Awami National Party (ANP) chief Asfandyar Wali Khan on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to cut-short his US visit and call joint session of the parliament regarding the current tension with India. Addressing ANP Working Committee meeting at Bacha Khan Markaz, the ANP chief said that Pakistan should revisit its foreign policy.
He called for revising the country's 'failed internal and external policies' and resolving disputes with neighbours through negotiations. He said that national unity was required during the current tense situation to foil the designs of the enemy. He asked the government to stop harassing Afghan refugees and take sincere steps for improving ties with Afghanistan. ANP Chief criticized the KP government attitude with Afghan refugees and termed it against Pakhtoons' norms.
Expressing concern about the current wave of terrorism he urged the government to eradicate terrorists' hideouts in Punjab. He said that the distinction between good and bad Taliban was the basic cause of rising terrorism and this should be done away with forthwith. ANP chief asked the government to make the campaign against terrorism successful by implementing all points of the National Action Plan.
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