... aka
Taliban Khan, who who convinced himself that playing cricket qualified him to lead a nuclear-armed nation with severe personality problems...
has called upon the federal government to equip the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
(KP) police with tools to gather intelligence in order to effectively counter terrorism.
The 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) chairman was addressing a presser in the lovely provincial capital of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
on Monday. Terming terrorism as Pakistain's national issue, Imran said KP was on the frontline in combating the scourge.
The PTI chairman demanded the Nawaz-led government at the centre to deploy Frontier Constabulary (FC) forces in the province. "We demand the government to ensure FC deployment on its original positions -- which were to protect the KP province from unrest in the tribal areas," Imran told news hounds.
Though the PTI chairman commended the efforts of the police, he said it was not the job of the police to combat terrorism.
"Police are not trained for this," he said.