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Nisar chides Asif for remarks about banned outfits
[DAWN] Former interior minister 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... assailed Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on Saturday over his remarks about banned outfits, saying that comments on sensitive and important matters must be based on facts and record and not on assumptions and riddles. In a statement issued by his front man, Chaudhry Nisar pointed out that 26,000 people laid down their lives while over 70,000 sustained injuries in the war on terrorism. He said that Pakistain also suffered a loss of over $100 billion as a frontline state in the war. Mr Asif in a recent TV interview had stressed the need "for putting our own house in order" and keeping tabs on banned ...the word bannedseems to have a different meaning in Pakistain than it does in most other places. Or maybe it simply lacks any meaning at all... organizations, including Jaish-e-Muhammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba ...the Army of the Pure,an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains an blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI... , admitting that the groups were operating from within Pakistain. In another interview he said that he stood by his words. Chaudhry Nisar regretted that despite the sacrifices, some people not only criticised and pointed fingers at Pakistain, but also made it a target of derision. "The reason is that we provide the world an opportunity to ridicule us and put the blame of their failures on us, due to our irresponsible attitudes and statements," he noted. He said it was quite strange that at a time when the army chief was asserting that Pakistain had rendered enormous sacrifices and the world must acknowledge this and should ’do more’, the foreign minister and the interior minister were taking the position that Pakistain should do more. He said that these two persons had been ministers for the past four and a half years. "Did they ever express these views in the meetings of the cabinet or National Security Committee? Does the minister realise how much his statement was played up and publicised in India and how it was used by that country to substantiate its baseless claim that the problem is with Pakistain?" he asked. "This is also a fact, unfortunately, that such statements are made to criticise our intelligence agencies and armed forces. But if this is the case then one should have the moral courage to do plain talk rather than asking riddles," Chaudhry Nisar said. He said that of course there were some weaknesses and shortcomings vis-à-vis national security but these issues should be addressed through consultation, hard work and consensus. "One should not make fun of it before the entire world through statements. National security issues are very sensitive and one should consider national interest before speaking about such matters." He asked if there was not a visible improvement in the internal security situation today as compared to the one that the country faced in 2013-14. "What made this possible were joint efforts and not under any coercion or help from outside." Federal and provincial governments, arm-ed forces, civil armed forces, and intelligence agencies contributed to the joint efforts, he added. Posted by: Fred 2017-09-18 |
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