Govt extends olive branch to PTM, again.

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Defence Pervaiz Khattak has invited Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leaders for a dialogue to discuss all the contentious issues.

The minister, in a press statement, said, "We Pakhtoons belong to the same province, thus we should collectively work for the development of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa." He said the erstwhile FATA districts were merged in the province in order to bring the people into national mainstream. He said those districts lag behind in terms of education, healthcare and basic communications infrastructure. He said that it is the time to collectively work for their uplift rather than indulging in confrontation.

Pervaiz Khattak invited PTM leadership to...