A court today ordered the arrest of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s brother, three days before the siblings are to return to Pakistan to challenge President Gen Pervez Musharraf, a lawyer said.

Corruption cases against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif have been reopened in Pakistan, and a court today ordered the arrest of his younger brother ahead of their return home from exile next week.

Pakistan’s turmoil spread from the Afghan frontier to the south today, when a suicide bomber hit a convoy carrying Chinese workers, killing 29 Pakistani bystanders and police.

Former Pakistan cricketers have appealed to their government to send lawyers to the West Indies to assist the team after Jamaican police confirmed national coach Bob Woolmer had been strangled.

Police are today trying to determine what killed Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer, calling his death “suspicious” after he was found in his hotel room a day after his team was upset by Ireland during the Cricket World Cup.

More tents were being flown today to people left homeless by the South Asian earthquake as survivors joined relief workers in hailing an agreement between India and Pakistan to open their disputed frontier to ease the delivery of assistance.

Three Britons who claim they were tortured in an Egyptian prison were tonight facing several more months in jail after their trial in Cairo was delayed.

Three Britons who claim they were tortured in an Egyptian prison were tonight facing several more months in jail after their trial in Cairo was delayed.

A man convicted of killing an Iranian diplomat 10 years ago has been hanged in Pakistan.