Terror uptick
\nFormer premier urges Centre to include K-P in talks on terror uptick in Pakistan
\n ISLAMABAD
\nPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Tuesday warned the federal government against making \u2018dangerous and careless\u2019 statements about \u2018attacking\u2019 Afghanistan.
\nThe former premier\u2019s remarks came during his address at the PTI\u2019s seminar on the resurgence of terrorism.
\nHe also urged the Centre to immediately begin debate regarding the recent uptick in terror activities in Pakistan and include the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government in the talks.
\nImran highlighted that the chief minister of K-P \u2013 the province most affected by terrorism \u2013 was not present at the last meeting of the federal government.
\nHe emphasised that the Centre should have constant meetings, with K-P\u2019s input, regarding the second biggest problem facing the country. He added that the most casualties will be in the province and if the federal government did not focus their attention on this problem then Pakistan would revert back to past scenarios.
\n\u201cTerrorism is a very important matter right now and if it is not addressed properly then the consequences can be exacerbated at a time when our economic situation cannot bear them,\u201d he stated, adding that when Pakistan was part of the war on terror, the international coalition funding covered a fraction of the cost of being involved.
\nHe emphasised the importance of staying \u201cneutral\u201d and that he also called for neutrality during the war on terror.
\n\u201cWhen dirty water is allowed to stand still, mosquitoes collect over it. We should have remained neutral,\u201d he said.
\nImran claimed that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) announced jihad against Pakistan because it believed the country to be a collaborator of the United States during the war on terror.
\n\u201cHad we remained neutral these attacks would not have occurred. Their [the TTP] narrative was that Pakistan was helping America, and thus, suicide bombings in Pakistan were jihad,\u201d he stated.
\nImran furthered that people called him \u201cTaliban Khan\u201d because they did not understand the situation the way he did after having travelled the tribal northern regions that border Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Terror uptick Former premier urges Centre to include K-P in talks on terror uptick in Pakistan ISLAMABAD Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Tuesday warned the federal government against making \u2018dangerous and careless\u2019 statements about \u2018attacking\u2019 Afghanistan. The former premier\u2019s remarks came during his address at the PTI\u2019s seminar on the resurgence of terrorism. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304767,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-306645","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n