Punish Samjhauta perpetrators: Pak

ISLAMABAD: Dragging its feet over the Mumbai terror strike case, Pakistan on Saturday fired a salvo at India demanding that New Delhi should not "squander" in bringing to justice the perpetrators of the bombing of the Samjhauta Express train in light of a RSS leader's confession about the involvement of Sangh activists in the attack.

"It took almost four years for the Samjhauta Express investigations to come to this pass. We can only hope that no further time will be squandered in bringing the criminals to justice," foreign office spokesman Abdul Basit said in a text message. Basit was responding to a question on Pakistan's reaction to Aseemanand's confession.

Latif Khosa likely to be appointed governor of Punjab: Soomro

NEW DELHI:President Asif Ali Zardari is likely to appoint Former Attorney General Sardar Latif Khosa as the new Punjab governor, according to Advisor to the President Qayyum Soomro.

Soomro informed Express News that the notification is expected to be issued by tomorrow (Sunday).Soomro said that the decision was made after considering various names for the vacant post.

Meanwhile, Latif Khosa said that the president has invited him in Karachi tomorrow. He said that the matter will be clearer by this evening.

The position of Governor of Punjab has been vacant since the assassination of Salmaan Taseer on Tuesday when he was shot by one of his own guards, Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qari, in an upmarket neighbourhood of Islamabad.

According to Article 101 of the Constitution, the president nominates the governor who stays in office until the president notifies otherwise. If, due to absence from the country or for any other cause, the governor is unable to perform his duties, the speaker of the province or any nominee of the president, shall perform the functions until the governor returns.