Kamran Haider

Residents of a Pakistani village were bemused on Sunday to find themselves at the centre of the investigation of the secret life of Osama bin Laden.

Pakistan faced growing pressure on Wednesday to explain how the world’s most-wanted man was able to live for years in the garrison town of Abbottabad.

Pakistan’s president acknowledged for the first time on Tuesday that his security forces were left out of a US operation to kill Osama bin Laden.

World leaders hailed Osama bin Laden’s death but the euphoria is tempered by fears of retaliation and warnings of the need for renewed vigilance.

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.

Banks and finance companies are doing a better job than other sectors in fulfilling their social responsibilities.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani is likely to survive after the main opposition group said it would not push for a no-confidence vote.

Nato’s chief expressed regret on Monday for the deaths of Pakistani soldiers and said he hoped Pakistan’s border would reopen for Nato supplies.

Only a small fraction of the six million Pakistanis desperate for food and clean water have received any help as the UN battles donor fatigue.

Pakistan said on Friday that India’s "selective" approach to issues has led to what analysts say is a stalemate in talks.

A suicide bomber blew himself up in an SUV at a volleyball game in north-west Pakistan on Friday, killing 93 people in a village.

A suicide bomber attacked a site where a volleyball game was being played in north-west Pakistan on Friday and casualties were feared, police said.

A suicide bomber attacked an office of the UN World Food Programme in the Pakistani capital on Monday, killing five people and wounding several.

Pakistani security forces intensified a hunt on Monday for the Pakistani Taliban leader in the Swat valley, military officials said.

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