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Afghan war can’t be won sans Pak support: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday told the National Assembly that diplomatic pressure was being applied on the USA to stop drone attacks in FATA and America will have to stop it.
In reply to various issues raised by Leader of the Opposition, Ch. Nisar Ali Khan, the Prime Minister said that Pakistan was a responsible nuclear state and diplomatic channels were being used to compel the USA to stop drone attacks as these were counter-productive.
He said this is the great achievement of the present coalition government to unite the whole nation in fighting against terrorism by adopting a rational strategy which isolated the terrorists and militants from the local tribal people.
He said the security forces conducted the successful operation against militants. However, whenever a drone attack was carried out, it worked to unite the militants and the tribal people. This created problems for the government because no war was won without support of the people.
The Prime Minister said that the leadership of both Pakistan and Afghanistan were united against the drone attacks and these were not in favour of both the countries. He said that Pakistan was part of the solution of the Afghan issue. The Prime Minister said that the Afghan war cannot be won without the support of Pakistan.
He said that terrorism, law and order and economy are inter-related. He said until the issues of terrorism and law and order are not controlled the foreign investment will not come to the country.
He said even one suicide attack would scare the investors away.Gilani said the issue of Geo Super TV channel is before the court so he could not comment on it.
About the issue of judiciary, the Prime Minister said that he had told the Parliament time and again that the Government is in good terms with the judiciary and both the institutions are collectively working to strengthen democracy. And if there is any difference of opinion, “even then when you agree to disagree, it is democracy,” he added.
About the US citizen Raymond Davis who killed two Pakistani nationals in Lahore, the Prime Minister said that the entire leadership of the country was unanimous that the issue should be resolved through the court of law.
“I had told this august House that whatever decision comes from the court, it will be acceptable to the government,” he said, adding, “We are unable to understand why this issue is being discussed in this way.”
“I am a strong believer of the rule of law, the court has passed a judgement after a deal between the two parties and if a complainant of the FIR (First Information Report) is not satisfied he can challenge the judgment before the high court,” the Prime Minister said.
Courtesy www.geo.tv
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