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Survivors still desperate for help: Mercy flights geared up
MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 12: Relief operations in earthquake-hit Azad Kashmir got into full gear on Wednesday with the help of US and German helicopters, but hundreds of thousands of survivors were still...
Relief efforts being stepped up: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: President Pervez Musharraf assured the nation on Wednesday there would be no more delay in providing succour to the earthquake-stricken people and said things were now moving fast to turn the present adversity into betterment....
Authority set up for rehabilitation: Durrani attends NSC meeting
ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: An extraordinary meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) held here on Wednesday decided to put into use ‘all national resources’ to carry out the mammoth task of rescue and relief in areas affected by Saturday’s deadly earthquake....
US promises more copters, equipment
ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday assured full assistance of the US government in the earthquake relief effort, announcing that her country would provide more helicopters...
Girl walks free from rubble
MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 12: A five-year-old girl on Wednesday crawled free from a crumpled building here as desperate locals, who did not know she was there, dug for survivors....
Durrani says NWFP to get Rs32bn more from centre
ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: The federal government has committed to provide Rs32 billion in financial assistance for rehabilitation of NWFP’s areas worst affected by Saturday’s earthquake, Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani said on Wednesday....
Fresh tremor
ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: An aftershock of moderate intensity was felt in Islamabad, Rawalpindi and other cities at 1:24am on Thursday. Meteorological Department sources told Dawn that it was also felt in Rawalpindi, Sialkot, Peshawar, Dir, Mansehra, Swat, and Azad Kashmir....
Syrian minister commits suicide
DAMASCUS, Oct 12: Syrian Interior Minister Ghazi Kanaan committed suicide in his office on Wednesday — three weeks after he was questioned by a UN team probing the killing of Lebanon’s former pime minister, Rafik al Hariri....
Indian troops cross LoC to back up relief efforts
SRINAGAR, Oct 12: Indian soldiers on Wednesday crossed LoC to rebuild a quake-destroyed bunker, an Indian army spokesman said. “It is unprecedented in the manner that our soldiers have gone across the border to extend help,” Lieutenant Colonel K....
UN to seek more aid for victims
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 12: The “Flash Appeal” of $272 million issued by the United Nations on Tuesday was only the initial appeal and it would be revised and upgraded as need arises, a UN official said on Wednesday....
Beijing launches manned spacecraft
BEIJING, Oct 12: China’s second manned spacecraft blasted off from a remote northwestern launch site on Wednesday, two years after the country joined an elite club of space powers....
Nato not to send troops from Afghanistan
BRUSSELS, Oct 12: Nato on Wednesday ruled out moving its troops or helicopters from Afghanistan to help in the rescue operations in Pakistan but said its aircraft would continue to ferry relief supplies from Europe to Islamabad....
Jordan sends mobile hospital
ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri has said he will soon be embarking on a tour of Arab countries to generate aid and donations for the West Bank....
Wapda to restore AJK electricity
ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: The federal government has decided in principle to assign the responsibility of restoration and rehabilitation of electricity distribution network in Azad Kashmir to Wapda....
Frustration spills over in quake-hit Kashmir
MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 12: Desperation and anger in the area worst hit by the Kashmir earthquake spilled over on Wednesday as survivors swamped a relief truck bringing supplies to more remote mountain villages and beat the delivery workers....
Mountains cry: where are NGOs?
ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: People are wondering as to where all the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have vanished after the earthquake disaster that hit the country on October 8....
MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 12: A five-year-old girl on Wednesday crawled free from a crumpled building here as desperate locals, who did not know she was there, dug for survivors....
DAMASCUS, Oct 12: Syrian Interior Minister Ghazi Kanaan committed suicide in his office on Wednesday — three weeks after he was questioned by a UN team probing the killing of Lebanon’s former pime minister, Rafik al Hariri....
SRINAGAR, Oct 12: Indian soldiers on Wednesday crossed LoC to rebuild a quake-destroyed bunker, an Indian army spokesman said. “It is unprecedented in the manner that our soldiers have gone across the border to extend help,” Lieutenant Colonel K....
