He is not just saying that Pak has no threat from Taliban, rather he is saying that Pak has no threat even from Taliban ideology.
Imran also says that he supports the Pakistan Defence Council, which is the amalgamation of various violent extremist organizations in the country like Sipahe Sahaba and Jamatud Dawa.
Do you agree with him on these points?
No threat to Pakistan from Taliban ideology: Imran
LONDON: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf chairman Imran Khan has defined the insurgency in Pakistan-Afghanistan Pushtun dominated areas as a “fight for Pashtun solidarity against a foreign invader”, insisting that “there is no threat to Pakistan from the Taliban ideology” and that he will completely pull out of the war on terror after coming to power.
Khan defended his alliance with extremist group—Pakistan Defence Council—on the grounds that his party needed to reach out to everybody, without endorsing their Islamist views.
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BTW, Captain1, you are ok with Imran working with these terrorists, but you were criticizing Sanaullah for working with the same terrorists. Why does a sin not remain a sin when it comes to Imran? Why this hypocrisy?
*I started watching Imran Khan and his PTI more closely: who are the main people in PTI, what is their background, what are their views? I must say I got scared when I found many of them are from Jamat-e-Islami. Then a few weeks back pictures emerged that some people close to Irman Khan like Ejaz Chauhdry (Vice President of PTI), are mingling and hugging terrorists of Lashkr-e-Jhangivi, Sipah-e-Sahaba, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Khatam-e-Nabuwat etc. That proved to be the last nail in the coffin of my so called romance and the feeling came: You too Brutus?
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*I had no hopes from Nawaz Sharif and co as in my view they can sleep with devil to get power; so Sharifs’ close contacts with killer Saudi kings or theirlaw minister’s alliance with Sipah-e-Sahabaand Shahbaz Sharif’s assistance to Malik Ishaq was not a surprise to me. *
*But the kind of people who have gathered around Imran Khan, people like Ejaz Chaudhry, Arif Alvi and other Jamatyas, I think Khan has started his down fall of the dream of building a peaceful, strong Pakistan where different sects, religions, authenticities, ideologies are to be treated with equality and respect.
Imran Khan has refused to condemn the Baloch and Shia genocides currently taking place at the hands of Pakistan’s military establishment and their proxies. While he has actively organized and participated in demonstrations against drone attacks on Taliban-Al Qaeda hideouts in FATA, why no such activity against Baloch killings and Shia killings?
**Still some people might vote for Imran Khan particularly those who have been disappointed by the vacuum Nawaz Sharif and Asif Zardari have created due to their mismanagement, corruption and incompetence. This vacuum may benefit Imran Khan and some people might vote for him which might bring him to power. But my dreams are shattered, the romance is over. Now it’s only a choice of going for a lesser eveil as compared to the two bigger ones. *
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While I may not agree with everything that Imran Khan says but on the other hand I dont see any other alternative as well presently. When there is an alternative then I'll see but at the moment its only a choice between PMLN, PPP and PTI.
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I will not agree with his statement that Pakistan is not threatened with taleban ideology, I don't think that they can take over the country as well. And I do believe that the policies of the previous and present regime has pushed some people who would have been neutral otherwise to the other side. I am pretty sure that even the taleban would have been tired of all this, and the ordinary people have also seen their real face of taleban which should ensure that the taleban don't return.
Even if we get out of the war does not necessarily means that we should pull out the forces from the affected areas. If the reasons for creation of taleban are removed, the situation might improve but still it will take some time to get rid of this menace.
Taleban need to be isolated with the help of local public and the lives of the affected people need to be improved through education, health and job opportunities. The seccesionist movements in eastern India have died down with the improvement in economy there. A multipronged strategy is required to get rid of this scourge once for all.
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^^ He will only be a good talker until people give him the chance to serve the country. Also, other people who are running the country or have had chances to run it, did nothing but ruin it.
Re: "No threat to Pakistan from Taliban ideology": Imran
I will not agree with his statement that Pakistan is not threatened with taleban ideology, I don't think that they can take over the country as well. And I do believe that the policies of the previous and present regime has pushed some people who would have been neutral otherwise to the other side. I am pretty sure that even the taleban would have been tired of all this, and the ordinary people have also seen their real face of taleban which should ensure that the taleban don't return.
Even if we get out of the war does not necessarily means that we should pull out the forces from the affected areas. If the reasons for creation of taleban are removed, the situation might improve but still it will take some time to get rid of this menace.
Taleban need to be isolated with the help of local public and the lives of the affected people need to be improved through education, health and job opportunities. The seccesionist movements in eastern India have died down with the improvement in economy there. A multipronged strategy is required to get rid of this scourge once for all.
You've been arguing in several threads proposing the same multipronged strategy that combines armed and non-armed responses. That isnt different from the rhetoric, atleast, of the current admin. Nevertheless you can find flaws in their policies. You can say it hasnt worked so far, or that their policies were implemented poorly or with double intentions, and you would be right and have no argument from me. I am far from happy with how the Taliban have been fought.
But there are plenty of severe problems in Pakistan. We've been officially trying to eliminate corruption and poverty for decades. We've been officially trying to improve our healthcare system and economy for decades. And you can always prescribe different policies to handle these issues.
But what IK sahab does is start saying polio isnt a disease. We can solve poverty and starvation by saying we dont have a problem with poverty and starvation as thats just an advanced dieting program. Corruption can be eliminated by legalizing it. Thats the problem, not that he is an ideas man, but that he has a remarkable appetite for accepting (and defending) the unacceptable.
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Imran Khan must have been smoking some really bad stuff considering how bloody stupid that statement is.
Not only statement his acts too. He could do whatever to get power and the DADBA he have now have all kind of animals guess what when they get wild the promises making IK with them not fulfill after he get in power.
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I also do not subscribe to Imran's views that Pakistan has no threat from Taliban's ideology. While Pakistan might not have threat from Taliban, but their ideology of conquering the world through Kalashnikovs, AK47 and stubbornness is not only a threat to Pakistan, it is a threat to the image of Islam and every Muslim around the world.
Having said that, this statment still does not make PPP or PML (a to z) any favourite of mine. Imran will need to issues thousands of such statements to be as bad as Zardari, Sharifs, Chaudhrys and Walis.
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So it is ok to work and support Sipahe Sahaba by just saying that we do not endorse their views?!
Did Imran make distinction between Taliban and Tehreeke Taliban?
if you could see, the distinction between "support" and work with them.
BTW, Captain1, you are ok with Imran working with these terrorists, but you were criticizing Sanaullah for working with the same terrorists. Why does a sin not remain a sin when it comes to Imran? Why this hypocrisy?
Sanaullah didn't "work with them", rather he supported them, joined their rallies.
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Imran is like Ron Paul without the experience to back it up. Paul says Taliban is no threat, dumb Americans don't understand. Same here, dumb Pakistanis don't understand the root of the problem.