Rehman Malik slams Indian home minister for threatening Pakistan

Islamabad: Former Interior Minister and Chairman Institute of Research and Reforms (IRR) Senator A. Rehman Malik has said that Pakistan has slammed the Indian Home Minister Amit Shah for his highly irresponsible and childish statement in which he has threatened Pakistan with surgical strikes.

While addressing a press conference here on Thursday, Rehman Malik expressed that if this time, India repeats its mistake of surgical strikes, Pakistan is not going to serve their pilot with tea but a bullet in the air to teach an unprecedented lesson to India that neither Amit Shah nor anyone other ever can dare to threat Pakistan. He said that from the statement of Amit Shah it is now clearer that India is supporting and financing TTP and Daesh and the recent terror attacks by TTP and Daesh on Pak-Afghan borders are financed and prompted by India. “The recent killing of 9 Chinese engineers in terror attack near Dasu hydropower plant is a clear proof of Daesh-TTP-Daesh nexus against Pakistan and China”, he added. He warned that if India does not stop its aggression, then it must get ready for the retaliation that can be more severe since the Pakistan Armed Forces especially the Pakistan Army under the command of General Qamar Javed Bajwa are fully capable to counter and stop Indian aggression.

Rehman Malik said that Pakistan has been hosting millions of Afghan refugees for more than three decades at cost of the heavy burden on economy and has suffered huge human lives loss of more than 80,000 troops and civilians in Afghan war. He expressed that sadly, today, world is blaming Pakistan for supporting Afghan Taliban whereas Pakistan never supported Taliban but hosted Afghan refugees and supplied food, medicines, and other commodities to Afghanistan.

He said that keeping in view the neighborhood relationship, support and countless sacrifices; Pakistan expects that Afghanistan government will announce its clear policy towards Pakistan and anti-Pakistan terrorist groups TTP, Daesh, and others.

Answering a question, he said that Governor State Bank of Pakistan’s statement that Pakistani Rupee depreciation is benefitting the families of nine million overseas Pakistanis is childish and hurtful. He said that overseas Pakistanis are never happy when the Pakistani rupee and the statement have hurt their feelings. He demanded the Governor SBP to withdraw this highly irresponsible statement. He appealed Prime Minister Imran Khan to have mercy on the poor people as continuous inflation and increase in petrol prices have broken their back bone. He said that economy is ruined day by day and India is creating a lot of problems for us in FATF. He stressed that government should be prepared for FATF upcoming meeting. He said that we have a lot of reservations about the FATF platform and the government has to be ready in this regard and he will soon write a letter to the government on it.

Rehman Malik said that PPP has always spoken out against inflation and for the rights of the poor and Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has always raised the voice of the poor.