LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain Wednesday said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif should immediately visit Afgha
nistan and Iran to reduce tensions.
In a statement, former prime minister Shujaat Hussain said that the premier should have visited Afgha
nistan and Iran and held detailed meetings with foreign ministers of both countries. “I had earlier asked that foreign affairs in-charge should visit Afgha
nistan and hold talks with Afgha
n President Ashraf Gh
ani and Afgha
nistan Chief Executive Abdullah-Abdullah to improve the situation.” He said that the Afghan president has refused to visit Pakistan. “Even then I will say that Nawaz Sharif should visit Afgha
nistan for the larger interest of Pakistan before the situation get wors
e,R21; he added. He expressed concern over suicide attacks on Iranian parliament and th
e shrine of Imam Khomeini.