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KARACHI: Two trains loaded with relief goods sent off KARACHI, Oct 12: Sending off the relief goods train at Drigh Road Railway Station, Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad termed the earthquake a testing time for the nation....		KARACHI: Passengers, goods being overcharged KARACHI, Oct 12: The shifting of relief goods from the city to the upcountry for quake-hit victims has become expensive as goods transport operators have enhanced fares due to what they...
KARACHI: Anarchy in Muzaffarabad hampering relief work KARACHI, Oct 12: Anarchy prevails in Muzaffarabad, which is hampering relief operation in the town hit by a powerful earthquake that razed most of the town into rubble, Edhi volunteers said....		KARACHI: Three survivors admitted to CHK KARACHI, Oct 12: Three earthquake victims evacuated from Balakot with multiple injuries were admitted to Civil Hospital Karachi on Wednesday afternoon, said hospital sources....
KARACHI: PPP sending Rs15m relief goods KARACHI, Oct 12: The Pakistan People’s Party was set to dispatch relief goods worth Rs15 million on Wednesday night for the earthquake victims. The goods have been collected from people in various parts of the city over the past two days....		KARACHI: Hundreds of millions added to relief fund KARACHI, Oct 12: Flow of donations from multinational companies, institutions, banks, associations and other organizations for relief and rehabilitation of earthquake victims continued on Wednesday....
BALAKOT: Balakot in ruins BALAKOT, Oct 12: Balakot, popular with tourists on their way to the picturesque Kaghan and Naran valleys in Mansehra district, has become a city of the dead after Saturday’s earthquake and its aftershocks....		PESHAWAR: Survivors waiting for tents and drinking water PESHAWAR, Oct 12: With the government sponsored-relief activities appearing to be still at an initial stage in the earthquake-hit parts of the Frontier province, people rendered homeless are waiting for tents and drinking water more than anything else....
BALAKOT: Balakot in grip of diseases BALAKOT, Oct 12: Balakot’s earthquake-hit areas are in grip of gangrene, diarrhoea and other fatal diseases. “Gangrene and diarrhoea were spreading among villagers left helpless,” said Dr Irfan Ahmed, a doctor with the British-based charity plan....		KARACHI: Muttahida activist shot dead KARACHI, Oct 12: An activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement was shot dead by unknown persons in front of Garden police headquarters on Wednesday. SHO Nabi Bukhsh said that Feroz alias...
KARACHI: Altaf lashes out at jihadi groups KARACHI, Oct 12: Founder chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Altaf Hussain has slammed religious and jihadi outfits for abandoning Kashmiri people whom, he claimed, they had allegedly been using as...		KARACHI: Experts advise measures to be taken in event of quake KARACHI, Oct 12: Experts at the Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) Karachi have issued guidelines for people in case of any earthquake in the city....
KARACHI: Exam forms submission schedule announced KARACHI, Oct 12: The Board of Secondary Education Karachi has announced the schedule for submission of forms of SSC Part-II (Class X) annual examination, 2006....		KARACHI: Fishermen plan ‘decisive’ struggle KARACHI, Oct 12: The Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF), a representative organization of fisherman community, on Wednesday announced launching of a ‘decisive’ struggle against contract system in fishing sector in Sindh from this month to January next year....
KARACHI: Tribute paid to Haqqee KARACHI, Oct 12: Literary organizations and academics have paid tribute to the late Shanul Haq Haqqee. A press statement issued by the Anjuman Taraque Urdu says that Mr Haqqee did considerable...		KARACHI: BSO leader’s condition worsens KARACHI, Oct 12: The condition of the Baloch Students Organization (BSO) leader, Dr Imdad Baloch, whose fast-unto-death strike entered the 10th day on Wednesday, deteriorated further....
KARACHI: Seminar KARACHI, Oct 12: The Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is organising a seminar on Disaster Management on Thursday at PPF Vicky Zeitlin Media Library, Karachi....		KARACHI: Eyewitness identifies accused in convoy case KARACHI, Oct 12: An eye-witness in the corps commander convoy attack case against 11 workers of the banned Jundullah group identified on Wednesday one of the accused as attacker before an anti-terrorism court....
KARACHI: PML-N defers protest on overthrow anniversary KARACHI, Oct 12: The PML-N, Sindh, on Wednesday turned its protest day programmes into a relief drive by mobilizing its all resources to help victims of the natural calamity that struck many parts of the country on Saturday....		KARACHI: Muttahida mobilizes hundreds of volunteers KARACHI, Oct 12: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has mobilized hundreds of volunteers to carry out relief work in the quake-ravaged Azad Kashmir, NWFP and Northern Areas as part of its efforts to provide relief and succour to the suffering humanity....
KARACHI: Iranian team with goods, equipment arriving KARACHI, Oct 12: Expressing his grave concern over the massive earthquake that hit Pakistan on Saturday, Consul General of the Islamic Republic of Iran Seyed Musa Hosseini on Wednesday said that...		KARACHI: Five die in accidents KARACHI, Oct 12: Five persons died in separate road accidents in different parts of the city on Wednesday. In two accidents, three vehicles were set on fire by the enraged mob, police said....
KARACHI: TV channel’s plea dismissed KARACHI, Oct 12: A Sindh High Court appellate bench dismissed a TV channel’s appeal against the order of a single judge alleging infringement of copyright....		HYDERABAD: Budgetary proposals await approval: Hyderabad district HYDERABAD, Oct 12: The finance department of Sindh has not approved budgetary proposals for the year 2005-06 and revised estimates of 2004-05 for the undivided Hyderabad district on the ground that these proposals needed some rectification....
HYDERABAD: SHC orders action against railway officials HYDERABAD, Oct 12: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Tuesday ordered the Hyderabad DPO to take disciplinary action against the then SHO of Makki Shah police station for violating...		HYDERABAD: ‘New abattoir to be ready by Nov 15’ HYDERABAD, Oct 12: A modern slaughterhouse, set up at a cost of Rs47.98 million with financial assistance of the Asian Development Bank, will be made operational by November 15 to meet the meat requirement of the city....
HYDERABAD: Wapda union demands employees’ reinstatement HYDERABAD, Oct 12: The Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Central Labour Union at a meeting here at the Old Powerhouse on Wednesday severely criticized victimization of the maintenance and testing wing workers on false charges....		KHAIRPUR: Sachal’s Urs from Oct 19 KHAIRPUR, Oct 12: A meeting of the Sachal Yadgar Committee was held here on Tuesday discussed arrangements for the 184th Urs of Sufi poet Sachal Sarmast to be held at Daraza...