Army could topple 'non-performing' government in Pakistan: ex-Saudi intelligence chief.Byline: ANI Lahore, Apr.29 (ANI): The Pakistan Army The Pakistan Army (Urdu: پاک فوج) is the largest branch of the Pakistan military, and is mainly responsible for protection of the state borders, the security of administered territories and defending the national interests of Pakistan , which has until now vowed to stay away from the country's politics, may be compelled to act and initiate a coup if the government continues its submissive performance, a former Saudi intelligence chief has said. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Turki al-Faisal, Pakistan has failed to deal with the Taliban in the right manner. Faisal said the Taliban is not a 'monolithic organisation', and that Islamabad must have the right policies to counter the problem. Faisal, who oversaw the funding two decades ago that helped create the Taliban during the fight against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, told the Washington Times that there was no threat to Pakistan's stability for the time being. "Pakistan could survive the Taliban threat provided its military remains intact. As long as the armed forces are intact, the state is not going to be at risk," he added. Commenting on Obama's decision to send 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan, Faisal said the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and North Atlantic Treaty Organization North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), established under the North Atlantic Treaty (Apr. 4, 1949) by Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and the United States. forces must be withdrawn from Afghanistan as soon as possible, as they are "not welcome" there. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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