LAHORE - Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator
Pervaiz Rashid said on Sunday said that PTI chief Imran Khan’s politics
over NATO supplies was an attempt to isolate Pakistan from rest of the
world.
“Pakistan could not afford the politics of isolation as it needed friends not foes in today’s world”, he said while talking to newsmen at the 4th International Literary and Cultural Conference here at the Alhamra.
He termed the PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s demands regarding closure of NATO supplies unrealistic that would not serve the cause of Pakistan. He said Imran Khan spoke for Taliban while his sword was for the US.
He said that the PML-N government wanted end to drone strikes and elimination of terrorism from the country. However, it could not pursue a foreign policy which might seclude the country from the global village, he added.
“The NATO containers transport food items for the Afghan brethren and not arms while Pakistanis have close ties with the people of Afghanistan”, he said, adding, that any step by the PTI to stop food supplies to the Afghans, could be detrimental for the regional ties.
Pervaiz believed Imran Khan was doing politics of isolation and was bent upon spoiling Pakistan’s relations with the neighbouring countries.
He said that all the Central Asian countries, besides Afghanistan, had cordial relations with the NATO countries, and even Iran had improved its ties with the United States.
“Stalled diplomatic relations with Afghanistan could only benefit Pakistan’s foes”, he added.
Commenting on Imran Khan’s statement of a thousand year war, he said the masses had to suffer the results of wars. Pakistan wants to spread love not hatred, he said.
Pervaiz said that no NATO supplies were run on Saturday and Sunday and it was beyond comprehension which NATO supplies Imran Khan’s PTI wanted to stop on November 23 and 24, the weekend days. “It seems that the PTI leader has always preferred to hold protest rallies on weekends”, he remarked.
Replying to a query, he said that no representative from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was allowed to address the protest rally in Peshawar which raised questions whom the PTI was representing and serving.
He said Imran Khan had a dubious stance on drone strikes. In the first information report lodged against the drone attacks, he had not mentioned anyone’s name. Whether Imran did not know the perpetrator of the drone strikes, he asked.
“Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif had established himself as a great leader when Imran Khan was frolicking on the cricket fields”, he recalled.
He said that the PML-N government supported peace and rejected the politics of hatred, intolerance and isolation.
http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/lahore/25-Nov-2013/imran-s-politics-to-isolate-pakistan-says-pervaiz
“Pakistan could not afford the politics of isolation as it needed friends not foes in today’s world”, he said while talking to newsmen at the 4th International Literary and Cultural Conference here at the Alhamra.
He termed the PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s demands regarding closure of NATO supplies unrealistic that would not serve the cause of Pakistan. He said Imran Khan spoke for Taliban while his sword was for the US.
He said that the PML-N government wanted end to drone strikes and elimination of terrorism from the country. However, it could not pursue a foreign policy which might seclude the country from the global village, he added.
“The NATO containers transport food items for the Afghan brethren and not arms while Pakistanis have close ties with the people of Afghanistan”, he said, adding, that any step by the PTI to stop food supplies to the Afghans, could be detrimental for the regional ties.
Pervaiz believed Imran Khan was doing politics of isolation and was bent upon spoiling Pakistan’s relations with the neighbouring countries.
He said that all the Central Asian countries, besides Afghanistan, had cordial relations with the NATO countries, and even Iran had improved its ties with the United States.
“Stalled diplomatic relations with Afghanistan could only benefit Pakistan’s foes”, he added.
Commenting on Imran Khan’s statement of a thousand year war, he said the masses had to suffer the results of wars. Pakistan wants to spread love not hatred, he said.
Pervaiz said that no NATO supplies were run on Saturday and Sunday and it was beyond comprehension which NATO supplies Imran Khan’s PTI wanted to stop on November 23 and 24, the weekend days. “It seems that the PTI leader has always preferred to hold protest rallies on weekends”, he remarked.
Replying to a query, he said that no representative from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was allowed to address the protest rally in Peshawar which raised questions whom the PTI was representing and serving.
He said Imran Khan had a dubious stance on drone strikes. In the first information report lodged against the drone attacks, he had not mentioned anyone’s name. Whether Imran did not know the perpetrator of the drone strikes, he asked.
“Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif had established himself as a great leader when Imran Khan was frolicking on the cricket fields”, he recalled.
He said that the PML-N government supported peace and rejected the politics of hatred, intolerance and isolation.
http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/lahore/25-Nov-2013/imran-s-politics-to-isolate-pakistan-says-pervaiz
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