DHAKA: Pakistan will not allow the death of Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud in a US drone strike to derail proposed peace talks.

Pakistan information minister said on Saturday, reports The Straits Times.

Pervez Rasheed told reporters the government wanted to press ahead with its plan to negotiate with Mehsud’s Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.

‘We can say that this time drone struck the peace talks but we will not let the peace talks die,’ Rasheed said.

BDST: 1913 HRS, NOV 02, 2013
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