President Pakistan Muslim League – Quaid (PML-Q) and former Prime Minister Ch Shujat Hussain has said that Pakistan should not make Afghanistan and Iran a matter of honour and dishonor and should focus on its own issues first. Until now, he said, Nawaz Sharif as the foreign minister should have gone to these countries and held detailed meetings with foreign ministers of both the countries. Shujat said that Nawaz Sharif should not consider himself as the prime minister but he should think of himself as the foreign minister and should try to set things right.
In a statement issued here today (Wednesday), he said that two months back he had warned that the in-charge of foreign affairs should himself go to Afghanistan and hold talks with President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah-Abdullah for improving the situation.
Shujat Hussain said that Ashraf Ghani’s refusal to come to Pakistan is disappointing as it is in Afghanistan’s best interest to maintain good ties with Pakistan.
He said that suicide attacks in Iran are of great concern and the news of attacks on shrines has come as a source of great grief to him.