Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Munawar Hasan. PHOTO: INP/ FILE
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Munawar Hasan said that he is willing to act as a mediator between the government and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), provided that both parties made serious efforts towards dialogue.
Addressing a reception on Saturday evening, he said, "Both sides should first define their agenda and priorities."
Hasan's statement came shortly after the TTP announced that they are willing to negotiate with the government earlier in the day.
The TTP spokesperson Shahidullah Shahid had recommended that the JI chief and Jamiat-e-Ulema-Islami Fazl (JUI-F) leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman should act as intermediaries to their talks with the government.
"The federal and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government will prepare a joint working paper to ensure result-oriented talks with Taliban," Hasan said, adding that the Taliban also needed to be clear about their objectives.
The JI leader said that the US wants to hold talks with the Taliban yet is indirectly leading Pakistan away from negotiations and forcing them to engage with Taliban militarily.
"Our stance is that problems can be resolved through table talks," said Hasan.
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Surrender all illeagal arms is the only agenda and follow the constitution of Pakistan .
NO DEALS. Vacate the land from them.
death of pakistanis at hands of TTP doesnot mean anything to this "human being". he can trade even his......... for these animals
JI, JUI and PTI are B teams of TTP. None of them can be a mediator.
Please make your own agenda clear man, you never condemned terrorism so I guess you will be more inclined to TTP than people of Pakistan.
Both JI and JUI are not on one page on so many national issues so how can they mediate with those forces who do not accept our constitution? I think on behalf of Talibans Mr. Munawar is only buying time. According to Mr. Imran Khan there are more than 25 factions of these Talibans so there should not be any distinct of good or bad talibans. They are hurting and killing our all segments of society through different tactics so why not deal with them the way they are destroying us. Killing people in the Holy month of Ramadan has now totally exposed them. Talibans as I understand are only in Afghanistan and here we have their side kicks (our own people behind our court yards).
Bahi in sai jo karna hai jo karo, baat karo ya mar mar kay khatam karo. People of Pakistan need to get rid of this menace of terrorism.
Democracy re-defined for Pakistan : Democracy in Pakistan is a government of the terrorists by the terrorists and for the terrorists.
Shahidullah Shahid, Ehsanullah Ehsan, the TTP seems to be setting a new trend with respect to names.
TTP is like a dogs tail, you keep it in a straight pipe,when the pipe is removed it cural back again. You cannot talk with scum back killers. Once for all kill them they .
Will mediate Taliban talks if agenda is made clear: JI chief
Sir Ji,
Here is A to Z of the AGENDA,
A. Enforce Shariah according to Taliban- Sample Afghanistan and Swat.
B. Enforce Shariah according to Taliban- Sample Afghanistan and Swat.
C. Enforce Shariah according to Taliban- Sample Afghanistan and Swat.
D. Enforce Shariah according to Taliban- Sample Afghanistan and Swat.
.............. Z. Enforce Shariah according to Taliban- Sample Afghanistan and Swat.
So, how about it?
TTP agenda is clear. Take over Pakistan ,and take it back a millennium.