The Daily PakistanPolitics Nov 28 and Dec1, 2009

• Dec1-2009--just days after Zardari said that he had turned the tables on teh do more campaign of india and the west a letter written by Obama to Zardari showed no major change in western attitudes...continuing their harbouring of an indian sounding agenda they claimed that they could help solve matters with india which they have not yet been able to and again insisting that pakistan stop using militants for its purposes and suggesting strategic cooperation...and teh usual military and financial aid in which pakistans normal requests take decades to be fulfilled...The US has to realize that it cannot have strategic cooperation with everyone in teh region ..meaning that if they want tobe friends with india and discuss regional matters with them only and follow their advice than there is no point in having a strategic relationship with pakistan...because each country has different goals and ideals and they are not directed at a common purpose or even a common point of view...As a major power the USA should not try to implement indian hegemony on the region...The indians are teh regions major trouble makers and have yet to achieve a harmonious relationship with anyone or solve any of the longstanding regional issues and problems...The indians are known to twist every issue into an anti pakistan campaign
  
• Nov28-2009--In a major turn of events as teh the national assembly delayed dealing with teh controversial musharaf ordinances Zardari re promulgated 27 of 37 ordinances which include teh ERRA, NCCO, competition commission etc while allowing teh NRO and nine others to lapse...There was some confusion when news reports suggested that teh NCCO which had been passed by teh asembly has been reenacted as apparently Zardari made yusuf raza gilani the head of teh national command and control authority...seen in teh light of recent indian nuclear threats many suggest that any indian nuclear attack might thus be retaliated at even a faster pace although many wonder how the authority will get together if the nuclear attack takes place on islamabad and supposedly wipes out members of teh NCCA...teh nuclear button which supposedly does not exist in pakistan will probably pass to the military chief in the event of a nuclear attack
  
• Nov28-2009--The NRO ending has reopened old political enmities with even the PPP wanting teh judiciary to reopen all teh cases...The MQM which could have to face thousands of cases due to its involvement in teh insurgencies in karachi backed out after a verbal assault by the PPP sindh interior minister who was incensed at the mqm attitude that they had not benefited and blaming the PPP of being involved in corruption while they had only killed...The taming of teh mqm is seen as a PPP victory...while those involved hope that teh NRO cases will not be reopened both sides seem tobe urging teh SC to issue a verdict contrary to their personal desires...The sharifs, chaudhries and Gilanis who had made personal deals with teh NAB were waiting on teh sidelines to see how things turned out with nawaz sharif urging all those involved to resign like saeed mehdi involved in the polo ground case with zardari...
  
• Nov28-2009--five missing baloch return home who obviously must have been in government custody
  
• Nov28-2009--19 militants killed in khyber operations
  
• Nov28-2009--The indians negative attitudes of blame mongering continued after they expressed concern over chinese-pakistani military cooperation...These probably came to surface after pakistan unveiled its first prototype of a new chinese military plane assembled in pakistan..pakistan and china too will have to counter indian and US strategic hype rather than sit around watching like american-chinese mutants without any politics of their own...many suggest that the pakistani version has western avionics and a look ahead radar...?
  
• Nov28-2009--Zardari says his eligibility and immunity against prosecution cannot be challenged...says that he will remove 17th amendment next month...while there seem tobe impediments to a two third majority without the PMLn as there are conflicts on a third time primeminister and the pukhtunwa name which is not preferrerd by the muslim leaguers...keeping the mqm as a paltu political group seems his main aim as he would find it difficult to form a government in teh center without them
  
• Nov28-2009--security forces say they have moved into chappri feroze khel area of orakzai and have isolated teh area from hangu and khyber
  
• Nov28-2009--two anti militant tribal leaders killed in bajaur
  
• Nov28-2009--apparently the government cannot get rid of teh blackwater controversy as people were picked up for distributing illegal inter risk forms...apparently ssg men cannot keep themselves away from such jobs...many suggest ex army soldiers and SSG men very willing to act as the Gurkhas for US military contractors...Gurkhas were used in many areas of asia by the british where british soldiers were not willing to serve