Rawalpindi, Dec. 25 : Pakistan's Jamaat-e-Islami party chief, Syed Munawwar Hasan has said that global level conspiracies are being hatched against Pakistan to declare the country as a failed state.

The JeI leader claimed that the US was also part of a conspiracy that intended to isolate Pakistan isolation under the guise of the Mumbai incident.

Hasan was addressing a celebration on the 62nd foundation day of Islami Jamiat-e-Taluba (IJT), The News reported.

Lahore, Dec. 25 : Imran Khan has said that his party, Tehreek-e-Insaaf would become a major political force within the next six months to provide justice to the oppressed and neglected sections in Pakistan.

The PTI chief claimed that the poor and downtrodden section of the nation felt deprived of law and justice under the present government. His party was aiming to put an end to this practise, The News reported.

Islamabad, Dec. 25 : With the tension between India and Pakistan increasing daily a month after the Mumbai carnage, thanks to a war of words from both sides, if a full fledged military combat between the two neighbouring countries does take place, it will bring in more problems for Pakistan according to a leading Pakistan daily.

Islamabad  - At least eight people were killed and 14 injured when an apartment building collapsed in the southern Pakistan province of Sindh early Thursday, officials said.

The five-storey building in Sukkur, 375 kilometres north-east of Sindh's capital Karachi, came down around 3 am local time, city mayor Nasir Hussain Shah said.

"Eight people have been confirmed dead and 14 more are injured. Some of the wounded are in critical condition," he said.

Islamabad, Dec 25 : The luxury Marriott Hotel in Islamabad will be turned into the `Fort Knox of Pakistan' when it opens on Sunday.

Peter Alex, the chief operating officer of the Hashoo group which owns the 289-room hotel, said "new concepts of security and safety" have been used in the extensive renovation work to ensure guests can check in without fear.

"It will be the Fort Knox of Pakistan," a foreign news agency quoted Alex, as saying.