A video grab of the chief of Jundul Hafsa Asmatullah Muavia from his recorded message released on Sunday. PHOTO: INP
According to a news channel, Asmatullah Muavia, who also heads TTP Punjab, claimed that if the government took the initiative, peace talks between Taliban and Pakistan could start.
In a video message issued to the media from an undisclosed location, Muavia insisted that dialogue could not take place with the government through TV channels and talk shows. He said media was not the right channel for setting out conditions for the talks.
He demanded that the government had set up a committee of religious scholars to implement Sharia in the country.
He added that attacks on foreigners were made to let the world feel the misery that drone strikes in Pakistan caused. He also said that the Peshawar Church blast and the attack in the Qissa Khawani Bazar were not carried out by the Taliban and both were aimed at defaming them.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 21st, 2013.
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@jg: It will become our nuclear problem to decimate you and all Muhammedan nations, if your nation falls apart and strategic assets are used against India by terrorist regimes.
@Razi: Muslims in Gujarat voted for Modi but you clearly do not let facts get in the way of your hatred.
@Mohammed Abbasi: If these guys re going to rule Pakistan one day, then that will become the test for a 'good' Pakistani citizen. Zia Ul Haq had created a subtle test for good pKaistani in military by reporting on devoutness of an armyman.
@waseem sarwar: Unfortunately they are not going to leave because they are determined to achieve 'that' goal. Only way out is to exterminate them like pests. However they will react and cause pain to the society. But change has never come easy anywhere. And moreover this trouble has built and grown over the years so only the most sustained, well planned and massive force application is required. This will be Pakistan's biggest war. When Army and police will act (we don't how many among them will be sympathetic to these Talibans), you can be sure of surprises- in the form of Madrassa students, these Fazlu rehman and Sami Khan and their ilk coming out in the streets showing their destructive power. The nation will have to decide once and for all, how these guys will be handled, given a chance to be reformed rapidly, failing which, how they will be dealt with.
@bangash: Beard is only allowed for the prolotareans for a limited period who are on a " resistance or jehad" path and not for those who are lazy or off duty.
Rex Minor
Authentic!!! Pakistan can develop a Quality Control Mechanism for Mullahs - we need to give points for say:
Beards 10 points Bellies 9 points Bad breath 8 points Bombs 7 points Angry face 6 pointsSo basically if the Mullah gets 35 points he is ok? etc?
Welcome to TALIBANISTAN (formerly know as Pakistan)!!! BTW, attacks on foreigners (in foreign countries) preceded Drone Strikes (in Pakistani "safe havens") by years!!!
Maybe Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Sheikh, the Grand Mufti of the Ka'aba. is available? Hopefully he will remind them that terrorism is against Islam.
By "authentic religious scholars" he obviously means those who support Taliban's messed up ideology and call it Islamic. So much for that
send taliban khan for the talks..LOL..
@ModiFied: and vice versa.who cares what india thinks.stay on to your own side of line lol.
He says no demands/conditions would be made on TV on media;in the next line he demands that Sharia be implemented by the Government. Do they mean only Government should not set preconditions,but they are entitled to it?
Taliban Khan should be obvious choice for holding talks with Taliban, its forty odd factions and sub factions, but what he needs to do is grow a beard and wear a turban, which will meet the requirement of being an authentic religious scholar.
@Modified
And that is exactly what Modi is to Muslims.
and who is to decide which scholar is authentic. Again, Islam is being used as one's convenience rather than way of life. Now for these, "authentic" would mean the one who say yes to what TTP wants and say no to what govt wants ultimately failing the talks and kill innocent people.
Imran Khan will grow a beard now.
These monsters are beyond repair.. Unfortunately.
What TTP is to Pakistan, Pakistani state is to India.
“authentic religious scholar” they mean Imran Khan.. :)
@Ali: Goes to show that IK and Taliban think alike :-), and both would like to put the country in knots.
"defaming them" well they are such noble people that Israel, India and USA are planning to defame them in the whole world.
Didn't realise the taliban had any fame. The laws of Pakistan are not up for negotiation. Either live in our country by our rules, or leave.
Nuclear armed Pakistan should be serious about this golden opportunity !
Very clever are these militants who want to tie the government in knots. While the Government calls these criminals and terrorists "our brothers and stake holders", the Taliban wants to talk to non legal, extra Constitutional buddies of theirs, thereby not acknowledging the existence of the Pakistan State or its Constitution. These are serious matters which the Government cannot afford to handle in a cavalier manner, or procrastinate indefinitely.
To believe that blood thirsty monsters can be appeased or inaction rewarded, is to live in a make believe "Garden of Eden".Pakistan is free to make whatever compromises it wants with terror groups, however it will be held responsible for all acts of violence sponsored from its territory --- differentiation between State and non State, stripped of the doctrine of deniability. Being called a Sovereign country has responsibility, including control over territory and actions of citizens. How these Augean stables are going to be cleaned will determine the countries future as well its existence.
"authentic religious scholor"...............says it all !