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Pakistan to probe killing of five foreigners

QUETTA, Pakistan — Pakistan on Saturday appointed a high court judge to investigate the killings of five unarmed foreigners by security forces in the southwestern Baluchistan province, officials said.

Security forces on Tuesday said they had foiled a major attack by militants when they killed five Chechens including three women, one of them carrying a Russian passport.

Officials said the group was armed with guns and bombs with some wearing suicide vests.

The government named Justice Hashim Kakar of Baluchistan High Court to conduct inquiry after it emerged the foreigners were unarmed and one of the women was pregnant.

"The judicial tribunal will ascertain facts leading to the incident and fix responsibility in this regard," an official statement said.

The tribunal will submit its report within one month, it said.

The Russian embassy in Islamabad earlier contacted the foreign office for more details about the incident, foreign ministry spokesperson Tehmina Janjua said, without elaborating.

"An investigation is under way and when completed we will convey it to the Russian embassy," she told reporters.

The May 17 incident took place near a security post in the Kharotabad neighbourhood of the provincial capital Quetta.

City police chief Daud Junejo initially told reporters that the suspected militants were travelling in a car.

Police intercepted them but the group tried to flee towards a check point and all five attackers were killed in a firefight that followed, he said.

But the bomb disposal squad in its report released in Quetta on Saturday said they were unarmed.

"No suicide vests or explosives were found on their body," it said.

A provincial government spokesman Zafarullah Baloch confirmed "they were unarmed."

Local channels ran a video showing at least one woman raised her hands in a plea for help while a post mortem report said one of the women was pregnant with seven-month baby.

Impoverished Baluchistan is wracked by an insurgency waged by ethnic Baluch tribes seeking greater autonomy from the federal government and a greater share of profits from the region's wealth of oil and gas resources.

Pakistan Cricket Team Schedule For World Cup 2011

Pakistan Schedule

Feb-2011
Tue 15 08:30 GMT, 14:30 local	Pakistan v Bangladesh 9th Warm-up - World Cup 2011 Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Fri 18 03:30 GMT, 09:30 local	Pakistan v England 14th Warm-up - World Cup 2011 Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Wed 23 09:00 GMT, 14:30 local	Pakistan v Kenya 6th match - World Cup 2011 Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota
Sat 26 09:00 GMT, 14:30 local	Pakistan v Sri Lanka 10th match - World Cup 2011 R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Mar-2011
Thu 03 09:00 GMT, 14:30 local	Pakistan v Canada 17th match - World Cup 2011 R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Tue 08 09:00 GMT, 14:30 local	Pakistan v New Zealand 24th match - World Cup 2011 Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Mon 14 09:00 GMT, 14:30 local	Pakistan v Zimbabwe 33rd match - World Cup 2011 Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Sat 19 09:00 GMT, 14:30 local	Pakistan v Australia 40th match - World Cup 2011 R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Apr-2011
Thu 21	Pakistan v West Indies Only T20 - West Indies vs Pakistan Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Sat 23	Pakistan v West Indies 1st ODI - West Indies vs Pakistan Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Mon 25	Pakistan v West Indies 2nd ODI - West Indies vs Pakistan Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Thu 28	Pakistan v West Indies 3rd ODI - West Indies vs Pakistan Kensington Oval, Barbados
May-2011
Sun 01	Pakistan v West Indies 4th ODI - West Indies vs Pakistan Kensington Oval, Barbados
Thu 05	Pakistan v West Indies 5th ODI - West Indies vs Pakistan Providence Stadium, Guyana
Thu 12 - Mon 16	Pakistan v West Indies 1st Test - West Indies vs Pakistan Providence Stadium, Guyana
Fri 20 - Tue 24	Pakistan v West Indies 2nd Test - West Indies vs Pakistan Warner Park, St Kitts

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Schedule

Cricket Schedule of ICC World Cup 2011. Fixtures of ICC World Cup 2011 has been announced. The first schedule match of ICC World Cup 2011 between India vs Bangladesh begins Feb 19, 2011 onwards. Keep viewing CriSchedule for latest updates on Cricket Schedule and Fixtures of upcoming ICC World Cup 2011.

Good times are here for India. The country will get to host the tenth world cup of its most loved sport in 2011 along with co-hosts Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. It will be the first time co-hosting for Bangladesh in a cricket world cup. Fourteen national teams are scheduled to compete for the coveted cup between February and early April 2011. According to the announced fixtures of ICC World Cup 2011, the first match will be played among co-hosts India and Sri Lanka at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.

The formerly announced time-table of 2011 world cup also included Pakistan as a co-hosting nation but the 2009 attack on Sri Lankan cricket team at Lahore which left seven players injured, forced the world cup governing body (ICC) to strip off Pakistan of its co-hosting rights on Apr 17, 2009. India will now host 29 of the total 49 planned matches including the all important grand final at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai and one semi-final as well. Sri Lanka will host 12 matches while the first time nation Bangladesh has been given the opportunity to host the tournament opener along with eight other matches. Since India has been allotted the highest number of matches, the ICC has moved its headquarters to Mumbai to ensure smooth and timely preparations for the event. Mr. Ratnakar Shetty has been appointed as the managing director of the event, while the security directorate will be headed by Mr. Shashank Manohar of BCCI.

The allocation of world cup venues is always a much sought after event with major cricketing nations bidding for hosting rights. To avoid favoritism, the ICC prefers to rotate venues between major cricket playing nations. In the bidding for the 2011 event, Australia/New Zealand had an upper hand over the trio of India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh as they had not had a chance to host the World cup since 1992. But Indias argument that the trio being a bigger group of countries helped clinch the final deal. The 2015 cricket world cup will be held in Australia/New Zealand.

Cricket world cup organized every four years is the fourth largest and one of the most eagerly awaited and viewed event of the cricket world. It is widely considered to be the pinnacle of achievement in this sport. The excitement among fans is already palpable as the first phase of tickets was put for sale in Mumbai on 1 June 2010. Priced affordably at around 20 US cents, the organizing committee is expecting to reap in bumper sales and not diminish the euphoria of fans. The new revised format of the world cup wherein 14 teams instead of 16 will be participating also ensures that fans get to see their favorite teams play a minimum of six matches even if they are ruled out of the tournament due to early defeats.

Cricket fan or not- there is no way you can escape the all-engulfing madness. From cricket merchandise at stores to travel packages to host nations and restaurants and cafes serving cricket-themed food, the fever is all over. Personal relationships too are not unaffected by the craze. While the love for cricket unites some, it also spells doom for many relationships. There is simply no running away, so prepare to drown yourself in the drone of cricket slogans in the year to come.

So, Get the latest ICC World Cup 2011 Schedule to be played in 2011. The world cup 2011 schedule will begin on Feb 19, 2011. Cricket World Cup 2011 schedule will have 14 teams, out of which 10 would be of test rank status.

Complete ICC Cricket Schedule 2011:

Feb 19: Bangladesh v India, Dhaka
Feb 20: New Zealand v Kenya, Chennai
Feb 20: Sri Lanka v Canada, Hambantota
Feb 21: Australia v Zimbabwe, Ahmedabad
Feb 22: England v Netherlands, Nagpur
Feb 23: Pakistan v Kenya, Hambantota
Feb 24: South Africa v West Indies, New Delhi
Feb 25: Australia v New Zealand, Nagpur
Feb 25: Bangladesh v Ireland, Dhaka
Feb 26: Sri Lanka v Pakistan, Colombo
Feb 27: India v England, Kolkata
Feb 28: West Indies v Netherlands, New Delhi
Feb 28: Zimbabwe v Canada, Nagpur
March 1: Sri Lanka v Kenya, Colombo
March 2: England v Ireland, Bangalore
March 3: South Africa v Netherlands, Mohali
March 3: Pakistan v Canada, Colombo
March 4: New Zealand v Zimbabwe, Ahmedabad
March 4: Bangladesh v West Indies, Dhaka
March 5: Sri Lanka v Australia, Colombo
March 6: India v Ireland, Bangalore
March 6: England v South Africa, Chennai
March 7: Kenya v Canada, New Delhi
March 8: Pakistan v New Zealand, Pallekele
March 9: India v Netherlands, New Delhi
March 10: Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe, Pallekele
March 11: West Indies v Ireland, Mohali
March 11: Bangladesh v England, Chittagong
March 12: India v South Africa, Nagpur
March 13: New Zealand v Canada, Mumbai
March 13: Australia v Kenya, Bangalore
March 14: Pakistan v Zimbabwe, Pallekele
March 14: Bangladesh v Netherlands, Chittagong
March 15: South Africa v Ireland, Kolkata
March 16: Australia v Canada, Bangalore
March 17: England v West Indies, Chennai
March 18: Sri Lanka v New Zealand, Mumbai
March 18: Ireland v Netherlands, Kolkata
March 19: Australia v Pakistan, Colombo
March 19: Bangladesh v South Africa, Dhaka
March 20: Zimbabwe v Kenya, Kolkata
March 20: India v West Indies, Chennai
March 23: Quarter-final, Dhaka
March 24: Quarter-final, Colombo
March 25: Quarter-final, Dhaka
March 26: Quarter-final, Ahmedabad
March 29: Semi-final, Colombo
March 30: Semi-final, Mohali
April 2: Final, Mumbai

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