Police said a bomb has exploded at a bus stand in north west Pakistan, killing six people.

Men on a motorbike shot and killed a Saudi diplomat as he was driving in Pakistan’s largest city today, just days after two hand grenades were tossed at the consulate building, police in Karachi said.

Four boys were killed while playing with an abandoned explosive device that went off in a town in north west Pakistan.

A suicide car bomber has targeted a police station in north west Pakistan, killing at least five people.

At least 41 people were killed when a female suicide bomber detonated her explosive vest in a crowded aid distribution centre in north west Pakistan today.

The brother of a senior Afghan Taliban commander has been killed in a US missile strike in north west Pakistan, officials said today.

The son of a senior Afghan Taliban commander has been killed in a US missile strike, Pakistani officials said today.

At least four people were killed today when a pick-up truck laden with explosives attacked a police station in north west Pakistan.

At least three people were killed when a pick-up truck laden with explosives attacked a police station in north west Pakistan today.

A suicide car bomber attacked a police checkpoint in north west Pakistan today, killing 11 people, including four children, the latest in a wave of militant attacks that have claimed more than 300 lives in the past month.

A suicide bomber killed 30 people outside a bank near Pakistan’s capital today, while the UN said spreading violence in the country had forced it to suspend long-term development work in the north west regions along the Afghan border.

Gunmen took 30 children and teachers hostage at a school in north west Pakistan today.