Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry, while referring to the proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, reiterated on Monday that the government will only talk to those who respect the Constitution and the law of Pakistan, saying “otherwise, we have battled before and will do again”.
His remarks came three days after the TTP announced an end to a month-long ceasefire with the government and accused it of failing to honour the decisions reached earlier.
The two sides, according to the agreement, had accepted that the “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan” would play the role of a mediator and that both sides would form five-member committees each which, under the supervision of the mediator, would discuss the next course of action and demands of each sides.
Both sides had also agreed to observe a month-long ceasefire from Nov 1 to Nov 30, 2021 and that the government would release 102 “imprisoned mujahideen” and hand them over to the TTP through the IEA.
In their statement on Dec 9, the banned TTP said the government had not only failed to implement the decisions reached between the two sides, security forces had conducted raids in Dera Ismail Khan, Lakki Marwat, Swat, Bajaur, Swabi and North Waziristan and killed and detained militants.
