30 September 2011

News Story: Pak paying heavily for its mistakes in 1970s - Tony Blair

Tony Blair - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2009
Pakistan is “paying heavily” for its mistakes in the 1970s when it started mixing religion with politics and promoted extremism, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said.

"I think Pakistan is paying a heavy price for the mistakes of 1970s by linking religion with politics and developing religious schools which are, in some cases, dangerous sources of extremism," Blair told Karan Thapar in an interview on CNBC TV18.

The former British Prime Minister was responding to queries relating to the role of ISI in spreading terrorism and its links with the Haqqani group in Afghanistan.

Read the full story at the Deccan Chronicle