The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader, Sharjeel Inam Memon, said on Tuesday that the government was not negotiating but begging the TTP to spare their lives.
Talking to media here on Tuesday, Memon said it was saddening to see that the government was talking to the very people it should be fighting with.
Memon said the government was in fact securing their own existence by means of talks with the Taliban.
“The terrorists should be eliminated as they have spread chaos in the country.” Pointing out various segments of the society targeted by the TTP, the minister said: “they have attacked our army, our schools, our madrassahs, our shops, our imambargahs and our mosques.”
Memon lamented that pro-talks political parties were calling these attackers patriots and their brothers. Admitting that all parties had given the mandate to hold talks, Memon said innocent lives were still being lost while the government negotiated.
“I do not condemn the peace talks nor do I approve of them,” Memon added.
The PPP leader said the federal government had promised to provide aid to the victims of Tharparkar drought, but making promises and keeping them were are two different things. He claimed that the Sindh government had not received a single paisa from the federal government, even though the prime minister had promised that funds would be provided for the victims.
When asked about progress of relief activities in the district, Memon said that wheat was provided to all of the drought victims. “The government is carrying out relief work in all locations affected by the drought,” he stated.
In response to an accusation that he was passing the entire blame on to the federal government, Memon said that this was a natural calamity and no one could be held responsible for the deaths in Tharparkar.
“It is a bitter fact that child mortality in Pakistan is the highest in the world”, Memon stated, adding that 600 children die in the country every day.
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