Islamabad, Jan. 8 : Highly informed sources in the Pakistan Government have said that the sacking of the National Security Advisor Major General (retd) Mehmud Durrani was more related to the fact that Durrani denied PM Gilani of taking the credit for breaking the news about Ajmal Kasab's nationality, the Dawn reported.

"Durrani was apparently sacked for leaking the news, since it not only caught the Prime Minister off guard, but perhaps also deprived him of taking the credit for breaking the news," the website quoted a highly placed source in the Pakistan Government, as saying.

Islamabad, Jan. 8 : After accepting that the lone surviving Mumbai gunner is a Pakistani national, Islamabad has now refused to give any official support to Ajmal Amir Kasab.

"Kasab has committed a heinous crime. He will not be provided any official support or consular access," the Daily Times quoted Pak Foreign Office Spokesman Muhammad Sadiq, as saying.

Earlier, after a prolonged delay in accepting that Kasab belonged to its soil, Pakistan finally accepted that Kasab was its national.

Islamabad - A rap song written by the elder daughter of Pakistan's slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, in which she pours out her grief, is making waves on video sharing website YouTube and in the international media, but hardly impresses at home.

"I Would Take the Pain Away" is the chorus Bakhtawar, 18, raps in English - a language understood only by Pakistan's small elite class.

Islamabad - Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Wednesday sacked the country's top security adviser, apparently for breaching protocol while making a statement on the nationality of the lone surviving Mumbai gunman.

National Security Adviser Mehmud Ali Durrani was quoted by several television news channels, including the India-based CNN-IBN, as saying that Ajmal Amir Qasab, the only attacker arrested in the Mumbai mayhem, was a Pakistani national.

Islamabad/ New Delhi, Jan. 7 : United States Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Richard Boucher, on Wednesday said those involved in the Mumbai terror attacks have links in Pakistan.

The latest statement from the US has supported India''s view, which describes the involvement of Pakistan-based terror outfits in Mumbai terror attacks.

Boucher, who engaged the Pakistani leadership on this issue at length, reiterated that whoever was involved in this, needs to be held responsible.

Islamabad, Jan. 7 : Authorities in Pakistan stepped up security across the country on Wednesday as Shia mourners began annual Ashura processions to commemorate the martyrdom of the grandson of Prophet Mohammad, Hazrat Imam Hussain.

The Dawn quoted Punjab Province Minister Tanvir Ashraf Kaira as saying: "Foolproof security arrangements have been completed to maintain law and order during Ashura. Police and other law enforcement agencies have been put on alert and army personnel have been deployed in sensitive districts."