Paramilitary troops patrolled the streets of an eastern Pakistani city today after eight Christians died in riots led by Muslims, police said.

Police have accused 23 people of arson and damaging property in the torching of two churches during a protest about the burning of Islam’s holy book in a southern city, an official said today.

Armed assailants opened fire on a mosque belonging to a small Muslim sect in eastern Pakistan this morning, killing at least eight people and wounding 19 others.

Pakistani police have arrested a Hindu couple accused of desecrating the Koran, Islam’s holy book, police said in Peshawar today.

A powerful car bomb blew up outside a Christian Bible society in Karachi today, injuring 12 people, damaging the wall of a nearby church and shattering parked cars.

A Roman Catholic priest was shot and killed in eastern Pakistan early today, police said.

MASKED gunmen firing Kalashnikov rifles stormed a Christian school in a Pakistani mountain resort yesterday, killing at least six people and wounding two others before escaping.

Masked gunmen firing Kalashnikov rifles stormed a Christian school in a Pakistani mountain resort today, killing at least six people and wounding two others before escaping.