Islamabad, Feb 14 : As people celebrate Valentine's Day in Islamabad, sales of flowers is reaching heights, while owners of card shops are seeing a major decline in sales.

According to recently revealed figures, the demand for fresh flower baskets and bouquets went up by 35 percent as compared to last year, as those bitten by the love bug have been dishing out on the prettiest flowers for their loved ones.

Islamabad, Feb. 14: The Taliban's increasing influence in the tribal areas, and reports about it planning to take over some of the major cities like Islamabad, Peshwar, and Lahore has now drawn fear lines on the foreheads of the Pakistani leadership, which has long denied the presence of militants on their soil.

Islamabad  - At least 26 people were killed Saturday when a suspected pilotless US aircraft fired two missiles on a militant hideout in Pakistan's tribal region, an intelligence official said.

Seven people were injured in the attack in South Waziristan, a known sanctuary of Taliban and al-Qaeda militants launching cross-border attacks on international troops in Afghanistan.

Islamabad, Feb 14: Nearly a million pregnant Pakistani women may have been physically abused at least once by their partners, reckons an expert.

Prof Unaiza Niaz , president of the Women Section of World Psychiatric Associations, said that in Pakistan, societal attitudes and norms, as well as cultural practices like Karo Kari and Vani, severely affected women's mental health.

She said that physically abused women were more likely to suffer from depression, anxiety and stress-related syndromes.

Islamabad - A United Nations official kidnapped in north- western Pakistan around a week ago has appealed to the world body to meet the demands set by Baloch separatists in return for his release in a video released by the kidnappers on Friday.

"I am not feeling well, I am in trouble," John Solecki, the local head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and US national, said.

Islamabad, Feb 13 : The Pakistani man, who alleged being abducted and sexually assaulted by three women from Clifton, Karachi, says that the incident has ruined his social life as well as caused him emotional, physical and monetary harms and losses.

Khalil Ahmed, 22, was reportedly abducted by three women in Clifton and was sexually assaulted for many days, while being kept in illegal confinement at an undisclosed location.