Saturday, October 15, 2011

Pakistan: US planning to sabotage Pak N-program - Religious leader

Source: IRNA

Chief of Pakistani main religious party has said that United States is planning to sabotage Pakistan's nuclear program, local media reported Friday.

According to reports Jamiat Ulma-e-Islam (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said US is playing the Haqqani card to destabilize Pakistan, adding that the Quetta Shura card can also surface within a few days.

JUI Chief said the US wants dialogue with Taliban while action against the Haqqani group. Haqqanis are part of Taliban, he added.

Maulana said ‘US is against our atomic programme’.

The religious leader said that the coalition of religious parties was the need of the hour and can stop the US from its 'nefarious designs.'

The party chief further said that the US was trying to blame Pakistan for its defeat in Afghanistan.

Opening up a US consulate in Balochistan would increase the bloodshed in the region, he said.