RAWALPINDI: As the government’s plans for holding talks with Taliban have come to a standstill after the recent Upper Dir incident, a former member of the National Assembly has met two condemned prisoners belonging to the banned Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan in the Central Jail, Adiala, on behalf of Taliban.
Sources said Javaid Ibrahim Paracha, an ex-legislator of PML-N, met Omer Adeel and Hafiz Mohammad Naseer, who both had been awarded capital punishment for carrying out terror attacks.
Meanwhile, the Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly, Khursheed Shah, told reporters on Friday that he had been informed by the prime minister that the government had not given any task to Mr Paracha to hold talks with Taliban.