Pakistan government, Taliban resume peace talks

Negotiators from the government and the Pakistani Taliban today decided to form a sub-group to look into complaints from both sides as they met here after several days to carry forward the troubled peace talks.
Speaking after a marathon session, Taliban negotiating committee chief Maulana Samiul Haq said they were assured that there was no difference between the government and the army.
He said they were also satisfied that there was no incidents despite the Taliban unanimously calling off the ceasefire. Haq added that they would persuade the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to reinstate the ceasefire.
He said a meeting with the Taliban shura (council) was expected in the next few days and they would try and persuade them to release prisoners in exchange for the release of non-combatant Taliban by the government.

Haq said the two committees have agreed to form a new sub-committee to address reservations shown by both sides.
Prior to the meeting, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan met with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and briefed him on the latest developments in the dialogue.

The government has been trying to negotiate a peace deal with the banned outfit to find a solution to the decade-long insurgency that has claimed over 40,000 lives.
After the talks formally began, the TTP had announced a one-month ceasefire on March 1 and then extended it for another 10 days.
But last week, the Taliban said they would not renew the ceasefire but they would continue talks with the government.

Today's meeting was originally supposed to take place on Saturday but did not happen. No reasons were given.