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*October 29 :At least 100 people die after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake in Pakistan near the city of Quetta in the Province of Balochistan. ((CNN) ) ((Dawn) ) *October 24 :Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) sacked the national team coach Geoff Lawson and Chief Operating Officer (COO) Shafqat Naghmi while naming former Test cricketer Salim Altaf as Director General.((Daily Dawn) ) *October 23 :Former Pakistan test captain Saleem Malik is free to resume his involvement in cricket after a court lifted a life ban on Thursday.((CNN) ) *October 22 :Pakistan sought help from the IMF on Wednesday to avoid defaulting on billions of dollars in loans and skirt a financial crisis brought on by high fuel prices, dwindling foreign investment and soaring militant violence. ((CNN) ) *October 21 :Trade route opens within Azad Kashmir and Indian Jammu and Kashmir state after 60 years. ((BBC) ) *October 13 :Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has warned a brewing row with India over the waters of the Chenab river in the disputed Kashmir region could harm improving ties between the old rivals. ((Reuters) ) *October 9 * *Suicide bomber attacks police headquarters in Pakistani capital of Islamabad, wounding eight. Two air strikes northwest of Pakistan kill 20 militants. ((Reuters) ) * *US missile strikes in northwest of Pakistan kill at least nine. ((BBC News) ) ((AP via Yahoo News) ) * *A roadside bomb in north-western Pakistan hits a school bus and a prison vehicle, killing four school children and at least six others. ((BBC News) ) *October 5 :Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari acknowledges his government's consent to US air strikes in Pakistan and says India has never been a threat. ((BBC News) ) |