President Arif Alvi on September 10 suggested that the Pakistani Government could consider giving an amnesty to those members of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), who have not remained involved in "criminal activities" and who lay down their weapons and agree to adhere to the Pakistani Constitution, reports Dawn. He made the indication during an interview on Dawn News programme 'Khabar Se Khabar'. In the context of the Taliban's assurance that they would not allow Afghan land to be used for terrorism against Pakistan, host Nadia Mirza asked the president whether the TTP was no longer a threat for Pakistan. "TTP [remains] a threat," President Alvi responded. But he suggested it had been conveyed to Pakistan by the "second- or third-tier leadership" of the Taliban, which last month captured control of the country following a lightning blitz, that, "We (Afghan Taliban) will declare that they (TTP members) can live here in [Afghanistan] but they must not do any activity against Pakistan."