Miranshah (Pakistan), Dec. 15: A member of Pakistan's National Assembly from North Waziristan, Muhammad Kamran Khan, has warned India that seven million tribesmen would fight alongside the armed forces of Pakistan if India attacks citing the Mumbai terror strike as an excuse.

Kamran expressed these views while speaking at a Parents Day function at the Al Hamid Public School in Shiwah, reports the Daily Times.

He warned that the tribesmen would follow their ancestors and give India a crushing defeat.

He also appealed to the Pakistan Government to stop military operations against tribesmen and urged the latter to educate their children instead of giving them guns.

Islamabad, Dec. 14 : British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Sunday assured Pakistan of all the help to counter terrorism in the country.

Addressing a joint press conference with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari here shortly after bilateral talks, Brown said Britain would provide technical and financial assistance to effectively counter terrorism and radical element.

Khundroo, Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir), Dec. 14 : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said that normalisation of relationship with Pakistan would depend upon Pakistan's stopping to provide a safe haven to militant groups.

Addressing an election rally, Prime Minister Singh said: "Our desire to normalise relations with our neighbour will not get fulfilled until our neighbour prevents its land from being used for terrorist activities against India."

Islamabad/New Delhi  - Pakistan on Sunday downplayed claims of violation of its airspace by Indian war planes, in a bid to avoid escalation of tension between the two nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours.

"It's a technical incursion and it is not an incursion as such," President Asif Ali Zardari told reporters in Islamabad.

According to him, two Indian planes entered Pakistan by mistake when they were trying to take a turn while flying 40,000 high on the other side of the border. He said Pakistani officials were in contact with Indian authorities on the issue.

Earlier, a spokesman for the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) said two Indian jets flew over the Pakistani part of divided Kashmir and near the eastern city of Lahore at around

New Delhi  - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday said his country's ties with Pakistan could return to normal only after Islamabad prevented its territory from being used to attack India.

Singh's comments came in the backdrop of mounting tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours following the November 26 Mumbai attacks which Indian officials say are masterminded by Lashkar-e-Taiba, a militant group based in Pakistan.

More than 170 people including nine terrorists died in the 60 hours of attacks that targeted hotels, a railway station and a Jewish centre in Mumbai.

Islamabad, Dec. 14 : While the Mumbai mayhem has raised millions of questions and speculations about the global war on terror the war mongering between Pakistan and India, an editorial in the Dawn says Pakistan would do well to attend threats rather than focussing on external ones.

Pakistan is being referred to as the `epicenter' of terrorism, the question is why? The answer is that it is facing the brunt of the wounds that it has inflicted in the past.

Now, the editorial says it is the collective responsibility of all Pakistani citizens to look inwards. That burden rests most heavily on the shoulders of elected representatives who should feel duty-bound at this critical stage to put into clear and concise words what precisely ails the country.