The Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Imran Khan, has strongly condemned the Nato helicopter's attack on Salala check post in the Mohmand Agency which resulted in the death of 20 security personnel. He termed it an insane and 'immoral brutality'. A press release issued here on Saturday said that the PTI chief has said that the attacks reflect the hollowness and counter-productivity of Pakistan's involvement in the aimless 'war on terror' "unleashed to subdue the proud people of the region".
"Already", he observed, "Pakistan has sacrificed 40,000 people and an equal number of people had been maimed and become handicapped". "Pakistan has also incurred a loss of over $75 billion in the bargain; yet it is being incessantly targeted by the forces of its so-called 'ally'," he added. He said that the government's continued involvement in the senseless war was a blatant violation of the all parties' resolution that called for 'giving peace a chance'.
He said that the government had failed to safeguard Pakistan's security and strategic interests because of the compromises it had made under the NRO with foreign forces to come to power in the country. It did not have the moral stature to stand up for defending Pakistan's strategic interests and should, therefore, quit immediately.
Imran said that Pakistan's involvement in the war had radicalised its society and was also breeding anti-Americanism. "Time has come for the government to pull out of this inhuman conflict and initiate a purposeful dialogue to bring peace to the country and the region. Pakistan's continued involvement in this war would only produce more militancy and destruction," he said.