*ISLAMABAD: Unveiling the treacherous mindset of Mohsin Dawar, FederalMinister for Communication and Postal Services Murad Saeed claimed thatleader of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) used to give statements in favorof US drone strikes in North Waziristan. *
Speaking on the floor of National Assembly on Monday, the minister shedlight on yesterday’s attack on a check post in North Waziristan, sayingthat member of National Assembly Mohsin Dawar incited his PTM workers tocarry out the assault.
Referring to the Constitution of Pakistan and the right of freedom ofspeech, Saeed said “those two people [Mohsin Dawar and Ali Wazir] havetaken oath on this constitution,” which bars all citizens from speakinganything which hurts the integrity and defense of the country, yet theyspeak ill of the state’s institutions.
He also slammed opposition parties for being in power in the past andfailing to rehabilitate the people of N. Waziristan following theoperations against terrorism.
It is pertinent to note that a day earlier, as many as five Army personnelwere wounded in a attack on a check post in North Waziristan by a group ofPTM, Inter Service Public Relation had said.
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In a statement, ISPR had said that the attackers came with a motive torelease some suspected terrorists, however, three attackers had been killedand 10 others sustained injuries in the exchange of fire.
PTM’s leader Ali Wazir among seven aides had been taken into custodywhereas Mohsin Dawar [Member of National Assembly and PTM’s leader] hadmanaged to flee from the scene.
