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| TTP demands release of 400 prisoners, says Sami |
| 2014-03-28 |
| [DAWN] Chief of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain's peace committee Maulana Samiul Haq ...the Godfather of the Taliban,leader of his own faction of the JUI. Known as Mullah Sandwichfor his habit of having two young boys at a time... on Thursday said the myrmidon group had demanded release of around 400 prisoners belonging to it, while the government had sought the freedom of some important people, including Islamia College University Vice Chancellor Professor Ajmal Khan. Talking to news hounds here, Mr Haq said the TTP-government negotiations were moving towards success and the Taliban had showed conditional willingness to release Professor Ajmal and other important people. He demanded of the government to begin freeing people, whose release was demanded by the TTP, for the progress of grinding of the peace processor. The TTP committee chief said both the government and the Taliban had agreed to take the dialogue to its logical end, so he was hopeful that the two sides would soon begin exchanging goodwill gestures. He said he along with other members of the TTP committee would meet those of the government peace committee tomorrow (Friday) to discuss progress of grinding of the peace processor. Earlier in the day, Mr Haq told a peace conference in Pabbi that Islamic countries should shun differences to counter threat from the West. He said the Western countries were united to harm Islamic seminaries but Moslems could foil such bids by getting united. On the occasion, general secretary of Wafaqu Madaris Qari Hanif Jalandhri said student of Islamic seminaries were protector of Pakistain's Constitution and that any attempt to ban admission of foreigners in local seminaries would be resisted. |
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