Much tamasha had been happening publicly in the Sami household since the last few weeks over Adnan's father's visit to Mumbai for treatment as his wife filed a police complaint allegedly over his visit. Adnan's father Arshad Sami has been suffering from cancer for a long time now and had refused to go to London for his treatment and wished to meet his grandson instead. Adnan, heeding to his ailing father's request had asked his son to come down from Pakistan to meet his grandfather. Adnan Sami's son Azaan flew down from Pakistan to Mumbai to visit his ailing grandfather.

Islamabad, Mar. 12: After the assassination of Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari stood on a same platform and vowed to work together to establish democracy in Pakistan, but now it seems that Sharif is cursing himself for joining hands with Zardari.

According to The Dawn, during a telephonic interview Nawaz Sharif said: “My biggest political mistake was my decision to trust Asif Ali Zardari.”

London, Mar. 12: Former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif has accused the Zardari regime of plotting to assassinate him.

In an interview with The Guardian, Sharif blamed President Asif Ali Zardari of running an ‘elected dictatorship’.

“I have recently received certain information from own sources, about certain forces who are active against me. Threats to my life come from high-ranking government officials, certain topmost people in the government, my sources say,” Sharif said.

Washington - The United States on Wednesday said Pakistan should allow its citizens to protest government actions, but refrained from criticizing a massive government clampdown against opposition activists.

Pakistani police said they arrested more than 300 people earlier Wednesday on the pretext of avoiding violence ahead of a cross- country protest march planned for later this week. Opposition groups said the arrests numbered in the thousands.

Islamabad - A senior minister in Pakistan's troubled North Western Frontier Province (NWFP) on Wednesday narrowly escaped a gun and bomb attack that left six people, including the attackers, dead, a police official said.

Bashir Ahmad Balour was visiting the Namak Mandy area in provincial capital Peshawar, when his bodyguards saw two armed men approaching the minister.

The police opened fire on the suspects, who fled and forced their way into a nearby house.

Islamabad - Pakistani police on Wednesday arrested hundreds of opposition activists and anti-government lawyers to forestall this week's planned cross-country protest march, which could send the year-old government into a tailspin, officials said.

Most of the arrests were made in the eastern province of Punjab, the power centre of popular opposition leader and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.

The arrests came after an overnight ban on public gatherings in Punjab and were followed by a similar ban in the southern Sindh province.