Nisar summons joint meeting of govt, Taliban teams today

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Nisar summons joint meeting of govt, Taliban teams today
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has summoned a joint meeting of Taliban and government negotiating committees here today (Wednesday).

According to a statement issued from the Interior Ministry, the meeting will discuss progress in dialogue process and chalk out future line of action.

It will be the first meeting of the committees after Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) announced not to extend ceasefire.

TTP had announced that the 40-day long ceasefire will not be extended.

In a statement TTP spokesman, Shahidullah Shahid had said the government did not give a satisfactory response to the Taliban’s 40-day ceasefire and 50 of their detained members were killed during this period.

The TTP spokesman said the decision to not extend the ceasefire was taken by the Taliban shura. Shahidullah Shahid added if the government takes any serious step, the TTP will respond.

According to Shahidullah Shahid the dialogue process with the government would continue.

The TTP had declared a month-long ceasefire on March 1, 2014 during the dialogue process with the government. Later the ceasefire was extended for ten days which expired on April 10, 2014.