Munir is five years old, and he lives in a ruggedly remote, rural village in Northern Pakistan. For months, he has suffered from an aggressive and worsening skin lesion that, for want of medical care, has gone untreated.

By STEPHEN GRAHAM By Stephen Graham The Associated Press ISLAMABAD, Pakistan The United Nations declared the Pakistani capital unsafe for the children of its international staff Thursday and ordered them out, putting the once tranquil city on a par with Kabul, Afghanistan, and Somalia.

Islamabad airport named after Benazir Bhutto ISLAMABAD, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Islamabad International Airport was officially named after slain former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on Thursday, the 61st anniversary of the country's independence from British rule.

Text of report by Rawalpindi correspondent headlined "Kohat: Taleban Allow the Broadcast of 13 Television Channels" published by Pakistani newspaper Jang on 26 June Kohat: The Taleban have permitted cable operators in Kohat to run religious and news-related programmes.

Police in Pakistan said they seized two vehicles carrying hundreds of pounds of explosives in Rawalpindi, foiling a possible bombing. Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik said six people were arrested in the incident police said was a suspected bombing plot, the BBC reported Friday.