PESHAWAR ( WNAM Monitoring): Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar while ruling out any talks with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), said that State of Pakistan was powerful enough to fight them even for next 100 years.
“Don’t you see their people are being killed on daily basis. Our people are also being martyred. So what kind of talks or impediments. They are killing my children and I am killing them.
The State is so powerful to fight TTP, not just one year rather 100 years,” the Prime Minister told the media .
Asked what were the impediments in talks with TTP, the prime minister said the biggest obstacle was that no one was willing to talk to them. “We don’t want to talk to them. Who told you that we have any intention to talk with TTP,” he remarked.
Prime Minister Kakar, who earlier offered Fateha and laid wreath at the grave of former FC Commandant Shaheed Sifwat Ghayur said, “If you want me to announce the same in North Waziristan or South Waziristan, take me there. Keep in mind, I may die but not Pakistan.”
Dismissing the notion any registered Afghan refugees being expelled from Pakistan, he said only the foreigners living illegally in Pakistan were being ousted. He added through such measures, Pakistan did not want to undermine its relationship with Afghanistan rather desired to have the ties based on international standards in which the movement of the people would be subject to the visas.
He clarified that the expulsion of illegal residents was not out of any vengeance rather the state wanted to rid the country of those causing social ills as well as becoming a challenge of terrorism and crimes.
When Asked about the fate of PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif on his return, the prime minister said the government would act as per the law.
Regarding the elections, he said the caretaker setup would play its role in accordance with the Election Commission of Pakistan’s decision of announcing the final date for polls. To another query, the prime minister reiterated that all the political parties registered with the Election Commission would be allowed to go into the electoral process and in case of any complaint, the PM Office could be approached.
Commenting on the economic situation, Kakar said with the depreciation of dollar, the country’s loans had been reduced by Rs4000 billion besides impacting the prices of petroleum products, sugar, ghee and other eatables. All this is going to provide relief to the people, but it is not being duly highlighted, he added.
Earlier, talking to a delegation of Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry, reiterated that the sacrifices of the soldiers could never be paid in form of salaries instead, the reverence and dignity promised by Allah Almighty was their due reward. He said by laying his life for the country, Shaheed Sifwat Ghayur also became a symbol of courage like other 90,000 people martyred during war against terrorism.
