Minister for Defence Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Thursday said that some foreign forces were hatching a conspiracy against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for making the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and the deepsea port at Gwadar.
“Nawaz Sharif had taken strong steps on important issues including making Pakistan a nuclear state, due to which, international forces are against our prime minister,” he said while talking to a private TV channel.
He said that Pakistan under the dynamic leadership and vision of Nawaz Sharif would also achieve success on economic front. He said that Pakistan had achieved many successes in war against terrorism.
To a question, Minister Asif said that India was using the soil of Afghanistan for terrorist activities in Pakistan. He said that enemies of Pakistan do not want to see progress, CPEC, Gwadar port and other development activities in this region.
“Economic sovereignty was imperative for Pakistan to get rid off from foreign loans,” he said. To another question about the Joint Investigation Team report, he said that they have expressed reservations over the process of the investigators.
However, he said the prime minister had made history for presenting himself and his family before JIT. To a question, he said that the judiciary and the army, both were respectable national institutions. He urged the political parties to demonstrate respect for national institutions.
Khawaja Asif said that Pakistan was making progress in every field and it would also emerge as economic power following the dynamic policies of Nawaz Sharif.
