Formal dialogue with Taliban yet to be initiated

ISLAMABAD: The government announced on Sunday that it would consult all parties in parliament before initiating formal talks with the Taliban.

“Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif wants to take the heads of all parliamentary parties into confidence after returning from Karachi next week,” Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said.




He said the government had not yet initiated ‘formal’ talks with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). However, he did not deny reports that backchannel negotiations were already under way.

It may be mentioned that Information Minister Pervez Rashid had told Dawn on Friday that ‘backchannel’ talks between the government and Taliban were taking place and official contacts would be made soon

The interior minister issued in a statement on issued in Sunday said the “prime minister will soon take parliament into confidence before holding formal talks with the TTP”. He said he was satisfied that all political parties were on the same page on the issue of establishing lasting peace. “There is a broad-based consensus among all political parties on the issue.”

The minister also said that the “TTP too has opened the door for dialogue and peace”.

However, he did not say with which group of Taliban the government planned to hold talks, on what conditions and who would guarantee any agreement reached in the process.

The minister advised the media to be careful while reporting on issues relating to terrorism.

“It is a sensitive issue and, therefore, the media should avoid publicising reports attributed to any federal minister and government official without mentioning their names,” he said.

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