As part of the Union Home Ministry's strategy to secure the country's borders, over 500 additional Border Out Posts are set to be established at an estimated cost of over Rs 1,800 crore.

An army jawan was killed and two others injured in a fierce gunbattle in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.

Up to 10 people were feared killed and several more injured on Saturday in a powerful explosion on a police check-post on the outskirts of the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar.

Three deposed judges of Pakistan's Supreme Court took fresh oath of office on Friday, according to the official Associated Press of Pakistan.

Pakistan cricket officials received yet another setback on Friday when their South African counterparts finally rejected a proposal to host a tri-series involving Pakistan and Sri Lanka in September.

The ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has decided in principle not to restore the deposed chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and his fellow judges, The News daily reported on Friday.

India informed Pakistan on Friday that it was ready to start cross-Line of Control trade from October 1, following which Islamabad offered to host a meeting to speedily operationalise commerce between the two parts of Kashmir.

Pakistani police have arrested three people suspected to have been involved in Wednesday's attack on Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's motorcade, Geo TV channel reported on Thursday.

The Asian Development Bank is supporting closer regional cooperation and integration in South Asia through a grant designed to help strengthen policy reforms in India and Pakistan, the bank said on Wednesday.

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani escaped an assassination attempt on Wednesday when unidentified gunmen fired shots at his motorcade near the garrison city of Rawalpindi, officials said.

According to the sources in the PCB, the South African Union and Cricket South Africa are at loggerheads with each other and their difference of opinion on the proposed series.

Pakistan is looking beyond its senior hockey players who under-performed in last month's Beijing Games where the three-time Olympic champion finished eighth, its worst showing in the Games history.

Forced out of action due to the drug scandals that have rocked his cricket career, embattled Pakistani pacer Mohammad Asif says he is desperate to prove his worth on the field to get over the gloom.

The Sri Lankan Cricket Board has demanded $1 million from Pakistan to send its team for the unscheduled one-day series in South Africa

A Pakistan provincial governor on Wednesday confirmed coalition troops from across the Afghan border had raided a Pakistani village, calling the incident "a direct assault" on sovereignty. The raid killed at least 20 people, he added.

As Pakistani Taliban claimed on Tuesday that they were holding two Chinese telecoms engineers as prisoners and would soon issue a list of demands, Beijing has urged Pakistan to rescue the hostages and ensure their security.

At least eight people were killed on Tuesday, as warring Sunni and Shiite Muslims defied a self-declared ceasefire in Pakistan's Khurram tribal district, officials said.

Out of action since December last, Pakistan paceman Shoaib Akhtar is itching to play for English county Surrey to get back his lethal form and rhythm and prove that he is fit for the national duty.

Pakistan's former Premier Nawaz Sharif sounded a warning on Tuesday, saying that the PPP-led government might collapse much before its tenure if its leaders "continue their policies of breaking promises and ignoring public issues."

With speculation rife that he might be sacked as captain, Pakistan skipper Shoaib Malik on Tuesday countered the charges of team's poor performance under him.

Given his dramatic rise from what the Pakistan media has characterised as "playboy to first husband" - and later "Mr 10 percent" - to grieving widower of Benazir Bhutto, Zardari is now a few days away from the highest constitutional office in Pakistan.

Upto 95 people were reportedly killed and 200 injured in a single day of clashes between rival tribes in Pakistan's troubled North West Frontier Province, which is already engulfed by steep rise in militancy violence.

In escalating militant violence in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province, seven security personnel were killed on Monday in an ambush by Taliban militia and six civilians reportedly died in a suspected missile attack from a drone.

Several US officials have expressed concern over reports that Pakistan People's Party chief Asif Ali Zardari, a strong contender for presidency, was diagnosed with mental problems as late as last year, a media report said on Monday.