New Delhi, Feb 13, : United States Ambassador to India David C. Mulford on Friday welcomed Pakistan's admission that some part of the conspiracy on the Mumbai attacks was hatched on its soil, and described it as "an important step in the right direction" by Islamabad.

Mulford told media persons here that the US will watch ensure that Pakistan completes the investigation and prosecution in the case.

Islamabad, Feb 13 : The Pakistani man, who alleged being abducted and sexually assaulted by three women from Clifton, Karachi, says that the incident has ruined his social life as well as caused him emotional, physical and monetary harms and losses.

Khalil Ahmed, 22, was reportedly abducted by three women in Clifton and was sexually assaulted for many days, while being kept in illegal confinement at an undisclosed location.

Islamabad, Feb. 12 : US Special Representative Richard Holbrooke has sternly told Pakistan to eliminate militants from FATA and promised that the US would keep its promise to deliver 1.5 billion dollars aid to equip Pakistan's armed forces with counter-insurgency paraphernalia.

But, both Pakistan's `intentions and the ability' to curb militancy from vast swathes of territory are under serious doubt.

Despite President Obama's emphasis on soft-power options, Pakistan remains first and foremost a security challenge to his administration, the Dawn reports.

New Delhi, Feb 13 : External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, on Friday, said that terrorism in Pakistan poses a direct threat to India and global peace.

Addressing Parliament after Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav had presented his sixth railway budget, Mukherjee said, "We made it clear to Pakistan that terror from its soil is a direct threat to India."

He also maintained that the government would not rest until the terrorists behind the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks are brought to justice.

Lahore, Feb. 13 : Former Pakistan President General Parvez Musharraf may have been circling the world garnering the support of world leaders, but it seems that the military ruler has no sympathisers in the opposition in the Punjab Assembly, which has strongly criticised the ruling party for associating with the former general.

During the on-going session of the Punjab Assembly, opposition members demanded an apology after being linked with Musharraf, saying they had been insulted.

Islamabad, Feb 13 : Pakistani actress Meera injured herself during the shooting of a film at Bari St