PLENTY, if it happens to be ‘Taliban Khan’. The wit who bestowed the nickname on Imran Khan probably had no idea how lethally accurate this label would prove to be. He may have intended to be ironic, but turned out to be prescient.
The TTP, in nominating the PTI chief to their negotiating team, recognised his services to their cause, and were clearly hurt when the politician declined the honour. A Taliban spokesman voiced his regret, saying that Imran Khan had been nominated for his good deeds.
Now what would be those be? His consistent refusal to condemn the terrorist groups for their long campaign of slaughter and mayhem? His condemnation of the American drones that have been the only weapons the Taliban fear? Or his blockade of Nato containers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the province his party governs?
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