LAHORE: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal speaking to journalists on Saturday stated that Pakistan was facing conspiracies and the country’s enemies were working overtime to spread anarchy. He added that “surgical strikes” were being carried out on the country’s political stability.
The interior minister likened the internal threats to the stability of Pakistan with the threats of surgical strikes from the neighbouring country.
“We need to be united. Our neighbouring country is threatening with surgical strikes and we will face this threat. But there are also surgical strikes being carried out on political stability in the country. There is no room for this. Why are we becoming our own enemy?” the minister questioned.
Iqbal stressed on the supremacy of Parliament calling it the most important institution in the country which gives birth to the constitution and other institutions. “Parliament decides how many judges will be in the Supreme Court or what the pension of a Supreme Court judge will be… It also decides on the criteria and who will be the prime minister.”
“Parliament is the representative of the people of Pakistan,” he added
When asked about the Senate elections, Iqbal responded that steps being taken were creating the impression that the process of target killing is underway in politics. According to the interior minister, the Pakistani voter was no longer comparable to a primary school student, rather someone who has received a PhD in politics. “They [Pakistanis] are well informed and analyse everything. This is the reason that the PML-N despite steps being taken against us is not experiencing any political backlash, rather political support is increasing.”
Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal said that a decision of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to place Pakistan on the grey-list of the global money laundering watchdog will be made in June.
“The resolution against us was on political grounds to pressurise Pakistan. We were on this watch list till 2015 and despite this, we grew the country’s economy. It is wrong to speculate that this will have dire economic consequences on the country.”
Iqbal emphasised that Pakistan had made the most efforts to combat terrorism. “We are taking steps not to please the US but four our own benefit. We will follow our own agenda to achieve national goals.”
Well Mr. Minister—We have politicians who have fake PHD in politics. Churchill once said”The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.” In Pakistan we have millions of them starting from the top. Democracy is only useful in Pakistan when it serves the interest of a particular family.
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