... aka
Taliban Khan, who ain't the brightest knife in the national drawer...
, the chairman of 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), has asked 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 "immediately take the national politicianship into confidence on the state of dialogue with the Death Eaters and the nature of the ongoing military operation in North
Wazoo and its authorisation"."It is equally important to give political ownership to any military action being contemplated as our brave soldiers continue to be martyred while the government maintains an inexplicable distance and silence on the prevailing state of affairs," he said in a statement on Saturday.
Mr Khan expressed his "serious concerns" over recent military strikes in the region and termed it "a clear beginning of a full-fledged military operation in the NWA".
The core committee of the PTI, after receiving a briefing from the party's nominee in the talks with turbans, had urged the government to resume the grinding of the peace processor and make efforts to end a deadlock.
The PTI chairman said it was the prime minister's responsibility to ensure that civilians were evacuated as had been done in Swat
...a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistain, located 99 mi from Islamabad. It is inhabited mostly by Pashto speakers. The place has gone steadily downhill since the days when Babe Ruth was the Sultan of Swat...
before a military operation. Instead, he alleged, reports were already coming in from North Waziristan about civilian casualties as people were caught in the middle of aerial bombings and helicopter gunship attacks.
The prime minister, he said, had a "unanimous national political mandate" to carry out dialogue for peace and he had failed to inform the nation and its leaders about the status of the dialogue and authorisation of the operation.