Team to hold talks with Taliban in the making: Mian Iftikahr

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Team to hold talks with Taliban in the making: Mian Iftikahr
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s information minister, Mian Iftikhar Hussain, Friday tied lasting peace in the region to 'dialogue' with Taliban militants, Geo News reported.

“We have openly offered Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan to come to the table and talk with us”, said he talking to media here.

To a question he said, a team of negotiators was in the making.

“Deliberations on who will be on the team will conclude in 20 days”, Hussain said.

He denied setting any Taliban prisoners free.

“We did not release any Taliban militants rather swapped them with some of their fellows in Afghanistan jails” said he.

To another question, he termed Minhaj-ul-Quran’s Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri’s successful negotiations with the government as a victory of democracy.