[Chairman Imran Khans Press Statement on the Peace Talks] Chairman PTI, Imran Khan, today pointed out that all those who kept harping on how TTP terror was related to a demand for imposition of Shariah stand totally exposed as the TTP agree to talk within the parameters of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Khan also reminded that in the nine accords the Pakistan Army had signed earlier with the TTP, there had been no conditionality of imposition of Shariah. The issue is moot since the Constitution of Pakistan provides for Shariah and states no law can be made repugnant to Islam. Khan stated that his consistent assertion that the TTP terrorism was directly the result of the US war on terror, has once again been validated as the main demands of the TTP are related to Pakistan extricating itself from the US war on terror and the stoppage of drone attacks. Khan said that in this connection, President Obamas decision to reduce drone usage because of its negative fallout on the population of the target areas is also a recognition of the PTI position on drones exacerbating terrorism in Pakistan. Khan stressed that he had always opposed military action including the sending of the military into FATA in 2004. Khan said it has always been evident, and never more starkly than today, that the dollar-dependent lobby has been deliberately maligning me with false labels such as Taliban Khan, simply to draw attention away from the clear link between the US war on terror and terrorism in Pakistan. In addition, Khan asserted that pro-war political parties - some with leaders self-exiled in the West; others exposed as having taken huge dollar amounts; and still others part of the US-brokered NRO (Condoleeza Rice has claimed her role in this in her book) - were deliberately opposing peace through dialogue with false narratives. All these parties along with US dictated narratives stand exposed today, Khan concluded as he expressed the hope that the dialogue process moves forward and peace comes to Pakistan with an end to bloodshed and hatred.
Posted on: Fri, 07 Feb 2014 16:51:06 +0000
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