Despite some negative statements from Afghanistan politicians, Pakistan will not engage in media war: Diplomats. PHOTO: FILE
The statement recognised the Northern Alliance, the Taliban, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and America as stakeholders in the Afghanistan solution.
It also said that after the Doha talks, America had acknowledged that the Taliban were stakeholders in the Afghanistan solution.
The statement also said that India was not a direct neighbour to Afghanistan.
Express News Bureau Chief Islamabad Amir Ilyas Rana said that important aspects of Pakistan’s foreign policy were highlightened in a meeting between political officials and diplomats.
Rana said that talks between the US and the Taliban would continue even though they might have stopped temporarily, and Pakistan would continue to provide assistance in the matter.
He said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had taken a line of action for Pakistan’s foreign policy objectives and that Pakistan should have good relations, diplomatic and economic, with all countries be it China, America or the European Union.
Rana said that Pakistan was fully committed to prevent a tragedy like the current militant blowback after the Soviet War from occurring again after NATO troops exit from Afghanistan in 2014.
Pakistan-India talks
Rana said that Prime Minister’s Adviser on National Security and Foreign Affairs Senator Sartaj Aziz met with Indian Minister of Foreign Affairs Salman Khurshid and decided that Pakistan and Indian prime ministers would meet at the UN General Assembly annual session meeting in America in September, where the dates for the third stage of Pakistan-India talks would also be finalised.
The third stage of Pakistan India talks was important, Rana said.
Diplomats said that the Indian media was busy in promoting a negative propaganda against Pakistan, such that 8 out of 10 Indian films were against Pakistan, something that Pakistan had never engaged in, and that an agreement to stop the media war should be reached in order for peace talks to proceed.
They said that Prime Minister Nawaz had been working for the betterment of ties between Pakistan and India, but the talks were disrupted by the occurrence of the Kargil War.
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@ Usman-Pakistani Pashtoon
You are ok in writing stories, write a novel and try your luck but please be proud and put your real name dont use pashtoo or...
With the international chain restaurant can you tell me who are the tourists using these international venues..? I am sorry but the Locals umm maybe they cant afford it, so it is a waste of space maybe government should demolish it and build a couple of madrassas there.
Comming to the point of comparison i remembered a say "pot calling the kettle black".
@ Kabuli
if its as good as you are describing why 20 million Afghanis never return to their motherland and are happy to stay in europe, UAE, USA, Iran and PAKISTAN?? Since my wife is afghan, i sometimes visit kabul and know more about it than you as you yourself are living in the west and haven't paid a visit to kabul since long, right??? Once in Kabul someone asked me "Raura Pakistani aye ka Muhajir (Brother are you Pakistani or Migrant) and that day i realized the Afghanis call themselves migrants even inside their own country and they are so connected with muhajrat that even inside their country they call themselves MUHAJIRS (Migrants) and are proud of it...
@Basheer *"Afghanistan is doing well as far as it comes down to economical growth* and that is the reason i guess real estate is continuously going down in Kabul (Capital of Afghanistan and Financial Hub). Real estate is a market correlated with security and peace situation but due to uncertainty the kabul market is at its lowest compared to 2004-2010 era... now compare this to the real estate in Peshawar (One of Pakistan most notorious city but still far more developed than Kabul) and you will realize the real estate have gone upwards only since its birth... Basheer name me one international chain restaurant in Kabul and compare it with Peshawar, the least developed city of Pakistan...... Remember, Safi and Intercontinental are not international chains, they are local...
oh i just realized, i can't even compare our least developed city with Afghanistan's capital but still our hearts are big dear.... we know even if someone vomits in Afghanistan, you have no proper doctor their and you visit us for cure but on your return you forget everything....
@Usman instead of worrying about our cement industry just work on your own country’s economic situation….
Please spare your advise for your own nation casue simply we dont need it and for your information Afghanistan is doing well as far as it comes down to economical growth but on the other side pakistan's economy is going down so you go and work out a soloution for that.
@Usman, stevenson
That is funny my friend, the world is smiling on what you guys do and you are smilling on my comments, well to be honest I wont expect more than that from youz. I think in any case selling fruit or doing labor job is better than begging. Let me remind you that I am living in West and I can see who works and who relies on government khayrat!
Now going back to khayrat and social benfits, to give you a big picture of what is happening I would just point out on the aids that your governement receives from US and other Western countries (Unfortunately it may be harsh but let me tell you that i strongly believe it is Khairaat!). Your country's economy relies on tax payers (us) money (alms), so please do me a favor and dont campare a few Afghans on social benfit with a whole population of 180 million.
@i-Afghan: Can you really equate millions of Afghani beggers in Pakistan with a handful of alleged Pakistani street beggers in Kabul? Frankly I doubt if any Pakistani would ever go to Afghanistan to beg given the security situation there. Just as a quick reposte, I am happy to help repatriate any of the few Pakistanis living in Kabul if you agree to take back the millions of Afghanis living in Pakistan. By the way, just remind yourself of how most Afghanis live in the West on social assistance which is state khayrat because they don't work. Contrast this with the majority of Pakistanis in North America who work, pay taxes and are law abiding citizens. This is the difference you should understand before you make dubious claims.
@ i - Afghan
i can only smile at your comments.... hardly 70,000 pakistani's live in Afghanistan and most of them are working on executive posts, unlike afghani migrants who are selling fruits and vegetables and that is not because afghanis are generous to employ them but because afghanis lack capable HR.....
Pakistan might be facing some economic crisis but 90% of pakistan is run on trade, not aid..... the effect of slight decline in foreign aid to afghanistan on your currency dictates how stable the market is.... even today the number of afghani migrants in pakistan are 10 times higher than the employed pakistanis in kabul and you believe you have paid back..... just chat with few of your countrymen who went to Iran as migrant and compare it with the facilities you received in Pakistan..... they were not even allowed to attend schools or visit hospitals... instead of worrying about our cement industry just work on your own country's economic situation....
@Maria
Excuse me did you say "Negative statements from Afghani officials and politicians are nothing new"
We have been reading your positive comments on this website every now and then..@Usman Afghans already started paying back, if you come to Kabul there are hundreds of beggers from pakistan who are sleeping on the side of the roads and has changed image of my city.
On the other hand Afghans pay for what they consume, in relation to cement from your country i can tell you that your cement industry relies totaly on Afghanistan market, I can assure you if today we stop buying it your cement factory will shut down tomorrow. I think it is better you read what you write first befor releasing it cause if once we decide not to buy pakistani product then it will have a very bad impact on your country's economy as it just needs a kick to go bankrupt!
In brief be grateful that we Are buying your products as we Are grateful for hosting our brothers in your country.
@ModiFied: In any media war against Afghanistan Pakistan will be a looser. During last 5-10 years Afghanistan has emerged as stronger soft power than Pakistan.
Using that logic, Afghanistan might as well be a stronger soft power than India.
@Shan: Afghanistan can become potential regional power than pakistan.Pakistan power is diminishing day by day and no body care about pakistan
You Afghans have a good sense of humour :)
@Shan:
Does that change the fact that 3 million registered and 7 million unregistered refugees reside in pakistan... does that change the fact that around 500 containers cross torkham and chaman border each day... does that change the fact that around 5,000 people with visa and 25000 people without visa enter pakistan border each day..... yes pakistan interfered but don't forget the real beneficiaries and sponsors...... Pakistan was rather a knife not butcher dear!!!
"Diplomats say Pakistan will not engage in media war with Afghanistan" ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Pakistan cannot win any media wars after the leak of the OBL story.
@Usman: Its a joke that afghanistan depends on pakistan for there needs.Pakistan already spoiled that country for there self interest.Its like a bucher sympathetic with a lamb
from head to toe Afghanis are wearing pakistani fabrics, consuming pakistani food and dairy products, constructing homes from our cements, responsible for major inflation in pakistan due to supply demand gap, importing all goods from the globe via torkham but still we can't retaliate to their baseless statements and its us only who need good relations??? NS hire a permanent foreign minister, u can't handle it
@Candid1: First try to save Islamabad. India is not eager to show relationship with Pakistan. Indians think Pakistan is not an Country.
@ModiFied: Don't cry dude.......if you think so then we will do double number of films this year.
They said that Prime Minister Nawaz had been working for the betterment of ties between Pakistan and India, but the talks were disrupted by the occurrence of the Kargil War.
How did the Kargil war happen ? Was it an act of nature ? What about 26/11 ? Was it an act of God ?
Unless India is willing to end its occupation of Kashmir, there is nothing to talk about with India.
Afghanistan can become potential regional power than pakistan.Pakistan power is diminishing day by day and no body care about pakistan
@ModiFied: "That’s is a very big lie as this would amount to almost 200 anti Pakistan Indian films per year." ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Are you accusing the Pakistani FO of lying? hmmmmmmm:)
In any media war against Afghanistan Pakistan will be a looser. During last 5-10 years Afghanistan has emerged as stronger soft power than Pakistan.
Negative statements from Afghani officials and politicians are nothing new- they have been playing this game from 1947 on the orders of their Indian masters. For too long Afghanistan has allowed itself to be a puppet state of India and allows its land to be used as a base to conduct criminal activities against Pakistan. It was no surprise when this was confirmed by US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. Pakistan should do what is in its best interests and let the Afghanis complain as much as they want to please the Indians. The world knows that Afghanis alone are responsible for their own misery.
" 8 out of 10 Indian films were against Pakistan"
That's is a very big lie as this would amount to almost 200 anti Pakistan Indian films per year.