Peshawar, Jan 5 : The Taliban has imposed restrictions on co-education in Pakistan's tribal areas bordering Afghanistan after banning girls' education in Swat.

Pamphlets attributed to the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were distributed in the tribal areas, asking school owners and teachers to close down all institutes offering co-education even at the pre-school level.

The pamphlets in Urdu asked the government to stop issuing identity cards to women `with or without pictures', The Nation reported.

Karachi, Jan 5: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) wants to host Australia in a proposed one-day series in April at home, a board official has said.

The official said the PCB wants to resume international cricket in Pakistan, and added that a series against Australia will be a major step towards that direction.

He rejected reports that the PCB is planning to host the series that will include five One-day Internationals and a Twenty20 game in Kuala Lumpur or any other offshore venue.

"We would only explore the option of a neutral venue if Australia expressed any security concerns," the official said on condition of anonymity.

Islamabad, Jan 5: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said that unity among all political forces is required in Pakistan, and added that he did not want to be a party to the conflict between the PML-N and the PPP.

"We don't want to be a party to the conflict between the PML-N and the Pakistan People's Party - which, in any case, is highly personalised and detrimental to the national interest," Shujaat said.

Peshawar, Jan 5: The Pakistan Government is providing covert support to the Taliban to capture land in eastern and western Quetta in order to undermine the Baloch nationalist movement and promote Talibanisation in Balochistan.

New Delhi  - India has provided evidence on the Mumbai terrorist attacks to Pakistan, Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Monday.

"We have today handed over to Pakistan evidence of the links with elements in Pakistan of the terrorists who attacked Mumbai on 26th November, 2008," Mukherjee said.

Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon gave the Pakistani high commissioner based in Delhi material that linked Pakistani elements to the attacks of November

New Delhi, Jan 5: India on Monday handed over to Pakistan evidence of links with elements in Pakistan to the Mumbai terror attack, and said it expected Islamabad to carry out a prompt investigation.

Foreign Secretary, Shivshankar Menon handed over the evidence to Pakistan''s envoy in India Shahid Malik.

Briefing media persons here, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said: "We have today handed over to Pakistan evidence of the links with elements in Pakistan of the terrorists who attacked Mumbai on November 26, 2008."