The computer expert arrested in Pakistan and suspected of being involved in al-Qaida plots to attack London targets was a gifted student who never showed signs of Islamic militancy until after he graduated and left home in 2001, his father and a former professor said today.

TWO South African men, captured along with a senior al-Qaida terrorist, were plotting attacks on tourist sites in their home country, and a senior police official said yesterday.

The QE2 liner was among the targets selected by two South Africans – captured in Pakistan along with a senior al-Qaida terrorist – who were plotting attacks on tourist sites in their home country, it was reported today.

Pakistan has arrested two high-level al-Qaida terrorists of African origin, one with a multimillion dollar US bounty on his head, in a widening a sweep against al-Qaida’s vast web of operatives.

VITAL information gained from the arrests of a senior al-Qaida terrorist and a militant computer expert highlights the progress Pakistan is making in the fight against terrorism.

Pakistan has captured two high-ranking al-Qaida terrorists, including one with a multi-million dollar US bounty on his head, in a sweep that has netted a number of other terror suspects, officials said today.

PLANS for terror strikes in the US and Britain were uncovered after a senior al-Qaida suspect was seized in Pakistan, security sources revealed yesterday.

Plans for new terror attacks against Britain and the United States were found on a computer seized during the arrest of a Pakistani al-Qaida suspect wanted for the 1998 twin US embassy bombings in east Africa, it emerged today.

PAKISTAN has detained several people in the attempted assassination of the man selected to be the country's prime minister, a government minister said yesterday.

A Tanzanian al-Qaida suspect wanted by the United States for the 1998 bombings at US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania was giving “very valuable” information, Pakistan’s interior minister said today.

PAKISTAN has arrested Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Tanzanian al-Qaida suspect wanted by the United States in the dual 1998 bombings at US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, the interior minister said last night.

Pakistan has arrested a Tanzanian al-Qaida suspect wanted by the United States on suspicion of helping in the deadly 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, the interior minister said in Islamabad early Friday.

Police and intelligence agents raided a suspected terrorist hide-out in eastern Pakistan today, arresting at least 12 people after a prolonged gun battle, officials said.

A powerful time bomb ripped through a school van in the eastern Punjab province in Pakistan today, killing at least seven people, including two children, and wounding several others, police said.