ISLAMABAD: Dubbing Hina Rabbani Khar as incompetent foreign
minister, Senior PPP leader Sardar Asif Ali on Saturday disclosed that
Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani had decided to appoint him as
foreign minister, however, he said, he didn’t know why Government had
to change its decision.
In an exclusive chat with Online, he
said, Pakistan needs a senior and experienced foreign minister to
defeat India diplomatically. Shah Mehmood Qureshi was a competent
foreign minister, he said, adding that, Party senior leaders were not
consulted before appoint Hina Rabbani Khar as foreign minister.
Hina
Rabbani Khar was a good state minister for economic affairs but she
lacks knowledge of diplomacy, he claimed. India needed an experienced
foreign minister in ministerial level dialogue between Pakistan and
India, he said, adding that, India would have Physiological lead
against Pakistan in the dialogue just because of experienced foreign
minister.
PPP has experienced leaders who could be appointed as
foreign minister but I don’t know the reason why Government was in
hurry to appoint Hina Rabbani Khar as foreign minister, federal foreign
minister Sardar Asif Ali added.
Pakistan is facing internal and
external challenges, he said. We are facing security challenges and
west has expressed reservation on country’s nukes many times. Such
things can not be tackled without experienced diplomat, he said. Online
