GenevaLunch » Pakistan http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:57:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Sports, cricket: England humiliated by Pakistan http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/28/sports-cricket-england-humiliated-by-pakistan/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/28/sports-cricket-england-humiliated-by-pakistan/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:39:14 +0000 Nicholas Bates http://genevalunch.com/?p=66083 GenevaLunch.com ABU DHABI, UAE – The England cricket team again snatched defeat from the brink of victory when the batting collapsed to 72 all out in the second test against Pakistan, 28 January. It looked like England had a good chance of leveling the series when Monty Panesar celebrated his return to the team by taking [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/28/sports-cricket-england-humiliated-by-pakistan/feed/ 0 Pakistan’s leader in hospital for heart condition http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/07/pakistans-leader-in-hospital-for-heart-condition/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/07/pakistans-leader-in-hospital-for-heart-condition/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:31:35 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64532 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan is being treated in a hospital in Dubai for a heart condition, but his condition is not serious. The BBC reports that “his departure has fuelled speculation in the Pakistani media that he may be on the verge of resigning”, reports that the government denies. Reuters [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/07/pakistans-leader-in-hospital-for-heart-condition/feed/ 0 Pakistan-US relations taut after Nato airstrike kills 24 soldiers http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/27/pakistan-us-relations-taut-after-nato-airstrike-kills-24-soldiers/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/27/pakistan-us-relations-taut-after-nato-airstrike-kills-24-soldiers/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:11:21 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64140 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Pakistan’s foreign minister reportedly had harsh words for US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a phone call early Sunday 27 November, in the wake of a Nato airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. The soldiers were buried Sunday. The deaths were the result of a “tragic unintended incident”  Saturday, said Nato [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/27/pakistan-us-relations-taut-after-nato-airstrike-kills-24-soldiers/feed/ 0 World headlines: US judge beats daughter, 45 Chinese miners pulled out alive, time shifts http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/05/world-headlines-us-judge-beats-daughter-45-chinese-miners-pulled-out-alive-time-shifts/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/05/world-headlines-us-judge-beats-daughter-45-chinese-miners-pulled-out-alive-time-shifts/#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2011 22:20:00 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63272 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – World headlines include the following, over the weekend: Clocks go back in the US, a week after Europe moves from summer to winter time – NPR Chinese mine workers, some 200-strong, pulled out 45 miners Saturday who had been trapped for more than 48 hours after an explosion – CBS, Xinhua Pakistan [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/05/world-headlines-us-judge-beats-daughter-45-chinese-miners-pulled-out-alive-time-shifts/feed/ 0 Cricket scandal men get prison sentences, fines http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/03/cricket-scandal-men-get-prison-sentences-fines/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/03/cricket-scandal-men-get-prison-sentences-fines/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:41:50 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63184 GenevaLunch.com LONDON, ENGLAND – The three dethroned heroes of Pakistan’s cricket team, Salman Butt, age 30, Mohammad Asif, 28, and Mohammad Amir, 19, were handed prison sentences and fines by a London court Thursday. Butt and Asif, who were found guilty of conspiracy to defraud and accept corrupt money earlier this week have been handed sentences [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/03/cricket-scandal-men-get-prison-sentences-fines/feed/ 0 Sports: cricket trio found guilty of conspiracy in spot-fixing trial http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/01/sports-cricket-trio-found-guilty-of-conspiracy-in-spot-fixing-trial/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/01/sports-cricket-trio-found-guilty-of-conspiracy-in-spot-fixing-trial/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:05:08 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63095 GenevaLunch.com LONDON, ENGLAND – The world of cricket has been bowled over by the conviction of two of its top players for spot fixing, or technically, of conspiracy to cheat and conspiracy to accept corrupt money. A third player pleaded guilty, information that was made public only once the  jury’s decision was in. The trial, concluded [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/01/sports-cricket-trio-found-guilty-of-conspiracy-in-spot-fixing-trial/feed/ 0 Swiss couple kidnapped in Pakistan: “We are in danger” (video) http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/26/swiss-couple-kidnapped-in-pakistan-we-are-in-danger-video/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/26/swiss-couple-kidnapped-in-pakistan-we-are-in-danger-video/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:10:55 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=62858 GenevaLunch.com PAKISTAN – A Bern couple kidnapped in Pakistan Friday 1 July are reportedly “alive and well” says the FATA Research Centre, FRC, a “non partisan and non-political research organization” based in Islamabad, which has obtained two videos of the hostages. In one of the videos posted by the FRC, David, 28, a police officer in [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/26/swiss-couple-kidnapped-in-pakistan-we-are-in-danger-video/feed/ 1 Geneva-based aid groups gear up for Pakistan flood victims http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/20/geneva-based-aid-groups-gear-up-for-pakistan-flood-victims/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/20/geneva-based-aid-groups-gear-up-for-pakistan-flood-victims/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:40:40 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61677 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – United Nations groups based in Geneva, already under enormous pressure to meet demands for help in the Horn of Africa, are increasing their efforts to help Pakistan’s flood victims. Pakistan has been hit hard by floods for the second year in a row. Some 6 million people have been affected by this [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/20/geneva-based-aid-groups-gear-up-for-pakistan-flood-victims/feed/ 0 Death toll rises to 20 in Taliban revenge attack in Pakistan http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/07/death-toll-rises-to-20-in-taliban-revenge-attack-in-pakistan/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/07/death-toll-rises-to-20-in-taliban-revenge-attack-in-pakistan/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:45:03 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61319 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Twenty-five people are reported dead following two suicide bomb attacks  in the southern Pakistan city of Quetta Wednesday 7 September. The Taliban are calling them strike in revenge for the arrest of an al Qaeda leader. Reuters notes that “Al Qaeda has been weakened by the killing of Osama bin Laden by [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/07/death-toll-rises-to-20-in-taliban-revenge-attack-in-pakistan/feed/ 0 Pakistan, 21 killed in US air strike http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/10/pakistan-21-killed-in-us-air-strike/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/10/pakistan-21-killed-in-us-air-strike/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 07:31:33 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=60558 GenevaLunch.com PAKISTAN – A US drone strike in Pakistan killed up to 21 Afghan Al Qaeda fighters, say press agencies in the region. The group has been blamed for some of the deadliest anti-American attacks in Afghanistan, including a suicide attack at a US base in 2009 that killed seven CIA operatives. US officials have accused [...]

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