'No compromise would be made on peace and writ of the law will be ensured all over the country at all costs,' Dawn News television quoted him as saying during visit to provincial capital Quetta.
Pakistan's former military dictator General Pervez Musharraf is hospitalised in the United Arab Emirates after his health deteriorated and is going through a 'difficult stage where recovery is not possible', his family said on Friday amidst speculation about his condition.
Former premier Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N on Wednesday said that it would finalise its response, to a constitutional reforms package drawn up by its ally Pakistan People's Party to clip the sweeping powers of President Pervez Musharraf, by Thursday.A committee formed by Sharif to examine the package met for the second time in the day and its chairman Raja Zafrul Haq said the panel had completed reviewing two-thirds of the contents of the package.
Against the background of a fresh terror strike, India on Friday made it clear that resumption of foreign secretary-level talks will depend on "satisfactory" outcome of next week's meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President
Even though the US has better electronic intelligence, Pakistan is far better in terms of human intelligence, the envoy said.
This is the first time that a hoarding of a Pakistani leader has been prominently displayed on a hoarding in the valley.
In a new audiotape Al Qaeda also criticised Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's visit to India.
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf says he has no intention to dissolve the national Parliament.
"The Pakistani strongman agreed to withdraw his army from the area and release prisoners in exchange for promises by militants not to attack the Pakistani army or set up a parallel government.
In India, the publishers claim to have sold out the first consignment of 8,000 copies that reached on Tuesday.
Praising Singh, the Pakistan President said the Indian Prime Minister is a "man of sincerity" with a "flexible approach."
Observing that Indo-Pak relations have never been as good as now, President Pervez Musharraf has, however, said he was disappointed with the lack of forward movement on the resolution of Kashmir issue.
General Musharraf had claimed that some ISI leaders have helped the Taliban.
Amid speculation that martial law will be declared if it rules against President Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday said it attached "no value to such threats." The apex court said that it will give its judgment on legal challenges to the General's re-election within 12 days. Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry had on Tuesday rejected the bench's recommendation that all 18 judges of the Supreme Court should decide whether Musharraf is eligible.
He is going to China to formally launch the test flight of the 'Super-7' fighter aircraft being jointly developed by Beijing and Islamabad.
One of India's most seasoned diplomats on Pakistan, who has had extensive and deep interaction with the Pakistani elite, told rediff.com, "Americans are likely to encourage a deal between the PPP and Musharraf. But we will have to wait and watch."
Pervez Musharraf's lawyers on Wednesday said the Pakistani Taliban had threatened them with beheading if they continued to represent the former military dictator and called for a change in the venue of his high-profile treason trial.
The exit of President Pervez Musharraf from active politics of South Asia has evoked excitement and reactions all over the region.
With the possibility of President Pervez Musharraf seeking re-election, a senior Pakistani minister has said the next president would be elected by the existing Parliament and Provincial Assemblies in September-October 2007.
Pakistan's former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf's body will be laid to rest in Karachi, and will be brought back to the country on a special flight that will leave for Dubai on Monday, media reports said.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday agreed to carry forward the peace process and resolve all outstanding issues, including Jammu and Kashmir through negotiations and peaceful means.
In the book, Anger Management: The Troubled Diplomatic Relationship Between India and Pakistan, Bisaria says this public telecast sounded to observers like a mid-summit report on the talks, where Pakistan's hard views were being inflicted on India, while New Delhi's positions were unclear.
Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf has expressed his will to get medical treatment of his choice in another country, citing the findings of his medical report which shows serious illness.
With his tenure as the President of Pakistan coming up for scrutiny by the country's highest court, Pervez Musharraf has put off his return to Islamabad from London for the time being as advised by his close aides.
The Bush administration has shored up President Pervez Musharraf "for far too long", an influential American daily on Friday said, underlining the need for the US to work with the ruling alliance in Islamabad "to regain control" over the Pakistan Army and the Inter Services Intelligence that seem "far more loyal to the extremists than their own government."
He said infiltration into J%K was on the decline and expressed the hope that India and Pakistan would work to realise a clear vision of prosperity.\n\n
Musharraf, 79, was suffering from amyloidosis, a rare disease caused by a build-up of an abnormal protein called amyloid in organs and tissues throughout the body, The Express Tribune reported.
He was the heroic chief justice who refused to bow down to the all-powerful Gen Pervez Musharraf. But today, as his son is embroiled in a scam, the halo over Pakistan's Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has slipped, reports Amir Mir
India regards Pervez Musharraf as an "elected President" of Pakistan and a "credible interlocutor" with whom it will continue to do business, says National Security Adviser M K Narayanan.
In an interview to ABC News, Musharraf called Sharif 'abrasive' and 'confrontational'.
Musharraf said that the present conflict between India and Pakistan was not an ideology based issue of a particular ruling party, but due to an 'individual'.
Pervez Musharraf was Thursday formally arrested by Pakistani investigators over the murder of Benazir Bhutto after an anti-terrorism court directed them to include the former president in the probe into the 2007 assassination.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said that India and Pakistan came closer to resolving the Kashmir issue during the Manmohan Singh-led UPA government. He added that he does not expect a return to that situation in his lifetime. Abdullah lauded Singh's efforts on Kashmir, including the setting up of working groups on the issue, and said he practically initiated measures for the return of displaced Kashmiri Pandits. The chief minister also praised Singh's contribution to India's economic development.
Pakistan's former military dictator Pervez Musharraf should not be allowed to elude the serious legal proceedings against him and must be held accountable for human rights abuses, a global watchdog has demanded.
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