SUICIDE bombings targeting religious minorities killed at least 44 people in Pakistan yesterday, sharply driving up the toll of sectarian assaults in a country already battered by massive flooding.

A bomb ripped through a roadside tea stall in south-western Pakistan today, killing five people and wounding 17.

A bomb ripped through a roadside tea stall today in south-western Pakistan, killing four people and wounding 14, police said.

Gunmen riding on a motorcycle opened fire on a former regional Taliban leader in south-western Pakistan today, killing him before fleeing, police said.