Despite an agreement with the Taliban government, Afghanistan’s territory is being used against Pakistan, Defense Minister Khawaja Asif urged the Taliban to fulfill their commitments made in the Doha Accord.
The Afghan government had promised Islamabad that its territory would not be used against Pakistan, the minister said after the conclusion of the National Security Committee (NSC) meeting in Islamabad. said on Monday’s episode of
“The Pakistani government is in constant communication with Afghanistan regarding border violations.”
Khawaja Asif said that General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa and General (retd) Faiz Hameed briefed the National Assembly about the background of negotiations with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the subsequent developments. However, it did not yield any positive results, he said.
He pointed out that 58 percent of all terrorist incidents in Pakistan occur in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), some of which also occur in Balochistan.
Expressing regret, the federal minister said, “Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has been voicing his grievances time and again, yet he seems completely oblivious to the political engineering of 2018. The federal minister expressed regret.
Brushing aside PTI leaders’ allegations of General (r) Bajwa’s involvement in the no-confidence motion against Imran Khan in April last year, the Defense Minister asserted that he was surprised that his [ How is it related to Bajwa]? The motion of no-confidence in view of the fact that it was tabled in Parliament.
He asked Imran Khan to correct his attitude.
When asked about the absence of Chief Minister KP Mehmood Khan in the NSC meeting, he said that how many times did Imran Khan invite Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah to the NSC?
He said that Imran Khan is making accusations against everyone including America and national institutions. He said that on the other hand, we will knock on every door to get consensus on national issues.
He said that friendly countries want to help Pakistan and encourage the country to stay in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) program. Accordingly, the government has decided to remain in the IMF program.
“We will have to take tough decisions. We will ensure that the middle and lower income sections of the society are not overburdened,” he vowed.
NSC’s decision not to allow anyone to facilitate terrorists
Earlier on Monday, the National Security Committee headed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif decided that no country will be allowed to provide shelter and facilities to terrorists and Pakistan reserves all rights to protect its people.
According to an official statement issued by the Prime Minister’s House on Monday, these resolutions came during the 40th session of the NSC in Islamabad.
Also on Friday, the NSC vowed to respond strongly to resurgent terrorism in the country and termed militants as “enemies of Pakistan”.
The law and order situation in the country has deteriorated since last few months. Terrorist groups including the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) carried out terrorist attacks across the country.
