If peace talks are to be given a chance, the people who are dedicated to an agenda of violence should be separated from those who are willing to cease fire, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Monday.
Condemning Sunday’s attack on All Saints Church in Peshawar, Khan said people who were willing to talk peace within the ambit of the constitution should be taken in isolation from those who wanted to carry out terrorist attacks against innocent people.
Referring to an earlier statement of Interior Minister Nisar Ali Khan, he said Nisar did not confirm which group carried out the attack, adding that whoever was responsible should be condemned.
“Nothing justifies the targeting of innocent people and their places of worship. This is against the spirit of Islam,” Khan said.
The PTI chairman said Sunday’s attack was an act of terror against all Pakistanis.
“We condemn it and its perpetrators unequivocally,” he said.