ISLAMABAD: PPP leader Aitzaz Ahsan addressing a joint session of parliament on Thursday said Pakistan is isolated because it gives freedom to non-state actors.
"The government has been completely unsuccessful in imposing restrictions on non-state actors according to the National Action Plan."
He implied that such actors continue carrying out protests, rallies and giving speeches in Islamabad, Lahore, Faisalabad and Karachi.
"I don't want instability in any country, as the blame of that will then fall on us because of these non-state actors," he said.
The PPP senator slammed the cabinet's denial of Pakistani involvement in the Uri attack. Saying we believe Pakistan has no hand in the Uri attack is not a categorical denial, Aitzaz said, adding that the phrase implied "We don't know if our non-state actors are behind it".
"When you cannot completely implement NAP and then something like this happens, the blame will fall on Pakistan and we will be isolated. Then Bangladesh and Afghanistan will not speak to you, and Bhutan and Nepal will begin supporting India," he said.
"You have isolated Pakistan," he roared from the benches.
The PPP senator held Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif responsible for Pakistan's diplomatic isolation as the premier is also the foreign minister.
"Pakistan's isolation is Nawaz Sharif's personal failure," he said.
"Nawaz Sharif did not anticipate the Uri attack. Our defence minister said that perhaps India did it themselves to divert attention away from Kashmir."
"I agree, it is possible, but then why is it Pakistan which is isolated now? It is because you have given freedom to non-state actors."
"I have not heard Kulbhushan Jadhav's name from the prime minister's mouth even once," he said.
"If an active Pakistan Army colonel found in Agra without a visa or passport fell into [Indian prime minister] Modi's hands then that colonel would have been hung in a cage on the ramparts of the Red Fort as he delivered his Aug 15 speech," he added.
"He [Modi] would even have found a way to take that colonel to the United Nations General Assembly and would have told the world, 'Look what Pakistan is doing.'," he said. "You don't even take his [Jadhav's] name," Aitzaz said, addressing the premier. "You have to fight our case."
The capture of the Research and Analysis Wing spy should have been the most important point of the PM's speech at the UNGA, he said.
"It is a big event in the history of espionage, a history that goes back 5,000-6,000 years," he claimed. "An officer of this standing has never fallen into anyone's hands," he alleged. "Why are we hiding it?"
Aitzaz called on the government to fight the India Waters Treaty case and present Pakistan's stance on Kashmir. "We are with you," he said, reiterating the party's earlier stance of unity with the government on the Kashmir issue.
"You are our prime minister, you are our ministers. We are with you without any preconditions," the PPP leader claimed
He added that the government should, to eliminate discord between political parties, dispel the notion that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is Punjab-focused and the PM and his family must present themselves for accountability.
"The impression that CPEC is the China Punjab Economic Corridor is not acceptable to us. The $46 billion CPEC investment is not more important than national unity," he stressed.
Echoing PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's views on Panamagate, Aitzaz said that the party has presented a bill in Senate which would allow the PM to clear his and his family's name in the Panama Papers scandal.
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"The government has been completely unsuccessful in imposing restrictions on non-state actors according to the National Action Plan."
He implied that such actors continue carrying out protests, rallies and giving speeches in Islamabad, Lahore, Faisalabad and Karachi.
"I don't want instability in any country, as the blame of that will then fall on us because of these non-state actors," he said.
The PPP senator slammed the cabinet's denial of Pakistani involvement in the Uri attack. Saying we believe Pakistan has no hand in the Uri attack is not a categorical denial, Aitzaz said, adding that the phrase implied "We don't know if our non-state actors are behind it".
"When you cannot completely implement NAP and then something like this happens, the blame will fall on Pakistan and we will be isolated. Then Bangladesh and Afghanistan will not speak to you, and Bhutan and Nepal will begin supporting India," he said.
"You have isolated Pakistan," he roared from the benches.
The PPP senator held Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif responsible for Pakistan's diplomatic isolation as the premier is also the foreign minister.
"Pakistan's isolation is Nawaz Sharif's personal failure," he said.
"Nawaz Sharif did not anticipate the Uri attack. Our defence minister said that perhaps India did it themselves to divert attention away from Kashmir."
"I agree, it is possible, but then why is it Pakistan which is isolated now? It is because you have given freedom to non-state actors."
"I have not heard Kulbhushan Jadhav's name from the prime minister's mouth even once," he said.
"If an active Pakistan Army colonel found in Agra without a visa or passport fell into [Indian prime minister] Modi's hands then that colonel would have been hung in a cage on the ramparts of the Red Fort as he delivered his Aug 15 speech," he added.
"He [Modi] would even have found a way to take that colonel to the United Nations General Assembly and would have told the world, 'Look what Pakistan is doing.'," he said. "You don't even take his [Jadhav's] name," Aitzaz said, addressing the premier. "You have to fight our case."
The capture of the Research and Analysis Wing spy should have been the most important point of the PM's speech at the UNGA, he said.
"It is a big event in the history of espionage, a history that goes back 5,000-6,000 years," he claimed. "An officer of this standing has never fallen into anyone's hands," he alleged. "Why are we hiding it?"
Aitzaz called on the government to fight the India Waters Treaty case and present Pakistan's stance on Kashmir. "We are with you," he said, reiterating the party's earlier stance of unity with the government on the Kashmir issue.
"You are our prime minister, you are our ministers. We are with you without any preconditions," the PPP leader claimed
He added that the government should, to eliminate discord between political parties, dispel the notion that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is Punjab-focused and the PM and his family must present themselves for accountability.
"The impression that CPEC is the China Punjab Economic Corridor is not acceptable to us. The $46 billion CPEC investment is not more important than national unity," he stressed.
Echoing PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's views on Panamagate, Aitzaz said that the party has presented a bill in Senate which would allow the PM to clear his and his family's name in the Panama Papers scandal.
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