The discovery of Osama bin Laden’s hideaway in a city at the heart of Pakistan’s military establishment today revived questions about alleged links between al-Qaida and elements in the country’s security forces.

OXFAM Ireland has warned that stock in its 49 shops nationwide is at critically low levels, which is affecting its ability to distribute aid.

The Government today pledged more than half a million euro in emergency funding to support people forced to flee their homes during the conflict in north-western Pakistan.

India produced evidence today about the Mumbai attacks which it said conclusively tied the killers to “elements” in Pakistan.

Tens of thousands gathered at the mausoleum of Pakistan’s former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on the eve of the first anniversary of her assassination.

Pakistan understands it must take quick action against any terrorists connected to the Mumbai attacks that are living in the country, US Senator John McCain said today after meeting its leaders.

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown today urged Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf to ensure “transparent, credible” elections in his country next month.

Benazir Bhutto’s husband today accused elements within Pakistan’s government of responsibility for her murder and urged Britain and the US to support a UN investigation into the killing.

India will give Islamabad evidence that Pakistan’s spy agency planned the deadly July 11 Mumbai train bombings, India’s top diplomat said today.

INDIA will give Islamabad evidence that Pakistan’s spy agency planned the Mumbai train bombings in July which killed more than 200 people, India’s foreign secretary said yesterday.

Pakistan President Gen Pervez Musharraf today acknowledged al-Qaida and Taliban militants were crossing from Pakistan to launch attacks inside Afghanistan, but denied Pakistan’s powerful military intelligence agency was helping them.

Indian police have rounded up about 350 people in connection with the Mumbai train bombings amid suspicion that Kashmiri militants could be linked to the attacks that killed at least 200 people.

When Taliban militant Syed Azizullah died during fighting in southern Afghanistan, his body was sent to his native Pakistan where a provincial official gave a eulogy before hundreds of Pashtun tribesmen. A flag of the Islamist militia fluttered by the grave.

At least half of the 80,000 victims of Pakistan's devastating earthquake last year were children - and many more were left orphans.

United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan warned that a second “massive wave of death” would hit Pakistani areas most affected by the mammoth earthquake unless the international community stepped up the relief effort immediately.

RESCUERS struggled to reach remote, mountainous areas and stricken residents of a devastated city scavenged for food and gasoline yesterday, a day after a massive earthquake struck Pakistan and India.

Pakistan’s interior minister today said a terror attack was thwarted in Britain before the May general elections – and arrests were made in several countries – because of help from Pakistan’s government.

INDIAN troops have shot dead 14 Islamic militants in clashes across Indian-administered Kashmir while suspected rebels killed four civilians, officials said.

THE White House yesterday praised Pakistan for the capture of alleged September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, calling the arrest of such a “big fish” a major blow to Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida network.

PAKISTAN said yesterday it would withdraw hundreds of thousands of troops deployed along its border with India to their “peacetime locations”, matching a similar pledge by India.

INDIA yesterday turned its anger on Pakistan and Islamic militants, blaming them for the massacre of 27 Hindu civilians in a slum in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

The father of a man arrested in Pakistan on suspicion of links to Al Qaida terrorists today threatened to go on hunger strike unless his son was released.

The United States says it will help Pakistan pursue the terrorists responsible for a grenade attack at a Protestant church used by foreigners.

George W Bush says he is outraged by the church attack in Pakistan that killed two Americans.