LAHORE: President Asif Ali Zardari turned down a call by the PML-N earlier this week to make Aitzaz Ahsan the new Punjab governor.

ISLAMABAD: The intensified American campaign against suspected Qaida and Taliban militants in Pakistan's tribal areas continued Friday. Two missiles fired from remotely piloted American aircraft killed 12 people in an attack on a compound in North Waziristan, according to a local journalist and television reports.

LAHORE:  Chief Minister Punjab Mian Mohammad Shahbaz Sharif has taken serious notice of non-disbursement of agricultural production loans to farmers by a branch of Zarai Taraqiati Bank of Pakistan.

President George W. Bush on Wednesday presented a complete package on the U.S.-India civilian nuclear deal to Congress saying he had determined that it poses no “unreasonable risk” to security and should be approved this year.