Preconditions unacceptable, govt tells Taliban
Govt has refused to accept conditions of troop�s withdrawal and release of prisoners ahead of talks.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Taliban who welcomed the talks offer by government of Pakistan but presented some preconditions for holding of talks but the government has rejected the demand.
According to the sources, the government has maintained that it did not lay down any preconditions for the process of talks and would not accept any preconditions from the other party.
The sources added that the government reiterated that consensus for peace and stability of the country was built at national level and it would be achieved at any cost.
The official sources claimed that no pressure would be accepted to challenge the writ of the government and the national interest would not be compromised.
According to the government’s sources, political options were being adopted to root out terrorism from the country; however, all other options were there to tackle the issue.
On Sunday, Two most senior officers of Pak Army in, Major General Sanaullah and Lt. Colonel Tausif and a soldier of the Pakistan Army were killed in a roadside planted blast near Pak-Afghan border. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed the responsibility of the incident.
The blast happened as the Taliban outlined a number of pre-conditions to be met before they would take part in peace talks with the government.
Earlier, responding to the declaration of All Parties Conference on September 9, spokesman for the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Shahidullah Shahid had termed it as positive gesture ahead of initiation of talks.
All political parties of Pakistan endorsed the government s efforts to negotiate with militants. The political leaders authorized the government to do what was necessary to bring peace in the country.
