STRATEGIC DIALOGS

BETWEEN PAKISTAN AND

THE UNITED STATES
ØBackground
ØReasons for dialogs and Expectations
of both the sides
ØAnalysis of media coverage on this
By
dialogue Nauman Tauqir
ØConclusion
Khurram Rana
Uliya Suleman
Ali Raza
BACKGROUND
By Khurram Rana
BACKGROUND:
US AND ALQAEDA LINKS
1980-1990: TWO YEMENI SHEIKHS SERVE AS B
WAR

1986: AL-QAEDA FIGURES ESTABLISH FIRST US

ARIZONA

1987: CALIFORNIA AL-QAEDA CELL SERVES AS

HUB

1989: CIA CONTRACTOR TRAINS AL-QAEDA AN

By Khurram Rana
OCTOBER 1989: US MUST PREPARE FOR ‘FOU
SAY

DECEMBER 1992-JUNE 1993: ALI MOHAMED

BOSNIA

1993: US-BASED CHARITY HELPS SEND NINE

BOSNIA

ALQAEDA AND OSAMA-BEN-LADEN LINKS

FAHRENHEIT 9/11 (2004)
CONDOLEEZZA RICE
DONALD RUMSFELD
GEORGE BUSH BYRON
DORGAN

AGENDA SETTING

By Khurram Rana
EXPECTATIONS OF
BOTH THE SIDES
By Uliya Suleman
REASONS FOR DIALOGUE:

ISLAMABAD WANTS TO HAVE ‘TANGIBLE

DELIVERANCES’ FROM WASHINGTON,

OUR CONCERNS BOTH IN THE REALM OF

SECURITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,

INFLUENCE OF INDIA IN AFGHANISTAN

By Uliya Suleman
• Foreign minister Shah Mahmoud Qureshi said before the
dialogue
“I am also proposing 10 tracks of sectoral
engagements in economy:
energy,
defence,
education,
science and technology,
counter-terrorism
strategic stability and non proliferation,
health,
communication
agriculture and
public diplomacy,”

By Uliya Suleman
Øwish list:
1. US to deliver on all past
outstanding commitments
2. for civilian nuclear cooperation on
the pattern of India-US deal
3. tension free zone between
Pakistan and India
4. to end the continuous raising of
the proliferation issue

By Uliya Suleman
ØExpectations on the part of
US:

Pak Afghan border security

Pakistan to end up Anti

Americanism in the country

to speed up the war on terror.

By Uliya Suleman
DIALOGUE WAS
ANALYZED BY
WESTERN AND
PAKISTANI MEDIA AS:
By Ali Raza
Western and Pakistani media

Washington Post’s Karen DeYoung

Reuters,

numerous articles and opinion editorials

pointed out about Indian ambitions in
Afganistan.

By Ali Raza
LITTLE COVERAGE WAS GIVEN TO
PAKISTAN’S DEMAND OF NUCLEAR
CIVIL DEAL.  

WESTERN MAINSTREAM MEDIA WAS

ALSO OF THE VIEW THAT PAKISTAN’S
CHIEF OF ARMY GENERAL ASHFAQ
KAYANI WOULD BE LEADING THE
TALKS AND WOULD FOCUS
PRIMARILY ON BILATERAL DEFENCE
ISSUES. 
By Ali Raza
THE RESPONSE AFTER THE
TALKS:

NEWYORK TIMES, 

DAWN,

THE NEWS,

By Ali Raza
PAKISTAN FOREIGN SERVICE, CRITIZED
THE WESTERN MEDIA FOR OPENLY
VOICING OPPOSITION  AND IGNORING
PAKISTAN’S DEMAND FOR CIVIL
NUCLEAR DEAL.

THE NEWS.

ONE REASON WHY THE RECENT

DIALOGUE WAS A SEEN AS A MAJOR
STEP FORWARD FOR PAKISTAN IS
BECAUSE INDIA SAW IT WITH
SUSPICION.
By Ali Raza
CONCLUSION
By Nauman Tauqir
CONCLUSION:

PAKISTAN SEEMS HAPPY TO

RECEIVE A MASSIVE CIVILIAN
AND MILITARY AID PACKAGE AND
THE ASSURANCE FROM
WASHINGTON THAT IT WILL BE
GIVEN A CENTRAL ROLE IN THE
AFGHAN ENDGAME.

By Nauman Tauqir
PAKISTAN SHOULD TALK TO INDIA AND
US ON INDUS WATER TREATY. AS WATER

RESOURCES IN PAKISTAN IS GETTING

MORE AND MORE INADEQUATE TO
FULFILL ITS EVER GROWING NEEDS.

PAKISTAN SHOULD FORCE AMERICA

TO TALK AND SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF
WATER. AS ENERGY NEEDS HAVE TO BE
FULFILLED FROM WATER.

By Nauman Tauqir
 PAKISTAN SHOULD ALSO MAKE THE
EFFORTS TO SHOW PROPER RESISTANCE
TOWARDS US HITTING THE NATIONAL
DOMINION

IT SHOULD BE MADE SURE ON TANGIBLE

ACCOUNTS THAT PAKISTAN SHOULD RECEIVE
THE AID WHICH IS DUE.

“WE ARE FIGHTING THE

COMMON ENEMY”.

By Nauman Tauqir
 THERE SHOULD BE
INTELLIGENCE SHARING BETWEEN
US AND PAKISTAN.

ONLY WHEN PAKISTAN GETS THE

SAME CIVIL NUCLEAR DEAL FROM
THE US ON THSAME GROUNDS ON
WHICH INDIA GOT, ONLY THEN
PAKISTAN CAN GET INSURANCE
THAT US IS A BENEFICIARY AND IS
ON THE HELPING END.

By Nauman Tauqir
THANKYOU