...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....
chief Imran Khan
... aka
Taliban Khan, who ain't the sharpest bulb on the national tree...
rejected the idea that he represented the Taliban, saying that he disagreed with the krazed killer movement's interpretation of Sharia Law.
"Clearly, I don't represent Taliban," Khan said in an interview with news organization Bloomberg.
The PTI chief said that he completely rejects the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) use of violence in their aim to implement Islamic law in the country.
He said that the krazed killer group will have to accept that change will only come in Pakistain through election's and the constitutional process.
"You can't impose it (Islamic law) through the barrel of a gun," Imran Khan said.
During the interview Khan expressed his pessimism that peace talks between the government and the TTP will succeed.
He said that the talks would probably fail and subsequent military operation will result in an increase in terrorism in the country.
"The most likely result is that the negotiations will start, there will be about three or four big kabooms and terrorist attacks and the negotiations will be called off," Khan said in the interview.
"There will be people baying for blood and the operation will start."
The PTI chief also said that US drone attacks have to stop in order to prevent the derailment of the grinding of the peace processor.
"If the US stops drone attacks, announces stopping the drone attacks during the talks, it would be a big plus point," Khan told Bloomberg.
He said that talks that had earlier been attempted were sabotaged by the US after a drone strike had killed TTP leader Hakimullah Mehsud.
"The US doesn't want there to be peace talks here or peace in Pakistain while they are leaving Afghanistan," Khan told Bloomberg.
"The thinking is that if they are engaged here, they would not be going across to fight."
Imran Khan also criticised 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...
, saying that the premier took far too long to initiate peace talks after the May 2013 elections.
He said that Sharif's negotiating team reflected a lack of seriousness on the part of the prime minister.
"If I was him, I would lead it myself.... It's too important an issue for Pakistain," Imran Khan said.
The PTI chief was adamant that Pakistain would have to disengage from the US war in Afghanistan, saying that defeating the hard boyz would only be possible if there was space between the two countries.
"We will win this war if we disengage from the US war," he said.
"As long as we are thought of fighting the US war, they would declare jihad on us, there would be the deadly jacket wallah. This would be a never-ending war," Imran Khan told Bloomberg.