Summary The Ring Road in Peshawar is blocked to choke Nato supplies.
PESHAWAR (Dunya News) - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, addressing a protest rally in Peshawar on Saturday, maintained that peace cannot be attained till the US drone strikes are stopped.
“Before the elections, we promised to bring peace to the country. But without drones being stopped, peace cannot be attained.
“For the first time in the history of Pakistan, a democratic government along with all other parties had agreed that the time for war has ended, and it is time for dialogue,” Imran said, adding that the drone strike which killed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader Hakimullah Mehsud sabotaged the peace process.
Jamaat-e-Islami s Secretary General Liaqat Baloch announced to block Nato supply routes in Karachi tomorrow.
Awami Muslim League (AML) President and MNA Sheikh Rasheed, who was the first speaker at the protest, said: “We are being killed by dengue, hepatitis, tuberculosis, electricity, gas, inflation as well as drones.”
He also spoke against the federal government harshly during his speech.
PTI Vice-Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that when PTI Chairman Imran Khan was talking about drones, no one listened to him. “Now even the UN secretary general says that they [drone strikes] are in violation of international laws. They call it war crimes,” he said.
The Ring Road in Peshawar, which is the main supply route for Nato, and the Pak-Afghan border at Torkham was blocked to choke Nato supplies. Security measures were also taken to avoid any untoward situation.
