A petition has been filed in a Pakistani court to direct the government that President Asif Ali Zardari should not pardon Indian national Sarabjit Singh, currently on a death row following his conviction for alleged involvement in bomb attacks two decades ago.

CIA chief Leon Panetta arrived in the Pakistani capital on Saturday for talks with the country’s civilian and military leadership on the war on terror and US plans to cut troops in war-torn Afghanistan.

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court today issued a permanent non-bailable arrest warrant for former President Pervez Musharraf for failing to cooperate with investigators probing the 2007 assassination

Pakistan and the US have resolved to ensure that Al Qaeda is “dismantled, disrupted and defeated”, though Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani wants a distinction to be made between the Taliban and Al Qaeda.

Japan should invest more in Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari has said. Zardari made the point when he met Japan’s deputy foreign minister Koro Bessho here on Thursday, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported.

Pakistani interior minister Rehman Malik has said seven suspects involved in the 2008 Mumbai attack would “not be spared”, and the country was “very serious” about the trial of those involved in the gruesome strike.

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is considering releasing Indian national Sarabjit Singh in response to appeals from various quarters, including his Mr Singh’s family, official sources said.

Pakistan’s jails have become breeding grounds for extremists because outlawed groups like Tehrik-e-Taliban have taken their “ideological campaign” to prisoners, according to an adviser to Premier Yousaf Raza Gilani.

Pakistan today said that it has put the trial of seven Mumbai attacks suspects on the fast track and any delay in proceedings is due to India’s failure to decide on a request to allow a judicial commission to interview key officials there.

India and Pakistan are making efforts to ease the visa regime between the two countries and officials will hold further talks on the issue in August, Indian High Commissioner Sharat Sabharwal has said