Perceptor Security & Governance Report (23-28 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 (23-28 April 2012)

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

  2.     National Desk

1. Pak, US lock horns over drone hits, apology – Grossman meets Foreign Minister, COAS        
2. DHA – Behria Town affairs – NAB takes notice of Rs 62b scam: Express
3. India violates bilateral agreement by leaking news of Pak test launch to media: The News
4. CIA alerts Pak to Al-Qaeda’s plan of major attacks inside Pak: Dawn
5. Afghan special forces soldier kills American
6. US not listening to our drone protests: Foreign Minister
7. Osama family leaves for SA’                            
8. People surrender heavy arms in Upper Dir: The News
9. Pak safe havens hinder Afghan war: US Commander Maj Gen John A. Toolan
10. Militants amassing in Kunar to attack Pak: Military officials
11. SC seeks answers from ex-COAS Beg – Says the Gen should not have involved army in poll manipulation; credit of democracy goes to Gen Kayani
12. Pak, US fail to break logjam – Officials say Washington is reluctant to tender  a public apology over the death of two dozen Pak soldiers: ET                 
13. Terror revisits Lhr; two die in railway station blast, Lashkar-i-Bln claims              responsibility, spokesman warns that, Rwp Ibd will be next targets

 3.    Intl Desk

1. Obama to be challenged over human cost of CIA drone strikes, Karen McVeigh (Guardian)
2. Pak Premier Faces Verdict in Clash With Court, By Declan Walsh (NYT)
3. US envoy talks with Pak over reopening of sup routes, drones (WP)
4. Pak Says It Test-Fires Nuclear-Capable Missile, By Salman Masood (NYT)
5. Democracy in France Complicates Democracy-Building in Afghanistan, Marvin Kalb (Brookings Institution)
6. Pak, Corruption Affect South, West Afghan, By Jim Garamone (US Department of Defense)
7. Pak refugee exodus ‘testing’ humanitarian aid (BBC News)
8. US relents and grants visa to lawyer for CIA drone strike victims in Pak, Karen McVeigh (Guardian)
9. Washington double-talk on nukes, By Walter Pincus: US needs a consistent position on nonproliferation if its efforts to lower the nuclear weapons threat is to be taken seriously. (WP)
10. Committing to Afghanistan, By Editorial Board: The simple assurance of continued U.S. mil and economic engagement could discourage leaders of the Taliban and their supporters in Pak from a strategy of waiting out the NATO troop withdraw. (WP)
11. NATO Offers Upbeat Assessment of Afghan Security, By Graham Bowley (NYT)
12. Pentagon creates new espionage unit, By Greg Miller (WP)
13. Panetta says he seriously questions ability of Iran to gain any data from downed drone: (WP)
14. Setting aside differences, India, Pak travel the trade route to improve ties (WP)
15. Pak militant Hafiz Mohd Saeed seeks protection from bounty hunters, By Richard Leiby (WP)

1. Governance Alerts
   1. a.    Corruption:

• TIP has received serious complaint against alleged illegal appointment of Azhar Abbas Jaffery as MD of House Building Finance Company Ltd who does not have Pakistani nationality and allegations on financial irregularities. (Business Recorder)

1. b.    Police:

• Police high-ups protect liquor dealer. (Pakistan Today)

1. c.    Railways:

• Minister for Railways Ghulam Ahmed Bilour has failed to bail out the P.R. from crisis; it had to receive a loss of Rs. 6 billion in five months due to suspension of freight services of the P.R. (Khabrain)

1. d.    Water Supply:

• Hectic efforts are being made to award the contract of water supply worth Rs. 55 billion from Tarbela dam to a Chinese firm CMEC. (Jang)

1. e.    CDA:

• CDA eats up Park Enclave’s funds. (Dawn)

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