...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....
chairman Imran Khan
... aka
Taliban Khan, who is the lightweight's lightweight...
on Sunday said the military should temporarily halt bombardments in areas of North Wazoo where the civilian population has not evacuated.
"The operation should not be conducted in villagers where women and kiddies are present as they are currently stranded," Imran said in a presser in the capital.
He also said that according to information available with the party, militancy will spread to areas bordering Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
in the wake of the operation and that the police and security should be beefed up.
He urged the federal government to meet with the provincial government and chalk out a plan to facilitate the influx of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) as well as growing security concerns.
"The prime minister should stop his foreign trips and plan for rehabilitation. This planning should have happened before but the KP government was not informed of the operation."
He also appealed to the Sindh and Punjab provincial governments to facilitate the IDPs. "I appeal to Sindh and Punjab not to stop people who are collateral damage of the operation from entering their provinces."
"These are Paks. It is not their fault. They are angry. They are being shunned."