Speaking to the media in Karachi today, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Sharjeel Inam Memon Memon said it was saddening to see the government was trying to reason with the very people it should be fighting.
He was also quoted as saying”the government was not negotiating but begging TTP to spare their lives.”
“The terrorists should be eliminated, (They are)the ones who have spread chaos in the country.”
Pointing out the various segments of the society targeted by the TTP, the minister said “they have attacked our army, attacked our schools, our madrassahs, our shops, our imambargahs and our mosques.”
Memon expressed his grief that pro-talks political parties were calling these attackers patriots and brothers.
Admitting that all parties had given the mandate to hold talks, Memon said innocent lives were still being lost while the government negotiates.
“I do not condemn the peace talks nor do I approve of them,” Memon added.
