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Dawn.com
Islamabad
"It is time Afghanistan and the US do more for Pakistan,"Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor remarked on Thursday while addressing a press briefing on the national and regional security situation.
Referring to the United States'(US) demands to act against the alleged presence of terrorist elements in Pakistan, Maj Gen Ghafoor clarified again that:"No organised infrastructure of any banned organisation is present in Pakistan. We have fought an imposed and imported war twice in Pakistan and now we cannot do any more for anyone. Whatever we are doing, and we will do, is solely for the people of Pakistan. The aid we received (from the US) was reimbursement for the support we gave to the coalition for its fight against Al Qaeda. Had we not supported the US and Afghanistan, they would never have been able to defeat Al Qaeda."
"There are no facilitators [of terrorist groups] in Pakistan and we have gone a long way towards supporting peace in the region,"Maj Gen Ghafoor insisted, reiterating Pakistan's stance on the US's repetitive demand for the country to"do more".
"No country is more interested in Afghan peace than us, as we know that peace there [Afghanistan] means peace in Pakistan,"the DG ISPR stressing, adding that the US needs to check India's role in the Afghan region.
"No amount of coercion can work ” it is only trust-based cooperation that can bring enduring peace to the region,"he said"What kind of friends are we that we are being given notices [by the US]?"he asked, adding that while army was willing to work with its friends, it cannot compromise on its respect.
