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President Asif Ali Zardari says he does not consider India a military threat but Taliban is an international threat to the world and to our way of life. Other news that hogged the headlines were Shahid Malik, Pakistan's High Commissioner in New Delhi, meeting Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon on Tuesday to set a date for talks between the foreign secretaries of the two countries and US Drone attacks on South Waziristan in which an estimated 80 people were killed. US missiles' target was Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud's stronghold.
Leading newspaper The Nation of Nawa-i-Waqt Group said on Wednesday morning that Zardari told EuroNews in an interview, 'I do not consider India a military threat. The question is that India has the capability. Capability is what matters. I think we both have our good intentions. India is a reality, Pakistan is a reality, but Taliban is a threat, Taliban is an international threat to the world and to our way of life. And at the moment I'm focused on Taliban. It's something that has been going on for a long time and of course went unchecked under the dictatorial rule of the last President'.
He said he is certain Pakistan will win the struggle against militancy with the help of the world but that it needs trade concessions more than aid.
Talking about Pakistan's nukes, he said everybody who needs to know in the world knows that Pakistan's nuclear assets are safe and in safe hands.
In response to a question regarding possible coup of the Taliban against him, he said: 'if the situation goes unattended, if I look the other way and we do not confront this cancer of Talibanisation of course it's going to spread and not only is it going to spread in Pakistan, but it is going to spread all around the world, so that is a very genuine threat and one should be aware of it'.
He said he shares the European Union concerns on the increasing number of madrassas and the world to come forward and support us in order to fight these Madrassas. 'I need financial support to be able to offer the same kind of services with modern schools, which the Madrassas are offering. They are offering to take in the children and pay the parents to send the kids to the madrassas. I need to (be able to) do the same', he added.
Talking about the strategy of NATO in South Asia, in Afghanistan, in Pakistan, he said they need to be more responsible, they need to be more understanding and they need to understand that this is not Vietnam or Korea; that this war has to be fought where it is, otherwise the terrorists are going to follow them home.
In response to another question, he said, 'I think that all extreme forces in the world, whether they be Christians, whether they be some other religion, whether they be Muslim in faith, that extreme mind-sets need to be watched out for and are always a threat to the world'.
Leading newspaper The Nation of Nawa-i-Waqt Group said on Wednesday morning that Zardari told EuroNews in an interview, 'I do not consider India a military threat. The question is that India has the capability. Capability is what matters. I think we both have our good intentions. India is a reality, Pakistan is a reality, but Taliban is a threat, Taliban is an international threat to the world and to our way of life. And at the moment I'm focused on Taliban. It's something that has been going on for a long time and of course went unchecked under the dictatorial rule of the last President'.
He said he is certain Pakistan will win the struggle against militancy with the help of the world but that it needs trade concessions more than aid.
Talking about Pakistan's nukes, he said everybody who needs to know in the world knows that Pakistan's nuclear assets are safe and in safe hands.
In response to a question regarding possible coup of the Taliban against him, he said: 'if the situation goes unattended, if I look the other way and we do not confront this cancer of Talibanisation of course it's going to spread and not only is it going to spread in Pakistan, but it is going to spread all around the world, so that is a very genuine threat and one should be aware of it'.
He said he shares the European Union concerns on the increasing number of madrassas and the world to come forward and support us in order to fight these Madrassas. 'I need financial support to be able to offer the same kind of services with modern schools, which the Madrassas are offering. They are offering to take in the children and pay the parents to send the kids to the madrassas. I need to (be able to) do the same', he added.
Talking about the strategy of NATO in South Asia, in Afghanistan, in Pakistan, he said they need to be more responsible, they need to be more understanding and they need to understand that this is not Vietnam or Korea; that this war has to be fought where it is, otherwise the terrorists are going to follow them home.
In response to another question, he said, 'I think that all extreme forces in the world, whether they be Christians, whether they be some other religion, whether they be Muslim in faith, that extreme mind-sets need to be watched out for and are always a threat to the world'.
