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Pakistan rejects threat

A Foreign Office statement here said the CMAG’s move “reflects ignorance of ground realties and the enormity of the challenges faced by Pakistan and undermines efforts vital for maintaining political stability and preserving the ongoing political process in the country.” It said the Emergency was imposed in “extraordinary circumstances to avert an institutional breakdown and internal crisis that could have paralysed the government, causing incalculable harm to the country.”

The international community “must understand that such a situation would have constricted” the government’s ability to counter militancy and terrorism that pose a grave threat to Pakistan and the world. Pakistan, therefore, rejected demands that were based on lack of realism, the statement said. — PTI

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