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| Taliban will accept Pakistain Constitution: Taliban negotiating team |
| 2014-05-02 |
| [DAWN] Member of the Taliban negotiating committee Professor Ibrahim said on Thursday that the Pakistain Army and the Taliban were the real parties to the peace talks, DawnNews reported. Ibrahim during an address to a tribal jirga in the bustling provincial capital said that the persisting conflict could not be solved by any army operation or turban attacks - it could only be solved through peaceful negotiations. JUI-S Chief Maulana Samiul Haq ...the Godfather of the Taliban,leader of his own faction of the JUI. Known as Mullah Sandwichfor his habit of having two young boys at a time... also addressed the jirga, claiming it was easier to contact and communicate with "those sitting in caves" than those sitting in Islamabad. Both Ibrahim and Sami gave assurances that the Taliban would accept the constitution of Pakistain. Sami said that there was a significant role played by the tribal people in the independence of Pakistain and they were also on the front line for defending Pakistain. He said that tribal people were deprived of their constitutional and legal rights. He said the all the tribal leaders were backing the grinding of the peace processor. Samiul Haq added that he had advised the Taliban to act patiently in the matter of peace talks. He urged both the sides not to delay the matter of peace talks. He also appealed to both the parties to proceed with the peace talks. Earlier a high-level meeting on national security attended by the premier Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) had decided to pursue specified agenda in talks with TTP and to make the process result-oriented. |
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