Militants in northwest Pakistan disavowed a peace pact with the government and launched two days of suicide attacks and bombings that killed at least 70 people, dramatically escalating the violence in the al-Qaida infiltrated region.
Former Australian fast bowler Geoff Lawson said Monday he had been confirmed as Pakistan's new cricket coach to succeed Bob Woolmer, who died during the World Cup campaign in the Caribbean in March.
A truce between the government and local tribal leaders in Pakistan?s volatile northwest seems to have fatally come undone.
Geoff Lawson, the former Australia fast bowler, said he had been appointed coach of the Pakistan cricket team to succeed Bob Woolmer, who died four months ago at the World Cup.Lawson, 49, said in an interview with Australia?s Sky News that Pakistan Cricket Board officials called him yesterday to confirm his appointment. The board was set to make an announcement today, Lawson said.
Pro-Taliban militants in a Pakistan tribal border region with Afghanistan said Sunday they had scrapped a controversial peace accord reached with the government last year.
Militants in northwest Pakistan disavowed a peace pact with the government and launched two days of suicide attacks and bombings that killed at least 70 people, dramatically escalating the violence in the al-Qaeda infiltrated region.
Forty people were killed in northwest Pakistan on Sunday in a surge of militant violence which officials said could be aimed at avenging the commando assault on a radical mosque in the capital last week.
Suicide bombings killed over 70 people in three weekend attacks in Pakistan, police said Sunday, after Islamic militants called for holy war over a deadly army raid on a pro-Taliban mosque.
The Pakistan Cricket Board is expected Monday to select an Australian coach to succeed Bob Woolmer, who died during his team's failed World Cup campaign in the Caribbean in March.
July 16 (Bloomberg) -- Geoff Lawson, the former Australia fast bowler, said he's been appointed coach of the Pakistan cricket team to succeed Bob Woolmer, who died four months ago at the World Cup.