US questions Imran on drone opposition

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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan has said that US authorities detained and questioned him at a Canadian airport last week.
Imran, a former cricket star, led a march to South Waziristan Agency earlier this month to protest drone strikes, which he says end up killing more civilians than militants.
Imran said he boarded a New York-bound plane in Toronto on Friday when two US immigration officials asked him to step outside. The officials made him wait for about 40 minutes before interviewing him for another 20 minutes, he said. “I kept asking them what was this all about, and then one guy interviewed me and he was so confused, he had no idea what he was saying,” Imran Khan told CNN over the phone from Seattle, another stop on his trip. “He was talking about some fund-raising, so I asked him to come to the point, and he said, ‘We’re worried you might use violence against drones.’ I mean, it was so ridiculous, I didn’t even know how to answer it.”
He missed his flight, but eventually made it to New York, and later Seattle, for fund-raisers for his political party. He had two more fund-raisers on the schedule, in San Francisco and Los Angeles, before he returned to Pakistan, Imran said. Imran believed the US officials simply wanted to make him miss an anti-drone protest he was scheduled to lead in the US, without realising the protest had already been postponed because of the Muslim holiday of Eidul Azha. A State Department official acknowledged that Imran Khan was “briefly delayed” before boarding the next flight to the US. “The issue was resolved,” the official said. “Mr Khan is welcome in the United States.”
The PTI chief has been a fierce critic of US policy in Pakistan and the use of drone strikes, calling them a violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty and a strategy that stokes militant anger toward Washington. Imran said he would continue his campaign against drone strikes in Pakistani Tribal Areas, despite American objections. “Drone attacks must stop,” he said at an event later, pointing out that innocent Pakistani lives were being lost. He said he also told them that those who supported the drone strikes were not friends of the US. “My stand on drones is very clear. I did not say sorry to them,” he told reporters after arriving in New York. “I still couldn’t understand why they did this. The official was questioning me about drones but I think he himself didn’t understand what he was talking about,” he added.

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46 COMMENTS

  1. It does not seem reasonable that Imran is talking right agaisnt America.He is bullahitting and tries to get favor and symphasies from innocnt people of Pakistan.He is playing dual game and actually he is American agent and befool the nation.Otherwise he should have and openly ctricise American with courage.Now people come to know his foxy tactics.

    • IMRANKHAN NIAZI ASHAMED OF HIS FATHERS NAME –CALLS HIMSELF FALSE PATHAN – FAKE MUSLIM KAAFIR CORRUPT FIRANGIGUALM -HAS NEVER GIVEN A PENNY FOR SICK POOR OF PAKISTAN – MORALLY NIGHTCLUBSDALAAL- PAK AND HUMBLE PAK PEOPLES DONOT DESERVE A NIGHCLUBSDALAAL AS PM ..MAY ALLAH SAVE PAK FROM NIGHTCLUBSDALAALS ..

  2. Mr. Younus and Miss Nazia,

    If you don’t have something to say meaningful then it’s better to have your mouth shut. If you can’t keep your mouth shut then bring something debatable.

    Stop wasting your time by saying something in stupid words about IK.

    Let us come to the power and will see you later on!!!

    • DONOT GET CHOLERA AT BOTH ENDS WHILE U LAUGH AT UR OWN PATHETIC TRAGIC SELF .. HOPE U SOON GET BETTER ..TO STOP U FOULMOUTHING ..NOW TALK WITH RESPECTFULLY TO LADIES ..

  5. @Nazia,,,you are comparing Imran Khan with SRK? Are you out of your mind…?lol.
    What is political stunt here? At least he has the guts to face the terror from USA. Long live Imran Khan, may Allah (swt) be with you. Ameen.

    • CIA AGENTS MAKING ""BRAVO MAN "" OUT OF KAAFIRIMRANKHANNIAZI –ANATHER PUBLICITY STUNT ..IMKNIAZI WAS SEEN ON USA TV SAYING HE FULLY SUPPORTS USA POLICIES ON PAKISTAN -IN PAKISTAN -IN AFGANISTAN … THOSE WHO HAVE CHOSEN DEAF AND BLIND — TASHFEEN — CANNOT SEE -CANNOT HEAR THE BITTER HARSH TRUTH …==KAAFIRS.. .. SACH -TRUTH KORAN 1 CHAPTER

    • what is this mystery here I have replied 7 hrs ago but you people were replying me 11 or 15 hrs means 4 or 8 hrs respectively before I commented under this topic
      .what is this?
      by the way who is SRK?
      and for your kind information it is some kind of compulsive guts for all Pakistanis to face the wrath of immigration services while traveling specially after 911.

  8. Just waitED for 40 minutes made him and his team annoyed like that Normal Pakistanis are interrogated more than 3 0r 4 hour waiting time at JFK airport and if found suspicious or something unusual seen in his luggage or traveling waiting time can be longer than one expectation.They have full rights to even deport any one without giving any kind of reason.it is not once or twice but many times high officials or retired military or bureaucrat officers were sent back without telling them any reason
    These political stunts has no value.If JFK airport officials can halt shah rukh khan then why not this IK.

  12. MOHD ANWAR- foulmouth arrogant stupid imrankhan niazi tout abusing nazia and yunus who told the truth … typical scumbg anwar

  13. Dont worry about negative comments. Things will settle down, Imran Khan will win the next elections and then we can pay back the way we want. Lets Just Do It! and SUPPORT IK to the end-a MUST WIN situation.

  14. it seems that ,Muhammad Anwar is the tattoo of Imran Khan that's why he is using such unethical language against the commentators, he must be aware that everyone has right to raise criticism on the national leaders, and Imran Khan should also held protests against the cruelties of Talibans.

  16. in tne name of ALLAH the great- please open your brains eyes ears look listen and learn- IMRANKHAN NIAZI FALSE PATHAN FALSE PAKISTANI -HE CHEATED his own mother whom he promised to marry a good pakistani wife –soon after his mother died -he brought 150 striptease go go dancers to LAHORE WHO PERFORMED PRIVATE STRIPTEASE SHOWS FOR 6 MONTHS FOR IMRANKHAN NIAZI RICH ""FRIENDS"" IN LAHORE –REPORTED BY PAK MEDIA AND TV AT THE TIME … THIS NIGHTCLUBS DALAAL SHALL BE DISASTER FOR PAK AND HUMBLE PAK PEOPLES .. IMRANKHAN NIAZI TOOK RS 15 CRORES FROM INDIAN NDTV MEDIA CHANNEL 2011 –DEPOSITED IN IMKNIAZZI ACCOUNT IN DUBAI … PPP OR PML-N SIMPLE CHOICE — PAK NEEDS ONLY 2 MAIN PARTIES ..

  19. @ The Patriot. Does the country has a good name? Crawl out of your mama's hole and look around. Be sure to move the snake out of the way so you can look 🙂

    • hahaha so it is okay for you to abuse IK but if you get abused in return then that is not on 🙂 You are such a hypocrite. Ever heard of the saying "as you sow so shall you reap" or "what goes around comes around"?

  22. NOKAAFIR. Will you please work on your english. You make no sense and it just goes to show that you are an illeterate low life clerk at some govt office. Please spare us the misery of trying to read your comments.

    • nawaz-whatever- fo-sobsog! even if I am clerk – whar r u sobsog imrankhan niazi tout ???? any abuses ==same to you x22222.. now does that make sense to you ??

      • @NOKAAFIR. I bet you madrassa did not hold english classes. Why are you abusing others? Work on you english first before you make a fool out of yourself in public forums.

  24. The people who are opposing Imran Khan are certainly Munafiqs and un human. How a human being can support drones? These assassination drones are killing children, women & men and scattering their body parts. No one remains recognisable. At one instance, drones attacked a primary school and killed more than 80 school children. Small Children. Only a beast can support drones. If Imran Khan openly opposing Drones, why other are not? They are sold out and in reality the people opposing Imran Khan's stand are either beasts are sold out people. For them America is the real GOD not Allah Almighty. Shame on you people, the drone attack supporters and anti Imran Khan. If we start drone attacks on George Bush – the biggest terrorist – and kill him with his family and neibours, will you justify it?????????

    • m arif r u human or gulam e azam of nightclubsdalaal imrankhan niazi who is cheating pak peoples by saying popular things even though imkhanniazi lives off moneys from jewish gamblers tips !!!!!! IMKHANNIAZI IS FIRANGI GULAM..ANTI ISLAM –U ARIF R ARROGANT FOULMOUTH IDT !!! DEAF BLIND TO TRUTH ..

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