(KUNA) -- Pakistan Saturday said that it earnestly desired lasting peace and stability in Afghanistan and has made efforts in this regard as instability there was detrimental to the interest of Pakistan and the whole region.President General Pervez Musharraf said while addressing a ground breaking ceremony of the natural gas supply that Pakistan wanted to contribute in bringing normalcy and peace to war-ravaged Afghanistan and is not helping the elements polluting the atmosphere. "We will take every possible step and measure towards betterment of Afghanistan. We will not allow any one to stay on our soil without proper travel documents," he said.
President Musharraf urging people to rise against anti-state elements, said the extremist elements, under whatever nomenclature they operate and whether they are Taliban or anyone else, shall not be allowed to hold sway in the society.