Tackling militants: Imran Khan urges resumption of talks

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Tackling militants: Imran Khan urges resumption of talks

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday urged the government to resume peace dialogue with Taliban, adding that if the talks failed and anybody tried to forcefully impose any system in Pakistan, he would himself seek a gun and take active part in resistance.

He said after reviewing the recent statements of US Admiral Mike Mullen, General George Allen and Hillary Clinton, it becomes clear who wanted Pakistan Army to launch operation in North Waziristan.

“American troops have decided to defeat Haqqani Network before they leave [Afghanistan]. Those 700,000 people who live in North Waziristan are Pakistanis, who will suffer if an operation is launched,” he said, while addressing the first session of Punjab Provincial Council at Aiwan-e-Iqbal.

Imran said at all parties conference the former army chief General Kayani and former ISI chief General Pasha had briefed on how much loss Pakistan would suffer by launching operation in North Waziristan.

He said his stance from day one was that the war on terror was not Pakistan’s war, adding that the use of force was not a solution to any problem.

“I was 18 years old when East Pakistan Operation was launched. I remember people saying in huge drawing rooms that the army should kill these Bingos. However, military operation against Bengalis resulted in separation,” he added.

Presenting the stats of terror attacks, Imran said the country witnessed 13,150 terrorist attacks between 2007 and 2013.

Imran said ‘the status quo parties’ in Pakistan were just afraid of the PTI. He advised his party workers to stay united, adding that his success as a cricketer lay in the fact that he always did self-analysis and learnt from mistakes.

“We have spent a huge amount on party elections but this will show results in the future. Our party is not a family-limited company. We are doing review of electoral process and all the political parties will learn from us the way we will hold our party elections in the future,” he added.

Tackling militants: Imran Khan urges resumption of talks – The Express Tribune

 

[batmannow]

he should stop, his stupid mouth, & stop of bieng worried about few tribes?
instead should thinking about the safty of polio workers butchered by terrorists, 60,000 pakistanis, alredy killed by TTp?

Judge, 10 others killed in Islamabad blasts, firing
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Policemen collect evidence from the site of a bomb attack at the district court in Islamabad, March 3, 2014. — Photo by Reuters
Updated 2014-03-03 11:39:04
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ISLAMABAD: At least 11 people, including additional sessions judge Rafaqat Awan, were killed on Monday when unidentified assailants opened fire and threw crackers in a court in the capital city’s F-8 area, DawnNews reported.

Twenty-five people were reportedly injured in the attack.

Moreover, lawyers fled from their chambers seeking shelter from bullets as fear and panic gripped the premises.

According to police, two blasts took place inside the court's premises, one near the chambers of a judge and the other outside another office.

Officers at the scene told AFP the incident began when a defendant was brought before the court and his associates tried to break him free.

Another senior-ranking police official said the incident could be a terror attack but nothing could be said with certainty as yet.

The hearings of cases scheduled for the day were postponed.

Subsequently, police and special forces were deployed in the court and emergency was declared in hospitals.

Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Shahidullah Shahid denied the outlawed group's involvement in the attack.

Shahidullah Shahid said TTP condemned the attack on the court in Islamabad, adding that recent terror attacks should not be linked with the organisation.

The spokesman further said the TTP would not violate the ceasefire it had announced on Saturday.

Pakistan has been in the grip of a bloody homegrown Taliban insurgency since 2007 but attacks within the capital have been very rare in recent years.