At least 24 people died when a 4x4 packed with passengers drove off a mountain road and a crowded pick-up truck rammed into another vehicle in north-western Pakistan today, police said.

Gunmen opened fire on a guard post outside the US Consulate in Karachi today, killing two policemen and injuring at least five others.

Deep in the rabbit-warren markets of Pakistan’s old Quetta, Mohammed Yaqoob Gugger sits by his rack of plastic hair clips and reveals who was behind terror attacks in America. It was Al Gore and the Israelis.