TTP grants authority to decide on ceasefire to Samiul Haq
JUI-S representative says if there is consensus between govt committee and Haq then ceasefire can be announced.
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Samiul Haq (JUI-S) chief Maulana Samiul Haq. PHOTO: INP
LAHORE:
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) granted the authority to decide on ceasefire to Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Samiul Haq (JUI-S) chief Maulana Samiul Haq, , Express News reported on Thursday.
Haq is heading the TTP intermediary committee.
The JUI-S central information secretary said that if there was a consensus between the government peace talks committee and Haq then a ceasefire can be announced.
The TTP had offered on February 19 to observe a ceasefire to allow the resumption of stalled peace talks, provided security forces stop killing and arresting its members.
The offer came a day after a four-member government negotiating committee suspended dialogue following a weekend claim by the TTP Mohmand chapter that it has executed 23 kidnapped paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) troops. The government negotiators had set a ceasefire as a precondition for another round of talks.
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) granted the authority to decide on ceasefire to Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Samiul Haq (JUI-S) chief Maulana Samiul Haq, , Express News reported on Thursday.
Haq is heading the TTP intermediary committee.
The JUI-S central information secretary said that if there was a consensus between the government peace talks committee and Haq then a ceasefire can be announced.
The TTP had offered on February 19 to observe a ceasefire to allow the resumption of stalled peace talks, provided security forces stop killing and arresting its members.
The offer came a day after a four-member government negotiating committee suspended dialogue following a weekend claim by the TTP Mohmand chapter that it has executed 23 kidnapped paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) troops. The government negotiators had set a ceasefire as a precondition for another round of talks.