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October 11, 2005 Tuesday Ramzan 6, 1426   Over 2,000 injured shifted to Pindi RAWALPINDI, Oct 10: More than 2,000 injured people have been evacuated to hospitals in Rawalpindi from the earthquake-hit areas of Azad Kashmir in the past two days, hospital sources told Dawn on Monday.... Donations pouring in for quake relief ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: Various government departments and NGOs have accelerated their efforts to meet the emergency situation in the earthquake-hit areas and provide relief assistance to the affected people.... No negative impact on budget: adviser ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: There will be no negative financial impact of the devastating earthquake on the budget and the government will achieve its 3.8 per cent GDP fiscal deficit target set for 2005-06, claimed a senior government official.... Balochistan Assembly urges speedy relief QUETTA, Oct 10: The Balochistan Assembly on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution expressing deep sorrow over loss of thousands of lives in Saturday’s earthquake and demanded that the federal government should... Two naval officers promoted ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: Two officers of the Pakistan Navy have been promoted to the higher ranks, a press release issued by the navy’s public relations department said here on Monday.... Hospital in Abbottabad swamped with injured: No news from Bakot ABBOTTABAD, Oct 10: Death toll from the devastating earthquake in Abbottabad district has reached 380. The figure is likely to mount as the Bakot union council in the district was still inaccessible due to road closures.... ‘No govt aid in Bagh district’ LAHORE, Oct 10: No government rescue team has so far reached the Bagh district in Azad Jammu and Kashmir to rescue the survivors of Saturday’s earthquake, a doctor told Dawn here on Monday.... PML-N given Rs100m relief goods target LAHORE, Oct 10: Exiled former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif has directed Punjab leaders and office-bearers of his party to arrange relief goods worth at least Rs100 million for the quake-hit.... Relief teams yet to reach remote areas PESHAWAR, Oct 10: The Peshawar High Court Bar Association claimed on Monday that no serious rescue operation had been undertaken in the far-flung areas of the NWFP so far and that... PPP donates Rs5m ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson Benazir Bhutto has announced a donation of Rs5 million on behalf of her party for the quake-affected people.... Airline offers free relief transportation KARACHI, Oct 10: Airblue has dedicated its whole domestic cargo capacity on the north-bound flights to transport relief goods free of charge for earthquake victims. The airline’s commercial director Nasir Ali... JC should not dilute composite dialogue ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: Officials have advised the government that the composite dialogue process with India should retain its primacy, and the revival of joint commission should not dilute its importance.... Boy killed in mortar shell blast NOWSHERA, Oct 10: A teenage boy was killed and seven others injured when a mortar shell they were playing with exploded in Amangarh here on Monday.... Indian Navy arrests 10 fishermen THATTA, Oct 10: The Indian Naval forces are reported to have escorted two fishing vessels along with ten fishermen and fish and shrimp catch worth millions of rupees from the Pakistan... Several school buildings declared dangerous SIALKOT, Oct 10: The administration on Monday started a survey of all the buildings of public and private educational institutions in Sialkot and Narowal districts and declared many of them as ‘dangerous’.... Lahore hospitals set to receive quake victims LAHORE, Oct 10: With a large number of earthquake victims likely to be air-lifted to Lahore for treatment, all teaching hospitals have made ‘elaborate’ arrangements. The hospitals have constituted teams to... Lahorites donating generously LAHORE, Oct 10: Seeing the magnitude of the earthquake that killed around 40,000 people, Lahorites are donating generously for victims amidst apprehensions whether their donations will be delivered to the victims or not.... PBC withdraws black day call LAHORE, Oct 10: The Pakistan Bar Council on Monday withdrew its call for observing Oct 12 as a countrywide black day in protest against the military takeover six years ago.... Centre set up to collect relief goods HYDERABAD, Oct 10: The Sindh Additional Relief Commissioner Muneer Ahmed Memon directed all district coordination officers of Sindh on Monday to make necessary arrangements to collect and store relief goods in their offices for the earthquake victims.... Differences over naib nazim’s post in Sukkur SUKKUR, Oct 10: Differences have cropped up between the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and the Khushaal Pakistan Panel over election of the district naib nazim of Sukkur.... Cane crushing not yet begin in Sindh HYDERABAD, Oct 10: None of the sugar mills in Sindh have followed the decision of the Sindh Agriculture Department to start the crushing of sugarcane from October 1.... Recounting of rejected votes held LARKANA, Oct 10: Recounting of the rejected votes for the post district nazim was held here on Monday. Moazzam Abbasi, the defeated candidate of the Awam Dost Panel, had moved the district returning officer for the recounting of 26 rejected votes.... Civil Hospital ENT building collapses MIRPURKHAS, Oct 10: The building of ENT department, Mirpurkhas Civil Hospital, collapsed on Monday. However no injury was reported. The building was in dilapidated condition and no measures were taken to repair it despite repeated complaints.... Surrender LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Oct 10: A man named Khiyal Bat alias Patokay surrendered himself to the political authorities on Monday during an ongoing operation against outlaws to get two kidnapped men freed.... Fear haunts affected minority community MANDI BAHAUDDIN, Oct 10: The 200-strong Ahmadi community of village Mong, located eight kilometres from here, is struggling to come to terms with the prevailing atmosphere of fear after Friday’s terrorist attack there on a place of worship.... Afgan for action against ministers MIANWALI, Oct 10: Federal Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr Sher Afgan Khan has urged President Pervez Musharraf to sack two ‘corrupt’ provincial ministers of Mianwali district who used unfair means during the local elections.... Traders’ help sought GUJRANWALA, Oct 10: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool has said that the provincial government has set up a Rs100 million fund for the quake affectees and appealed to the business community for donations.... Quake victims brought to Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, Oct 10: Earthquake victims, who sustained serious injuries, are being shifted to DHQ and THQ hospitals in Punjab from Azad Jammu and Kashmir and other areas.... UC naib nazim kidnapped TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 10: A Gojra union council naib nazim was kidnapped on Monday from his house. Chaudhry Mohammad Younas was sleeping in his house in Chak 97-JB near Gojra... Dilapidated structures BAHAWALPUR, Oct 10: The government has directed the residents of old, dilapidated and dangerous buildings to evacuate them and demolish them in view of earthquake A circular issued by the DCO... Home secretary asked to report in Sarbjeet case LAHORE, Oct 10: Justice Syed Shabbar Raza Razvi of the Lahore High Court on Monday directed the Punjab home secretary to submit by Tuesday (today) a report on the meeting between... Punjab sending succour, police to affected areas LAHORE, Oct 10: The Punjab government is dispatching 48 truckloads of relief goods besides 200 policemen for helping local administrations to maintain law and order in the quake-hit areas, says provincial law minister Raja Muhammad Basharat.... Flags fly half-mast in mourning LAHORE, Oct 10: National flags at all government and semi-government buildings flew half-mast at the start of the three-day mourning period announced by the government for those killed in the massive earthquake on Saturday.... PPP asked to suspend political activities LAHORE, Oct 10: PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto has directed her party colleagues to suspend their political activities for the time being and devote all their energies to collecting relief goods for hundreds of thousands of people affected by devastating earthquake.... HRCP grieved LAHORE, Oct 10: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on Monday expressed deep grief over the massive human loss and devastation caused by the earthquake that hit the country on Saturday.... Punjab police donates Rs10m LAHORE, Oct 10: The Punjab police on Monday donated Rs10 million for the earthquake victims and sent a contingent of 200 men to Azad Kashmir for rescue work.... Bridge repair LAHORE, Oct 10: The Lahore Development Authority on Monday awarded the contract for repair of the damaged portion of the Garhi Shahu railway bridge at a cost of Rs3 million.... Pervaiz’s chopper lifts 79 injured LAHORE, Oct 10: The Punjab chief minister’s helicopter transported 79 injured persons from Kawaiy Naam village of Balakot to a Mansehra hospital on Monday. On the chief minister’s direction, a press... Slow pace of relief work criticized: NWFP assembly appeals for aid PESHAWAR, Oct 10: The NWFP Assembly has expressed concern over the slow pace of rescue operation in earthquake-hit areas and appealed to the world community to send maximum rescue teams and... Five given life term for abducting, selling girl PESHAWAR, Oct 10: Additional district and sessions judge Abdur Rauf Khan on Monday convicted three persons of abducting a girl and selling her in Punjab, and sentenced them to life imprisonment with a fine of Rs 10,000 and ten stripes each.... Thousands trapped in rubble, says Haq PESHAWAR, Oct 10: Senior Minister Siraj-ul-Haq has said that five districts of the NWFP have been badly damaged by the earthquake which jolted Pakistan on Saturday, and added that in these... Psychiatrists urge govt to rehabilitate quake victims PESHAWAR, Oct 10: Psychiatrists have urged the government and non-governmental organizations to gear up their efforts towards the rehabilitation of the people losing their relatives and friends in the devastating earthquake.... Baby’s death angers family; health centre set on fire MARDAN, Oct 10: A family of Sharifabad (Mardan) burned the Community Health Centre, established by the Human Development Foundation, following the death of a baby.... ‘Govt working hard to help quake victims’ PAKI SHAH (MARDAN), Oct 10: Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Sher Afgan Khan Niazi said on Monday that the government was using all its resources to overcome the worst earthquake disaster.... No loss of life reported from Baltistan SKARDU, Oct 10: Severe jolts of earthquake were felt in the two districts of Baltistan on Saturday morning like the other parts of the country. However, no casualties have been reported from anywhere of Skardu and Ghanche districts.... Two killed in Mardan MARDAN, Oct 10: Two persons were killed in two incidents in Mardan district. Sher Mohammad allegedly stabbed one Hayat Khan, of Nowshehra at Hoti. In another incident, Aqeel Bhadar of Lund Khwar and his accomplices killed Liaqat of Gul Mera....

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