US speaking India’s language, says Pakistan

islamabad — Pakistan on Monday accused the US of “speaking India’s language”, and said the two nations have “the same ideas” regarding the Jammu and Kashmir conflict.

National Security Adviser of Pakistan Lt-Gen. (retd) Nasser Khan Janjua said here that “the US is willing to give India a bigger role in Afghanistan while blaming Pakistan for its own failure in the region.”

“India was given clear preference over Pakistan by the US,” Janjua said, even though India “continuously threatens” conventional war with Pakistan, Dawn online quoted the NSA as saying.

“The US accuses Pakistan of having ties with the Haqqani network and the Taleban when, in actuality, Pakistan only started facing terrorism when it aligned its forces with the US,” Janjua said, adding that Pakistan had paid a heavy price in its fight against terrorism but the world never recognised its losses.

Addressing a seminar on issues of national security here, Janjua was of the opinion that Pakistan had been successful in defeating the nefarious designs of the enemy and proof of that was that militants laid down their arms in sensitive parts of the country in droves.

“The overall security situation in Karachi has improved considerably, while conditions in Balochistan are also moving in a positive direction. Not only are the people of Balochistan laying down their arms, but they are raising slogans of ‘Jeevay Jeevay Pakistan’ (long live Pakistan) as well,” the former general said. Janjua also said that the US has also opposed the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.

“The US wants imbalance in the region to ensure that China does not rise and that there is no resurgence of Russian power in the region,” he added. “Pakistan has defeated the enemy’s dangerous goal by defeating terrorism,” he continued, alluding to an unidentified enemy.

The adviser said there is still a long way to go as the Taleban in Afghanistan are becoming stronger and India is accumulating more and more weapons. — IANS, APP