Islamabad, Jan. 2 : Pakistan looks to strengthen the capability of its air force amidst rising war fears with India. Pakistan is ready to start serial production of multi-role fighter aircraft (JF-17 Thunder) in collaboration with China.

Chairman of Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) Air Marshal Khalid Chaudhry said that the PAC has set up a factory for initiating the serial production of JF-17 Thunder aircraft.

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Islamabad, Jan. 2 : Angered over the shifting of the Davis Cup tie between Pakistan and Oman to Oman, the Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) has demanded a compensation of 60, 00,000 dollars from the International Tennis Federation (ITF).

The PTF has lodged a strong protest with the International Tennis Federation (ITF) over the shifting and demanded that the matches should be played at any neutral venue.

Islamabad, Jan. 2 : Worried by the internal conflicts in the country, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has asked the public of Pakistan to put aside their differences and unite in fighting the war against terrorism.

At a meeting with the delegation of representatives, the Zardari said: "The Taliban must be defeated to restore peace and stability in the country."

The recent upsurge in the activities of the Taliban in tribal areas has raised fears of a conflict between the military and the Taliban militants.

Lahore, Jan. 2 : Experts on war issue believe that the US may target FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) in Pakistan in its bid to root out terrorism from the
Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

According to Anatol Leiven, Professor of War Studies at Kings College, UK, Obama administration in the US may try to extend the `war on terror' from Afghanistan to the
tribal regions of Pakistan.

"Any major terrorist incident with al-Qaeda footprints in the US might result in the US strikes and ground invasion of the FATA," the News quoted the press release of Prof.
Leiven saying.

Islamabad, Jan. 2 : The Pakistan Government on Friday firmly denied that a team of the U. S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was in the country to investigate possible leads connected with the November 26-29 terror attacks on Mumbai that caused the deaths of over 170 people and injured over 300.

Islamabad also denied reports in the media that an FBI team had visited Faridkot in Punjab Province, as also the home of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the surviving terrorist involved in the Mumbai raid, as part of its investigations. The authorities made it clear that there was no proposal to allow the FBI to enter or stay in Pakistan for any kind of investigation.