PESHAWAR, Sept 16: The Ulema-i-Mashaikh (UM) wing of the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) on Saturday urged Afghan President Hamid Karzai to make a peace deal with Taliban.

Addressing a press conference here at the Peshawar Press Club, UM general-secretary Maulana Syed Chirag Din Shah announced the setting up of the NWFP chapter of the organisation.

He said Taliban were also citizens of Afghanistan and peace was only possible in that country if they were allowed to live in peace.

Lauding the role of NWFP Governor Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai in the North Waziristan peace deal, he urged the federal government to adopt the same policy in Balochistan.

Mr Shah urged the government not to make hasty decision on the proposed women protection bill.

He said that there were still loopholes which could be misused, and suggested the government to include another clause in the bill regarding Hijab.

Replying a question, he said suicide attacks were no solution to the problems of the oppressed Muslims and stressed unity against aggressors.

LITERARY FUNCTION: Local intellectual and research scholar Abdullah has said that it is need of the hour to work for upholding truthfulness and brotherhood in the society and promoting knowledge and literature, adding that these goals can be achieved with the help of intellectuals, poets and writers.