A suicide bomber has attacked a funeral attended by anti-Taliban militiamen in north-western Pakistan, killing at least 36 mourners and injuring 100, police officials said.

LAWYERS showered the suspected killer of a prominent Pakistani governor with rose petals when he arrived at court yesterday and an influential Muslim scholars group praised the assassination of the outspoken opponent of laws that order death for those who insult Islam.

THE governor of Pakistan’s wealthiest and most populous province was shot dead in the capital yesterday by one of his own guards, who later told interrogators that he was angry about the politician’s stance against the country’s blasphemy law, officials said.

The governor of Pakistan’s Punjab province was shot dead by one of his guards today apparently for criticising the country’s controversial blasphemy laws.

At least 17 people were killed and about 40 injured in a suicide car bomb attack on a police station in north-western Pakistan today.

TWO innocent teenagers carrying a cricket bag were beaten to death by a mob in Pakistan who mistook them for thieves.

Authorities piled stones and sandbags to strengthen embankments protecting a city from rising waters in Pakistan today as the floods moved slowly south after leaving thousands of square miles of destruction in their wake.

THE world has given or pledged more than $800 million (€630m) to help Pakistan cope with massive floods, the foreign minister said as a surging river in the south led authorities to urge thousands more people to evacuate.

MORE than four million Pakistanis have been made homeless by nearly three weeks of floods, the United Nations said yesterday, making the critical task of securing greater amounts of aid more urgent.

Flood survivors loaded down with possessions fled for their lives in Pakistan today while the government came under renewed criticism for its response to the growing catastrophe.

Flooding in Pakistan has killed more than 800 people in a week, a government official said today as rescuers struggled to reach marooned victims.

Pakistan will start monitoring seven major websites, including Google, for anti-Islamic content, an official said today.

Five Americans were charged in Pakistan today with planning terrorist attacks.

A suicide car bomber struck a building where police interrogate high-value suspects in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore today, killing at least 11 people and wounding scores more including women and children heading to school.

Up to six people are now being questioned over the kidnapping of a British boy in Pakistan.

A SUSPECTED suicide bomber killed 41 people in an attack on the Pakistani military yesterday as the Taliban claimed responsibility for a weekend raid on the army’s headquarters.

Three policemen have been found shot dead – each by a single bullet to the head - west of Pakistan’s capital.

Paramilitary troops patrolled the streets of an eastern Pakistani city today after eight Christians died in riots led by Muslims, police said.

The only man charged in connection with last year’s terror attacks in Mumbai told an Indian court today that he agreed to being provided with a lawyer by the government and also repeated that he is from Pakistan.

A number of casualties are feared after a bomb exploded at the home of an opposition MP in eastern Pakistan, police said today.

AT LEAST four people were killed ahead of an election rally that Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was preparing to attend.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's politician brother faced possible arrest today over murder charges dating back to 1998 after both brothers were excluded from forthcoming parliamentary elections.

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

Pakistan stepped up airport security, banned rallies and detained opposition activists a day before former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s planned return to challenge the military ruler who sent him into exile seven years ago.

Pakistan’s government today urged exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif not to return home, saying he should honour a promise he made to stay away after being ousted from power.

THE captured chief cleric of a militant mosque was allowed to lead funeral prayers for his slain brother yesterday and he predicted that the deaths of the mosque’s defenders in an army raid would push Pakistan toward an “Islamic revolution”.

About 2,000 people gathered today for the funeral of the defiant cleric killed in the army assault on Islamabad’s Red Mosque, while dozens of suspected militants were placed in temporary graves in Pakistan’s capital.

A lone gunman shot and killed a female minister in eastern Pakistan today, as she prepared to address a gathering of workers from her political party, officials said.

A ban on kite flying in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province was lifted today after the sport was banned last year following a series of deaths caused by reinforced kite strings.

Dozens of police commandos raided a home in a remote town in eastern Pakistan and arrested an al-Qaida-linked militant accused of killing minority Shiite Muslims, police and officials said today.

THE other day I received a very humbling text message from my brother-in-law, Khurshíd. He lives in Multan, in the Punjab province of Pakistan.

POLICE in Pakistan said yesterday they were holding seven Islamic militants with possible links to the suspects in the London suicide bombings, as a probe into the suspected ties focused on the city of Lahore.

At least 41 people were killed when a flash flood washed a tractor-trailer carrying pilgrims into a fast-flowing river in Pakistan, police said today.

A passenger train derailed in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province today, killing five people and injuring 25 others, police said.

A BLAST at a Shi’ite mosque in the eastern Pakistan city of Lahore yesterday killed four people, including the bomber, amid fears of spiralling sectarian violence.

A bombing at a Shiite mosque in the eastern Pakistan city of Lahore today killed at least four people and injured others, officials said.

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.

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.

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.

Police commandos stormed a Pakistan jail today after prisoners took nine visiting judges and 50 female detainees hostage.

Two passenger buses collided in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province today, killing at least 25 people and injuring several others, some of them seriously, police said.

An explosion ripped through a market near a military base west of Islamabad today, killing a girl and injuring 16 other people, government officials and the state-run news agency said.

Pakistani police have arrested more than 30 Islamic militants, including some alleged members of al-Qaida, in raids in two major cities.

Pakistani police have arrested more than 30 Islamic militants, including some alleged members of al-Qaida, in raids in two major cities.