PTI delays sit-in to block NATO supplies
Decision made due to the sectarian clashes in Rawalpindi. New date: November 23.
A Nato truck makes its way to Afghanistan. PHOTO: FILE
PESHAWAR:
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and other political parties in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa coalition government postponed the sit-in against Nato supplies due to sectarian clashes in Rawalpindi on Muharram 10, Express News reported on Sunday.
This was announced during a press conference in Peshawar. Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and Awami Jamhoori Ittehad were also present during the press conference. The connection between the postponement of the protest and the clashes in Rawalpindi was not elaborated upon.
In a press release, PTI Chairman Imran Khan said the protest was postponed "keeping in view the grave security situation in the country". He added that the protest would now take place on November 23.
"This is not a cancellation but a postponement in response to the sensitivities of our people and the acute security situation prevailing in the country," Khan stated.
Blocking Nato supplies
The decision to block Nato supplies cropped up after Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Hakimullah Mehsud was killed in a drone strike in North Waziristan earlier this month.
PTI chairman Imran Khan had threatened to block Nato supplies going through Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa to foreign troops stationed in Afghanistan if the US did not end its drone campaign in the tribal areas. He had also accused the US of sabotaging peace talks with the Taliban by killing Hakimullah at a time when he had showed willingness to negotiate.
The K-P provincial government also convened a special assembly session on November 4 wherein it unanimously passed a resolution against drone attacks and passage of Nato supplies.
The resolution, which came after much deliberation between the government and opposition members, urged the federal government to take concrete steps to put an end to drone strikes and suggest ways to halt Nato supplies going through the country.
The resolution gave the centre till November 20 to do the same, claiming the provincial government would otherwise be independent to pursue its own course of action.
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and other political parties in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa coalition government postponed the sit-in against Nato supplies due to sectarian clashes in Rawalpindi on Muharram 10, Express News reported on Sunday.
This was announced during a press conference in Peshawar. Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and Awami Jamhoori Ittehad were also present during the press conference. The connection between the postponement of the protest and the clashes in Rawalpindi was not elaborated upon.
In a press release, PTI Chairman Imran Khan said the protest was postponed "keeping in view the grave security situation in the country". He added that the protest would now take place on November 23.
"This is not a cancellation but a postponement in response to the sensitivities of our people and the acute security situation prevailing in the country," Khan stated.
Blocking Nato supplies
The decision to block Nato supplies cropped up after Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Hakimullah Mehsud was killed in a drone strike in North Waziristan earlier this month.
PTI chairman Imran Khan had threatened to block Nato supplies going through Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa to foreign troops stationed in Afghanistan if the US did not end its drone campaign in the tribal areas. He had also accused the US of sabotaging peace talks with the Taliban by killing Hakimullah at a time when he had showed willingness to negotiate.
The K-P provincial government also convened a special assembly session on November 4 wherein it unanimously passed a resolution against drone attacks and passage of Nato supplies.
The resolution, which came after much deliberation between the government and opposition members, urged the federal government to take concrete steps to put an end to drone strikes and suggest ways to halt Nato supplies going through the country.
The resolution gave the centre till November 20 to do the same, claiming the provincial government would otherwise be independent to pursue its own course of action.
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