Newly elected members of Pakistan’s National Assembly were sworn in today, officially marking the first transition of power between democratically elected civilian governments in the nearly 66-year history of the coup-prone country.

Bombings at two mosques in north-west Pakistan have killed at least 10 people, police say.

Thousands of Pakistanis, joined by US anti-war activists, are heading towards a militant-riddled tribal region to protest against US drone strikes despite threats of suicide attacks by the Pakistani Taliban.

A Taliban suicide car bomber attacked a rival militant commander's compound in north-western Pakistan today, killing at least 10 people, as heavily armed attackers killed eight members of the coast guard in the south-west, officials said.

Eighteen people were killed and another 35 wounded after a bomb blast hit a bus carrying government employees and other civilians in north-western Pakistan today.

Gunmen opened fire on a political rally in Karachi, Pakistan today, killing at least nine people and sparking rioting, police said.

Twenty people were killed in a suicide bombing in a Pakistani market close to the Afghan border today, officials said.

A Pakistani Taliban commander has confirmed the militant group is in talks with the government and said the negotiations are “progressing well”.

Suspected US drones fired four missiles at two compounds in north-western Pakistan near the Afghan border, killing 16 alleged militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said today.

The Pakistani Taliban said they used a female suicide bomber for the first time in an attack on a police station in north-western Pakistan that killed 10 people.

The Pakistani Taliban is claiming responsibility for an attack on a police station that killed at least 10 officers.

The United States fired missiles at three suspected militant targets in north-west Pakistan today, killing 16 people and keeping the pressure on insurgents days after a strike was believed to have killed a top al-Qaida commander, intelligence officials said.

A suicide bomber in a pick-up truck filled with explosives attacked a police building in north-west Pakistan today, killing five police officers and wounding at least 30 other people in the latest round of bloodshed to hit the country since the US raid which killed Osama bin Laden.

The Pakistani Taliban said today it carried out the twin blasts at a Frontier Corps training centre that killed at least 69 people, nearly all of them recruits, to avenge the killing of Osama bin Laden.

A young suicide bomber in a school uniform attacked soldiers during morning exercises at a Pakistani army training camp today, killing 27 troops and wounding 40 others, police and the military said.

The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility today for a pre-dawn attack on tankers carrying fuel to Afghanistan for US and other Nato forces.

The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility today for a pre-dawn attack on tankers carrying fuel to Afghanistan for US and other Nato forces, vowing to continue raiding supply lines in Pakistan until they are shut down completely.

Two British brothers were at the heart of an al Qaida terror plot against British and other European cities, intelligence sources said today.

Two suspected US missile attacks hit alleged militant targets in a Pakistani tribal area today, killing at least 14 people.

Pakistanis lashed out at the US today, blaming its alliance with their government and its presence in Afghanistan for spurring two suicide bombers to kill 42 people at the country’s most important Sufi shrine.

Hundreds of Islamist militants have attacked a checkpoint on Pakistan’s Afghan border, and nearly three dozen Pakistani paramilitary troops are missing, security officials said today.

Police today blamed the Pakistani Taliban for attacks that killed 93 people at two mosques belonging to a minority sect.

Up to 18 American missiles slammed into a Taliban sanctuary in Pakistan close to the Afghan border today, killing 14 alleged insurgents in the third such strike since a failed car bombing in New York drew fresh attention to the region, officials said.

The Pakistani Taliban denied any role in the botched car bombing in Times Square but praised the suspect for a “brave job”, as New York authorities pressed him on his claims of terrorist training.

A claim by the Pakistani Taliban that it was behind the Times Square bomb attempt should be "taken with a pinch of salt", a spokesman for Pakistan's army said today.

The Pakistani Taliban released a video – apparently dated early April – of their leader promising an attack on major US cities “in some days or a month”, a monitoring group said today.

The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for the failed car bomb attack in Times Square in New York City, according to a message released on the internet.

Two suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other in the Pakistani city of Lahore today, killing at least 39 people.

A SUICIDE car bomber drove his vehicle onto a field during a volleyball tournament in north-west Pakistan yesterday, setting off a blast that killed at least 75 people, wounded 70 and smacked of retaliation for efforts by residents to expel militants, police said.

The Pakistani Taliban have claimed responsibility for a bombing against a Shiite Muslim procession in Karachi that killed 44 people.

Pakistan may launch a new military offensive near the Afghan border where militant leaders are believed to have fled to escape a government onslaught against the Taliban in South Waziristan, the prime minister said.

THE commander of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility yesterday for a deadly assault on a Pakistani police academy and said the group was planning a terrorist attack on the White House that would “amaze” the world.