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Reconstruction may take five years: Aziz
ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday said that the biggest challenge the government was facing one week after the devastating earthquake was providing shelter to millions of victims....
No rescue team in Kohistan
PESHAWAR, Oct 15: Provincial Revenue Minister Maulana Ismatullah has expressed his dissatisfaction over the relief operation undertaken by the government in his quake-affected Kohistan district, where 449 have been reported dead and hundreds of people wounded....
India allows helicopter access to no-fly zone
NEW DELHI, Oct 15: India on Saturday allowed Pakistan to fly rescue helicopters to remote parts of the earthquake-hit Azad Kashmir through the forbidden no-fly zone adjoining the Line of Control....
Authority for rebuilding infrastructure established
ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: An ‘Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Erra)’ has been established to rebuild infrastructure in the quake-affected areas. Lt-Gen Muhammad Zubair, engineer-in-chief of Pakistan Army, has been appointed chairman of Erra....
PML proposes APC on relief work
ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: The central executive committee (CEC) of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League on Saturday proposed to convene an all parties conference to discuss relief work in quake-hit areas and chalk out a long-term strategy for providing shelter to survivors....
S. Arabia announces $133m aid package
RIYADH, Oct 15: Saudi Arabia on Saturday announced a $133 million emergency aid package for rebuilding infrastructural projects in northern areas of Pakistan. “King Abdullah gave orders for a grant worth...
Disaster relief a civil job, says minister
ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: Federal Minister for Education Lt-Gen (retd) Javed Ashraf Qazi has said that Pakistan Army has sufficient number of helicopters but all of them cannot be utilized in the ongoing rescue and relief operations in the earthquake-stricken areas....
Baby’s birth brings joy in quake-hit area
MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 15: One family among the millions of Kashmiris left homeless and in grief by the recent earthquake had unexpectedly happy news on Saturday — a baby girl....
Six militants killed, two arrested
WANA, Oct 15: Security forces on Saturday killed six suspected militants and arrested two others in the Laddha sub-division of the South Waziristan Agency. Officials said that all the dead and...
Iraqis vote on constitution
BAGHDAD, Oct 15: Voters from across Iraq’s ethnic and religious spectrum flocked to cast ballots on the country’s new constitution on Saturday, but their vastly different motivations underlined the deep divisions within the country....
Russia, US clash over Iran’s N-rights
MOSCOW, Oct 15: Russia and the United States feuded openly on Saturday over Iran’s nuclear programme, with Moscow defending Tehran’s right to enrich uranium for atomic energy while visiting US Secretary...
Guantanamo hunger strikers force-fed
GUANTANAMO BAY, Oct 15: Authorities at the US prison facility in Guantanamo Bay have acknowledged to visiting Muslim journalists that some prisoners in their custody have been force-fed to end their hunger strike....
Tax returns filing date extended
ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has extended the date for filing of income tax returns for the year 2005 up to October 31 to facilitate taxpayers....
Provinces to get due water share: Jatoi
ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: Water and Power Minister Liaquat Ali Jatoi has assured that there will be no injustice with provinces in the distribution of water for the Rabi sowing season....
World Bank to strengthen debt management capacity
ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: The World Bank has agreed to provide financial and technical assistance to strengthen Pakistan’s debt management capacity, and initially database of the State Bank of Pakistan, Economic Affairs...
Bird flu reaches Europe
BUCHAREST, Oct 15: Laboratory tests showed on Saturday that the same deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu as that found in Turkey and Asia had infected ducks in Romania, confirming the virus had reached Europe....
Four die in Iran blasts
TEHRAN, Oct 15: Two bombs set off minutes apart killed four people and wounded dozens of others in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz on Saturday....
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Editor: Tahir Mirza
RAWALPINDI, Oct 15: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday he doubted that more survivors could be found from the devastating earthquake, adding the death toll was likely to rise beyond 38,000....
MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 15: One family among the millions of Kashmiris left homeless and in grief by the recent earthquake had unexpectedly happy news on Saturday — a baby girl....
BAGHDAD, Oct 15: Voters from across Iraq’s ethnic and religious spectrum flocked to cast ballots on the country’s new constitution on Saturday, but their vastly different motivations underlined the deep divisions within the country....
BUCHAREST, Oct 15: Laboratory tests showed on Saturday that the same deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu as that found in Turkey and Asia had infected ducks in Romania, confirming the virus had reached Europe....
