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Saturday, May 7, 2011

Govt should state in plain terms if it stands with nation or US: Ch Nisar Ali Khan

ISLAMABAD: Opposition Leader in National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has asked the government to state in clear terms if it is with people of Pakistan or with US.

He said this while talking to media men here outside the parliament house Friday.
He went on to say a clear contradiction existed in the statements of army, foreign ministry and government. If government did not break its silence over Osama Bin Laden issue and did not discharge its obligation then it should step down, he underlined.
Aiwan-e-Sadr and Prime Minister should take the nation into confidence on Abbottabad operation, he stressed. The criminal silence of president and prime minister over US raid was giving rise to suspicions about their loyalty with the country, he noted.
It was duty of government to fix responsibility and take action against those found responsible in this regard, he demanded. Had action been taken in Raymond Davis matter then the incident of May, 2 would have never occurred, he stated.
This was the second major mishap after fall of Dhakka that had plunged the nation into deep despair, he added.
When US president was monitoring military operation, President Asif Ali Zardari had gone into deep slumber of negligence, he alleged. A policy at highest level should have come from government, he urged.
US president Obama had addressed the nation thrice on this operation while the president and prime minister of the country where the incident had occurred were hesitating from delivering address to take the nation into confidence, he charged.
Interior minister who was claiming to be jack-of-all-trades was keeping mum over this incident, he observed.
Democratic government, elected president, prime minister and parliament were there then as to why the situation was not being made clear, he questioned.
Institutions were giving statements separately and incompetent rulers were providing opportunity to non political forces to move ahead, he held.
Government should hold inquiry into the incident of hiring of over 300 houses for US personnel in Islamabad, he demanded. Online