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Nawaz govt has no differences with army on peace dialogue with Taliban

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ANI Lahore

The Pakistan army does not oppose dialogue with the Taliban, Information and Broadcasting Minister Pervaiz Rashid has said.

Rashid added that all the institutions in the country would be duty bound to implement whatever the policy and decisions were taken by the government.

Talking to the media, he said that there was no difference of opinion between the government and army as far as dialogue with the Taliban was concerned, the Daily Times reports.

He also made it clear that the operation clean-up in Karachi would succeed and the federal government has taken the Sindh government on board on the issue.

He said that All Parties Conference (APC) was being called in the interest of the country and no political leader could afford to refuse participation in it, the report added.

 

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First Published: Sep 08 2013 | 11:46 AM IST

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