Pak Taliban offers protection to Imran Khan

Peshawar, Oct 2 :  Pakistan Taliban commanders have offered to provide protection to Tehreek-i-Insaaf party chief and former cricket captain Imran Khan in the lawless northwest
 


Imran Khan has emerged as one of the leading critics of America's  lethal drone strikes.
 
On Sunday he plans to address a rally in South Waziristan, an area where security forces continue to mount operations against militant bases.
 
Senior commanders with the Pakistan Taliban said, a recent meeting headed by the group's leader Hakimullah Mehsud set aside earlier instructions to send suicide bombers to assassinate the former all-rounder.