PTI, allies to table anti-drone resolution in KP assembly

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PTI, allies to table anti-drone resolution in KP assembly​

PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) led ruling coalition in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have prepared a resolution calling on the federal government to take immediate steps to end US drone attacks in Pakistan.

The joint-resolution, signed by the PTI and its allies in the provincial government, has been submitted in the KP Assembly secretariat and is likely to be taken up and passed during the upcoming session of the house.

The resolution terms attacks by US unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) a violation of international laws.“The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly strongly condemns attacks on Pakistani soil by US drones, and considers them violations of international laws,” says the resolution.

“Drone attacks have led to a rise in terrorist attacks inside Pakistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and have caused irreparable damage to the province’s economy,” it says.The resolution also urges the federal government to immediately take effective steps to stop drone attacks, and to announce a clear policy on the issue as soon as possible.

The document has been signed by leaders of four member parties of the provincial government: Shaukat Ali Yousufzai of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI), Sirajul Haq of Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), Sikandar Khan Sherpao of the Qaumi Watan Party and Shahram Khan Tarakai of the Awami Jamhoori Ittehad Pakistan (AJIP).

PTI, allies to table anti-drone resolution in KP assembly - DAWN.COM

 

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PTI, allies to table anti-drone resolution in KP assembly​

PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) led ruling coalition in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have prepared a resolution calling on the federal government to take immediate steps to end US drone attacks in Pakistan.

The joint-resolution, signed by the PTI and its allies in the provincial government, has been submitted in the KP Assembly secretariat and is likely to be taken up and passed during the upcoming session of the house.

The resolution terms attacks by US unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) a violation of international laws.“The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly strongly condemns attacks on Pakistani soil by US drones, and considers them violations of international laws,” says the resolution.

“Drone attacks have led to a rise in terrorist attacks inside Pakistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and have caused irreparable damage to the province’s economy,” it says.The resolution also urges the federal government to immediately take effective steps to stop drone attacks, and to announce a clear policy on the issue as soon as possible.

The document has been signed by leaders of four member parties of the provincial government: Shaukat Ali Yousufzai of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI), Sirajul Haq of Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), Sikandar Khan Sherpao of the Qaumi Watan Party and Shahram Khan Tarakai of the Awami Jamhoori Ittehad Pakistan (AJIP).

PTI, allies to table anti-drone resolution in KP assembly - DAWN.COM

PTI won’t exploit centre on drones’
‘PTI won’t exploit centre on drones’ | Newspaper | DAWN.COM

LAHORE, June 2: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf says though it strongly opposes US drone attacks, its Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government will not create a rebellion like-situation in the province against the federal government.“We’ll protest and raise the (drone) issue in the assemblies and make the (federal) government realise that drone attacks are unacceptable to the people, particularly those in tribal areas,” PTI’s former information secretary Shafqat Mahmood told the media outside party chairman Imran Khan’s Zaman Park residence here on Sunday.He, however, hastened to add that the protest would not create a rebellion-like situation as it would be against national and provincial interests.Shafqat, who returned to the National Assembly from a Lahore constituency, told a questioner that his party wished that both federal and the provincial governments would devise a comprehensive strategy vis-à-vis drone hits.KP Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser, who had come to inquire after the party chairman, said the PTI would adopt a clear policy on drones though protecting territorial limits of the country was federal government’s job.Replying to a question about talks with the Taliban, he said though formulating foreign policy was federation’s responsibility, he personally supported a dialogue with the militants for restoring peace in the province and the country.Mr Qaiser said although law and order was a big challenge, his party accepted the challenge and would make KP a ‘model province’.Law and order, education, and sports activities for youth would be priorities of the KP government, he*added.


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