy projects are in doll drums due to the non-availability of funds, reports Riaz Taheem. (Express)

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