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Fwd: [IHRO] China & USA fighting proxy-war in Pakistan~ article by Rajinder Puri



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From: Ashok T. Jaisinghani <ashokjai@sancharnet.in>
Date: Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 2:01 PM
Subject: Re: [IHRO] China & USA fighting proxy-war in Pakistan~ article by Rajinder Puri


Can any Diplomat claim Immunity after
Killing a President or Prime Minister?
 
    The American secret agent, Raymond Davis, who murdered the two Pakistani youths in Lahore last month, is not likely to remain in a Pakistani prison for long. If he is not released by the Government of Pakistan soon, President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will to be overthrown by the orders of the US President. After all, the Government of Pakistan is being mainly run by the puppets selected and controlled by the US Administration. 
 
    Shah Mehmood Qureshi has already lost his job as the Foreign Minister of Pakistan for opposing the release of Raymond Davis, the killer of the two young men in Lahore. The world knows that Pervez Musharraf had to quit the post of President and even flee Pakistan for not obeying the orders of his masters in the USA.
 
    Shuroo huaa hai Pakistan mein nayaa hangama,
    Kab khatam hogaa khoonee Davis ko chhor ney kaa drama?
    Jab hukum degaa Amreekaa sey Barack Obama,
    Toh kyaa karegaa Zardari yaa Gilani kaa Chacha yaa Mama?
 
    Can any legal expert enlighten the readers on the validity of the International Law on Diplomatic Immunity in certain situations in which any diplomats are involved in killing the President, Prime Minister, Governor, Chief Minister, Supreme Court Judge, Opposition Leader or some such high dignitaries of the host country? Can diplomatic immunity be enforced on the basis of the Geneva Convention in such situations?
 
 
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Subject: [IHRO] China & USA fighting proxy-war in Pakistan~ article by Rajinder Puri

 

Sino-US struggle in Pakistan

15 February 2011

Pakistan has shed its inconvenient foreign minister who refused to budge under US pressure to drop murder charges against an American diplomat. The country's ruling establishment seems to be torn between its loyalties to the Americans and the Chinese, writes rajinder puri

Pakistan appears to be the victim of silent infighting within its ruling establishment that is now beginning to surface. The curious case of American operative Raymond Davis is bringing things out in the open. The Davis affair is riddled with conflicting versions. It has evoked an unusually tough response from the USA. It has led to the ouster of Pakistan's foreign minister on the eve of the Indo-Pak foreign ministers' meeting to be held in Delhi next month. To understand what is happening, it is necessary first to recall the facts of the Raymond Davis episode.
Security agent Raymond Davis attached to the US Embassy while  driving a car in Lahore shot dead two Pakistanis on motorbikes that were allegedly chasing him. The popular version supplied by the Pakistani media was that the victims had been murdered, that they had been shot in the back, that they had been carrying licensed weapons and that they had not been threatening Davis. The opposite version, also reported by sections of the Pakistan media claimed that the victims held up Davis' car, he shot them expertly through the windscreen, and the autopsy reports confirmed that they were shot in the front. It has also been alleged that the victims had earlier robbed two passersby of their cell phones and money. There was also a fierce controversy about whether Davis had a diplomatic visa and therefore enjoyed diplomatic immunity or not.
The Americans have demanded the release of Davis. Then foreign minister Mr SM Qureshi refused to interfere with the murder charge against Davis which is pending in court. The Foreign Office refused to grant Davis diplomatic immunity. As a result, America threatened to suspend the upcoming US visit of President Zardari as well as to cancel the trilateral US-Pakistan-Afghanistan conference slated to be held shortly. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Mr Gilani sacked his unrelenting foreign minister Mr Qureshi after the latter refused to accept an alternate portfolio. A junior politician has replaced Qureshi as foreign minister. Mr Qureshi stated that he would accept only the post of foreign minister or Prime Minister, nothing less!
So what is going on? This is my take.
What could be the motive behind the encounter between Davis and his eventual victims? The strong backing to the armed victims by sections of the Pakistani establishment suggests they could be terrorists given sanctuary. From the tough stand that this section of the Pakistani establishment led by its erstwhile foreign minister took against the US it seems clear that there was equally powerful international backing to oppose the Americans. China's support to terrorists in Pakistan is confirmed. Recall how Beijing had blocked UN sanctions against Hafiz Saeed. The fact that the Gilani government took the extreme measure of sacking its senior foreign minister suggests that it was under unrelenting US pressure to comply. Could Davis represent an American team assigned to eliminate terrorists inside Pakistan? Is the USA fed up with Pakistan refusing to eliminate terrorists and therefore taking matters in its own hands? For the moment, one may only speculate.
The political orientation of Mr Qureshi is not difficult to fathom. While in Beijing during a recent visit, he taunted India by stating that China was welcome to mediate between India and Pakistan on Kashmir, but sarcastically wondered how India would react to the suggestion! He is reputed to be close to the hard line section of the Pakistan army. So while Mr Qureshi on available evidence draws strength from hard line, pro-China elements in the Pakistani establishment, Mr Gilani and company are under pressure to support the USA. This confrontation has all the characteristics of a silent struggle within Pakistan by the proxies respectively of America and China.
It is in this overall context that the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan are expected to shortly resume a composite dialogue. Can talks in such conditions bring worthwhile results? That would depend on the outcome of the proxy inner struggle within the Pakistan establishment. When the situation has come to such a boil it might well deliver a make or break result. A divided Pakistan could derail the peace process. A successful dialogue could demolish opponents of the peace process. The outcome of the inner tussle in Pakistan depends on what stand is taken by Army Chief General Kayani. Undoubtedly there exist hard line pro-Jihad elements within the Pakistan army. Does General Kayani endorse them? If not, does he have the clout to neutralise them? On these questions will rest the future of the Indo-Pakistan dialogue and the outcome of the silent proxy struggle within the Pakistan establishment. The outcome remains uncertain.     

The writer is a veteran journalist
and cartoonist      


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