ISLAMABAD (SW): The Chairman of Senate in Pakistan, Opposition leader Raza Rabbani has directed the government to issue a policy statement on the suspended dialogue between the Afghan government and the Taliban as well as the death of Mullah Omar.
Rabbani directed Leader of the House Raja Zafarul Haq to ensure presence of Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz in the Senate on Tuesday or Wednesday for giving a policy statement on the issues, Dawn news reported.
“Call the adviser to come to the house tomorrow or a day after to give a policy statement and brief the house on 2+1+2 (Pakistan, Afghanistan, the Taliban, China and the US) dialogue and related developments,” the Senate chairman asked Mr Haq.
He issued the directive after Senator Farhatullah Babar, speaking on a “matter of public importance”, questioned the “silence” of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the “institutions concerned” over the death of Mullah Omar which, according to him, was creating suspicion about Pakistan among the international community.
The talks between the Afghan government and Taliban, which began in Murree last month, have been suspended after the reports of the death of Mullah Omar last week.
Babar said the Afghan government had announced that Mullah Omar had died in 2013 and that it was informed about it by Pakistan. “Our institutions are not denying it.”
“There should have been a clear official statement about the death of Taliban chief Mullah Omar. Was the Pakistan government aware of it? Did the Afghan authorities get information about it from Pakistan,” Babar said.
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