Dawn Presents WikiLeaks' Pakistan PapersKARACHI: Trawling through the Pakistan Papers re-confirms much of what has been established since the first cache of US diplomatic cables was published last November.
The US is neither omnipotent nor omniscient — it often reacts to events in Pakistan rather than dictating outcomes. But the US is a very influential player in Pakistan.
If there is a theme as such in the 4,000-plus cables read by Dawn, it is the unparalleled access Americans enjoy in Pakistan.
Hardly surprising, though it is something else to see it in black and white, over and over again, in cable after cable.
The political class is seen perennially knocking on the doors of American officials to share information and vie for support.. And American officials appear to have open-door access at the highest echelons of political and military power in the country.
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Related - Additional Dawn stories:
Saudi Arabia, UAE financing extremism in south Punjab - By Qurat ul ain Siddiqui
Shahbaz was willing to have CJ removed after ‘face-saving’ restoration - By Madiha Sattar
Government official urged follow-up drone strikes - Dawn, May 20
The Establishment’s true lies (On Drones) - By Adnan Rehmat
WikiLeaks confirms nobody cares about you - by Shyema Sajjad
‘Armed gangs outnumber police in Karachi’ - Idrees Bakhtiar
'ANP leaders said military protected Haqqanis, other militants' - Madiha Sattar
From other Sources:
Is WikiLeaks missing the target?- Ayesha Siddiqa - Express Tribune
WikiLeaks Pakistan: Leaks Ahoy! - Adil Najam, All Things Pakistan
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