The outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has threatened Pakistan’s senior leaders with assassination, accusing them of appeasing the West, particularly the United States.
Almost a month after breaking the truce, the TTP has threatened to assassinate key leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) who discussed action against the TTP at a recent National Security Committee meeting (NSC).
Pakistan’s top civil and military officials recently declared that the terror organization will be dealt with harshly. Noor Mehsud’s organization has directly threatened Pakistan with assassination attempts on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.
In a statement, TTP, which is taking shelter in neighboring Afghanistan and is on good terms with Kabul, cautioned the masses to avoid getting close to these leaders. The group maintained that everybody is aware that their prime target is the security agencies.
Recalling the recent years for not waging war against mainstream politicians, TTP said “unfortunately, Bilawal gave Washington mother’s status to get mother’s love”. It maintained that the PPP chairman is still young and has not yet witnessed the “state of war”.
Addressing Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the group said the PML-N leader pushed the entire party into this war by going against them, just to please America.
The group refrained from naming any religious leaders, saying there was no scope for action against them, but called on them to stop their activities.
Earlier, Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah stated that if the Afghan Taliban fails to take action against the terror group, Pakistan may attack its safe havens in Afghanistan’s border regions.
He took a different stance this time, saying that Islamabad would continue its efforts to have peace talks with the TTP and urging the terrorists to first lay down their arms.
