US President Barack Obama. PHOTO: AFP
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan should nominate United States (US) President Barack Obama in the FIR filed against the drone strike in Hangu, said Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Sami and Defence Council of Pakistan (DPC) Chief, Samiul Haq on Sunday. “The government should immediately issue orders to shoot down drones.”
Sami, while talking to media at Mardan Press Club, said the security forces of Pakistan took an oath to secure the country’s borders. The May 13 decision of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) gives clear directives to shoot down drones, and that it should be implemented, argued the DPC chief. He added by not accepting the decision the government is in contempt of court.
“By targeting a seminary in Hangu, the US has proved it can carry out an attack anywhere in the country.” Sami implored the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan to take suo motu action over US drone strikes.
Sami said he submitted a writ petition from the platform of the DPC against drone strikes at the SC on November 29, 2011. However, at the time, the registrar argued the Federally Administered Tribal Areas does not come under their jurisdiction.
“After the 18th Amendment, though, the area now comes under the jurisdiction of PHC and SC,” he added.
The DPC chief said he will submit a writ petition against drone strikes once again in the coming week, adding drone strikes could come to an end if political parties join hands.
Sami said his party supports Imran Khan and if Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman raised his voice against drones, he would also support him. “We just want to put an end to these attacks which are violating the sovereignty of our country,” he added.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 25th, 2013.
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This is actually hilarious, how can some people actually be that stupid as to have an FIR against Obama? We'll literally be the laughing stock of the world
PTI and its supporters including JI and JUI-S should also implicate Obama for killing our Haqqani and OBL the biggest assets. What kind of crazy, fanatic and stupid some of us are? Saving our country and its people from the clutches of the worst terrorists should be "punished". No good deed goes unpunished in Pakistan!
This article is Hilarious.
Go ahead, be a man and show it to the world how true you are to your words. You would not dare do that. You know who gives you the green especially those who have never worked in their lives and living of other people's money.
@mystriousforever: Haqqanis are our kids? really?
Imran is stupid but not that stupid. He knows source of development funds and donations. Why not Sami himself name Obama in FIR. He can easily claim that dead Haqani was his brother.
We don,t need US dollar against blood of our kids