Chairman PTI, Imran Khan on Friday issued a strong condemnation of the unanimous passage of the PCNS resolution by Parliament on Thursday, seeking to redefine Pakistan-US relations. Citing this as yet another example of the 'muq muqa' politics practised by Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman and the PML-N, he asked "what benefit will this resolution be to the people of Pakistan who have seen over 40,000 of their fellow citizens dead in this US-led 'war on terror' as well as faced the loss of $50 billion in the last four years and seen FDI dry up?"
Imran Khan also demanded to know what had happened to the principle of "give peace a chance" which was the central part of the APC Resolution passed unanimously by all the mainstream political parties of the country. He reiterated that the new resolution was merely a continuation of making the Pakistani state play a mercenary role for the US and only the price for this had been jacked up. However the money that would come would go into the hands of a few and would be of no benefit to the country. In fact, Khan pointed out, it would cause more harm with an increase in terrorism again, more militancy, greater polarisation within the country and more economic destabilisation.
The farce of reviving the Nato supply route for non-lethal goods will sustain the US war in Afghanistan as all Nato supplies are for their military's sustenance and war effort against Afghanistan. The PTI would not accept any restoration of Nato supply routes through the country as any supply going to Nato forces keeps the war prolonged as it supports the war effort. It is not simply a matter of money. It is a matter of extricating Pakistan from this war which is not Pakistan's war at all and which has aggravated terrorism in Pakistan.
Khan said it was pathetic to see Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman playing his usual game of simply upping his purchase price by declaring that his party would never allow any Nato supply route to be opened and then whimpering out and accepting the PCNS draft resolution.
The same was true of the PML-N which made strong statements against Nato supply route and the US footprint in Pakistan including drones through Chaudhry Nisar and then submitted to the government's will. Khan felt it was ironic that all these dubious compromises are made in the name of "national interest" when in fact they actually undermine the same.
Khan also pointed out the shameful manner in which the Resolution seeks to plead to the US to review its policies like drones when in fact it should simply have stated that Pakistan will not accept any drone attack on its territory and will use all means to counter it.
Khan concluded by regretting how Parliament was being made to legitimise the Musharraf era debilitating Pakistan-US relationship rather than seeking to actually restructure the nature of the relationship rather than a few micro level adjustments while the overall structure remains unaltered.-PR
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