Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said the government might reengage in dialogue with the TTP if it doesn’t writ the state authority.
The security czar’s statements came a day after he said the government wouldn’t talk to extremist groups, including the TTP.
“If the TTP decides to come under the Constitution, then we may hold talks with them,” he told journalists in Islamabad.
The TTP killed dozens of innocent people and later upped the ante after ending a ceasefire with Islamabad.
Afghan Taliban mediated peace talks between the government and terrorist groups. After the negotiations, no conclusive steps were made.
Sanullah claimed the NSC had taken a “zero-tolerance” attitude against militancy and terrorism. No good or bad terrorists.
In light of growing terror attacks, the NSC agreed this week that no country could provide shelter and facilitation to terrorists. Pakistan reserves all rights to protect its people.
“The state will deal with this [terrorism]. Pakistan’s security is uncompromisable, and the state’s writ will be enforced everywhere, the committee ruled.
During the previous year, 67% of attacks occurred in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 31% in Balochistan, while Sindh and Punjab accounted for 1%.
Sanaullah noted that the NSC resolved to reinforce all provinces’ counter-terrorism departments (CTD). “A national CTD is being discussed.”
In December 2022, militants seized a CTD compound in KP’s Bannu district, which was cleared three days later. Four troops died, and 10 were hurt.
Yesterday, terrorists killed two law enforcement employees in Khanewal, Punjab, although no group has claimed credit.
Dr. Akbar Nasir Khan, Islamabad’s IGP, stated the suicide bomber in Sector I-10 had been identified, and other terrorists had been apprehended.
In December 2017, a suicide attacker taking a cab with a woman blew himself up as four Eagle Squad bike-riding officers met them at Sector I-10/4, plunging the federal capital into a frenzy.
