PARAMILITARY troops yesterday fought a four-hour gun battle with suspected terrorists holed up in a house in southern Pakistan. Two men were arrested and another was killed, officials said.

Police may have killed a suspected top al Qaida operative today in a four-hour gun battle at a house in southern Pakistan that also led to the arrest of two other men.

Paramilitary troops today fought a four-hour gunbattle with suspected terrorists holed up in a house in southern Pakistan.