Police have today detained supporters of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and sealed off the airport ahead of his return from exile.

Ten people died in an earthquake in northern Pakistan today, government officials said.

India says it will pull tens of thousands of troops from its border with Pakistan to ease tensions.

GUNMEN entered the offices of a Christian welfare organisation in Karachi yesterday, tied office workers to their chairs and shot each of them in the head at close range, killing at least seven.

Three nurses and an attacker died today when grenades were hurled at people leaving a church at a Christian hospital near Islamabad.

Initial results from Pakistan’s referendum tonight indicated an overwhelming majority of voters approving another five year term as president for General Pervez Musharraf.