Summary Secretary Ports and Shipping Habibullah Khattak will lead the government’s negotiation committee.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The government has formed a new committee to hold talks with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
According to the sources, Secretary Ports and Shipping Habibullah Khattak will lead the government’s negotiation committee while other members include Rustam Shah Mohmand, Additional Secretary FATA Arbab Arif and PM’s additional secretary Fawad Hassan Fawad.
Sources added that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has also agreed on the names of negotiation committee.
Earlier, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan for an important meeting on Wednesday at Khan’s residency in Islamabad, Dunya News reported. Both leaders exchanged views over the formation of new negotiation committee.
According to sources, Nawaz Sharif took PTI chief into confidence over the progress of Taliban-dialogue process and the formation of new committee.
According to reports, Imran Khan had expressed desire to meet Prime Minister following which Nawaz Sharif decided to meet at PTI chair’s residency instead of summoning him. PM arrived there along with his delegate to discuss affairs of national importance.
Prime Minister’s special assistant Irfan Siddiqui, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Javed Hashmi, Shireen Mazari, Jehangir Tarin and political secretary Asif Karmani were in attendance.
Meanwhile, members of Taliban committee called on Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Wednesday.
The interior minister took the members of Taliban committee into confidence over the decision of formation of new committee by the government to hold talks with Taliban.
