He said the Prime Minister’s offer of “impartial and fair inquiry” into the Pahalgam incident was a turning point
ISLAMABAD:
Federal Information Minister Attaullah Tarar has credited “Pakistan’s global turnaround” to the “ideal civil-military relations” the country enjoys under the leadership of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
During a round table dialogue on the issue of “Pakistan in the changing world” on Monday, the minister said that the world is taking Pakistan extremely seriously since the war with India in May, while the global institutions are praising the country’s economic turnaround.
Referring to the two slogans – “from standard to development” and “from isolation to relevance” – he said they have been the guiding principles of the policies pursued by the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Sharif.
“In a very short time, we have become extremely relevant globally,” he said, adding that the war with India had redefined the country globally.
He said the Prime Minister’s offer of “impartial and fair inquiry” into the Pahalgam incident was the turning point. By offering this inquiry right before the world, he said, Pakistan proved that its hands were clean.
“And that turning point had strengthened our alliances and friends and the countries that were on the fence, it made them realize what Pakistan stands for,” he said. He called it a great diplomatic move which was well received around the world.
He said no other country had sacrificed their 90,000 people and incurred hundreds of billions of dollars in economic losses in its fight against terrorism.
“We are also a wall between terrorists and the rest of the world. So when a Pakistani lays down his life, he lays it down for the motherland, but also to make the world a safer place.”
He said Pakistan successfully proved this point during the huge diplomatic engagements – that followed the Pahalgam incident – at the level of Prime Minister, Field Marshal and Deputy Prime Minister.
“We saw an aggressive diplomatic change, and our diplomacy worked very well because we took diplomacy and relations with other countries very seriously.”
