The attack in northwest Pakistan, which killed at least six police officers but did not injure Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's adviser, was the first on a member of Sharif's party since his government took over in June, although Islamist militants have targeted activists of other political parties.
Pakistan's prime minister has recommend that a top civilian honor be awarded to Aitzaz Hassan, a teenager who died while stopping a suicide bomber at his school.
Three police officers, including a senior police official, have been killed in a bomb attack in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi.
The Pakistani judges examined a medical report submitted by the hospital and said on January 9 that former President Pervez Musharraf must appear on January 16.
Former Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has appeared before an anticorruption court in Islamabad over multimillion-dollar graft allegations dating back to the 1990s.
In Pakistan, police say the bodies of six men have been found with their throats slit at a Sufi Muslim shrine in the city of Karachi.
A Pakistani court trying former President Pervez Musharraf says it is examining a medical report on his condition to decide whether he can be excused from hearings while he remains in hospital.
A special court set up to try Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf for treason has demanded a medical report after he missed another court hearing.
A suicide bomber has blown himself up outside a government school in northwest Pakistan, killing a teenage boy and another person.
The family of Warren Weinstein is calling on his Al-Qaeda captors to release the 72-year-old, who was kidnapped in Pakistan more than two years ago.
Activists have prevented Afghan-bound NATO supplies from crossing through northwest Pakistan for over a month in an effort to pressure the U.S. to stop drone strikes. Local transport is nearly at a standstill. (Produced by Daud Khattak, RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal)
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