Pakistan’s military leader ran up a huge majority in a presidential election largely snubbed by his opponents today.

Security forces sealed off the Pakistani capital Islamabad today to prevent a protest against President General Pervez Musharraf’s controversial candidacy for a new five-year term.

Lawyers today vowed to defy a ban on public gatherings and protest when Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf files nomination papers tomorrow to formally make his bid for a new five-year term.

Riot police arrested dozens of opposition activists protesting against President General Pervez Musharraf today as Pakistan's Supreme Court dismissed two legal challenges to his re-election bid.

Authorities in Pakistan were today investigating a suicide bombing that killed 16 people before a rally, the latest in a series of violent incidents since the army stormed a mosque held by Islamic extremists.