Secretary Foreign Affairs Salman Bashir on Wednesday condemned the Wikileaks propaganda in strongest possible terms, terming it a malicious attempt to defame Pakistan before the international community.
Talking to a select group of journalists on Wednesday, he said although the US administration disowned the allegations made against security forces and intelligence agencies of Pakistan for their roles in Afghan war and supporting Taliban, yet persisted that such propaganda tantamounts to defame government, security forces and intelligence agencies.
The US administration must stop this propaganda which is damaging Pak-US alliance in war against terror. He said Pakistan has always gone by the book and never violated the UN Charter in last 60 years. He said we did not need any certification from anyone or dictation how to run security forces or intelligence agencies. "We all act in the best interest of our country and hold our own norms and values according to our religion," he added.
Earlier, during proceedings of the National Assembly's PAC Sub Committee, he agreed to hold a ministerial meeting to formulate new rules for opening fresh accounts by government department with foreign missions abroad. He informed the committee that opening an account abroad by government departments was not a pre-requisite to obtain permission from the ministry of foreign affairs. But the Foreign Office was answerable to audit for such account, which was irrelevant.
The PAC issued directive that all government departments would obtain formal permission from the ministry of foreign affairs and the ministry of finance prior to opening an account abroad for any purpose. In this respect, PAC directed to hold a meeting of the ministry of foreign affairs, the ministry of finance and the audit department to make fresh rules.