DERA MURAD JAMALI (March 19, 2010): Three men sustained injuries in a remote control bomb blast that took place at Achanak Chowk in Dera Bugti here on Thursday. According to police sources, unidentified men attached explosive device with a cycle and parked it at Achanak Chowk. Later, they detonated explosive device with a remote control. As a result, three passers-by suffered serious injuries. The injured were rushed to hospital.

NEW DELHI (March 19, 2010): Indian Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju said here on Thursday India would not conduct surgical strikes inside Pakistan. When asked by newsmen about possibility of any surgical strike on alleged "terror camps" inside Pakistan, the Minister said there was no possibility.

ISLAMABAD (March 19, 2010): Pakistan would propose a new framework to the US for cementing institutional relations between the two countries by enhancing co-operation in economic, social and defence sectors. Addressing the weekly press briefing here on Thursday, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said he would propose ten tracks for sectoral engagement between the two countries for bilateral co-operation completely different from previous three engagements between the two countries.

NEW DELHI (March 19, 2010): Indian National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon, while responding to a question about the status of engagement with Pakistan after the recent foreign secretary-level talks, said "to our mind, going back to the composite dialogue process does not make sense; We are talking to explore what we can do but it needs two hands to clap."

ISLAMABAD (March 19, 2010): A twenty-member Indian delegation headed by former Chief Minister of Indian Punjab Captain Amrendar Singh will reach Pakistan through Wagah border on March 25. The delegation comprises of Indian parliament members, ministers and senior journalists, a private news channel reported.

ISLAMABAD (March 19, 2010): Kingdom of Saudi Arabia lauds government of Pakistan's efforts in war against militancy and ensures Saudi Arabia's co-operation in this regard, said Vice Minister for Religious Affairs of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdulllah al-Hammar. In a meeting with Federal Minister for Law and Justice Dr Babar Awan here Thursday at the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Sheikh Abdul Aziz said.

ISLAMABAD (March 19, 2010): The Speaker of Palestinian Parliament, Saleem Allzanoun will soon visit Pakistan on invitation of Chairman Senate Farooq H. Naek. The dates of visit will be decided according to the mutual convenience. This was transpired in a meeting of Palestinian Ambassador, Dr Hazem Abu Shanab with Chairman Senate at Parliament House.

ISLAMABAD (March 19, 2010): Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Thursday said that people involved in abducting British citizen Sahil would be brought to Pakistan from France for trail in the Pakistani courts. Giving a policy statement in the National Assembly, the Interior Minister said that formal request have been made to French government to repatriate the alleged culprits who were involved in the abduction of Sahil.

ISLAMABAD (March 19, 2010): Pakistan's ambassador to Poland Seema Ilahi Baloch has said that Pakistan is not responsible for cultivating extremism in the region and stressed that the situation had been rather fuelled from outside. In an interview with Polish daily Rzeczpospolita published recently, the ambassador emphasised that outside forces were responsible for the waves of violence rolling over Pakistan and Afghanistan.

BEIJING (March 19, 2010): The Pakistan Embassy here on Thursday organised a day-long seminar on Pakistan-China Relations in the 21st Century which was largely participated by scholars, academicians, diplomats and students from various universities. In his opening remarks, former Foreign Minister and ex-Ambassador to China Dr Inamul Haque said that "Friend is regarded when you are in need of friend" and Sino-Pak relations fully stood test of the time.