MI5 missed an opportunity to identify the July 7, 2005, London bombing ringleader Mohammed Sidique Khan as a terrorist by failing to show a key informant a clear photograph of him, the inquest into the 7/7 attacks heard yesterday.

Pakistan ordered the deportation of about 50,000 Afghan refugees in an insurgency-wracked tribal region amid a major military offensive against al-Qaida and Taliban fighters.

Pakistan insisted today it has not made a deal with the US allowing it to fire missiles at militant hide-outs after an American newspaper quoted the new president as suggesting otherwise.

Pakistan's ruling coalition leaders are expected to meet today to discuss replacing Pervez Musharraf, as a minister stressed that the government had not made an immunity deal with the embattled former president.

Scotland Yard forensic experts investigating the assassination of Pakistan's opposition leader Benazir Bhutto are unlikely to discover who killed her, her supporters said today.

Pakistan said today it did not need foreign assistance to investigate the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, despite deepening controversy over how the former prime minister died and who killed her.

Two key Pakistani opposition leaders prepared to meet today to discuss whether to jointly boycott crucial parliamentary elections to protest at a state of emergency declared by President Pervez Musharraf.

Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto arrived in north-western Pakistan today to launch her election campaign, a day after unveiling her party's platform despite calls from other opposition groups to boycott the January 8 vote.

A Pakistani Supreme Court stacked with judges loyal to President Gen. Pervez Musharraf prepared for a final ruling today on whether the general is eligible to be president.

Time is running out for President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to finalise a pact with ex-premier Benazir Bhutto that would keep the US-allied leader in office, Bhutto’s party warned today.

Exiled former premier Benazir Bhutto’s party today met to decide whether to end talks with President Gen Pervez Musharraf over a pact that could see them share power and end military rule in Pakistan.

Lawyers throughout Pakistan boycotted court proceedings, clashed with riot police and burned an image of President Gen Pervez Musharraf today in a protest against the removal of the country’s top judge.

Police detained former Pakistan cricket captain Imran Khan, the leader of a small opposition party, at his Islamabad home ahead of a planned protest today against the US president’s visit.

Bombs exploded at court buildings in three towns in Bangladesh today, killing one person and wounding several others.

A speeding bus rammed a crowded auto rickshaw on a road in eastern Pakistan today, killing all 10 people in the rickshaw, police said.

An American, who admits being part an alleged plot to blow up London pubs, rail stations and restaurants, faces 30 years to life in prison under an agreement with federal prosecutors in New York.

A Swiss court has quashed a six-month suspended prison sentence against former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto for allegedly laundering millions of pounds while she was in power, her spokesman said today.