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 (20 Feb-25 Feb 2012)
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Sr#
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Province
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Casualties
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Nature of Incident*
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Killed
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Injured
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| 1 |
KPK
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48
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62
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WoT (Suicide/Bomb Blast, Shelling/firing incidents)
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| 2 |
Sindh
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12
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0
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Karachi Violence(Firing Incidents)
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| 3 |
Balochistan
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25
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8
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WoT (Firing Incidents)
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| 4 |
Punjab
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0
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0
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|
|
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Total
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85
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70
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*Note: In column ‘Nature of Incident’ above, gives maximum killed due to the incident.
2. National Desk
a. Hina Rabbani Khar to seek UK help against drone raids
b. 20th Amendment bill adopted by Senate with two-thirds vote – Release of funds ensures smooth passage
c. US diplomat summoned again over resolution about Bln in USA;US congress resolution – ‘N’ and ‘Q’ move Punjab Assembly
d. Pak to get $400m max and not $ 800m of CSF dues: IMF
e. ‘Kandahar peace team visited Qta three times in 10 days – Afghan officials ‘in talks with Qta Taliban’
f. Airblue crash: centre to appoint new inquiry panel’
g. ‘Navy gets two Orion aircraft from US’
h. Hussain Haqqani sought US help for COAS removal – Mansoor Ijaz testifies through video link’
i. APC on Bln a non-starter as Nawaz Sharif sets arrest of Bugti’s killers and recovery of missing persons as pre-condition’
j. Boeing purchase by PIA violation of rules: Transparency International Pak
k. NAB to pursue all high-profile corruption cases against politicians including Sharifs’
l. Govt offers jobs, other incentives – Cases against exiled Baloch leaders to be withdrawn’
m. ‘Pak too vital to be shunned, says Clinton’
n. Obama apologizes over desecration of Quran at a US airbase in Afghanistan’
o. Both US parties opposes Bln resolution – visiting US Congressional del tells Gilani
3. Intl Desk
a. Guns and Androids: Pak Air Force Making iPads (NYT/AP)
b. Beginning of the End, Editorial (NYT)
c. Taliban Gaining More Resources From Kidnapping: By Declan Walsh (NYT)
d. Afghan president says Pak crucial to peace talks with Taliban (WP)
e. A Resolution on Baluchistan: U.S. Ignores, Pak Erupts by Tom Wright. (WSJ)
f. Pak will not support Afghan talks until Kabul backs them, says Minister, Julian Borger (Guardian)
g. US congressman calls for Pak’s largest province to secede, sparking latest conflict: Conspiracy theorists in Pak have long alleged that the U.S. wants to break up the country or take away its nuclear weapons. (WP)
h. Pak Vows to Support Not Lead Afghan Peace Drive: (NYT)
i. Clinton: U.S. ready to reset relations with Pak, Karen DeYoung (WP)
j. U.S. Says Pak Upbeat on Eventual Cooperation (NYT)
k. Gen Petraeus and DG ISI met secretly this month (WP)
4. Governance Alerts
a. Railways:
· Purchase of 75 engines by Pakistan Railways: Cabinet Committee overrules SC orders, ignores violations. (News)
b. Education:
· Educational institutions ignore checking sexual harassment. (Dawn)
c. Health:
· Medicines banned worldwide are widely being used in Pakistan leading to alarming increase in hepatitis, cancer and heart diseases. (Nation)
· Spurious drugs sale poses life threats. (Nation)
d. PIA:
· $ 500 million kick backs feared in PIA 777 deal. (News)
e. CDA:
· Irregular appointments under political pressure continue in CDA. (Khabrain)
· Gross violation by CDA; defaulter of Rs. 4.8 billion starts construction of hotel. (Jang)
f. Others:
· Out of turn allotments: M/o Housing and Works has allotted plots for more than 2200 blue eyed employees. (The Express Tribune)
· Swat operation affecttees still awaiting promised compensation. (Pakistan Today)
· Election Commission goes wrong again; first ever SMS facility claim proves a farce. (Nation)
Comments:
- Security: The overall security situation shows significant improvement as compared to the last week. Baluchistan and KPK also show better security situation. The security forces launched successful operations and most of the deaths figure this week is of terrorist.
- Governance: The handling of governance issues by government and the actual issues both accumulate to present the environment of bad governance for the government.
- Suggestion: The security sit need a close monitoring and coordination between law enforcers and analysts. The reasons emerging from fluctuations in different time periods be studied to formulate a strategy. There is need to visibly improve governance in institutions. It is important to manage and handle projection of bad governance through intellectual discourse. Minor improvements can be magnified through intelligent use of media. The political will has to be seen behind decisions to improve overall environment
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