Too early to react to Nawaz’s talks offer: Taliban

TTP says they are waiting for Nawaz Sharif to form a government and see what policies he formulates.


Reuters May 23, 2013
File photo of Ehsanullah Ehsan. PHOTO: AFP

PESHAWAR: The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) said on Thursday that it was too early to react to the talks offer made by prime minister-elect Nawaz Sharif.

Nawaz, chief of Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), had called for talks in a bid to end rising militancy.



A few days after the elections, the TTP had said that they do not rule out a ‘ceasefire’ if the new government ‘shows seriousness’ to their dialogue offer.

But, in a recent statement, TTP spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan said that they are waiting for Nawaz to form a government.

“We are waiting for him to form his government and see what type of policies he formulates towards us,” he said.

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