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India-Pakistan
Bilour renews talks offer to Sufi, says all reservations to be removed
2009-05-01
[The News (Pak)] NWFP Senior Minister Bashir Bilour on Wednesday said that chief of the Tanzim Nifaz Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) Maulana Sufi Muhammad should talk to the government if he has any reservations over the establishment of the Darul-Daurl Qaza so that the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation be implemented accordingly.

Talking to journalists at his office, the ANP parliamentary leader in the provincial assembly urged the political parties to demonstrate unity in larger national interest. Some political parties were opposing the ongoing action in Dir Lower, he said, adding, "Our government took all parties into confidence on all important issues."

Bilour said that all the party leaders in the recently held all parties conference had underlined the need for discharging government affairs under the law and the Constitution. The provincial government was also acting accordingly as the government could not remain a silent spectator if somebody kills innocent children like that in Luqman Banda, Dir, he said, adding that Mufti Kifayatullah of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) opposed the government action in Dir, while his leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman had cautioned the government of the advancement of the Taliban to Islamabad and had asked for proper action. Bashir Bilour said that the provincial government implemented Nizam-e-Adl by opposing the world community, including the United States, as it was the demand of the people of the Malakand Division, adding that the NWFP government was grateful to Sufi Muhammad for playing a positive role in this regard.

The senior minister expressed confidence that he (Sufi Muhammad) would continue playing a constructive role. He said that the ANP believed in the philosophy of 'non-violence' and the party wished to settle the issues through dialogue.

"Taliban entered Buner despite the peace deal with the government wherein it was agreed that they would not do so. The Taliban also violated the deal by displaying arms and challenging the writ of the government in Buner," he added. Bilour said that there would be investment and economic development in entire Malakand Division if normalcy returned there.
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