Us threats : Tribal elders throw weight behind army

Tribal elders met with PPP leader Haji Ashraf Kakar on Sunday and lauded Chief of Army Staff Gen Kayani.


September 26, 2011

QUETTA: Tribal elders from Balochistan met with PPP leader Haji Ashraf Kakar on Sunday and lauded Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani for his bold stance on the US allegations against Pakistan on the Afghan issue. Tribal elders included Malik Qayyum, Malik Shams, Malik Salam Noorzai, Nasibullah Otmankhail, Malik Habibullah Bazai and elders belonging to tribes including Kakar, Otmankhail, Yasinzai and Bazai. Addressing the meeting, Haji Ashraf Kakar, Malik Shams Kakar, Malik Qayyum and Malik Salam Noorzai pledged that cooperation would be extended to the Pakistan military for the defence of ideological and geographical borders of the country.  “The US should not take Pakistan as Iraq and Libya,” they said.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 26th,  2011.

 

COMMENTS (2)

antony | 12 years ago | Reply

throw their weight ? ..Like throw their weight before Drone missiles? ..Is DNA test lab available in those areas where atleast one can understand whose weight was thrown there ....

islooboy | 12 years ago | Reply this has united the country and it is not a cricket match
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