Gunmen opened fire on a minibus carrying minority Shiite Muslims in south-western Pakistan today, killing 11 people in what appeared to be a sectarian attack.

When Osama bin Laden was tracked down, it was not in a cave in the wilds of Afghanistan, but in an apparently comfortable mansion only a few hundred yards from the military academy known as Pakistan’s Sandhurst.

A moderate earthquake shook north-western Pakistan and the disputed region of Kashmir, but there were no reports of casualties, seismologists said.