Former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Hamid Gul said on Friday that there was no domestic acceptance in Pakistan of talks being held with India because of the perception that it was being done under US pressure.
Gul, while talking ANI, said that there was no scope of the talks as nobody in Pakistan believed in them.
“This is being done under US pressure. There is no domestic acceptance for any peace talks with India, because Pakistanis don’t trust India one bit,” Gul was quoted as saying.
The former intelligence chief also expressed doubts over India’s intention on issues including Sir Creek, Siachen, Kashmir and Balochistan and maintained that no one other than only a few Pakistani traders, who will benefit from India getting the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status, believe in peace talks.
Gul, during the interview, also claimed that India is fighting a proxy war in Afghanistan on behalf of the US. “Pakistan knows India’s intentions and it is not acceptable to us,” Gul was quoted in the report.
He also lambasted India’s policy in Kashmir. “India has to accept that Kashmir is a disputed territory. What they are doing in Kashmir is not right, morally or legally. India is being used by the US as a bulwark in the region, and therefore, the pressure on the Pakistan government to go easy on Kashmir. The conditions are such that Pakistan does not have much room for maneuver at this stage,” the report quoted Gul.
The former ISI chief further alleged that India was meddling “heavily” in Balochistan and affairs of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Indian Foreign Affairs Minister S M Krishna is currently visiting Pakistan for holding bilateral talks on host of issues.
What nonsense!
A majority of Pakistanis want peace with India and favour opening trade, travel etc. to ease 65 year enmity. It is people like Hamid Gul who have created enmities and brought Pakistan to its knees by creating and supporting the snake – what is otherwise known as The Taliban. This man has done more damage to pakistan than even Zia ul Haq.
Gul you are living in a cuckoo world of your own.Your government is the one who wants to normalise the relations as much as possible with india.Donot forget India is miles ahead of Pakistan in every respect.Extending a hand of friendship fosters peace and harmony and your third world country needs it,Gul it is people like you with "passed your sale by date" who are responsible for enmity between neighbouring countries.Go enjoy your retirement
He is coward and cunning lowlife. He has brought many innocent young ppl into mainstream terrorism. but he didn`t loose any of his close relatives.
He is the kingpin of all terror attacks and first thing is needed is to shoot him in the forehead and half bake his body and feed them to p1gs than kill the p1gs and feed them to d0gs.
Gul Must Go- We dont need you. You have created Taliban, you helped your ex masters in CIA during first Afghan War aganist USSR. You need to go and rest and takecare of your heroine business. Nation dont need you. Goodbye Gul- You Need Rest, you are too old , let all of us live in Peace!!
I agree on the trust part of what Mr Gul says and it is the both ways as well.
Fact is India considers Kashmir strategically important – it feels it already has too many land routes etc which are easy to sneak into India and cause problems (if someone decides and obviously there are so many who like to ) and so letting Kashmir slip away is the BIGGEST blow it can take…
Larger question is whether Pakistan considers being economically stronger more important in the longer run?? China, India and many other nations already do (trying to do) it …. So ISI/Military and the likes should really start thinking outside of this box (of warfare / counter intelligence / drug trafficking etc) and let the country thrive and most important is out educate the Muslim brothers – there are enough of these fanatics in our community to invite bad rap / image to our religion….
PEW polls say otherwise man, sorry 🙂
SHUT UP YOU OLD TERRORIST.PAKISTANIS HATE TERRORISM AND ARE INDIA FRIENDLY IF YOU DONT BELIEVE ME GO TO YOUTUBE AND SEE FOR YOURSELF HOW PAKISTANIS WERE HAPPY WHEN THEY HEARD THE NEWS OF OSAMA DEATH AND HOW THEY WANT FRIENDLY AND BROTHERLY RELATIONSHIP WITH INDIA THERE ARE %) VIDEOS OF THE SERIES http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzqtrvfXkbk
SHUT UP YOU OLD TERRORIST.PAKISTANIS HATE TERRORISM AND ARE INDIA FRIENDLY IF YOU DONT BELIEVE ME GO TO YOUTUBE AND SEE FOR YOURSELF HOW PAKISTANIS WERE HAPPY WHEN THEY HEARD THE NEWS OF OSAMA DEATH AND HOW THEY WANT FRIENDLY AND BROTHERLY RELATIONSHIP WITH INDIA THERE ARE 50 VIDEOS OF THE SERIES http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzqtrvfXkbk
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