Foreign Defending Pakistan’s positionForeign Minister Shah Mahmud Qureshi has clarified Pakistan’s policy regarding Afghanistan and India, while emphasizing the importance of improving Pak-US relations. Pakistan’s differences with the US were originally limited to what Washington considered Pakistan’s inaction against Afghan Taliban and Haqqani network allegedly operating from Pakistan’s territory. The freedom enjoyed by certain other terrorist groups included in the UN sanctions list has of late also become a part of the US grievances. The newly elected Prime Minister has also attended briefings at the GHQ and ISI headquarters; the former spread over eight hours. Having received the inputs the elected Prime Minister should be given free hand to formulate policies that he considers are in the best interest of the country.

Source: Pakistan Today September 29, 2018 20:15 UTC