October 20, 2005	Thursday	Ramzan 15, 1426

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KARACHI: 20 more survivors arrive KARACHI, Oct 19: Another batch of about 20 survivors with multiple injuries from quake-hit areas was shifted to Karachi hospitals on Wednesday night. Arrangements for giving emergency treatment to the patients...		KARACHI: Roads to be cleaned at night KARACHI, Oct 19: Cleaning of city roads and disposal of garbage would be undertaken during nights, instead of day time. The decision would, however, be given a final shape at a joint meeting of the town nazims on Thursday....
KARACHI: Sindh PA passes two govt bills: Notice issued to member KARACHI, Oct 19: The Sindh Assembly on Wednesday passed two government bills into law by majority votes while two other government bills were introduced and six ordinances were laid before the House....		KARACHI: Influx of survivors imminent KARACHI, Oct 19: Several dozens of people rendered homeless by the massive earthquake in the northern parts of the country have arrived in the city and their number may run in...
KARACHI: Army sent 14,000 tons of relief, CM told KARACHI, Oct 19: Pakistan army has dispatched more than 14,000 tons of relief goods through various means of transportation in a week to quake-hit areas. This was stated by Brig Saleem...		KARACHI: Women health workers required in quake-hit areas KARACHI, Oct 19: A group of doctors and volunteers belonging to Karachi Medical and Dental College has expressed the view that deployment of female health workers and doctors in the quake...
HYDERABAD: Girl from Bagh being treated in Jamshoro HYDERABAD, Oct 19: A 15-year-old injured Kashmiri girl, Shazia, was admitted to the Jamshoro’s Liaquat University Hospital on Wednesday. She suffered a fracture in her right leg while her sister Fauzia,...		PESHAWAR: NWFP govt allocates Rs15m for injured PESHAWAR, Oct 19: The NWFP government has allocated Rs15 million for treatment of people injured in October 8 quake. “The amount has been released by the finance department which would be...
PESHAWAR: New teams arrive in quake-hit areas: ISPR PESHAWAR Oct 19: As chances of finding survivors in the debris recede with every passing hour, Pakistan Army is concentrating more on rehabilitation of victims in the earthquake hit areas of the NWFP, said an ISPR press release issued on Wednesday....		PESHAWAR: Welfare home for women and children ready PESHAWAR, Oct 19: Scores of volunteers have been visiting the welfare and rehabilitation home set up for quake-stricken women and children here for extending a helping hand to the staff there....
PESHAWAR: Death toll up three times PESHAWAR, Oct 19: Death toll in the five quake-hit districts of the NWFP rose to 37,958 on Wednesday, almost three times more than the figures given by the provincial government on Tuesday....		KARACHI: Ibad asks nazims to identify priorities KARACHI, Oct 19: Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad has exhorted the representatives of local governments to move ahead after clearly determining their priorities for solving public problems and making the facilities available at lower level....
KARACHI: Robbers loot Rs1m, 45 phones in 47 incidents KARACHI, Oct 19: At least 47 incidents of robberies and thefts took place in various localities in the city on Wednesday. A transporter, Ibrahim Niazi, was deprived of Rs1 million by four bandits near a bank branch....		KARACHI: Common cold grips city amid extreme temperatures KARACHI, Oct 19: The common cold grips the city as the swing between extreme temperatures becomes the widest in October. “October is the only month in the season which sees the greatest difference between the maximum and minimum temperatures....
KARACHI: Release of funds to local govts ordered KARACHI, Oct 19: The financial releases and utilization in respect of Provincial ADP 2005-06 was reviewed at a meeting, chaired by Chief Secretary Fazlur Rehman, on Wednesday....		KARACHI: Arts Council team back from areas hit by quake KARACHI, Oct 19: An eight-member team of the Arts Council visited the earthquake-wrecked areas of the country and distributed among the victims Rs100,000 and relief goods worth Rs1.5...
KARACHI: New seismic zone map urged KARACHI, Oct 19: Speakers at a seminar on “Natural disasters and precautions” on Tuesday stressed need for drawing a new seismic zone map of Pakistan. The seminar was held under the...		KARACHI: BSO chief ends protest on HRCP assurance KARACHI, Oct 19: Baloch Students Organization Chairman Dr Imdad Baloch, who ended his 16-day fast-unto-death on Tuesday evening, said that struggle for the rights of Baloch people would continue....
KARACHI: Army troops arrive from Burundi KARACHI, Oct 18: The last batch of around 300 army troops arrived here on Wednesday morning. General Officer Commanding Corps Reserve, Major-General Syed Sadaqat Ali, welcomed the troops at the airport....		KARACHI: Registration of case against SHO ordered KARACHI, Oct 19: The additional district and sessions judge, South, Ms Farzana Iqbal, ordered on Wednesday registration of case against former station house officer of Kalakot and an assistant sub-inspector for implicating a young man in a false case....
KARACHI: Muttahida acquires helicopter service KARACHI, Oct 19: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has acquired helicopter service to reach remote areas of Azad Kashmir in Bagh and Garhi Dopatta for providing medical and relief assistance....		KARACHI: Decision to open LoC hailed KARACHI, Oct 19: The Pakistan-India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy, ASR Resource Centre and the South Asia Forum for Human Rights have welcomed the reciprocal statements by Pakistan and India...
KARACHI: Mustafa sees IT as solution to civic problems KARACHI, Oct 19: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday instructed the City Government officials to make maximum use of information technology in their respective departments to extend maximum services to people in minimum possible time....		HYDERABAD: Palejo says country in grip of extremism HYDERABAD, Oct 19: Awami Tehrik chief Rasool Bux Palejo has said that Jinnah’s enlightened and democratic country has been taken over by “General Shahi” and as a result the country is in grip of extremism, ethnicism and sectarianism....
HYDERABAD: Call for setting up South Asian union HYDERABAD, Oct 19: Noted intellectual and writer Tariq Ali has said that without founding a union of South Asian countries on the pattern of the European Union, regional problems, including the issue of provincial autonomy, cannot be resolved....		KHAIRPUR: SLU officials donate one-day salary KHAIRPUR, Oct 19: Officials of the Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, have decided to donate one day’s salary in the president’s relief fund for the victims of earthquake....