Islamabad, Feb 12 - The prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) fell by about Rs. 3 to about Rs. 128 per kilogram in the country.

Chairman of All Pakistan LPG Distributors Association Abdul Hadi Khan said the marketing companies have slashed their profits to boost demand.

Islamabad, Feb 12 - Tearful pleas of a 14-year-old Pakistani boy for forgiveness fell on deaf ears after a court handed him a prison sentence for stealing a kite.

"Please give me pardon, I will never touch a kite, my annual paper is on tomorrow," Arsalan pleaded.

Islamabad, Feb 12 - Seven people died in an explosion in northwest Pakistan's Peshawar city, a media report said Sunday.

The blast took place in a house next to Kohat road. Three others were injured.

Islamabad, Feb 12 - Two Pakistani nationals were killed by Afghan security forces when they tried to lay a landmine near the border, media reports said Saturday.

Islamabad, Feb 11 - Pakistan needs around $1.3 billion to repair the roads damaged due to heavy traffic, having been used as supply lines for NATO forces in Afghanistan, a minister has said.

Islamabad, Feb 11 - Visiting Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari have agreed to increase bilateral trade to over $2 billion over the next three years.

Islamabad, Feb 11 - Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that some "external powers" were conspiring to detach the Balochistan province from Pakistan by creating a volatile situation there.

Islamabad, Feb 11 - Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has no option but to write to the Swiss authorities to reopen corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, opposition leader Nawaz Sharif has said.