May 17, 2013
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) senior leader and soon-to-be Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pervez Khattak on Friday said that the coming provincial government was ready to hold talks with the outlawed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants.
We have no enmity with the Taliban, said the PTI central Secretary General. He said the Taliban were also Pakistanis and that they request the militant group to hold peace talks and work for peace in the region.
“We appeal to Taliban that we are not at war with you, this province is yours and we are hopeful you will work for its peace.
“We are not against anyone and not here to fight anyone, we want peace and development in our province and we want to talk to them, ” he said.
Pervaiz Khattak also said that they should be given a chance to settle the problem.
“Our request to them is that we want peace in the province and that they should extend to us their help,” Khattak said.
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In 2009 Imran Khan had testified in UK courts in support of 2 BLA terrorists. Let us for the time being ignore that event as immaturity of our cricketing hero.
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May I ask PTI supporters, does their leadership still consider that Taliban are not their enemy? If Taliban are PTI ‘s friends than were the 50,000 or so Pakistanis killed in terror attacks by Taliban over years including 4,000 Pak Army Jawans enemy of PTI?
I have great respect for Imran Khan; my only difference is PTI’s soft corner for the TTP whom I consider worse scum bags in history of the world and akin to Mongols of 13th century in savagery & barbarism.
I am not being harsh on PTI, but like most Pakistanis I love Pakistan and have deep sympathy for Pakistanis of all ethnic & religious variations. I don’t have the slightest doubt that Imran Khan loves Pakistan to bits, but in my humble opinion he is extremely naïve when it comes to Taliban.
I sincerely hope that PTI leadership soon realize that those who attack GHQ, PNS Mehran, PAF Kamra and kills score of Pakistanis including elected MPA’s are enemies of the State and thus can’t be ‘Not enemies’ of a party full of Pakistani patriots.
I don’t buy the argument that if US can talk to Taliban why can’t Pakistan? Taliban were in power in Afghanistan and they were dislodged by the Northern Alliance with active US support. Thus Mullah Omer‘s representatives can hold talks with the US for a political solution. TTP on the other hand have no such claim. TTP don’t accept Pakistan’s constitution nor do they believe in democracy. TTP only want to impose their heretic beliefs on rest of the population thru use of force and intimidation.
In my humble opinion, to appeal to such ruthless butchers saying “this province is yours” is bordering on treason. Also it looks that PTI has many extremists in the party. When an MNA wants a cold blooded extra judicial muderer relased hounorably, he is actually encouraging lawlessness in the country. With such 'Fundos' in the party, it looks that PTI gov't in KPK may turn out to be even worse than the outgoing ANP's era.