ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 29, SPA -- Pakistan will fight terrorism as its top priority but will also negotiate with groups «willing to lay down their arms,» the country'snew prime minister said Saturday. Yousaf Raza Gilani said in his first policy speech thatthe government also will seek to reinstate judges sacked last year. «We are confronting many challenges, but we are notafraid of these challenges, and we will face them,» Gilanitold lawmakers. Parliament elected Gilani on Monday, six weeks afteropposition parties triumphed in elections that haverestored democracy. Underlining the transformation of Pakistan's politicallandscape, lawmakers on Saturday gave a unanimous vote ofconfidence to Gilani, a loyalist of assassinated formerpremier Benazir Bhutto. In a gesture to Western nations, Gilani said fighting terrorism would be his government's «top priority.» «The war against terrorism is our own war,» Gilani toldlawmakers, who repeatedly thumped their desks in approvalas he outlined his priorities, according to a report of the Associated Press.--SPA But he also said authorities also were «ready to holdtalks with those who will lay down their arms» in order torestore peace. Gilani promised to develop the impoverished borderregion's economy and to abolish criminal codes dating backto British colonial rule that contribute to its isolation.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/540896