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| PTI 'avoids' resolution against terror attacks |
| 2013-06-25 |
| [Pak Daily Times] Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...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.... -led coalition government in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... came under criticism from opposition MPA Nighat Orakzai for being silent over terror acts rocking the province and Gilgit-Baltistan, where 10 foreign mountaineers were killed on Sunday. During the sessions on Sunday and Monday, the House did not pass any joint resolution condemning the suicide kaboom on an imambargah and the killing of foreign mountaineers in Gilgit-Baltistan. Nighat claimed. "This government stays silent to escape the terrorists' wrath," Orakzai told Daily Times after recording her displeasure on the floor of the House over the KP coalition government's silence over the attacks in the province and elsewhere in the country. She said the previous assembly developed consensus when any incident of terrorism took place in any part of the country. "But this coalition government is so afraid of Death Eaters that it avoids even naming them," the KP MPA said. "The opposition's role is to point out an issue and the government's job is to make a move. We played our part, but the government preferred staying silent because it does not want to annoy the terrorists." A coalition government front man, Shaukat Yousafzai, denied the allegation of being 'soft' on terrorists. "We need a national consensus to achieve peace and should take practical steps instead of issuing statement or merely condemning the acts," the front man told Daily Times. Shaukat said the PTI had clearly stated that peace would not return until a consensus national policy was developed by taking all stakeholders onboard. |
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