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| PTI should stop politicking on foreign policy: minister |
| 2013-12-02 |
| [Pak Daily Times] Minister for Information and Broadcasting Pervaiz Rashid said on Sunday there should be no politicking on foreign policy and the 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.... (PTI) should rise above its party politics. Speaking in Islamabad, he said the PTI was pursuing a dual policy regarding the United States and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... The stance taken by PTI leaders while being abroad was different from one they adopted here in public, he said and added that such hypocrisy was not in the national interest as it gave the world a message that Paks were a confused nation. He advised PTI leaders to avoid "hypocrisy" in the larger national interest. He said halting and searching NATO trucks by PTI workers in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... could not be termed a correct action. The PTI leadership had failed to guide and rein in its workers, he said and added non-state actors could not be allowed to run the state affairs. He said the main leadership of PTI, including its chairman, was absent in the sit-ins against drone strikes. Even in the FIR against drone attacks, the PTI has not nominated any particular person as accused, the minister said. He said that the government was serious in resolving the drone issue, adding that it had highlighted the issue at the United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... and also taken up it with the United States. He said urban planning projects were ongoing in KP with the help of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and dollars were flowing in the province. According to Pervaiz Rashid, there should be no muscle flexing on national issues and instead negotiations should be preferred for their resolution. |
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