NATO, ISAF must know limits: Asfandyar

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Condemning the US aggression on Pakistani soil and killing of 24 soldiers in the border area of Mohmand agency, the re-elected Central President of the Awami National Party, Asfandyar Wali Khan on Wednesday said NATO and ISAF must know their limits as according to the Charter of the United Nation their powers were only restricted within Afghan boundaries. He was addressing an ANP electoral meeting at the Chief Minister’s House. The electoral process of the party election started at 10:30pm under the supervision of Senator Haji Adil who was chairman of the Central Election Commission. During the electoral meeting some amendments were also made in the ANP constitution in which the number of woman office bearers was increased to 10.
Asfandyar said the United States and NATO had made several attempts to violate Pakistan’s sovereignty but due to the government’s “cool response” they were emboldened to attack repeatedly. “It was time we resisted such attacks instead of just condemning them,” he said. He said after achieving their political goals, the next priority of the party was restoration of peace. He said the solution to all problems lay in democracy. Most of the party office bearers were willing to re-elect Asfandyar as party’s central president and Afrasiab Khattak as provincial president.
This was the fourth consecutive term for Asfandyar central president as president of the party. The total strength of the central council was 540 which included 100 members from each province besides elected MPAs, MNAs and senators of the party. The ANP leader, who has survived a life attempt, particularly after his party formed government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and became a part of the ruling coalition in the Centre, Sindh and Balochistan. He was first elected as central president in 1998, then in 2003 and for third term in 2007 while this is his fourth term after electing on 30 November 2011. Despite the loss of over 200 workers and two legislators of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, Dr Shamsher Ali Khan and Alam Zeb, in terrorist attacks, there has been no change in the ANP and its government’s anti-terrorism policy.

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  1. The story translated across the world by word of mouth is that this man chose to receive benefits rather than become the president of Pakistan. Asif Ali Zardari has helped him and his family find 'suitable' accommodation in Dubai. He has made investments in Malaysia.

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