Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 7 : A Malaysian woman has claimed that her three-month-old baby was abducted by her Pakistani husband and taken to Dubai.

Salwanis Maaz, 31, said her husband, Nasir Mahmood Qadri Nisar Ahmad, 39, had taken their son, Muhammad Bilal, on July 26.

The New Strait Times quoted Salwanis as saying: "A few days before they disappeared, my husband brought several people to our home. He introduced them as his cousins and received RM 3,000 from them. A few days later, he received another RM 20,000, which he claimed was another gift from his cousins."

The next morning, Nasir told Salwanis that he wanted to go out and took their son with him. That was the last Salwanis saw her son.

Islamabad, Aug. 7 : The interior ministry in Pakistan''s Sindh Province has rejected a report that the two masterminds of the recent bombings in Ahmedabad and Bangalore are residing in Karachi.

Rebutting a Rediff. com report that said that two Karachi-based Indians "Parti" and ëPatangiya" were present in Karachi, senior Sindh Home Department officials told The News that no agency had any record of these names.

Kabul, Aug 7: Afghanistan’s spy agency - the National Directorate of Security has reportedly accused a member of the Pakistan consulate in Kabul that he was proving aid to the Taliban to weaken the Afghan government.

Without disclosing the name of the Pakistan consulate staffer, the spy agency maintained that he gave “orders and money” to Mullah Rahmatullah, a Taliban militant in the region who was captured earlier this week.

The spy agency added that this information was gathered during the interrogation of a Taliban militant captured by Afghan intelligence agents on Tuesday.

Mingora (NWFP), Aug 7 : Pakistan security forces gunned down prominent Taliban leader Ali Bakht and 13 other militants during clashes in the Swat valley which lasted till late last evening.

Bakht was head of the Taliban committee holding negotiations with the NWFP government and a key aide of rebel cleric Mullah Fazlullah.

Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan confirmed Bakht’s killing in the Dewlay area of Kabal tehsil, reported the Daily Times.

According to the local resident, the clashed erupted when security forces razed the houses of Ali Bakht, his brother Ibrahim and two other militant commanders, upon which the militants attacked the troops. The clashed lasted for around five hours, added the locals.

Islamabad - Pakistani security forces clashed with pro-Taliban militants in the Bajaur tribal district, killing up to 25 of the militants, officials said on Thursday.

The fighting broke out late Wednesday when scores of militants attacked a check post in Bajaur's Loi Sam area located close to the Afghan border.

"Initial reports say at least 25 militants have been killed in the retaliatory action," a senior security official said on condition of anonymity.

Islamabad, Aug 7 : Even as the stage is set for an Impeachment Motion against him on August 11 (Monday), Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has reportedly vowed to fight back.

Sensing that the PPP-led Government will move the motion against him, Musharraf last evening said that while it was the Government’s right to table the impeachment motion against him, he also had the “right to defend” his actions.