UK filmmakers attacked

LAHORE: A British filmmaker fled Pakistan after his crew was shot at near Quetta. David Whitney was shooting Kandahar Break, a film about Taliban-rule in Afghanistan. The crew was flown out of the country within 24 hours. “Fortunately we all survived, but it was terrifying,” Whitney told BBC. “Four members of our crew were shot but they escaped without serious injury... We were flown straight out of Quetta, landed in Islamabad and then onto Manchester. I was really disappointed though, we were at a crucial point in the filming.” With three-quarters of the production finished, Whitney managed to get financial backing and ended up shooting the rest of it in Tunisia. Having just finished filming, he hopes to release it in July. daily times monito(Daily Times)