Pak writing its own epitaph: Naqvi
Talking to reporters while celebrating Eid ul-Azha, Naqvi said Pakistan has given a licence to 'barbarian beasts' to wound humanity and Islam and made terrorism and terrorists its 'national industry and national assets', according to a statement.
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