PTI, Islamabad :
Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan on Friday claimed the Taliban’s decision to hold talks under Pakistan’s Constitution has exposed the lobby that was deliberately maligning him with labels like ” Taliban Khan”.
Khan said his consistent assertion that the Tehrik-e- Taliban Pakistan’s terrorism was the result of the US-led campaign against terror had been validated as the main demands of the militants were related to Pakistan extricating itself from the US-led war and
the stopping of drone attacks.
“It has always been evident, and never more starkly than today, that the dollar-dependent lobby has been deliberately maligning me with false labels such as ‘Taliban Khan’, simply to draw attention away from the clear link between the US war on terror and terrorism in Pakistan,” he said in a statement.
The Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf chief’s detractors have often criticized him for being soft on the Taliban and for not speaking out against attacks perpetrated by militants.
Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan on Friday claimed the Taliban’s decision to hold talks under Pakistan’s Constitution has exposed the lobby that was deliberately maligning him with labels like ” Taliban Khan”.
Khan said his consistent assertion that the Tehrik-e- Taliban Pakistan’s terrorism was the result of the US-led campaign against terror had been validated as the main demands of the militants were related to Pakistan extricating itself from the US-led war and
the stopping of drone attacks.
“It has always been evident, and never more starkly than today, that the dollar-dependent lobby has been deliberately maligning me with false labels such as ‘Taliban Khan’, simply to draw attention away from the clear link between the US war on terror and terrorism in Pakistan,” he said in a statement.
The Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf chief’s detractors have often criticized him for being soft on the Taliban and for not speaking out against attacks perpetrated by militants.
