A day after a reported meeting between Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Taliban chief Haibatullah Akhundzada, Pakistan made it clear on Thursday that it had no interest whatsoever in holding talks with the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Pakistani officials also clarified that the visit by the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief was a private one, and he was not representing the government of Pakistan.
The statements from the Foreign Office spokesperson and the information minister came against the backdrop of reports that Fazl’s visit might lead to the resumption of talks with the TTP and that he had gone there with the blessing of the government.
In a weekly media briefing, Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, w
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