{"id":6287,"date":"2023-09-21T09:21:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T09:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/ttp-creating-a-lot-of-bad-blood-between-pakistan-afghanistan-fm-jilani\/"},"modified":"2023-09-21T09:21:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T09:21:05","slug":"ttp-creating-a-lot-of-bad-blood-between-pakistan-afghanistan-fm-jilani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/ttp-creating-a-lot-of-bad-blood-between-pakistan-afghanistan-fm-jilani\/","title":{"rendered":"TTP creating \u2018a lot of bad blood\u2019 between Pakistan, Afghanistan: FM Jilani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani on Thursday urged the interim Afghan government to take \u201csolid practical steps\u201d against the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), saying it was \u201ccreating a lot of bad blood between the two countries\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uKgXZzmqz7Q\">Speaking<\/a> to <em>TRT World<\/em> on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Jilani said it was unfortunate that attacks inside Pakistan continued to emanate from Afghanistan as he urged the Afghan authorities to fulfil commitments made to Pakistan and other countries.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  w-full  w-full  media--stretch  media--embed  \">\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"One on One: Pakistani Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uKgXZzmqz7Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey are committed to not allowing Afghan soil to be used against other countries,\u201d he said, adding that the TTP attacks taking place in Pakistan emanating from Afghanistan \u201cremains a major concern for us\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The FM added that the matter was a dilemma for Pakistan as it would like to see Afghanistan as a stable and prosperous country, \u201cbut then the presence of a large number of terrorist groups whether it\u2019s TTP or ISIS-K and other organisations which are based in Afghanistan\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are a major concern not only for Pakistan but other regional countries as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the government has a dialogue with the Taliban rulers in Afghanistan and Kabul was told that \u201cthey have to fulfil the commitments that they have made to Pakistan as well as the international community whereby they are committed to not allow Afghan soil against other countries\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"economy\" href=\"#economy\" class=\"heading-permalink\" aria-hidden=\"true\" title=\"Permalink\"\/>Economy<\/h2>\n<p>The foreign minister said that the economy was linked to everything, including the prosperity of the people and a stable political environment. He expressed hope that the steps taken by the government would lead to economic and political stability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the kind of reforms being introduced by Pakistan in different sectors is also something that offers a promising future for the people of Pakistan,\u201d FM Jilani continued.<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"fuel-prices\" href=\"#fuel-prices\" class=\"heading-permalink\" aria-hidden=\"true\" title=\"Permalink\"\/>Fuel prices<\/h2>\n<p>He said rising fuel prices had created inflationary pressure within the country and that in his opinion no government could do anything about it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut at the same time, people do realise that the fuel price is also linked to international gas prices. Obviously, when world gas prices come down that benefit will obviously be passed on to the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"foreign-investment\" href=\"#foreign-investment\" class=\"heading-permalink\" aria-hidden=\"true\" title=\"Permalink\"\/>Foreign investment<\/h2>\n<p>Interim FM Jilani boasted about the \u201ctremendous and close cooperation\u201d of Gulf states including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Qatar with Pakistan in economic, defence, and political related matters apart from people-to-people contact as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have recently announced a new initiative. It\u2019s the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1770727\">Special Investment Facilitation Council<\/a> (SIFC). The main purpose is to attract investments from the world to Pakistan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like facilitating the investors and this is the kind of initiative taken by the government and the GCC countries that you mentioned have shown a lot of interest in Pakistan under the SIFC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The minister said there were five major areas of investment that were being talked about including agriculture which had a lot of interest among Gulf states, the IT sector in which many investments were expected, and also the mine and minerals area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a matter of fact, we have already received expressions of interest from GCC countries about investment in energy, mines, and minerals. We are sitting on the seventh largest reservoir of shale gas in Pakistan which is again something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Terming the investment climate as bright, FM Jilani said they were expecting representatives of Gulf countries to visit Pakistan this month from Saudi Arabia, UAE, and others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA number of MOUs are likely to be signed. From that point of view, the situation looks extremely good. It\u2019s certainly going to be a great partnership between Pakistan and GCC countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the kind of environment that was being created in Pakistan revolved around a lot of focus being given to good governance, ending smuggling and corruption within the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I think the situation looks very good. As far as fund managers are concerned because a lot of these investors are looking at Pakistan and the SIFC, I think probably there will be a very conducive atmosphere for all those stakeholders.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"russia-ukraine-war\" href=\"#russia-ukraine-war\" class=\"heading-permalink\" aria-hidden=\"true\" title=\"Permalink\"\/>Russia-Ukraine war<\/h2>\n<p>Interim FM Jilani called for the war to be settled through peaceful negotiations, adding that Pakistan\u2019s position on the crisis was very clear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s something we have always advocated. With regard to this specific conflict which has been going on for almost two years. This is something that has created nervousness in almost every country. In terms of the economic crisis being faced by many countries in terms of fuel shortages, food shortages, etc.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"un-reforms\" href=\"#un-reforms\" class=\"heading-permalink\" aria-hidden=\"true\" title=\"Permalink\"\/>UN reforms<\/h2>\n<p>The caretaker foreign minister concluded that UN reforms have been on the agenda for a very long time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur position remains constant, consistent, there should be a criteria-based approach according to which this membership should be enlarged and it should be through a democratic process,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"india-violating-resolutions\" href=\"#india-violating-resolutions\" class=\"heading-permalink\" aria-hidden=\"true\" title=\"Permalink\"\/>India violating resolutions<\/h2>\n<p>He made it clear that the emergence of an elite member of the UNSC would not be tolerated as \u201cIndia has violated most of the UNSC resolutions including the one on Kashmir which is a long-standing issue on the UNSC agenda\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would like the implementation of those UNSC resolutions calling for the holding of a fair and free plebiscite and that is something that has not taken place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Kashmir as you are aware has been turned into a prison for the last several years. Massive human rights violations are taking place. That is something that we would expect the world community to take notice of.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"caretaker-govt\" href=\"#caretaker-govt\" class=\"heading-permalink\" aria-hidden=\"true\" title=\"Permalink\"\/>Caretaker govt<\/h2>\n<p>To explain the caretaker government in Pakistan, Jilani said that the country had a democratic process in which an interim government was installed after the parliament\u2019s term ended, as required by the constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur main task is to hold free and fair elections and that is something that will take place when the Election Commission of Pakistan announces the date for polls,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani on Thursday urged the interim Afghan government to take \u201csolid practical steps\u201d against the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), saying it was \u201ccreating a lot of bad blood between the two countries\u201d. Speaking to TRT World on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Jilani said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2023\/09\/21124902b871650.png?r=141315","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[192],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islamabad-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}