PM Nawaz rules out sending troops to other countries

MIANWALI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has ruled out sending troops to any other country, saying that no one has asked Pakistan to send military.

Prime Minister Sharif was talking to media after an inauguration ceremony held to name Pakistan Air Force Base Mianwali after M. M. Alam Air Base here on Thursday.

PM Nawaz said: “Neither any country has requested Pakistan to send forces nor will Pakistan send its troops to any other country.”

Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Information Minister Pervez Rashid and Air Chief Tahir Rafique Butt were also present on the occasion.

Prime Minister Sharif said the visit of Bahrain King is in the favour of Pakistan, adding Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait Prime Minister had also visited the country.

He asserted matters in Pakistan are moving forward.

APP adds:

The Prime Minister dismissed the impression that some countries had sought Pakistan’s assistance to move its armed forces for operation at their land.

Nawaz Sharif said the recent visits of the leadership of brotherly countries including Saudi Arabia Bahrain and Kuwait was testimony of their friendship and must not be linked with such assumptions.

Prime Minister Sharif said the visits of the leaders of Arab countries was in Pakistan’s interest and more such visits would take place in future as well.

He also termed the visit of Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa as fruitful and productive.

He said the country was facing serious challenges and it was high time Pakistan took tough decisions.

Nawaz Sharif said the country could not afford to waste more time and steps were being taken to put it on the right path to development. He said that Pakistan could have been made a great country but regretted that ample efforts were not made in the past to exploit its marvellous potential.

The incumbent government without wasting time was making headway for the prosperity of the nation, he added.