ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Pervaiz Rasheed said on Sunday on the one hand Imran Khan himself is getting American investment in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, but on the other hand he is repeatedly calling for a blockade of NATO supply lines through the province.
Commenting on Tehreek-e-Insaf chief’s media interaction, the minister said contradiction in words and actions of Imran Khan was absurd. “We have said this before that Imran Khan should focus on the job which is delegated to him by the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and not waste time in giving advices to the federal government,” he advised.
Rasheed said Imran Khan was not aware that when Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz took up the responsibility at the federal level, Pakistan was completely isolated at the international level, and the country was mentioned in the context of terrorism, it was facing energy crisis and the economy was in dire straits.
The minister said Nawaz Sharif made efforts at the national and international level to resolve these problems and undertook visits to important countries like China, Turkey, Britain and the United States because of which Pakistan became a part of international mainstream.
It had been acknowledged at the international level that Pakistan had an important role to play in the war on terrorism that has created immense economic problems for it, he stated.
Rasheed said the Chinese premier during his visit to Pakistan invited Nawaz Sharif to China. During the visit of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to China the historic Pakistan-China economic corridor agreement was signed, he said, adding detailed discussions were held with China and Turkey on the energy issue.
The minister further said that during his visit to Saudi Arabia, the prime minister informed in detail the Saudi leadership about the issues facing Pakistan and Saudi leaders assured him of all-out cooperation.
The minister said on the invitation of US President Barack Obama, the prime minister visited America, where he candidly told the American leadership about Pakistan’s genuine security concerns in the region. The prime minister frankly gave his viewpoint on the drone attacks and talked about Kashmir. In the last ten years it was for the first time that any Pakistani prime minister was welcomed so warmly in the US.
Before that everybody conducted working visits, but the visit of Nawaz Sharif was a formal state visit, he added.
The minister further said Prime Minister Sharif visited those countries which could give some benefits to Pakistan and he achieved economic and political benefits for the country during these visits.
He said if by staying at home, foreign investment could be received, economic problems could be solved and energy crisis ended, then for that maybe Imran Khan had a unique formula.
The minister said the government was serious in holding talks with the Taliban. “We will adopt a suitable strategy for this”.
Neither drone attacks nor any other issue could come in the way of dialogue, he said, adding, “We have made it clear to the American leadership that drone attacks should be stopped in every situation as these are against Pakistan’s dignity.”
“It will be better if Imran Khan stops giving us advice on this issue,” he remarked.
Rasheed hoped that complete peace would be established in the country, particularly Karachi and Balochistan, due to sincere efforts of the incumbent government.
Due to foreign visits of the prime minister, economy of the country would be revived and because of the foreign investment energy crisis would be resolved, concluded the information minister.
Commenting on Tehreek-e-Insaf chief’s media interaction, the minister said contradiction in words and actions of Imran Khan was absurd. “We have said this before that Imran Khan should focus on the job which is delegated to him by the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and not waste time in giving advices to the federal government,” he advised.
Rasheed said Imran Khan was not aware that when Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz took up the responsibility at the federal level, Pakistan was completely isolated at the international level, and the country was mentioned in the context of terrorism, it was facing energy crisis and the economy was in dire straits.
The minister said Nawaz Sharif made efforts at the national and international level to resolve these problems and undertook visits to important countries like China, Turkey, Britain and the United States because of which Pakistan became a part of international mainstream.
It had been acknowledged at the international level that Pakistan had an important role to play in the war on terrorism that has created immense economic problems for it, he stated.
Rasheed said the Chinese premier during his visit to Pakistan invited Nawaz Sharif to China. During the visit of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to China the historic Pakistan-China economic corridor agreement was signed, he said, adding detailed discussions were held with China and Turkey on the energy issue.
The minister further said that during his visit to Saudi Arabia, the prime minister informed in detail the Saudi leadership about the issues facing Pakistan and Saudi leaders assured him of all-out cooperation.
The minister said on the invitation of US President Barack Obama, the prime minister visited America, where he candidly told the American leadership about Pakistan’s genuine security concerns in the region. The prime minister frankly gave his viewpoint on the drone attacks and talked about Kashmir. In the last ten years it was for the first time that any Pakistani prime minister was welcomed so warmly in the US.
Before that everybody conducted working visits, but the visit of Nawaz Sharif was a formal state visit, he added.
The minister further said Prime Minister Sharif visited those countries which could give some benefits to Pakistan and he achieved economic and political benefits for the country during these visits.
He said if by staying at home, foreign investment could be received, economic problems could be solved and energy crisis ended, then for that maybe Imran Khan had a unique formula.
The minister said the government was serious in holding talks with the Taliban. “We will adopt a suitable strategy for this”.
Neither drone attacks nor any other issue could come in the way of dialogue, he said, adding, “We have made it clear to the American leadership that drone attacks should be stopped in every situation as these are against Pakistan’s dignity.”
“It will be better if Imran Khan stops giving us advice on this issue,” he remarked.
Rasheed hoped that complete peace would be established in the country, particularly Karachi and Balochistan, due to sincere efforts of the incumbent government.
Due to foreign visits of the prime minister, economy of the country would be revived and because of the foreign investment energy crisis would be resolved, concluded the information minister.
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