Threatening attitude of US President Donald Trump towards
Pakistan is denouncing and unacceptable. The entire nation should get
united against threatening conduct of Donald Trump and government of
Pakistan should call
the US ambassador to the Foreign Office to record
Pakistan’s protest against threatening speech of Donald Trump against
Pakistan, said a joint declaration released on Monday after a meeting of Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi with representatives of political and religious organisations.
The joint declaration underlined that the entire world had been turned into a hell owing to US policies towards different Islamic countries. On one side
the US administration has been found accomplice in supporting terrorist organisation Daesh (ISIS) while on other side US President Donald Trump has been hurling accusations at
Pakistan and showing a threatening attitude.
The declaration said that 80,000
Pakistanis had sacrificed their lives in the war against terrorism and thousands of innocent
Pakistanis and soldiers of
Pakistan had been
targeted in US-led military attacks of US in Afghanistan. Amidst this scenario, allegations and threatening conduct on part of US President Donald Trump towards
Pakistan is very concerning and alarming, said the joint declaration of the
Pakistan Ulema Council.
The declaration condemned US President Donald Trump’s speech and underlined that
the US administration had forgotten
Pakistan’s contributions to the war on terror. “After
the US president’s threatening conduct towards
Pakistan, the ruling government of
Pakistan should negotiate with US administration on equal footings and
Pakistan should reject all the aggressiv
e policies of
the US for the region. People of
Pakistan are
united with civil and military leadership of
Pakistan against US aggression and government of
Pakistan should not concede before US blackmailing anymore. People of
Pakistan, Ulemas and Mashaykh termed US stance to invite Indian role in Afghanistan as a US strategy against stability and security of
Pakistan and
Pakistan rejects US-Indian alliance in Afghanistan.”
It said that
Pakistan should review its policies regarding cooperation with US and Afghan administration after recent stance of Donald Trump towards
Pakistan. “Until and unless
the US a administration take back its prevailing stance,
Pakistan should stay away from supporting US-led Afghan strategies.”
The joint declaration also stated that
Pakistan had been a victim of war against terrorism since last two decades, and elements aiming at destabilising
Pakistan were operating from Afghanistan, which were being protected and supported by
the US administration.
Published in Daily Times, August 23rd 2017.