Washington, Mar. 9 : Despite US President Barack Obama's admittance that Washington was open to dialogues with the moderate elements of the Taliban, officials have said that the US is planning a dramatic intensification of the Predator drone attacks on the Taliban in the tribal areas of Pakistan. "There will be talks but the Taliban are going to experience a lot of pain first, on both sides of the border," a top US diplomat said.

New Delhi, Mar 8 : Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has said that the Pakistani Government should cooperate in the Mumbai attacks investigations and punish the perpetrators behind them.

Addressing a function organised by ASSOCHAM in New Delhi on Sunday, Musharraf said terrorists have no nationality.

However, he blamed India for creating war hysteria post the 26/11 attacks.

Islamabad, Mar. 8 : Strengthening their bilateral relations in the filed of military armaments, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and Chinese firm CATIC have struck a deal to jointly produce the JF-17 (Thunder) aircraft.

Following the deal, serial production of the fighter jets would start soon.

Fourty two such aircrafts would be jointly produced by the PAF and the CATIC on the basis of `seller's credit' policy. All the 42 jets would be inducted into the PAF services.

Pakistan Aeronautical Complex chairman, Air Marshal Khalid Chaudary, and CATIC president MA Zhiping, inked the deal on behalf of both the countries.

Islamabad, Mar. 8 : Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is ready to mend ways with the PML-N in order to bring the present political blame game to an end, but the continuous verbal attack by PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has made the matter worse.

Holding talks with the Awami National Party (ANP) leader Asfandyar Wali Khan and Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Zardari commended both the leaders for their reconciliation efforts.

Islamabad  - The global police agency Interpol on Sunday asked India to share DNA profiles obtained in the aftermath of Mumbai attacks so that these could be compared with genetic fingerprints provided by Pakistan.

Interpol Secretary General Ronald Noble told reporters in Islamabad that to link the profiles forwarded by Pakistan with the Mumbai massacre, they needed to be compared with physical material and evidence seized by the Indian authorities.

"You can't do it thoroughly unless India shares the DNA profiles with Pakistan and Interpol," Noble said.

Washington, Mar 8 : The attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team last week points towards the Punjabi terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, which most independent analysts think carried out the attacks in Mumbai last year.

The gunmen worked in pairs and carried walkie-talkies and backpacks stuffed with water, dried fruit and other high-energy food, perhaps anticipating a protracted standoff after taking the cricket team hostage.

According to The Scotsman, the Pakistani security services and most of the Pakistani elite are in state of denial.