About 150,000 Pakistanis were forced to move to higher ground as floodwaters from a freshly swollen Indus River submerged dozens more towns and villages in the south, a government spokesman said today.

Pakistan deployed additional security forces in Karachi today after 13 more people were killed in political and ethnic violence.

At least 37 people were shot dead in Karachi, Pakistan following the assassination of a politician, hospital chiefs said today.

At least 22 people were killed and dozens more injured today as two bombs exploded in Pakistan’s largest city, one outside a hospital treating casualties from the first attack.

US President George Bush has telephoned Pakistan's military leader telling him to hold parliamentary elections soon and to remove his army uniform.