Pakistan

UN must ensure Pakistan fulfils its pledge on terror: Mukherjee

India PakistanNew Delhi, Feb. 6, : India on Friday said that the United Nations should ensure that Pakistan fulfills its commitment to end terrorism emanating from its soil.

Addressing the media on the margins of a conference organised by the Research and Information System, Mukherjee said that he had conveyed this view to visiting UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon during a one-to-one meeting.

Mukherjee blamed Pakistan for the Mumbai terror attack, and said, it is using terrorism as a state element.

Zardari’s father receives death threat

Zardari’s father receives death threatLahore, Feb 6 : Hakim Ali Zardari, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's father, has received a bomb threat from an unidentified caller.

Hakim Ali Zardari, who is undergoing treatment at a Karachi hospital, is likely to be shifted to Islamabad due to security concerns, a private TV channel reported on Thursday.

Asif Ali Zardari visited his father at the Ziauddin Hospital, where he is currently under treatment for pneumonia.

The President stayed at the hospital for about an hour.

I have details of 13-point agreement between Benazir-Musharraf: Rashid

I have details of 13-point agreement between Benazir-Musharraf: RashidLahore, Feb 6: Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has claimed that he has details of a 13-point agreement between Benazir Bhutto and former President Pervez Musharraf.

Talking to a private TV channel, the former minister said one of the points was a proposal by the former PPP chairwoman, which asked Musharraf to restore sacked Chief Justice Ifitkhar Muhammad Chaudhry.

Pak dropping terror act amendment will have implications on LeT suspects trial

Pak dropping terror act amendment will have implications on LeT suspects trialIslamabad, Feb. 5: Pakistan has decided not to implement a change in the current Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) to put people on trial for terror acts enacted outside its territory.

According to the Dawn, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's Adviser on Interior Affairs Rehman Malik is believed to have persuaded Gilani and convinced him that an amendment is not needed, as the current law is sufficient in dealing with terror suspects.

Younis wants players to focus on Test series against Lankans

Younis wants players to focus on Test series against LankansKarachi, Feb 6 : New Pakistan captain Younis Khan wants his players to forget the bitter memories of an embarrassing 234-run loss at the hands of Sri Lanka in a one day international and instead focus on the Test series that gets underway in Karachi from February 21.

"It was just a bad day. We should forget all about it and concentrate on the Test series," Younis told reporters at the inauguration ceremony of the Rashid Latif Cricket Academy (RLCA) here on Thursday

Musharraf believes US distrust of Pakistan will continue under Obama administration

Musharraf believes US distrust of Pakistan will continue under Obama administrationLahore, Feb. 6 : Pakistan's democratic set-up may have been expecting a change of policies from the new United States administration, but according to the former Pak President General. Parvez Musharraf, the US mistrust of Pakistan regarding the `war on terror' would continue even in the Obama regime.

Musharraf said US's distrust on Pakistan would continue, and it could hamper relations between both the countries.

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