Fit-again fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar wants to lead Pakistan's attack against Australia later this year, saying that the world champions bring out the best in him.
President Pervez Musharraf told tribesmen from a troubled border region that they would cause international embarrassment for Pakistan if they failed to expel Al-Qaeda "terrorists", a report said.
Cyclone-spawned floods surged through towns and villages of Pakistan's coastline, stranding thousands of people on rooftops and tree branches.
A man describing himself as British has been held illegally in Pakistan since last August, campaigners say.
Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik said the return of fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar would boost the team for their one-off match against arch-rivals India in Scotland next month.
China called on Pakistan to step up its protection of Chinese workers in the South Asian country, state press reported, following the brief kidnapping of seven Chinese people in Islamabad.
A powerful cyclone that battered Pakistan's coastal area has weakened and entered Iran, the meteorological department here said Wednesday.
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) -- Ten people drowned and thousands fled to higher ground as a tropical cyclone lashed Pakistan's coastline with heavy rains and high winds, officials said.
Thousands of people were stranded on rooftops and tree branches Wednesday as cyclone-spawned floods surged through towns and villages of Pakistan's coastline.
Ten people drowned and thousands fled to higher ground as a tropical cyclone lashed Pakistan's coastline with heavy rains and high winds, officials said. Navy ships rescued 75 people from four floundering vessels Tuesday and were searching for more boats caught in the rough seas.