Nato supplies to be blocked indefinitely

ISLAMABAD - Condemning the US drone strike in the settled area of Hangu, PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday announced blocking of NATO supplies for indefinite period from KPK, urging the present government to take a firm stand against drone strikes inside Pakistan.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, PTI chairman said these are the defining moments for the nation to take its decisions.
He strongly condemned drone attack in Hangu and said the attack was carried out in settled area of the country for the first time and the US has got courage to attack anywhere in the country, including its capital due to dual policies of the present government. “I ask a question from Nawaz Sharif have you adopted dual policies like the previous government? People of Pakistan will no more accept your policies,” Imran said.
He said that the prime minister is busy in foreign visits while people are being killed from Peshawar to Karachi. Lashing out at the government for its double standards, he said that Nawaz government doing the same job as previous governments had done by secretly allowing US for drone attacks inside country’s territory. He said Nawaz Sharif has presented weak stance over drone issue with the US president added that a brave leadership is need of time to rule the country. He said that lives of people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are in danger as Americans have started missile attacks in the settled areas of the province. PTI chief said that prime minister has not bothered to condemn Thursday strike in country’s settled area added that Nawaz Sharif has no interest in country’s grave situation as he was busy in foreign trips.
“Honeymoon period for this govt is over and ended,” he added. He said that PTI will stage a strong protest against drone attacks in Peshawar on Saturday and appealed to the people to join this protest. He said that drone attacks are war crimes and Peshawar High Court has already given its verdict in this regard. Imran Khan vowed to block NATO supplies on official level, saying that Thursday drone attack was carried out on KPK soil therefore provincial government ha right to halt these supplies officially.
He said that initially PTI workers were planning to stop NATO supplies within KPK but after Hangu attack, provincial government machinery could be used for this purpose. Khan said his party would stage a strong protest on roads in KPK added that an emergency meeting of provincial cabinet has also been called to discuss post-drone attack in Hangu.
He said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government would convene emergency meeting of the cabinet to discuss the issue of latest drone attack in the province. To a query will his party stop NATO supplies from Balochistan too, Imran Khan said if Balochistan government is handed over to PTI, they would obviously halt these supplies until US stops missile attacks in Pakistan. Giving his views on Rawalpindi tragedy, Imran Khan termed Rawalpindi tragedy as part of international conspiracy.
Imran said Rawalpindi incident was failure of the government, whereas major responsibility rests with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s domain. Imran Khan underlined terrorism is a stumbling block in the way of foreign investment. He said he would soon release pictures and names of those killed in the latest drone attack in Hangu. He said that government is keen to establish peace with India while peace was first needed for the country. “Nawaz taking more interest in ‘Amman ki Aasha’” (desire of peace) with India but this is what Pakistan is lacking within its own soil, government wanted ‘Amman ki Asha’ with Modi who is killer of thousands of Muslims,” Imran Khan said. He said ‘Aman ki Asha’ with India is not possible on cost of blood of 70,000 Kashmiris innocent people.