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October 13, 2005 Thursday Ramzan 8, 1426   CJP takes suo motu notice of threat to environment: Quake jolts luxury housing scheme ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: In the wake of the devastating earthquake over the weekend, the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) on Tuesday took suo motu notice of a luxury housing scheme near Islamabad.... PM inspects model tent city ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has hailed the relief and rehabilitation efforts initiated by the ministry of youth affairs and expressed the hope that other government, non-governmental organizations and individuals would follow the trend.... Red Crescent collects 600 pints of blood ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has collected 600 pints of blood during the last three days for the injured persons brought to the hospitals of the twin cities from earthquake-devastated areas.... Temporary medical, residential centres to be set up ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: The government is planning to establish temporary medical care and residential centres at Pakistan Sports Complex and community centres in the twin cities for Saturday’s earthquake survivors, sources told Dawn.... Relief goods await transportation ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: Relief goods worth billions of rupees are lying with different organizations and in various camps, awaiting transportation to the quake-hit areas of Azad Kashmir and Hazara division.... Medicines being sold at high rates RAWALPINDI, Oct 12: Medical stores in Rawalpindi have increased prices of medicines in the wake of a powerful earthquake which hit the city on Saturday.... Campaign getting organized at last ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: Relief operations in the earthquake devastated areas got streamlined on Wednesday after days of frustration as communications improved with the reopening of roads and more helicopters joining the relief effort.... Plea to help devastated Kala Dhaka KARACHI, Oct 12: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement said on Wednesday that the Kala Dhaka area in the Provincially-Administered Tribal Areas hugging the Mansehra district in NWFP has been devastated by the... ‘Israeli help to be accepted’ NEW YORK, Oct 12: Pakistan will accept assistance from Israel and American Jews to help in the rescue and relief of hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis left homeless by a massive earthquake, says a press release of the American Jewish congress.... Musharraf thanks AJC chief NEW YORK, Oct 12: President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday called the Chairman of the American Jewish Congress, Jack Rosen, to thank him for asking the Jewish community in the United States to help Pakistani earthquake victims.... 20pc areas yet to be accessed: ISPR RAWALPINDI, Oct 12: ISPR Director-General Maj-Gen Shaukat Sultan has said that 20 per cent of the areas affected by the Oct 8 earthquake is still inaccessible and rescue and relief teams... My only concern is food and water, says survivor BALAKOT, Oct 12: The cut and bruised little girl plays in the mud outside a tent where her surviving family members are sheltering after the earthquake that destroyed their home in northern Pakistan.... Punjab dists linked with key points: Supply of relief goods LAHORE, Oct 12: The Punjab government has linked all its districts directly with the four central points in the quake-hit areas in Azad Kashmir and the NWFP to ensure uninterrupted supply of relief goods there.... 24 injured in quake airlifted to Lahore LAHORE, Oct 12: The first batch of 24 grievously-injured quake victims, along with their 10 attendants, were air-lifted by the PAF’s CASA plane from Chaklala Airbase to Lahore Old Airport on Wednesday evening.... Himayat-i-Islam to take care of orphans, widows LAHORE, Oct 12: The Anjuman Himayat-i-Islam is ready to take responsibility of children who have been orphaned and women widowed in the earthquake.... Blame game on school buildings starts LAHORE, Oct 12: The school buildings damaged during the Saturday’s earthquake in Punjab had either received uplift funds under the provincial education sector reforms programme or were not listed among the... Differences in MMA come to limelight LAHORE, Oct 12: Differences among MMA components are coming in the open as alliance president Qazi Husain Ahmad says they have not allowed NWFP Chief Minister Akram Durrani to attend the National Security Council (NSC) meeting.... Doctor discounts epidemic threat to volunteers KARACHI, Oct 12: Health organizations and doctors have said there is no reason volunteers working in calamity-hit areas should be hesitant to be close to decomposing bodies for fear of contracting diseases.... Case against police officials registered: Complaint of Sonia Naz FAISALABAD, Oct 12: The Sattu Katla Police Station of Lahore registered on Wednesday a case against suspended SP Abdullah Khalid, Inspector Jamshed Iqbal Chishti and 10 other accused in the Sonia... Collection of donations continues in Quetta QUETTA, Oct 12: The Balochistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has announced a donation of Rs10 million for help the victims of Saturday’s earthquake.... Donation for relief efforts ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: Global Multinational BP plc has committed $1 million to support Pakistan disaster relief efforts. The donation will be made through the BP Foundation, and will be administered through... Faisalabad UC nazim disqualified ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has disqualified a union nazim from Faisalabad on the basis of his Madrissah certificate (sanad) and has directed the Election Commission for re-election.... Faisalabad DIG jails’ posting delayed: Problems galore FAISALABAD, Oct 12: Due to delay caused by the provincial government in posting of the Deputy Inspector General of Jails, the prisoners, employees and visitors have been facing problems.... Plea to save ’35 building SADIQABAD, Oct 12: As the tectonic structure in various parts of the country has suffered the worst shock in the recent quake, a 70-year-old run-down building of a veterinary hospital in... Minister, others protest against ‘vote purchase’ SAHIWAL, Oct 12: The provincial agriculture minister, an ex-minister and four Punjab Assembly members on Tuesday alleged massive irregularities in the recently-concluded elections.... BISE relief goods GUJRANWALA, Oct 12: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education employees on Wednesday donated two truckloads of relief goods and sent to Batgram and Batal quake-affected areas with the coordination of district administration.... Profiteering continues unchecked in Vehari VEHARI, Oct 12: The district administration has failed to check the trend of profiteering, black-marketing and hoarding. A survey was carried out by this correspondent on Wednesday of sasta and Ramazan... Two brothers buried in Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, Oct 12: Bodies of the two brothers and students of Muzaffarabad Engineering University, who died in earthquake, were brought to Model Town and laid to rest in a local graveyard in the presence of scores of mourners here on Wednesday.... Rs242m loss suffered by Wapda PESHAWAR, Oct 12: The massive earthquake that caused devastation in the northern parts of the NWFP also damaged the infrastructure of power supply worth millions of rupees.... Girl dies in Haripur HARIPUR, Oct 12: A young girl of T & T Colony died in mysterious circumstances on Wednesday evening. Family sources and police termed it accidental death.... 30-month-old baby rescued HARIPUR, Oct 12: A 30-month-old baby girl, Shakeela Afzal, was recovered alive from the debris of her thatched house after four days in Bally Mang Battal, some 85km from here, on... Plea disposed of as withdrawn KARACHI, Oct 12: An All Pakistan Newspapers Society petition against alleged bias of Justice Javed Nawaz Gandapur (retired), former chairman of the Implementation Tribunal for Newspaper Employees, was disposed of as withdrawn by the Sindh High Court on Tuesday.... Volunteers throng Mansehra MANSEHRA, Oct 12: Volunteers from various parts of the country have started arriving here to take part in the rescue operation alongside the government and non-governmental organizations, staff engaged in recovering... Leaguers told to divert iftar funds to relief work LAHORE, Oct 12: Punjab PML Secretary-General and Communications Minister Chaudhry Zaheeruddin says the ruling party has so far dispatched 21 truckloads of relief goods to the quake-hit areas.... Punjab govt announces Rs100m more LAHORE, Oct 12: The Punjab government has announced Rs100 million for the President’s Fund for the relief of earthquake affectees which is in addition to the Rs50 million it has already given to the Azad Kashmir and NWFP governments each.... CDGL sends 30 truckloads to affected areas LAHORE, Oct 12; District nazim Mian Amer on Wednesday sent another 30 truckloads of foodstuff and other relief goods for quake victims in Mansehra, Bagh and Balakot.... Sikh body takes relief measures LAHORE, Oct 12: The Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, expressing sympathy with the quake victims, has announced formation of two teams to undertake relief work in Muzaffarabad and Batgram.... Winding up of unauthorized camps ordered LAHORE, Oct 12: City District Government Caretaker District Coordination Officer Khalid Sultan on Wednesday ordered winding up of unauthorized camps for collection of donations for the earthquake victims.... Shortage of tents LAHORE, Oct 12: Tents, which philanthropists are desperately looking for, to send them to the quake-hit areas have gone missing in Lahore.... People donate relief goods generously SUKKUR, Oct 12: Thousands of people from Sukkur, Shikarpur, Jacobabad, Kandhkot and Khairpur donated generously at various relief camps and especially in the bank accounts opened by different NGOs for quake victims.... Consumers resent detection power bills MIRPURKHAS, Oct 12: Detection bills, issued by the officials of the Hyderabad Electric Supply Corporation, Hesco, Mirpurkhas division, are causing resentment among the consumers.... Daulatpur taluka council petition dismissed NAWABSHAH, Oct 12: The senior civil judge of Nawabshah on Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by the taluka council of Daulatpur against the National Highway Authority (NHA).... PPP suspends political activities HYDERABAD, Oct 12: The Tando Mohammad Khan district PPP has announced to suspend all political activities for one week in view of the loss of lives in the Azad Kashmir and NWFP due to massive earthquake.... Two killed in exchange of fire LARKANA, Oct 12: Two persons were killed and three were injured in the Phull village on the outskirts of Larkana on Wednesday when two groups of people exchanged fire following a petty dispute.... Relief consignment sent to Shangla PESHAWAR, Oct 12: MPA Syed Qalb-e-Hassan Khan on Wednesday called upon philanthropists, civil society organizations and other well-to-do people to donate more funds and relief goods for victims of the earthquake in Mansehra and Azad Kashmir.... Psychological help urged for traumatized people PESHAWAR, Oct 12: A local NGO run by psychiatrists has asked the government to regularize relief efforts in the quake-hit areas and demanded that a team of psychiatrists be sent to help recover people from mental trauma.... Cell set up to regulate medical relief PESHAWAR, Oct 12: A Disaster Management Cell, headed by the Provincial Minister for Health Inayatullah Khan has been established to regulate relief activities in health sector in the earthquake-hit areas of the province.... Trucks from tribal areas take goods to Mansehra PESHAWAR, Oct 12: The relief cell at the Governor’s Secretariat, Warsak Road, has started receiving donations from various tribal agencies, individuals and institutions....

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