ISLAMABAD: The prime minister’s special assistant on national affairs Irfan Siddiqui has said that peace talks have entered at crucial stage and after the report from the Taliban committee‚ which is North Waziristan to hold talks with the Taliban Shura, decision would be taken as to how to move forward the dialogue process.
The Taliban committee reached North Waziristan on Thursday via helicopter provided by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to hold a meeting with the Taliban Shura, aimed at deciding a time and venue for the Shura’s talks with the new government committee which would leave for tribal region soon after the details become clear.
The members of the Taliban committee which left for North Waziristan included Jamaat-i-Islami’s Professor Muhammad Ibrahim and the coordinator of the Taliban negotiating team Maulana Yousaf Shah besides Maulana Abdul Haye‚ the guarantor of the Taliban.
In a statement, Irfan Siddiqui said that the federal government will see whether the Taliban would hold direct talks.
