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Imran has said many a times that take whatever decision federal government wants pti is with army
but surprisingly now pmln ally of mqm is reluctant whereas whole media is saying pak army has conveyed pm that they are ready
we dont see media criticizing pmln on this matter(thand par gaee in ko)
Pakistan Taliban offers Imran Khan protection
Pakistan's Taliban says it has offered Imran Khan its protection for a peace march into militant-infested tribal areas at the weekend.
Mr Khan has been criticised for not being tough enough on the Pakistan Taliban in the past Photo: AFP/GETTY
By
Rob Crilly, Islamabad and Ashfaq Yusufzai in Peshawar
3:35PM BST 01 Oct 2012
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The former national cricket captain now heads a political party and has emerged as one of the leading critics of America's covert programme of lethal drone strikes.
On Sunday he plans to address a rally in South Waziristan, an area where security forces continue to mount operations against militant bases.
Senior commanders with the
Pakistan Taliban said a recent meeting headed by the group's leader Hakimullah Mehsud set aside earlier instructions to send suicide bombers to assassinate the former all-rounder.
Instead the group noted Mr Khan's strident opposition to US drone strikes against militants in its territory as it reversed course to offer security assistance.
A spokesmen said: "We are ready to provide them security if they need. We endorses Imran Khan's plea that drone strikes are against our sovereignty," he said. "The anti-drone rallies should have been taken out by the religious leaders long ago but Imran had taken the lead and we wouldn't harm him or his followers."
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At a press conference, Mr Khan said he had been promised the support of local tribes but was worried the government was opposed to allowing foreign peace campaigners and journalists to attend.
"We feel no threat from any side but feel threatened by the forces which have been playing politics on this issue," he said. "The government should take steps to provide security to the media persons, who would be covering the every bit of the proposed peace march."
The CIA's drones programme has accelerated under Barack Obama, provoking widespread anger in Pakistan.
In public the Islamabad government has called for an end to the strikes, arguing they breed support for militant groups, but privately is believed to approve the tactic as a means of taking out insurgent leaders.
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism has recorded at least 2570 deaths since 2004 in 346 drone strikes.
Imran Khan: Pakistan must talk to Taliban to achieve peace
Imran Khan has said the only way to find peace in Pakistan is to talk to the Taliban, reigniting the row about whether it is possible to negotiate with terrorists following a bloody fortnight of violence.
Imran Khan speaks to the media on Wednesday after visiting victims of the suicide bombing of Peshawar's All Saints Church Photo: BILAWAL ARBAB/EPA
By
Rob Crilly, Islamabad
3:12PM BST 02 Oct 2013
The country’s main political parties agreed last month to open talks with militants but the plan has come under intense pressure since at least 81 people died in a suicide attack on a church in the north-western city of Peshawar.
In an editorial published in Pakistan’s The News, Mr Khan, the former cricketer whose political party governs Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and its capital Peshawar, said military operations could not impose peace.
“Military operations without an overarching strategy to restore peace in the country are mere holding operations,” he wrote. “The [all parties conference] provides the legitimacy for a holistic approach, beginning with a structured dialogue. Military action and war are always the last resort option.” He also called again for the Pakistan Taliban and its factions to be allowed to set up an office, from which to co-ordinate talks — rather like the failed attempt to allow the Afghan Taliban to establish an official presence in Doha.
But his comments have sparked an angry reaction in a country that has endured a string of recent attacks. The church bombing was followed at the weekend by a double strike in a Peshawar market, which killed more than 30 people.
Many took to Twitter to voice their concerns at talking to the people behind such attacks.
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Abbas Nasir, a senior journalist, described his position as “naive and half-baked”, while Murtaza Solangi, a broadcaster, said: “Imran Khan: more he speaks, more he shows his hollowness!”
Nawaz Sharif was elected prime minister earlier this year, standing on a ticket that included a promise to talk to the Taliban.
Military operations have had a limited impact on the group’s ability to carry out suicide attacks from bases in the north-west.
Previous peace deals have been used by militants to regroup and rearm, and the government has yet to flesh out how talks might proceed.
Cyril Almeida, a columnist with the daily English-language Dawn newspaper, said the response to Mr Khan’s comments showed they were ill-timed — but might not be out of step with mainstream sentiment.
“Right now his message comes across as a bit tone deaf because of recent events, but the strain of his argument more often than not finds some sympathy with the average Pakistani, because it is an argument rooted in religion and nationalism,” he said.
