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Saturday, April 28, 2007
SARAJEVO: President Pervez Musharraf said a possible US attack on Iran would be a “terrible mistake”, in an interview published here on Friday.
“It will be a terrible mistake if President George Bush orders an attack against Iran,” Musharraf told Sarajevo daily Dnevni Avaz ahead of his visit to Bosnia. “I’m concerned about the possibility that a US attack on Iran (would cause) turbulence in the region,” he said, warning it would spark “radicalism”.
Musharraf reiterated accusations against Afghan President Hamid Karzai about Pakistan’s lack of readiness to fight terrorism. Afghan authorities “must stop spreading those bare-faced lies. President Karzai must stop deluding the world,” said Mussaraf.
He also denied accusations from Karzai that al-Qaeda head Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader Mulla Muhammad Omar were in Pakistan. in a separate interview with Al-Jazeera, President Musharraf on Friday said Afghanistan should stop accusing Pakistan about its internal situation and understand the realities where the Afghan people were now joining the ranks of Taliban.
The president rejected the baseless aspersions that everything in Afghanistan was happening from Pakistan. He said Afghan President Hamid Karzai should stop accusing Pakistan about the situation inside Afghanistan. He said the Taliban were Afghans, based inside Afghanistan, and now other non-Taliban leaders like Gulbaddin Hikmatyar were also joining the fight against the government and coalition forces.
On the Kashmir dispute and concessions being given by Pakistan, the president said, “We have moved well on confidence building measures (CBMs).Ó He added that the Kashmiri leaders need to move forward.
He said, “Whenever we go for compromise, it has to be a step-back by both sides.” He said if India was willing to step back, Pakistan was also ready to do so. About the accusations from India regarding support to terrorist activities, the president described these as unfortunate and without any substantial evidence. “They (Indian leaders) do not have any proof about Pakistan’s involvement in any act of terrorism,” he added. “Instead of accusing each other, let us coordinate and cooperate,” he added.
Referring to several bomb blasts and incidents of terrorism in Pakistan, Musharraf said Pakistan never accused any one prior to investigation. Replying to a question about Lal Masjid, the president said there was a need to look into ground realities before taking action on such issues. He added that the government was not taking any strict action, as the situation could deteriorate.
About the issue of uniform, Musharraf said he was allowed by the National Assembly with a two-thirds majority to hold the office till the end of this year and was in accordance with the Constitution of Pakistan. “We will hold the general elections by the end of this year and then I will make up my mind about the uniform,” he added.
He said the chief justice of Supreme Court was not sacked but a reference was filed against him which was referred to him by the prime minister. The president said the reference was based on accusations against the chief justice and had been referred to the Supreme Judicial Council in accordance with the Constitution to go through the legal process, he added.
He said the government did not take action against the people protesting in favour of the chief justice. He said there were never more than 500 lawyers in these protests out of the 4,000 lawyers present in Rawalpindi and Islamabad. In Lahore, only 500 protested out of 14,000 lawyers, he added.
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