ONE SHAREEF SAID TO OTHER SHAREEF DONT TAKE AGREESIVE STANCE AGAINST INDIA

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AMBASSADOR BRIEFS NAWAZ SHARIF ON USG ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
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Date:
2008 May 22, 05:59 (Thursday)
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Excerpts follow (emphasis added)
2. (C) [...] Nawaz [...] criticized the previous government for
not doing more to sway public opinion more favorably toward the United States. Nawaz asked why the USG was having so many high level meetings with the leadership of the Karachi-based Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and cautioned that his own past efforts to woo MQM into the political mainstream had failed.
3. (C) [...] Present with Nawaz were his closest Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) advisors -- his brother and former Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, former Senior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Senator and former Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, former Punjab Governor Sardar Zulfikar Khosa and Punjab Chief Minister Dost Muhammad Khan Khosa.
8. (C) Nawaz pointed out that when he was Prime Minister he was fully cognizant of the importance of the U.S.-Pakistan relationship and was
willing to take political hits by defending unpopular U.S. foreign policy actions. As an example, he mentioned that in 1990 he had publicly criticized Saddam Hussein for invading Kuwait and supported the U.S.-led Operation Desert Storm. He added that other mainstream party leaders (read the Pakistan People's Party) in contrast were publicly condemning the United States at that time.
9. (C) [...] Nawaz and his advisors raised
no objections or concerns over Pakistan's role in the GWOT. [his Defense Minister has a different stance now]
10. (C) Nawaz criticized President Musharraf and the previous government for
not doing more to sway public opinion toward the U.S.
11. (C) Turning to politics, Nawaz told Ambassador that recent high level meetings between the Ambassador and other high level USG officials with MQM officials sent strange signals. He said MQM is not a mainstream party and should be publicly condemned for its regular use of "thuggery." Dar went on to relay a story about how in 1993 and in 1997 PML-N tried to bring MQM into the political mainstream by forming a coalition with them. The MQM leadership, however, demanded exorbitant bribes and set other unrealistic conditions.
Source:
WikiLeaks
 

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Naive expectations until the Sharif family has pulled out all their investments and stakes in Indian economy.
They 've probably used at least two investment vehicles: (1) likely JV/benami holding of Ittefaq Iron Industries Ltd in Jindal Steel, Power, and Iron ore mining, and (2) Ittefaq Investments Ltd, incorporated in India, for broader equity stakes.
However, their direct/indirect/benami investments there are apparently not publicly traceable.
Perhaps someone could find out, dig up and share...
 

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