Members of a committee from Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) which was set up to hold talks with the government of Pakistan, chief cleric of Islamabad’s Red Mosque, Maulana Abdul Aziz (right) and two senior religious party leaders, Maulana Sami-ul-Haq (center) and professor Ibrahim Khan hold a news conference after their meeting in Islamabad on Monday. AFP PHOTO
ISLAMABAD: Negotiators representing the Pakistani government and Taliban insurgents are to meet for preliminary peace talks later Tuesday following a spate of killings, but there is skepticism about their chances of success.