...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is
Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
(PTI) chief Imran Khan
... aka
Taliban Khan, who ain't the brightest knife in the national drawer...
on Saturday pledged that if voted to power his party would abandon the war on terror as "it was an American war being fought on Pakistain's soil."
"I will order the army to shoot down the US drone if it crosses the Pak border," Imran Khan said while addressing election rallies in Buner, Swabi, Charsasda and Nowshera districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
.
He alleged that JUI-F chief Mualana Falzur Rehman, ANP President Asfandyar Wali Khan and PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
were dragging the country into a war of others.
The PTI chief alleged that Maulana Fazlur Rahman had enjoyed perks and privileges during the tenures of Pervez
PervMusharraf
... former dictator of Pakistain, who was less dictatorial and corrupt than any Pak civilian government to date ...
and Asif Ali Zardari and now he was again fooling the masses in the name of religion to seek their support. He remained silent on drone attacks in
Wazoo, but is now criticising the same, he added. He alleged that some of the political and religious parties of the country were directly involved in the ongoing wave of militancy.
He said thousands of people were massacred during the Afghan war when they were misled by religious leaders during the US-Soviet Union war.
He said that according to US secret reports, Pak politicians had double standards as on one hand they supported the US aggression and on the other they spoke against the Americans in the public.
He further alleged that both Maulana Fazlur Rahman and Asfandyar Wali Khan had made huge assets abroad. Accountability of only 500 people after elections will put an end to the menace of corruption in the country forever, he added.