Pak Taliban grants amnesty for bounty minister

September 27, 2012 00:36

The Pakistani Taliban today said they had removed from their 'hit list' a federal minister who has offered a bounty of $100,000 for the death of a filmmaker who produced anti-Islam movie.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan spokesman Ihsanullah Ihsan told reporters in the country's northwest that the militants had granted an "amnesty" to Railway Minister Ghulam Ahmed Bilour, who triggered a controversy by offering the reward last week.

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