Repeated United States missile strikes in Pakistan can harm relations between the two countries, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Tariq Majid told a visiting US commander on Monday.
| The necessity for such strikes is harming them now, isn't it? |
"Expressing concern over repeated cross-border missile attacks/firing by coalition and Afghan forces, General Tariq said that our sovereignty and territorial integrity must be respected," an ISPR statement quoted Tariq as telling Acting CENTCOM chief Lieutenant General Martin Dempsey.
| Statements that al-Qaeda isn't headquartered in FATA or NWFP make the Pak government look not only devious but stoopid. Our banging an al-Qaeda big turban every month or two merely validates the appearance. |
"Any violation in this regard could be detrimental to bilateral relations," it added.
| It's a detriment that runs mostly in one direction. When you play with fire, gasoline's a lousy cologne. |
Majid "also re-emphasised that Pakistan's armed forces are capable of handling any challenges to our security", it added.
| "The fact that they haven't done so is beside the point." |
Majid said that it was important to give the political process a chance to reach a 'real' solution to terrorism. The statement said that Majid also conveyed reservations against Afghan allegations of Pakistani involvement in the recent bombing of the Indian embassy in Kabul. Dempsey also called on COAS General Ashfaq Kayani. |