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ISLAMABAD: Earthquake wreaks havoc in Islamabad ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: Over 18 people were feared dead in the federal capital after an 11-storeyed residential building collapsed in Sector F-10, while eight people were killed in Murree and one...		ISLAMABAD: Panicky residents evacuate high-rise buildings ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: A large number of families living in multi-storied buildings are leaving their residences for safer places, fearing another series of jolts. After warnings from different private TV channels...
ISLAMABAD: It was numbing, horrifying ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: The residents of Islamabad were jolted out of their slumber early Saturday morning by a fierce and relentless earthquake, the worse ever in the history of Pakistan....		ISLAMABAD: Senate prorogued to express sympathy with quake victims ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: Senate Chairman Mohammadmian Soomro prorogued the session to express sympathy with the victims of the earthquake that hit a number of cities on Saturday morning....
KARACHI: CM gives Rs40m for quake victims KARACHI, Oct 8: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad and Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim have expressed their profound grief and shock over the loss of human and material life in the earthquake-hit parts of the country....		KARACHI: Altaf shocked at national tragedy KARACHI, Oct 8: Chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Altaf Hussain has announced a donation of Rs5 million to the President’s Relief Fund for the victims of earthquake that hit different parts of Pakistan and Azad Kashmir on Saturday....
KARACHI: New sugar, milk rates notified by city govt KARACHI, Oct 8: The city government has finally fixed the wholesale and retail prices of milk at Rs23 and Rs25 per litre respectively, and has also re-fixed the retail sugar price at Rs25 per kg....		KARACHI: 15 blood banks sealed off KARACHI, Oct 8: Senior officials from Sindh Health department in a simultaneous and surprise crackdown on Saturday sealed off 15 blood banks in seven major cities of the province, including those being run in major hospitals....
KARACHI: JPMC, NICVD merger planned KARACHI, Oct 8: Federal health ministry is working on a proposal to establish Jinnah University of Medical Sciences after merging the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, National Institute of Child Health and National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases....		KARACHI: PPP rejects 3rd phase LB poll results KARACHI, Oct 8: The provincial chief of the Pakistan Peoples Party, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, on Saturday rejected the unofficial results of the third phase of the local body elections and...
KARACHI: Telephone networks choked KARACHI, Oct 8: Communications networks of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company and cellphone firms became choked as news of a massive earthquake pummelling Islamabad and Northern Areas on Saturday morning spread throughout the country....		NAWABSHAH: Faryal Talpur wins toss, declared elected NAWABSHAH, Oct 8: Ms Faryal Talpur of the People’s Party Parliamentarians was re-elected as nazim of the Nawabshah district after she won the toss against PML-backed candidate Khan Mohammad Dahri....
JACOBABAD: Former NA speaker rejects poll results JACOBABAD, Oct 8: The former Speaker of the National Assembly, Mr Illahi Bux Soomro, has said that he is a law-abiding citizen and his rivals are uncivilised who picked up quarrel on the election day....		ISLAMABAD: SC cuts the wire flying kites ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Punjab police to register and take affidavits from the manufacturers of strings for kite flying in the province that they would...
ISLAMABAD: Govt’s crisis management a failure, opposition ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: Opposition leaders on Saturday criticized the government’s crisis management and declared it a failure. They also announced to stage a protest sit-in outside the Supreme Court building on...		LAHORE: Qazi grieved at loss of lives LAHORE, Oct 8: MMA president and Jamaat-i-Islami Amir Qazi Husain Ahmad has expressed deep sense of grief and sorrow over the loss of men and material in the tremors which jolted many parts of the country on Saturday morning....
LAHORE: Lahore wakes up to mighty tremors: Casualties reported LAHORE, Oct 8: Five people suffered injuries when a three-storey building in Shah Aalam Market collapsed owing to a powerful tremor here on Saturday morning. Cracks appeared in several multi-storey buildings and houses in the city following more tremors....		LAHORE: Rs50m each for NWFP, AJK LAHORE, Oct 8: The Punjab government has announced Rs50 million each for earthquake victims in the NWFP and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, promising to grant more if need be....
LAHORE: Free railway journey for relatives of victims LAHORE, Oct 8: The Pakistan Railways will attach special bogies in every train running between Karachi and Peshawar to transport free of cost the relatives of those affected by earthquake to their home town in upcountry cities....		LAHORE: Medicines for quake victims LAHORE, Oct 8: The Punjab Health Department has arranged five truckloads of life-saving medicines from local teaching hospitals for sending them to Islamabad for earthquake victims....
KARACHI: Water crisis hits schools in Lyari KARACHI, Oct 8: Over a dozen educational institutions have been badly hit in the Baghdadi Union Council of Lyari Town by water crises while every hue and cry by residents has gone unheard....		KARACHI: Prosecution concludes evidence: Rangers van attack case KARACHI, Oct 8: The prosecution in the Rangers van attack case against two activists of the banned Jundullah group concluded on Saturday evidence, with the examination of the investigation officer before an anti-terrorism court....
KARACHI: Two killed in accidents KARACHI, Oct 8: A ten-year-old boy died after he fell of a bus, he was travelling in, here on Saturday in Saudabad. Police said that Abdul Khaliq, resident of “S” area...		KARACHI: New police cell set up KARACHI, Oct 8: The Sindh Home Department has decided to launch an inter-provincial operation to end street crimes, Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui told newsmen here on Saturday....
KARACHI: PA session KARACHI, Oct 8: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has summoned the Sindh Assembly to meet on Friday (Oct 14) at 9am as required under clause (a) of Article 109 of the constitution.—APP...		KARACHI: 685 workers registered with SESSI KARACHI, Oct 8: Some 685 workers of the Indus Jute Mills, Dhabeji, have been registered under the social security scheme, and they and their dependents have started receiving social security facilities....
KARACHI: Hasan Abidi’s Chehlum KARACHI, Oct 8: Quran Khwani and Majlis-i-Chehlum for Hasan Abidi will be held at Imambargah Madinat-ul-Ilm on Sunday at 10.30am, says a press statement. It adds that Prof Sahar Ansari and Naqqash Kazmi will read out salam....		KARACHI: DTCD results declared KARACHI, Oct 8: The examinations department of the University of Karachi on Saturday announced the results of Diploma in Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases (DTCD) annual exams 2005....
KARACHI: Kidnapper sent to jail KARACHI, Oct 8: Administrative judge of anti-terrorism courts in Karachi on Saturday sent a man, facing kidnapping for ransom charges, to jail, directing the investigation officer to submit charge-sheet on Oct 15....		PESHAWAR: Karachi police get custody of accused PESHAWAR, Oct 8: A local court on Saturday granted transit custody to the Karachi police of two accused charged with the recent kidnapping of a Karachi’s banker....
PESHAWAR: One psychiatrist for 500,000 people PESHAWAR, Oct 8: Psychiatrists have said that mental illnesses are prevalent in 49 per cent of the population and urged the government to take concrete steps to reverse the trend....		SUKKUR: Commodities’ prices skyrocketed in Sukkur SUKKUR, Oct 8: The price package introduced by the district administration during the holy month of Ramazan contains no relief for people as the rates of commodities are still the same that have been recommended by shopkeepers to the Sukkur DCO....
PESHAWAR: Engineering university convocation next month PESHAWAR, Oct 8: The 9th convocation of the NWFP University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, will be held on November 16 at 10am at the convocation hall of the university....		KHAIRPUR: Govt accused of harassing PPP workers KHAIRPUR, Oct 8: Former District Nazim Nafisa Shah has said that a quarter of the district council was allotted to sub-engineer Tariq Mughal in 1997 but the revenue officers along with...
PESHAWAR: Killers’ arrest demanded PESHAWAR, Oct 8: A meeting of the Advisory Board of Church of the Nazarene University Campus, Peshawar, held here with Pastor Ilyas Masih in the chair on Friday....		HARIPUR: Man shot dead HARIPUR, Oct 8: A man was shot dead in the city’s main bazaar on Saturday over a marriage dispute. Police said Zahoor Ahmed of Golra village was shot by his relative Iftekhar of Chailo village with an automatic pistol....