ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Foreign Office on Friday once again made it clear that Pakistan drew no distinction in terrorist groups.
“We will not allow our land to be used against any other country,” the Foreign Office Spokesman Nafees Zakaria said at his weekly media briefing in Islamabad on Friday.
The spokesman said that Pakistan in fact was the victim of foreign funded terrorist elements and the recent Quetta attack was a clear proof of it. He said that Haqqani commanders were killed on the Afghan land in August which indicated where these Haqqanis were based.
Talking about Pakistan’s decision to attend the Heart of Asia Conference in India, the spokesperson said that this process was aimed at bringing peace and stability to Afghanistan with the collaboration of regional countries.
Zakaria said that Pakistan’s decision was in line with its commitment to support every effort directed towards bringing peace in Afghanistan.
“We will continue to play our role in this regard and will not allow the forum of Heart of Asia to fall prey to the myopic political agenda of any country,” he said.
The spokesman said that Pakistan also supported the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) process to bring the Afghan warring parties to the table of negotiations.
Moreover, the spokesman said that India’s rapidly expanding nuclear program posed grave threat to the peace and stability of the region and beyond. He said that this build up was facilitated by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) waiver granted to India in 2008.
This not only dented the credibility of the nonproliferation regime and undermined its efficacy but also negatively impacted the strategic balance in South Asia, he added.
Nafees Zakaria was of the view that another country specific exemption by the NSG on membership question would exacerbate the ill effects of 2008 waiver.
“Pakistan hopes that the NSG member states will make a well considerate decision this time keeping in view its long term implications for the global nonproliferation regime and strategic stability in the region,” he said.
Responding to a question, the foreign office spokesperson said that Indian intervention in Pakistan was well proven and we had irrefutable evidence in that regard.
The spokesman said that evidences collected from Indian Spy Kulbushan Yadav were being compiled and given shape of a dossier which would be presented to the UN Secretary General at an appropriate time.
