PTI blames govt for collapse of KP talks

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• Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Secretary General Salman Akram Raja has blamed the federal government’s position on counterterrorism operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the failure of negotiations between the government and opposition.
• Raja said the talks broke down because the federal government wanted the KP administration to take responsibility for anti-terrorism measures that had been initiated unilaterally by the centre.
• Raja said local communities must have confidence in security measures and that operations should be guided by reliable intelligence from the ground.

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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Secretary General Salman Akram Raja has blamed the federal government’s position on counterterrorism operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the failure of negotiations between the government and opposition.

Raja said the talks broke down because the federal government wanted the KP administration to take responsibility for anti-terrorism measures that had been initiated unilaterally by the centre.

He said the PTI-Tehreek Tahaffuz Aain-e-Pakistan (TTAP) negotiating team had maintained that any counterterrorism strategy in the province should be developed through an agreement between the federal and provincial governments.