Washington, Jan 19 : Pakistan Ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani, has said that his country's relationship with Washington is no longer transactional, and added that they are now long-term and strategic in nature.

Addressing a gathering of intellectuals, think-tank members and academia at the Nixon Centre here, Haqqani said: "The new US Administration and the democratic Government in Pakistan have common stance on how the two countries should cooperate not only in the fight against terrorism but also in the fields of education, health, trade and infrastructure building."

Islamabad, Jan 19: The Pakistani team probing the Mumbai terror attacks is likely to demand access to lone surviving terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab to question him on his suspected links with Pakistan-based banned militant outfits, a senior official privy to the investigations, has said.

The official said the three-member team has looked into the material provided by the Indian authorities, Kasab's confessional statement, his letter to the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, TV footage and his photographs sent by India and available with some news channels, The News reported.

Islamabad, Jan 19: The Pakistani team probing the Mumbai terror attacks is likely to demand access to lone surviving terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab to question him on his suspected links with Pakistan-based banned militant outfits, a senior official privy to the investigations, has said.

The official said the three-member team has looked into the material provided by the Indian authorities, Kasab's confessional statement, his letter to the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, TV footage and his photographs sent by India and available with some news channels, The News reported.

Lahore, Jan 19 : Pakistan's former National Security Adviser (NSA) Mahmoud Ali Durrani has said that he could not convince the United States that Pakistan is not a breeding ground for terrorists.

Responding to allegations that he had been too close a `friend' of India and the US, Durrani said he had only forged stronger relations with the two to work in Pakistan's interest.

He said apart from the US and the United Kingdom, China and several other countries also played an important role in defusing the Indo-Pak tensions after the Mumbai attacks.

Durani did not comment when asked if Pakistan had made preparations to counter US drone attacks in the Tribal Areas bordering Afghanistan, the Daily Times reported.

Peshawar, Jan 19: Unhappy with the Pakistan media, President Asif Ali Zardari told a delegation of businessmen from the NWFP recently that journalists were the biggest terrorists in Pakistan.

Members of the delegation of the Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), which met Zardari on January 15, quoted him as saying that journalists misreported things and presented the situation in a non-objective manner.

They said the president felt the media should be careful in its handling of sensitive issues, The News reported.

Lahore, Jan 19: Pakistan Prime Minister Yosuf Raza Gilani's Interior Adviser Rehman Malik has conveyed a "special message" from President Asif Zardari to PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif, and discussed the lawyers' long march, seeking Sharif's support on the issue.

Malik also discussed the Punjab Governor's controversial statements, a disqualification case against the Sharif brothers and bills for undoing the 17th Amendment.