Frontier Post reporter Ihsan Dawar is reporting that Taliban are expected to make the demand of handing over Pervez Musharraf to Taliban custody.
35 demands to be presented to govt
Ihsan Dawar
PESHAWAR: Peace Talks between Taliban and government are reportedly entered into its initial stage as the first round of Peace talks is going to be held today on Friday at Sara Rogha, South Waziristan Agency, Taliban sources said on the condition of anonymity on Thursday.
Sources said the talks would held with high level official assisted by four junior officers on one hand while on the other hand a committee comprising of Two Ulema and same number from Tribal areas would represent Taliban side. The sources also informed that of the peace talks are succeeded, ceasefire announcement is also expected any time within the next one or two days. Some of the sources also said that Adnan Rashid would head the committee from the Taliban side but it was not confirmed.
It was however established that Taliban have further expended the list of their demands from the early 10 to 35 including handing over of Ex Dictator Pervez Musharaf to the Taliban militants so as to be trialed according to the Islamic code of Shariah.
Earlier it was also reported that the committee has a list of the Taliban inmates in different jails of Pakistan as total number is told about 4752, wherein 958 are in KP, 782 in Punjab, 1191 in Sindh, 870 in Baluchistan and 951 are in FATA.
The Taliban sources have also said that Mumtaz Qadri, assassinator of former Governor Punjab Salman Taseer is also included in the list of the prisoners to be freed if the peace talks gain sound footings in future.
The sources further said that for details to the national and international media and to perform as observers, two prominent journalists are also to be among the peace talkers but their names were still kept secret. The sources also claimed the list of the demands prepared by the latest committee of Taliban has also been conveyed to the prime ministers but it was however not supported by independent sources.
When asked if any compromise over the demands was possible, the sources said when both the parties once sit on the table.
\\\"Definitely it would be under the principles of give and take\\\" the sources said adding that at present both the parties-Taliban and the government are quite keen in the dialogue process so far. It is to be mentioned here that both the parties\\\' i-e the government and Taliban are denying the news of peace talks consistently and no formal statement has yet been issued from either side about the proposed peace talks.
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