...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) Chairman Imran Khan
... aka
Taliban Khan, who ain't the brightest knife in the national drawer...
Thursday strongly condemned the US drone attack in Hangu and said his party would stage a huge protest demonstration in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
on Saturday (tomorrow) to block NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
supplies forever. Imran urged Prime Minister
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...
to take a firm stand against US Predator attacks, saying the time to play on "both sides of the wicket is over". Speaking at a presser, he said that after the Hangu attack the US can undertake such attacks in any part of the country, including the federal capital, due to the "cowardice of the Pak government". "All these attacks are happening because the government has no guts to tell the US that it must stop this madness...you never know after Hangu the next target could be a seminary in Islamabad's posh E7 sector," he cautioned. About his party's scheduled plan to block NATO supply route on November 23, the PTI chief said that a huge protest demonstration would be staged in Peshawar on Saturday. He appealed to the nation to participate in the protest if they want to get rid of US hegemony. Imran said that drone attacks are war crimes and the Peshawar High Court has already given its verdict in this regard. He vowed to block NATO supplies on official level, saying that Thursday's drone attack was carried out in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
, therefore the provincial government has the right to halt these supplies officially. The PTI chairman also expressed concern
...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended...
that lives of people are at risk as the US has now expanded its missile attacks to the settled areas. "Nawaz Sharif has not bothered to condemn Thursday's US drone attack in the country's settled area (Hangu), which shows that he has no interest in issues confronting Pakistain (and) his only priority is his foreign trips," Imran regretted.