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NWFP’s plea for help
PESHAWAR, Oct 9: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani on Sunday put the death toll in his province at well above 8,000 and said his government desperately needed help to cope with the situation. “The situation is quite bad. I have seen the devastation and I have no words to describe it,” Mr Durrani told Dawn on phone from Islamabad. The chief minister who visited Mansehra, one of the severly affected districts, on Sunday, moved to Islamabad to seek more funds to cope with the disaster...
Musharraf vows comprehensive relief efforts: International help sought
RAWALPINDI, Oct 9: Assuring the nation of all-out rescue and relief effort, President General Pervez Musharraf on Sunday asked the international community to assist Pakistan with supplies of medicine, tents, cargo helicopters and cash to overcome the country’s worst earthquake....
Bush sends eight helicopters
WASHINGTON, Oct 9: US President George W. Bush ordered Pentagon on Sunday to send eight Chinook helicopters to Pakistan for emergency rescue operations in remote areas where thousands of victims of Saturday’s deadly earthquake are still stranded....
WB, ADB offer $30m for earthquake relief
TOKYO, Oct 9: The World Bank has offered $20 million to Pakistan to cope with the devastating earthquake, bank president Paul Wolfowitz said on Sunday....
Man lying buried in rubble rescued
ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: Relatives and friends of people trapped under the debris of the ill-fated Margalla Towers suddenly had something to cheer about on Sunday night....
PIA to carry relief goods free of charge
KARACHI, Oct 9: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has said that it will carry relief goods for the quake-affected people from all its stations in its global network free of charge....
Aziz takes aerial view of affected areas
ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday had an aerial view of the areas worst affected by Saturday’s earthquake. The prime minister ordered restoration of road links with the...
Saudi Arabia to build ‘relief bridge’
ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz has ordered that an air bridge be established with Pakistan to ensure uninterrupted supply of relief goods, including ambulances, tents, medicines, and...
Three soldiers die in landmine blast
MIRAMSHAH, Oct 9: Three soldiers were injured when a military vehicle ran over a landmine, five kilometre west of here on Sunday. Unconfirmed reports said that the soldiers succumbed to their injuries in a military hospital in Bannu....
Nine injured in BD explosions
DHAKA, Oct 9: At least nine ruling party members were injured in two bomb attacks in southwestern Bangladesh, police said on Sunday, ruling out Islamic hardline groups blamed for a recent series of explosions....
Indian soldier returned
SRINAGAR, Oct 9: An Indian soldier who had mistakenly crossed into Azad Kashmir after Saturday’s major earthquake was allowed to return on Sunday, a top official said....
Tajik woman blows herself up with grenade
DUSHANBE, Oct 9: A woman blew herself up with a grenade at the Emergencies Ministry in the central Asian country of Tajikistan on Sunday, police said, without giving any clues as to why she did it....
Qazi urges govt to reject ‘peanut aid’ from US, UK
LAHORE, Oct 9: MMA President Qazi Husain Ahmad has welcomed the Rs5 billion relief package announced by the federal government for the quake victims, but urged the authorities to reject the...
ARD’s day of grief on 12th
LAHORE, Oct 9: The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy has decided to observe Oct 12 as a day of sorrow and grief instead of black day....
Pervaiz orders relief centre in each district
LAHORE, Oct 9: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has directed the provincial administration to take active part in the federal government’s rehabilitation efforts for quake victims....
Jam Yousuf announces Rs10m aid
QUETTA, Oct 9: Chief Minister Jam Yousuf has announced to donate Rs10 million for the relief operation in the quake-hit areas of the NWFP, Punjab and the Azad Jammu and Kashmir....
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Editor: Tahir Mirza
ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: The magnitude of the disaster caused by Saturday’s massive earthquake stunned the nation as the first relief teams reached the worst-hit areas in Azad Kashmir and northern Pakistan on Sunday....
