Karachi, Apr. 18 : Sindh National Front chief and late Benazir Bhutto's uncle Mumtaz Ali Bhutto has claimed that Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is causing rift in the Bhutto clan.

He advised Benazir Bhutto's younger sister Sanam Bhutto to beware of Zardari who according to him was using her to cause damage to the Bhutto family, The Nation reports.

Karachi, Apr. 16 : Pakistan is hoping that the International Cricket Council (ICC) will adopt a sympathetic stance towards it while taking a final decision on its status of a co-host of the 2011 World Cup during the upcoming ICC Executive Board meetings.

Karachi, Apr 16 : Pakistan Taliban, which has gained a foothold in Swat, intends to spread its influence more broadly across Pakistan - and may face little resistance in some areas

After securing their demand for imposing Islamic law in the Swat Valley, the Taliban has moved into the neighbouring district of Buner and won the right to preach in mosques there.

Karachi, Apr 15 : Mohammad Asif, who became the first ever doping offender of the Indian Premier League (IPL) last summer, will make a comeback to the cash-rich Twenty20 league in South Africa, not as a player, but as a spectator.

The Pakistani fast bowler is on a rehabilitation mission which takes him to London on Wednesday (today) for a couple of weeks, before he leaves for South Africa to witness some of the IPL matches there next month.

Karachi, Apr. 14 : A Parliamentary Committee on National Security has asked the Gilani government to formulate an independent foreign policy with a core focus on national interest.

The 17 member committee headed by PPP senator Raza Rabbani, in its report, has urged the government to ask the defence, foreign and interior ministries to initiate an intra-departmental process for the review and formulation of national security policies.

The report viewed that the world wide threat of terrorism could be thwarted by resolving the issues of the Muslim world.

Karachi, Apr. 14 : Pakistan intelligence agencies have reportedly arrested a close aide of the Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud.

According to The Daily Times, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) along with other intelligence agencies has arrested one Badshah Deen Mehsud from a hotel here.

Confirming the report, CID SSP Fayyaz Khan said the 59 year old Badshah Mehsud was a close aid of TTP chief.