The recent allegations against the ISI are a conspiracy against Pakistan and any attempt to weaken the intelligence agency will weaken the country, Geo News reported President Pervez Musharraf as saying on Sunday. Addressing businessmen in Karachi, Musharraf said the ISI was "the first defence line of Pakistan", and that the people of Pakistan should defend Pakistan against such conspiracies. Weakening the ISI would also weaken the war on terror, he said. According to the channel, he said the ISI "made a fundamental mistake by accepting the demands of the governments". He said the world considered Pakistan an unsafe country and that extremism and terrorism had increased to their highest. Musharraf said the whole Pakistani nation and not just the security forces should counter terrorism. He urged the provincial governments to help the security forces maintain peace. "Pakistan comes first," he said, assuring the government of his support. He also said he was ready to talk to the Jamaat-e-Islami and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz "for the sake of Pakistan".
Conference: The channel said the president also discussed the country's economy and said that he would convene a roundtable conference to discuss the worsening situation.