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| TTP 'backing out of Manazra challenge' |
| 2013-11-16 |
| [Dawn] The Sunni Ittehad Council said on Thursday that the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain was now backing out of its Manazra challenge on jihad and martyrdom. The TTP had pledged to cease its activities in Pakistain if its representatives lost the debate. Accepting the challenge, the SIC had asked the Taliban to either visit Lahore, Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. , Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... or Islamabad for the debate. The TTP, however, refused to visit these cities, saying its activists couldn't afford to come out of their hidings. It also criticized the SIC for setting tough conditions for the debate. In a statement, the SIC said a panel of judges headed by the CJP and comprising non-political holy mans/scholars and chief justices of high courts could be constituted to watch the manazra. The SIC rejected the Taliban proposal to hold the debate outside Pakistain. It also urged country's top holy mans and religious parties' leaders to unite to make the Taliban surrender. |
| Posted by:Fred |