BLAIR LOOKS TO REVERSEBREXIT TO REGAIN SPOT IN UK POLITICS

LONDON : Some saw it as using Brexit to return to frontline politics, others said it is a year too late, but sharp divisions over Britain’s decision to leave the EU have resurfaced as British former prime minister Tony Blair launched a ‘mission’ on Friday to reverse the leave vote.

Calling for people to “rise up” against Brexit, Blair also accused the British news media of being largely pro-Brexit.

Blair said those seeking to leave the EU "always wanted a hard Brexit", which means leaving the European Single Market and the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice, among other key links. "Indeed even the term 'Hard Brexit' requires amendment. The policy is now 'Brexit at any cost.”

Blair regretted that his Labour party was in a “debilitating” state, but called for his campaign to cross parties and rally the Remainers. He said he accepted the verdict of the referendum, but would recommend looking at Brexit when "we have a sense of where we're going".

However, with the cloud of the Iraq war hanging over his head, Blair’s point that the Brexit vote was based on “imperfect knowledge” was immediately ridiculed by many, who pointed out his decision to take Britain to war in Iraq was also based on “imperfect knowledge”.

Senior Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith called Blair "arrogant", while Downing Street insisted that the Theresa May government was committed to deliver Brexit as decided in the June 23, 2016 referendum.

The army and paramilitary forces launched operations in Karachi and other parts of Sindh, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces and the tribal