Lahore/New Delhi, Mar. 8 : Last Tuesday's attack on Sri Lankan cricket players heralds the spread of Taliban-trained groups into Pakistani heartlands, feel experts.

The commando-style strike in Lahore left eight people dead and eight members of the Sri Lankan cricket squad injured, raising serious doubts over whether Pakistan will host international sporting fixtures again.

Lahore, Mar 8 : Former Pakistan captain  has urged the ICC and the cricket playing nations to support Pakistan instead of isolating it in the aftermath of the Lahore terror attack on Sri Lankan players.

The cricketer-turned-commentator pleaded that Pakistani cricket should not be made to pay for the terror attacks that injured six Lankan players.

Lahore, Mar 8 : The International Cricket Council has invited English match referee Chris Broad and Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene to present first hand account of the chilling experiences of Lahore terror attack at its executive board meeting in Dubai on April 17.

Pakistan captain Younis Khan would also attend the meeting, the Daily Telegraph reported.

New Delhi, Mar. 8 : Former Pakistan President General (r) Pervez Musharraf has challenged that even if Pakistan hands over Dawood Ibrahim to India, Indo-Pak relations won't improve.

"Even if he (Dawood Ibrahim) is handed over, relations (between India and Pakistan) will not improve. I challenge," Musharraf said.

Answering a query that Pakistan could hand over Dawood as a confidence building measure, Musharraf said "if we fail, you will hand him over back to us."

Islamabad, Mar. 8 : Last Tuesday's attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team re- emphasizes the fact that the civilian government of President Asif Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is no more effective than the military rule promoted by President General Pervez Musharraf.

The present administration, according to The Independent, has abjectly failed to stem the brutal advance of militancy across Pakistan.

Islamabad  - Authorities on Sunday found the bodies of 10 security personnel executed by Taliban militants in Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan, an official said.

Those killed were among 15 tribal militiamen who were abducted by rebels late Saturday in Mohmand tribal district, a safe haven of Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters.

"Locals found the bodies of 10 Khasadars (tribal militiamen) dumped around the mountains in Omar Banda and Ayesha Korona. All were shot dead," said Rasool Khan, a local administrator.