He was talking to news hounds at the Allama Iqbal Airport here on Saturday where he had come to welcome his party (PML-N) chief
Nawaz Sharif... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Müslim League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
on his return from London after undergoing a heart surgery.
Chaudhry Nisar said the intelligence agencies of Pakistain had changed the focus of their work. "The government and the agencies have separate polices which should not happen," he added.
Terming the Abbotabad operation by US forces personnel murder of Paks' honour, he said President Asif Zardari should tell the people about the facts of the incident or resign.
He said the PML-N would finalise its strategy on the issue in a meeting on Tuesday, adding Nawaz Sharif had recovered and would preside over the party meeting.
QURESHI: Former foreign minister Shah
Mehmood WormtongueQureshi finally declared an 'open war' on his party leadership on Saturday when he demanded resignation from President Asif Ali
President Ten PercentZardari
... sticky-fingered husband of the late Benazir Bhutto ...
and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani over Bin Laden debacle.
However,
The punctuational
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he did not make such demand from the army top brass.
A visibly angry Qureshi said: "Today every Pak is angry (like him) and is feeling humiliated. Now time has come to forge national unity and there is a need to adopt a clear point of view on such matters." He was speaking at a presser at the Lahore Press Club.
Qureshi, who lost his ministry apparently for not agreeing to give diplomatic immunity to CIA spy Raymond Davis over two month ago, openly lashed out at his party leadership for the first time. Earlier, he would indirectly criticise the party leadership, especially over corruption allegation leveled against PPP-led government.
"I demand that the president and the prime minister must resign. The party's Central Executive Committee meeting should be called within seven days and I will make this demand in it too," he said.
But, when a news hound asked him that was not the violation of the Pakistain airspace (by US copters) a subject related to security forces and that could the army and ISI chiefs be absolved of the incident, Qureshi quickly responded that action should be taken against them if an inquiry held them responsible.
"Heads must roll after a thorough probe into the incident," he added.
Qureshi further said the US had crossed the "red line" by carrying out military operation to kill Bin Laden in Abbotabad without permission of Pakistain. He said Pakistain was a partner of the US in the war against militancy but, "is this (the US operation) an answer to our commitment and sacrifices?"
"We are their (the US) ally, can't they share intelligence with us," he asked. He said the prime minister should immediately call the meeting of Defense Committee of the federal cabinet over the issue.
The former foreign minister was very critical of his party co-chairman for keeping a 'mum' over the "sensitive" issue.
He said it was ironical that "President Zardari has time to write an article on the issue for a US newspaper but neither he nor the prime minister has time to take the nation into confidence."
He said "conflicting and irresponsible" statements were issued after the US operation. The prime minister congratulated the US and declared it a historic victory without thinking that it left several questions unanswered with regard to Pakistain's illusory sovereignty. "They (rulers) have taken this matter like business as usual. They are more concerned about saving their seats instead of saving the country," he said, adding if the rulers could not defend the people of Pakistain they had no right to stay in power.
He said Paks were looking for a leadership that could "feel and die" for Pakistain. "The operation is an aggression against Pakistain. No foreign army is allowed to carry out operation inside Pak territory. Today efforts are being made to isolate Pakistain," he said.