Summary Banned outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban rejected the idea of peace talks with the government
LAHORE (Web Desk) – Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has said that there is ‘zero possibility’ of holding talks with government after death of Hakimullah Mehsud.
In an interviewm, TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan threatened to avenge the killing of chief Hakimullah Mehsud in U.S. drone strike.
"This incident was a violation of Pakhtun culture. You can’t engage someone in peace talks and then attack his home and kill his father. Hakimullah Mehsud was our leader, our hearts are heavy and our anger will soon be felt by everyone. The ruse of peace talks has been used to eliminate our leaders one by one. This is their strategy: they distract us from our security priorities through offers of talk and then eliminate our leaders. We will not allow this to persist." Ehsanullah Ehsan said.
He warned that government would have to pay the price for, what he termed playing a double game with the TTP.
The TTP spokesman said that Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar is responsible for national security but such leaders don’t deserve power.
"When they are so incompetent that they can’t defend their own country, and they can’t defend their initiative for peace talks, do they even deserve to govern? They are [American] slaves." he said.
He that Taliban are hundred percent sure that Pakistani security agencies are assisting America to carry out drone attacks.
TTP spokesman also thanked Jamaat-e-Islami leader Syed Munawar Hassan for giving ‘martyr’ status to Hakimullah Mehsud.
PEACE TALKS DISRUPTED
The killing of Mehsud in North Waziristan on Friday came as government representatives prepared to meet the militants with a view to opening peace talks.
It drew an angry response from Islamabad, with Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar accusing Washington of sabotaging peace efforts.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was more measured, but said his government was committed to seeking peace through dialogue and stressed that an end to bloodshed could not be achieved "by unleashing senseless force".
Sharif came to power in May partly on a pledge to hold talks to try to end the TTP s bloody insurgency, which has fuelled instability in the country.
