Suicide bombers hit a training area for the new Afghan Local Police force in the country’s east today, killing two trainees and a policeman.

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.

Police have charged a member of Pervez Musharraf's security team with planning to assassinate the Pakistani President.