ISLAMABAD: Maulana Samiul Huque the chief of his own faction of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-S (JUI-S) Monday said that some encouraging response has been received from the Taliban Shura and urged upon the media to keep cool regarding talks, a national issue. The News, The Frontier Post,
MIRANSHAH: The members of the Taliban negotiation committee held talks with the Shura of the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) at an undisclosed location in North Waziristan amid flights of drones over the troubled region, tribal sources said. The News, Dawn, The Frontier Post, Daily Mashriq.
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz has said that Pakistan would continue to support the Afghan-owned reconciliation process for the sake of peace and stability in the region. The News.
MIRANSHAH: The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Sunday distanced itself from the attack in Karachi in which eight people were killed. “We are not responsible for the attack on the guesthouse of the former police official,” TTP spokesman Shahidullah Shahid told reporters from an undisclosed location. The News.
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has said that the worshippers of dollars shed the blood of the innocent Pakhtuns. While addressing the launching ceremony of the “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Green Growth Initiative” at the Forest Institute here on Sunday, Khan noted that the rulers sold the country to earn dollars. “Still people like Mir Jaffar and Mir Sadiq exist in the society who sold the blood of Pakistani people, especially of KP, to mint dollars,” he added. The News.
NOWSHERA: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Sami (JUI-S) chief and head of the Taliban-nominated negotiation committee Maulana Samiul Haq said on Sunday that the political parties should rise above the political divide and join hands for the success of the peace talks. The News.
ISLAMABAD: A clear division between senior leaders of the Pakistan Peoples Party over the government`s talks with the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is having a trickle-down effect on the lower cadres of the party, with Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, Syed Khurshid Shah, bearing the brunt of this stark difference of opinion. Dawn.
ISLAMABAD: Maulana Abdul Aziz, a member of the committee representing the Taliban in the peace talks with government, is not sure about the success of the ongoing negotiations. Talking to a local newspaper on Sunday, Maulana Aziz, the Khateeb of Lal Masjid, said the dialogue process had become a futile exercise after the government `rejected the Taliban demand for enforcement of Sharia`. Dawn.
PESHAWAR: Retired Justice Sardar Mohammad Raza Khan, who was recently appointed as a one-member commission for tracing 35 persons allegedly removed from an internment centre at Malakand by the security forces, has declined to accept the responsibility on different grounds, official sources say. Dawn.
SWABI: Unknown gunmen riding a motorcycle shot dead an Elite Force official near Swabi bus stand here on Sunday. A day before, former councillor Ijaz Khan was gunned down in a similar fashion in Maini village. Dawn.
MANSEHRA: Both Taliban and government should show flexibility at the initial stage of talks as restoration of peace was need of the hour, said Jamaat-i-Islami provincial chief Prof Ibrahim. Dawn.
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pervaiz Khattak on Sunday endorsed the ongoing dialogue process between the government and the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The Frontier Post.
ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) Hafiz Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi Sunday said the nation would get good news from North Waziristan tonight. Maulana Ashrafi said the country’s constitution was subordinate to Quran and Sunnah. The Frontier Post.
ISLAMABAD: According to senior journalist and Geo TV programme “CapitalTalk’ host Hamid Mir TTP presented their demands before Taliban negotiations committee member Prof Muhammad Ibrahim Khan and its coordinator Maulana Yousaf Shah, who held meeting with political shura. The Frontier Post.
ISLAMABAD: The Taliban Sunday handed over their wish list to Professor Ibrahim, one of the three TTP-named negotiators, and it is expected to be presented today to government’s four-member peace committee. The Nation, Daily Mashriq.
PESHAWAR: Quomi Watan Party (QWP) chief, Aftab Khan Sherpao has stated that in order for the peace talks to be successful, there is a need for both parties –Government ans the TTP – to show flexibility. Daily Mashriq.
