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Sunday, October 03, 2010
ANP condemns drone attacks, NATO incursions
Staff Report
PESHAWAR: The Awami National Party (ANP) has condemned the attack inside Pakistan by NATO forces besides growing drone attacks in the country, declaring it a sheer violation of the UN charter.
“Innocent tribespersons are being killed in these attacks. ANP never supported drone attacks in Pakistan,” ANP Provincial President Senator Afrasiyab Khattak said at a press conference at the Peshawar Press Club on Saturday.
He said that the NATO mandate to fight terrorism was confined only to Afghanistan and they could not launch any kind of attack in the territorial jurisdiction of Pakistan. “It is the prerogative of Pakistani security agencies and they are effectively doing their job,” he said.
Enumerating the services of ANP after coming into power, he said that the party succeeded in giving a name to the province, getting the provinces’ share increased in the National Finance Commission Award and respectable repatriation of millions of internally-displaced persons.
He added that the clear-cut policy of ANP on militancy and the sacrifices it rendered to restore peace in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa earned great respect and a large number of political leaders and workers were joining the party. “Our victory in by-polls is witness to the fact that the ANP is getting much popular among the masses,” he asserted.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk