ISLAMABAD – As i held a press conference on 23rd August 2017 wherein I hadstated that a conspiracy had already been launched for creatinganti-Pakistan grouping within KPK and FATA, which would be duly supportedby Western Media. The movement would be coupled with separatists in Afghan.The nation did notice that anti-Pakistan messages were seen on the buses ofUK and large display on the public transport of Switzerland.
Now groups have been created in the name of FATA demand, but at the sametime, some people in the USA are hiring lobbyists to use some people in KPKand FATA.
The US authorities though have been verbally condemning terrorist attacksin Pakistan for years but despite knowing about their presence inAfghanistan, USA did not do anything to break the nexus between theterrorist groups and NDS against Pakistan. There’s no confusion regardingthe fact that the NDS is supporting the terrorist groups and anti-Pakistangroups. And there is no doubt that the NDS is RAW’s poodle working againstPakistan.
I heard the latest speech of President Donald Trump on Pakistan recently,and the first thing which struck my mind was the sacrifices given by thepeople of FATA where every mother, father, sister and son suffered in thisso-called war on terror imposed by the USA.
Thanks to our present military leadership that has refused to play furtherin the hands of USA and refused to extend its policies in FATA.
Both people of FATA and Army have defeated the Zaliman and other agents ofNDS. Success has many claimants hence many will emerge to become theleaders on the blood sacrificed by the people of FATA and KPK.
The real right of FATA’s leadership should be given to those who foughtagainst the Zaliman, not to those whose brothers and fathers fought withZaliman to shed the blood of innocent people of FATA and now seen raisingslogans in favour of FATA and shamelessly against the Army.
My respect, love and support FATA is well known to the people of FATA as Ihave always fought for the rights of people of FATA as DG FIA andsubsequently as Minister of Interior. I played a crucial role in initiatingthe implementation of political act through the then presidency and eventoday there is a bounty of Rs. 1 billion on my head by TTP as I was openlyfighting in favour of FATA.
I am still determined being a strong supporter of rights to all smallprovinces and FATA and most recently I delivered a speech in favor of therights of people FATA. I have also supported the merger of FATA in KPK dulysupported by PPP.
I will continue to support FATA politically and in person .I, however,would like to place the hard facts on record, and the ongoing anti-Pakistanand anti-FATA plans are before every patriotic eye, and we need to see theemerging negativity against Pakistan and especially the growinganti-Pakistan mind-set of Trump against Pakistan.
With the above facts, I would like to refer to my press conference lastyear again where I had boldly stated with evidence that anti-Pakistanhostile agencies would launch a hate plan which would be broadcasted boththrough electronic and print media.
Thanks to the elite intelligence which got anti-Pakistan radio station shutalong with ousting of some anti-Pakistan media undercover agents.
Let’s have a look at our history when the Jehadis were brought from allover the world during the time of General Zia with his consent and it waslaunched with covert financial backing of the U.S. Central IntelligenceAgency and we helped them in their fight against the Soviets. We gotnothing in return only accusations and allegations. Here we Pakistanis getemotional and non-pragmatic when we fail to protect ourselves. We werebitten twice from the same hole, and poison went into every fibre ofsociety.
In fact, first set back was given to us by Gen Zia ul Haq who had sidedwith the USA against the Soviet Union when he received a message from theUSA through Director CIA William J. Casey in the presence of Lt Gen AkhterAbd-ur-Rehman. We fought, and USA defeated the Soviet Union with ourlogistic support and Americans packed and left numerous problems in FATA.
The second order of this early century was simply conveyed to GeneralMusharraf who followed and placed his full support in the plate before theUSA to attack Afghanistan post 9/11. Since then, the shock of USA war onterror is haunting like a ghost to every Pakistani and our uncountedsacrifices, financial as well as human, have been completely ignored by theUSA.
I was shocked by the latest statement of Trump in which he said, “We havebeen paying Pakistan billions and billions of dollars.”
I would like to remind Mr Trump, “You must know that Pakistan has alreadyspent $123.13 billion for your war on terror and we are suffering becauseof your war on terror for the last 16 Years either directly or indirectly.”Whereas, the US aid indicated by Trump to Pakistan during the same periodwas not more than US $ 30 billion which was again recycled in the war onterror. Moreover, there has been 73 percent decline in US securityassistance to Pakistan since 2011, and 53 percent decrease in economic aid,as per the statistics released by your Congressional Research Service (CRS).
Mr. President we have been suffering in the hands of terrorists on dailybasis.
The loved ones of those 6200 people who got killed have no help and not aword of sympathy from you. We are unable to give them an explanation as towhy so many Pakistani innocent people were allowed to be killed in your waron terror. We neither have any justification to the parents of thosechildren who lost their lives in your war on terror during the last 17years. Not a single American came forward to at least console them. Theywere as dear to their loved ones as the dear ones of 2996 victims of 9/11in your country.
Where was any fault of Pakistan or Pakistanis in 9/ 11 then why Pakistansuffered post 9/11? Have you, Mr President, ever said a single word ofsympathy to the parents of these innocent people? No.
You say Pakistan is “a haven for agents of chaos, violence and terror.”
Yes, president, it was correct as all American CIA agents and trainedso-called Jehadis were present, and Pakistan was a haven for them till ournew Army chief bluntly decided to curb the presence of USA agents and theirassociates,
Yes, Mr President, it was USA who turned Pakistan’s soil into a hub of USAspymasters to launch its activities from here against Russia. It became thehub of CIA activities and your army for launching attacks againstAfghanistan. You must know that it has never been the hub of terrorists orthe Haqqani Network but your own CIA and undercover agents planned andimplemented your GEO military operations on this soil.
We are pleased with the refusal of our defence leadership for saying no toyour new GEO military order. Now you have reversed your war and engineeredit via Afghanistan against the Pakistani soil where Islamic State is beingnourished against Pakistan as NDS is interfering and trying to create awedge within the people of FATA and KPK?
Our intelligence caught western media operators convincing the locals tostand against the Army and abuse them. These media operators were thrownout with evidence as we had substantive information well in advance aboutthe funding of such anti-Pakistan movements to harm Pakistan.
These new emerging groups have more romance with terrorism and NDS is nowreenergizing the TTP terrorists by coupling their links with new emerginggroups within FATA to start yet another wave of terrorism from this newtroika consisting of IS, new groups from FATA, and TTP.
NDS must know this will be counterproductive, as you cannot exploit thepatriotic people of FATA in the name of their rights and with negativepropaganda. They are our brothers and sisters, and they will get what theydemand but you will never be able to break KPK, and the people in FATA asKPK are aware of western ill intentions and motives. Our forces are alertand competent enough to avert any such moves from hostile groups
Mr President Donald Trump! You must study the history of FATA and thendecide should the USA stay in Afghanistan or leave.
My sincere advice to you President is that your forces should leave thisregion as soon as possible otherwise people of USA and world will accuseyou as the defeated President in Afghanistan just like the way Mr Regan haddied with the stigma of Vietnam defeat.
Pakistan will stand by you if needed, provided; you treat us at par withyourself and India. We would like to pursue our friendship with the USA forbroader interest of the international community but only on equal terms.
In the end, I would request you to kindly convey this message to NDSthrough President Ghani to stop supporting and funding the creation of newgroups in KPK and FATA. We already know who is funding them and who isgiving cyber support to them and even maintaining their social mediaaccounts and from which area of Afghanistan.
Mr President! Show some grace to this region and have this new monster ofterrorism stopped before it comes to bite the USA and other worldcommunities.
You are wrong to doubt the efficiency and potentials of our army, policeand other members of the law enforcement agencies as they are verysuccessfully and persistently fighting the miscreants. They have alreadykilled a good number of 33711 insurgents/terrorists in Pakistan since 2003.
We hope NDS will stop destabilising Pakistan by funding and raising newanti-Pakistan groups.
DISCLAIMER: Except heading nothing has been changed in article. Theorganisation may not necessary agree with writer view.
BY: Senator Rehman MalikThe writer is a PPP Senator, former Interior Minister of Pakistan, andChairman of think tank “Global Eye” and Senate Body on Interior andNarcotics.