Islamabad, Dec. 2: A rift has opened up between the Pakistani Government and the army in the wake of the Mumbai attacks.

"The Mumbai attacks seem to have exacerbated civil-military tensions within Pakistan," the Telegraph quoted a STRATFOR analyst, as saying.

Both the Dawn and the Telegraph have reported that "clear differences in perception" have surfaced between army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, President Asif Ali Zardar Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani.

The most visible evidence of the gulf occurred when Zardari promised India the head of the Inter-Services Intelligence directorate would visit India to help with the investigation into the attack.

Karachi, Dec. 2 : An editorial in the Daily Times has said that the ethnic trouble in Karachi and the recent terror strikes in Mumbai are as different as chalk and cheese, and therefore making comparisons would be an exercise in futility.

It further says that ethnic rioting in Karachi has been on for long, and has surfaced well before what happened in Mumbai last week.

It, therefore, cautions against whipping up hatred against India, saying that it is not as important as suppressing the ethnic rage in Karachi.

Ethnic rioting in Karachi has so far resulted in the death of 29 people and injuries to 200, prompting Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani to call for a report on what is happening.

Islamabad, Dec 2 : Diplomatic channels between Pakistan and India are fully operational, Foreign Office (FO) spokesman Muhammad Sadiq has said.

London, Dec 2: Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has urged to further strengthen the democratic set up in Pakistan.

Expressing these views in a meeting with former premier Shaukat Aziz, Musharraf said all political parties must unite for national integrity.

The meeting was held at the residence of a common friend here, the Daily Times reported.

Musharraf said that India was acting irresponsibly regarding the terrorist attacks in Mumbai and must review its attitude.

London, Dec 2 : President Asif Ali Zardari has warned against escalating tensions between Pakistan and India, and said any confrontation between the two would be disastrous for the global war on terror as this would sap his nation’s effort against militants on its Afghan border.

London, Dec 2 : Pakistan is facing huge pressure from the US and the West to curb its intelligence service ISI, the organisation that has sponsored an array of Islamist terrorists, following the Mumbai massacre.

The ISI has been blamed of having links with the group blamed for carrying out the Mumbai attacks including Lashkar-e-Toiba, the group being blamed for the attacks which led to deaths of 195 people, The Independent reports.

However, Pakistan’s recently elected civilian government has very limited room for manoeuvre. Many of those who are ministers now have had to deal with the ISI in the past to safeguard their careers, and the intelligence service knows where the bodies are buried in the violent and murky political history of the country.