Pakistain's Interior Minister
Rehman MalikPak politician, current Interior Minister under the Gilani administration. Malik is a former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) intelligence officer who rose to head the FIA during Benazir Bhutto's second tenure. He later joined the Pak Peoples Party and was chief security officer to Bhutto. Malik was tossed from his FIA job in 1998 after documenting the breath-taking corruption of the Sharif family. By unhappy coincidence Näwaz Shärif became PM at just that moment and Malik moved to London one step ahead of the button men.
told the country's parliamentarians on Thursday that the government has received the offer but emphasized it will not talk with the "terrorists," a Press TV correspondent reported.
Malik reiterated that negotiations would be held with those who lay down their arms, adding that "the government will deal with the bad turban elements with full strength."
The minister also paid tribute to the hundreds of security forces killed during anti-Taliban operations in Swat and Malakand tribal regions.
Pakistain has deployed thousands of troops along the border with Afghanistan and added to its operations in the tribal regions to flush out Talibs.
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in recent months Talibs have stepped up their attacks on police forces in what is viewed as retaliation for a recent Pak offensive against the Death Eaters.
Malik's remarks come a day after the United States released a report blaming Pakistain for not doing enough to counter militancy in the country.
Pakistain's military has rejected the report, saying the criticisms are aimed at justifying US failures in neighboring Afghanistan where hundreds of civilians have been killed in US attacks.
More than 4,000 people have bit the dust in attacks by bully boyz across Pakistain since 2007.