Stability in Afghanistan is vital for Pakistan: Khar
Speaking at the “Changing Global Environment: Pakistan’s Perspective,” hosted by the German council on foreign relations in Berlin, Khar said that Afghans themselves need to define the contours of the reconciliation process. The program was attended by political, social, business and academic representatives of Germany.
Pakistan's foreign minister, on a three day official visit to Germany, dilated upon the Afghan situation, Pak-US relations and the various reforms introduced by the present government to strengthen democracy and the civil society in Pakistan. She emphasised that a stable and a peaceful Afghanistan was an absolute imperative for the prosperity of Pakistan.
Khar pointed out that Pakistan was not only looking after 2.5 million Afghan refugees but was also actively contributing towards reconstruction and rebuilding efforts in Afghanistan. She added that over 500,000 Afghan children were benefiting from Pakistan’s education system and that Afghan refugees were enjoying 2,000 fully funded scholarships in the country. She further pointed out that government hospitals in the country were providing free medical treatment to hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees.
Pakistan-US relations on the mend
Khar, who was brought in just as Pak-US ties went downhill after Osama bin Laden was found and killed in Abbottabad, announced that relations were finally back on track after the delay in apology on the Salala incident from the US government had greatly affected the working relationship between the two countries. She further said that NATO supply routes from Pakistan to Afghanistan had been reopened, resulting in a smooth flow of supplies.
The foreign minister pointed out that unilateral, counter-productive drone strikes were not only violating Pakistan’s security and sovereignty but were also against international law.
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This is precisely the double-headed-snake approach Pakistan has been practising for decades now: On the one hand they drip honey in the ears of the West, on the other they do everything possible to destablise Afghanistan (part of this is that they send a woman-minister who gives the illusion of a progressive country - which it is by no means above and beyond such poster-women). It is precisely NOT in he interest of Pakistan (or at least that is what their paranoid and inferior ruling class tells them) to have a stable and developing Afghanistan as their neighbour. This attempt at "strategic depth" has been analysed for at least 20 years now. Contrary to the honey-dripping words they have for the West to extract more and more aid-payments, Pakistan has done everything in the last 20 years to disstablise Afghanistan. The most obvious of these actions was the founding of the Taliban in collution of ISI and the Pakistani government. And now they are playing the victim? Ghosts you call come to haunt you .... When will the West recognise this fact and de-mask this country? And most of all stop pouring funds into it which unavoidably return to bite them and Afghanistan in funding for those fources they are battlng in Afghanistan.
true, Ms khar pointed out very important issue. in the long run regional development and also stability in region is only possible if the wounded loin (Afghanistan) became calm. Stability in Afghanistan for the region is as vital as water and air for living beings. As Afghanistan lies at the cross-roads of two continents i.e. Europe and Asia, so the connecting land that i.e. Afghanistan is of million dollars importance. Establishment of secure and healthy environment is not only vital for the region but also for the Afghan people who are in the doom since 1980s. Secure and stable neighbors are also in the interest of internally weak Pakistan. Pakistan needs secure borders and cordial relations with all its neighbors, it is not only a need of time but a sign of prosperity for a nation as well.
Stability in Pakistan is primarily contingent upon stability in Pakistan. A Pakistan that could better benefit from educating 500,000 of its own, and providing healthcare for its own. The west is already providing the resources that Afghans need. The best help that Pakistan could provide Afghanistan, is to stay out of Afghanistan, so that the 2.5-million refugees can go home without fear of attack from Pakistani terrorists who operate with impunity in Afghanistan.
And Stability of Pakistan is Vital for the whole world. Especially for the West, China and India. Rgds P
Why don't CJ take somo action against the lady , as she own Galaxy textile mills and she has converted her Electricity bill into installments round about 1436 months and each month she will pay 2333 Pk Rs. why dont she sell her few expensive jewelry and pay the bill.Poor leaders of Pakistan......
@M.Ahmer Ali: "Only Pakistani nation most especially importantly Punjab is good enough and sufficient for paying the electricity bills……."
Ofcourse. Read this url from the same newspaper http://tribune.com.pk/story/431038/govt-defaults-on-own-payment-plan-for-ipps/
@RizwanTKhan: Only Pakistani nation most especially importantly Punjab is good enough and sufficient for paying the electricity bills.......
"Stability in Afghanistan is vital for Pakistan.Khar" But this much more only depends upon the complete withdrawal of US' and NATO's wild beast forces as soon as possible on priority basis from Afghanistan.....
First please pay your electric bills worth millions of rupees and become a responsible Pakistani citizen.
Afghan refugees are not refugee any more they are contributing to the Pakistani society in productive way. Once the other minority leaves these refugee will take over there place. Another reason these refugee are tolerated by Pakistan is that they belong to the same sect as the majority.
Pakistan would like to see a stable Afghanistan as it was in 2001. Everything else said is nothing but diplomatic jargon on PR propaganda. Minister or ET should list some of the reconstruction project and compare and contrast that to the destruction caused by Pakistan based non state actors or strategic assets and show either a net positive contribution or a net negative contribution. Until then gimme a break.
And hence we will support barbarian Taliban government and also recognize it like we did in the 90s.