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.

Lawyers in Pakistan said today that a court has quashed another corruption charge against Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.

Pakistan’s Supreme Court today granted bail to the jailed husband of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, paving the way for his release, a defence lawyer said.