Nine killed in US drone attack

Nine persons, most of them foreign militants, were killed and six injured as missiles fired from a suspected drone hit a house in Pakistan8217;s restive tribal areas on Wednesday. The missile launch from an unmanned drone, believed to be operated by US forces in Afghanistan, came as tribesmen reportedly fired at three drones, which were circling the area close to the Afghanistan border.

No plans to settle abroad: Musharraf

In a rare public appearance after stepping down in August, former President Pervez Musharraf today insisted he had no plans to leave Pakistan for good even as he said he had received many invitations to deliver lectures abroad. Interacting with people on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, Musharraf said he was having an 8220;excellent time8221; since he resigned as President.