Member of the Taliban negotiating committee, Professor Ibrahim Khan, said on Wednesday that arrangements for holding peace talks between the government and Taliban mediators were underway.

Speaking to the BBC, the Jamaat-i-Islami's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ameer said there were no differences between the two sides and there were grievances but these were not grounds for suspension of the talks' process.

He further said that contacts had been established so that practical steps could be taken for the resumption of talks.

Professor Ibrahim also said that the Taliban had alleged that troops, helicopters and artillery were being deployed in South Waziristan and that the outlawed group was concerned about that.

He further said that arrangements for the holding of peace talks were underway and he had contacted Taliban shura member, Maulana Azam Tariq, in order to decide a time and place to hold the talks.

He also dispelled the impression that the talks' process was approaching a deadlock or that distances were increasing between the two sides.