US drones violate Pak sovereignty: UN



ISLAMABD - US drone attacks on Pakistan's tribal agencies are carried out without consent of the government in Islamabad and are a violation of its sovereignty, a United Nations official has warned.
Returning from a three-day visit to the country's capital, Ben Emmerson QC, the UN's special rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights, said he had been given assurances that there was no ‘tacit consent by Pakistan to the use of drones on its territory’.
His comments on Friday are a direct response to widespread suspicions that some parts of Pakistan's military or intelligence organisations have been providing clandestine authorisation to Washington for attacks by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on Taliban or Al-Qaeda suspects in provinces on the Afghan border.
Emmerson said he had been told that "a thorough search of Pakistani government records had revealed no indication of such consent having been given".
His statement said that Pakistan's foreign affairs ministry had confirmed "that since mid-2010 (and to date) it has regularly sent 'notes verbales' to the US Embassy in Islamabad protesting the use of drones on the territory of Pakistan" and "requiring the US to cease these strikes immediately".
Pakistan also released updated casualty estimates from US drone attacks. Officials told Emmerson, a London-based barrister, that Pakistan believed there have been at least 330 drone strikes on its territory since 2004. Islamabad's records showed that a total of about 2,200 deaths had been caused by drone strikes and a further 600 people had suffered serious injuries.
The difficulty of reaching mountainous regions and Pashtun tribal practices of burying their dead as soon as possible made collecting precise figures difficult, government officials admitted. Of those who died, at least 400 were said by the government to have been civilians and a further 200 were regarded as probable non-combatants.
Emmerson's high-profile investigations have forced the Obama administration to respond to mounting international concerns about its drone attacks in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia. US officials have defended their strikes as permissible as part of the administration's global ‘war on terrorism’.
Speaking at the end of his visit, Emmerson said: "The position of the government of Pakistan is quite clear. It does not consent to the use of drones by the United States on its territory and it considers this to be a violation of Pakistan's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
"As a matter of international law the US drone campaign in Pakistan is therefore being conducted without the consent of the elected representatives of the people, or the legitimate government of the state.
"It involves the use of force on the territory of another state without its consent and is therefore a violation of Pakistan's sovereignty.
"Pakistan has also been quite clear that it considers the drone campaign to be counter-productive and to be radicalising a whole new generation, and thereby perpetuating the problem of terrorism in the region.
"Pakistan has called on the US to cease its campaign immediately. In a direct challenge to the suggested legal justification for these strikes, the government of Pakistan has also made it quite clear during these discussions that any suggestion that it is 'unwilling or unable' to combat terrorism on its own territory is not only wrong, but is an affront to the many Pakistani victims of terrorism who have lost their lives."
A Pakistani analyst helping Emmerson’s team, Imtiaz Gul, said Friday that he gave the UN investigator case studies of 25 strikes that allegedly killed civilians.
The rapporteur, Ben Emmerson, told CNN the actions are of dubious international legality, despite the United States' assertions. "I'm not aware of any state in the world that currently shares the United States' expansive legal perspective that it is engaged in a global war - that is to say a non-international armed conflict with Al-Qaeda and any group associated with it, wherever they are to be found, that would therefore lawfully entitle the United States to take action involving targeted killing wherever an individual is found," Emmerson said.
Reports by independent groups corroborate Emmerson's account, concluding that drones mistakenly target and kill a significant number of civilians.
The New America Foundation estimates that in Pakistan, drones have killed between 1,953 and 3,279 people since 2004 - and that between 18 and 23 per cent of them were not militants. The nonmilitant casualty rate was down to about 10 per cent in 2012, the group says.
A study by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism estimates that since 2004, Pakistan has had 365 drone strikes that have killed between 2,536 and 3,577 people - including 411 to 884 civilians.

Musharraf to return to Pakistan on March 24

DUBAI: Pakistan’s former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf will return home on March 24 after nearly four years of self-imposed exile in Dubai, his press aide said on Tuesday, in time to take part in the general election.
The former army general faces the possibility of arrest in Pakistan on charges that he failed to provide adequate security to former prime minister Benazir Bhutto before her assassination in 2007.
His press aide Khurram Haris told Reuters Musharraf would return to Karachi on a public flight on March 24, and would not be detained on his arrival.
“President Musharraf has made it clear that he will present himself to the courts because he believes he hasn’t done anything wrong,” Haris said.
Pakistan’s government would provide security for Musharraf, he added.
The ex-president had already said he planned to return in March to take part in the election, but had not given an exact date.
He had also announced similar plans to return in January last year, but his aides advised him to hold off because of political instability in the country.
Pakistan’s assemblies are due to be dissolved on March 16. An election has to be held within 90 days, allowing for a period for campaigning and other preparations

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Over 100, 000 expected to attend PTI jalsa in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: Preparations are in full swing in Peshawar, where Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is scheduled to hold a large public meeting on Sunday. Around 55, 000 chairs are being brought to the venue, which is being decorated with banners and flags. PTI Chairman Imran Khan and other senior party leaders will address the gathering. According to PTI sources, more than 100, 000 people are expected to attend the meeting.

Over 100, 000 expected to attend PTI jalsa in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: Preparations are in full swing in Peshawar, where Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is scheduled to hold a large public meeting on Sunday.https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/483801_544389815591681_1756132835_n.jpgAround 55, 000 chairs are being brought to the venue, which is being decorated with banners and flags.
PTI Chairman Imran Khan and other senior party leaders will deliver a speech.
According to PTI sources, more than 100, 000 people are expected to attend the meeting.
Organizers say they are facing difficulties due to last night’s rain. But they said that they still got time to drain out the water.
Political observers say that Peshawar meeting would have an effect on PTI’s chances in the next elections.

Prices double in PPP government’s five years

No one can deny the negative impact of rupee’s losing strength against the dollar, high transportation charges on account of hike in diesel, CNG and LPG prices, changes in duties and taxes and demand and supply position of local crop. The government literally gave a free hand to market players and manufacturers who kept on increasing prices in the absence of any check or monitoring.
Even good wheat crop failed to lower flour prices as flour millers kept on pushing up prices owing to rising wheat prices in open market, delay in getting wheat from provincial departments and hike in support price.
The dollar was equal to Rs62 in March 2008 which is now nearly Rs100, thus making an adverse impact on import of finished products and raw material.
When the PPP assumed power, 10kg flour bag, fine atta, atta no 25 and chakki flour were available at Rs150, Rs23, Rs16 and Rs24 per kg as compared to their current rate of Rs420-440, Rs40, Rs40 and Rs44 per kg, respectively. Basin was available at Rs45 per kg and now it is quoted at Rs100-115 per kg.
Five kg Dalda ghee and five litre Dalda cooking oil were sold at Rs720 and Rs780 as compared to their current rate of Rs995 and Rs1,049, respectively.
One kg ghee pouch of Dalda is now quoted at Rs199 as compared to Rs144 in March 2008.
High quality Kernal Basmati Super was selling at Rs90 per kg in March 2008 as against Rs160 per kg now.
Kernal Shaheen variety sells at Rs135 as compared to Rs80 per kg.
Basmati 85 is priced at Rs95 as compared to Rs55 per kg. Irri 6’s current price is Rs50 as compared to Rs35 per kg.
Fresh milk sells at Rs75 per litre as compared to Rs40.
Nido one kg pack carries a retail price of Rs625 as compared to Rs310, while Everyday tea whitener is now available at Rs560 as compared to Rs285.
One litre Tetra Milk is selling at Rs44 as compared to current rate of Rs90.
High quality mutton is now selling at Rs600-620 per kg as compared to Rs300 per kg in 2008 while veal beef meat with bones is available at Rs320-360 per kg as compared to Rs170 per kg.
Veal without bones is priced at Rs420-460 per kg as compared to Rs200. Live poultry bird meat was Rs112 per kg as compared to current rate of Rs170 per kg.
Tapal Danedar tea (200 gram) now sells at Rs125 as compared to Rs63. Lipton Yellow tea pack is available at Rs137 as compared to Rs70.
Either a political tactic or pre-election move, the government reduced petroleum products rates on Saturday to win masses’ support which were increased two days back. However, when government came into power, petrol and diesel were carrying prices of Rs62.81 and Rs44.59 per litre as compared to Rs103.70 and Rs109.21 per litre.
CNG and LPG were selling at Rs37 and Rs53 as compared to current rate of Rs99 and Rs120 per kg, respectively.
Sugar price more than doubled as it is now quoted at Rs55 as compared to 25.
In pulses, high quality masur is available at Rs90-100 per kg as compared to Rs85 per kg in March 2008.
Good quality moong, mash, arhar and gram pulse prices were Rs110-120, Rs95-105, Rs145-160 and Rs100-105 per kg as compared to Rs50, Rs62, Rs82 and Rs48 per kg.
Karachi Wholesalers Grocers Association (KWGA) Chairman Anis Majeed claimed that food prices had surged by at least 40 to 200 per cent in the last five years due to impact of currency devaluation and high petroleum prices.
He said inflation had hit many economies of the world but in Pakistan our economy did not grow due to lack of policies. He said the government raised water, gas and electricity charges and did not focus on making dams, power plants and tapping solar and wind energy resources.
Anis said no serious effort was made on research and development to raise production of various crops.
With no check on essential items prices, manufacturers of other items also utilized the situation.
For example, Mitchell’s jam and jelly packs are now selling at Rs120 as compared to Rs68, while tomato ketch-up of Mitchell’s and National (big bottle) is priced at Rs170 as compared to Rs85.
General Secretary, Karachi Retail Grocers Group (KRGG), Farid Qureishi, said many items being produced by big companies are selling without any price tag and even weight of many products have also been reduced.
The government did not take any action against the producers.
He recalled that tea packers reduced prices after cut in sales tax to five from 16 per cent on imports after two months they raised the prices.
He said rise in gas, power, petroleum prices and dollar appreciation made a direct impact on domestic product prices.
In soaps and detergents, Surf Excel and Ariel one kg pack are now available at Rs240 each as compared to Rs150 in March 2008.
Lux 125 gram soap is priced at Rs55 as compared to Rs24. Safeguard big size toilet soap is tagged at Rs45 as compared to Rs30. One Sufi detergent bar was Rs20 as compared to Rs36 now.

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Raymond Davis in jail for two years

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US court finds Raymond Davis guilty of assault

DENVER: A former CIA contractor who triggered an international incident in 2011 when he killed two men in Pakistan pleaded guilty on Friday to assaulting a man in a dispute over a parking spot, prosecutors said.

Raymond Allen Davis entered the plea in Douglas County District Court to misdemeanor third-degree assault and received a two-year probationary sentence, said Lisa Pinto, spokeswoman for the district attorney’s office.
Pinto said Davis was also ordered to take anger management classes and write a letter of apology to the victim, Jeff Maes.

Davis, 38, was originally charged with second-degree felony assault in the altercation with Maes in October 2011.

Officers were sent to a bagel store parking lot on reports of a fight between the two men, according to Douglas County Sheriff’s spokesman Ron Hanavan.

Police said Davis started the fight and knocked Maes to the ground. He was arrested at the scene.

A US Army veteran and former special forces soldier, Davis made international headlines when he shot and killed two men in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore in January 2011.

Davis, who was working in Pakistan at the time under a CIA contract with Xe Services, the controversial private security firm formerly known as Blackwater, said he acted in self-defense.

He was acquitted of murder and allowed to leave Pakistan after a $2.3 million payment was made to the men’s families.

Then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said at the time that the US government did not pay the “blood money” but would not reveal who did.

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