Why was the 2005 IBSF World Snooker Championship, due to be held in Pakistan, cancelled?

Question

In 2014, Yan Bingtao from China became the youngest ever amateur snooker world champion when he won the IBSF World Snooker Championship. How old was he?

Answer 1

Earthquake
The IBSF World Snooker Championship was cancelled due to Earthquake. The 2005 Kashmir earthquake occurred at 08:50:39 Pakistan Standard Time on 8 October in the Pakistani territory of Azad Kashmir. It was centered near the city of Muzaffarabad, and also affected Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.