Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday held a meeting with Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani and ISI Director General Lt Gen Zaheerul Islam and reportedly discussed initiation of government’s dialogue with the Taliban.
According to reports, the PM held consultation with the army leadership over Taliban’s terms and conditions.
The PM and military top brass also reviewed progress regarding decisions taken in all parties conference held earlier this months in the which politicians urged the PML-N led government to initiate dialogue with the Taliban in a bid to restore peace across the country, especially the Tribal Areas.
The Taliban have demanded of the government to announce ceasefire before starting the dialogue process and release their colleagues detained by Pakistani authorities.
According to sources, all the participants agreed unanimously that dialogue process was imperative for peace and peace should be given a chance through the political process, but at the same time vowed not to cave in to the TTP’s demands.
During the meeting, PM also offered condolence over the demise of top army officers in Upper Dir incident.