Staff Reporter Islamabad
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Raoof Hasan has underscored Pakistan’s pivotal role in bringing peace and stability in neighbouring Afghanistan.
In an exclusive interview with Radio Pakistan’s News and Current Affairs Channel today, he said Pakistan has sincerely been playing the role of a facilitator to make the negotiations between various Afghan factions and the government to find a durable solution to the crisis.
The events of the case reflect the stranglehold which has been put around the neck of the state through all the years of its existence, be it in the days of dictatorships or the so-called democratic dispensations: https://t.co/8U4zrI2P2Y
— Raoof Hasan (@RaoofHasan) January 22, 2021
Raoof Hasan said India has been playing the role of a spoiler by supporting Daesh and other militant groups in order to thwart the peace process, but it would not succeed in such attempts. Referring to talk of a revisit of US-Afghan policy by the Biden administration, he said Pakistan believes that violence in Afghanistan might increase should the pace of US troop withdrawal slows down.
The Special Assistant said the world should take notice of Indian attempts to malign Pakistan, which has also been revealed by the EU DisinfoLab report. He said we must highlight this fact at all international forums to strengthen the case against New Delhi.
On the issue of Pak-China relations, Raoof Hasan said relations between two countries are robust and are working through mutual convenience. Contrary to Pak-US relations that are transactional in nature, Sino-Pak ties are based on mutual friendship, harmony and shared interests. Both countries have played a positive role in further strengthening these relations which have become exemplary.
Raoof Hasan said Pak-China relations have strategic, economic, trade and other dimensions, of which the economic one has assumed major significance lately. He said China is the country that is helping Pakistan in various ways. The stronger the Pak-China relations become, the negative impact would be on Pakistan’s relations with the western countries.
Special Assistant on Information and Broadcasting said It has been predicted that China will be a global power by 2028 which is a good omen for us due to our strong bilateral ties.
Raoof Hasan while dilating upon China Pakistan Economic Corridor said this mega project has moved forward to social, agricultural, poverty alleviation and other areas from its earlier focus on infrastructure development and power generation. He said work on CPEC related projects has gained major momentum during the tenure of PTI government. The incumbent government has devised such policies that are definitely benefitting the common man.
Responding to a question on Covid related cooperation with China, he said the friendly nation is providing us 1.1 million corona jabs free of charge. China is helping us build our capacity to overcome such challenges in future.
