Islamabad (November 22, 2018): Minister of State for Interior, Shehryar Afridi addressed a gathering at a Seminar where he said that Pakistan comes first and everything else comes later on.
“For us, Pakistan is first and then everything else comes. We are an important stakeholder in the security of the region and have to please those who are our own not foreigners,” Afridi said.
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While addressing a seminar in Islamabad, Shehryar Afridi said, “India has tightened its grip on Afghanistan. New Delhi has so much influence there [Kabul] that I was made to wait for two hours on the border for SP Tahir Dawar’s body.”
The minister of state for interior questioned, “Why is our stance not being promoted on international forums? The world should admit to our existence.”
Afridi also asked over the absence of international NGOs in the country from 1947 to 2015. “Why did you give them permission to work against your traditions and beliefs?” he asked.
“Pakistan will no longer be run according to someone else’s vision,” he asserted.
Further, the minister of state for interior said, “I will embrace those who surrender. We have to fix our house and national security is part of our 100-day plan.”
“Civil-military coordination is the need of the hour,” Afridi stressed.
Afridi further vowed to “rid Islamabad and Pakistan of mafia”. “We are drafting a foreign policy which will benefit the country,” he said.
The minister of state for interior also stressed that the media will have to play an important role in national security.
“Change does not come from pressing a button and thus the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government should be given more time,” he upheld. Further, Afridi said we will have to praise the efforts and successes of overseas Pakistanis.
Previously on November 20, Minister of State for Interior Shehryar Afridi said that Pakistan does not need to pay attention to what the world is saying and only focus on its own interests.
Speaking to the media in Islamabad, Afridi said, “We sacrificed lives in the War on Terror and its results should come forward. Every nation and its leader has the right to express their views.”
He remarked, “We have to assure the world and humanity that our sacrifices will not go to waste. We do not need to pay attention to what the world is saying and should only focus on our own interests”.
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