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October 15, 2005 Saturday Ramzan 10, 1426   Relief goods being stolen, say donors KARACHI, Oct 14: Donors and relief workers have complained of pilferages and mismanagement at the Islamabad airport where aircraft loaded with relief goods have been constantly landing for the past few days.... ADB team to prepare damage assessment report ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: Pakistan has asked the Asian Development Bank-led donor agencies and bilateral development partners to assess the extent of damage caused by Saturday’s deadly earthquake and arrange adequate funding for reconstruction work.... US teams to set up field hospitals in affected areas ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: The Disaster Management Committee of the Ministry of Health was told here Friday that three US medical teams were arriving in Pakistan within two or three days to... Goods are there but no system to distribute it DHIRKOT, Oct 14: Relief goods have started reaching the quake- stricken areas in Azad Kashmir but not to the people because no organized system exists to distribute it.... Outbreak of diseases in Bagh feared ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: A Bagh-based doctor has warned against the outbreak of epidemic diseases in the earthquake-hit district of Azad Kashmir if immediate steps were not taken to prevent health threats posed by stinking decomposed bodies.... Toll now 48 as hope for survivors dims: Margalla Tower tragedy ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: Hope began to fade away Friday at the site of collapsed Margalla Towers multi-storey building as there was no survivor for third day in a row.... 100 planes airlift relief goods to Islamabad ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: The International community is responding generously to the UN flash appeal for the help of the Saturday’s killer earthquake victims. As many as 30 international plane are landing... Relief goods looted in Battagram SWABI, Oct 14: Four vehicles loaded with relief goods from Swabi district were looted in Batagram area on Thursday night. This was stated by relief workers who returned from Batagram on... Aftershocks torment quake survivors PESHAWAR, Oct 14: With no let-up in aftershocks many families in Garhi Habibullah and Balakot have moved out to settle with their relatives in other parts of the country.... ‘Goods being wasted due to mismanagement’ ABBOTTABAD, Oct 14: Relief goods, especially food items and medicines, collected by individuals, organizations and donor agencies are likely to go waste due to lack of planning and mismanagement as every... Unicef seeks government’s cooperation PESHAWAR, Oct 14: The provincial chief of United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (Unicef), Osama Makkawi Khogali, has urged the provincial government to cooperate in the establishment of a tent city for quake victims in Haripur.... Many roads remain blocked, says PMAP PESHAWAR, Oct 14: Pukhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP) on Friday called upon the government to provide heavy machinery for opening all link roads in the quake-hit districts of the NWFP in order to speed up the relief and rescue operation there.... HR body condemns Gilgit violence PESHAWAR, Oct 14: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has condemned the killing of civilians in clashes with Rangers personnel in Gilgit. It says the killings seem to follow a distinct pattern of brutality and violence against citizens.... Call for strategy to cope with substandard products ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: The Consumer Rights Commission of Pakistan (CRCP) has called for observing standards for ensuring health and environment safety. There is a need for comprehensive strategy to tackle the... Criminals exploiting technology CHINIOT, Oct 14: Chiniot tehsil has been a hub of organized crimes — from kidnap for ransom to dacoity, robbery to terrorism — for the last several years.... Journalist Mushtaq Memon is dead KARACHI, Oct 14: Senior journalist and former Dawn staffer Mushtaq Memon died from complications of stomach cancer on Friday evening. He was 64. Though born into a well-to-do Karachi family, Mr... Quake-hit areas to get free power for 3 months ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: The government has given three months subsidy in electricity bills to the people of earthquake affected areas, where free electricity would be supplied.... IT minister handed over satellite phone sets ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on Friday handed over 55 satellite phone sets to the Information Technology Minister Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari for the disaster zone.... Cellphone firms allowed to operate in AJK ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has temporarily allowed telecom operators to provide communication facilities in Azad Kashmir. The decision to this effect has been taken to augment communication facilities... Four killed in accident QUETTA, Oct 14: At least four people were killed and two others injured seriously in a collision between a truck and a car near Kolpur on Friday.... Train with relief goods sent from Quetta QUETTA, Oct 14: The Balochistan government has dispatched a consignment of relief goods for earthquake victims to Islamabad through a special goods train comprising 36 bogies.... No shortage of aid, but misery persists MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 14: It appears to be a case of adding insult to injury. Unknown people are intercepting truckloads of relief items along the roads leading to Muzaffarabad, taking away whatever... Baloch parties threaten movement QUETTA, Oct 14: The National Party and the Balochistan National Party (Mengal) said on Friday that they would launch a protest movement against illegal detentions if the government did not release all detained political activists in the province within 15 days.... Quake relief donations KARACHI, Oct 14: Foreign institutions have committed more aid for relief and rehabilitation of earthquake victims in the northern parts of Pakistan and Azad Kashmir. Standard Chartered Pakistan has announced a contribution of Rs60 million to be paid over 18 months.... Rabbani demands joint session of parliament: Earthquake disaster HYDERABAD, Oct 14: Opposition leader in Senate Raza Rabbani has demanded that a joint session of parliament be called to discuss problems being faced by people in the quake-hit areas and disaster mitigation plans by the government.... Radio broadcasts reach only two union councils CHITRAL, Oct 14: Only a small fraction of the population of Chitral district receives programmes aired by the city radio station which went on air in 1993.... Prayers offered for earthquake victims NAWABSHAH, Oct 14: Special prayers were offered on Friday in mosques of the Nawabshah district for the earthquake victims in NWFP, Kashmir and Punjab. Meanwhile, citizens continued to donate cash and other essential commodities in the relief camps.... Bajaur Agency blast hits NGO office KHAAR (Bajaur Agency), Oct 14: A remote-controlled explosive device ripped through the offices of a non-governmental organization, which was being run in cooperation with the European Union in the Bajaur tribal agency, partially damaging it on Thursday night.... Govt must focus on children: Sparc PESHAWAR, Oct 14: The Society for the Protection of the Right of the Child (Sparc) has said that protection of children, especially those who have lost their parents, must be an important part of the government’s emergency response.... Child offenders granted bail LARKANA, Oct 14: District and Sessions Judge Anwar Azam Baloch granted bail to three juvenile delinquents who were jailed after the Railway police had booked them in different cases.... FC post attacked QUETTA, Oct 14: Unidentified men attacked a checkpost of the Frontier Corps with rockets and automatic weapons in Duki, Loralai district, on Thursday. Official sources said that at least six rockets were fired.... Two arrested SUKKUR, Oct 14: The Sukkur police arrested two members of a banned extremist group, Harkat-e-Jihad-e-Islami, on Friday from the Rohri bypass and recovered huge quantity of arms and ammunition from their possession.... People urged to adopt orphans FAISALABAD, Oct 14: National Urban Poverty Alleviation Programme city manager Mohammad Tassawwar Waris and National Council for Human Rights executive director Rao Zafar Iqbal have urged the philanthropists and other people to adopt the children orphaned in the quake.... Protest against closure of six govt schools SIALKOT, Oct 14: Residents of border villages in Bajwat sector on Friday staged a protest demonstration against the closure of six girls primary schools by the government.... Allied, DHQ doctors sent to affected areas FAISALABAD, Oct 14: Two teams of specialists and paramedics of the Allied and DHQ hospitals have been sent to Abbotabad and Muzaffarabad and the third one to the Cantonment General Hospital to attend quake victims.... Kharian excise office short of target GUJRAT, Oct 14: The Kharian excise and taxation office has failed to recover around Rs4 million as property tax from defaulters while as much amount is also owed by residents, it was learnt here on Friday.... Two infants burnt alive in Sahiwal SAHIWAL, Oct 14: Two infants were burnt alive when a cottage caught fire near Chak Thatha Nijabat on Thursday. Labourer Noor Bakhsh and his wife Sakeena were working in a crop... Relief goods sent by army trucks MULTAN, Oct 14: Loads of relief goods for the earthquake victims in Azad Kashmir, Northern Areas and Hazara division have been sent on military trucks while the Kot Addu Power Company has donated Rs50 million to the Presidential Relief Fund.... Robbers injure trader GUJRANWALA, Oct 14: Armed bandits injured a trader on resistance and deprived three industrialists of their cash, mobile phones and motorcycles in four different strikes in and around the city here on Friday.... Airhostess dies in accident SIALKOT, Oct 14: A PIA airhostess was killed in a road accident near Daska city on the main Daska-Sialkot Road on Thursday. Nadia Saleem was coming from Lahore along with her... PA stretches debate on victims to 90 minutes LAHORE, Oct 14: If a government official, no matter how junior, refuses to meet an MPA, either to deliberately insult him or in an attempt not to give the legislator an... Govt rapped for failing to provide relief LAHORE, Oct 14: The country does not have even the basic equipment to cope with disasters like the last Saturday’s tremor, but the rulers certainly have money to import bullet-proof cars worth millions.... DHQs told to spare beds LAHORE, Oct 14: Punjab Health Services Director-General Dr Aslam Chaudhry has directed all district headquarters hospitals in the province to spare beds and make available required facilities to treat earthquake victims.... LHC to regulate tribunal LAHORE, Oct 14: The Lahore High Court on Friday indicated that it would prescribe the procedure for the functioning of environmental tribunals. The court remarked on a writ petition which challenged... 1,000 aid trucks sent to NWFP, Azad Kashmir LAHORE, Oct 14: Law Minister Basharat Raja said on Friday that the provincial government had so far sent 1,000 truckloads of relief goods to Azad Kashmir and the NWFP in addition... Safma seeks help for quake-hit journalists LAHORE, Oct 14: The South Asian Free Media Association (Safma) has urged the journalist community in the region and the world in particular to come to the rescue of journalists affected... Indian bus controversy LAHORE, Oct 14: The Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation’s regional office is not expecting Indian bus on Sunday (tomorrow), earlier scheduled for a trial run between Amritsar and Lahore.... Bail refused to accused in entry test case PESHAWAR, Oct 14: A local court on Friday dismissed bail applications of four persons accused of leaking out test papers for admission to medical colleges. The court of judicial magistrate Tufail... Minister says more helicopters deployed ABBOTABAD, Oct 14: Health Minister Dr Inyatullah Khan has said that the NWFP government has deployed more helicopters and medical teams to speed up the rescue and relief work in quake-affected areas.... UK deports son of minister PESHAWAR, Oct 14: The British authorities have deported the son of a provincial minister on charges that he had violated the country’s immigration laws last year, official sources confirmed to Dawn on Thursday....

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