Govt's negotiation committee likely to be restructured
New committee might comprise of members from army, agencies, interior minister and CM KP.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Government is highly likely to restructure its committee to negotiate with Taliban, new committee might comprise of members from armed forces, intelligence agencies, Interior minister Ch Nisar and Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak, source close to government told Dunya News.
According to sources, the government is considering to reform the committee following the first phase of dialogue. The committee is likely to be more influential with government and intelligence agencies’ members onboard.
Earlier, Irfan Siddiqi said that the government and the Taliban committee have produced satisfactory results.
Addressing a joint press conference in Akora Khattak after a session with Taliban committee, member of the government committee Irfan Siddiqi said that the first round of talks has completed, adding that it was meant to build contact.
Irfan said the second phase has begun and it will take final decisions. He also said that the both committees have agreed to work on future course of action.
Meanwhile, Taliban negotiator Maulana Samiul Haq said that the announcement of ceasefire from both sides was a big achievement. The Taliban committee also expressed their desire to meet PM Nawaz.
Samiul Haq said the world powers don’t want to see peace in Pakistan, therefore, incidents of terrorism were continued across the country. He also said the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) will have to deny their involvement in all terrorist activities so that the atmosphere of trust continue throughout the talks.
He also said that the TTP hadn’t demanded to mend constitution or the current system.
Samiul Haq also applauded the role of PM for continuing dialogue process despite international pressure. Taliban committee member maintained that the military operation would never resolve the sensitive matter.
