The White House on Thursday said democratic freedoms should not be "infringed" in Pakistan, sending a firmer signal to President Pervez Musharraf about the importance of upcoming elections.
Militants ambushed a vehicle on Thursday, killing six soldiers and three other people in the southwest Pakistan city of Quetta, hours after a visit by a senior U.S. official, Pakistani military officials said.
Unidentified gunmen ambushed a van carrying security personnel in southwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing nine people and wounding four, police said.
Pakistan told a visiting U.S. official on Thursday it was trying its best to plug its long, porous border with Afghanistan and denied Taliban leaders were hiding in Pakistan.
Top US diplomats are visiting Pakistan this week for talks with embattled anti-terror ally President Pervez Musharraf on holding free and fair elections due later this year, officials said.
Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and Taliban supremo Mullah Mohammad Omar are not in southwestern Pakistan, a provincial chief minister told a top US diplomat.
Former Bangladesh coach Dav Whatmore was left as the main contender to coach troubled Pakistan after his Australian compatriot Steve Rixon ruled himself out.
Pakistan said Thursday it would not extend the contracts of late cricket coach Bob Woolmer's foreign support staff.
_ Japan and Pakistan have agreed to update a bilateral tax treaty in line with the international standard to spur mutual investment, Japanese Finance Ministry officials said Friday.
KARACHI — Former Bangladesh coach Dav Whatmore was left as the main contender to coach Pakistan yesterday after his Australian compatriot Steve Rixon ruled himself out.