Srinagar, Kashmir  - Indian troops posted along the Line of Control, which divides the disputed Kashmir region between India and Pakistan, were shelled from across the border Thursday, officials said.

Six mortar shells were fired on Indian forward positions in the Jahangarh area of the Nowshera sector, 80 kilometres north-west of the state's winter capital, Jammu. There were no injuries.

"The firing went on intermittently for 45 minutes from 6:40 am local time [0110 GMT]," Lieutenant Colonel SD Goswami told reporters. "The Indian Army exercised restraint and did not retaliate."

Islamabad, Aug 21 : Political pundits and diplomats in Pakistan have said that the dream house - Number 1A Park Road - that former President Pervez Musharraf built on the outer-skirts of Islamabad, which he even visited the night before he resigned, may hot be his address as his life would be endangered here.

According to them, the threat of prosecution and assassination made it extremely complicated for Musharraf to stay in Pakistan, let alone in his new house, said an article in timeonline. co. uk.

Washington, Aug 21 : The ouster of former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has put the American Jews in a dilemma to the effect that whether Pakistan will continue to keep the door open for them, as during Musharraf’s era.

“With Musharraf out, it’s not clear whether or not the open door Jewish organisational leaders have had in Islamabad is in danger of slamming shut,” says a report circulated by JTA, a Jewish news agency.

New York, Aug 21 : During his seven-year rule as President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf defused tensions with India and also cut off terror infiltration routes across Kashmir, and “due to such co-operation, he was at the top of Al Qaeda’s target list and dodged three assassination attempts,” said an editorial in the Wall Street Journal
(WSJ).

Karachi, Aug 21 : Acting President of Pakistan Mohammadmian Soomro has said that it was not within the purview of his powers to play a role in the reinstatement of the sacked judges as he was in the office “temporarily”.

“The reinstatement of the judges is an affair that is directly linked to the federal government and I have nothing to do with it,” the Daily Times quoted him as telling reporters at the residence of a senior PML-N leader in the Sindh province.

Lahore, Aug 21 : The US has report