A Pakistani court on Saturday issued non-bailable arrest warrant for former military ruler Pervez Musharraf for his alleged involvement in the assassination of two-time Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

The US reportedly threatened to “kick out” Pakistan’s top envoy there over the issue of diplomat Raymond Davis.

An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) has issued a warrant for arrest of former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in the assassination case of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, a media report said on Saturday.

Pakistan's foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi paid the price for not toeing the ruling party's line on providing diplomatic immunity to the jailed US official Raymond Davis, facing a murder charge for shooting down two Pakistanis in Lahore.

The US has threatened Pakistan that its envoy will be "kicked out" if it fails to release the American official arrested for gunning down two men in Lahore by Friday, according to a media report.

Pakistan's President on Friday swore 22 ministers into office in the first phase of a government reshuffle designed to reduce the size of the Cabinet and curb public spending.

Pakistan confirmed on Thursday an agreement with India to resume dialogue "on all issues", more than two years after peace talks collapsed, and said its foreign minister would visit India by July.

The US is getting tougher with Pakistan to ensure the release of its diplomat Raymond Davis, being tried in Lahore for murder, with Washington suspending all high-level dialogue with Islamabad over the case.

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has invited arch-rival Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) to join his new Cabinet, which is likely to be formed in the next few days.

Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf was on monday named as an accused in an interim chargesheet filed by prosecutors in an anti-terrorism court conducting the trail of suspects charged with i