Lahore, Sep 18: Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has said that the Musharraf regime would not deport her on her return to Pakistan, and added that it might put her in jail or let her go free.

Bhutto hoped that she would get a warm welcome at Karachi Airport.

"I trust that my brothers and sisters that they would come to receive me on the airport because I have long been struggling for their rights," she told CNBC TV.

Mumbai/Delhi: Pakistan on Monday formally dissented to India decision to open Siachen glacier and Saltoro ridge to trekkers.

Islamabad, Sept.17: Air Chief Marshal Tanveer Mehmood Ahmed has said that more than 300 aircrafts, some missiles and an early warning system will be acquired by the Pakistan Air Force at the cost around nine billion dollars to modernize it.
 
In an interview with a private TV channel, Tanveer Mehmood Ahmed said that Pakistan Air Force has planned to modernize its fleet by replacement of aging aircraft and acquisition more than three hundred multi-roll combat aircraft including American F-16s and Chinese J.F-17 thunder and J-tens over the next few years.

Islamabad, Sep 17: Major General (retired) Abdul Majeed Malik, a senior vice president of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML), has resigned to register his protest against President Pervez Musharraf’s bid to get himself re-elected for another five years.

“I am not in a position to prevent the party leadership from supporting the re-election of a president in uniform,” the Daily Times quoted him, as saying.

Major General (retired) Malik has submitted his resignation to PML President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Secretary General Mushahid Hussain.

The middle class of Pakistan feels that they have prospered under Musharraf regime, but say that they want more now.

A group of call centre agents of Pakistan who were discussing the political issues was divided about the leader they wanted to see at the pinnacle, but were unanimous on one thing.

"We've done well under Musharraf - we've got better jobs and more economic freedom," said one.

"Now we want more," added another.