Pakistan has denied the report and reacting to the issue of the 48-hour deadline, spokesperson and press secretary to the President of Pakistan, Farhatullah Baber said, "We do not need to respond to each and every provocation expressed in the media."

Pakistan may relocate around 1,00,000 military personnel from its restive border area with Afghanistan if there is an escalation in tension with India, which has hinted at the involvement of Pakistani elements in the Mumbai carnage, a media report said on Saturday.

The German economy could lose up to 215,000 jobs in 2009 amid the global economic crisis, Germany's Bild newspaper said on Friday, citing a survey it compiled.

Indian national Sarabjit Singh, awarded capital punishment in Pakistan, has been shifted from death row to a normal cell in a Lahore jail, raising hopes that he might not be executed.

Rubbishing reports that he was censured by Defence Minister A K Antony for his "defiance" over the Pay Commission report, Navy chief Sureesh Mehta on Monday said he expected the ministerial committee looking into the "core issues" raised by the armed forces to give its recommendations within a fortnight.