Terrorism will not be defeated by closure of Pak-Afghan border: PTI's Chief Whip Shireen Mazari

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Terrorism will not be defeated by closure of Pak-Afghan border: Shireen Mazari
FAHAD CHAUDHRY — PUBLISHED about 2 hours ago
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Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf's (PTI) chief whip Shireen Mazari on Tuesday criticised the government's decision to seal the Pak-Afghan border, saying it was not solution in the country's fight against terrorism.

"Terrorism will not be finished by closing the Pakistan-Afghanistan border," Mazari said during a session of the National Assembly.

Pakistan's border crossings with Afghanistan had been sealed in the aftermath of a suicide bombing at the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sindh ─ the deadliest in a series of recent attacks in the country.

The military leadership had claimed the attacks were carried out by militants operating from safe havens in Afghanistan.

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Mazari asked why Defence Minister Khawaja Asif had alleged a day earlier that India is conducting terrorist activities in Pakistan when Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had said during a recent visit to Turkey that Pakistan wants to do business with India.

"If terrorism can be defeated by closing the Pak-Afghan border, then why not close the Wagah border as well?" Mazari asked. "What is our foreign policy and who develops it?" she added.

Pointing to the Army's recently-launched Operation Raddul Fasaad, Mazari also questioned why the policies that had created "fasaad" (discord) in the country had not been done away with.

Adding to Mazari's criticism of Pakistan's foreign policy, PPP MNA Shahida Rehmani, pointing out that India was improving its relations with Arab countries, asked: "where do we stand?"

She added that Pakistan's relations with America also did not seem to be improving.

The MNA said that while the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor was a "good" project, "relating it to all of the country's problems was not a clever appraoch"

In response, Federal Minister for States and Frontier Regions Abdul Qadir Baloch said it is unfortunate that Pakistan's relations with Afghanistan have never been cordial.

Baloch claimed the present government had made efforts to improve the relationship, pointing out that Pakistan is currently hosting three million Afghan refugees.

Defending the government's decision to seal the Pak-Afghan border, the minister said there was an important reason for it.

"Evidence of Indian and Afghani agencies assisting terrorism is Pakistan is available," he claimed.

"The purpose of closing the border is to pressure the Afghan government to take action against terrorists."

He said peace in Pakistan is related to peace in Afghanistan and while "we are ready to provide Afghanistan with all the required assistance, how many bodies can we bury?"

 

[Mrc]

She has alternate plan??

 

[xyxmt]

She has alternate plan??

yes, that is to keep supporting everything that is against Pakistan's interests

 

[Path-Finder]

yes, that is to keep supporting everything that is against Pakistan's interests

like this?

 

[Skywalker]

Imran khan has gone full retard now.

 

[xyxmt]

like this?

dont scratch the pole, you have seen the capability of your leader in past few weeks. please stick to him and support him he will need it

 

[Areesh]

No vote for PTI this time. Enough of these fools.

 

[XDescendantX]

Closing the border might not defeat terrorism but it's a good damn start!

 

[Kabira]

Someone put this tracktor trolly on border, TTP will never dare to cross over.

 

[IceCold]

No vote for PTI this time. Enough of these fools.

Are you sure because apparently people cant have enough of the likes of Zadari and Nawaz despite what has now become of Pakistan but all the guns are pointed at PTI for questioning Government's foreign policy which by the way is non existent. Since you also opened a thread on IK chawal (No doubt it was a chawal) what about the chawal that NS made in turkey where he made the following statement:
"We [Pakistan and India] should maintain good relations and avoid involving in conspiracies against each other,”
This statement was given after devastating attacks in Pakistan that had Indian role in it. No other example of such moronic statement by a leader of a country you would ever find who has just been hit with terrorism yet it seems PTI bashing is PDF pass time these days.

 

[Areesh]

Are you sure because apparently people cant have enough of the likes of Zadari and Nawaz despite what has now become of Pakistan but all the guns are pointed at PTI for questioning Government's foreign policy which by the way is non existent. Since you also opened a thread on IK chawal (No doubt it was a chawal) what about the chawal that NS made in turkey where he made the following statement:
"We [Pakistan and India] should maintain good relations and avoid involving in conspiracies against each other,”
This statement was given after devastating attacks in Pakistan that had Indian role in it. No other example of such moronic statement by a leader of a country you would ever find who has just been hit with terrorism yet it seems PTI bashing is PDF pass time these days.

Both Nawaz and Imran have equal number of chawals but Imran crosses the line more due to his immature hatred for NS and his desperation to be PM.

 

[Morpheus]

To fix a leaking pipe, you need to turn off the water before you start repairing it

 

[Hassan Guy]

!?!?!?!

 

[Hammad Arshad Qureshi]

No vote for PTI this time. Enough of these fools.

I second you for this . No vote from myside either. Can't believe I donated 100K PKR for his stupid election campaign

 

[IceCold]

Both Nawaz and Imran have equal number of chawals but Imran crosses the line more due to his immature hatred for NS and his desperation to be PM.

Lets say i agree with you over the highlighted part for argument sake but do you agree that the Chawal that NS makes hurts Pakistan more as compared to IK because former is the PM of Pakistan and represents Pakistan internationally?
The statement of Nawaz that i quoted above, chawal is a small word for that because he is the only PM of a country who is actually admitting internationally that his country is part of conspiracy against India which India always accuses us off. Whereas he should had been bashing India for its role in sponsoring terrorism inside Pakistan and not accepting Pakistan's role in conspiracies. You should be able to differentiate between chawals because while IK calling international players as patichers is a local chawal and an embarrassing but not threatening the security of Pakistan, on the other hand accepting your role in destabilising others has a direct and adverse affect on Pakistan and how we will be perceived by the international community.