Islamabad, Apr. 8 : President Barack Obama's special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, has expressed dissatisfaction over the shallow US intelligence about the creation and recruiting powers of the Taliban in Afghanistan.

"I am deeply, deeply dissatisfied with the degree of knowledge that the United States government and our friends and allies have on this subject," the Dawn quoted Holbrooke, as saying.

Islamabad, Apr. 8 : Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief, Nawaz Sharif, has said that his party has no immediate plans to join President Asif Ali Zardari-led Pakistan People's Party at the center.

"We have no plans to join the PPP-led government in the Centre," Sharif told reporters after his meeting with US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke and Chairman of US Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen in Islamabad.

Islamabad, April 8 : Archaeologists have recently found earthenware pottery from 7000-2000 BC, in excavations that took place at Sohr Damb/Nal, a prehistoric site in Balochistan, a province in Pakistan.

According to a report in the Daily Times, the finding was made by Dr Ute Franke, a German archaeologist, who has been following the prehistoric sites in Balochistan since 1981.

Islamabad, Apr. 8 : Pakistan Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lieutenant General Ahmad Shuja Pasha, reportedly refused to meet the US Special Envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke and the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen.

According to sources, Lt. General Pasha decided not to meet the top US officials in protest against allegations leveled by Washington against ISI the in recent times.

The Director General of the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), Major General Athar Abbas, however, refuted report.

The News quoted him as saying that Lt. General Pasha was present at the meeting between Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and the US officials.

Islamabad, Apr. 7 : Pakistani and American officials on Tuesday jointly reiterated that there was a need for trust between both countries to counter the al Qaeda and the Taliban threat.

Islamabad, Apr. 7 : Pakistan is fighting terrorism for its own survival and would not succumb to pressure by militants, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has told top US officials.

"Pakistan is fighting a battle for its own survival," the Dawn quoted Zardari as telling Admiral Mike Mullen, the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Richard Holbrooke, President Obama's Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan.

"The president said the government would not succumb to any pressure by militants," it added.