We do not have the capacity or the economic strength to bear another inflow of refugees. We are petrified that there'll be another flow of refugees coming in. "There are already three million refugees in Pakistan. Khan said all the neighbors want lasting peace in Afghanistan. What is happening in Afghanistan is over two decades of conflict, deep divisions." "I feel really disappointed that we have been blamed for what is going on in Afghanistan. "When the exit date was given, and the only few thousand American troops left, why would they listen to us, when they are sensing victory," Khan said, while the US top peace envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad, was listening to him. Khan said when over 150,000 US and NATO troops were in Afghanistan that was the right time to ask the Taliban to come to the table. Why would I come to Kabul if I was not interested and the whole idea was that you should have looked upon Pakistan as a partner in peace." Referring to his last year's visit to Kabul, Khan said: "I came to Kabul. We have made every effort, short of taking a military action against the Taliban in Pakistan," Pakistani premier said, adding: "To blame Pakistan for what is going on in Afghanistan is extremely unfair."Įarlier speaking during the conference, President Ghani blamed Pakistan for playing a "negative role" in the Afghanistan conflict. "I can assure you that no country has tried harder to get the Taliban on the dialogue table than Pakistan. The last thing Pakistan wants is more conflict," the premier said. "Pakistan suffered 70,000 casualties in the last 15 years. "President Ghani, let me just say that the country that is going to be most affected by turmoil in Afghanistan is Pakistan," Khan responded to Ghani while addressing the international conference on "Central and South Asia Regional Connectivity: Challenges and Opportunities" in Uzbekistan.
Responding to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s claims regarding Pakistan's "negative role in the Afghan conflict", Khan said such comments disappointed him despite his country's "positive" role in the Afghan peace process. Last month, the Pakistan government had refused to make public details of gifts given to the PM by foreign heads of states saying it could damage the country’s national interest and its relations with other states.Pakistan’s prime minister Friday vehemently opposed a blame-game on the evolving situation in Afghanistan, saying his country would be the most affected if situation turns worse in the war-torn country. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Communication, Dr Shahbaz Gill said that usually PM deposits such gifts to the Toshakhana, however, if he wants he can retain them after paying for it. Holding a press conference, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Punjab president Rana Sanaullah that Pakistan was defamed because of the alleged selling of the gifts received from the heads of the states of other countries.
Imran received USD 1 million for the watch and the prince who gifted it knows that it has been sold. Khan was reportedly gifted a watch worth USD 1 million by a prince of a Gulf country and was allegedly sold in Dubai by Khan’s close aide. Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) president Maulana Fazlur Rehman said there are reports that prime minister Khan has sold a precious watch he received from a prince. The Express Tribune has reported that officials can retain gifts with a market value of less than Rs 10,000 without paying anything. “Caliph Hazrat Omar (companion of Prophet Muhammad) was accountable for his shirt and robe and you (Imran Khan), on the other hand, looted foreign gifts from Toshakhana and you are talking of setting up a state of Madina? How can a person (Khan) be this insensitive, deaf, dumb and blind?” she said.Īs per the gift depository rules in Pakistan, they remain the property of the state unless sold at an open auction. Khan has sold the gifts he received from other countries, PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz tweeted in Urdu.
New Delhi: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been accused of selling gifts he received from heads of other countries, including an expensive watch worth USD 1 million.
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