A Pakistani couple injured in a deadly train bombing in a remote Indian village returned home today with caskets containing the charred remains of five of their children, officials said.

ntelligence agents in Pakistan arrested at least seven people, including two British nationals of Pakistani origin, who provided information on the terror plot aimed at blowing up US-bound passenger jets from Britain, a senior government official said today.

About two dozen gunmen held 35 passengers on a city bus for two hours on a main road in eastern Pakistan today, sparking a shootout with police that left one of the hostage-takers dead and two wounded.

Andrew Flintoff took two wickets in two balls to revive England’s hopes just when it seemed they were running out of time to force the result they need in Faisalabad to have any chance of registering a seventh successive Test series victory.

England were unable to make a much-needed breakthrough as Pakistan consolidated a slim first-innings advantage by moving to 50 without loss in their second innings at lunch on day four of the second Test in Faisalabad.

A suspected suicide bomber in the London attacks revered Osama bin Laden and was upset over the deaths of civilians in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kashmir, a newspaper in Pakistan reported today.

POLICE in Pakistan said yesterday they were holding seven Islamic militants with possible links to the suspects in the London suicide bombings, as a probe into the suspected ties focused on the city of Lahore.

Police in Lahore today said they were holding some Islamic militants who may have had links with the suspects in the London suicide bombings, as investigators try to assess whether extremists in Pakistan were involved in the July 7 attacks.

BRITISH secret services last year vetted one of the bombers behind the London attacks and judged he was not a threat, reports claimed yesterday.

Pakistani intelligence agents believe one of the London suicide bombers visited a religious school run by an al Qaida-linked terror group, two senior officials said today.

Authorities in Pakistan are looking into a connection between one of the London suicide bombers and two al-Qaida-linked militant groups there, including a man arrested for a 2002 attack on a church near the US Embassy, two senior intelligence officials said today.

Investigators are looking into a tip that one of the suspects in the London bombing may have visited Pakistan last year and spent time at an Islamic school, according to a senior intelligence official.

Pakistani authorities have captured another suspected key al Qaida figure – a man US government sources say oversees communication among the terror network’s operatives.

Osama bin Laden's captured aide is thought to have been plotting a new wave of terror attacks on the US before he was seized.

The White House has confirmed that troops have captured one of the key members of al-Qaida.

The capture of Abu Zubaydah, al-Qaida’s most senior commander, is one of the most significant developments in the war on terrorism, experts said.

Pakistani authorities have handed over to the United States a man thought to be the biggest catch yet in the war on terrorism.

Pakistan has handed over to US authorities about 20 Arabs arrested last week in raids on suspected al Qaida hideouts, a senior intelligence official said today.

Pakistani police have arrested more than 30 Islamic militants, including some alleged members of al-Qaida, in raids in two major cities.

Pakistani police have arrested more than 30 Islamic militants, including some alleged members of al-Qaida, in raids in two major cities.