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October 22, 2005 Saturday Ramzan 17, 1426   600 doctors, supporting staff sent to AJK, NWFP: Anti-tetanus, measles vaccines imported ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: The Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) have deployed around 600 doctors, 64 nurses and 104 paramedics in the field hospitals set up in the quake-hit areas of Azad Kashmir and the NWFP.... Tower death toll 73 as 6 more bodies recovered ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: Six more bodies including four Swedish and a Spanish were recovered from underground water tank of Margalla Towers bringing the death toll to 73.... Please Visit our Sponsor (Ads open in separate window) Turkish PM urges use of resources for disaster relief MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 21: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday called upon the international community to divert more of its resources to humanitarian purposes instead of building weaponry.... S. Arabia there to help quake victims: envoy ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: Saudi government is there to help its Pakistani brethren in this hour of need and it is making all-out efforts to help the people in quake-stricken areas, Saudi Ambassador Ali S.... Immediate help planned for one-room homes ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: The government is contemplating to help all earthquake victims to construct at least one room on an urgent basis before the onset of winter.... Kashmiris of held valley want to visit AJK: Yasin MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 21: Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Yasin Malik visited different areas of the AJK capital, including two refugee camps, on Friday to console the victims of Oct 8 quake.... Protest walkout by opposition in Balochistan QUETTA, Oct 21: Opposition members in the Balochistan Assembly staged a walkout on Friday in protest against Speaker Jamal Shah Kakar’s decision to block a general debate on an attack on... PMA, partners call for anti-tetanus immunization ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Secretary-General Dr Sher Shah Syed has urged the government and relief agencies to take immediate steps to ensure provision and administration of anti-tetanus vaccine... Steps under way to enhance artificial limbs production ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: Federal Social Welfare and Special Education Minister, Zobaida Jalal on Friday said the government was taking every possible measure to increase the production of artificial limbs as, she... ‘143 relief flights handled’ RAWALPINDI, Oct 21: Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has so far handled a total of 143 flights carrying relief goods for earthquake victim at Islamabad International Airport, Mr Mobarik Shah, a spokesman for the airport said on Friday.... Curfew lifted for three hours; 36 detained under MPO GILGIT, Oct 21: A curfew in force in the city for several days was lifted on Friday from 8am till 11am. Sources said the authorities did not allow a longer break... Russian doctor pleads for better childcare ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: The septuagenarian Russian doctor raged against the world as he emerged from the operating theatre of a Pakistani hospital where he has worked tirelessly for days to save the lives of earthquake victims.... 500 families take shelter in Abbottabad ABBOTTABAD, Oct 21: Local people and some NGOs are taking care of some 500 families who have migrated from Azad Kashmir, Balakot and Hazara and providing them food and other essential items.... Road linking Alai still blocked BATTAGRAM, Oct 21: A military relief centre in Battagram has received 400 tents and relief goods from the Saudi Relief Committee for Afghanistan for distribution in Alai where, according to official... 41 school buildings declared dangerous: Survey in Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, Oct 21: Declaring 41 school buildings dangerous, the provincial education department has asked the buildings department to renovate or reconstruct them without delay.... ‘Wrong surgeries, amputations in affected areas’ LAHORE, Oct 21: The government should constitute monitoring teams to observe whether minimum surgical and other treatment standards are being followed by all those national and international voluntary organizations, which have established their hospitals and medical camps in the quake-hit areas.... Tent cities in Fateh Jang, Chakwal LAHORE, Oct 21: Punjab will establish two tent cities in the province to shelter earthquake victims, Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi announced on Friday. He was speaking at a news conference after... PML leaders scuffle at press briefing GUJAR KHAN, Oct 21: A press conference of Pakistan Muslim League (PML) office-bearers at the Potohar Press Club here on Friday turned into a scuffle when a party leader, Raja Shaukat Aziz Bhatti, challenged his expulsion from the PML.... Report sought from CDA, cabinet div: LG polls in capital RAWALPINDI, Oct 21: The Lahore High Court (LHC), Rawalpindi Bench, has sought a complete report from Cabinet Division secretary and Capital Development Authority chairman for not holding local government elections in Islamabad.... More quakes cannot be ruled out: Met chief ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: Meteorologists said on Friday the Pakistani capital could be categorised as being at greater risk of earthquakes after the Oct 8 quake, but the government played down the concern, saying quakes cannot be forecast.... Al Arabiya to jointly launch telethon with Saudi TV RIYADH, Oct 21: The Saudi-owned Al Arabiya satellite news channel has announced that it will jointly launch with the Saudi Television a telethon on Saturday to raise funds for victims of the massive earthquake which hit Pakistan.... No donated tents sold ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: Investigations into allegations of sale of donated tents at the Race Course Park in Rawalpindi as reported in Dawn on October 17 (Donated tents being sold?), have revealed... Lining of watercourses in Sindh termed slow SUKKUR, Oct 21: The Secretary Agriculture, Sindh, Mr Nazar Hussain Mahar, has said that the Sindh National Programme for Improvement of Water Courses was the responsibility of the district government which... Officials asked to be ready for mega projects HYDERABAD, Oct 21: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has directed officials of various departments of the district government to prepare themselves for implementation of mega development projects in the district.... 3 juvenile prisoners released on bail LARKANA, Oct 21: Three juvenile prisoners, Zohaib, Raheel and Parvez, were released from the central prison on Friday on the basis of bail granted by the Sessions Court Larkana.... Fisherman dies as police clash with bandits THATTA, Oct 21: Ranjhan Mallah, a young fisherman was killed while two others, including an outlaw, sustained bullet wounds during an encounter between police and highwaymen on Mirpur Bathoro-Sujawal road near Dari Mori in early hours on Friday.... Doctors not being properly guided: ‘Suicides’ in quake-hit areas LAHORE, Oct 21: A plenty of medical resources, both human and material, are available in the quake-hit areas but they (doctors) are unable to perform to the optimum level owing to the lack of coordination.... Another three absolved of Mandi carnage GUJRANWALA, Oct 21: The Anti-Terrorism Court No 1 on Friday absolved another three accused of murder of eight Ahmadis in Mandi Bahauddin. While the physical remand of two other accused was extended till Oct 24.... People suffer owing to delay in SPs’ posting FAISALABAD, Oct 21: Police working is suffering and people are facing a great deal of hardship owing to delay in the posting of Saddar and Headquarters SPs.... Sheikhupura nazim’s first orders overruled SHEIKHUPURA, Oct 21: The maiden orders passed by District Nazim Sahibzada Jalil Ahmad Sharaqpuri on Friday were declared null and void by DCO Zafar Iqbal Sheikh.... Faisalabad hospitals offer free treatment FAISALABAD, Oct 21: State-run and private hospitals will provide free treatment to quake-hit people. This was decided in a meeting of the managements of hospitals and district administration presided over by nazim Rana Zahid Tauseef on Friday.... Only a theft, not dacoity: minister LAHORE, Oct 21: Jails Minister Saeed Akbar Niwani must be credited for the half-truth he spoke about the state of corruption in his ‘empire’.... Old laws to be reviewed, says Basharat LAHORE, Oct 21: “The Punjab government will soon set up a commission to update all its old laws,” claimed Law Minister Muhammad Basharat Raja here on Friday.... HRCP’s concern LAHORE, Oct 21: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has stressed the need for involving the civil administration and local population in the rehabilitation work of the quake-hit areas.... FIA arrest five with spurious drugs LAHORE, Oct 21: The Federal Investigation Agency, in collaboration with the federal drug inspectors, seized on Friday spurious medicines, including life-saving drugs, worth millions of rupees from three factories.... Quorum crisis LAHORE, Oct 21: A crisis hit the Punjab Assembly again on Friday when Samiullah Khan of the opposition pointed out the lack of quorum, and led his colleagues out of the house.... Governor apprised of exporters’ problems PESHAWAR, Oct 21: A 15-member delegation of industrialists comprising representatives of the Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry called on NWFP Governor Khalil-ur-Rehman here on Friday and requested him... Huge funds needed for building repairs MANSEHRA, Oct 21: Buildings of schools and health institutions and a major part of roads have been badly damaged across the Mansehra district and huge funds are needed for their repair.... Gas supply to Swabi in six months, says nazim SWABI, Oct 21: District Nazim Sharam Khan has pledged that gas will be provided to the area within six months. The district has been waiting for the supply of Sui gas... Three killed in accident KHAAR (Bajaur Agency), Oct 21: Three people were killed and four others injured in a collision between two motorcycles near Yousafabad, four kilometres from here on Thursday evening.... Two killed during robbery bid KHAIRPUR, Oct 21: Two people were killed during an incident of robbery and six villagers were kidnapped by relatives of the deceased to avenge the killings.... Bodies set up to distribute relief goods PESHAWAR, Oct 21: The federal government has directed district coordination officers of the quake-hit districts in the NWFP to form committees at the union council level for distribution of compensation among the affected families.... Former SSP leader released KHAIRPUR, Oct 21: Allama Ali Sher Hyderi, former chief patron of the banned Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan, was released from the Khairpur central jail on Friday evening. Allama Ali Sher Hyderi has been... Protest against police inaction SUKKUR, Oct 21: Relatives of Mohammad Bux, who was killed some five days back, in Samano Golo village in the Risaldar police station area, near Kandhkot, staged a protest demonstration outside the press club on Thursday.... Murder case 2 months after incident SAHIWAL, Oct 21: Chichawatni Saddar police registered on Thursday a murder case against a woman, her son and two brothers 58 days after the incident. Police registered the case on the orders of additional district and sessions judge.... Judge records statement in jail case GUJRANWALA, Oct 21: The police action in Sialkot jail on July 25, 2003, was not a rescue mission but a killing operation during which four civil judges died while several others injured.... Lab charges: clarification FAISALABAD, Oct 21: Referring to a news item published in Dawn’s Oct 10 issue under the headline, “Customs collect lab fund despite CBR ban”, the Customs House, Faisalabad, has clarified that... Beef from India LAHORE, Oct 21: The first consignment of four tons of beef from India reached here through Wagah on Friday. It will cost between Rs40 and Rs50 per kilogram whereas beef in the local market is being sold at Rs110 per kg....

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