ISLAMABAD-
In a meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday, the government appointed committee for peace negotiations have come up with three primary conditions to pursue dialogue with militant insurgents of Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP), a private news channel reported.
According to the report, the committee will be putting forward the following conditions before TTP
• TTP should immediately announce a ceasefire and end all terror activities.
• Affiliated groups of TTP that are targeting forces and civilians must be disowned by the TTP, so that they can be singled out for action by the government.
• All high profile captives held by TTP must be released. These include Ali Haider Gillani, son of former PM Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and Shahbaz Taseer, son of slain Punjab Governor Salman Taseer.
The Prime Minister has affirmed that the dialogue process would go on if the Taliban accepted the conditions.
The meeting, between PM Sharif and committee members Irfan Siddiqui ,Rahimullah Yusufzai, Rustam Shah Mohmand and retired major Amir Shah, follows an impasse caused by TTP’s claim of killing 23 FC men in FATA.
On Sunday night, a militant outfit identifying itself as Mohmand Agency Taliban claimed the responsibility for the killings.
On Monday, the government committee cancelled its meeting with TTP appointed committee in reaction to the incident.