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Gul demands end to military action

PESHAWAR : The former head of Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt. General (R) Hamid Gul on Sunday demanded of the government to stop military actions in Wana and Balochistan.

Speaking at a function here, he said that these actions must be stopped without any delay. "All the issues should be settled through dialogue. Armed actions lead to more chaos in the country", he said.

He asserted that anti-Pakistan elements were trying to destroy Pakistan by engaging armed forces within the country against their own people. He emphasized the need for negotiations to solve every problem in the country.

Gul said that the people of the tribal areas had given a lot of sacrifices for the country. "Whether it was Kashmir or Afghanistan, the people of these areas have always played their part. Therefore they should not be treated in this way", he added.

He criticized the opposition parties for not playing an effective role for the promotion of democracy and real politics in the country. "If the politicians had played their part well, most of the problems would not even have emerged", he said.

He also asked the scholars and thinkers to do their job in a more efficient way to build a national consensus on different issues.

"We should not step down from our principle stand of two-nation theory. At this point in time, we should not bow our head before those powers, who are trying to use us for their own interests, but try to create unity in our ranks and fight these forces", he stressed.

He condemned the West for declaring the freedom fighters in Kashmir, Chechnya, Palestine and Afghanistan as 'terrorists'. "These people are fighting to get their basic right of freedom. They are not terrorists", he said.

He said that there was a leadership crisis in Pakistan and it could only be solved, if the politicians of our country get matured.