Islamabad, Feb. 18 : The Mumbai terror attack probe has apparently hit a deadlock as Pakistan has said that it would start the prosecution of the arrested persons `allegedly' involved in plotting the attack, only after India replies to its dossier of 30 questions.

Islamabad, Feb. 18 : A visibly worried Britain has said that the implementation of `sharia law' in the Swat Valley and in parts of the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) would actually result in an increase in militancy in the region.

A statement issued by the British High Commission here said that the pact signed between the Pakistan Government and the Taliban could create more problems in the region.

Washington, Feb 18 : The beheading of 37-year-old Aasiya Hassan by her husband and Pakistani origin American entrepreneur, who is the founder of a US Muslim TV network, has all the markings of an honor killing, psychologists and Islamic experts have said.

Muzzammil Hassan, 44, remains jailed after being charged with the second-degree murder of his wife, whose body was found on Thursday at the office of Bridges TV, their television station in Orchard Park, near Buffalo.

Orchard Park Police Chief Andrew Benz said Hassan has not confessed to the crime, despite media reports to the contrary, FOX News reported.

Lahore, Feb. 18: Alarmed by the recent upsurge in militant activities in Pakistan and other countries of the region, US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has said that extremists not only pose threat to Pakistan, but it also is a major concern for the United States.

"Activity by the extremist elements in Pakistan poses a direct threat to the government of Pakistan as well as to the security of the US, Afghanistan and a number of other nations beyond the immediate region," The Daily Times quoted Clinton, as saying.

Islamabad  - At least eight people, including two terrorists, were killed and more than a dozen injured as a car bomb exploded in Pakistan's militancy-hit North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on Tuesday, a security official said.

"Six people we killed and 16 people were injured when a bomb fixed with a car parked at Bazid Khel locality of Peshawar, the provincial capital of NWFP, went off," said an intelligence official who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Islamabad, Feb. 17 : The United Nations has urged the kidnappers of John Solecki, the head of the UNHCR in Quetta, to make direct contact, and called for his immediate release.

Solecki was kidnapped at gunpoint on February 2 while travelling to work. His driver was killed.

The Balochistan Liberation United Front (BLUF), which claims to be holding Solecki, on Monday extended a 72-hour deadline for the government to meet demands for his release.