Nawaz says peace talks with Pak Taliban underway

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said dialogue with Taliban has started and hoped that it will progress within the constitutional framework.

The comments from Sharif came as he spoke to British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and discussed issues of mutual interest.

According to the Daily Times, Sharif apprised Clegg on the dialogue with Taliban, relations with India, energy situation and economic reforms agenda of his government, a press release from the Pakistan's High Commission said.

Sharif said the government could not wait and see the innocent people and members of law enforcement agencies being killed in the streets of Pakistan, the report said.

He said the government was making its counter-terrorism forces and intelligence agencies fully capable to root out extremism and terrorism from the country.

According to the report, he also briefed Clegg on the recently promulgated Protection of Pakistan Ordinance and said that it was specifically prepared to deal with those terrorists who were waging a war against the people Pakistan.

On Pakistan-India relations, Nawaz said that he had made sincere efforts to resolve all outstanding issues with India.