Lahore, Mar. 20 : Pakistan investigation agencies have denied that either the Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) or the Jammat-ud-Dawa (JuD) had a role to play in the terror strike on the Sri Lankan cricket players.

Investigators said there is no evidence to prove that the two banned terrorist organizations were behind the attack.

Sources said the report admitted there was a serious security lapse on part of the concerned authorities, The Daily Times reports.

Lahore, Mar. 19 : A high level probe into the security lapse during the terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team has revealed that all three Superintendents of Police
(SP) who were entrusted to look after the security arrangements during the Lankan convoy’s movement didn’t reported on duty on the day the attack took place, and were in their residences.

Lahore, Mar. 19 : The Pakistani ‘Elite’ and ‘Mujahid’ forces don’t have basic equipment required for the maintenance of their weapons.

Officials at the Qurban Lines and Qila Gujjar Singh Police Post have complained about the non-availability of equipment required to clean weapons, reports the Daily Times.

Lahore, Mar. 18 : Former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif said Wednesday that Prime Minister Gilani has been told to repeal the controversial 17th Amendment.

Sharif told reporters here that the supremacy of law, elimination of poverty and outdated system were his top priorities.

"We have talked to the Prime Minister and now 17th Amendment will be abolished," he said.

Lahore, Mar. 18 : The Lahore police has been widely criticized for its incompetence to retaliate during the terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team, has now claimed that it fired 423 bullets during the shootout, but none of them hit the attackers.

According to a report submitted by the police officials, 17 policemen through 21 weapons fired 423 bullets at the assailants, but all escaped unhurt.

"The attackers were firing from a safe place, due to which they could not be hit," the report stated.

Lahore, Mar. 16 : After days of political bedlam in the country and verbal confrontation between the PML-N leadership and President Asif Ali Zardari, the Pakistan Muslim League -Nawaz, seems to have suddenly changed gear into mercy mode.

Following the Pakistan government's announcement of reinstating the judiciary and Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, PML-N leader Shahbaz Sharif said his party was ready to reconcile with Zardari.