Lahore, Apr. 17 : Criticizing the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s decision to not join the federal government, the Pakistan People’s Party has said that the PML-N is a “provincial party.

“If the PML-N joins the federal government, they would become a national party. But the decision shows that they do not want to play their role at national level,” the Daily Times quoted, PPP Central Deputy Information Secretary Sajjad Bukhari, as saying.

PPP leader Naveed Chaudhry said the PML-N should have encouraged politics of reconciliation, adding that such decisions would bring no good to the country.

Lahore, Apr. 17 : The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has said that the un-Islamic provisions in the constitution of Pakistan are not acceptable to it.

The TTP Swat chapter spokesperson Muslim Khan said the Taliban would only accept those provisions of Pakistan's constitution which were Islamic.

"The constitution itself was not completely Islamic. The Taliban does not accept any constitution other than sharia," The Daily Times quoted Khan, as saying.

Lahore, Apr. 17 : The United States has already made it clear that the financial aid to Pakistan would not go unchecked, and now strengthening its `no blank cheque' stance the Obama Administration is considering appointing a special Inspector General for Pakistan to supervise its proposed aid on the lines of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Lahore, Apr. 16 : While the Obama administration is trying hard to raise 5 billion dollars at an international conference in Tokyo to help Pakistan receive financial support to fight against extremism, Saudi Arabia has expressed only `muted interest' in helping out.

A report in the Wall Street Journal stated that Saudi Arabia may back out from offering Pakistan any financial support because it has reservations over the Zardari regime.

Lahore, Apr. 16 : Baloch Republican Party chief Brahamdagh Bugti has urged India and the United States to help the Baloch people attain freedom from Pakistan.

Bugti said Baloch people were being suppressed by the Pakistan Government which wants to take control of natural resources of the region.

“We will welcome India’s help for the Baloch people. We do not recognise the Constitution of 1973. We only want freedom,” The Daily Times quoted Bugti, as saying.

Lahore, Apr. 16 : US Central Command (CENTCOM) chief General David Petraeus, has said that the presence of extremists outfits such as Al Qaeda on Pakistan's soil pose `an ever more serious threat to its very existence'.

In an interview to the Philadelphia Inquirer, General Petraeus said the US policy's prime focus was on Afghanistan and Pakistan, because of the presence Al-Qaeda in the tribal regions of Pakistan.