‘Afghan peace linked to withdrawal of foreign troops’

LAHORE: JI acting ameer Liaqat Baloch has said peace can be restored in Afghanistan only after the foreign troops leave the country and Afghan people are allowed to decide their future by free will.
He was talking to a delegation of Afghan officials and leaders which called on him at Mansoora on Monday, says a press release. JI acting chief said the people of Afghanistan and Pakistan were brotherly neighbours and linked together through the everlasting bonds of Islam. He said terrorism and subversive activities had brought destruction in both the countries.
He said Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was under pressure to stop dialogue with Taliban and continue hostilities towards Pakistan. He said the US and Nato had failed in Afghanistan during their thirteen years war imposed on the country on the pretext of doubtful attacks in New York for which Washington accused Taliban regime and Osama Bin Laden without showing any proof or impartial investigations.
He said US President Obama’s term was ending and the internal conflicts of the US were creating crises abroad as well. Liaqat Baloch said JI wanted peace in the region on the basis of justice and equality.
Earlier, addressing a meeting with a delegation of National Labour Federation, Liaqat Baloch opposed the privatisation of major national institutions including PIA and Pakistan Steel. He said such a decision would tantamount to economic murder of the workers of these institutions.
Liaqat Baloch said the government was supposed to protect the national institutions. He said these institutions were a national asset and the government should convene an APC to discuss the matter. He said both PIA and Pakistan Steel had great potential and the government should trust their workers and provide them an opportunity to rejuvenate their institutions.