Talks are under way to avoid the looming impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf, with a resignation that includes legal immunity as a key option, an ally of Pakistan’s embattled leader confirmed.

Pakistan’s foreign minister ruled out any future investigation into whether the military helped a disgraced scientist spread nuclear weapons to rogue states.

United Nations supremo Ban Ki-moon said today he would set up an independent commission to identify Pakistan’s former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s assassins “with a view to bring them to justice”.

Investigators today examined the site of a suicide blast in Islamabad that targeted Pakistan’s police and left at least 15 people dead, while officials searched for clues about the alleged attacker.

Pakistan’s army under President Pervez Musharraf oversaw the shipment of key nuclear components to North Korea in 2000, the architect of Pakistan’s nuclear programme said.

THOUSANDS of Pakistani lawyers and other opponents of President Pervez Musharraf embarked on a “long march” aimed at reinstating judges sacked by the embattled US-backed leader.

Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf has criticised attempts by Western politicians and media to politicise the Olympics during a visit to Beijing to meet Chinese officials.

Pakistan's new prime minister says fighting terrorism will be his government's top priority.

President Pervez Musharraf has sworn in a loyalist of slain ex-leader Benazir Bhutto as Pakistan’s new prime minister.

Pakistan’s parliament elected former speaker and Bhutto loyalist Yousaf Raza Gilani today as the nation’s new prime minister.

Legislators elected Pakistan’s first female speaker of parliament yesterday, seating a follower — and lookalike — of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

Pakistan’s new parliament elected the country’s first female speaker from the party of assassinated opposition leader Benazir Bhutto today.

Lawyers in Pakistan said today that a court has quashed another corruption charge against Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.

Two massive suicide bombs destroyed a police headquarters and a business in Pakistan today killing at least 24 people and wounding more than 200.

Pakistan’s election winners sealed an agreement today to form a coalition government and said parliament would restore judges ousted by President Pervez Musharraf – further clouding the US-allied leader’s political future.

The party of murdered opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has deferred a decision on who should become Pakistan’s prime minister, deepening uncertainty about how a new government will handle President Pervez Musharraf.

An Indian who spent 35 years in Pakistani prisons accused of spying was released today.

A suicide bomber attacked an anti al-Qaida peace meeting attended by thousands of tribe members in north-western Pakistan today, killing at least 40 people in the third suicide blast in the region in as many days.

The Pakistani army's top medical officer was killed in a suicide bombing in the garrison city of Rawalpindi today.

PAKISTAN’S government has banned access to the video-sharing website YouTube because of movies that the authorities consider “anti-Islamic”, an official said yesterday.

Pakistan’s two main opposition parties say they will form a new government after their victory in elections this week.

PAKISTAN’S two main opposition parties announced yesterday they would form a new government together after their victory over President Pervez Musharraf’s allies in elections this week.

The focus of Pakistan’s opposition to President Pervez Musharraf returned to the country’s lawyers today.

Opponents of Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf seemed unlikely tonight to have won enough parliamentary seats to remove him from power.

President Pervez Musharraf will not step down as head of state despite the sweeping election victory by his opponents, his spokesman says.

The rule of Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf was under threat today after opposition parties roundly defeated his allies in parliamentary elections.

Opposition parties dealt a crushing electoral blow to allies of President Pervez Musharraf, a private TV network reported today, winning enough seats to form a new government that could threaten the eight-year rule of America’s close ally in its war on terror.

Pakistan’s president appealed for national unity after early unofficial returns showed the opposition heading towards victory today in parliamentary elections that could threaten his rule eight years after he seized power in a military coup.

Pakistanis finished voting for their new parliament today in a key step toward democracy after eight years of military rule under President Pervez Musharraf.

Pakistanis began voting today for a new parliament in an election seen as a major step toward democracy but overshadowed by fears of violence and questions about the political survival of President Pervez Musharraf.

PAKISTAN yesterday vowed to hold parliamentary elections today despite a suicide attack on a campaign rally that killed up to 46 people, rattling voters already wary of the militant violence that has overshadowed the Islamic nation’s next step toward democracy.

Opposition politicians have today voiced concerns about vote rigging on the eve of the postponed Pakistan elections.

A suicide bomber rammed his car into an election office in north-western Pakistan today, killing at least 37 people and wounding more than 90 others, government officials said. A witness described bodies lying in pools of blood.

Thousands of troops were deployed across Pakistan today to boost security ahead of next week’s parliamentary elections with officials denying they would be used to influence voting.

THE party of murdered opposition leader Benazir Bhutto is Pakistan’s most popular, according to a survey released ahead of next week’s crucial elections.

The party of murdered opposition leader Benazir Bhutto is Pakistan’s most popular, according to a survey released ahead of next week’s crucial elections.

Hundreds of mourners wept today as villagers buried victims of a horrific suicide bombing at a Pakistan election rally, an attack that killed 27 people and stoked fears about security ahead of next week’s crucial parliamentary election.

Tens of thousands of Benazir Bhutto supporters gathered in a southern Pakistan town today as her widowed husband prepared to address the first major campaign rally by her opposition party since her assassination in a suicide attack six weeks ago.

Police have arrested two more suspects for the suicide attack that killed Pakistan’s opposition leader Benazir Bhutto as thousands of her followers gathered at her tomb to end their mourning and launch her party’s campaign for this month’s parliamentary elections.

A suicide bomber on a motorbike rammed into a minibus carrying security personnel, detonating a blast today that killed at least six people in the Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi, police said.

A missile from a US Predator drone struck a suspected terrorist safehouse in Pakistan and killed a top al-Qaida commander believed responsible for a bomb attack during a visit last year by Vice President Dick Cheney to Afghanistan, a US official said yesterday.

Pakistan today successfully test-fired a new version of a medium-range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, a military statement said.

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown today urged Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf to ensure “transparent, credible” elections in his country next month.

UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown will hold talks with Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf today over the troubled country’s impending general elections.