Perceptor Security & Governance Report (16-21 April 2012)

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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 (16-21 April 2012)

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

2.      National Desk

1. Dangerous militants among 384 escape after Bannu jail attack
2. Taliban’s new offensive rocks Afghanistan – Pak condemns assaults
3. Ephedrine scam –Min of Narcotics Control, ANF ‘war’ intensifies: ANF Dy Dir summons Min secretary
4. Nawaz Sharif wants Siachen de-militarized – Govt urged to take initiative
5. 1000-plus op conducted in the year 2009-2010; Psr Corps Commander
6. ANF names Musa Gilani as accused in ephedrine case: SC hearing today
7. Pak position on Siachen unchanged – Issue should be settled under Simla    accord: FO; India welcomes COAS’s remarks, ‘Nawaz Sharif defends stance on Siachen, says Army Chief said nothing different from what he had said
8. Pak needs to act against Haqqani network: US Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker     
9. Afghanistan attack plans hatched in NWA: US Ambassador to Afghanistan
10. NATO airstrike – Kerry to visit Pak with ‘formal apology’ – Senator’s trip seeks to reset US-Pak relations, sources reveal: ET      
11. Lal Masjid operation – SC resumes hearing a contempt petition filed in 2007           
12. Law and order situation improves in Gilgit    

3.    Intl Desk

1. Pak looks to accelerate peace talks with India following avalanche, Tom Hussain (Telegraph)
2. India’s Missile Launch Puts China in Range, Margherita Stancati (WSJ)
3. Russia slams NATO withdrawal plans from Afghanistan, calls them ‘artificial’ (WP)
4. US Ambassador says Haqqanis were behind Afghan attacks, raises pressure on Pak:(AP)
5. The Taliban Are Too Weak for a Tet Offensive, (Max Boot):  (WSJ)
6. With Eye on Past, Karzai Lays Out Vision for an Independent Afghanistan, By Alissa J. Rubin and Graham Bowley (NYT)
7. U.S., Pak talk about $2.6 billion reimbursement, By Ashish Kumar Sen (WT)
8. U.S. assistance to help locate Pak soldiers missing after an avalanche buys little goodwill, By Michele Langevine Leiby
9. Pak army head calls for peaceful end to India glacier fight where 140 buried in avalanche (WP)
10. Top senator: Pak remains major obstacle to peace in Afghanistan, Josh Rogin (FP)
11. Lawyer says bin Laden’s family is to be deported from Pak around midnight (WP)
12. Afghan President Karzai blames NATO intelligence failure for spate of attacks, By Kevin Sieff (WP)

1. Governance Alerts
   1. a.    Economy:

• Pakistan Baitul Mall receives no amount from government despite a request for Rs. 400 million. (Business Recorder)
• PRSP-II statistics not consistent with budget documents. (Business Recorder)

1. b.    Education:

• 58 failed students made it into the prestigious Aitchison College in 2011, managing admission through the support of influential figures mostly PPP bigwigs including the President and the Prime Minister. (News)

1. c.    Railways:

• Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani defies SC order; gives one year extension to GM Railways. (News)
• With the consent of the Railway Minister Extension was granted to General Manager Pakistan Railways in violation of the SC order, reports. (Business Recorder)

1. d.    Others:

• Thar Coal Project has been practically wound-up; the government has refused to provide funds in this regard. (Jang)
• Slow linking network delays passports in Lahore. (Dawn)

1. e.    CDA

• Land worth billion of rupees at the Park Road in the Federal Capital has been sold by a property dealer Baqir Shah after the occupation of the same land with the connivance of CDA officials. (Ausaf)

1. f.     Energy:

• Orders of the Prime Minister on the provision of 10 lakh energy savers free of cost to the people have not been implemented after a lapse of three years. (Ausaf)

1. g.    Ministry of Interior:

• Three blue books have been lost from the Ministry of Interior; all department concerned have been directed to probe the issue. (Khabrain)

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