Imran warns of rise in terrorism if Shehbaz-govt fails to engage with Afghan Taliban.

ISLAMABAD -- chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan on Tuesday lashed out at the ruling coalition in the centre for its alleged mishandling of 'pro-Pakistan' Taliban government in Afghanistan and warned that terrorism in the country would rise further if Islamabad severed its relations with Kabul. Addressing a seminar, organized by PTI here via video link on the recent resurgence of terrorism in the country, former prime minister Khan fired a broadside on some key ministers of the PML-Nled federal government for giving statements about targeting hideouts of banned Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) in Afghanistan. Last month, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan in an interview had said that Pakistan might target TTP sanctuaries in Afghanistan if the Taliban government in Kabul didn't take action against them. The PTI chief went on to say that some 'unwise' ministers were giving very 'irresponsible' statements about Afghanistan. 'It we severed our relations with Afghanistan, then this war on terror would increase further,' he warned.

He added that if the Taliban government stopped cooperating with Pakistan on the issue, then terrorism couldn't be stopped in the country. Khan blamed the federal government both for the present economic crisis and resurgence of terrorism in the country. He accused that the coalition government instead of...