Pak wants UK to extradite Zardari shoe-thrower

LAHORE: Pakistan has requested the British government to extradite Shamim Khan, the man who reportedly hurled his shoes at president Asif Ali Zardari during an event at Birmingham earlier this month.
The interior ministry has provided details of Khan's "criminal record" to British authorities and requested them to hand him over to Pakistan so that he can be brought to justice.
"Shamim Khan, a resident of Palai Gala of Sehnsa sub-division in Azad Kashmir, has been declared a proclaimed offender in a case of attempted murder.
"In 1993, he had shot and injured his opponent and an inspector and then managed to flee to Britain," a source said. A case had been registered against Khan in Palai Gala police station, the source added.
"We have tried to unearth who is behind the conspiracy hatched against president Zardari during his visit to Brimingham. It has been established that Khan had never been a PPP worker," a Pakistan People's Party leader said.