Afghanistan’s “accusatory” stance towards Pakistan will not help bilateral ties, Islamabad’s envoy at the UN has said, advising President Hamid Karzai to learn from India’s “enormous maturity” in dealing with issues, the Indian media reported on Wednesday.
“I wish President Karzai could take a leaf out of the Indian book, instead of being accusatory towards Pakistan,” Pakistan’s ambassador to the UN Abdullah Hussain Haroon told “Hindustan Times” in New York. Noting that a “massive change around” has come today in the India-Pakistan relations as compared to the post-26/11 environment, Haroon said that the two neighbours were beginning to see “things from each others’ perspective”, thanks to the dialogue process. He said even if a “leaf falls on the grass in Afghanistan,” the Afghan leader points a finger towards Islamabad, saying the “Pakistanis must have done it”.
“It does not work that way. I think India would be a good example for Karzai to follow in which he should realise that this accusatory game gets no where”. The Pakistani envoy said if India and his country were building ties, Afghanistan should “take a clue” and also be on the same track and “learn from India which has shown, in my mind, such enormous maturity”. “Let’s talk to each other…. May be something good comes of it. That is what is happening between India and Pakistan. I think it is a proud moment for both countries,” he said.
Karzai had last week blamed Pakistani extremists for the attack on Shiite Muslims in Kabul that killed 58 people. Demanding justice from the government in Islamabad, Karzai had said his country will pursue the issue with Pakistan “very seriously”.
