Pakistan Taliban considers peace talks

FE Team | Published: October 11, 2011 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

ISLAMABAD, 10 Oct (Reuters): Pakistan's Taliban movement, the country's biggest security threat, has suggested it would consider peace talks with the U.S.-backed government, a local newspaper reported Monday. Pakistani leaders said after an all-party meeting attended by top military and intelligence officials last month they would seek reconciliation with militants to end an insurgency. And Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani was quoted by newspapers as saying the government was ready to talk peace.