Muslim protests against insults to the Prophet Mohammed turned violent in Pakistan, where at least 15 people were killed yesterday, the Muslim day of prayer, but remained mostly peaceful in other Islamic countries.

Thousands of protesters angry at a US-made anti-Islam film clashed with police close to Islamabad’s diplomatic enclave in chaotic scenes that left at least 50 people injured.

A Pakistani airliner with up to 127 people on board crashed in bad weather as it came in to land in Islamabad yesterday, scattering wreckage and leaving no sign of survivors.

A PAKISTANI gang rape victim who gained prominence for her outspoken stance on the oppression of women has given birth to a baby boy, her husband and hospital officials said.

A TALIBAN militant and his wife carried out a suicide bombing on a police station in Pakistan on Saturday that killed 12 policemen, a Taliban spokesman said yesterday.

A plot to kill Pakistan’s prime minister, foreign minister and senior police, army and government officials has been foiled, authorities said today.

Gunmen opened fire on worshippers inside a mosque in eastern Pakistan today, killing two people, police said.

US President Barack Obama today urged a Florida pastor to “listen to those better angels” and call off his plan to engage in a Koran-burning protest this weekend.

Anger was growing in Muslim countries as the leader of a small Florida church insisted he would not back down on plans to burn copies of the Koran on September 11.

PRESIDENT Asif Ali Zardari returned yesterday to flood-ravaged Pakistan, where he faced a storm of criticism for visiting Europe as his country was gripped by what his government called the nation’s worst natural disaster.

Rescuers in three countries across Asia struggled to reach survivors from massive flooding that afflicted millions of people, as the death toll climbed in a remote Chinese town where hundreds died and more than 1,100 were missing from landslides.

Scores of passengers were feared dead after an airliner carrying 152 people crashed in Pakistan today.

Pakistanis lashed out at the US today, blaming its alliance with their government and its presence in Afghanistan for spurring two suicide bombers to kill 42 people at the country’s most important Sufi shrine.

A team of militants launched a gun, rocket and suicide attack on an intelligence office in central Pakistan today, killing 12 people.

At least four people were killed today when a bomb exploded near an intelligence office in the central Pakistani city of Multan, police said.

A bomb exploded near an intelligence office in the central Pakistani city of Multan today, police said.

The surprise choice of President Barack Obama for the Nobel Peace Prize drew praise from much of the world today even as many pointed out he has not yet accomplished much on the world stage.

Two explosions at a busy Pakistan market and a police checkpoint killed at least 11 people and wounded scores of others today.

PAKISTANIS yesterday protested against a suspected American missile strike that intelligence officials said killed a British citizen linked to a plot to blow up jetliners, saying their Western-allied government must stop the cross-border attacks.

Pakistanis today protested over a suspected American missile strike that intelligence officials said killed a British citizen linked to a plot to blow up jetliners, saying their Western-allied government must stop the cross-border attacks.

More than 20 people died today in a wave of violence that swept across Pakistan following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.

Benazir Bhutto supporters ransacked banks and burned train stations in furious rampages across Pakistan today.

ANGRY supporters of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto took to the streets of Pakistani cities yesterday, from the Himalayas to the southern coast.

Benazir Bhutto’s enraged supporters burned vehicles and attacked shops across Pakistan after the charismatic former prime minister was shot and killed today by an assassin as she waved to supporters from the sunroof of her armored vehicle.

A trailer truck hit a rickshaw crowded with children heading for school in eastern Pakistan today, leaving 14 people dead, police said.

Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf will end the country’s emergency rule on Saturday only after changing the constitution to ensure he cannot be prosecuted for breaking it, a key aide admitted today.

The sacked head of Pakistan’s Supreme Court today called on the country to rise up against President Pervez Musharraf.

The sacked head of Pakistan’s Supreme Court today called on the country to rise up against President Pervez Musharraf.

Authorities rounded up opposition activists today after President Pervez Musharraf suspended Pakistan’s constitution and declared a state of emergency.

Pakistani commandos cleared the warren-like Red Mosque complex of all defenders today, ending a bloody eight-day siege and street battles that left more than 60 dead.

Pakistani troops combed the warren-like Red Mosque complex for booby traps and any remaining militants today after storming the compound and killing its pro-Taliban cleric.

Protests against Britain’s decision to honour Salman Rushdie are set to take place across Pakistan today, a day after a hardline cleric bestowed a title on Osama bin Laden in response to the author’s knighthood.

Pakistan today condemned Britain’s award of a knighthood to author Salman Rushdie as an affront to Muslim sentiments, and a Cabinet minister said the honour provided a justification for suicide attacks.

Pakistani politicians have today passed a government-backed resolution demanding Britain withdraw the knighthood awarded to author Salman Rushdie.

Thousands of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf’s opponents rallied nationwide today, the first street protests since a burst of political violence in Pakistan’s business capital deepened a crisis clouding his plans to stay in power.

ARMED men cut off the ears and nose of a Pakistani man who married one of their tribe for love after he and his family refused to hand over his wife, police said yesterday.

Thousands of angry tribesmen and Islamists protested today across Pakistan against an airstrike that killed 80 people at a religious school near the Afghan border this week, as state TV aired video footage purportedly showing militants in training there before the attack.

Pakistan’s army spokesman today said the military used intelligence provided by US-led coalition forces in an air raid that left 80 people dead, while thousands of pro-Taliban tribesmen threatened to send suicide bombers to attack Pakistan forces and execute people found spying for the Americans.

A British man identified by Pakistan as a key suspect in the alleged plane terror plot has links with outlawed Pakistani militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed and is related by marriage to its leader, an intelligence official and a relative said.

Top Pakistani intelligence agents said today the alleged terror suspects arrested last week over an alleged plot to blow up a number of planes crossing the Atlantic did not have had the experience to carry out the attack.

A PASSENGER plane slammed into a wheat field and burst into flames minutes after takeoff yesterday in eastern Pakistan. All 45 people on board were killed.

All 45 passengers and crew on a Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane were killed today when it crashed soon after take-off on a domestic flight in eastern Pakistan.

A Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane crashed soon after take-off on a domestic flight Monday in eastern Pakistan, and many of the 45 people on board were feared dead.

Anti-war protests marking the third anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq were continuing today, a day after tens of thousands of people took to streets around the world to demand coalition troops pull out of the country.