Washington, Dec 31 : The terrorists, who stroke at the heart of Southern Mumbai between November 26 and November 29, were trained at Karachi, according to a top Lashkar-e-Taiba commander.

Admitting to the group's involvement in the terror attacks on Mumbai, Zarar Shah Shah told investigators that he was constantly in touch with the attackers.

Both Shah and Zakiaur Rehman Lakhvi, another mastermind, were arrested this month for their alleged involvement in the Mumbai terror operation.

Washington, Dec 31 : US Senator John McCain has expressed his fears that India might be on the verge of launching an attack on Pakistan in the wake of last month's terror attacks on Mumbai.

"The Indians are on the verge of some kind of attack on Pakistan," the former Republican presidential candidate was quoted by The News, as saying.

McCain's statement comes after his early December visit to India and Pakistan as part of the US efforts to ease tensions between the two nations and avert any standoff.

Karachi, Dec. 31 : The decision on the proposed Pakistan hockey team's visit to India will be taken up for discussion in a high-level meeting in Islamabad on January 2.

"Representatives of the sports ministry and Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) will meet with foreign ministry officials in Islamabad on January 2 before a decision is taken over the issue," Sports Minister of Pakistan Pir Aftab Shah Jilani said.

"A decision would be taken whether to send our team to India after considering all the aspects," The News quoted Jilani, as saying.

Karachi, Dec. 31: The Director-General of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Javed Miandad, has rejected chief selector Abdul Qadir's proposal to host a series of trial matches ahead of the home team's upcoming international fixtures.

Qadir failed to impress both Miandad and PCB chairman Ijaz Butt with his idea of playing trial matches which would help the selectors to pick the best possible team for the home assignment apart from providing the players a perfect opportunity to get ready for challenging assignments.

Washington, Dec 30: Pakistan has been pressurized by the United States to extradite Zaki Al Rahman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the Mumbai terror attacks, to India.

The US reportedly handed over a tape to Pakistan that contained Lakhvi's conversation with the gunmen involved in the Mumbai terror attacks, the Dawn reported.

Sources of the paper revealed that American experts had examined and confirmed that the tape was genuine and one of the speakers was Lakhvi. The tape features Lakhvi in a cellphone conversation with the gunmen holed up inside Mumbai's Taj hotel during the

Karachi, Dec. 31: The Sri Lankan tour of Pakistan seems to have hit another road block just when the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was preparing to host Sri Lanka for a test and one day international series.

The Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has turned down the PCB's proposal to play three tests and five one-dayers.

"Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has turned down the Pakistan Cricket Board's proposal to play three Tests and five one-dayers, making it clear that such an assignment would put extra work-load on their players," The News quoted an SLC source, as saying.