Deputy Secretary General Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Chaudhry Ahsan
Iqbal has said that the government should immediately summon a joint
session of parliament and took the parliamentarians into confidence if
government and army feels any real threats from America.
He said that if government had implemented the joint resolution of
parliament after the incident of 2nd May then Americas should not have
dared to issue such statements.
This he said in an interview with a private TV channel reacting over the controversial statements issued by United States.
Ahsan Iqbal said that if the government is facing any threat from US
then the best solution and forum is parliament, adding that after the
incident of 2nd May it was demanded in a joint resolution of parliament
that the relations with US should be made transparent and these should
be reviewed, adding that the relations with the US should be checked if
there is any compromise with Pakistani interest.
He said after four days, four people including President Asif Ali
Zardari, Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, General Kayani and US
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton laid foundation of relations between
Pakistan and US, adding that the parliament and Pakistani nation did
not know about these facts.
He said when the government by bypassing the parliament and nation
then it would face challenges, adding that the military and government
feeling any threat from US the government should take the parliament
into confidence and present the threats before them.
He said that if anybody is thinking of casting an evil eye on
Pakistan , then the whole nation would jointly face these forces,
adding that all parties conference would be not so much effective forum
as compare with the parliament because parliament is responsible to
ensure national security.
He said that it is our responsibility to ensure that nobody use
Pakistani soil for their interest, adding that if anybody would use
Pakistani soil then we would not say that India and Pakistan are
interfering in Pakistan.
He said that with the help of a strong diplomacy we should have need
to face all the challenges at international level, adding that there
was not foreign minister present for many month, adding that due to the
lack of Pakistani government’s corruption and mismanagement the
international community is not willing to provide assistance for the
flood-affectees.
He said that good governance is the only solution of all issues of
the country, adding that it is the bad luck of the Pakistani masses
that present rulers came after striking a deal of NRO with the help of
US and Britain, adding that Pervez Musharraf and other responsible
people should ask pardon from the masses over the deal because the
present rulers have taken the country at the brink of destruction. SANA
