Islamabad : Pakistan has decided to seek the intervention of Taliban Supreme Leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada to control the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terror group, according to official sources. During an apex committee meeting in Peshawar, the civilian and military leadership held the banned TTP responsible for the carnage in the city this week, The Express Tribune reported. The committee decided to take up the matter with the interim Afghan government at the highest level, with a clear message that Pakistan would no longer tolerate cross-border terrorism.
The TTP, however, denied its involvement in Monday’s suicide blast at a mosque in Peshawar Police Lines. A briefing given to the apex committee suggested that a banned organization was in fact the mastermind of the attack. The meeting at the Governor’s House in the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) was held in the wake of a deadly terrorist attack in Police Lines that left over 100 people dead, mostly policemen.
Hindus in Pakistan: Everyone is safe because of Hindus, if you don’t believe then look at Pakistan… How true is CM Yogi’s comment on Muslim countries?
Imran’s party did not attend the meeting
The meeting was presided over by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Those who attended the meeting included Army Chief General Syed Asim Munir, DG ISI Lt-Gen Nadeem Anjum, Peshawar Corps Commander, DGMO and other military officials as well as senior cabinet members, chief ministers of four provinces, Gilgilt-Baltistan and PoK . Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was invited to this important meeting, but did not attend it.
Believing of ‘Pakistan’s Ambani’, Shahbaz does not become a beggar in Pakistan
Fearing Taliban, TTP did not accept the blast
The marathon meeting discussed how the suicide bomber managed to enter the high security zone, who was the culprit and how the government would respond to the new threat posed by the TTP. The meeting was informed that the TTP had in fact carried out the attack, but did not publicly acknowledge it, fearing a backlash from the Afghan Taliban.
(If you want to read the latest and quality news related to the world and science on your WhatsApp, please click here.)