Pakistan's approach towards jihadi terrorists has been selective: former Pak envoy to US
Haqqani expressed concern that Pakistan was heading towards International isolation.
Asserting that jihadi terrorists are as much a threat to Pakistan as to the world, former Pakistan envoy to the US Hussain Haqqani on Friday rued the fact the Islamabad's action towards them has been "very selective".
Haqqani expressed concern that Pakistan was heading towards International isolation, adding that their leaders were not acknowledging this.
"Pakistan needs better relations with entire world including its neighbours Afghanistan and India...Jihadi terrorists in Pakistan are not only a threat to the world but also to Pakistan. Unfortunately, Pak's approach to them has been very selective," he told news agency ANI.
"Some have been dealt but some brought into the political mainstream like Hafeez Saeed's LeT. International opinion on this subject is very strong," he added.
He said that not heeding to international opinion would hurt Pakistan.
India
on
Friday
gave
a
fitting
response
to
Pakistan
in
theUnited
Nations
General
Assembly
(UNGA)
and
said
that
the
neighbouring
country
has
now
become
synonymous
with
terrorism.
Making
use
of
its
right-to-reply,
India's
First
Secterary
to
the
UN,
Eenam
Gambhir
said,
''In
its
short
history,
Pakistan
has
become
a
geography
synonymous
with
terror.
Pakistan
is
now
'Terroristan',
with
a
flourishing
industry
producing
and
exporting
global
terrorism.''
Gambhir's statement came as India exercised its right to reply to Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi's speech at the UN General Assembly, where he raked up the Kashmir issue and accused India of "terrorism against Pakistan".
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