Islamabad: Members representing the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Thursday reached Waziristan in a special-charter helicopter to meet leaders from the Taliban shura ahead of peace talks with Pakistan government-nominated negotiators.
The aim of the meeting is to decide the time and venue for the shura`s talks with the new government committee, Dawn Online reported.
Maulana Yousuf Shah, contact person for the TTP, and Jamaat-i-Islami`s Ibrahim Khan reached North Waziristan for the talks.
"The nation would soon receive some good news on the talks` front," Shah said in a statement to the media in Islamabad before he left for the talks.
"Members of both committees need to adopt a cautious approach. The venue of the meeting between government representatives and the Taliban shura is not yet decided," Shah added.
The government has formed a new high-level committee for direct talks with the Taliban. The committee comprises top government officials.
The new committee, headed by Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif`s special assistant Irfan Siddiqui, comprises Habibullah Khan Khattak, federal secretary for ports and shipping; Arbab Muhammad Arif, additional chief secretary of FATA; Fawad Hassan Fawad, additional secretary at Prime Minister’s Office; and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) member Rustam Shah Mohmand, who has served as chief secretary of the then North West Frontier Province and the country’s ambassador in Afghanistan.
