Islamabad, Nov 12 (TNS): PPP’ Senior Leader, Former Interior Minister and Chairman Senate Standing on Interior Senator A. Rehman Malik has expressed grave concerns over the US State Department Country Report on terrorism. He said that US State Department’s Country Report on Terrorism 2018 has come up with disappointment for Pakistan as it is highly biased and illogical wherein the real situation on the ground and the supreme sacrifices of Pakistani troops and civilians rendered in war against terrorism are absolutely ignored.
Senator A. Rehman Malik said that the US State Department’s Country Report on Terrorism 2018 is contrary to the facts in which the real situation on the ground and the supreme sacrifices of Pakistani troops and civilians rendered in war against terrorism are ignored. He said that as a matter of fact, no country had done more than Pakistan to curb terrorism and no country had suffered as much as Pakistan, both in terms of loss of human lives and damage to infrastructure, in the war against terrorism and extremism.
He stated that the report is basically another bombshell to be used in FATF against Pakistan whereas it should have not issued such a biased report when there is already a proceeding going on against Pakistan in FATF. He added that we have been exploited by USA every time and we made a blunder to jump into Afghan Jihad War against Soviet Union upon USA’s call which gulped down our all factions of society because of the strong pro Jihad propaganda by USA.
Senator A. Rehman Malik said that Jihadis were America’s own creation because of which, we are suffering today and unfortunately, today we are dragged in the FATF while as matter of fact per the America’s will, we extended support to these Jihadis.
He said that it is merely an injustice to Pakistan for being dragged before FATF like a criminal whereas in actuality and it was President Bush who should have been facing trial as war criminal for the creation of Jihadis and mass killing in Afghanistan. He said ‘’I had been persistently advocating to the government and to the world that USA will not let Pakistan come out of the FATF’S grey list and will continue to pressurise FATF to keep Pakistan in the grey list.’’
He said that US State Department country report will also be now placed before FATF as yet fake evidence and we are only being punished by the USA because of our friendship with China, Pak China corridors & our stance against India under RSS.
Senator Rehman Malik says ‘’A large number of Pakistanis feel that PM Modi was not courageous enough to change the status of Kashmir against the UN resolution but within days of his return from the White House, USA he scraped the legal status of Kashmir whereas we find no particular efforts from USA Govt to force India to lift curfew by restoring the original legal status of IOK.’’
Senator Rehman Malik ‘’The people of Pakistan has the right to ask the USA administration as to why has the USA turned blind eye towards the brutalities and religious extremist acts of Indian ruling party BJP’s extremist wing RSS under PM Modi which is involved in terrorist activities against minorities across India particularly Kashmir. He said that these terrorist organizations in question earlier fought against Russia with the total financial and armed support of USA and it itself was responsible for the creation & funding of all these Jihadi organizations in Pakistan. He said that US owes an explanation to the world as to how and from where these jihadi organisations were supported and financed with full money trail.’’
He says ‘’the then Secretory State Hillary Clinton had already accepted that USA funded Taliban and even Al-Qaeda’’. He asked the government of Pakistan to ask FATF to summon the former Secretaries of State and the then former US Presidents to justify and confirm the authenticity of the statement carried out by the two secretaries of states.
He says ‘’the trend and the anti-Pakistan signals demonstrated in the report clearly show that FATF is not going to take Pakistan out of the grey list unless Pakistan embarrass FATF in its discrimination with Pakistan and Pakistan will have to do this for its survival in the economic world. He added that the continuity of Pakistan in grey list will bring huge financial problems for Pakistan which is already passing through financial crisis. He hoped that the Government of Pakistan will take some sensible, pragmatic and evidence based measures before the FATF with the help of China which has already warned member countries not to politicise FATF and to not use the forum against Pakistan. He said that China has clearly stated, “China does not want the FATF to be politicised by any single country.
