Overview
- JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said Pakistan has “lost every friend it once had,” listing estrangement with Afghanistan, Iran, China, and India.
- He highlighted a border paradox, saying “not a single pomegranate or melon can enter Pakistan, yet terrorists keep crossing the border.”
- Rehman accused the military of driving foreign policy and fostering incoherence, citing generals alternately advocating negotiations or war.
- He said CPEC has stalled because “China no longer trusts us,” questioning whether “even a single brick” has moved under the current government.
- The critique lands as authorities investigate a suicide bombing at an Islamabad mosque that killed dozens and injured more than 170; Pakistan’s defence minister cited suspected Afghan travel by the attacker, which Afghanistan’s Defence Ministry rejected as baseless.