Quetta, Mar. 20 : Reacting to reports that the United States might initiate drone attacks in Baluchistan , several provincial leaders have said that Washington can not be fooled by statements that deny the presence of the Taliban or Al-Qaeda in the region.

"We cannot fool the Americans. They are ruling the whole world. They have the expertise to find out who is hiding where and who their supporters, financers and protectors are," provincial president of the Awami National Party (ANP), Khuda-e-Dad said.

Islamabad  - A stray rocket fired by Islamist militants at a paramilitary base in a Pakistani border town killed at least 10 people and wounded 32, an official said Friday.

The rocket attack was launched Thursday night on a camp of the Frontier Corps paramilitary force based in the remote town of Landi Kotal, 10 kilometres from the Afghan frontier, said Nasir Khan, a local administrator.

Lahore, Mar. 20 : Pakistan investigation agencies have denied that either the Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) or the Jammat-ud-Dawa (JuD) had a role to play in the terror strike on the Sri Lankan cricket players.

Investigators said there is no evidence to prove that the two banned terrorist organizations were behind the attack.

Sources said the report admitted there was a serious security lapse on part of the concerned authorities, The Daily Times reports.

Islamabad, Mar. 20 : Iran has accused Pakistan of allowing its soil to be used against it.

Addressing a press conference here, Iran's Ambassador to Pakistan Mashall-ah Shakeri asked Islamabad to curb the activities of Jund Ullah which is involved in carrying out anti-Iran activities from Pakistani soil.

Islamabad, Mar. 20 : The Pakistan Supreme Court's Registrar Office has returned the review petition of the Sharif brothers' disqualification case saying that it lacked the necessary documents.

Islamabad, Mar. 20 : A worried Pakistan has decided to raise the issue of a possible extension of the US covert war to Baluchistan with the CIA chief Leon Panetta during his visit to the country.

Panetta would be arriving here on a two day visit on Friday.

"Pakistani authorities will raise this issue with the CIA chief when he arrives here and he will be cautioned that drone attacks on Balochistan could be catastrophic for the country's stability," The Nation quoted a top Pakistani official, as saying.