President Asif Ali Zardari has accused former Premier Nawaz Sharif of trying to pit the ruling Pakistan People’s Party against the powerful military but said he would not allow this to happen.

Taliban militants attacked the homes of pro-government tribesmen in Mohmand region of northwest Pakistan and killed four persons, officials said on Monday.

President Asif Ali Zardari has urged China to help Pakistan drill for oil and gas and reactivate depleted and abandoned oil fields across the country.

Pakistan has lodged a protest with India over an incident in which an Indian warship allegedly brushed with a Pakistani frigate escorting an Egyptian-owned ship that was recently freed by Somali pirates after the payment of ransom.

Pakistan has lodged a protest with the Indian Government over the alleged obstruction of its naval ship by an Indian warship two days ago.

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday left for Russia on a three day visit to attend the 15th Annual St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEP).

Pakistan’s Election Commission has allowed 14 new political parties to contest the 2013 general elections. But a request from former President Pervez Musharraf’s new party was not taken up.

The public relations officer of a prominent university in Lahore has been accused of sexually harassing a woman student, a media report said.

The Pakistan Government has formed a commission headed by a senior judge to investigate the abduction and killing of journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad, who went missing two days after he alleged the Navy had been infiltrated by Al Qaeda elements.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai left Kabul on Tuesday for Kazakhstan to deliver a speech at a summit of Central Asian nations and hold talks with other regional powers, his office said.