LAHORE, Sep 05 (DNA): Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting,
Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has said that India has no role to play in
Afghanistan as it shares no border with the country and New Delhi has toface humiliation on the Afghan front.

Talking to newsmen in Lahore on Sunday, Fawad Chaudhry said Islamabad
will do everything for stability in Afghanistan as instability there
affects Pakistan the most.

Fawad Chaudhry said Pakistan has historical cultural ties with people of
Afghanistan and Islamabad will continue playing its due role for peace
and stability in Afghanistan. He said Pakistan supports formation of an
Afghan Government comprising of all the groups, however, formation of
Government is the issue of the Afghan nation.

Information minister urged the international community not to leave
Afghanistan alone as leaving Kabul alone now may create instability in
region.

Regarding the ISI Chief’ visit to Kabul, he said informal ties are kept
intact at intelligence level and Intelligence Chiefs of several
countries have visited Kabul.

“The only difference was that Pakistan wanted to implement a political
solution before this much chaos and destruction. President Joe Biden is
absolutely right in saying that Afghanistan has no military solution.
This narrative was constantly said by Prime Minister Imran Khan since
2007,” he added.

The minister said that Pakistan cannot abandon common Afghans because
their lives are equally important to those who were evacuated from
Kabul. “The PIA has played a tremendous role in lifting foreigners
stranded in Kabul. Our press section in Kabul Embassy played an immense
role,” he added.

Talking about situation in IIOJK, Fawad Chaudhry said that Pakistan
firmly stands with Kashmiri people in the current difficult time and
will always continue to do so. Pakistan salutes Kashmiri people for
their seven-decade long struggle for freedom. He said India is even
afraid of the funeral of Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Geellani.

To a question regarding PDM, Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said the Opposition
in disarray and Opposition parties are themselves clueless about each
other’s opinion on any issue.

Commenting on government-opposition talks on the ongoing political
situation, Fawad said, “In the past Imran Khan has emphasized dialogue
with the opposition on things like the appointment of ECP members and
electoral reforms.”

“Opposition Leader in NA has not shared any name for ECP members despite
a letter was sent to him three months ago,” the Information Minister
said. DNA

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