Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto set off for her ancestral village in southern Pakistan on Saturday, security heavy in the wake of an assassination attempt at a Karachi welcome rally last week that killed 139 people.
Troops backed by gunship helicopters clashed with a militant cleric's supporters at his hideout in northwest Pakistan on Friday, leaving three rebels dead, officials said.
Controversial paceman Shoaib Akhtar earned a recall for next month's five-match one-day series against India after ending a lengthy ban, Pakistan's chief selector announced here on Friday.
SWAT, Pakistan (AP) -- Paramilitary troops battled supporters of a radical cleric in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least one in a fierce fight with heavy weapons near the scene of a suicide attack that killed 20 people the day before, witnesses said.
Younis Khan scored a fighting 82 to help Pakistan post 230 in the fourth day-night international against South Africa at Multan Stadium on Friday.
KARACHI, Pakistan, Oct. 25 -- A suspected suicide bomber attacked a Pakistani military convoy on Thursday, killing at least 21 people in a scenic valley that has become another front in the nation's war with Islamic extremists. Most of the dead were Pakistani troops.
Troops battled militants near the stronghold of a Taliban-style movement in northwest Pakistan on Friday, a day after a suicide bomber killed 21 people in the area, 17 of them soldiers, security officials said.
Troops backed by gunship helicopters ringed a militant cleric's hideout in northwest Pakistan on Friday, clashing with his supporters a day after a deadly bombing, officials said.
Security forces backed by helicopters attacked a militant cleric's stronghold in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing one of his supporters near the scene of a deadly suicide attack, police and an aide to the cleric said.
Troops surrounded a militant cleric's hideout in northwest Pakistan Friday, fighting heavy clashes with his supporters a day after a deadly bombing, officials and witnesses said.