PPP President Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Saturday that all decisions related to the issue of terrorism should be taken by Parliament among the country. ongoing conversation With the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Bilawal, who is also the foreign minister and has mentioned on many opportunities That he has personally been affected by terrorism, said the party would approach its allies to build a consensus on the way forward.
“The PPP held a high-level meeting to discuss the issue of terrorism, especially in light of the recent developments in Afghanistan, with the TTA (Tehreek-e-Taliban Afghanistan) and the TTP. PPP believes That all decisions must be taken by Parliament,” he tweeted without directly mentioning talks with the banned group.
Senior party leaders – Yusuf Raza Gilani, Raja Pervez Ashraf, Murad Ali Shah, Sherry Rehman, Khurshid Shah, Faryal Talpur, Nayyar Bukhari, Najmuddin, Faisal Karim Kundi, Humayun Khan, Qamar Zaman Chan Kaira, Chaudhary Yasin, Chaudhary Manzoor, Nadeem The meeting, chaired by Bilawal and former President Asif Ali Zardari, was attended by Akhunzada Chattan, Rukhsana Bangash, Nisar Khuhro and Farhatullah Babar.
Akhundzada rock was also a part of this Pakistani tribal delegation who had gone to Kabul earlier this month to attend talks.
In a statement issued after Saturday’s meeting, the PPP said the party reiterated that all decisions should be taken by Parliament, and thus, Parliament should be taken on board.
The interim government of the Afghan Taliban is facilitating peace talks between Islamabad and the TTP, which is already headed by Kabul.
Last month the government and the TTP had agreed Increase This time talks are on for an indefinite ceasefire and ending the insurgency that has been going on for almost two decades in the tribal border area.
Later the 50-member tribal jirga also got included in Negotiation. A Pakistani official in Kabul told don.com At a time when the talks had “entered a serious phase” with some progress.
a dawn the editorial at that time was Told That if the demands of the TTP are met, it would amount to surrender of state authority over the parts of the erstwhile tribal belt where terrorists are active.
“Terrorist groups should not be allowed to dictate the state where security forces can and cannot go. Furthermore, the merger of FATA and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2018 took place as part of a constitutional process, and the TTP’s It cannot be undone to accommodate the whims… Given this troubled history, the prospects for a lasting peace with the militants are bleak.”
The PPP has opposed talks with the TTP during the tenure of the previous PTI government. questioned Why was Parliament not taken into confidence? PPP president Bilawal had termed the talks a “betrayal of the blood of martyrs”.