A car bomb has exploded outside the women’s waiting area of a government office in Pakistan’s troubled north-west tribal region, killing at least 12 people and wounding 45 others, government officials said.

Suspected Sunni extremists opened fire on Shiite Muslims travelling through south-western Pakistan today, killing 13 people and injuring seven others in the latest apparent sectarian attack to hit the country, police said.

Gunmen opened fire on a minibus carrying minority Shiite Muslims in south-western Pakistan today, killing 11 people in what appeared to be a sectarian attack.