Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani said this week that military interventions in Pakistani politics have resulted in political chaos.

He said Pakistan’s military is not trained to intervene in the country's politics.

"Military interventions going back to 1958 have only brought war, destruction, or political chaos in the country. Pakistani people will start loving their military when it stops interfering and intervening in politics. If public opinion in Pakistan becomes so critical of the military's role in politics that the military realizes that its interventions are not acceptable to the people then the military's behavior will also have to change," Haqqani said.

The Pakistan military is the sixth largest in the world in terms of active military personnel and has played a decisive role in the modern history of Pakistan, fighting major wars with India in 1947, 1965 and 1971, and on several occasions seizing control of the civilian government.

On the issue of safe havens for insurgents in the country, Haqqani said: "As far as militants and jihadi outfits are concerned, they have already brought Pakistan on the brink of global sanctions. I think it is time to get rid of militancy without any conditions and Pakistani people can demand of their government action against militants."

Haqqani told ANI it is high time that Pakistan corrects its pro-terror image in the world.

"Terrorism has become an issue that is now not only hurting India, Pakistan relations but also US-Pakistan relations. Many other countries are also becoming negative in their approach to Pakistan. So, Pakistan will have to change that perception around the world," he said.

According to him, Pakistan also needs to take action against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) co-founder and Jama'at-ud-Da'wah (JUD) Hafiz Saeed.

"When somebody (Hafiz Saeed) has been declared a terrorist by the global community then all countries should act against such a person and Pakistan also needs to take steps that will redeem it in the eyes of the world. International opinion should not be flouted in the manner it has been by Pakistan in relation to Hafiz Saeed," Haqqani said.

On the issue of the Pashtun movement in Pakistan, which has been calling for their rights to be enforced, Haqqani told ANI that Pashtuns are not foreign agents as is being alleged by the Pakistan government but they are people who have been deprived of their rights.

"Pashtuns have acted totally spontaneously and without any serious political organization and that basically shows how a young Pakistani population is quite disgruntled with the situation they face. Pashtun Tahafuz Movement leaders are being termed as traitors and foreign agents. They are not foreign agents but they are people facing injustice and standing up for their rights," Haqqani said.

This comes after members of the Pashtun community in Pakistan staged a series of protests against arrests and killings of members of the ethnic minority by security forces.

The killing of an aspiring model from the community in January sparked the countrywide protests.