Summary The government and the Taliban committee will discuss the details provided by TTP today.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The Taliban and government negotiating committee will again hold talks today (Wednesday).
During the informal meeting yesterday (Thursday), member of government’s committee Irfan Siddiqui said it was decided that the points of recommendations and demands for dialogue would be review in the next meeting of the committees.
He said Taliban’s committee placed TTP’s demands in front of government’s committee while they have expressed satisfaction over Taliban’s proposals.
Irfan expressed the hope that careful and determined progress in the process would build concrete and positive results in future and a positive impression would develop within the nation.
Member of Taliban committee Maulana Samiul Haq said the demands of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were placed in front of the government’s committee that has expressed satisfaction.
He said said the response from the Taliban’s political shura over the demands of the government was also satisfactory and they did not create any problem to avoid any halt to peace talks. He said both sides proposed ceasefire to create a peaceful environment for the progress in process of negotiations.
Maulana Samiul Haq said that the blasts in Peshawar were a conspiracy to sabotage peace process however TTP has denied any links to these blasts.
The meeting was held after Professor Ibrahim and Maunala Yousaf returned from North Waziristan after informing the Taliban political shura and receiving their response regarding the demands of the government.
Addressing a news conference on Monday, Maulana Samiul Haq had said that negotiations with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in North Waziristan have so far been positive and encouraging.
He said nothing will be kept secret from the nation, however details cannot be made public at this stage to save the dialogue process. He said our desire is to bring an end to bloodshed and revive peace through the dialogue process.
Taliking to media on Monday, Professor Ibrahim said that Taliban have responded positively to the government’s initiative. He said that Taliban also want to hold the talks in a sincere way.
Professor Ibrahim said that positive results were expected from the process of peace talks. He expressed the hope that unrest will end and peace will restore in the country. Professor Ibrahim said that the nation would receive good news soon.
