ISLAMABAD: Former interior minister and chief of PPP (S) Aftab Ahmad
Khan Sherpao has said Asif Zardari is bigger dictator than Pervez
Musharraf and he has failed to deliver democracy pledged by him.
He
said this in his exclusive interview with Online here Monday. He held
whenever army came to power in the past, it caused harm to country.
“I
have no information about reactivation of political wing of ISI. Only
rumours are going on. Every political party should rely on its power
nor it should boost its power through clandestine aid. It can harm the
country”, he underlined.
He maintained political forces had
united in All Parties Conference doubtlessly. However PAC’s decisions
are not being implemented.
He went on to say former president
Afghanistan Burhan ud Din Rabbani had come very close to Pakistan and he
wanted to move ahead peace process. However non-state actors delivered
set back to peace process and they remained successful in their
conspiracy, he remarked.
He held US had no clear policy about
Pakistan and Afghanistan and US was still in a state of quandary. This
has led to increase misperceptions between Pakistan and US, he said.
He
went on to say 130000 NATO and US forces were present in Afghanistan.
Time frame has been evolved for the pull out of these forces but it was
not mentioned if US would eliminate its operational basis or otherwise
after its withdrawal in 2014. US policies some times grow intense and
some time they are softened. Influence of Washington is growing rather
than state department.
He said US could not improve situation in
Afghanistan through use of force during the last 11 years. Now they are
talking of initiation of reconciliation process, he added.
Normalization can come only in Afghanistan if a national government is
established with the participation of all stake holders. The situation
could further deteriorate if Afghanistan was left alone without
providing it ample financial assistance, he cautioned.
There
will be no improvement in relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan as
long as US remain present in Afghanistan, he added.
Responding
to a question he said anti Pakistan sentiments are proliferating in
Afghanistan and this impression was gathering momentum that Pakistan
wanted to keep Afghanistan under its sway. Government would have to make
it clear that Afghanistan was a sovereign country , he added.
The
need is there that leadership of Pakistan and Afghanistan sit together
and evolve firm mechanism to improve the situation, he stressed. Online
