Islamabad, Sep 9 : The government will not put up with ‘any hot pursuit’ inside Pakistani territory, Leader of the House Raza Rabbani told the Senate.

Responding to concerns voiced by Jamaat-e-Islami Senator Professor Khursheed Ahmed, Rabbani said there was no ambiguity in the government’s policy on the war on terror, and it would not tolerate attacks against the country’s territorial integrity.

“We have a clear policy that no one will be allowed to violate our territorial, political and economic sovereignty,” he added.

Lahore, Sep 9 : Failed policies and poor strategic choices have overstretched the American military and economy, said Anatol Lieven, professor at the Department of War Studies at Kings College in London.

The professor visited Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) on September 5 and gave a lecture on “American Policy towards South Asia”.

Washington, Sep 9: US President George W. Bush is to describe Pakistan as a major battleground for the war on terrorism, like Afghanistan or Iraq on Tuesday, and is going to urge Islamabad to shoulder its responsibility to fight extremists.

Bush, in remarks prepared for delivery to the US National Defense University and released by the White House late on Monday, is to say that all three countries “pose unique challenges for our country” in the worldwide conflict.

Islamabad, Sep 9 : Extremists have converted Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) into the world’s most dangerous area, said Rehman Malik, adviser of Interior Ministry.

He urged the militants to lay down their arms if they were sincere to Islam and Pakistan.

The Daily Times quoted Malik as saying that the government would welcome the militants if they surrender their arms, but obviously ‘cannot award them medals for their acts’.

Washington, Sep 9 :The US hopes that Pakistan’s new President Asif Ali Zardari will provide some stability within the government so that it can get down to the task of countering the terrorism and extremism that currently threatens the country.

Lisa Curtis of the Heritage Foundation, America’s leading conservative think tank, is of the view that for the last several months, political infighting has created a power vacuum in Pakistan that the extremists have exploited.

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