Islamabad  - Pakistani government on Saturday dismissed the demands of the captors of a United Nation's official as unrealistic but expressed willingness to negotiate with them.

A separatist group in Pakistan's south-western Balochistan province set a 72-hours deadline on Friday to kill John Solecki, the local head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, if 141 women held in the torture cells of country's intelligence agencies were not freed.

The Baloch Liberation United Front (BLUF), a secular and nationalist guerrilla organization seeking independence from Pakistan, also demanded the release of 6,000 more political prisoners.

Islamabad - Pakistani government on Saturday dismissed the demands of the captors of a United Nation's official as unrealistic but expressed willingness to negotiate with them.

A separatist group in Pakistan's south-western Balochistan province set a 72-hours deadline on Friday to kill John Solecki, the local head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, if 141 women held in the torture cells of country's intelligence agencies were not freed.

Islamabad - A suspected pilotless US aircraft on Saturday fired two missiles on a militant hideout in Pakistan's restive tribal region bordering Afghanistan, killing 30 people, an intelligence official said.

Seven people were also injured in the attack in South Waziristan, a sanctuary of Taliban and al-Qaeda militants launching cross-border attacks on international troops in Afghanistan.

Islamabad, Feb 14 : As people celebrate Valentine's Day in Islamabad, sales of flowers is reaching heights, while owners of card shops are seeing a major decline in sales.

According to recently revealed figures, the demand for fresh flower baskets and bouquets went up by 35 percent as compared to last year, as those bitten by the love bug have been dishing out on the prettiest flowers for their loved ones.

Karachi, Feb. 14 : Two days after admitting the use of its soil for plotting the Mumbai terror attacks, Pakistan has now said that it can demand the handing over of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving Mumbai terrorist, from India.

Addressing a press conference here, Pakistan Prime Minister, Yusuf Raza Gilani's Advisor on the Interior Rahman Malik said Islamabad could ask India to hand over Kasab for further investigations in the Mumbai terror attacks.

Lahore, Feb. 14 (ANI): Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that US President Barack Obama will soon announce America's revised strategy on drone attacks.

Qureshi told a British radio station that Pakistan had asked the US to immediately stop the drone attacks in its Tribal Areas.

He also said Pakistan had fully cooperated with the US in the war on terror, a private TV channel reports.

Meanwhile, a fresh US drone attack killed 16 persons and injured several others in Ladha area of South Waizirstan.