From: Terje Rod-Larsen To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Fw: Fwd: 2nd update from nasra hassan Date: Fri, 03 May 2013 15:47:19 +0000 From: Andrea Pfanzelter To: Terje Rod-Larsen Sent: Fri May 03 11:38:39 2013 Subject: Fwd: 2nd update from nasra hassan Terje, Nasra came back yesterday. These are her first impressions. The report is interesting but incomplete and some sections need further explanation (like mis-reporting and under-reporting). If it is sent on, you should make it clear that these are just some first impressions that will be further developed. Andrea Andrea Pfanzelter Director IPI Vienna International Peace Institute Begin forwarded message: From: Nasra Hassan < Date: 03. Mai 2013 14:54:42 MESZ To: Andrea Pfanzelter < >, Contacts: Over 5 days, between 27 April and 1 May, met enough sources to acquire a fairly clear picture of the present state of play. These contacts/discussions included non-official sources (from FATA tribal areas as well as Frontier areas) in Peshawar, the seat of both the tribal FATA Secretariat as well as the Provincial Govt; and official sources in the national capital Islamabad -- including by coincidence Dr Wager Ajmal, the Pakistani technical polio person in the Foundation, who is based in Seattle but was visiting Pakistan. Background: The information acquired in small meetings, to encourage a more open sharing of views, leads to the conclusion that religion-based refusal is a very small part of the problem; the rest is pressure tactics by not only the Taliban but also local communities (see below); one-upmanship; poor follow-up & monitoring; the security situation (i.e. the one-day polio eradication campaign with anti-polio drops cannot be carried out if the Pak Govt is carrying out a military operation in the area); problems relating to the anti-polio campaign visavis the other routine immunizations; and the vast amount of jobs & money involved. Funding is not a proble