ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has strongly condemned the unwarranted comments by former Canadian Minister Chris Alexander, making unfounded and misleading assertions about Pakistan’s role in the Afghan peace process.
In a tweet on Monday, Foreign Office Spokesperson, Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said the matter has been taken up with Canadian government, urging it to take steps to address this motivated and malicious smear campaign against Pakistan. The Spokesperson said such remarks betray a complete lack of understanding of the issue as well as ignorance of facts on ground.
He said such gratuitous commentary is deplorable at the time when the world acknowledges what Pakistan and Prime Minister Imran Khan have consistently maintained that there is no military solution to the conflict in Afghanistan and also stressed an inclusive, broad-based and comprehensive political settlement.