Heat on Pakistan as Bin Laden killed near capital

Kamran Haider
Bin Laden was killed in a night-time raid by US helicopters and troops on his hideout in Abbottabad, home to Pakistan's main military academy.

Pakistan says Taliban chief is probably dead

Kamran Haider
Pakistan believes Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, who has a $5m bounty on his head, was probably killed in a missile strike.

Pakistan suicide attack kills seven near Musharraf's HQ

Kamran Haider
A suicide attack killed at least seven people, including the bomber, less than a kilometre from Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's army headquarters in Rawalpindi on Tuesday, police said. Three police officers and three passers-by were among those killed, while 11 people were wounded in the blast.

Supreme Court puts Musharraf's future on ice

Kamran Haider
Pakistan's Supreme Court kept the fate of President Pervez Musharraf's re-election bid in its hands by deciding a vote could go ahead on Saturday, but a winner cannot be declared until it rules if he was eligible to stand. United States ally General Musharraf is sure to win the vote in Parliament and the country's four provincial assemblies.

Pakistani lawyers in new effort to block Musharraf

Kamran Haider
Pakistani opposition lawyers made a last-ditch effort on Tuesday to block President Pervez Musharraf's re-election, telling the Supreme Court as army chief he should be ineligible and Saturday's vote should be postponed. Once re-elected Musharraf has vowed to quit as army chief and become a civilian leader.

Pakistan strike destroys Taliban base

Kamran Haider
A Pakistan army air strike on a militant camp near the Afghan border on Tuesday killed up to 20 fighters in a tribal area regarded as a hotbed of support for the Taliban and al-Qaeda, according to intelligence officials. "The operation was carried out at 6.55am [local time] in Zamzola in South Waziristan," said Major General Shaukat Sultan, Pakistan's military spokesperson.

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