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| Rabbani calls for policy statement on Mullah Omar's death |
| 2015-08-04 |
| [DAWN] Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani asked the government on Monday to brief the house on the suspended dialogue between the Afghan government and Taliban as well as the death of Mullah Omar ... a minor Pashtun commander in the war against the Soviets who made good as leader of the Taliban. As ruler of Afghanistan, he took the title Leader of the Faithful. The imposition of Pashtunkhwa on the nation institutionalized ignorance and brutality in a country already notable for its own fair share of ignorance and brutality... . Mr Rabbani directed Leader of the House Raja Zafarul Haq to ensure presence of Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz ...Adviser to Pak Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on National Security and Foreign Affairs, who believes in goodjihadis and badjihadis as a matter of national policy... in the Senate on Tuesday or Wednesday for giving a policy statement on the issues. "Call the adviser to come to the house tomorrow or a day after to give a policy statement and brief the house on 2+1+2 dialogue and related developments," the Senate chairman asked Mr Haq. He issued the directive after Senator Farhatullah Babar, speaking on a "matter of public importance", questioned the "silence" of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the "institutions concerned" over the death of Mullah Omar which, according to him, was creating suspicion about Pakistain among the international community. The talks between the Afghan government and Taliban, which began in Murree last month, have been suspended after the reports of the death of Mullah Omar last week. The term, 2+1+2 initiative, refers to the two Afghan delegations representing the government and Taliban, Pakistain and the two international backers -- US and China. Mr Babar said the Afghan government had announced that Mullah Omar had died in 2013 and that it was informed about it by Pakistain. "Our institutions are not denying it." "There should have been a clear official statement about the death of Taliban chief Mullah Omar. Was the Pakistain government aware of it? Did the Afghan authorities get information about it from Pakistain," Mr Babar said. Earlier, he recalled, Pakistain had taken the position that it was not aware of the presence of Al Qaeda chief the late Osama bin Laden ... who doesn't live anywhere anymore... in the country until May 2, 2011, when he was killed by US forces in an operation in Abbottabad ... A pleasant city located only 30 convenient miles from Islamabad. The city is noted for its nice weather and good schools. It is the site of Pakistain's military academy, which was within comfortable walking distance of the residence of the late Osama bin Laden.... . "Now again Pakistain is under discussion in connection with Mullah Omar's death," he said. Mr Babar said if Mullah Omar had died two years ago, then who had issued the statement (on his behalf) before Eidul Fitr welcoming the Afghan talks. "Who was impersonating Mullah Omar?" |
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