Daesh has no established infrastructure in Pakistan, says DG ISPR

Director General Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor has said that Daesh terrorist group does not have an established infrastructure in Pakistan.

In an interview with Aaj News TV channel, on question about the attack in Quetta in which four Christians were killed and was claimed by Daesh, DG ISPR said: “Some outfits try to join their bandwagon just as some criminals joined TTP’s bandwagon earlier but we will not let them establish.”
He said there has been a “phenomenal reduction in attacks in Balochistan particularly Quetta in the past six months.” “The frequency of attacks has markedly reduced thanks to security forces, police and intelligence agencies.”
He added that it’s not that attacks aren’t happening but, “If they attempt to attack 100 times, they are successful only once.”
He said Pakistan is contributing and supporting the peace process in Afghanistan. He said we have contributed as much as we can and will continue to do so.
Responding to a question regarding Pakistan’s role in bringing Taliban to the negotiation table, Maj Gen Ghafoor said, “Pakistan Army has never said that it has influence on Taliban.”
“It’s not that we’ll tell Taliban to negotiate and they’ll come to the table. We don’t have influence over them,” he said.
Stressing that Afghanistan and the US are the main stakeholders, DG ISPR said, “There is a set environment inside Afghanistan and they [Taliban] will have to be brought for talks within that environment.”
“Pakistan is a member of a board involved in talks with Afghanistan so we will play our role but we are not responsible for bringing them to the table that is for the US and Kabul to do,” he added.