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Rajnath stomps out of Saarc meeting abruptly amid bitterness
[DAWN] Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday left the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) Interior Ministers’ meeting halfway through after losing a war of words with his Pak counterpart Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan...  Currently the Interior Minister of Pakistain. He is the senior leader of the Pak Moslem League (N) and a close aide to Nawaz Uncle FesterSharif. He is noted for his vocal anti-American railing in the National Assembly. However (comma) Khan told the U.S. ambassador that he was in fact pro-American but he and the PML-N would have to be critical of US actions in order to remain publicly credible. Khan cited his wife and children's US citizenship as proof, which means he's lying to one side or the other and probably both. He wears a wig, but you probably guessed that. since hair doesn't grow naturally in that shape or texture... . The Indian minister indirectly accused Pakistain of sponsoring terrorism. But when Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan responded -- after relinquishing his position as the chairman of the meeting -- Mr Singh found it difficult to digest. Chaudhry Nisar called for respecting the fundamental rights of people and stressed that legitimate freedom struggles should not be suppressed in the name of the fight against terrorism. He called upon the countries from the region to differentiate between terrorism and freedom movements, sanctified by the UN Security Council, and observed that violence against freedom fighters in a disputed territory under Indian occupation was state-sponsored. He highlighted how Pakistain itself was one of the biggest victims of terrorism. "Instead of engaging in a blame-game and taking swipes at each other, we should take time out to reflect and sit together to try and work out the problems and reservations that we might harbour towards each other," he remarked. Posted by: Fred 2016-08-07 |
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