[Pak Daily Times] According to the New York Times coverage of the WikiLeaks release of US embassy cables, in July 2009, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Zayed, deputy supreme commander of the UAE Armed Forces and de facto defence chief, said former prime minister Nawaz Sharif... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Müslim League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
was "dangerous but not dirty -- this is Pakistain".
"Not dirty" being a relative thing...
He said Sharif could not be trusted to honour his promises. He had also said that President Asif Ali
President Ten PercentZardari
... husband of the late Benazir Bhutto, who showed remarkably little curiosity about who actually done her in ...
was "dirty but not dangerous".
"Not dangerous" being equally relative and presumably disregarding the danger inherent in ineptitude...
The NYT also reported that according to other cables released, a rail link between Iran and Pakistain would be delayed for the foreseeable future because of unrest from Baloch bully boyz in both countries. "The current rail connection, running between Quetta, Pakistain and Zahedan, Iran is in poor condition and has low freight-carrying capacity. Moreover, according to reports it has recently been repeatedly subject to rocket attacks and other disruption by Balochi tribes," it added.That'd be the Sand People. Y'gotta watch out for them. They're both dirty and dangerous.
According to another cable, a natural gas pipeline agreement between Iran and Pakistain, signed with great fanfare earlier this year, is unlikely to bear fruit anytime soon because "the Paks don't have the money to pay for either the pipeline, or the gas".
Likely they're expecting to borrow the money and then have the debt forgiven...
Another said that India was deliberately kept out of the Turkey-sponsored meeting on Afghanistan earlier this year to address the "sensitivities" of Pakistain. Reflecting Islamabad's insistence at every international fora that New Delhi be kept out of any meeting on Afghanistan, a top Turkish diplomat told US officials earlier this year that India was kept out to address Pakistain's concerns, WikiLeaks said.