ALLEGATIONS OF ADMIRAL MIKE MULLEN AGAINST PAKISTAN,
ITS ARMED FORCES AND ISI ARE HIGHLY CONDEMNABLE: ALTAF HUSSAIN

LONDON: 23^RD SEPTEMBER 2011

Founder and Leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Mr Altaf Hussain has strongly condemned the allegations levelled by of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US armed forces on Pakistan, the armed forces of Pakistan and the Inter-Services Intelligence Agency (ISI).
 

Mr Hussain said a large province of the country was in the grip of the dengue virus epidemic, and floods had devastated another province. Terrorists were carrying out bomb attacks in different parts of the country one after other killing innocent people. The US and its high-ranking officials should have sympathized with Pakistan instead of giving such negative statements that undermined the highly sensitive institutions of the country and could also hurt the feelings of every Pakistani.
 

Mr Hussain said that the US government, and the heads of the US armed forces must never forget that Pakistan had not only played the role of the frontline state in the war against terror, but the armed forces of Pakistan had also offered the sacrifices of its officers and men in combating terrorism. Moreover, thousands of Pakistani citizens had fallen victim to terrorism. The role played by the ISI along with the intelligence agencies of the United States in arresting top targets of Al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations was greatly commendable. It was very unjust to blame such a sensitive institution that was actively working against the terrorists for being in complicity with the terrorists.
 

Mr Hussain impressed upon President Asif Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani to call a round table conference on an emergency basis in order to formulate a strategy for meeting the national challenges. Heads of the armed forces and the director general of the ISI should also be called in the conference. 

Mr Hussain said that either the president or the prime minister must address the nation in order to take them into confidence. The entire nation and the other should be informed about the stance of Pakistan on the present critical situation.
 

Mr Hussain assured the armed forces of the country, the ISI and other sensitive institutions that the entire country stood firmly behind them in order to face the challenges to the national security and existence.