JUI-S chief Maulana Samiul Haq addresses the attendees of Tribal Peace Jirga organised by the Jamat-e-Islami (JI) in Peshawar on May 1, 2014.
The JUI-S chief, who is also heading the TTP intermediary committee, stated that US President Barack Obama supported the peace talks while on the other hand Pakistani politicians and anchors, instead of encouraging them, were showing resistance.
Haq remarked that everytime they start "the car" of the negotiations a "breaker" comes in front of it.
Appeal for a ceasefire
TTP intermediary Prof Mohammad Ibrahim, while speaking at the jirga, appealed to the TTP as well as the Pakistan Army to announce a ceasefire.
He further stated that the peace negotiations can only move forward if both sides sit on one table again.
'Smell of explosives'
Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Sirajul Haq also spoke at the occasion.
Referring to Pakistan's soil, and the law and order situation in the country, he stated that "my mother's lap smells of explosives."
He added that he wanted a system in the country which treated everyone, from a sweeper on the streets to a landlord, equally.
The JI ameer claimed that if a person is not rich he cannot even knock at the doors of the courts.
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@gp65: See if you can devote more time to Modi. And how the Indian industrialists bribed the Indian Supreme Court to get Modi off the hook. Then think about 2200 Muslim massacred in Gujrat. Spend some time on that, will you?
Maulana Sami ul Haq is a Pakistani religious scholar and a politician. one of the great Man of Islamic Republic Of Pakistan
Mr Haq, please do not delude yourself, you are dealing with one of the most unreliable group of people on this planet today. Pakistan is under pressure to show their military performance to earn the bounty they receive from the USA and the Prime Minister wants to have peace in the land and visiting foreign lands to solicit aid and investments. The dialogue on slow tracks will take its own course.
Rex Minor
Be thankful then.
So first Obama was trying to sabotage peace talks and local politicians were supporting them, now it's the exact opposite?
Mr Haq,
You must be a very kind hearted person indeed,to trust the Pakistanis and the Yankees simultaneusly. To deal with this lot one must have a very long life beside intelligence and patience and ofcourse a load of treasure.
Rex Minor
WOW thanks for the information, we didn't know that........................LOL
Drones have started since peace talks started..... what are you trying to get at, Maulana - we should keep on talking... for the sake of that???