In other words, stop it with the demands to root out Talibani terrorism, and just pay up already. “Stop lecturing, help us, Pakistan tells West,” from Times of India, April 26:
NEW YORK: Pakistan’s ambassador to the US Hussain Haqqani has urged the international community to help Pakistan in its efforts to prevent the Talibanisation of the country’s Swat and Buner regions instead of giving lectures, the Online news agency reported.
“We have shared our concerns with the US and do not want Talibanisation in Pakistan at all”, Haqqani said.[…]
“Most of the Pakistanis are moderate and will not allow militants to impose Sharia (Islamic laws).
More contradictions:
“We admit Taliban pose great threat to Pakistanis, and Pakistanis are Muslims and wanted implementation of their religion, but neither we believe in flogging of girls nor locking up women inside homes,” he said in an interview on Saturday.
He added that the majority of the people rejected the Taliban lifestyle and the areas where the Taliban influence still existed was due to the local environment.
The ambassador strongly rejected the impression (by Western countries) that Taliban will occupy Pakistan, saying, “we have one million strong army and our institutions are strong, and we are not a failed state”.