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Quake relief resumes, more deaths feared
MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 17: Vital helicopter flights carrying food, blankets and tents to untold numbers of survivors of the earthquake in northern Pakistan resumed on Monday as lashing rains, which compounded their misery, ended....
PM unveils 12-point rehabilitation plan
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday launched a 12-point plan for the relief and rehabilitation of earthquake-stricken areas of AJK and NWFP and said the government was committed to turning this adversity into an opportunity for development....
Opposition seeks debate on crisis management ‘failure’
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Opposition members have submitted an adjournment motion in the National Assembly seeking a debate on crisis management failure in the wake of the October 8 earthquake, sources told Dawn on Monday....
Base camp turned into medical centre
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: The health ministry’s disaster management committee has decided to strengthen its main camp in Muzaffarabad by providing specialist services along with necessary surgical apparatus to quake-ravaged victims....
Key road in Kashmir valley reopened
GHARI DUPATTA, Oct 17: A key road into the quake-devastated Jhelum valley in Azad Kashmir was reopened by army bulldozers on Monday, allowing a flood of relief aid into areas previously only reached by helicopter....
Desperate survivors beg for tents
MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 17: While the destroyed Azad Kashmir capital of Muzaffarabad now seems overflowing with relief goods, chilly highland villages still cry for much needed food and shelter nine days after...
India rejects request for choppers without pilots
NEW DELHI, Oct 17: India on Monday conveyed its inability to Pakistan to provide its armed forces’ helicopters for relief operations in Azad Kashmir without Indian pilots....
43 trans-Kashmir bus passengers missing
SRINAGAR, Oct 17: India said on Monday that it was seeking news on the fate of 43 bus passengers who crossed into Azad Kashmir before last week’s massive earthquake....
Girl survives nine days under cupboard
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: A little girl was rescued on Monday after living for nine days under a cupboard in her home that was destroyed in Pakistan’s devastating earthquake, the military said....
UN convenes donors’ meeting on 24th: Rehabilitation, reconstruction
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: The United Nations has convened a meeting of donor agencies in Geneva on Oct 24 to assess the extent of damage caused by last week’s earthquake and to propose appropriate rehabilitation and reconstruction assistance....
Mild tremors spark panic in some areas
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Two aftershocks rocked Pakistan on Monday triggering panic among people coming to terms with the massive earthquake that left thousands dead. Tremors measuring 4.7...
Yasin arrives with aid for quake victims
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Famous pro-independent Kashmiri leader and chief of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Yasin Malik suddenly arrived here on Monday, saying he had come as a social worker...
Helicopters from Japan join relief effort
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Japan on Monday became the fourth foreign country to operate helicopters in Pakistan’s desperate relief effort after its earthquake, with two choppers heading out with medical supplies for survivors....
Landslide kills six
PESHAWAR, Oct 17: Six people were killed in a landslide near Balakot, an army official said. The landslide was triggered by aftershocks that continued throughout the day on Monday....
70 Iraqi fighters killed in US action
BAGHDAD, Oct 17: About 70 guerillas were killed in US air strikes in the Ramadi region of western Iraq, where five US and two Iraqi soldiers were killed in a weekend roadside bombing, the US military said on Monday....
BD bans hardline Islamic group
DHAKA, Oct 17: Bangladesh on Monday banned Harkatul Jihad Al Islami, the third Islamic militant group to be outlawed this year, branding it a “self-confessed terrorist outfit”....
Partial lunar eclipse in Pakistan
KARACHI, Oct 17: Partial lunar eclipse occurred in the country on Monday. According to meteorological department here, the eclipse started at 2:51pm and continued till 7:15pm....
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Editor: Tahir Mirza
MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 17: Vital helicopter flights carrying food, blankets and tents to untold numbers of survivors of the earthquake in northern Pakistan resumed on Monday as lashing rains, which compounded their misery, ended....
