Any policy to isolate Pakistan will fail, says Khawaja Asif

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif has said that the present government would complete its five years constitutional tenure and the PML-N would emerge as victorious in general election 2018.

Muhammed Nawaz Sharif had returned to Pakistan from London and faced the cases, he said as quoted by the APP.

Despite reservations over the process of Joint Investigation Team, Sharif family had cooperated with the courts, he added.

To a question regarding National Action Plan, he said that NAP was made to wipe out the terrorists from the country. All the national institutions and political parties had developed consensus on implementation of NAP, he said.

To another question regarding relations with United States, he said that Pakistan wanted to have good relations with US on equality basis. He made it clear that Pakistan would not accept any dictation. All steps would be taken in larger national interest,he added.

Expressing concerns, he said the United States should investigate about presence of “Daesh” in Afghanistan. Any policy which was isolating Pakistan would fail, he said.

Replying to another question he said that Pakistan’s civil and military leadership were on the same page regarding Afghan policy.