... aka
Taliban Khan, who is the lightweight's lightweight...
urged the government on Wednesday to allow Taliban to open an office for the peace dialogue to be held in accordance of a decision of the recently held all-party conference.
"If the government is serious about pursuing the dialogue process with the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain it should allow them to have their own office like the one opened by the Afghan Taliban in Qatar," Imran Khan told news hounds outside the Lady Reading Hospital in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
"If the Americans can allow the opening of office in Qatar to facilitate talks with the Afghan Taliban, why can't we do in our own country," he said.
Mr Khan visited the hospital for the second time since Sunday's twin suicide kabooms on the All Saints Church and met the injured in different wards.
He said he was surprised that while there were prospects of talks with the Taliban, acts of terrorism were continuing. How is it possible to negotiate, he asked, when terror strikes continued unabated.
He said that although the APC had decided to go for negotiations instead of using force, so far no mechanism had been put in place for the dialogue. The government should demonstrate some seriousness and declare a ceasefire to pave the way for result-oriented talks and to establish peace in the country.