Islamabad, Sept 17 : Alleging that India had slowed down the water flow of the Chenab river, thereby violating the Indus Water Treaty, Pakistan is learnt to have decided to move the World Bank in a last ditch effort for arbitration asking for huge agricultural loses.

Sources in the Pakistani Ministry for Water Resources said that India reduced water flow in the Chenab River thereby hitting hard the kharif crop in Pakistan, and rendering huge financial losses to Pakistani farmers.

London, Sept 17 : Newly-elected Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has reportedly sought UK’s help in resolving the simmering row with Washington over US’ unilateral strikes on its (Pakistan’s) tribal areas.

He said Britain had a better understanding than any other country, and hoped that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown would use his influence on others (read the US).

“Britain has always had a better understanding of the Subcontinent than any other country so if [the UK] will take our point of view and put it across to the world I think it will be better,” the Daily Times quoted Zardari as saying.

Islamabad, Sept 17: America’s top military official Adm. Mike Mullen made a hurriedly arranged visit to Pakistan last evening for holding talks about a recent incursion by American commandos based in neighboring Afghanistan.

The visit assumes significance in the wake of strong reactions emanating from Islamabad against the US’ raids on its territory, and especially after the Pakistan Army ordered its troops to hit back at US’ troops in case of future raids.

Lahore, Sept 17 : During the ongoing month of Ramazan, an average professional beggar in Pakistan is earning Rs 1000 per day, and a family, depending upon the number of ‘earning members,’ collects Rs 4000-5000 a day.

If multiplied by the 30 days of Ramazan, the total income comes out to be around Rs 150,000, which is enough for the rest of the year to meet the family’s basic needs. The money earned during the Ramzan acts like fixed capital, even as the day to day expenses during the rest 11 months can be met by daily earnings.

Islamabad, Sept 17: Taking a strong exception to the highly unusual Sept. 3 ground attack by US commandos near the Angoor Ada town, the Pakistan Army has reportedly ordered its forces to open fire at US troops if they launch another air or ground raid from across the Afghan border.

According to a Pakistan Army spokesman, the orders are certain to “heighten tensions” between Washington and Islamabad as far as the fight against terrorism is concerned. Although the ground attack was rare, there have been repeated reports of US drone aircraft striking militant targets, the latest being on Sept. 12.

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.