ISLAMABAD, May 13 (DNA): National Security Adviser Lt-Gen (Retd) Nasser Khan Janjua on Sunday said
Pakistan is a great and peace loving country which had always stood along
with world to contribute to global stability and prosperity.
“We all need to invest in peace instead of war. We want and we are working
with the world in a cooperative framework,” Nasser Janjua said this while addressing
an International Conference of News Agencies. Minister for Information and
Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb was guest of honour on the occasion.
The two-day Conference entitled “Pakistan – Media Opportunities and Challenges”
is being organized by Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) to provide an opportunity to
journalists for a direct and hassle-free linkage to cope with emerging competitive
environment for news agencies in the world.
He highlighted, in detail, the different intriguing dimensions of Afghan conflict and
said that no love stories are born out of use of force.”Let’s, collectively invest in peace
and bring the closure to this perpetual conflict instead of wining it,” he added.
The Adviser also sensitized the participants over the regional security environment
and stressed that the US and the West should play a positive role in maintaining security
of the region which over a period has become quite fragile.
Nasser Janjua highlighted character and role of Pakistan in recent history and the
sacrifices rendered by Pakistan in on-going war against terrorism, saying Pakistan has
lost over 60,000 lives and billions of dollars in the war.
Nasser Janjua gave the delegation a detailed presentation on regional security
situation with a particular reference to focusing on how Pakistan, its people armed
forces, Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) and Intelligence Agencies performed
brilliantly and resiliently after 1979 and 9/11.