Pakistan said on Sunday that Sino-Pak civil nuclear cooperation is in accordance with the international norms and IAEA rules. “There is no violation. Sino-Pak civil nuclear cooperation is in accordance with the international norms and IAEA rules,” foreign office spokesman Abdul Basit said.

Union home minister P. Chidambaram said on Saturday is Islamabad that he had asked his Pakistani counterpart, Mr Rehman Malik, to put more people — ostensibly Lashkar-e-Tayyaba founder Hafiz Mohammad Saeed and his men — on trial for the 26/11 carnage in Mumbai.

When it was pointed out that India had made it clear that another 26/11 would derail the resumed dialogue process, Pakistan interior minister Rehman Malik was said, “We have resolved together that both agencies from India and Pakistan will be working together and we will not allow any such incident in future.”

Pakistan on Saturday assured India that it will move with “full force” against terrorists behind the 26/11 Mumbai carnage and asked New Delhi to join hands to defeat forces of terrorism that want to derail the dialogue between the two countries.

Terrorism poses serious threat to the peace and security of the region and urgent steps must be taken to eliminate the menace in all its forms and manifestations, concluded the South Asian Association

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.

Pakistan will not hand over Hafiz Mohammad Saeed — founder of Lashkar-e-Tayyaba and chief of the banned Jamaatud Dawa — to India for his alleged role in the Mumbai carnage, official sources here said.

Three F-16 Block 52 C fighter jets would be inducted in the Pakistan Air Force fleet on Saturday, officials said.

A Pakistani court on Thursday sentenced five Americans accused of contacting militants in Pakistan over the Internet and plotting terrorist attacks to 15 years each in prison, court officials said.

On Wednesday, the security forces killed 24 militants in clashes that erupted after insurgents attacked a security check post in the north-western Orakzai Agency, officials said, reports our Pakistan