1.   Gunmen on Thursday shot dead the younger brother of Sindh province chief minister Abdullah Shah and four others in separate killings in Karachi, officials said.

2.   A convoy headed by KwaZulu-Natal province health minister Zweli Mkhize was ambushed Thursday by unknown gunmen while travelling near Gala in the Midlands, police said.

3.   A superior court Wednesday completed hearing of a politically crucial case centred on an appeal by former Punjab province chief minister Manzoor Wattoo against his dismissal a year ago.

4.   KwaZulu-Natal province police minister Reverend Celani Mtetwa, implicated in hit squad activities against political opponents, has been shifted from his position, officials announced Monday.

5.   Nur Muhammad accused Zardari, former Sindh province chief minister Abdullah Shah and ex-interior minister Naseerullah Babar of conspiring to murder Murtaza.