Islamabad, Mar 24 : Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said the US and NATO troops have been waging anti-terror war in Afghanistan for last seven years, but they have failed to accomplish the desired goals so far.

He questioned Obama-led US Administration what major success they had achieved during their last 10 years’ struggle in Afghanistan.

“I assumed charge of office of presidency mere four months ago and it is too early to expect much good,” The News quoted Zardari, as saying.

Islamabad, Mar 24 : Pakistan’s Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry has said that the real judiciary has been restored after a long time and now the dignity of the court and institution would have to be restored besides the judiciary would have to be cleaned of corruption.

Speaking after resuming work today , the Chief Justice gave this remark during hearing of a case at Court No. 1.

Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry said that irregularities would not be tolerated in dispensing justice.

Rawalpindi, Mar 24: Security was tightened across Pakistan after intelligence agencies warned that Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud has dispatched 20 foreign militants, mostly Uzbeks, to carry out terror strikes in major cities.

A senior police official said agencies had warned police that the terrorists had left for Bannu on their way to Islamabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi and other major cities.

Islamabad, Mar 24: President Asif Ali Zardari has expressed satisfaction over the positive response by the PML-N leadership to the government’s reconciliatory overtures, saying the process should move forward to strengthen political system in the country.

The President expressed these remarks in a meeting with Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani after giving away awards to the distinguished personalities in various fields on the occasion of Pakistan Day at the President’s House.

Islamabad, Mar 24 : Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has said that he owed his success to his parents' guidance, and thanked his wife Kulsoom Nawaz for her sacrifices and support.

Talking to children in a private TV channel programme on Pakistan Day, he said March 23 was an important date for him when he was a child because he did not have to go to school.

Peshawar, Mar 24 : US special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke has said that Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's Balochistan province, appears to be the Talibans headquarters.

Holbrooke made it clear that "the number one problem" in stabilising Afghanistan were Taliban sanctuaries in western Pakistan, including tribal areas along the Afghan border and cities like Quetta.