...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) Chairman Imran Khan
... aka
Taliban Khan, who who convinced himself that playing cricket qualified him to lead a nuclear-armed nation with severe personality problems...
on Friday demanded another all-parties conference for talks with the Taliban.
Imran said the government should explain as to why the dialogue process could not be initiated. Addressing a presser at his residence, Imran questioned how could the dialogue fail even before starting. He deplored the attitude of the government, pointing out that 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...
does not even have time to hold a meeting with the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
chief minister, who has been trying to get an appointment with him for the past two months.
The PTI chief also accused the PML-N-led government of "fixing the match" over Taliban and asked Nawaz Sharif whether or not he had asked the US to stop drone strikes, which is a pre-condition set by the Taliban for entering into dialogue. Imran noted that the issue of drone strikes was supposed to be taken to the UN Security Council by the government, but unfortunately that did not happen. Commenting on the criticism of PTI for advocating talks with the Taliban, Imran said when talks haven't formally started, how could PTI be criticised.
Imran Khan expressed his unwillingness to hold peace talks with Taliban, saying he lacks authority. He said he cannot hold talks with the Taliban as neither his party is in power at the federal level nor has he any authority over the armed services. About the military operation in North
Wazoo, the PTI chief said going by the briefing given in the APC held in September last year the success rate of the military operation in the area is just forty percent. Commenting on the resignation of ex-NADRA chief, Imran said Tariq Malik resigned under the government's pressure. He announced to move the court against the appointment of the new NADRA chief. Imran demanded the incumbent chief justice of Pakistain to take suo motu...a legal term, from the Latin. Roughly translated it means
I saw what you did, you bastard...
notice over the matter. He said that Tariq Malik and his family had received threats, and accused the Interior Ministry of failing to address Malik's security concerns.