ISLAMABAD – It is time that Afghanistan and the US do more for Pakistan,”

said Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen

Asif Ghafoor on Thursday while addressing a press conference.

Referring to the United States’ (US) demands of Do More, Maj Ghafoor said,

“No organised infrastructure of any banned organisation is present in

Pakistan. We have fought an imposed and imported war twice in Pakistan and

now we cannot do any more for anyone.”

He added: “Whatever we are doing and we will do is solely for the people of

Pakistan. The aid we received (from the US) was reimbursement for the

support we gave to the coalition for its fight against Al Qaeda. Had we not

supported the US and Afghanistan, they would never have been able to defeat

Al Qaeda.”

“There are no facilitators in Pakistan and we have gone a long way to

support peace in the region,” Major Ghafoor said, reiterating Pakistan’s

stance on the US’s repetitive demand for the country to “do more”.

Discussing the measures taken by Pakistan for the elimination of terrorist

elements from the region, Ghafoor said, “We have started the construction

of forts and posts on the Afghan border for effective border management —

what more does the US and Afghanistan want from us?”

“No country is more interested in Afghan peace than us, as we know that

peace there [Afghanistan] means peace in Pakistan,” the DG ISPR said,

adding that the US needs to check India’s role in the Afghan region.

“No amount of coercion can work; it is only trust-based cooperation that

can bring enduring peace to the region,” he said

“What kind of friends are we that we are being given notices [by the US]?”

he said, adding that while the Pakistan Army is willing to work with its

friends, it cannot compromise on its respect.