Charles switches Pakistan plans amid unrest
Afp, Islamabad
Britain's heir to the throne Prince Charles and his wife Camilla visited a women's university near the Pakistani capital Islamabad Tuesday after cancelling a trip to Peshawar amid security fears. Mass protests were expected in Peshawar, in the northwest, and other cities following one of Pakistan's biggest air strikes, a missile raid on an alleged al-Qaeda training camp at a religious school which killed 80 people. The British High Commission said it had cancelled the Peshawar trip on the Pakistani government's advice. Clarence House, Charles's office, told Britain's domestic Press Association the couple were "disappointed".
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Britain's Prince Charles (L) and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, arrive amongst students and teachers of Fatima Jinnah University in Rawalpindi yesterday. Charles and his wife Camilla visited the university near the Pakistani capital Islamabad after cancelling a trip to Peshawar over security fears. PHOTO: AFP |
