Imran Khan Stopped from Entering USA Questioned over DRONE STANCE

[Zafar Malik]

Re: geo khan se

for you kind information woh shaukat khanam hospital key leyey nahin gaya hai woh PTI key fundraising key leyey gayey hain...pahley apna fact clear karo....2nd aisi funding ka keya faida keh jahan par insan dron key khilaf baat he na kar sakey....kam az kam thora sa ihtejaj hee kar leyay...ab keya swalat keyey gayey hain hamein iska keya pata .....

IK ke liye siasat bhi itni hi pakeeza khidmat hai jitna shaukat khanum hospital
woh pakistan aur pakistani awam ke liye hi sabkuch kar rahein hein aur hamein tanqeed baraay tanqeed ki parwah nah karte hoe pti ka sath deina hai . kiunkeh woh hi pakistan ki doobti kashti par laga sakta hai . thanks

 

[WatanDost]

Imran Khan interrogated by US officials about his views on drone strikes

Imran Khan interrogated by US official

2012/10/27 4:53 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan said he was pulled off a flight to New York by U.S. agents on Friday and interrogated about his views on drone strikes.

Khan has been a vociferous opponent of killings by the unmanned U.S. aircraft in Pakistan and has promised to instruct the Pakistani air force to shoot them down if he wins next year's elections.

'I was taken off from plane and interrogated by U.S. Immigration in Canada on my views on drones. My stance is known. Drone attacks must stop,' he wrote on Twitter.

U.S. authorities say they cannot give detailed comments on individual immigration cases due to privacy laws but a State Department official confirmed Khan had been delayed.

'We're aware that he was briefly delayed in Toronto before boarding his flight to the United States. The issue was resolved and Imran Khan is welcome in the United Sates,' said the official.

Earlier this month, Khan led a march to South Waziristan to protest the drone strikes, which have killed between 2,600 and 3,400 Pa kistanis, according to the independent London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism.

Women and children have also been killed. AGENCIES

 

[mr.pti]

USA dont know Imran Khan. They will regret this act. Coward americans made on killing all native indians and than using slaves from africa as workers.

 

[maksyed]

Re: geo khan se

FYI @KK YASIR

@ K K Yasir Kia aap diloon ka haal jantay hein.....aap nein yeh kaisay keh deeya keh mein Naooz Bilah Sunnat-i-Nabi (saw) ki ghustakhi ker rahi thee darhee per tanqeed ker k??? Mein nein categorically aik jaga comments likhay hein keh agar Nabi Kareem (saw) k kirdar ka 1% bhi aaj k mosalmaan amal ker lein tu aadhi dunya khud ba-khud mosalmaan ho jaey gee..... Mein aaj k daor k darhee waloon ko burra samajhti hoon chahay woo kisi maslak se ta'aluq rakhta ho.....yeh loog insanoon aur mosalmanoo ko taqseem kertay hein........mein nein kaha 90% darhee walay dahshat gard hein, bilkul hein balkeh 99% bhi ho saktay hein......Dahshat gard sirf woo nahn jo loogoon ko bomb se oratay hein balkeh woo bhi dahshat gard hein jo member-i-rasool (saw) per baith ker doosray mosalmanoo ko kafir, ya moshrik kehtay hein....Aap nein Allah ko jaan daini hey, koi aik darhee wala, koi aik, mein phir keh rahi hoon, koi aik darhee wala (ba-shart keh uss nein darhee mazhabi bunyad per rakhi ho) tamam firqay k mosalmanoon ko tah-i-dil se mosalmaan samjhta ho aur aap ko woo milay, tu na sirf mein apnay alfaaz wapis loon gee balkeh unn sub se moafi mangooon gee jinki dil aazari hovi hey..........lekin aap ko apnay uss Allah ki qasam ho gee keh aap nein jhoot nahn bolna.......[HI]Meinn nein Allah ki qasam aaj tak koi shakhs, ya aurat jo mazhabi roojhan rakhta/ ya rakhti ho aisa nahn deekha jo kisi doosray maslak walay ko kafir ya moshrik na samajhta ho[/HI]....[HI]Mein Allah ki qasam kha ker keh rahi hoon, mein nein poori apni life mein koi mazhabi shakhs nahn daikha jo doosray maslak se mokhasmat ya boghz na rakhta ho.
[/HI]
Kisi nein mujhay Ahmedi kaha, mein Allah ka shukar adda kerti hoon keh mein aik Moslamaan ghar mein payda hovi hoon aur Allah mujhay imaan ki halat mein hi maot dey, mein aap sub ko gawah bana ker Mohammad (saw) ko Allah ka aakhri rasool maanti hoon....baqi jiss ko jo kehna aur soochna hey, I don't care. Haan mein yeh aalal ilaan kehti hoon, Mujhay Ahmediyoon se koi nafrat nahn, yeh khuda ka aur unn ka moamla hey, mein unn ki hidayat k leeay doa zaroor kerti hoon, lekin mein unn janglioon mein se nahn jo Ahmedioon ki ibadat gahoon per hamlay kertay hein.....Hum aik non-Muslim mulk mein rahtay hein agar yeh hamari masjid per hamla ker dein tu hamein yeh kaisay lagein gey...achay ya burray??? faisla aap per chortee hoon......

That is all from my side......Mein apnein har kaam k leeay sirf aur sirf Allah ko jawab deh hoon, aap ko sirf iss leeay explain ia keh aap nein bari mehnat ker k mujhay ban kerwanein ki koshish ki aur sabit ker deeya jo bhi mazhab se lagaoo rakhta hey woo apnein se mokhtalif views rakhnein walay ko ya tu wajibul qatal samajhta hey ya phir qabl-i-nafrat.....yeh hey aaj ka mosalmaan.....(clap)(clap)(clap)

 

[Flyingfalcon]

Imran Khan, Pakistan Politician And Former Cricket Star, Detained At U.S. Immigration

NEW YORK, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Pakistani politician Imran Kahn, a vocal critic of U.S. drone strikes, was briefly delayed and questioned by U.S. immigration officials in Toronto before being allowed to board a flight to New York, prompting his party to demand an apology from Washington.

Khan told his followers on Twitter that he was detained and interrogated Friday about his views on drones.

A State Department official confirmed Khan had been briefly detained, but said the former Pakistani cricket star was later released to go the United States. "The issue was resolved and Mr. Khan is welcome in the United States," the official said.

Ali Zaidi, senior vice president of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, demanded an apology from U.S. authorities for their two-hour questioning of Khan and his traveling companions, as well as a thorough investigation.

The State Department gave no details about why Khan was detained. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said it was prohibited from discussing specific cases.

Khan, who led a protest march to northern Pakistan this month to protest U.S. drone strikes, vowed to continue opposing the deadly attacks. "Nothing will change my stance," he said.

"I was taken off from plane and interrogated by U.S. Immigration in Canada on my views on drones. My stance is known. Drone attacks must stop," Khan tweeted on Friday afternoon.

Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party said the politician arrived safely in New York on Friday, the first day of the Muslim Eid-al-Adha holiday, after the delay at the Toronto airport and went directly to a fundraising lunch.

Zaidi, of the party, said the incident violated ethical and diplomatic norms and the Pakistani government should complain to the U.S. embassy in Islamabad.

Calling Khan "a celebrated national hero" and a "global icon of colossal stature," Zaidi wrote on the party's website that to "subject him to such clumsy and vicious treatment speaks volumes about the exasperation induced in the American ranks by his heroic and patriotic-minded opposition to the drone program."

In an email, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency declined to comment on the case, but said travelers who wanted to enter the United States bore the burden of proof to establish that they were eligible for admission, and that included overcoming "ALL grounds of inadmissibility."

Pakistani authorities earlier this month stopped a protest led by Khan from entering the troubled region of South Waziristan, a tribal area frequently hit by drone strikes.

Khan blames the Pakistan government for allowing the United States to operate in the country, and has said he will order the Pakistani air force to shoot the unmanned planes down if he wins next year's elections in Pakistan.

Earlier this month, Khan led a march to northern Pakistan to protest the drone strikes, which have killed between 2,600 and 3,400 Pakistanis, according to the independent London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism.

Some Pakistanis say Khan is fanning anti-American sentiment to bolster his political career and criticize him for refusing to condemn atrocities by the Taliban or Pakistani army.

Others praise him for reaching out to Pakistan's northern tribal areas and say he is standing up for a war-ravaged population ignored by mainstream politicians.

The United States says the strikes have killed top Taliban and al Qaeda commanders and that civilian casualties are minimal. But it has not said how targets are selected or how the military determines whether the dead were fighters or civilians.

Reuters | Posted: 10/27/2012 11:34 am EDT Updated: 10/27/2012 2:52 pm EDT

 

[Mr Justice]

Re: Imran Khan, Pakistan Politician And Former Cricket Star, Detained At U.S. Immigration

We, patriotic Pakistanis endorse Imran Khan's views on everything he says. We stand by him and nothing will deter our determination to change Pakistan, for good and forever, Insha Allah.

PTI, Insafians, Imran Khan Zindabaad.....

 

[sngilani]

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ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani politician Imran Khan was pulled off a New York-bound plane by U.S. immigration officials and interrogated about his view on American drone strikes in his country.
Khan, leader of the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI), was headed to New York to attend a fund raiser organized by his party when he was stopped by U.S. officials in Toronto on Friday, he said, AFP reported.

“I was taken off from plane and interrogated by U.S. Immigration in Canada on my views on drones. My stance is known. Drone attacks must stop,” he wrote on Twitter.

Officials from Khan’s party said the delay meant he missed his flight and was late for the party fundraising event in New York, but he insisted “nothing will change my stance”.

“My stand on drones is very clear. I did not say sorry to them,” Khan said after arriving in New York, according to a local news channel.

“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.

The U.S. ambassador to Pakistan “knew that I will always oppose the drone attack, then why (did) they issue me visa”, he later said at the fund raising event.

Ali Zaidi, a senior party leader demanded “a prompt and thorough inquiry into this sordid episode” and sought “an unconditional apology from the U.S. government”.

U.S. officials in Washington declined to comment.

Khan has campaigned vociferously for an end to the U.S. assassination drone strikes on Pakistan’s tribal areas.

He argues they are illegal and counterproductive and earlier this month he led thousands of supporters – and a group of American peace activists – on a march to the edge of the restive tribal districts to protest against drones.

Khan led the two-day protest march against U.S. drone strikes with some 15,000 of his supporters and dozens of Western peace activists to Tank, the last town before the semi-autonomous tribal belt.

It was an unprecedented gesture from a mainstream politician in one of the most dangerous parts of the country.

A survey conducted by the Washington-based Pew Global Attitudes Project in June showed that former cricket star Khan was the most popular politician in the country.

Khan’s stance on Washington’s war on terror, which he calls a war of terror, his opposition to the U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan’s northwest tribal region, and his struggle for the rule of law, justice, equality, and the eradication of corruption, have endeared him to the Pakistanis.

International peace activists have condemned the drone strikes as a violation of international law and a violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty say the policy is breeding extremism and terrorism in the country’s tribal belt.

Washington claims that its airstrikes target militants crossing the border with Afghanistan, but local sources say civilians have been the main victims of the attacks.

In September, a report by the Stanford Law School and the New York University School of Law gave an alarming account of the effect that assassination drone strikes have on ordinary people in Pakistan’s tribal areas. The report noted, “The number of ‘high-level’ targets killed as a percentage of total casualties is extremely low -- estimated at just 2%.”

 

[Flyingfalcon]

US officials 'question Imran Khan on drones'

Imran Khan, the Pakistani cricketer turned politician, has been stopped by US immigration officials and questioned about his views on US drone strikes in his country, party officials have said.
Khan, the leader of the Pakistan Movement for Justice party (PTI), has campaigned vociferously for an end to the controversial US campaign of missile strikes against suspected Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters in Pakistan's tribal areas.
The 59-year-old, who was headed to New York, said he was stopped by US officials in Toronto on Friday.
"I was taken off from plane and interrogated by US Immigration in Canada on my views on drones. My stance is known. Drone attacks must stop," he wrote on Twitter.
Khan said the delay meant he missed his flight and a party fundraising lunch in New York, but insisted "nothing will change my stance".
"My stand on drones is very clear. I did not say sorry to them," Khan told Pakistan's GEO news channel.
Ali Zaidi, a senior party leader, demanded "a prompt and thorough inquiry into this sordid episode" and sought "an unconditional apology from the US government".
Protest march
Earlier this month, Khan, who argues drone strikes are illegal and counterproductive, led thousands of supporters - and a group of US peace activists - on a march to the edge of the restive tribal districts to protest against drones.
Khan says the drone strikes have killed many innocent civilians and are spreading hatred against the US in the troubled region.

The two-day protest march to Tank, the last town before the semi-autonomous tribal belt, included 15,000 of Khan's supporters and dozens of Western peace activists,

It was an unprecedented gesture from a mainstream politician in one of the most dangerous parts of the country, where Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters operate.
Authorities did not allow the protesters to enter the tribal district of South Waziristan - where missiles fired by US drones routinely target fighters - for security reasons and blocked the road to Tank with shipping containers.
General election
Armed groups have killed thousands of people in Pakistan since 2007, and US officials say the drone strikes are a key weapon in the conflict.
But peace campaigners condemn them as a breach of international law, Pakistanis as a violation of sovereignty that breeds extremism, and politicians, including Khan, as a sign of a government complicit in killing its own people.
Khan, who is campaigning ahead of general elections next year, has made opposition to the drone programme a key plank of his party's policy.
Critics accuse him of merely trying to further his own career and of ignoring both atrocities blamed on fighters and alleged abuses by the Pakistani army.
Although leaked US cables have revealed tacit support for the drone strikes from Pakistan's military and civilian leaders, Islamabad has increasingly condemned the programme as relations with Washington have deteriorated.

 

[Flyingfalcon]

Imran Khan detained and 'interrogated over drone views' by US immigration

Imran khan the former Pakistan cricket captain turned politician, was taken off an international flight from Canada to New York and questioned by US immigration officials over his views on drone strikes and jihad.
Khan, who has been at the forefront of a high-profile campaign as leader of the Pakistan Movement for Justice party (PTI) to end US drone strikes in northern Pakistan, had been in Canada to give a speech and was on his way to a fundraising dinner in the US on Friday.
Khan recently attempted to lead a high-profile march into south Waziristan which included US peace activists from the Code Pink group with some 15,000 of his supporters.
He claims that the drone strikes kill large numbers of innocent civilians a claim denied by the US.
"I was taken off from plane and interrogated by US Immigration in Canada on my views on drones. My stance is known. Drone attacks must stop," Khan tweeted yesterday after his questioning.
He added: "Missed flight and sad to miss the fundraising lunch in NY but nothing will change my stance."
A US state department spokeswoman confirmed Khan's questioning. "We are aware that Imran Khan was briefly delayed in Toronto before boarding the next flight to the United States," she told Pakistani media.
"The issue was resolved. Mr Khan is welcome in the United States."
US immigration authorities refused to comment on Khan's case but a spokeswoman quoted by the Toronto Sun newspaper said: "Our dual mission is to facilitate travel in the United States while we secure our borders, our people, and our visitors from those that would do us harm like terrorists and terrorist weapons, criminals, and contraband," said CBP spokesman Joanne Ferreira.
"Under US immigration law, applicants for admission bear the burden of proof to establish that they are clearly eligible to enter the United States. In order to demonstrate that they are admissible, the applicant must overcome all grounds of inadmissibility."
Some Canadian commentators have speculated that Khan's questioning was because of groups who have been protesting his visit to the US, including a group called the American Islamic Leadership Coalition which reportedly wrote to US secretary of state Hillary Clinton asking her to revoke the US visa granted to Khan.
"The US embassy made a significant error in granting this Islamist leader a visa," the group said in a statement.
"Granting individuals like Khan access to the US to fundraise is against the interest of the people of Pakistan and the national security interests of the US."
Ali Zaidi, an official in Khan's party demanded "a prompt and thorough inquiry into this sordid episode" and "an unconditional apology from the US government".

• Peter Beaumont
• guardian.co.uk, Saturday 27 October 2012 14.12 BST

 

[Flyingfalcon]

Imran Khan pulled off New York plane by U.S. officials over 'drone views'

An outspoken critic of U.S. drone strikes, Imran Khan is demanding an apology from after the Pakistan politician says he was delayed and interrogated about his views by U.S. immigration officials in Toronto before being allowed to board a flight to New York.
'I was taken off from plane and interrogated by US Immigration in Canada on my views on drones. My stance is known. Drone attacks must stop,' Khan wrote to his Twitter followers on Friday.
'Nothing will change my stance,' Khan wrote later.

Detained: Former Pakistan cricket captain turned politician Imran Khan says he taken off a flight from Canada to New York and interrogated by U.S. officials over his criticism of drone strikes

Khan was questioned for two hours along with his travelling companions and subjected to a thorough investigation.


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Ali Zaidi, senior vice president of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, demanded an apology from U.S. authorities, saying the investigation violated ethical and diplomatic norms.

'(To) subject him to such clumsy and vicious treatment speaks volumes about the exasperation induced in the American ranks by his heroic and patriotic-minded opposition to the drone program,' Zaidi wrote.

Icon: Pakistani officials are demanding the U.S. apologize to Imran Khan who they called a 'global icon of colossal stature'

Fighter: Khan has been a vocal critic of U.S. drone strikes leading protest marches and vowing to order the Pakistani military to shoot the unmanned planes down if he wins in next year's elections

Zaidi added that Khan - internationally famous both for skill as a cricket captain as well as he political work - was 'a celebrated national hero' and a 'global icon of colossal stature.'
A State Department official confirmed Khan had been detained, but that their was no objection to him entering the country.

'The issue was resolved and Mr. Khan is welcome in the United States,' the unnamed official told Reuters.
The State Department would not comment on why Khan was detained and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said it was not allowed to discuss specific cases.

Khan led a protest march to northern Pakistan this month to protest U.S. drone strikes which have killed an estimated 2,600 to 3,400 Pakistanis.

Undaunted: After two hours of interrogatoin Khan said he would never changed his opposition to drone attacks

He blames the Pakistan government for allowing the U.S. to operate in the country and promised to have the country's air force shoot down drones if he wins next year's elections.

Khan's views are controversial among Pakistani's wit some saying he is inciting anti-American sentiment soley for political gain while refusing to condemn atrocities perpetrated by the Taliban and Pakistani army, while other say he's speaking out on behalf of the oft-ignored and war-ravaged population of the country's northern tribal areas.

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 23:30, 27 October 2012 | UPDATED: 23:42, 27 October 2012


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[asifksa]

Imran Khan Questioned by US Authorities: CNN

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[Bombaybuz]

Re: Imran Khan Questioned by US Authorities: CNN

There is no hidden agenda for KAPTAAN ... and i doubt any immigration official can win against IK when it comes to Q&A ... let them try their best ... they issued him a visa ... infect he own a blue PP being ambassador of UNISEF, we are proud of him and will be always ... This tug of war will bring in more attention towards him for common american ...(clap)

 

[Kavalier]

Agar sirf yehi kafi hay proud honay kay liay tou kuch arsa pahlay Molana Fazalurrrehman ko bhi na sirf roka gya balkay US mayn janay bhi nahi diya gya... Secondly,janay ki zaroorat hi kiya thi agar yeh itn bari baat hay proud honay ki tou?? Ghairat dikhata uar ya tou jata hi na ya phir wahin say wapis aa jata..... Aur abhi tou yeh bhi confirm nahi hay kay poocha kiya hay .....

Proud of my leader

 

[mujh92]

Has any one heard any statement from our Foreign Office regarding this incident at all.
ANY statement at all?