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Mr Khan on the occasion acknowledged that militants have indeed used Pakistan’s soil in the past to carry out attacks in Iran, adding that his government would ban such outfits, including the Jaishul Adl and the Lashkar-i-Khorasan. </p> <p>Granted there are wider geopolitical issues involved, but his stance has publicly referenced the most immediate impediment to improved ties between Pakistan and Iran — the accusations on both sides that <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112753/https://www.dawn.com/news/1477323/ormara-massacre-pakistan-lodges-protest-with-iran-on-inaction-against-terrorist-groups">each country harbours militants</a> who launch cross-border attacks against the other. </p> <p>Last week’s horrific massacre in Balochistan of Pakistani security personnel was carried out by a coalition of Baloch separatist groups that, Pakistan believes, finds shelter in Iran. Earlier this year, a suicide bomber killed 27 members of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards in the Sistan-Baluchestan province; the Iranian leadership declared he was Pakistani, as was one of his accomplices. </p> <p>This blame game, involving India, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan has been a recurrent pattern in the region. However, by conceding that non-state actors based in Pakistan have staged cross-border violence in Iran, Pakistan has shown the way for others to acknowledge that similar violence within its own territory is not entirely homegrown. </p> <p>The meeting of the ISI chief — who was accompanying the prime minister — with his Iranian counterpart can be seen as a concrete attempt to resolve shared security concerns. Setting up a ‘joint rapid reaction force’ as proposed by both sides will further enhance cooperation on this score and supplement the measures already in place. </p> <p>As the joint statement at the conclusion of the visit indicates, an improvement in ties could herald many trade and business opportunities, not to mention reinvigorate the long-pending Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline. </p> <p>This is the right time for the country’s chief executive, clearly on the same page as the military leadership, to articulate a more realistic position vis-à-vis extremist outfits. After all, law-enforcement agencies carried out an unprecedentedly sweeping crackdown only last month against Pakistan-based militant groups including those often named as being involved in cross-border attacks. </p> <p>Meanwhile, the opposition has pounced on the prime minister’s words as causing the country international embarrassment. While the PPP, given its current tribulations, may have its <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112753/https://www.dawn.com/news/1477903/this-is-not-funny-anymore-pm-imrans-statement-in-iran-comes-under-intense-opposition-attack">own axe to grind</a>, the PML-N seemed to have little issue when Nawaz Sharif said much the same as Mr Khan shortly before the 2018 election. 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class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>very well said.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Najma Hisham, " class="button p-t-one-eighth p-b-one-eighth px-2 mr-2 comment__reply bg-transparent text-grey size-two border-0 rounded-none border-none hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray"/> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1478086/up-6994067">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1478086/up-6994067">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6994123" data-id="4"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Pir Mehraj Ud Din</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-04-24T08:03:56+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-24T08:03:56+05:00">Apr 24, 2019 08:03am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Good writeup. Imran did well for how long people will get killed by these organised gangs taking advantage of loosely governed areas across the Paksitan Iran border. This needs a rigorous and foolproof mechanism to be at the ground level with working groups from both the sides evaluating the progress from time to time.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Pir Mehraj Ud Din, " class="button p-t-one-eighth p-b-one-eighth px-2 mr-2 comment__reply bg-transparent text-grey size-two border-0 rounded-none border-none hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray"/> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1478086/up-6994123">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1478086/up-6994123">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 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issue when majority of the parliamentarians is busy in the surge game</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Dr Asif, " class="button p-t-one-eighth p-b-one-eighth px-2 mr-2 comment__reply bg-transparent text-grey size-two border-0 rounded-none border-none hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray"/> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1478086/up-6994822">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1478086/up-6994822">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6994997" data-id="7"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">S.Abid Salam</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-04-24T12:09:31+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-24T12:09:31+05:00">Apr 24, 2019 12:09pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Realistic analysis.Media reports of greater understanding achieved on root of problems between heads of Govts.augers well to bring stability in region.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="S.Abid Salam, " class="button p-t-one-eighth p-b-one-eighth px-2 mr-2 comment__reply bg-transparent text-grey size-two border-0 rounded-none border-none hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray"/> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three 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weakens the political process. </div> </article>  </div> </div><div class="clear--both"> </div></div> <div class=" slideshow--list px-0 col-sm-8 col-12 float-left mt-2"> <div class="clear--both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="0" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478082" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112753/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478082/winning-with-empathy"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112753im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/04/5cbf92f6ab2ec.jpg" alt="Winning with empathy"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478082" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112753/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478082/winning-with-empathy" class="story__link">Winning with empathy </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112753/https://www.dawn.com/authors/410/rafia-zakaria">Rafia Zakaria</a></span> </div>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">Entire movements in India have been constructed on the policy of Muslim exclusion. </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="1" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478081" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112753/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478081/plane-to-prison"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112753im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/04/5cbf9296ee5dc.jpg" alt="Plane to prison"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478081" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112753/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478081/plane-to-prison" class="story__link">Plane to prison </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112753/https://www.dawn.com/authors/2117/muhammad-usman">Muhammad Usman</a></span> </div>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">Recently the government has devoted significant attention to the issue of Pakistani migrant workers in prison abroad. </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="2" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478080" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112753/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478080/unexpected-agony"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112753im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/04/5cbf9239780ad.jpg" alt="Unexpected agony"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478080" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112753/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478080/unexpected-agony" class="story__link">Unexpected agony </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112753/https://www.dawn.com/authors/322/mahir-ali">Mahir Ali</a></span> </div>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">Why Sri Lanka was targeted is unclear. </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="3" style="float:left;width:24%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1477854" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112753/https://www.dawn.com/news/1477854/khans-eight-month-itch"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112753im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/04/5cbe727421d55.jpg" alt="Khan’s eight-month itch"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1477854" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112753/https://www.dawn.com/news/1477854/khans-eight-month-itch" class="story__link">Khan’s eight-month itch </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112753/https://www.dawn.com/authors/57/arifa-noor">Arifa Noor</a></span> </div>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">The PM hangs on to his time-honoured habit of making decisions abruptly with little thought for the consequences. </div> </article>  </div> </div><div class="clear--both"> </div></div> </div> <div class="border-3 border-r-0 border-b-0 border-l-0 border-solid border-black mx-sm-2 mx-0"> <h3 class="my-2"><a class="font--playfair-display size-nine leading-tight text-black-light" href="/web/20190424112753/https://www.dawn.com/opinion">Editorial</a></h3> <div class=" slideshow--list mt-2"> <div class="clear--both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="0" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478086" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text-grey font--arial "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> April 24, 2019</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478086" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-four sm-size-five leading-tight "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112753/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478086/security-concerns" class="story__link">Security concerns </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">PRIME Minister Imran Khan’s statements on Monday at a joint press conference with President Hassan Rouhani during... </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="1" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478085" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text-grey font--arial "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> April 24, 2019</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478085" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-four sm-size-five leading-tight "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112753/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478085/anti-polio-panic" class="story__link">Anti-polio panic </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">PANDEMONIUM gripped KP amidst a province-wide polio eradication drive, threatening to stop this critical campaign in... </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="2" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478084" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text-grey font--arial "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> April 24, 2019</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478084" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-four sm-size-five leading-tight "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112753/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478084/foreign-tourists" class="story__link">Foreign tourists </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">EARLIER this month, the Pakistan Tourism Summit kicked off with a host of well-known foreign vloggers in attendance.... </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="3" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1477850" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text-grey font--arial "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> April 23, 2019</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1477850" class="story__title font--playfair-display 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