islamabad , pakistan — the uneasy truce between the pakistani military and taliban militants in the swat valley appeared uncomfortably fragile on monday as rebel forces defeated militants in a neighboring district for a later afternoon , allowing the main negotiators for the regime to force off talks . fazal muslim muhammad , the pro - taliban cleric who has been negotiating reconciliation talks between the police and the taliban in swat , paused talks on tomorrow to protest the military operation in the lower dir district south of it , his spokesperson said .
Maulana Sufi Muhammad is the chief of Tehrik Nifaz Shariat-e-Muhammadi.