Former Australian fast bowler Geoff Lawson will fly to Pakistan for talks on coaching the troubled national team following the death of Bob Woolmer, a report said here Saturday.
Pakistan's suspended chief justice is expected to lead a fresh procession and a rally later Saturday as top US officials visit for talks with embattled President Pervez Musharraf.
Pakistan should "move back to democratic elections and civilian rule," a senior U.S. official said Friday, while indicating Washington would not join the pressure on President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to drop his dual role as army chief before he seeks a new term.
Pakistan's upcoming elections must be fair, a senior U.S. official said Friday, while indicating Washington would accept President Musharraf holding onto his dual role as president and army chief.
A group of Indian families who returned from a trip to Pakistan to search for relatives who went missing in a war 36 years ago said they were disappointed with the visit.
In a June 12 story about the rising influence of pro-Taliban militants in the city of Tank in northwestern Pakistan, The Associated Press erroneously referred to Islamic fundamentalist courts. The courts have been set up in neighboring tribal regions, not in Tank.
India and Pakistan split nearly 60 years ago. Now cement may bring them together - even as General Pervez Musharraf's grip on power is slipping.
Pakistan should "move back to democratic elections and civilian rule," a senior U.S. official said Friday
Police made more than a dozen arrests Friday after tribal militants shot dead 10 security personnel in southwest Pakistan, hours after a visit by a top US diplomat, officials said.
The BBC's Ilyas Khan looks at US efforts to change Pakistan's political balance.