India and Pakistan have agreed to resume direct sporting ties, including cricket games, which were frozen after the 2008 Mumbai attacks, reports say.
Thousands of delirious home fans brought the house down at the Mohali Stadium on Wednesday after India ended Pakistan’s World Cup dream.
India and Pakistan head into an epic World Cup showdown on Wednesday that will showcase the bitter rivalry and common bonds between the neighbours.
In Indian Kashmir, allegiance to the rival team, Pakistan, reflects bitter feelings in the turbulent region.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Monday his visit to India to watch the Cricket World Cup semifinal was in the "national interest".
Pakistan blocked access to Facebook on Wednesday over a competition encouraging users to post caricatures of the Prophet Muhammed on the site.
Pakistan’s prime minister on Wednesday hailed the military’s "success" against the Taliban, as the rebels reeled from the arrest of a top spokesperson
Pakistan promises to ”weed out” elements sympathetic to the Taliban after claims of link between intelligence service and Afghan bombing.
Pakistan’s new prime minister was sworn in by President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday as two senior United States envoys arrived for talks aimed at shoring up Islamabad’s role in the ”war on terror”.
Pakistan’s new prime minister triggered an immediate showdown with Pervez Musharraf on Monday, ordering the release of judges detained by the president just moments after being elected. Musharraf had ordered the judges held in November amid fears they might challenge his grip on power in the nuclear-armed nation.