{"id":46531,"date":"2024-01-11T10:10:13","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T10:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/pakistan-in-not-interested-in-holding-talks-with-ttp-fo-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-01-11T10:10:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T10:10:13","slug":"pakistan-in-not-interested-in-holding-talks-with-ttp-fo-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pakistan-in-not-interested-in-holding-talks-with-ttp-fo-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan in not interested in holding talks with TTP: FO | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Foreign Office (FO) stated on Monday that Pakistan was “not interested” in holding a dialogue with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).<\/p>\n

In a weekly media briefing, FO spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, clarifying Pakistan\u2019s stance, stated that the TTP has accepted responsibility for numerous terrorist attacks in the country. \u201cOur demand from the Afghan government is that they take action against the terrorists,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The spokesperson added that the Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman\u2019s visit to Afghanistan was neither on behalf of the Government of Pakistan nor the FO.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Foreign Office had given a briefing to Maulana Fazlur Rehman before his visit. He has gone on his own\u00a0his own volition,\u201d the spokesperson added, reiterating that the party leader was not visiting Kabul as a representative of Pakistan.<\/p>\n

The FO’s statement comes just as the JUI-F chief ‘pledged’ to revive talks<\/a> between Pakistan and the TTP.<\/p>\n

Read <\/strong>Fazl off to Kabul for talks on TTP<\/a><\/p>\n

A day earlier, Maulana Fazl met with Afghanistan\u2019s supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada in Kabul wherein it was assured that the next elections in Pakistan would be held peacefully and efforts would be made for the resumption of Islamabad\u2019s talks with the banned TTP.<\/p>\n

The Afghan government also demanded that Islamabad play its role in the elimination of Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) as well as chalk out a visa-free policy on the Chaman border alongside a soft plan on the expulsion of its refugees.<\/p>\n

Kandahar Governor Mullah Shirin Akhund had promised a meeting of Haibatullah with the JUI-F chief on his visit to Kabul, but declined a huddle with other delegates.<\/p>\n

Fazl and Haibatullah discussed the TTP, ISKP, border management, soft visa policy, and refugees during their one-on-one meeting.<\/p>\n

The JUI-F chief promised that he would take up the issues of Kabul with the relevant quarters in Islamabad, but pressed the sureties of a ceasefire till peaceful elections in Pakistan, a source said.<\/p>\n

Health summit<\/strong><\/p>\n

Furthermore, Baloch informed the press that the interim Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar will be embarking on an official visit to Switzerland from January 15 to January 19.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the first time, the Global Health Security conference has been held in Islamabad in which more than 70 delegations have participated,\u201d she further informed, adding that the caretaker foreign minister highlighted the salience of the global partnership in combating epidemics in the future.<\/p>\n

The conference in Islamabad is scheduled to conclude today.<\/p>\n

Gaza ‘ceasefire’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Regarding South Africa\u2019s case against Israel subjecting Palestinians to genocide in the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the spokesperson said that Pakistan appreciated South Africa\u2019s move.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, Pakistan will not be commenting on the relations or differences between sovereign countries.\u201d she maintained.<\/p>\n

The spokesperson said that Pakistan demands an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, and end to the massacre of Palestinians. \u201cWe believe in the two-state solution – a solution in which Palestine has pre-1967 borders with Al-Quds as its capital,\u201d\u00a0Baloch further commented.<\/p>\n

Read more <\/strong>TTP aimed to control former FATA: official<\/a><\/p>\n

Speaking about terrorism, Baloch told journalists that Pakistan, along with Afghanistan and Iran, will continue to work together in its efforts against terrorism.<\/p>\n

\u201cPakistan strongly condemns the terrorist attack in Kerman, Iran,\u201d the spokesperson stated.<\/p>\n

Regarding Kashmir, Baloch said that for the past 70 years, India has been denying the right of self-determination to Kashmiris. \u201cWe have not seen Ajay Bisaria\u2019s book. We have only seen the discussions on it on social media,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIndia has been using the Pulwama incident for political purposes,\u201d she maintained, and stated that the Balakot incident was a nightmare for India. \u201cThe Pakistan Air Force had shot down an Indian jet,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n