Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, who is always a key target for terrorists, is planning to hire security guards from the United States, a media report here claimed.
“In the backdrop of Punjab governor Salman Taseer’s murder by his police guard, a proposal is under consideration (to) bring in security guards from the United States

A Chinese national was on Thursday injured in firing when he resisted an attempt by armed robbers to snatch his money outside a bank in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, the police said.

Pakistani legislator Sherry Rehman has gone underground amid a rising controversy over her proposed amendments to the country’s blasphemy law.
She moved a bill in the National Assembly seeking amendments to the law, and also appeared on television. Changes in the law are being vehemently opposed by religious parties and groups.

The powerful Inter-Services Intelligence chief attended a meeting that Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari held with CIA chief Leon Panetta last week, dispelling a perception that the Pakistan government did not want to involve the military in its dealings with the US.

Pakistan is all set to change its man in New Delhi: it will name Salman Bashir, its current foreign secretary, as high commissioner to India, replacing Mr Shahid Malik.

Pakistan is set to seek from India the custody of Swami Aseemanand and his accomplices, who are alleged to be involved in the Samjhauta Express bombing that killed at least 68 Pakistanis, official sources said.

Pakistan’s powerful Army chief, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, was the man who cooled down the recent political heat here that threatened to send the PPP-led government packing, official sources said.

More and more Hindus are leaving Pakistan or converting to Islam to save their future, official records and media reports suggest.
“The Hindus, like other minorities, feel insecure and are leaving for other countries, mainly India. They are also becoming Muslims to make sure they are given equal rights,” a human rights activist told this newspaper citing survey reports. He said even the government has not been able to assure the minorities, at least in their statements, that their rights will be protected.

US ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter on Saturday said the United States has a right to interfere in Pakistan’s economic and governance affairs as the former provides funds to Islamabad.

The Pakistan government has decided not to include any bearded personnel of any agency in VVIP security details following the assassination of Pakistan Punjab governor Salman Taseer by a member of the police’s Elite Force, official sources said.