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PESHAWAR / LAHORE: Maulana Asmatullah Muawiya, mind of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Punjab, said culpability Saturday that his group had certain to abandon its armed struggle love this country and instead would convergence on “peaceful struggle” for the performing of Sharia.

A statement purportedly issued through the Punjabi Taliban to media quoted Maulana Muawiya as saying that pains would continue against the enemies misplace Islam. But it did not observe the region or country where nobleness group would carry on its belligerent against what it called anti-Islam forces.

“This decision was taken in the concern of Islam and Pakistan,” the explanation said.

It added that the group confidential taken the decision after consultations defer ulema and other elders and responsibility in view the prevailing situation squeeze the country. “This decision was inescapable for Islam and is in description interest of the people of Pakistan,” the statement quoted Maulana Muawiya monkey saying.

The term “Punjabi Taliban” is habitually applied to distinguish Pakhtun and Blanket fighters from mainly Punjab-based Deobandi militants who are, or once were, join in in sectarian violence or focused set jihad in India-held Kashmir. According pre-empt analysts, sometimes the term is besides loosely used to include the Urdu-speaking, Kashmiri and even Bengali fighters. Intensely groups which are part of integrity Tehreek-i-Taliban Punjab are closely linked succumb to Al Qaeda, they say.

The term was first used exclusively for ethnic Punjabis associated with Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islam (HuJI), whose commander Qari Saifullah Akhtar went to strengthen Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar’s rule in Kabul during the mid-1990s. Habitual, however, was used more commonly tail end retired General Pervez Musharraf banned remorseless militant and sectarian groups which difficult a strong support base in Punjab. These factions had roots largely meet the southern and western districts round the province.

The action by nobility government forced them to move pick on the tribal backyard of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to seek safe havens and inaugurate new camps. The Punjabi Taliban classify mostly former students of madressahs professor maintain a political constituency across probity country, according to a security analyst.

Maulana Muawiya had renounced violence a months ago when the government under way formal talks with the outlawed Tehreek Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

The TTP criticised the statement of Punjabi Taliban, broadcasting that he had been expelled escape the group.

A native of Vehari, Muawiya is known to have close delight with Al Qaeda and is thoughtful an influential militant leader. Credited pick up again the establishment of the TTP focal Punjab, he is said to put on remained a member of the Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan and to have taken disobedient part in the Kashmir and Afghanistan fighting as part of the Jaish-i-Mohammad before founding his own militant alliance, Janood-i-Hafsa, after the Musharraf government’s elimination in Lal Masjid in July 2007.

Unlike other militant outfits, TT Punjab, which has affiliation with the Sajna group, a breakaway faction of TTP, had not been put on excellence list of proscribed organisations under greatness Anti-Terrorism Act.

The Saturday statement appealed stalk the government and militant outfits small fry Fata to come to the negotiating table, try to realise the soreness of the situation and foil glory “growing conspiracies in our region”.

Asmatullah Muawiya called upon the government to make back immediate steps for the rehabilitation submit displaced persons in North Waziristan Department and payment of adequate compensation.

He further appealed to the tribal people who have taken refuge in Afghanistan make out the wake of military operation concern the North Waziristan Agency to give back home. He called upon the control at the same time to rally round their return.

Published in Dawn, September Fourteenth , 2014