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It’s worse than tsunami: WHO: Race against time: UN official
ISLAMABAD, Oct 13: The earthquake which struck northern Pakistan and Azad Kashmir early this week was a bigger catastrophe than last year’s tsunami in terms of the number of people made...
The day the earth shook
MUZAFFARABAD: “SAVE me, Abbu, Ammi. Please help me come out.” As long as I am alive, these painful words uttered by Umair Maqbool, the brilliant 18-year-old son of my maternal uncle, will continue to haunt me....
Model cities planned on the ruins: Aziz
PESHAWAR, Oct 13: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Thursday his government planned to set up tented cities with all essential civic amenities to be followed up by model cities in areas devastated by last week’s earthquake....
Building rules to be reviewed
ISLAMABAD, Oct 13: The federal cabinet on Thursday decided to review rules and regulations regarding buildings to avoid a repeat of the devastation caused by the Oct 8 earthquake which has left at least 25,000 people dead....
UN plans to hold donors’ conference
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 13: The United Nations is convening an emergency donors conference in Geneva next Thursday to solicit more funds for the devastating earthquake in Pakistan citing lack of adequate response to its “flash appeal” from the international community....
Reports of Indian troops crossing LoC baseless: ISPR
ISLAMABAD, Oct 13: The Inter-Services Public Relations on Thursday termed baseless reports about Indian soldiers crossing the Line of Control to help Pakistani troops in relief and rescue operations....
Train route revived for Indian aid
NEW DELHI, Oct 13: An Indian relief train was due to cross the Wagah-Attari border on Thursday night with a consignment of blankets, medicines and tents for the Azad Kashmir earthquake victims, official sources said....
Govt to import 50,000 tents from India
ISLAMABAD, Oct 13: The government has decided to import around 50,000 tents from India in order to provide temporary shelter to quake victims in Muzaffarabad and northern parts of the NWFP....
APHC slams bias in assistance
NEW DELHI, Oct 13: The Indian establishment which had rushed to give succour to victims of earthquakes that rocked Maharashtra and Gujarat in the last decade is conspicuous by its absence in Jammu and Kashmir, Kashmiri resistance leaders have said....
Death of a daring trekker
ISLAMABAD, Oct 13: Raheela Gul, who had plans to trek the Amazon, became a casualty of the Margalla Towers presidential block that crumbled within seconds of the devastating earthquake on Saturday....
Six die in Gilgit violence
GILGIT, Oct 13: Two Rangers personnel and at least four civilians, two of them women, were killed in incidents of violence in Gilgit and suburbs. Twenty-five others were injured....
Two Jaish activists held
RAWALPINDI, Oct 13: Law-enforcement agencies on Thursday captured two members of the banned extremist group Jaish-i-Muhammad, in Rawalpindi and also seized two hand-grenades, official sources told Dawn....
Qesco to shut 15 power houses
QUETTA, Oct 13: The Quetta Electricity Supply Company (Qesco) is planning to close down its 15 power houses in Balochistan from Oct 15 because of financial crisis....
Three troops, two militants die in clash
MIRAMSHAH, Oct 13: Three paramilitary troops and two militants were killed, while another man was arrested after an exchange of fire in Shawal area in North Waziristan Agency on Wednesday evening, officials said....
Playwright Pinter wins Nobel
STOCKHOLM, Oct 13: British playwright Harold Pinter, a master of sparse dialogue and menacing silences who has been an outspoken critic of the US-led invasion of Iraq, was the surprise winner of the Nobel literature prize on Thursday....
Attacks by Chechens leave dozens dead
NALCHIK (Russia), Oct 13: Chechen fighters attacked police and army buildings in a southern Russian town on Thursday in a brazen operation that killed dozens and challenged Kremlin’s assertions it had the turbulent Caucasus under control....
British PM backs detention law
LONDON, Oct 13: Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday backed the controversial Terrorism Bill which would allow the British law-enforcement agencies to detain terrorist suspects without a charge for up to 90 days....
Tents go missing in markets
ISLAMABAD, Oct 13: Tents have gone missing in markets of the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Quake relief workers and citizens are desperately looking for tents but there are none available....
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Editor: Tahir Mirza
MUZAFFARABAD: “SAVE me, Abbu, Ammi. Please help me come out.” As long as I am alive, these painful words uttered by Umair Maqbool, the brilliant 18-year-old son of my maternal uncle, will continue to haunt me....
STOCKHOLM, Oct 13: British playwright Harold Pinter, a master of sparse dialogue and menacing silences who has been an outspoken critic of the US-led invasion of Iraq, was the surprise winner of the Nobel literature prize on Thursday....
