Pakistan / PAK's Defense Minister expressed pain over Peshawar attack - this comparison between India and Pakistan

Pakistan: Pakistan's Defense Minister Khwaja Asif said about the deadly suicide attack during Namaz in the mosque of Peshawar, Pakistan, that devotees were never killed during worship in India. 100 people died and hundreds were injured in the attack on this high-security mosque. The blast took place in the central hall of the mosque at around 1 pm on Monday.

Expressing his views on the attack in the National Assembly, Asif said, 'Even in India or Israel worshipers/devotees were not killed while offering prayers, but this happened in Pakistan. Calling for unity in the fight against terrorism, the defense minister said it is time for Pakistan to organize itself, Dawn news reported.

Need to unite against terrorists, said Pak Defense Minister

Pakistan's Defense Minister Khwaja Asif Khan says that we all have to unite against these terrorists who target not just one sect or one section of the society but the entire country. In a discussion with the media outside the Parliament House, Khwaja Asif was asked about any new operation of the army against the terrorists, in response to which he said that the decision to start a new military operation to eliminate terror will be taken by the high-level National Security Committee (NSC). NSC) will be taken. He said that this decision is of the National Security Committee. Such things cannot be decided on such a forum.

Cracked on Imran Khan

Defense Minister Khawaja Asif put the previous government of Imran Khan in the dock for talks with the Taliban. He said that two years ago we were told that we can talk to these people (terrorists). Later he was allowed to establish himself in the country. Khwaja Asif Khan said that there are more than 450,000 Afghans in Pakistan who have not returned to their homeland and have now entered the transport business in Pakistan.

This war started during the tenure of PPP

Recalling the incidents of militancy during 2010-2017, the minister said, "This war started in Swat during the tenure of PPP and it ended during the previous tenure of PML-N." After this, peace was established in the country from Karachi to Swat.

He said, 'If you remember, a year and a half or two years back we were given a briefing two, three times in this hall in which it was clearly said that these people can be talked to and they can be brought towards peace. Can be brought. Asif said that different opinions had come forward on this matter, but despite this no concrete decision was taken.

According to Dawn's report, Asif said that thousands of people had become unemployed after the Afghans came and settled in Pakistan. Asif also said that the first evidence came to the fore when the people of Swat protested against the resettled people.

We only sowed in the midst of terror – Defense Minister

The Defense Minister said, 'I will not talk long but will say in brief that in the beginning we sowed the seeds of terrorism.' He said that when Russia invaded Afghanistan, Pakistan offered its services to the US on 'rent'. General Zia was in power at that time. The pact with the US lasted for eight to nine years, after which the US went back to Washington celebrating the fact that it had defeated Russia.