The APC held in September had decided to give peace a chance and had authorised the government to hold talks with the militants. Thus, in a special meeting of the cabinet the government has presented its firm stance that it stands determined on negotiations with the Taliban post-Hakimullah’s killing.
Major stronghold of militants have been dismantled by our security forces, whatever we have been left with is the last minute hiccups that the Taliban are taking after their strangulation. Based on this premise of peace, Pakistan had protested the untimely killing of Hakim-ullah Mehsud through a drone strike that has stalled the process right at its infancy. But, since we are ardent believers that the show must go on, so it definitely must, whatever the cost may be.
LUBNA UMAR
Islamabad