ISLAMABAD: Leader of the House in Senate Raja Zafar-ul-Haq on Friday clarified that Prime Minister and former Army Chief were misquoted in statement of PTI Chief Imran Khan, regarding success of operation against militants.
"PTI Chief Imran Khan misquoted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and former army Chief Pervaiz Kayani while stating that there were 40% chances of success if an operation is started against militants," he informed the Senate in response to a point of order, raised by Senator Raza Rabbani.
He said "I have got required information and reached the conclusion that statement of Imran Khan has no reality and is totally baseless. The PTI Chief could not understand what the former Army Chief had said."
Zafarul Haq said, on the demand of Imran Khan before All Parties Conference (APC), his meeting was arranged between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Minister for Interior and the former Army Chief.
In the meeting, he said, the former Army Chief had told Imran Khan that if the operation was launched by the government against militants, then 40 per cent terrorism activities could be controlled immediately.
Raja Zafarul Haq said, at that time the former Army Chief had also stated that the government should fully utilize the option of dialogue with militant groups.
"We have full confidence in Pakistan Army who is capable to fight extremism and aggression against country. Their determination cannot be called in question," he added.
The Leader of the House acknowledged that besides the personnel, the officers of Armed Forces have also rendered valuable sacrifices in the war against terrorism and embraced martyrdom in line of duty.
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan welcomed the statement of the Leader of the House and said whole nation stands shoulder to shoulder with the Armed Forces in their fight against terrorism.
Earlier, speaking on points of order, Senators Raza Rabbani, Afrasiab Khattak, Farhatullah Babar and Rehman Malik had demanded of the government to come out with a clear stance on the statement of Imran Khan.
They mentioned the recent terrorist activities in Karachi and KPK and questioned, were the citizens left on mercy of Taliban.
They also criticized the KPK provincial government for its failure to ensure the security of lives and properties of common people.
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