Islamabad- At least 24 Islamic militants, including al-Qaeda-linked Uzbek fighters, were killed as Pakistani jets and artillery pounded their hideouts in the restive north-western tribal district of Bajaur, an intelligence official said Thursday.

The shelling that started late Wednesday and continued Thursday in four areas of the district, which borders Afghanistan, also destroyed half a dozen bunkers and an ammunition depot belonging to the militants, the Pakistani official said.

Islamabad, Nov. 20 : Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif''s led party Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) has been accused of stooping too low in politics after Rana Sanaullah, the PML-N law minister in the Punjab, flashed two controversial pictures on the steps of Punjab Assembly.

Islamabad - US airstrikes inside Pakistan are unacceptable, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said Thursday, a day after a suspected US drone carried out the first US airstrike on a militant hideout outside Pakistan's tribal region.

"Such attacks will not be tolerated," Gilani told the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament. "We will not allow anyone to harm our national sovereignty."

US forces deployed in Afghanistan have conducted dozens of air raids in recent months on Taliban and al-Qaeda militants in Pakistan's tribal region.

Islamabad, Nov. 20 : Pakistan may raise the recent findings of the Maharashtra''s Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) indicating a probable involvement of the Indian Army''s Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit in the Samjhauta Express blasts incident during the scheduled meeting between Interior Secretaries of India and Pakistan to be held in Islamabad on November 25.

Islamabad  , Nov 20 : The Pakistan government is learnt to have decided to immediately allow imports of 25,000 metric tons of petrol and 50,000 metric tons of high-speed diesel to avert an impending shortfall of fuels.

According to the Dawn, the decision was taken at a meeting of the Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC), Pakistan State Oil (PSO) and Pakistan Arab Refinery

Islamabad, Nov 20 : Buoyed by the recent 3-0 win over the Caribbeans, Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani is today expected to announce fresh incentives for cricketers who will perform outstandingly in future international contests.

The announcement is expected to come after PCB Chairman Ejaz Butt meets the PM at the PM House.

Sources close to the PM said that Gilani, who himself is a keen sportsman and has special affection for cricket, would discuss the affairs of the cricket with its new Chairman, who has produced “positive” results immediate after assuming the office last month, reported The News.