Just as expected, the first thing that comes from his mouth is the desire to start talks with Taliban.
Some people never learn from past mistakes. Now they will achieve ‘peace’ after giving in to demands of extremist khawarij groups in Pakistan.
Bad sign for common Muslims in Pakistan. Nawaz is going to strengthen Taliban ranks and give them a moral boost by listening to their “demands”.
**LAHORE: Pakistan’s prime minister-elect Nawaz Sharif Monday called for peace talks with Pakistani Taliban militants at war with the government, potentially charting a course that could put him at odds with the country’s powerful army.
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Speaking to the newly elected members of national and provincial assemblies belonging to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), he said that Taliban offers to talk should be taken seriously.
Nawaz Sharif said ”terrorism” was one of the most serious problems plaguing the country and any offer by the Pakistani Taliban to talk ”should be taken seriously.”
”All options should be tried, and guns are not a solution to all problems,” Sharif said. ”Why shouldn’t we sit and talk, engage in dialogue?”
Re: Nawaz appeasing Taliban: Calls for Taliban talks
Our previous policies regarding taleban hav failed, if he weans some taleban from the war without jeopardising Pakistans security I don't think there should be any issue in this. Anyways lets wait and see.
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I have spent last 2 years campaigning against Nawaz Sharif so not his biggest fan here but there is NOTHING wrong with "peace talk strategy". Talibans have already showed their confidence in him so if peace talks can bring ANY kind of stability then why not?
I would even support a strategy of taking these Talibans out by force if there is any chance but we have witnessed that those chances are slim so why can't even adopt a different strategy?
Re: Nawaz appeasing Taliban: Calls for Taliban talks
Just as expected, the first thing that comes from his mouth is the desire to start talks with Taliban.
Some people never learn from past mistakes. Now they will achieve 'peace' after giving in to demands of extremist khawarij groups in Pakistan.
Bad sign for common Muslims in Pakistan. Nawaz is going to strengthen Taliban ranks and give them a moral boost by listening to their "demands".
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I'll be deeply concerned if they start giving concessions to Taliban and give them some leverage to continue their killing spree or re group themselves in some safe havens within our territories.. However merely talking to them should not be a matter of concern. If we can reduce the terrorism by bringing them in to main stream and to negotiate their de weaponization.. it should be a welcome move. If Americans can talk to Taliban.. why can't we talk to them to ensure our security and bring an end to terrorism..
We need to immediately come out of America centric policy on Taliban and develop a policy based on our own interests.. this is for sure..!!!
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The problem with this whole American talking approach is that the yanks would uppity uppity outta here one day but Pakistan has no option to "leave" the region. Compare it to back home and you would see how US deals with violent thugs. We negotiate with Taliban and to quote the former President Musharraf, much to many people's heartburn, he summed it up best that "negotiations is about give and take. Both sides have to give in order for a successful negotiation" when he was on the Daily Show in his last appearance.
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One thing is for sure the votes in Punjab and kpk also reflect the public's rejection of the previous governments' policies regarding the war on terror. The people of fata and kpk are fed up and want to try something new. Talking to the Taliban does not imply that the country would be handed over to them, neither PMLN nor Pti can afford that. Let them try the policies on which they got votes on. In case of issues one can always reverse them. I am sure many among the Taliban are war weary and the momentum of the war can be halted by negotiations.
Re: Nawaz appeasing Taliban: Calls for Taliban talks
The problem with this whole American talking approach is that the yanks would uppity uppity outta here one day but Pakistan has no option to "leave" the region. Compare it to back home and you would see how US deals with violent thugs. We negotiate with Taliban and to quote the former President Musharraf, much to many people's heartburn, he summed it up best that "negotiations is about give and take. Both sides have to give in order for a successful negotiation" when he was on the Daily Show in his last appearance.
Let's see what they give in.. it's too early to say anything at this time. Last time when NS came in power he tried to sincerely stop the India centric training camps for jihadis and tried to make peace with India.. which was sabotaged by the general you are quoting.. It's going to be a delicate balancing act for NS this time also.. I hope he doesn't fail this time.. his track record is good as far as making a sincere effort to stop the non sense of using our territories as a base camp to carry violence in other countries. NS's intentions are more or less evident from his track record.. His execution failed last time.. let's see what happens now..!!!
P.S. Any successful execution plan by NS would require his civilian control over the army establishment.. who are also a player in all this game along with the Taliban. The ex army general-dictator required terrorism problem to rise to justify his longevity to stay in power.. thus allowed safe havens for terrorist in Waziristan and other places, harboring Quetta Shura (and suspected harboring of OBL and Al Zawahiri), double games, handing over Swat to Fazalullah, accepting huge influx of jihadis from all over the world after American invasion of Afghanistan... etc. etc.
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Whatever happened, has happened. NS and IK have to cooperate with the military and send a strong message to Taliban.
If they are sincere, the most important task is to find money trails and curb supply of funds to them ASAP. There is not other way to bring them to negotiating table and us having upper hand.
Any other flexibility given to Taliban would strengthen the perception of they being allied with PML(N) and PTI. They would lose support of a lot of people, including me, if they show the same indifference towards Taliban as the last PPP government did.
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Remember, Nawaz Sharif is a politician. Promising to try to hold talks with the Taliban is a smart promise to make, because he knows it will go nowhere.
One of the criticisms of the PPP government and the Musharraf government before it was failing to stop the Taliban. The most visible approach to the Taliban problem these governments used was force.
The war against the Taliban is unpopular because of its failure to fix the problem. In opposition and running up to the election, it was easy for Nawaz Sharif to draw support by promising to try a different approach, that of talks.
I honestly believe that Nawaz Sharif knows that the Taliban's demands are so outragous that talk will lead nowhere, but that doesn't matter. Promising to hold talks was one of his campaign promises, he will hold talks that won't lead anywhere, then he will resume the previous policy while being able to legitimately claim that he fulfilled his promise to hold peace talks. He will simply regret that the peace talks led nowhere.
But he will point to his holding of the peace talks as proof that he is an honest politician who followed up on his commitment to the nation. Note that he did not promise success through peace talk. He's just being a politician.
Re: Nawaz appeasing Taliban: Calls for Taliban talks
Remember, Nawaz Sharif is a politician. Promising to try to hold talks with the Taliban is a smart promise to make, because he knows it will go nowhere.
One of the criticisms of the PPP government and the Musharraf government before it was failing to stop the Taliban. The most visible approach to the Taliban problem these governments used was force.
The war against the Taliban is unpopular because of its failure to fix the problem. In opposition and running up to the election, it was easy for Nawaz Sharif to draw support by promising to try a different approach, that of talks.
I honestly believe that Nawaz Sharif knows that the Taliban's demands are so outragous that talk will lead nowhere, but that doesn't matter. Promising to hold talks was one of his campaign promises, he will hold talks that won't lead anywhere, then he will resume the previous policy while being able to legitimately claim that he fulfilled his promise to hold peace talks. He will simply regret that the peace talks led nowhere.
But he will point to his holding of the peace talks as proof that he is an honest politician who followed up on his commitment to the nation. Note that he did not promise success through peace talk. He's just being a politician.
Nice and to the point. But it is still sad that we don't "get it" that crimes are to be prosecuted even if the criminals operate as "Islamists".
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It's not that we don't get it. We don't get enough information from the authorities who nab them, interrogate them, and then often either release them with cutting an unfruitful deal or presenting them before courts with insufficient evidence so the onus falls on Courts for letting them go instead of the Law Enforcement Agencies' lack of evidence.
Dialogue is good. Dialogue that does not produce results is futile, and those involved in it either go in knowing they will hit a deadlock, or are dishonest in their efforts to reach desired results from dialogue.
If they lay down arms, do not attack anyone anywhere in the country, and agree to prosecution of convicted criminal elements, then Yes. Otherwise, it's just a futile exercise meant for public consumption.
One way to ensure public confidence in such measures is to make the entire process transparent. Law Enforcement agencies should make their findings public after the interrogation has ended, so that public knows what happened, how it happened, and whatever the result was.
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And Taliban Khan PTI seeks cleric help in Taliban peace talks
You are already supported by Ehsanullah Ehsan
NS is seeking support from Samee ul Haq
His old fellow from **Akkora Khattak
**Akkora Khattak is very important
Taliban’s Chowk
Every terrorist take starts from this place
Re: Nawaz appeasing Taliban: Calls for Taliban talks
And what about Ghaddar Bhutto and Corrupt Bhutto? Sounds good right?
One should believe that a senior guy like u should have better arguments, par afsoos…U can only drag politicans private life and stupid conspiracy teories.
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And what about Ghaddar Bhutto and Corrupt Bhutto? Sounds good right?
One should believe that a senior guy like u should have better arguments, par afsoos...U can only drag politicans private life and stupid conspiracy teories.
Bhutto ko Ghadar aur corrupt kehnay wala
Mujhay siraf tars aata hay
Oh, we are talking about the army’s policy err WoT but I don’t even know what is that anymore.