A group of Buddhist monks with links to the Opposition JVP staged a protest walk to the President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s official residence here on Friday in continuation of action against the aborted pensions bill.

The Pakistan government on Wednesday allowed journalists to carry small arms on their person due to the threat to their lives in a country declared the most dangerous for mediapersons. “Orders have been passed to allow journalists to carry small arms with them for self-protection. We understand the journalists are under great threat,”

Pakistan cricket coach Waqar Younis said on Thursday he was “disappointed” by Shahid Afridi’s decision to retire from internationals and played down a reported rift with his former captain.

A Pakistani journalist who investigated Al Qaida’s alleged infiltration of the navy and told a rights activist he’d been threatened by the country’s intelligence agencies was found dead on Tuesday. The police said his body showed signs of torture.

Pakistan considers the development of IT and telecommunication sectors vital for the country’s growth, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has said.

President Asif Ali Zardari has expressed “deep grief and sorrow” over the abduction and murder of journalist Saleem Shahzad and ordered an investigation into the killing.

Hundreds of heavily armed militants on Wednesday besieged a remote Pakistani post on the Afghan border, killing at least one policemen as helicopter gunships were deployed, officials said.

Angry at being removed as Pakistan's ODI captain, temperamental all-rounder Shahid Afridi has retired from international cricket, insisting he would return only if "disgraceful" administrators of the PCB quit.

Pakistan is in a dilemma. No one of repute is ready to head an official commission to probe the killing of Al Qaeda head Osama bin Laden.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Tuesday Nato air strikes on common people's homes in pursuit of the Taliban would no longer be allowed in the country.