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India-Pakistan
Nato supplies to be blocked after Nov 20, Imran tells NA
2013-11-05
[Dawn] Taking part in the National Assembly's debate over emerging situation in the aftermath of Pak Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud's killing, Imran Khan
... aka Taliban Khan, who is the lightweight's lightweight...
Monday threatened to cut the NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
supply lines in KP after November 20 upon assessing the government's reaction on the issue.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) leader Mehsud, along with at least four other myrmidons, was killed when a US drone targeted his car in the North Wazoo tribal area of Pakistain near the Afghan border on Friday evening.

The session of the lower house of Parliament, which commenced after a delay of two-and-a-half hour, was reserved for the debate, setting aside the routine agenda items.

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) chief Imran Khan's party rules the restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
province, one of the two routes the NATO supplies move in and out of Afghanistan.

He warned the US to stop bombing Pak land through its unmanned planes' campaign and vowed to block the NATO supplies after Nov 20, "if government fail to pursue America to end drone strikes."

The cricket legend-turned politician, who is a strong opponent of US drone strikes in tribal areas of Pakistain, urged politicians to unite on the matter "at the defining movements of country's history." He said the drone attack before initiation of peace talks was a proof that the US did not want peace in the country.

He lauded the efforts of Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan for initiating grinding of the peace processor.

Despite all political differences, Khan said he was ready to reconcile with Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam
...Assembly of Islamic Clergy, or JUI, is a Pak Deobandi (Hanafi) political party. There are two main branches, one led by Maulana Fazlur Rahman, and one led by Maulana Samiul Haq. Fazl is active in Pak politix and Sami spends more time running his madrassah. Both branches sponsor branches of the Taliban, though with plausible deniability...
-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman
Deobandi holy man, known as Mullah Diesel during the war against the Soviets, his sympathies for the Taliban have never been tempered by honesty ...
.

Earlier, Interior Minister Nisar updated the house of the government's efforts in holding peace talks with the Talibs and hurdles being created in doing so.

He again termed the US drone attack, that killed the TTP leader on Friday, "a conspiracy to derail grinding of the peace processor."

"Drone attacks are earning a bad name for a nuclear power. United States is not caring for Pakistain's protest and if grinding of the peace processor sabotages due to United States then onus will not be on the government, the armed forces and Taliban."

The minister, however, vowed to continue with efforts for holding peace talks with Taliban. "This would only be possible after the myrmidon outfit chooses a new chief," he added.

"Situation is more gruesome than the point from where we had initiated peace efforts in September this year," he said.

"But, we need to have consensus and proceed as success of dialogue will be success of all stakeholders," he called upon politicianship of the country.

Meanwhile,
...back at the chili cook-off, Chuck reached for the green sauce...
the meeting of Cabinet Committee on National Security (CCNS) is also underway to review overall situation in the wake of Hakimullah Mehsud's killing. The interior minister on Saturday said that bilateral cooperation and ties with the US will be reviewed in the meeting.
Posted by:Fred

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