Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani said on Friday That only Pakistan had the sole right to take action against the terrorist in its territory. “If any one has any information, it should be shared with us so that we may decide to take action. If there are any militants in our country, it is our right to take action against them and we can do that,” he added. He said a pragmatic solution to the issue of terrorism would be worked out through dialogue with the stakeholders. He also condemned the Friday’s missile attack in the tribal areas.
He added, “We can take up the matter of unilateral strikes in Pakistan at diplomatic level, but cannot wage war,” he said while talking to newsmen here at Prime Minister Secretariat after inaugurating the country’s first plant for manufacturing of auto disposable syringes.
He said this issue would be taken up with the United States and the United Kingdom to convince them that Pakistan would itself take any military action against the militants on its territory. He was of the point that Pakistan enjoys friendly relations with all the countries and will be able to bring Washington and London round to the fact that Pakistan is fully capable of tackling the scourge of terrorism ourselves.
The prime minister stressed that Pakistan was against terrorism and said, “We have suffered a lot due to this menace and even lost our leader Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto. We want peace in the country and not terrorism. We are taking action against this menace on our own.
To a question about the statement of Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, the prime minister said he had also raised this issue after a meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai the other day.
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