Former ISI chief Lt. Gen. (retd) Asad Durrani has said that India's efforts to annex occupied Kashmir have exacerbated its own problems so much that it is no longer a threat to us. Prepare for, they are so stuck in their own things at the moment that they do not care so much about Pakistan, Pakistan cares about itself, the threats to the internal security of the country are the biggest threat to the country at the moment to deal with Should be the first priority
According to the daily Jang, in an exclusive interview with British Radio, Asad Durrani said that the Establishment's interference in political affairs is a fact and detrimental to the country and people are angry with this interference. Imran Khan's biggest problem (about him) is the impression that he did not come himself, he came with a burden, the political parties that were tried to keep out came back, Ayub Khan Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto had to be kept out, he came back and was elected. After Zia-ul-Haq, Benazir Bhutto came. As soon as Musharraf left, the two parties he thought should be kept out, the Pakistan People's Party and the Muslim League-Nawaz, both contested the elections and got elected.
Regarding PDM, he said, "Maulana Fazlur Rehman has the most experience in this field. Why would he listen to me for a sit-in? The general impression is that there can be no sit-in without him." As it was said before that nothing can happen without America. At present some people are angry politically, the economy is really bad, not that if the economy recovers then everything will be fine, the internal security of the country. The threats to India are currently the biggest threat to the country, which should be the first priority.
According to the report, he said that after India's attempt to annex Kashmir on August 5, 2019, such big problems have arisen for India itself that it is no longer a threat to us. There is no threat to us on the eastern border after what India has done on Kashmir. If they ever want to do something like Balakot, be prepared for it, otherwise, they are so caught up in their own affairs that they want Pakistan. Don't worry so much. '
"If you talk about threats from outside Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia are big and new challenges," Durrani said. "The country faces three types of challenges, including the economy, political instability, and social cohesion, all of which have come together,"
Talking about relations with Iran, Asad Durrani said, "Our relations with Iran after the revolution in Iran were against the will of the United States. Because he (the US) said that for more than 400 days (Iran) held our embassy hostage.
We (Pakistan) said (Iran) is our neighbor. We have to keep in touch. ”When we had relations with China in the 1950s, the United States was very angry. One day he came to us and said let us talk too. ”Talking about the Pakistani Taliban, he said,“ If we have supported the Taliban without the consent of all the people, then (in this regard) we have asked the United States. Didn't listen. But the impression is that we don't know how much we listen to America. " Because if they don't, they can't work. So whatever they say, they accept. '
"Changing the status of Gilgit-Baltistan will be a blow to the Kashmir issue," he added. "Don't change the status of some things because whenever you change the status of something for political reasons because we want to score. Will be damaged. Bahawalpur and Swat were very good states, they were brought into the mainstream and if these centers are involved in corruption, then there is a loss. ”The Balochistan system could have been better handled in three ways, politically, economically, and socially. But we took it and made it a province and it is not being handled to date.
"I used to say about the former FATA, don't do it, don't integrate it into the province," he said. It has its own special status, in some cases, it is running better than us which is a five-hundred-year-old system. 'He said that' Pakistan's system is not the kind that people would like to be a part of this system.
According to the report, he said that if Gilgit-Baltistan is to be given more rights, then of course give it but do not make it a province of Pakistan by force. Talking about the ongoing peace process in Afghanistan, Asad Durrani said that Pakistan can do this That is, using his influence on the Mujahideen and the Taliban, he can say that whatever decision you make after talking to others is acceptable to us. There is nothing more Pakistan can do. ”Regarding the controversy surrounding his book, Asad Durrani said,“ To say that I have been harmed, no, I have benefited ”,“ No one has seen Musharraf's book. Was Shahid Aziz's book is very critical. On these people said that he has the right, he can write. But to this day no one has stopped.
