Pakistan: the assassination of a leader in the (Taliban) .. And a call for government to rapprochement through (cricket)



ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Gunmen killed the head of the Taliban's Central Council yesterday in North Waziristan, the center of the jihadist movement in northwest Pakistan, officials and his family said.
The assassination of a member of the armed Islamist insurgency comes a week after peace talks between the Pakistani government and rebels were suspended to end a seven-year-old conflict in the country.
A week ago, Pakistani aircraft bombed Islamist rebel strongholds in the northwestern tribal areas and the rebels launched attacks, prompting a large number of observers to question the possibility of a ceasefire or a peace deal.here New players in PSL 2018 is listed.
Ismatullah Shahin, 45, was chairman of the Shura Council of the Pakistani Taliban, a group of armed Islamic factions.
He was also acting president of the Pakistani Taliban last November after the killing of rebel leader Hakimullah Mehsud during a raid by a US drone.
"Unidentified gunmen opened fire at the Ismatullah Shahin car in the village of Darghah Mandi near the northern town of Waziristan, the tribal region that serves as the headquarters of the jihadist movement in the region," a senior intelligence official told AFP.
The official in charge of the rebellion and three of his aides were "killed immediately," the official said. A member of Ismatullah Shahin's family confirmed his death.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack on the Taliban's main character, which the Pakistani authorities had allocated 10 million rupees (70,000 dollars) to arrest him. But his death may be the result of internal tensions in the insurgency, analysts say.
"It seems that Ismatullah Shahin has been killed by a rival group that rejects peace talks with the government," said Imtiaz Gul, director of the Center for Research on Security Issues in Islamabad. "The future of the peace talks is grim," he said.
In a related context, a Pakistani minister yesterday proposed an unusual solution to calm in the country, which is torn by daily attacks, the organization of a game in cricket between the government and the Taliban rebels.
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In late January, Prime Minister Nawaz al-Sharif re-launched the peace process with the Taliban rebels in Pakistan, which has been gathering armed Islamist factions. But the negotiations have been suspended since the rebels executed 23 members of the pro-army militia last week.
The Pakistani air force bombed the movement's positions, killing 38 people, in a confrontation that could lead to a short-term cease-fire and a medium-term peace deal, analysts said.
In an effort to bring the two sides closer, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar proposed on Wednesday a match between power and cricket, a popular sport Pakistanis love.
"As far as I know, the Taliban love cricket," the minister said. "We can therefore organize a match with them, which may be more decisive" than negotiations. "Cricket is a sport that spreads peace and harmony."
Cricket is no stranger to politics in Pakistan. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif himself was passionate about it and participated in one of Pakistan's tournaments in December 1973.
Amran Khan, a leading opposition figure and supporter of dialogue with the rebels, a former cricket champion, led the national team to the World Cup in 1992.


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