Samad Khurram, Harvard student and an active SAC member refuses to receive award from US Ambassador in protest against killings of Pakistani people.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has threatened to send troops into Pakistan to confront militants who have been launching cross-border attacks.

In a major set back to embattled President Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistan People's Party-led government has said it will "have to leave" the "unpopular" former military ruler if it is to survive in power.

At least eight people were feared killed and five others injured in a blast outside the Danish Embassy, located in a high-security area in the heart of the Pakistani capital on Monday.

About 99 Indian prisoners, including 96 fishermen, who were freed from Pakistan jails on Friday, were handed over to authorities of India at Wagha border in Amritsar.

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is in Dubai for urgent talks with coalition partners on the fate of Pakistan's sacked judges, the month-old government's deadline to reinstate the judges ends on Wednesday.

The party of slain former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is trying to convince Islamist politicians to build a stronger coalition against Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf.

A Pakistani official says an al-Qaida militant has been arrested in connection with a suicide bomb attack that targeted former prime minister Benazir Bhutto last October.

Pakistan's Taliban militants say they are willing to talk with the parties expected to form the country's new government, but only if military operations against militants and terrorists end in the tribal regions.

Pakistan's opposition parties are planning their next move in the formation of a new government, including selecting a new prime minister and weighing the fate of President Pervez Musharraf.

The party of Pakistan's late former Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, met Friday to discuss their choice for the next prime minister after securing victory in Monday's polls.

Hundreds of people took to the streets in Pakistan's major cities Friday, to protest the re-publication of a controversial Danish cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammed.