A Story of Success against terrorism; How Pakistan defeated terrorism through operation Zarb-e-Azb.
Events leading to Operation Zarb-e-Azb & how Pakistan gave a final chance to TTP for peaceful end of hostilities. In 2014, peace negotiations with TTP were announced by then PM Nawaz Sharif, although previous attempts to engage TTP in dialogue had failed. In an address to the National Assembly on 29 Jan 2014, he stated that terrorism must be defeated either by talks or force and he was giving peace a last chance. The government announced its negotiating team first. TTP announced their five-member team on 1 Feb 2014. They did not name any representatives from their ranks and instead nominated four pro-Taliban politico-religious figures to present their views. The fifth nomination was Imran Khan (current PM) which caused a lot of comment. A spokesman for the TTP Shahidullah Shahid, told Agence France-Presse news agency: " The Committee members will hold talks with their interlocutors in the government's team on our behalf and put forth our point of view. " The first ses...