India and Pakistan are back on the dialogue table to sort out issues between the two nations, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar declared, saying that Islamabad cannot afford to be selective in improving ties with its neighbours.
“We cannot afford to be selective” in improving relations with our immediate neighbours as betterment of ties with India, China, Afghanistan and Iran is needed for stability in the region, she said.
“Pakistan’s policy toward all regional neighbours, to its immediate neighbours, has been consistent. This government’s policy has been consistent, that we need to find peace and stability within,” Khar said in an interview with CNN.
Khar said the way to achieve stability is to “find a friendship” and improve ties based on trust with each one of Pakistan’s neighbours and not by being selective.
“We cannot afford to be selective about it, so be it India, be it China, be it Iran, be it Afghanistan, we do not have a choice,” Khar said. She was responding to a question on how Pakistan’s “obsession” with India is drawing all its security resources away from the fight against militants.
Khar said India and Pakistan are back on the dialogue table, “trying to solve our problems on the negotiating table.”
On slain al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, Khar said that her government had “no complicity” in the hiding of Osama bin Laden. She claimed that an extensive investigation has so far found that nobody in the government knew of bin Laden’s hideaway in Abbottabad.
“We are together. We are on the same page. We want to root out terrorism, because Pakistan suffers more from terrorism than any other country in this world,” she said.
Khar also said there were “tough lessons” to be learnt from bin Laden’s “unexpected” presence in Pakistan and how the country can strengthen its intelligence network to “ensure this type of thing doesn’t happen in Pakistan anymore.” “This is not the legacy that this government wants to leave behind it at all,” she said.
With all due respect I think ISI knew it all along about the presence of Osama Bin Ladin in Pakistan. However agreed with Khar, its time we move on with Pakistan India relationship!
India…!!
We have spent thousands of years with them. If Jinnah, Iqbal, Sir Syed didn't believe in them how could we?
Some may say, there is a generation gap. But I don't think there is only one country left in the world. Why don't you declare China as the best friendly? Where is Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey?
Pakistan Love India > India supports Israel > Israel Bombs Palestine = Pakistan Bombs Palestine indirectly.
India is important because it is our NEIGHBORING country and this region needs to move towards peace for economic prosperity and better living standards for all countries, including Pakistan.
You should worry about pakistan before you worry about any other country. You idiot u didnt live with India for 1000 years, you WERE India till you decided to be an imbecile rather than an idiot!!
@ Uzair Your thinking has no relevance here.
This statement tantamount to surrendering Kashmir issue
Oh those lips 🙂 Um um um.
No friendship before resolution of Kashmir issue.
Not surprising for a country like Pakistan to ignore words from a pretty face stereotyping her as a bimbette. It is true that she may not deserve to be the minister she is, but what did all the other men in the position achieve?? She may not have achieved much but she seems to have a decent gameplan and fresh ideas. Looks like people are worried that she MAY ACTUALLY IMPROVE PAK image in the rest of the world!!!
I do like this bimbo though 🙂
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