ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: Chief of Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Aftab Sherpao on Thursday expressed his concern over the delay on the part of the federal government in devising a mechanism for holding talks with Taliban as agreed at the allparty conference (APC) held last month.

Talking to reporters after presiding over a meeting of his party`s Central Executive Committee (CEC) at the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa House, the QWP chief regretted that the federal government was not providing any help to the smaller provinces to deal with terrorism-related issues.