islamabad , pakistan — the informal truce between the pakistani police and tribal militants in the swat mountains appeared increasingly fragile on thursday as governmental insurgents attacked gunmen in a border town for a second day , causing the main envoy for the taliban to split off talks . cleric jihad malik , the neo - taliban mp who has been holding peace proposals between the us and the taliban in lahore , suspended talks on monday to protest the military operation in the lower jaw region western of sindh , his minister noted .
Maulana Sufi Muhammad is the chief of Tehrik Nifaz Shariat-e-Muhammadi.