People will see ,alot of other leaders will changethier stance in the coming
days,it is the sacrifices of ANP leadership and thier workers which will bear
fruit in future.

--- On Wed, 8/7/09, Mohammad Ayub Khan Yousafzai <afghan41@...> wrote:


From: Mohammad Ayub Khan Yousafzai <afghan41@...>
Subject: [pakhtu] Imran changes stance on Malakand operation
To: pakhtu@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, 8 July, 2009, 7:41 PM

Imran changes stance on Malakand operation

Wednesday, July 08, 2009
By Mumtaz Alvi

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday said the
ongoing military operation in the Malakand Division should be halted only after
reestablishment of the government writ.

Speaking on security issues, the cricketer-turned politician, who had been
consistently advocating a halt to the operation and initiation of dialogue, had
a different viewpoint on the matter.

“Now that the operation has been started, it must reach its logical end, by
which I mean it should be halted only after the government writ is established
again in Malakand,” the PTI chairman emphasised.

However, he strongly opposed the use of force in Waziristan and said issues in
the tribal region should be resolved through other means. Imran Khan cautioned
that if the operation was ended without achieving the declared objectives, it
would result into very dangerous consequences. Rejecting the government’s
claims of successes, he said the military action had only added to the number of
militants.

Clarifying his stance on the matter, the PTI chief said that he had never been
against the military, but opposed the armed campaign. He added Pakistan had
consumed $40 billion on the anti-terror war and no one could predict with
certainty how much was to be spent further on this count.

Referring to his recent visit to the US, he said that during his talks with
American legislators, they openly hinted at their readiness to review their
strategy in Afghanistan. Later, Imran Khan, while talking to a PTI women wing
delegation at the party’s Central Secretariat, announced his party would
launch a countrywide movement against increase in the prices of kitchen items,
after taking other political parties into confidence.

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