New York, USA: Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan has arrived in New York, after four-and-a-half-hour delay in Canada where he was offloaded from New York bound flight at the Toronto Pearson International Airport.
PTI chief and his entourage were deplaned and interrogated by immigration authorities. Khan was questioned over his stance against US drone attacks in Pakistan’s tribal areas.
Talking to media in New York, Khan said, ”The countries which do not respect their citizens are humiliated in the same way as I was.”
He said that ”The officials inquired me about drone strikes,” adding that the officials did not apologize for their behavior.
After four-and-a-half-hour, Imran Khan and other PTI leaders including Fauzia Kasuri were allowed to catch the next plane to New York.