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Canadian PM appoints Pakistani as advisor on South Asia Posted by <http://www.teluguportal.net/userinfo.php?uid=1> admin on 2006/9/3 6:59:24 Islamabad, Sep 3 (IANS) The elevation of Wajid Khan, a Canadian of Pakistani origin, as the new special adviser for South Asia to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has excited Pakistanis who think they have scored a diplomatic point vis a vis <http://www.teluguportal.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=12173> India. Before migrating to Canada, Khan was with the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) for eight years during which he was taken a Prisoner of War (POW) during the 1971 India-Pakistan war, The News International newspaper said on Sunday. "India appears non-pulsed at the announcement of Khan," the newspaper said, adding that the Indian Ministry of External Affairs is "provoked" by Khan's public statement that he wanted to broker peace between India and Pakistan. A large number Indian émigrés have held key positions in the governments in the West. People of Indians origin have been elected as members of parliament in <http://www.teluguportal.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=12173> Canada, while former Pakistani citizens have also been members of British Parliament. The News International further said: "The question in the minds of the people in the Indian High Commission, Ottawa, was: what kind of advice would a man such as Khan tender to the prime minister on issues pertaining to South Asia? There was a shock waiting for them". The mandate given by Harper was that Khan would <http://www.teluguportal.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=12173> travel to the two hotspots of South Asia and the <http://www.teluguportal.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=12173> Middle East in the coming weeks and report on medium and long-term opportunities to further Canadian engagement there. The report was to be completed in October. But there is no doubt that whatever his origins, Wajid Khan has the support of his boss who said, "Canada has an increasing number of interests in both South Asia and the Middle East". "I am delighted that Wajid Khan will be sharing his insights on future developments with the Government of Canada." He added that Khan "has long been a prominent voice in the Toronto Pakistani and Muslim communities". [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
