In a separate move to pressure the Taliban , hundreds of Muslim clerics gathered in Islamabad on Sunday to issue a unanimous declaration that denounced the militants ' violent tactics . Government convenes a meeting of nearly all of the country 's political parties . The party leaders are told that they have to agree on one thing, and if any part of it is not agreed upon then there will be no election at all. Government troops have battled Taliban in Pakistan 's northwestern Swat Valley . Hundreds of Muslim clerics gather in Islamabad to denounce militants ' violent tactics .
Government convenes a meeting of nearly all of the country 's political parties . The party leaders are told that they have to agree on one thing, and if any part of it is not agreed upon then there will be no election at all. Government troops have battled Taliban in Pakistan 's northwestern Swat Valley . Hundreds of Muslim clerics gather in Islamabad to denounce militants ' violent tactics .