Today is November 22, 2008
- Two directors of a Pakistani currency company have been remanded in custody over allegations that they illegally transferred millions of dollars abroad. (BBC) (The News - Jang)
- At least 160 people die after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake in Pakistan near the city of Quetta in the Province of Balochistan. (CNN) (Dawn)
- Ali Ahmed Kurd won the Supreme court bar association election against the govt supported candidate S. Zafar.
- 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)
- Former Pakistan test captain Salim Malik is free to resume his involvement in cricket after a court lifted a life ban on Thursday.(CNN)
- 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)
- Trade route opens within Azad Kashmir and Indian Jammu and Kashmir state after 60 years. (BBC)
- 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)
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