ISLAMABAD — The Muttahida Majlise Amal (MMA) has criticised President Musharraf's statement that Pakistan would stay neutral if the United States attacked Iran.
Senior MMA leader Senator Prof Khurshid Ahmad said the people of Pakistan would consider US aggression against Iran as attack against Pakistan. "The president should tell the United States that Pakistan would review its relations with it in case of an attack on Iran, " Prof Khurshid said in a statement here.
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President Musharraf was cited by a British TV channel as saying in an interview that he hoped President Bush would not attack Iran. He said Pakistan would stay neutral, if the US did so.
Prof Khurshid also expressed disappointment over what he termed as Gen Musharraf's lukewarm attitude on the proposed sale of US Patriot missile defence system to India. He said it was surprising that only a day earlier the Foreign Office spokesman had denounced the proposed sale. "While the nation is concerned about the role of the US in influencing the defence power equation in the subcontinent in India's favour, the very person who should have been most worried is not bothered about these threats," Prof Khurshid said adding that President Musharraf is instead lost in his so called pipe-dream of optimism.
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He said President Musharraf should have warned the US that Pakistan would be forced to review its relations with it after identifying these decisions as clear threats to its security. The MMA leader said the president was more concerned about his personal security and other political adventures.
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He was neglecting these direct threats to Pakistan's security due to India-US-Israel collusion, he observed. "It seems that while America would not care for our vital interests, Gen Musharraf has become so committed to the US that he is now ready to even condone dire threats to national security. This also reflects the US design in the region," he said. |