Much is being made by the government on Ijaz’s security related demands. I do not blame him at all for expressing his concerns. After all the prime minister of this country, who cynically brushed these security concerns aside, is on record stating on the floor of the National Assembly that the President of Pakistan, Mr Asif Ali Zardari could not even visit his ailing father in the PIMS for six weeks.
If Mr Rehman Malik’s ministry cannot provide security to the President, it is a joke to expect it to provide it for Mr Ijaz, against whom he makes daily statements.
Moreover, if he was so sure of his security apparatus, why is Mr Haqqani holed up in the Prime Minster’s House? This is a serious issue, which must be investigated to the depth. We have played so often with this country’s security. Not this time, please.
SAJJAD ASHRAF
Lahore
