Amid a fresh conditional offer for a possible cease-fire by the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), hectic efforts were afoot on Wednesday to resolve the deadlock in the ongoing peace dialogue between the negotiators of the government and the Taliban. The dialogue process, which has stalemated following the killing of 23 FC personnel by the Taliban last Sunday.
"There is still a deadlock in talks and we are waiting for any response from the government side," said Professor Mohammad Ibrahim, member of the Taliban-nominated committee. He said the Taliban's nominated team is ready to meet anytime with the government side. When contacted Irfan Siddiqui, the convenor of the government's nominated committee, however, said that no progress in the talks was possible until the Taliban stopped violence unconditionally.
"It's necessary that the Taliban must stop the violence unconditionally, as the first step to take the dialogue process forward," he said, adding that the violence had increased in the recent days, which had negatively impacted the peace process. He said that they had conveyed the same to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the Taliban's nominated team as well that dialogue could not proceed in the absence of peace.
Earlier, on Tuesday, the government committee members informed the Prime Minister that despite several acts of terrorism it had demonstrated utmost patience during the entire process but regrettably‚ response from the other side was not encouraging. The committee expressed its inability to carry forward the dialogue process.
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