RAWALPINDI, Jan 28: Federal Interior Minister Lt-Gen (Rtd) Moinuddin Haider said the Indian government should not expect more concessions from Pakistan.

Speaking at a seminar, organized by the mass communication department of the University of Arid Agriculture here on Monday, the minister said: “We have given all that we could and the Indian leadership should know that it would not be able to extract any further concessions from us.”

Mr Haider said it was now time for India to reciprocate instead of expecting further concessions.

He regretted that the national media was not properly serving the national interests. “People tell me that media is a mirror, but probably it is one that gives distorted images,” he said. “Going through newspapers one may infer that there is total disorder and chaos in the country, but that is untrue as many good things are also taking place, which are seldom projected,” he maintained.

On the issue of code of conduct for the media, he said media organizations should have themselves come up with the code rather than looking up to the government for it.

The interior minister said that he had heard a lot of people wanting rights for the media, but he had not come across anyone asking for protection of the rights of the readers. The readers also need to be protected against being misled and excesses of media.

About the intolerance in the society, he said, the incoming system of governance would have inbuilt mechanism for eliminating this menace.

Analysing the predicament of Ummah, Mr Haider said the Muslims were suffering due to their failure in the field of science and technology. “The Muslims can only compete with others by absorbing, inventing and developing technology,” he added.

Former information minister Mushahid Hussain Syed, in his speech, said the definition of national interest was not static, rather it changed with the policies being followed by the government. He said the media in the country was faced with multi-dimensional challenges particularly the instability in the country.

Later, talking to newsmen, the interior minister said the law ministry was actively working for the establishment of special courts. He said 15 special courts were being set up in the country that would decide the cases within 15 days. He said army officers would also be included in the courts.