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Nato to send relief troops: Airlift proposal rejected
MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 21: Nato said on Friday it would send up to 1,000 troops to help hundreds of thousands of earthquake survivors who have been waiting for two weeks for help in the rugged mountains of northern Pakistan....
All seven routes be opened: Mirwaiz
NEW DELHI, Oct 21: Having proposed opening of the Line of Control for divided Kashmiri families to meet and grieve with each other, Pakistan indicated on Friday that it does not...
‘India not allowing families to cross LoC’
ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: Chief Relief Commissioner Maj-Gen Farooq Khan has observed that India should not wait for a formal proposal from Pakistan on opening the Line of Control (LoC)....
Tent schools to be set up: NA told
ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: The government on Friday informed the National Assembly that it intended to set up “tent schools” in the earthquake-hit areas as early as possible so that educational activities could be resumed without any delay....
Loss assessment from Monday: ADB, WB to report by mid-Nov
MANILA, Oct 21: The Asian Development Bank and the World Bank said they would start an assessment in Pakistan on Monday of the needs and reconstruction costs after the devastating earthquake two weeks ago....
6,200 victims housed in 20 tent villages: ISPR
RAWALPINDI, Oct 21: Over 6,200 displaced people have been housed in 20 tent villages set up in Balakot and Mansehra. According to figures released by the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR),...
US lawmakers pledge to send more aid
WASHINGTON, Oct 21: US lawmakers have pledged to get more aid for the Oct 8 quake victims in Pakistan and are also backing a bi-partisan bill allowing undocumented Pakistani nationals in the US to visit their relatives in their native country....
Annan seeks additional funds for quake victims
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 21: To galvanize the international community, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Thursday in a personal letter written to heads of States and Governments has sought additional funds...
Nuclear deal with India complex: Burns
NEW DELHI, Oct 21: The United States on Friday made it clear that it was committed to implementing the path-breaking Indo-US nuclear deal even though it was very complex and complicated....
Aid worker among 4 killed in Afghanistan
KABUL, Oct 21: A local aid worker and two senior provincial officials were among four people killed in Afghanistan, officials said on Friday, in attacks blamed on Taliban militants....
Lawyer of Saddam’s co-defendant killed
BAGHDAD, Oct 21: A defence lawyer for one of Saddam Hussein’s co-defendants was shot dead after being abducted, police said on Friday, in a grim new twist to a case meant to turn the page on Iraq’s bloody past....
Trial fairness questioned by HR groups
BAGHDAD, Oct 21: Legal and human rights groups said on Friday the murder of a defence lawyer on Saddam Hussein’s trial is damaging to the US-backed court and calls into question its fairness....
Karzai asks Afghans to accept poll results
KABUL, Oct 21: President Hamid Karzai urged Afghans on Friday to accept the outcome of last month’s legislative elections and put aside concerns over reported cases of vote fraud....
Evidence of Syrian involvement in Hariri murder: UN
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 21: A UN report said on Friday that there is “converging evidence” of both Syrian and Lebanese involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri....
Turkey offers expertise in reconstruction: Quake-proof infrastructure
ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: Expressing solidarity with the Pakistani nation, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday assured President Gen Pervez Musharraf of extending his country’s expertise in the construction of quake-proof infrastructure....
AJK university lost 200 students, six teachers
MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 21: At least 200 students and six faculty members of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir University were killed on Oct 8 in the severest earthquake that hit the region,...
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MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 21: Nato said on Friday it would send up to 1,000 troops to help hundreds of thousands of earthquake survivors who have been waiting for two weeks for help in the rugged mountains of northern Pakistan....
