Giving away nothing, Pakistan and India on Friday hoped against hope to become friends and enjoy trust when Union home minister P. Chidambaram met his Pakistani counterpart, Mr Rehman Malik, here on Friday.

At least 36 militants were killed on Saturday in Pakistan forces’ operation and US drone strikes.

Five people, three of them British nationals of Pakistan origin, were shot dead in Pakistan’s Gujrat city in a suspected honour killing over their son’s marriage, the police said on Friday.