Indian national Sarabjit Singh was in a “deep coma” and put on ventilator support after being assaulted by a group of prisoners in a Pakistani jail, with doctors today saying that they will not be able to perform surgery on him till his condition stabilises.

Pakistan’s embattled ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf was today remanded to the custody of the Federal Investigation Agency till April 30 by a anti-terrorism court in connection with 2007 assassination case of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

At least 80 people were killed and 700 others injured today when an eight-storey commercial building that housed several garment factories and thousands of workers collapsed on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital.

A Pakistani court today cancelled Pervez Musharraf’s interim bail over the 2007 assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto, adding to the legal woes of the ex-Army Chief who is currently being held at his farmhouse.

The Islamabad high court today pulled up police officials here for allowing former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to flee dramatically from the courtroom last week.

The speaker of Bangladesh’s Parliament Abdul Hamid was elected unopposed as President Monday, a potentially crucial role as the restive country heads for elections next year, officials said.

A police team today visited former President Pervez Musharraf’s farmhouse, declared a “sub-jail” by authorities, and questioned him about the detention of more than 60 judges during the emergency of 2007.

Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s first ex-military ruler to be arrested, is a washed-up political force whose dreams of a triumphant homecoming have been crushed by allegations of treason and murder.

The Pakistani Taliban have barred children from going to schools in North Waziristan after security forces set up a road block as part of security measures in Miranshah town, according to a media report today.

Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf’s efforts to seek election to parliament suffered another setback today when a tribunal barred him from contesting the May 11 polls from a constituency in the Pakistani capital.