Fencing along Afghan border to be completed in two months: Rashid

Pakistan not allowing anyone to use its land against any country, adds interior minister

ISLAMABAD:

Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said on Thursday that fencing along the Afghan border would be completed within two months.

Talking to media in Rawalpindi, the interior minister added that fencing along the border was 88 per cent complete whereas 46 per cent of the Iranian border had also been fenced.

"Pakistan is not allowing anyone to use its land against any country, and other countries should also ensure it," Minister Rashid added.

He further said that India would desire that peace is not established in Afghanistan. However, Pakistan had been making sincere efforts for peace in the neighbouring country.

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"Pakistan wants to have good relations with all countries, including India," he said. "However, India will have to give the right to self-determination to the oppressed Kashmiris."

Condemning the Indian home ministry's baseless allegation of Pakistan's role in a drone attack in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), the interior minister added that India wanted to hide its failure in addressing the Covid-19 challenge through such allegations.

In response to a question, the interior minister urged opposition parties to sit with the government to introduce electoral reforms for transparent elections in the future.