Powers that destabilized Syria are not Pakistan’s well-wishers: Kh Asif

Foreign Minister of Pakistan Khwaja Mohammad Asif has lambasted the powers who destabilized Muslim countries such as Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, saying these powers are not well-wishers of Pakistan.

He turned down US-made jihad and proxy wars and indirectly praised the Syrian government saying that at least human lives were safe under their regime.
He termed the Syrian conflict a “fight for power and said although he did not support dictatorship “at least human lives were safe under dictators there.” He claimed that Iraq, Libya and other Middle Eastern countries had been destabilised under a conspiracy against the Ummah.
He discussed various crises in the Middle East and without naming the US appeared to hold the superpower responsible for unrest in the region.
“Pakistan has always remained a target of others because people of all warring Muslim states look towards Pakistan and its armed forces for help,” he said.
In the past Pakistani rulers compromised the country’s sovereignty only to protect their own rule and interests, and fought a “fake jihad” for the defence of the US, said Mr Asif. “That was one of the biggest mistakes that we have committed.
“Pakistan fought a made-in-America jihad against Russia in Afghanistan. We committed the same mistake after 9/11,” he said.
The minister claimed that despite pressures and temptations the present government did not become part of any war being fought in a Muslim country, adding that Pakistani troops were sent to Saudi Arabia only for training purposes and not to take part in Yemeni war.