Punjab govt pleas to Taliban for no attack

A day after Pakistan's Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif pleaded with the Taliban to exempt the region from violence, the banned terror outfit has proposed a deal with the government, saying the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) would not carry out attacks if there is no action against it in Punjab.
According to a private television channel, TTP's Mohmand Agency chief Abdul Wali alias Umar Khalid, who is also considered the deputy of TTP chief Hakimullah Mehsud, said that if the Punjab government assured that the Taliban would not be targeted in Punjab then the TTP would also respond.
Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, who has come under fire for pleading to the Taliban to exempt his province from terror attacks, has said his remarks have been misreported and twisted by some quarters of the media.
Shahbaz said some portions of his speech on March 14 were reported 'out of context'.
"As far as criticism of the use of the word Punjab is concerned, it is clear that when a question was raised regarding blasts at a particular place, the reply had to be in the same context. The speaker had expressed his views on terrorism in Punjab and bomb blasts in Lahore. Therefore, I also referred to Punjab in my speech, which some people tried to use to their own advantage," Shahbaz clarified.