Imran's bouncer: Mush is licking Atal's feet

Author: ANI
Publication: The Times of India
Date: December 8, 2003
URL: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/346090.cms

Pakistan under General Pervez Musharraf does not have policies of its own, and is 'licking the feet' of Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, claimed former cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan.
 
Speaking to reporters at Talagang, a sub-district of Pakistan's Punjab province, Imran said: "We have no policy of our own. Our government is licking the feet of Vajpayee," adding that the present government is also a lackey of the US.
 
He also said that his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party was not inclined to accept President Pervez Musharraf in uniform even after passage of constitutional package by the two-thirds majority of both the houses of Parliament.
 
"We will accept the constitutional package as law after it is tabled by the government in the Parliament and is validated by the two thirds majority of both the houses. However we will not nod our yes to president in uniform,"  Online News quoted him, as saying.
 
He observed that his party is engaged in a fight for a change in the archaic system.
 
"The day our courts will be free from all pressure, the country and countrymen will see heralding of real democracy and prosperity," he said.

Citing the Commonwealth's decision to continue with Pakistan's suspension, he said it was a right one.
 
He also predicted that an unprecedented change in Pakistan is imminent, adding that there could probably be a revolution.
 
"We should seek resolution of the Kashmir issue around the negotiating table without budging from our stated position," he said.
 
He also ruled out the possibility of general elections in 2004 and opined that Nawaz Sharif and Benazir should return to the country and play their due role in national politics.
 
 

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