Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said on Friday they were ready to hold talks with militants to avoid further acts of terrorism. He was talking to media after visiting the site of blast that killed at least 18 people in Peshawar. The minister condemned the blast and said it was carried out to spread panic among the people. “We are ready to hold talks with militants to save ourselves from terrorism,” he said.