London, Feb. 23 : In a bid to wage a "chemical jihad" on Britain, the Taliban has planned to flood the UK streets with heroin. And to carry their terrifying mission forward, they are using hate-filled Muslim gangs as heroin dealers.

Pakistan and Afghanistan based Al-Qaida and Taliban warlords have directed their dealers a task to sell a six billion pounds of heroin to non-Muslims.

The Taliban's two-faced chemical attack is not only aimed at killing many with heroin, but also to collect massive sums to sponsor future terror attacks.

Lahore, Feb. 23 : Pakistan President Asif Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani have asked Punjab Governor Salman Taseer and PPP leader Qasim Zia to stop making statements against the PML-N leadership and instructed them to observe restraint.

The Punjab Governor, however, has denied receiving any such instructions from Gilani.

"I have not received any such instructions from PM Gilani," The Nation quoted Taseer, as saying.

Zia, however, went to the extent of saying that no one could bar him from issuing any statements.

Lahore, Feb 23: The Taliban safe havens in Balochistan are the real cause of concern among US officials, as the militant outfit is using Quetta to stir violence in Afghanistan.

There is growing concern among US officials, even as CIA drones pound targets in FATA, about alleged Taliban havens in Balochistan, The New York Times reported.

Taliban operations in Quetta are different from operations in the Tribal Areas and US is intelligence officials are worried that 30,000 more American troops will be of no use unless there is a concerted effort to kill or capture Taliban leaders in Quetta to cut the group's supply lines into Afghanistan.

Bara (Pakistan), Feb. 23 : Over 70 United States military advisers and technical specialists are secretly training Pakistani commandos to battle Al Qaeda and the Taliban in the country's lawless tribal areas more effectively.

The New York Times quoted American military officials as saying that US Army Special Forces soldiers are training Pakistani Army and paramilitary troops, providing them with intelligence and advising on combat tactics.

They do not conduct combat operations, the officials added.

Lahore, Feb 23: A 13-member Indian delegation, comprising eminent civil society members, journalists, peace and human rights activists, crossed the Wagah border on Sunday in a bid to promote peace and friendship between India and Pakistan.

The delegation includes eminent Indian personalities like former Indian diplomat and journalist Kuldip Nayar, renowned filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, social activist Swami Agnivesh, historian and academician Prof KN Panikar, former diplomat Salman Haider, human rights activist Prof Kamal Mitra Chenoy, journalist Seema Mustafa, Sandeep social activist Pandey, social scientist Kamla Bhasin, etc.

Peshawar, Feb 23: Abu Nasar Al-Haweshi from Yemen has been nominated as al-Qaeda's leader for the Gulf Region.

Belonging to Yemen, Abu Nasar Al-Haweshi, also known as Abu Baseer, is active in al-Qaeda since long.

The Nation quoted highly placed reliable sources as saying that Abu Nasar's nomination aimed at filling the office, which had fallen vacant after the death of Abu Zarqavi in Iraq in 2006.

According to sources, there was no replacement of Zarqavi since his death. Now both Osama bin Laden and Aymaan Al Zawahiri agreed on assigning the task to Abu Nasar Al Haweshi.