Lahore, Dec 16 : Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has urged the US to play its role to defuse the tension between Pakistan and India, adding that the solution of the Kashmir issue was also vital for peace between both countries.

He said that the tense situation would also affect international peace. He also asked India to end the blame game against Pakistan.

Nawaz asked the United States to stop drone attacks in the Tribal Areas, and said that the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity would not be compromised at any cost.

Lahore, Dec 16 : Pakistani Fast bowler Sohail Tanvir's exploits for his IPL team, Rajasthan Royals, has earned him a deal with South Australia for the current season.

Sohail would leave for Australia on December 26 where he would take part in five Twenty20 matches.

He is seeking the Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) permission to join South Australian for the current season.

If permission is granted, he would leave for Australia on December 26, The News reported.

Sohail Tanvir is currently representing the Federal Areas Leopards in Pentangular Cup, which concludes on December 24.

Lahore, Dec 16 : The government should raise the issue of the violation of Pakistani airspace by Indian Air Force fighters and ISAF drones at the United Nations (UN), Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid Senator Muhammad Ali Durrani has said.

"We must take up the issue at the UN so that no one dares to undertake any vicious move against the peace-loving Pakistanis," Durrani told reporters here.

The PML-Q leader said the government should raise the issue at the UN rather than acting as a spokesperson for India by terming the violation a `technical fault'.

The flights of Indian jets over Pakistani territory, whether it is due to `a technical or non-technical reason', are intolerable; the Daily Times quoted him, as saying.

Lahore, Dec. 15 : The crack down against the terror outfits in Pakistan may not have impressed India, but people in Pakistan are certainly facing the heat.

Religious preaching by the radical leaders of the country is being boycotted by the general public.

On a normal Friday afternoon, people used to throng the roads and streets near the Qadssiya mosque, where leader of the Jamaat-ud-dawa, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed preached. Typically eight thousand people used to visit the mosque.

Lahore, Dec. 15 : The December 10 UN ban on two Pakistani charity groups - the Al-Rashid Trust and the Al-Akhtar Trust - is actually meant to cripple the financial support of the Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM), led by Maulana Masood Azhar.

According an analysis appearing in The News, while neither of the two proscribed trusts have anything to do with the Jamaat-ud- Daawa (JuD) led by Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the UNSC notification banning them appears to be largely motivated by their alleged links to some al-Qaeda and Taliban-linked Pakistani Jihadi organizations.

Lahore, Dec. 15 : Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif wants the hearing for his doping offence to be held outside India because of its strained relations with Pakistan in the aftermath of the recent attacks in Mumbai by extremists.

"We are considering asking for the hearing to be held at a neutral venue because of the tense conditions," the Daily Times quoted Asif's lawyer Shahid Karim as saying on Sunday.

Asif failed a dope test while playing in the Indian Premier League in June, his third drugs-related offence in two years.