United Nations, Oct 8(ANI): Pakistan's envoy to the United Nations, Abdullah Hussain Haroon, has asked the United States not to 'talk down' to Islamabad, saying that Washington must recognise its helpful role in the war on terror.
Speaking candidly in an interview with a US television network, Haroon also asked the US not to try and make Pakistan a scapegoat to cover its failures in the Afghan war.
He disclosed that Pakistan had captured and handed over three 'key' people to US authorities on September 5 that contributed to making the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attack a safe event, but regretted that the American people were not told of the Pakistani help in this regard.
"Do you know, why in New York, why nothing happened (this year) on September 11? You gave us a list of three people 'help us find them,' you said. We went out of our way and did find them," Haroon said during the interview with CBS network.
"The White House said fantastic, we have the people that could have harmed us and, by God's grace, nothing happened. Three key people were handed over on the 5th of September. Were people told in America that the reason that New York is safe is because Pakistan helped us capture these people?" he questioned.
Haroon said that Pakistan wants to end terrorism in the country, but Washington and Afghanistan are blaming Islamabad, making it a scapegoat for a conflict that victimises Pakistan more than it hurts the US or Afghanistan.
"For the past few months it's been the US who keeps trying to put pressure by saying Pakistan this or Pakistan that," Haroon said.
"That policy needs reappraisal. You need to talk as allies, don't talk down to us. This is not going to succeed. Politics should be transactional, not coercive. We want success. We don't want this mess on our doorstep for the next 100 years. It's not of our making, not of our choosing, not of our doing. We've paid the highest price for this war," he added. (ANI)
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