Defying the danger of militant attacks, Pakistanis streamed to the polls today for a historic vote pitting a former cricket star against a two-time prime minister and an unpopular incumbent.

Gunmen have killed Pakistan's lead prosecutor investigating the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, throwing the case that also involves former ruler Pervez Musharraf into disarray.

A Pakistani girl shot in the head by the Taliban has been discharged from hospital.

The family of a girl shot in the head by the Taliban for promoting women’s rights will be able to stay in the UK, following an announcement by the Pakistani High Commission.

A 15-year-old schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban will be honoured for her courage and determination.

A 15-year-old girl who was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in Pakistan has thanked people around the world for their inspiring and humbling support.

World leaders hailed President Barack Obama’s sweeping re-election, with allies pledging to deepen cooperation with the United States on fighting the world economic slump and maintaining security across the globe.

A Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen for speaking out about suffering under the regime has arrived in the UK for treatment.

Afghan president Hamid Karzai has written letters to top political and religious leaders in Pakistan, denouncing the Taliban attack on a Pakistani teenager who is promoting girls’ education and asking them to help battle extremism in both countries.

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.

The Pakistani politician who put a bounty on the anti-Islam filmmaker’s head has impressed the country’s Taliban militants so much that they are taking him off their hit list.

Pakistan has tried to distance itself from the offer by one of its cabinet ministers to pay anyone who kills the maker of the anti-Islam film.

Pakistan said an offer by one of its ministers of US$100,000 for anyone who kills the maker of an anti-Islam film does not represent official policy.

A disabled Christian girl has been arrested accused of breaking Pakistan's strict blasphemy laws.

Pakistan's president has summoned parliament to meet on Friday to elect a new Prime Minister, with the outgoing Textile Minister emerging as the likely candidate for the job.

Pakistan’s top court ruled today that the country’s prime minister is “disqualified” from office due to an earlier contempt conviction.

Nato has invited Pakistan’s president to the upcoming Chicago summit on Afghanistan, the strongest sign yet that Islamabad is ready to reopen its western border to US and Nato military supplies heading to the war in the neighbouring country.

Pakistan's supreme court convicted the Prime Minister of contempt today for refusing to reopen an old corruption case against the country's president.

Afghanistan’s president has appealed for Pakistan’s help in negotiating a peace deal with Taliban militants before a summit today that will also include Iran’s leader.

Pakistan’s Supreme Court has charged the prime minister with contempt for defying its orders to reopen a corruption case against his political ally, president Asif Ali Zardari.

PAKISTAN’S Supreme Court ramped up pressure on the nation’s government yesterday, beginning contempt proceedings against the prime minister for failing to carry out its order to reopen a corruption case against the president.

Pakistan’s top court has initiated contempt proceedings against the prime minister for failing to carry out the court’s order to open a corruption probe into the president.

Pakistan’s prime minister telephoned the top British diplomat in the country, expressing fears that the army might be about to stage a coup, reports say.

Pakistan’s army chief has summoned his commanders amid spiking tensions between the armed forces and the civilian government.

Pakistan’s former president Pervez Musharraf is planning to return to the country and prepare for elections, despite threats he could be arrested.

Pakistan’s president returned home today, nearly two weeks after a surprise trip to Dubai for medical treatment sparked rumours that he might step down under pressure from the country’s powerful military.

Pakistan’s president will be discharged from hospital in Dubai tomorrow after being treated for a “mini-stroke”.

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari suffered a ’mini-stroke’ when he was taken ill recently, one of his aides has said.

Two police officers were indicted for the 2007 assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and will face trial along with five members of the Pakistani Taliban, a state prosecutor said.

Hillary Clinton said today that relations between the United States and Pakistan have reached a turning point after the killing of Osama bin Laden, and Islamabad must make “decisive steps” in the days ahead to fight terrorism.

US secretary of state Hillary Clinton arrived in Pakistan today to repair badly-frayed relations after the killing of terror mastermind Osama bin Laden at a hideout not far from Islamabad.

US OFFICIALS were concerned that Pakistan could jeopardise the Osama bin Laden operation and “might alert the targets,” CIA director Leon Panetta admitted yesterday.

Pakistan’s president has denied suggestions that his country’s security forces may have sheltered Osama bin Laden before he was killed by American forces, and said their co-operation with the United States helped pinpoint the world’s most wanted ma

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.

Osama bin Laden, the world’s most wanted man, is dead, US president Barack Obama announced today.

When Osama bin Laden was tracked down, it was not in a cave in the wilds of Afghanistan, but in an apparently comfortable mansion only a few hundred yards from the military academy known as Pakistan’s Sandhurst.

Thousands gathered under tight security in Pakistan today for the funeral of a provincial governor allegedly shot dead by a bodyguard.

Pakistan’s prime minister is trying to keep his government from collapsing after a key party said it was quitting the ruling coalition, leaving the government short of majority support in parliament.

IN his final words before emergency heart surgery, Richard Holbrooke, the influential US diplomat who died on Monday following complications, urged an end to America’s nine-year old Afghanistan conflict.

Pakistan criticised the WikiLeaks release for highlighting concerns that enriched uranium could be diverted from its nuclear programme to build a secret weapon.

Police stepped up patrols in Karachi today to try to prevent renewed violence after angry mobs rampaged through the city in the aftermath of a suicide attack on a Sufi shrine that left eight dead and 65 injured.

PAKISTANI authorities blocked a vital supply route for NATO troops fighting in Afghanistan yesterday after the killing of three soldiers in two NATO cross-border incursions, officials said.

Gangs torched vehicles and a shop in Pakistan’s largest city today after a senior politician from the local ruling party was stabbed to death in London.

The largest city in Pakistan came to a near-halt today amid fears of violence after the murder in London of a senior politician from Karachi’s ruling party.