WASHINGTON, June 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Press Club urged Pakistani authorities on Monday to swiftly investigate and prosecute the murder of Syed Saleem Shahzad, a Pakistani reporter who was found dead last week after having been tortured.

Text of report by Pakistan's private television channel Geo News website on 12 September Washington: The United States has assured Pakistani officials not to launch strikes against Taliban in Pakistani-administrated regions bordering Afghanistan here on late Thursday [11 September].

By Foster Klug Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Pakistan's new ambassador to the United States is urging patience for those in Washington frustrated with his government's pursuit of peace deals with tribes along the lawless Pakistani-Afghan border.

Americans are focused this week on the presidential primaries, but an election campaign halfway around the world will have enormous impact on their lives. I refer to elections in Pakistan, from which I just returned after a sobering two weeks. Pakistan just deferred its ballot from Jan. 8 to Feb.

The assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, who had been the focus of much of the U.S. effort to promote stability and democracy in her nation, leaves the United States with severely limited options there, administration officials conceded Thursday.