ISLAMABAD- Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira on Tuesday said that the ‘WikiLeaks’ report is base-less propaganda against Pakistani intelligence and security agencies without any connection with realities on ground. Talking to a private television channel the minister said that Pakistan is the major victim of terrorism in the world and it is irrational to blame Pakistan of having links with the people who are killing innocent citizens every day.        

He said that Pakistan’s law enforcing agencies have rendered unmatched sacrifices in the war against terror and the entire world recognises this fact. The terrorists are targeting all the segments of Pakistani society and the country has suffered heavy life and economic losses in this course, he said.       

Kaira said that it is very easy for Afghanistan, India or any other country to blame Pakistani intelligence agencies when a terrorist incident takes place in their country. But whom should Pakistan should blame for the frequent terrorism acts on it’s soil territory, he asked.       

The minister said that initially the war on terror did not start as Pakistan’s war but now the country is the prime victim of the menace of terrorism. “It is our own war now,” he said.

He said that Pakistan believes that a “peaceful Afghanistan is a must for peaceful Pakistan and we hold the same position with regard to India.”       

Kaira said Pakistan would continue fighting terrorists till their elimination and country’s intelligence and security agencies are at the front-line in this national cause.       

To a question the minister said that operations against militants were being carried out by the previous government too, but the nation was divided at that time. The elected government has brought the entire nation on board in this campaign and the country’s law enforcing agencies have written a new history of bravery.       

He said that there might be some people who still think that Pakistan is fighting the World’s war but they should know that the nation is united against terrorists.       

The minister said that a political government always want to settle issues through dialogue. But the dialogues cannot be held with people who challenge the writ of state by killing innocent citizens and destroying state’s assets, he added.        

He said that Osama Bin Laden is the most wanted man in the world and if someone possess any information about his whereabouts, he should share it with the international community in our mutual interest.       

Answering a question the minister said that the US-led international forces abandoned the region after the end of Soviet-Afghan war and a number of splinter groups of extremists were left behind.       

He said that these groups kept on organising themselves and now they have emerged as a threat to the entire world. If international community repeats this mistake it can be disastrous, he warned.       

Asked as to whom the ‘WikiLeaks’ reports would benefit, the minister said that it would strengthen the agenda of those who are creating instability in the region and the world.       

To another question he said that Americans have of course learnt a lesson from their past mistakes and they want to stabilise the region to effectively cap terrorism and extremism. (APP)