Islamabad, Jan 27: The North West Frontier Province Government has lost its writ in the volatile Swat valley, the ruling Awami National Party has admitted in the Senate.

ANP senators Haji Adeel and Ilyas Bilour said the insurgency was spilling over to the rest of the country and would "reach Islamabad sooner than Lahore."

Bilour said Taliban had demolished more than 300 schools in the region once considered liberal, the Daily Times reported.

Lahore, Jan 27 : Pakistan's middle order batsman Younis Khan has accepted the captaincy during his meeting with Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt.

According to sources, Younis Khan called on Butt and accepted the offer of captaincy during the meeting.

Shoaib Malik was constantly facing severe criticism after Pakistan's humiliating defeat in one-day series against Sri Lanka.

Islamabad, Jan 27: The Pakistan Government has finally conceded that it had written a letter to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), but was in denial mode that no memorandum highlighting the economic achievements made during former President Pervez Musharraf's days had been attached to it.

Islamabad, Jan 27: President Asif Ali Zardari has cancelled a meeting with the Pakistan team to avoid useless criticism after their dismal performance in the recently concluded three-match series against Sri Lanka.

Zardari has alternatively suggested a roundtable conference of former cricket greats to address problems affecting Pakistan cricket.

Islamabad, Jan 27 : Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf's camp office spent Rs. 161.41 million from September 2, 2002 till his resignation in 2008, said the minister in charge of the President's Secretariat.

Musharraf was using a building adjacent to the Army House in Rawalpindi for the purpose, the Daily Times reported.

The former president is still using the Army House as his residence, the minister told the National Assembly in writing on Monday during the Question Hour.

Islamabad, Jan 27 (ANI): A writ petition has been filed in the Islamabad High Court (IHC), seeking a ban on the screening of Indian movies in cinema halls in Pakistan.

Nominating Pakistan's Ministry of Culture Secretary and the film censor board chairman as respondents, Advocate Yasir Mehmood Chaudhry pleaded before the court that India has banned Pakistani movies and television channels "then why we were promoting their culture and movies in our country."