Following a peace meeting between government and Taliban negotiators in the federal capital recently, a joint statement was issued by both sides calling upon the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan to end arbitrary activities to ensure peace in the country.
Condemning the recent terror attacks by the group, the negotiators, in their joint statement said that violence would not only serve as an obstruction in the peace dialogue but would also put an end to it.
The joint statement said that both the committees expressed deep grief and regret over anti-peace activities and declared that such incidents would have a negative impact on the peace efforts, adding that the government committee adopted the stance that it would become difficult to continue the peace talks when anti-peace activities continue, the Dawn reported.
Irfan Siddiqui, convener of the four-member government committee, said that since the purpose of holding peace talks was to restore peace in the country, talks could not be held for long in the absence of it.
The letter had been drafted taking into account the conditions laid down by the Taliban and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s point of view. (ANI)