Islamabad, Mar. 12 : The Pakistan Interior Ministry has expressed fears of a possible attack on PML-N leaders Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif.

According to The News, the Sharif brothers have been asked to discontinue their spate of public rallies, as they could be targeted during such events.

According to sources the ministry has communicated to the Sharif brothers about the threat in a letter.

Islamabad  - Police detained dozens of protesters in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi Thursday as hundreds of lawyers and opposition political workers launched a four-day cross-country march for the reinstatement of the country's top judge.

Law-enforcement officers in riot gear bundled protesters into waiting vans after baton-charging a crowd of anti-government activists outside the provincial High Court building in Karachi.

Lahore, Mar. 12: Terming match referee Chris Broad’s statement on the Lahore terror attack as ‘appalling’, Pakistan cricket coach Intikhab Alam has sought an apology from Broad.

“I must say that I was hurt by Chris Broad’s appalling allegations against Pakistan as well as our cricket team after the incident. He must apologise for those comments,” The News quoted Alam, as saying.

Karachi, Mar. 12 : Pakistan intelligence agencies have warned about a possible Al Qaeda attack on the lawyers' long march in Sindh.

"Security agencies have been specifically warned that terrorist organisations can strike during the long march, with March 14 and 15 being sensitive days,"The Daily Times quoted a Sindh Home Department official, as saying.

Islamanbad, Mar. 12 : Perturbed by the turn of events in Pakistan, the United States has got into the act to determine as to what is actually happening in the country.

US's special envoy to Pakistan-Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, on Thursday, called Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to express concern over the situation of Pakistan.

US Ambassador to Pakistan, Anne Peterson met former Prime Minister and PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif to dicusss the ongoing political chaos.

Lahore, Mar. 12 : Over a week after the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket players, the Punjab government has admitted that it has failed to nab any of the culprits who had carried out the attack.

According to an official report of the provincial government, not a single perpetrator of the terror attack has been put behind the bar yet.

The report viewed the attackers as members of a highly-trained group, and feared that they could initiate more such attacks in near future.