Share:Negotiations with banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan was the mandate of Parliament, insisted ex-chairman Senate Mian Raza Rabbani, calling into question the issue of negotiations with terror outfits. Senator Rabbani asserted that the government had no mandate to hold such negotiations. “The government has no mandate to hold negotiations with terrorist organisations, as it is the mandate of Parliament. If it empowers the government, only then it can hold negotiations,” he emphasised. He said that the incidents of missing persons and human rights were assuming alarming proportions while negotiations were being held with TTP.

Source: The Nation November 11, 2021 16:19 UTC