Firdous denies Haqqanis in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Thursday said that Haqqani network did not exist in Pakistan and if someone had any information about its existence he should inform the government.

She was speaking to media persons after attending the launching ceremony of annual report of the Plan Pakistan on the status of girls across the world entitled " Because I am Girl" here.
The information minister said that since its inception Pakistan had been the target of negative propaganda and that propaganda was still continuing.

She said that Pakistan was playing the role of a frontline state in the fight against terror, and trying to secure the world from terrorists but it itself had become insecure.

The minister asked the world community to help the Pakistani nation in the fight against terrorist and extremist mindset.