Give Pukhtoon children Book instead of Gun: Asfandyar Wali
'Pakistan Times' Federal Bureau

ISLAMABAD: President Awami National Party (ANP), Asfandyar Wali Khan Monday said that Pukhtoon is a moderate and peace-loving nation and wanted peace in their soil.

“Please give the Pukhtoon children book instead of gun and give them school bags rather than the suicide jackets,” he said in National Assembly while expressing his views to feleicitate the newly elected Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani.

He said that Pukhtoon had been depicted as terrorists but the Feb.18 elections proved that we are moderate nation and wanted peace in the region.

Asfandyar said that talks were the only solution to all problems, adding that,”if we can talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh then why not sit across the table with our own people.”

He proposed that talks should be arranged with Balochis and FATA people to improve law and order in the country.●