TTP demands withdrawal of army, release of prisoners & compensation

ISLAMABAD: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) political shura has apprised its negotiating team members of their demands for peace talks, Geo News reported.

According to senior journalist and Geo TV programme “CapitalTalk’ host Hamid Mir TTP presented their demands before Taliban negotiations committee member Prof Muhammad Ibrahim Khan and its coordinator Maulana Yousaf Shah, who held meeting with political shura.

The demands of Taliban were release of its prisoners, withdrawal of army from insurgency-hit areas besides compensation to the affectees.

Prof Ibrahim and Maulana Yousaf Shah had arrived in North Waziristan via helicopter to convey the demands of the government’s committee to the Taliban leadership on Saturday.