Pakistan PM to hold meeting on US ties

Prime Minster Sharif was abroad when the American spy aircraft rained missiles into the North Waziristan tribal region Friday, and killed the Taliban chief and several other commanders, who had been discussing strategy for talks with the government.

The government had constituted a three-member delegation of top religious scholars to proceed to the Waziristan tribal area Saturday to meet the Taliban leaders and discuss the agenda and a possible venue for the peace talks.

The visit was cancelled after the US attack that is being widely condemned in Pakistan with both the government and opposition parties saying that the Americans have derailed the rare peace initiative.