Feb
28

Pakistan – Who fired on Qureshi, Hurriyat asked Pakistani Foreign Secretary (The Hindu)

Who fired on Qureshi, Hurriyat asked Pakistani Foreign Secretary (The Hindu)
New Delhi: The near-fatal shooting of Fazal Haq Qureshi figured prominently in the meeting here between the Hurriyat and the visiting Pakistani Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir last week with the conglomerate blaming Pakistan-based terrorists for the attack on the moderate Kashmiri separatist leader.

Quake hits north Pakistan, Afghanistan; no damage (China Daily)
ISLAMABAD: A moderate earthquake has rattled northern Pakistan and Afghanistan but there are no reports of injuries or damage. Pakistani government meteorologist Qamar Zaman Chaudhry says the quake happened at 4:21 am Pakistan time on Sunday (2321 GMT; 6:21 pm EDT on Saturday).

A Pakistani food vendor prepares rice for people in the Beri Iman, a shrine of the famous Sufi Saint Beri Imam (The Record and Herald News)
A Pakistani food vendor, prepares rice for customers to be donated for people in the Beri Iman, a shrine of famous Sufi Saint Beri Imam, in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Pakistan duo vow to fight SCG fix claims (Brisbane Times)
Pakistan cricketers Kamran Akmal and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan are threatening legal action against Pakistani news outlets after they were implicated in a match-fixing scandal alleged to have involved the Sydney Test. A day after Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt said two of the nation’s players were under investigation for match fixing, the Voice of America television and radio network …

Quake hits north Pakistan, Afghanistan; no damage (MalaysiaNews.net)
ISLAMABAD — A moderate earthquake has rattled northern Pakistan and Afghanistan but there are no reports of injuries or damage.Pakistani government meteorologist Qamar Zaman Chaudhry says the quake …

Sectarian clashes kill seven in northwest Pakistan (Channel NewsAsia)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan : Pakistani authorities slapped a curfew on a restive northwestern district on Sunday after clashes and gun fights left at least seven people dead at a religious procession, officials said.