October 13, 2016 7:22 AM

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Pakistan needs to target Haqqani network: US senator

A top American senator has said that Pakistan needs to target terror outfit – Haqqani network.<br/><br/> In a tweet, Senator Bob Corker, Chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said instead of targeting the press, Pakistan should focus on ending its sanctuary for the Haqqani network. <br/><br/>Mr Corker was instrumental in blocking the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan earlier this year. The Senator was referring to the travel ban imposed on a journalist of leading Pakistani newspaper Dawn for writing a story on differences between the civilian government and the military over its support to terrorists.<br/><br/>Columnist Cyril Almeida on Tuesday said that he has been put on the Exit Control List – a border control system of the Pakistan government which allows it to bar people whose names appear on the list from leaving the country. He had reported that Pakistan's civilian government have warned the powerful army to renounce its covert support to terrorissts like the Haqqani network, Taliban and Lashkar-e-Taiba – or face international isolation.

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