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Militants wearing suicide vests forced ‘peace deal’: ANP chief | Awami National Party (ANP) chief Asfandyar Wali Khan has said the peace accord between the Taliban and the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Government was inked under pressure from the extremists. “One militant wearing a suicide vest placed himself behind
Afrasiab Khattak and one behind Mian Iftikhar (the party’s senior leaders) during
the signing ceremony,” The Dawn quoted Khan, as saying. Khan said the peace agreement
collapsed due to the obstinate attitude of the Taliban leaders. Commenting on
the current political crisis in the country with different quarters raising demands
for President Asif Ali Zardari ’s resignation, he said the ANP would stand by
the President in such eventuality. “The president can only be removed through
impeachment or through a vote of no confidence, and we will stand by him in the
event of him being removed using unconstitutional means,” Khan said. He also rejected
the notion regarding threat to the Pakistan People’s Party ( PPP ) government
by the Army. “I don’t think Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani will derail
the democracy,” Khan told reporters during a press conference at the Chief Minister’s
House here. |
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