2 held after Pakistan-UK flight diverted

Action 7 News - Friday 24th May, 2013

Police arrested two men Friday on suspicion of endangering an aircraft after a flight from Pakistan to the United Kingdom was diverted to Stansted Airport, outside of ...

Pakistan aircraft incident rattles U.K.

CBC News - Friday 24th May, 2013

Passengers disembark from a Pakistan International Airlines flightbound for Manchester from Lahore, Pakistan, after it was diverted to Stansted Airport, north of London Friday. Chris Radburn/AP ...

Threats made aboard diverted Pakistan plane passenger

NDTV - Friday 24th May, 2013

London: A passenger aboard a Pakistan International Airlines plane flying from Lahore to Manchester that was diverted under military jet escort to Stansted, northeast of London on Friday said someone had made threats against its crew."We landed safely and then he (the pilot) announced that they had had some kind of threat from someone and that's why he landed the plane," the ...

American killed in 2011 drone strike was jailed by Pakistan

Japan Times - Friday 24th May, 2013

PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN - An American citizen killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan in 2011 was arrested by Pakistani authorities three years earlier but escaped after being released on bail, officials said Thursday. The Obama administration revealed Wednesday that Jude Kenan Mohammad died in a drone strike in Pakistan’s tribal region, making him the fourth American citizen killed by ...

Pakistan should consider IMF deal after reforms in place adviser

Reuters - Friday 24th May, 2013

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's new leadership expects first results of its planned steps to shore up its finances and ease a power crisis in two or three months and only then should decide whether and on what terms to seek an IMF bailout, a senior policy adviser said on ...

2 arrested after U.K. scrambles fighter jets to intercept Pakistani passenger jet from Lahore

CBS News - Friday 24th May, 2013

LONDON British fighter jets were scrambled to escort a Pakistani passenger plane carrying nearly 300 passengers from Lahore to England after an incident on board, British officials said Friday. Essex Police boarded the plane at Stansted and arrested two men "on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft," according to a statement from the police, which did not elaborate. Britain's ...

UK-bound Pakistan plane diverted 2 men arrested

Tampa Bay Online - Friday 24th May, 2013

LONDON (AP) -- Two men were arrested on suspicion of endangering an aircraft Friday after a U.K. fighter jet was scrambled to divert their plane as it traveled from Pakistan to Britain, officials said. The incident further rattled the U.K. just days after a British soldier was brutally killed on a London street in a suspected terror ...

UPDATE 4-UK fighters escort Pakistan plane to airport 2 arrests

Reuters - Friday 24th May, 2013

Fri May 24, 2013 10:47am EDT By Rhys Jones and Peter Griffiths LONDON May 24 (Reuters) - British fighter jets escorted a Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane to Stansted Airport near London on Friday, where police went on board and arrested two men on suspicion of endangering an aircraft. Passengers were leaving the plane and no one was hurt in the incident, a spokesman for the ...

Pakistan Airlines flight diverted in U.K. - CNN

CNN Money - Friday 24th May, 2013

NEW: An unruly passenger prompted the diversion, a top airline official says The plane from Lahore, Pakistan, had 297 passengers aboard Two men were arrested and removed from the diverted aircraft, Essex Police say The Pakistan International Airlines flight to Manchester was diverted to ...

UK source says appears Pakistani plane not subject of terror attack

Baltimore Sun - Friday 24th May, 2013

Pakistan International Airlines plane diverted from Manchester to Stansted Airport on Friday was not the subject of a terror attack. The Defense Ministry said earlier on Friday that it had scrambled fighter jets to escort the plane to Stansted, to the north east of London. A spokesman for Stansted Airport said the plane was being held in an isolated area and that the rest of the airport was ...

Passengers leaving Pakistani jet in Britain no one injured

Reuters - Friday 24th May, 2013

LONDON | Fri May 24, 2013 10:28am EDT LONDON May 24 (Reuters) - Passengers were disembarking from a Pakistan International Airlines jet diverted to London's Stansted Airport on Friday and no one has been hurt, an airport spokesman said. British fighter jets escorted the passenger plane to Stansted airport where police went on board and arrested two men on suspicion of endangering an ...

Britain scrambles fighters as Pakistani airliner diverted

Baltimore Sun - Friday 24th May, 2013

Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane to Stansted Airport near London on Friday, where police went on board and arrested two men on suspicion of endangering an aircraft. Flight PK709 from Lahore in Pakistan had been due to land at Manchester in northern England with 297 passengers on board, but was diverted shortly before arrival. A security source said early indications were that the ...

2 Arrested in Pakistan Plane Incident

ABC News - Friday 24th May, 2013

British police say two men have been arrested on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after an incident on a civilian plane flying from Pakistan to England. A jet was launched to divert the Pakistan International Airlines plane carrying nearly 300 passengers to Britain's Stansted Airport on Friday. It was originally supposed to have landed in Manchester. Essex Police said that two ...

Breaking RAF fighter jet escorts Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane to Stansted

The Independent - Friday 24th May, 2013

The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that an RAF Typhoon fighter jet has escorted a diverted Pakistan International Airlines flight from Manchester to Stansted ...

RAF probes Pakistani plane emergency

The Courier Mail - Friday 24th May, 2013

AN RAF Typhoon jet has been launched to investigate an incident involving a civilian aircraft in UK airspace, the British Ministry of Defence says. Reports said the aircraft was a Pakistani passenger plane which had been diverted from Manchester to Stansted. The aircraft, which is still in the air, is a Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane which was flying from Pakistan to Manchester, ...

Britain Scrambles Warplanes for Pakistani Airliner

International Herald Tribune - Friday 24th May, 2013

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Pakistan US diplomat kills pedestrian in accident

The Seattle Times - Friday 24th May, 2013

ISLAMABAD — The U.S. Embassy says an American diplomat accidentally killed a pedestrian while driving in the Pakistani capital. The embassy said in a statement sent to reporters that the diplomat hit the pedestrian near a market in Islamabad on Friday. The pedestrian died as a result of his injuries. The embassy expresses regret for the accident and says it is cooperating with Pakistani ...

Pakistan welcomes Obama stance on force

CNN Asia - Friday 24th May, 2013

Obama, who outlined his counterterrorism policy in a speech Thursday, called "the use of force in fighting" terrorism as "part of a larger discussion about a comprehensive counter-terrorism ...

Suicide bomber strikes vehicle of Afghan religious leader killing 3 people in Pakistan

Canada.com - Friday 24th May, 2013

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Police say a suicide bomber walked up to a vehicle owned by an Afghan religious leader in northwestern Pakistan and set off his explosives, killing three people. The leader, Haji Hayatullah, was not harmed in the attack in Peshawar city because he was in a nearby mosque attending Friday prayers. Police officer Riaz Ali Shah says Hayatullah's driver and guard were ...

Obamas landmark drone speech fairly well-received in Pakistan Yemen but criticism remains

Canada.com - Friday 24th May, 2013

ISLAMABAD - President Barack Obama's speech on the use of drones to kill Islamic militants was well-received in two countries most affected by the strikes -- Pakistan and Yemen -- but criticism of the U.S. policy remains strong. Obama cast the drone program as crucial to U.S. counterterrorism efforts, though he announced more restrictive rules governing the attacks. His advisers said these ...

China-Pakistan ties to get fresh vigor premier

China Daily - Friday 24th May, 2013

/enpproperty--> ISLAMABAD - Visiting Premier Li Keqiang said Thursday that the commitment shared by China and Pakistan to deepening bilateral cooperation will inject new vigor into their friendship. The two nations boast an evergreen friendship that is always full of vim and vigor, Li said in a meeting with a cross-section of Pakistanis devoted to bilateral friendship. Noting that the ...

Chinas premier Li Keqiang in Pakistan

Asia Times - Friday 24th May, 2013

By Syed Fazl-e-Haider KARACHI - Pakistan and China on Wednesday agreed to jointly work on an economic corridor for enhanced connectivity, with the two countries signing a series of agreements related to energy, technology and space during the first visit to Pakistan by China's premier Li Keqiang since he took office in March. Even so, local critics claimed Pakistan was of little ...