ISI chief Shuja Pasha attends meeting with President Zardari and CIA chief Leon Panetta; Pakistan insist on full resumption of composite dialogue with India; Pakistan; Reports: Taliban chief Mullah Omar treated in Pakistan with help of ISI; World Bank a
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    • Reports noted that Pakistan’s ISI chief Lt-Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha attended an important meeting that President Asif Ali Zardari held with CIA chief Leon Panetta , dispelling a perception that the government of Pakistan did not want to involve the military in its dealings with the Americans.1

    Meanwhile, Pakistan has insisted on the full-fledged resumption of the composite dialogue in proposals submitted to India through diplomatic channels ahead of the upcoming meeting of the Foreign Secretaries of the two countries. The two countries have exchanged several proposals in the run-up to the meeting of the Foreign Secretaries on the sidelines of a SAARC meet to be held in Bhutan on February 6-7, 2011. 2

    Reports noted that the reclusive chief of the Afghan Taliban Mullah Mohammed Omar has been treated for a heart attack in Pakistan with the help of its intelligence service.
    The World Bank has approved a $250 million loan and a $35 million grant for Pakistan to help vulnerable communities in areas rocked by conflict. The loan announced Thursday aims to bolster Pakistan’s recovery efforts in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata). The grant, meanwhile, will be co-financed by the Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF), the Washington-based international development lender said. 3

    In other developments, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell with six other Republican senators visited Afghanistan and Pakistan to meet with American military leaders and with officials of those countries. 4

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