Pak flip-flop, now calls India greatest security threat to PakistanSeptember 26th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan Ambassador to the United States Hussain Haqqani has once again raised the issue of India being a threat to the country, The Daily Times reports. In an interview to a private television channel, Haqqani said: "India posed the greatest security threat to Pakistan and the Pakistan Army would play its role in this regard."
It is worth mentioning here that, in the recent past, the United States has been pressing Pakistan to focus more on the internal threat posed by the Taliban and other extremist groups based on its soil rather than remain in 'war preparedness' against India.
Pak facing existential threat from western border, not India GatesSeptember 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said Pakistan has realized that the Taliban and other extremists based in the western tribal area of the country pose the real existential threat to it rather than India. In an interview with a private television channel, Gates said Pakistan has acknowledged that the real threat to its existence come from the extremists based in the lawless tribal areas along the Afghan border and not from India.
India still a threat for Pakistan: NizamiAugust 16th, 2009 LAHORE - Threat from India still looms large over Pakistan, well known Pakistani journalist and Chairman Nazria Pakistan Trust Majid Nizami has said. Addressing the seventh ideological training workshop of teachers organised by Nazria Pakistan Trust, Nizami criticised President Asif Ali Zardari for saying that India no longer remained a threat for Pakistan.
Pakistan doing well to meet 'threats' from India, Taliban, says top US admiralJuly 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - After months of trying to persuade Islamabad to shift its focus from India, the US now says Pakistan has done "pretty well" in meeting the twin threats from India and the growing threat from insurgency. "They're actually doing pretty well," Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff told CBS channel?s "Face the Nation" programme Sunday when asked how Pakistan?s efforts against the Taliban had picked up at US behest over the last couple of months.
Pak officials just can't stomach Zardari's friendly 'India no more a threat' commentsJune 30th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan leadership seems to lack consensus when it comes to talking about the country's relations with India, with the Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira saying that President Asif Ali Zardari's statement that India was no more a threat for Pakistan, was blown out of context. Addressing a joint press conference with the ISPR spokesman, Major General Athar Abbas here, Kaira asserted that Zardari's statement was reported out of context, and what he really meant was that there was 'no immediate threat of war'.
Taliban, not just a threat to Pakistan but world peace: AntonyJune 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Friday said that Taliban is a threat to the world peace and India has been trying to impress upon Pakistan to take more proactive actions to ban the Taliban.
Omar Abdullah welcomes Pakistan President's statement on IndiaMay 12th, 2009 HANDWARA - Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has welcomed Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's statement that, 'India is not a threat to his country'. Addressing a rally here on Monday, Abdullah said, "I must thank Pakistan President for his statement which he recently made in America that Pakistan's enemy is not India, Pakistan has no threat from India, Pakistan has threat from terror, Taliban and militancy," Abdullah said Zardari's statement, made during the course of an interview to a popular US news channel, comes in the wake of Pakistan moving away troops from its eastern border with India to fight the Taliban.
Taliban inside, not India, threat to Pakistan, admits ZardariMay 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has reiterated that India is not a threat to Pakistan, and acknowledged that the danger was from the terrorists within the country. 'Well, I am already on record.
US to ensure Pak aid is not utilized against IndiaMay 8th, 2009 LAHORE - The United States has said it would ensure that the millions of dollars of aid, which it would be providing to Pakistan over a period of time, does not end up being used against India through cross-border terrorism. A US State Department spokesperson said Washington would make sure that the aid be utilized only for the purpose it is being given to Islamabad, and certainly not for fuelling militancy against India.
US may ask Pak for concessions on Indo-Afghan trade issue during trilateral talksMay 5th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The forthcoming trilateral talks between the US President Barack Obama and his Pakistan and Afghanistan counterparts may see the United States mounting pressure on Islamabad to allow India extend its business ties with Afghanistan through the Wagah border. "The US, which is eying a dominant role for India in the region, wants Pakistan to provide overland trade route for Indian exports to Afghanistan," the Dawn quoted a diplomatic source, as saying.
Focus on internal threat rather than India, US tells PakApril 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The United States has once again urged Pakistan to focus more on the Taliban threat that is challenging its very existence rather than its arch rival India. Addressing the House Appropriations Committee, CENTCOM chief General.
US commander says top threat to Pakistan comes from extremistsApril 24th, 2009 US urges Pakistan to focus on Taliban, not IndiaWASHINGTON — The United States is urging Pakistan's military to focus more on the Taliban and extremists advancing inside their borders instead of the nation's longtime enemy — India. The top U.S.
US commander says top threat to Pakistan comes from extremists, warns government must actApril 24th, 2009 US: Pakistan focus should be Taliban, not IndiaWASHINGTON — The United States is urging Pakistan's military to focus more on the Taliban and extremists advancing inside their borders instead of the nation's longtime enemy — India. The top U.S.
Convincing Pak internal terror bigger threat to it than India proving "tough sell" for USApril 23rd, 2009 LAHORE - The United States is finding convincing Pakistan that the internal threat posed by extremism is a bigger threat to it than India, a "tough sell". Delivering a lecture at the Harvard University, Central Command chief General David Petraeus said Islamabad must change its attitude towards New Delhi.
Pakistan seeks details of terror threat to Indian electionsApril 11th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan said Saturday it had sought details from India on the perceived terrorist threat to its general elections. 'We have made a request to the Indian administration for intelligence sharing so that all necessary steps could be taken,' Interior Minister Rehman Malik said at a press conference, noting that Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had spoken of the threat.
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