An FBI video expert was today set to testify at the trial in Pakistan of a British Muslim accused of the abduction and murder of US reporter Daniel Pearl, the chief prosecutor said.

The trial of the Briton accused over the murder of US reporter Daniel Pearl has been adjourned after a defence lawyer accused the chief prosecutor of blasphemy.

The closed-door trial of a British-born Islamic militant for the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl today resumed under tight security in the Pakistan city of Hyderabad.

The trial of the British Islamist and three accomplices charged with the abduction and murder of US reporter Daniel Pearl resumed today in Pakistan amid tight security.

Pakistani police today ringed the colonial-era courthouse in Karachi where a Briton was appearing for the kidnap-killing of American journalist Daniel Pearl, in a massive show of force before the hearing.

The British former public schoolboy accused of masterminding the abduction and murder of American reporter Daniel Pearl was today charged in Pakistan.

The threat of war between two south Asian nuclear powers remained alive today, after Pakistan refused to withdraw hundreds of thousands of battle forces assembled on its borders with India unless New Delhi does the same.

Pakistan’s President Gen Pervez Musharraf met his top politicians today, assuring them that the armed forces are capable of countering any Indian aggression.