Pakistan offers militants truce if arms surrendered

We have received messages from banned outfits and militant organisations for reconciliation and we have conveyed these messages to our leadership, Rehman Malik told reporters in Quetta.Malik refused to disclose which militants he was talking about. Asked whether these reconciliation messages were coming from the Taliban or others, he replied: It is purely confidential.The prime minister has also clearly stated that reconciliation is possible only with those who lay down their arms, he added.Reconciliation and talks are not possible when there is Kalashnikov in one hand. There is clear government policy that talks or dialogue would be held only with those who surrender their weapons, Malik said.