PESHAWAR: Banned militants’ outfit, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), on Monday has rejected the Pakistan’s Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar’s unique offer for playing a cricket match.
TTP spokesperson Shahidullah Shahid, while talking to media from an undisclosed location, clarified that Taliban don’t like playing cricket.
Shahidullah Shahid reiterated that Taliban ever ready for holding talks for peace establishment but the federal government seems not serious for the move.
The spokesperson added they have offered many times for negotiations but the government’s response was cold.
Earlier, Pakistan’s Interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan offered that the government will like to compete with Taliban in a cricket match.
Talking to media, Nisar said that if media men can carry my message to Taliban, we will like to compete with Taliban on a cricket pitch than on any other platform.
When asked to comment on the killing of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan commander Asmatullah Shaheen Bhatti, he said that “We will talk about it tomorrow”.
In November 2013, TTP spokesperson Shahidullah Shahid expressed anger over Pakistani media praising Indian star batsman Sachin Tnedulkar on his retirement while bashing Pakistan cricket team captain Misbah-ul-Haq.
In the video, TTP spokesperson said that some media channels are praising Indian batsman and criticising Misbah-ul-Haq which is against national interest.
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