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Islamic State a serious threat to Pakistan, Foreign secretary admits |
2015-02-24 |
[DAWN] The foreign office broke its silence on Monday regarding the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... 's (IS) activities inside Pakistain, admitting that the radical Islamist group posed a "serious threat" to the country. Speaking to the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee at Parliament House today, Foreign Secretary Azaz Ahmed Chaudhry acknowledged IS was indeed a real concern, while simultaneously assuring those present that the government would talk all steps necessary to counter the threat. "Under UN resolutions, Pakistain is firmly against krazed killer organizations like ISIL [IS] and is taking all actions to counter them", Chaudhry told the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee. Chaudhry disclosed that after Operation Zarb-e-Azb ..the Pak offensive against Qaeda in Pakistain and the Pak Taliban in North Wazoo. The name refers to the sword of the Prophet (PTUI!)... was launched in North ![]() "There is concern in the Gulf and other Moslem countries about ISIL", the foreign secretary noted. |
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