JUI-F pushes resolution against drone strikes in K-P Assembly

KP Assembly will review killing of Hakimullah Mehsud and closure of Nato supply routes.

PESHAWAR: A resolution against US drone strikes was presented by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly on Monday, Express News reported.

The resolution was presented by JUI-F parliamentary leader Maulana Lutfur Rehman.

The K-P Assembly is set to meet today at 4pm to review the killing of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Hakimullah Mehsud and the proposed closure of Nato supply routes. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led government, who is pushing for the block, is likely to enjoy the support of opposition parties.

Today’s session was called by the government after PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s announcement on Saturday to block Nato supply lines passing through K-P.

On November 2, a visibly angry PTI chief Imran Khan had insisted that the November 1 drone strike that killed Mehsud had damaged peace talks and his party would now move to block Nato supplies through Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and introduce resolutions to block supplies in the National, Sindh and Punjab assemblies as well.

Imran had announced this at a press conference in Lahore after a core committee meeting of the PTI.

“The Taliban held only one condition for the peace talks and that was that drone attacks must end. But just before the talks began we saw this sabotage take place,” the PTI chief had stated, emphasising that the attack on Mehsud was part of a greater plot to derail the peace process in Pakistan.

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