Lahore, Jan. 6 : Pakistan's leg spinner Danish Kaneria has said that he is hopeful of making a come back to Pakistan's one day squad.

Kaneria said that the fact the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) now has officials who themselves were international players would help his cause.

"PCB director general Javed Miandad has been a big supporter and he has always guided me in my career," the Daily Times quoted Kaneria, as saying.

Islamabad, Jan. 6 : With India providing unputdownable `dossier' of evidence to proof that its soil was used in the Mumbai attacks, Pakistan has now agreed to carry out a credible investigation of the evidence provided by India on Mumbai attacks.

Pak Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani met President Asif Ali Zardari to discuss the evidences provided by India. Both the leaders agreed to carry out a probe to bring the perpetrators to book.

The two leaders said that strict action would be taken against any group found involved in Mumbai carnage, the News reported.

Islamabad - A bomb disposal expert was killed on Tuesday while trying to defuse a home-made explosive device planted in a market in Pakistan's north-western town of Bannu, police said.

The blast occurred in Peepal Bazaar where shopkeepers had informed the police about the presence of a remote-controlled bomb.

"Inspector Rehmatullah Khan was handling the bomb when it detonated, killing the official," a local police officer, Mohabat Khan, said.

No one else was injured as the bomb disposal squad had cordoned off the site, Khan added.

Islamabad, Jan. 6 : Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said that India is using the Mumbai terrorist attacks for fulfilling its political agenda against Pakistan.

In a meeting with US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Richard Boucher, Zardari stated that New Delhi is trying to gain international support and sympathy in the wake of Mumbai terror attacks, the Nation reported.

He reiterated that Pakistan had offered every possible co-operation to India for investigating the Mumbai incident.

Islamabad, Jan. 6 : As the mystery behind the delay in announcing the tour itinerary by the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) continues, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is likely to get a response from the SLC officials today, the Daily Times reported.

Commenting on the tour preparations, PCB chairman Ijaz Butt said: "The Pakistan board is busy in giving final touches to the schedule of home series against Sri Lanka."

Confirming reports about Australia touring Pakistan in the coming months, Butt said: "Cricket Australia officials have ensured the PCB that their team would visit Pakistan in March this year for the one-day international series."

Lahore, Jan. 6 : Even though the whole world is concerned about terror activities being run from its soil, grave issues like banning dreaded terror outfits seems to be a subject of political brickbating in Pakistan, with the federal government and the provincial government contradicting each other.

Contradicting Information Minister Sherry Rehman's statement on banning the Jud, Punjab government spokesman Pervaiz Rashid has said that the provincial government has already taken concrete steps aimed at putting curbs on Jamaat ud Daawa.

"Federal Minister Sherry Rehman's statement in this connection is not based on facts," the Nation quoted Rashid, as saying.