Islamabad, Feb. 12: A conflict between the head of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TPP), and another militant commander Qari Hussain led to the brutal killing of Polish engineer Peter Stanczak, The News reports.

According to sources, TTP chief Baitullah Mehsud wanted his associates to be released in return for the Polish engineer, but Qari Hussain put another list of prisoners, including four important Lashkar-e-Jhangvi members, which led to differences within the outlawed group.

Islamabad, Feb. 11 : The Pakistan Government on Wednesday registered a case against Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist captured alive during the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terror attack.

Media reports said that the charges were filed against Kasab and 13 other people on the basis of a Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) probe into the Mumbai attacks.

Islamabad ordered the FIA probe after India alleged that the Mumbai attacks were plotted in Pakistan.

Currently, Kasab is in the custody of Mumbai police.

Islamabad - A provincial lawmaker and eight more people were injured Wednesday in a blast in Pakistan's troubled north-west, as US Special Representative Richard Holbrooke visited the region for security talks, officials and police said.

Alam Zaib, who belongs to the secular Awami National Party (ANP), was moved to the hospital in critical condition after his car was hit by a roadside bomb in Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier Province, party spokesman Zahid Khan said.

Warsaw/Islamabad, Feb. 11: Poland's Senate has called off a visit by Pakistani senators after Pakistan failed to save Polish hostage Piotr Stanczak from execution by his Taliban captors.

Islamabad, Feb. 11 : The Pakistan Senate's Standing Committee on Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis on Tuesday criticized the Foreign Office for its `inability' to help the country's troubled nationals working abroad.

It was observed that the Foreign Office continued to remain on the defensive stand and was "unable to convince the International community of Pakistan's innocence throughout the Mumbai terror attacks and its aftermath, the Daily Times reports.

"The Foreign Office should take a leaf out of the book of foreign diplomats, who are always ready to help their citizens in all sorts of situations. It is wrong to assume that every Pakistani abroad is an illegal resident or an alien," said the committee's members.

Islamabad, Feb. 11: The Taliban has warned that it will attack Islamabad if the military offensive in the tribal areas, including the Swat Valley is not halted

Graffiti on walls across Islamabad have surfaced, warning of attacks if the military offensive in Darra Adamkhel and the Swat Valley is not stopped, The News reports.

Several religious leaders in the capital say they have been asked to either support the Taliban or leave the city, failing which they will be considered associates of the "pro-American Zardari government.