After the Taliban attack on the All Saints Church in Sept 2013 - ~ Imran Khan calls for the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan to be allowed office for peace talks. The Taliban should be allowed to open an office in Pakistan to boost the prospects of peace talks, the countrys opposition leader and former cricket captain Imran Khan has said. ~ His call was made after he visited victims of the worst terrorist attack on the countrys Christian minority in Pakistans history, the suicide bombing of Peshawars All Saints Church in which 85 worshippers and killed and more than 100 injured as they emerged from Sunday mass. The proposal was condemned by his Awami National Party opponents which accused him of being soft on Taliban terrorism. ~ Imran Khan - “If the Americans can allow the opening of office in Qatar to facilitate talks with the Afghan Taliban, why can’t we do in our own country,” he added. Senator Zahid Khan of the Awami National Party said his comments were childish. “This is very unfortunate to see that a leader like him is making childish remarks. The Pakistani Taliban was never in power in this country, and they are not fighting against occupation as the Afghan Taliban say, so it is immature of him to compare the two,” He said. ~ Mr Khan was strongly criticised shortly after he described the church bombing as a conspiracy to derail the peace process with the Pakistani Taliban, which angered Christian Pakistanis. in a series if public protests, the former playboy cricketer was denounced by protestors who chanted: “Imran is a dog.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 10:08:11 +0000
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