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India-Pakistan
PM announces international airport for Bannu
2016-05-04
[DAWN] 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...
announced the establishment of an international airport in Bannu, alongside other development projects in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
(KP) on Tuesday.

"We will build an international airport in Bannu," the premier told a cheering crowd. "Repeat with me: This is 'Naya Pakistain'," he hit out at 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) with their oft-repeated slogan.

In an address ostensibly aimed at wooing voters away from the ruling party in KP, Nawaz announced uplift projects for the province and lashed out at the PTI as both parties continue to trade barbs over Panamagate.

A war of words between opposition leaders and the government has escalated over the past few weeks, with some opposition parties holding anti-corruption rallies and calling for the PM's resignation over allegations of corruption after the Panama Papers revealed the Sharif family's offshore holdings.

PM Nawaz and 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 ...
in Bannu. ─ DawnNews
Posted by:Fred

#1  If it ever gets built, I have this mental picture of 'passengers' going through the corridors carrying all sorts of weaponry; a scene right out of 'Airplane.'
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2016-05-04 07:48  

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