Imran urges govt to help US in Afghan pull out

LAHORE: Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan Tuesday urged Pakistan government to use its 'influence on Haqqani Network and peace talks' to help the US pack up in Afghanistan, Geo News reported.

During his visit to the dengue ward in Services Hospital Lahore, Imran Khan also offered to play his role for holding peace talks with Haqqani Network.

"All the political parties must wake up to the reality that the success of All Parties Conference hinges directly on the fact that lasting solution to the war on terror will come about politically and not militarily," he asserted.

He said in order to come out successfully from the mire of existing problems, Pakistan would have to pull out its forces from tribal areas. He declared escalation in North Waziristan as an act of committing a suicide.

"The US itself is trying to seek a political solution to the US pull out from Afghanistan but at the same time exerting pressure on Pakistan to launch an offensive in North Waziristan," Imran Khan observed.