Peshawar: The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has hinted at a cease-fire with the Pakistani government and forces. The Taliban tied their cease-fire with an end to Pakistan’s participation in the Afghan war and the reshaping of the Constitution and foreign policy according to the Quran and Sunnah.
In a letter sent to senior Geo News correspondent Saleem Safi by Punjab TTP Amir Asmatullah Muawiya and endorsed by the spokesman of the TTP Ehsanullah Ehsan.
The letter called for repeal of all laws in Pakistan which are against Islam and said that the Constitution should be re-written in the light of the Quran and Sunnah.
The letter said that TTP was dragged into a war with Pakistan from the Afghanistan and Kashmir fronts and the government and the army were responsible for this.
The war with the TTP was started by the army and they are only defending themselves which is their religious right, the letter said.
The TTP said the Pakistan Army should become a “Pure Islamic Army” and not act as mercenaries for America.
“Instead of taking out guns against Muslims (Ahle Islam), the Pakistan Army should prepare to take revenge for the 1971 war (with India). This will also add the potential of Kashmiri mujahideen to our forces,” the TTP said.
The TTP letter revealed that it was not targeting the Jamaat-e-Islami and JUI of Maulana Fazlur Rehman but these parties should also revise their positions and statements.
It said that the TTP had taken a quiet approach towards the PML-N and Tehrik-e-Insaf but the ANP and MQM had sold themselves for the glitter of American dollars.
“If the ANP changes its policies and apologises for its past mistakes, the TTP is prepared to forgive them,” the TTP statement said.
The Taliban letter said Pakistan was its country and “we love its streets and even plains and deserts but we cannot sacrifice our faith for this love.”
The TTP letter said any fresh operation in North Waziristan would be a failure as America with its 42 allies has not been able to achieve any success.
“If we are attacked even those who are now away from the fighting will take up arms and many more fronts will open,” the TTP said. The TTP said now the Government of Pakistan should decide what it wanted to do.
Meanwhile, different analysts have applauded the cease-fire proposal from TTP and termed it a new way for the country to end violence, which has gripped country from 2001 after the US attack on Afghanistan.
On the other hand, some of them have rejected it saying that there was nothing un-Islamic in the constitution and Taliban should not put forward proposals which were impossible for the Pakistani government to follow.
The analysts also said that although Taliban highlighted the atrocities of the Pakistan Army but they should have also apologized over their brutality.
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