Pakistani Taliban are not ready to forgive President, Mr Pervez Musharraf, and will "hang him to death very shortly", a Taliban spokesperson said. "He (Mr Musharraf) cannot be forgiven as he has ruthlessly bombed thousands of innocent Pakistanis and mujahideen (holy warriors) at the behest of America," Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan spokesperson Maulvi Umer said.
"The nation cannot forget the massacre of thousands of religious students along with their teachers at Lal Masjid and Jamia Hafsa in the federal capital. Thousands of people have been killed in tribal areas and in settled parts (of NWFP) under the pretext of the American-sponsored so-called war against terrorism," he added.
"The list, carrying sins of Musharraf, is so long that he deserves to be hanged. Musharraf being the powerful person till yesterday has turned out to be the weakest person today, and the change has occurred with the blessing of Allah Almighty. The day is not far when Musharraf would be hanged to death," Maulvi Umer was quoted as saying by a local Urdu newspaper here.
He said Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud was optimistic about the outcome of the impending peace talks between militants and the government, while on the other hand Peshawar and Islamabad have allegedly reached a consensus to constitute two separate jirgas, one each for tribal areas and settled areas, for negotiations with the Islamic militia