Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Nawaz: Stop treating India as -'biggest enemy'

Karachi, May 17(ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Nawaz Sharif has said that the nation must stop treating India as its biggest enemy.
Talking to journalists in the  Karachi, the former Pakistan prime minister also known for a reappraisal of ties with New Delhi "if we want to go forward and progress."

Talking about the United States' 'Operation Geronimo' inside Pakistani territory, he said that if the government limited responsibility for the incident and punished those found guilty, a message would go out to the world at large that the people of Pakistan would not brook another Abbottabad-like embarrassment.

 "We need structural changes and this inquiry has provided an opportunity to move forward and put the country on the right track, correct its direction by putting our house in order, establish the rule of law and bring all institutions under civilian control," the Dawn quoted Nawaz, as saying.

Nawaz also demanded that the budget of the army and the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) be placed before parliament for scrutiny in line with the practice in democracies. (ANI)