Govt playing constructive role: PM

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has reiterated the importance that Pakistan attaches to a peaceful and stable Afghanistan and pledged all help on part of Islamabad to achieve this end.
He was talking to a delegation of Afghan High Peace Council (HPC) headed by Chairman Salahuddin Rabbani that called on the Prime Minister here on Thursday.
The Prime Minister also underscored Pakistan's resolve to continue extending all possible facilitation for the Afghan peace and reconciliation process. He further said that Pakistan has always supported a peaceful, stable and united Afghanistan and that Pakistan is playing a constructive and positive role to facilitate an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned reconciliation process. The visiting Afghan High Peace Council delegation thanked the Prime Minister for his efforts to bring peace and stability in Afghanistan. HPC Chairman Salahuddin Rabbani, briefed the Prime Minister regarding progress made in peace process till now.
Rabbani further said that People of Afghanistan are eagerly waiting for the Prime Minister of Pakistan to visit Afghanistan, which would provide momentum to peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan.
The visiting Afghan delegation also included Secretary General HPC Masoom Stanekzai and Member HPC Asadullah Wafa. During the meeting Interior Minister Ch Nisar Ali Khan, Advisor to PM Sartaj Aziz, Special Assistant to PM Tariq Fatemi, Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani, Pakistan's Ambassador to Afghanistan Muhammad Sadiq and Secretary to PM Javed Aslam were also present.