Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik won the toss and elected to bat against India in the opening match of the five-match one-day series here on Monday.
Pakistan's government detained opposition figures and said parliamentary elections could be delayed for as long as a year.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday the U.S. will review aid to Pakistan and denied that the Bush administration has "put all its chips" on Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
Q: Why is Pakistan such an important ally in the U.S. fight against terrorism? A: Al-Qaeda-linked militants and other Islamist extremists are active in Pakistan, especially in the mountains along its border with Afghanistan.
The Bush administration signaled that it would likely continue aid to Pakistan?s military, despite the detention of rights activists and government opponents.
Pakistan?s government rounded up leading opposition figures and said that parliamentary elections could be delayed for as long as a year.
President Pervez Musharraf tightened a state of emergency in Pakistan on Sunday, as police rounded up hundreds of opponents and the government warned it could delay key elections for a year.
Pakistan police rounded up hundreds of people on Sunday after President Pervez Musharraf defied U.S. pressure and widespread domestic opposition by imposing a state of emergency.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday the United States will review its aid to Pakistan.
JERUSALEM, Nov. 4 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday that the United States would review its $150 million-a-month assistance program to Pakistan in response to the declaration of emergency rule by the president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf.