PAKISTAN: SUMMER OF DISCONTENT? | |
1974 June 8, 05:40 (Saturday)
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1974ISLAMA05499_b
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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
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UNCLASSIFIED
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7936
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TEXT ON MICROFILM,TEXT ONLINE
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ACTION NEA
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Electronic Telegrams
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Pakistan Islamabad
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Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 30 JUN 2005
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Afghanistan Kabul | Department of State | India New Delhi | Pakistan Karachi | Pakistan Lahore
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SUMMARY: SINCE OUR LAST INTERNAL POLITICAL ASSESSMENT IN MID-MAY (ISLAMABAD 4832), THE LEVEL OF AGITATION IN PAKISTAN HAS INCREASED SHARPLY ALONG WITH DAILY TEMPERATURES. FOREMOST HAS BEEN ANTI-AHMADIYA AGITATION IN PUNJAB PROVINCE. IN ADDITION, UNREST OVER LARGELY ECONOMIC ISSUES HAS LED TO UNIVERSITY TEACHERS STRIKES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRECIPITATE ANOTHER BOUT OF INDUSTRIAL LABOR STRIKES IN MAJOR URBAN CENTERS IN COMING WEEKS. END SUMMARY. 1. CONSULATE LAHORE HAS ALREADY REPORTED EXTENSIVELY ON THE PUNJAB SECTARIAN DISPUTE PITTING ORTHODOX MUSLIMS AGAINST THE RELATIVELY SMALL BUT HIGHLY VISIBLE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 02 ISLAMA 05499 01 OF 02 080814Z AHMADIYA COMMUNITY. WHILE NOT OVERTLY ANTI-GOVERNEMENT, THE WIDESPREAD AGITATION AGAINST THE AHMADIYAS HAS INEVITABLY FORCED THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE COUNTERMEASURES TO CONTAIN RIOTING AND LOOTING, ACTIONS WHICH IN TURN HAVE BROUGHT THE GOVERNMENT INTO DIRECT CONFLICT WITH STUDENTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIESTS, INCLUDING SOME ULEMA. THE GOP’S REACTION TO THE REVIVAL OF ACTIVE AGITATION…….
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