Tag: Ttp

Taliban conditions may derail efforts to peace process

Even though Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has offered to talk to the government, it has imposed a number of conditions such as their unwillingness to...

Fazl asks govt, military to authorise jirgas to negotiate with TTP

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Fazlur Rehman on Monday welcomed the peace talks offer by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and said the government and military leadership...

Response to TTP talks offer in a few days: Malik

The government will make its stance on the talks with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) known in the next few days, Interior Minister Rehman Malik...

Mixed signals from the Taliban

Contradictory signals from the TTP – gestures of peace along with savage strikes against military and civilian personnel – have led to confusion about...

The first among equals

Banned outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Sunday showed flexibility in holding talks with the government provided conditional guarantee of three politicians. In a video...

TTP outlines conditions for talks

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has named Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif, chief of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman or Jamaat-i-Islami...

5 more militants killed as banned outfits continue to clash in...

At least five more militants were killed on Thursday amidst bloody clashes between two rival banned outfits, raising the death toll to 97. According...

PAF jets strike militant hideouts in Orakzai, Khyber

At least 20 suspected militants were killed early on Wednesday when army jets pounded militant hideouts in the northwestern tribal regions of Orakzai and...

Surrender or declare yourself non-Muslims, Malik asks TTP

Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Saturday asked “the terrorists” to lay down arms and give up bloodshed or else declare themselves non-Muslims, as Islam...

TTP activist escapes police station

An activist of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) allegedly involved in target killing escaped from Pirabad police station. According to details, the activist Abid Mehsud, used...

Leadership change in the TTP?

Speculation about a possible TTP leadership change is all the rage in the international press after two foreign news sources – Reuters and Long...

Swat girls tear apart Malala posters, protest against ANP govt

Dozens of Swat college girls lodged protest against naming their institution after Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani girl shot in the head by Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan...

TTP militant arrested near Taxila

A law enforcement agency Monday claimed to have arrested a militant of TTP from Taxila and recovering arms and ammunition from his possession. According...

Hakimullah Mehsud not to be replaced: TTP

The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has rejected any rift among their ranks and have said that there is no plan to replace Hakimullah Mehsud with...

TTP accepts responsibility of attack bid on Hamid Mir

Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the attack on senior journalist Hamid Mir a day earlier and warned of...

TTP member nabbed in Karachi

A key member of banned militant outfit Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was arrested from Orangi Town. According to sources, acting on a tip-off, law enforcement...

TTP claims responsibility for Karachi, Rawalpindi blasts

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed the responsibility for Wednesday’s blasts in Karachi and Rawalpindi in which more than 20 people were killed. Talking to...