Source: ET
ISLAMABAD: The current stalemate in the peace negotiations with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) could have been avoided if the military was leading the initiative instead of the civilian government’s nominated interlocutors, according to ex-military chief Gen (retd) Mirza Aslam Beg.
In an exclusive interview with The Express Tribune, Beg, who had served as the army chief from 1988 until his retirement in 1991, said that the army and Taliban were the principal stakeholders in the conflict and they should have successfully conducted the peace negotiations.
He is confident that the army will hold talks with all the splinter groups of the Pakistani Taliban who have distanced themselves from the Maulana Fazlullah-led TTP.
In facts it speaks the mind set of those who were are still in khaki. Those on helm of affairs referred as government by Gen Baig, in other words, are irrelevant to the important issue of terrorism.If permitted I will call it a manufacturing design in the grooming of military where officer cadre consider itself superior to every other Pakistani. Additionally sad thing is civil elite could not produce Turkish level leadership as such Egyptian model has again been suggested by a retired General. It also indicates who actually matters in Pakistan.