Pakistan | TTP Pakistan's key parliamentary committee gives nod for peace talks with banned group TTP
Islamabad: A key parliamentary committee of Pakistan on Tuesday gave formal approval to the Pakistani government for holding peace talks with the proscribed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and decided to constitute a steering committee for the talks with the banned outfit.
Pakistan's Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) noted that the Shehbaz Sharif government is negotiating with the TTP within the framework of the Constitution of Pakistan to maintain internal and regional peace, according to a report by Geo News.
According to the statement, the final outcome of the discussion with the TTP will be implemented after the completion of the procedure within the limits of the Constitution of Pakistan and the approval of the Pakistani government.
Meanwhile, the committee also approved the process of negotiation and also agreed to form a parliamentary oversight committee which would be responsible for overseeing the process within Constitutional limits.
This meeting comes as the banned TTP has stated that it would not budge from its demand for the reversal of the merger of Pakistan’s erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) with the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reports ANI.
In an interview published on YouTube, TTP chief Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud said that negotiations between the TTP and the Pakistani government were in progress but no major breakthrough had been made.
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