| PTI ignores Taliban threat, to go ahead with march |
ISLAMABAD Brushing aside a reported threat by the Taliban to kill its chief Imran Khan, the Pakistan Tehriki Insaaf (PTI) announced on Thursday that it was determined to go ahead with its planned peace march to Miramshah in North Waziristan to protest against US drone attacks.
Regardless of the authenticity of the threat, the PTI would go ahead with its planned peace rally, said the cricketer-turned-politician in a statement while commenting on the reports which quoted a TTP spokesman that Khan would be attacked by suicide bombers if he tried to enter the area.
“This rally will demonstrate solidarity with the people of Waziristan whose life has been turned into a living hell by repeated drone attacks,” he said.
Referring to the alleged TTP threat, he said: “A man of faith does not fear death.”
About the charge of his being a liberal, Khan said: “Only God understands what is in a person’s heart and such labels are meaningless.
“It would be an honour to give the ultimate sacrifice of one’s life to protest American lack of care for the innocent men, women and children of Waziristan who have died in thousands by American drone attacks.”
He said this was a march that would project to the world the hardship of the ordinary people of the region who had been caught in a brutal and senseless conflict.
“No real or imagined threats would, therefore, diminish the resolve of the party to lead a peace rally to Waziristan,” Khan added.
By arrangement with Dawn
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