Islamabad, Sept 17: The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the public relations wing of the Pakistan army, has said that giving orders to its troops to hit back at US drones was not a recent change in its policy of defending its territory against foreign incursions.

ISPR chief Maj Gen Athar Abbas said that to defend the country and its people against any foreign aggression was the “stated policy” of the Pakistan Army.

“There has been no recent change in the army’s policy after cross-border incursions by US-led forces. We reserve the right to defend our people in case of any offensive or cross-border incursion and we reserve the right to respond,” the Daily Times quoted Abbas as saying.

Islamabad  - At least three paramilitary troops were killed and half a dozen more injured in a suicide attack in Pakistan's restive north-western Swat valley on Tuesday, officials said.

"A car suicide bomber struck at a camp of paramilitary Frontier Corps in Totano Bandi area of Kabal sub-district late in the night," army spokesman Major Murad Khan told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.

Following the attack, the militants fired several rockets at the militants, triggering a firefight which continued for several hours.

Islamabad - Pakistan on Tuesday demanded an immediate end to incursions by US forces into its territory as the country's jets and helicopter gunships pounded insurgent positions in the tribal areas along the Afghan border, killing 10 rebels and two civilians.

"The sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country would be safeguarded at all costs," Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said in a meeting with British Justice Secretary Jack Straw in Islamabad.

Islamabad  - Around 100 women are raped every day in Pakistan's largest city of Karachi, a leading police doctor was quoted as saying Tuesday.

Most were working women or those working as domestic helps, and aged 20 or under, the English Language Daily Times quoted the city's Deputy Police Surgeon Dr Zulfiqar Siyal as saying.

"I am saying with full authority that such a large number of rape cases happen in the city," he told the newspaper on the sidelines of a discussion on sexual violence organized by a women's rights organization, Aurat Foundation.

Islamabad  - At least 12 people, including two civilians, were killed Tuesday as Pakistani jets and helicopter gunships pounded insurgent positions in the country's tribal areas along the Afghan border, officials said.

Thousands of troops backed by tanks and artillery pushed into the district of Bajaur, particularly in the Rashakai, Loi Sam and Tang Khata strongholds of Taliban militants and al-Qaeda-linked fighters from Central Asia, the military said.

Islamabad, Sept 16 : In what would further delay the IPI (Iran-Pakistan-India) gas pipeline project, Iran has demanded a revision of the gas price formula earlier agreed with Pakistan.

Sources in Pakistan Petroleum Ministry said that Iran’s demand would further delay the gas pipeline project, the estimated cost of which is 7.4 billion dollars.