A court in Pakistan today turned over an Islamic militant for police questioning over the killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl and two failed assassination attempts against President General Pervez Musharraf, police said.

PAKISTANI President Pervez Musharraf yesterday hailed the killing of top al-Qaida operative Amjad Hussain Farooqi as a breakthrough and predicted it would lead to more high-profile arrests.

PARAMILITARY troops yesterday fought a four-hour gun battle with suspected terrorists holed up in a house in southern Pakistan. Two men were arrested and another was killed, officials said.

Police may have killed a suspected top al Qaida operative today in a four-hour gun battle at a house in southern Pakistan that also led to the arrest of two other men.

Paramilitary troops today fought a four-hour gunbattle with suspected terrorists holed up in a house in southern Pakistan.