ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman
Imran Khan said that he had opposed Pakistan?s stance on joining US for war against terror
from the start.
In response to US President Donald Trump?s tweet about
Pakistan not doing enough according to the aid that it has been receiving,
Imran stated it actually has been
Pakistan that has been incurring loss.
?The losses suffered by
Pakistan as a result of on-going US-led war on terror, which has also bred more violence and terror in Pakistan, have been enormous: our society has been radicalized and polarized; we have suffered 70 thousand dead and over $100 billion in losses to the economy,? said Khan.
He further stated that
Pakistan should not have involved
itself in proxy wars on US orders.
?The time had come to stand firm and give a strong response to the US. Two immediate measures can be taken by
Pakistan to send an unambiguous message to the US: One, we must immediately remove excessive US diplomatic, non-diplomatic and intelligence personnel
from Pakistan so that diplomatic parity is established accordingly to international legal norms governing diplomatic relations between states. Two, we must deny the US GLOC and AIRLOC facilities which we were providing free of cost to the US,? the statement reads.
Khan reiterated the need for
Pakistan to fight war on terror, but holistically and for its own benefits.
He proposed the merger of FATA into KP with immediate effects in order not to create a vacuum that ?will give the hostile powers and their terrorist proxies? space to wreak havoc in
Pakistan through FATA.?
Disregarding the US narrative of
Pakistan ?do more?,
Khan said that
Pakistan should delink itself from the US, as the latter?s aim is to target
Pakistan while giving India an increasing strategic sole in Afghanistan and the region.
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