‘No division over national security’

FEDERAL MINISTER FOR INTERIOR, SHEIKH RASHID AHMED ADDRESSING A PRESS CONFERENCE IN ISLAMABAD ON JULY 05, 2021.

By Uzma Zafar

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed on Monday said that there was no division in the Armed Forces, government, and opposition over the national security.
Pakistan will accept whatever decision Afghanistan takes for the betterment of their country, the interior minister said while addressing a press conference and added that Pakistan’s peace is linked to the peace in the neighbouring country.
He said opposition, government and Armed Forces are on a single page over the Afghanistan issue.
Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said the situation in Afghanistan now would not be similar to that in the 90s and Pakistan’s armed forces are ready to fulfil their national responsibilities.
He said that overall three to four million Afghan refugees are currently present in Pakistan. “We detected a gang comprising of 30 people from Karachi offices of NADRA for their alleged involvement in preparing forged national identity cards,” he said. He once again reiterated that the Indian agency RAW was behind the blast in Johar Town area of Lahore, a day after Moeed Yusuf while addressing the presser said that the Lahore blast was sponsored by India and the person who managed the entire act was linked to RAW.
“The mastermind of the Johar Town blast belongs to RAW,” the NSA said adding that India is involved in terrorist acts against the country. Inspector General of Police (IG) Punjab Inam Ghani also shared the findings of the investigations from suspects involved in the act, including the call and bank records of their handlers operating from abroad.