Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has held a crisis meeting with chief government negotiators after dialog process between Islamabad and Taliban reached a new deadlock.
The meeting comes a day after the Islamabad government called off second round of talks with the banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militant group amid new reports of bloodshed in the country’s northwestern tribal region.
The Tuesday meeting was also attended by Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and Information Minister Pervez Rasheed, English-language newspaper Dawn reported.
The four-member government negotiating committee informed the premier about their unanimous decision that holding the talks with the Taliban negotiators was a meaningless effort.
The peace process faced a deadlock after a militant outfit executed nearly two dozen kidnapped soldiers in the troubled northwestern tribal region.
The Pakistani premier initiated the talks last month in an attempt to end endemic violence in the militancy-riddled country.
Skepticism was growing over the success of the talks between Pakistan’s government and pro-Taliban militants who had set tough conditions to negotiate.
Taliban’s firebrand leaders have also said the TTP sees no urgency to reach an agreement with Sharif’s government.
Pakistan has been gripped by deadly violence since 2001, after Islamabad joined the so-called US war on terror. According to Pakistani authorities, nearly 50,000 people have lost their lives in the conflict.
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