Pakistan not to accept any pressure on gasline: FM

ISLAMABAD(Online)-Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that Pak-Iran Gas Pipeline Project is in the national interest of Pakistan and no pressure on this count will be accepted. He said this in a private TV channel programme here on Monday. He termed the report released by London School of Economics as surprising. Pakistan could not be pressurised by such reports, he added. Pakistan policy was very clear, he said ,adding, ISI was rendering unprecedented sacrifices and ISI men had been martyred and arrested Taliban more than any other agency. Taliban were also targeting ISI, he added. 'I took up the matter related to London School of Economics report before British High Commissioner who also expressed his wonder and attached no importance to it, he said. Responding to a question, he said Talibanization was not in the interest of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Pakistan does not interfere in the internal affairs of Afghanistan, he added.

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