PTI chief says TTP does not want to enforce Sharia but is actually on same page with his party over Pakistan’s disassociation from US war
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said Thursday that Taliban did not want to enforce Sharia in the country at gunpoint but wanted to liberate it from the US war.
Khan, while speaking to journalists before leaving for Supreme Court, said that Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) only wanted to disassociate Pakistan from US war – a demand he said which had been of PTI’s for the past 10 years.
On the success of peace negotiations with Taliban, the PTI chief said the meeting between the government and Taliban had made it apparent which groups were interested in holding dialogue and which weren’t. He said there was hope of reaching a positive outcome on the dialogue process.
Khan underscored that the government’s negotiators should have given priority to tribal areas for peace talks, adding that tribal people held the key to dialogue.
Imran further said that ceasefire should continue and the non-combatants – women, children and the elderly – should be released. Khan said lasting peace would ensure the prosperity of the nation.
The PTI chief said the case on the appointment of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman was very imperative and that it had been made after consensus of two political parties. He also said the leadership of both parties was facing graft charges, adding that corruption would not be eliminated until NAB was not made a neutral body.