| The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Thursday condemned any dialogue between the government and Taliban militants, whom officials themselves blame for the December 27 assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. “The government is holding talks with the man blamed by it for the killing of Benazir Bhutto. We condemn it,” PPP spokeswoman Sherry Rehman said. The government accuses Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud of plotting Benazir’s murder, who was killed in a gun-and-bomb attack in Rawalpindi. The Al Qaeda-linked commander in South Waziristan denies his involvement in the killing of the PPP chairwoman. |