Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud has ordered his militants not to attack Pakistani security forces henceforth and warned that anyone violating his orders would be punished publicly, Geo News reported on Wednesday. According to the channel, MehsudÂ’s announcement, advertised in distributed pamphlets, directed the Taliban to stop offensives in Waziristan, Tank, Gomal and Dera Ismail Khan.
The pamphlets read that the Taliban should stop provocative activities against the government in an effort to bring peace.
“Those failing to abide by the orders will be hanged upside down in bazaars,” the statement warned.
Ghani: NWFP Governor Owais Ghani on Wednesday confirmed talks were underway with Mehsud.
“We are moving on all fronts and making progress,” the governor told Daily Times, responding to a question on whether the government was also negotiating a peace agreement with Baitullah Mehsud, the prime suspect in the murder of Pakistan People’s Party chairwoman Benazir Bhutto. NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti said he was receiving “satisfactory feedback” from Malakand region after the freeing of Maulana Sufi Muhammad. It was a milestone towards eradicating violence and terrorism, he said while talking to reporters on Wednesday.