Pakistani Minorities Minister Shahbaz Bhatti has died after gunmen opened fire on his car in the capital Islamabad. He was travelling to work through a residential district when his vehicle was sprayed with bullets, police said. Read the full story

A US man held in Pakistan over the shootings of two men in Lahore was secretly working for the CIA at the time, reports quoting unnamed US officials state. Read the full story

The shadow of Osama bin Laden, mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, hangs heavily over the US-led coalition’s campaign in Afghanistan. Again and again, the secret watchers of American military intelligence, Read the full story

Pakistan was actively collaborating with the Taliban in Afghanistan while accepting U.S. aid, new U.S. military reports showed, a disclosure likely to increase the pressure on Washington’s embattled ally. Read the full story

Immigration controls for people from Pakistan who wish to settle in the UK have failed to protect British borders, an independent report has said. Read the full story

Pakistan and Iran have signed an agreement for the construction of a much-delayed natural gas pipeline, officials say. Read the full story

US scholar Noam Chomsky blames hostile US and Israeli actions as a major factor in a potential Iranian decision to develop a “nuclear deterrent.” Read the full story

Three US Marines are among at least 10 people killed in an attack on a convoy heading to a girls’ school in north-west Pakistan, police have said. Read the full story

Defence Secretary Robert Gates told a Pakistani television channel that the plan was being considered. The use of armed drones by US forces in strikes against militants in Pakistan has led to huge anti-American feeling. Read the full story

The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan will have their first chance to meet since September at a conference in London this week at which Britain wants to convince regional players to cooperate rather than compete over Afghanistan. Read the full story

President Barack Obama has said a political solution was needed to stabilize Afghanistan and has emphasized that success would not be possible without the support of Pakistan. Read the full story

Pakistan’s army has said it will launch no new offensives on militants in 2010, as the US defence secretary arrived for talks on combating Taliban fighters. Army spokesman Athar Abbas told the BBC the “overstretched” military had no plans for any fresh anti-militant operations over the next 12 months. Read the full story

Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program is a source of extreme national pride, and, as its father, A.Q. Khan — who headed Pakistan’s nuclear program for some 25 years — is considered a national hero. Read the full story