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October 23, 2005 Sunday Ramzan 18, 1426   SC orders temporary housing for residents: Margalla Towers death toll rises to 73 ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to provide temporary accommodation of equal status to 140 displaced residents of the Margalla Towers.... More planes arrive with relief goods ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: World community continued to send emergency relief assistance for quake victims with more planes landed at the Chaklala Airbase carrying relief goods on Saturday.... Please Visit our Sponsor (Ads open in separate window) Shifting of injured abroad ruled out ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: Pakistan on Saturday turned down requests to shift abroad those injured in the October 8 earthquake, saying the country has adequate medical facilities to treat all the victims.... Restore power to vital utilities, says Jatoi ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: Federal Minister for Water and Power Liaquat Ali Jatoi has directed the electricity supply companies of Islamabad and Peshawar to immediately restore power to hospitals, banks, markets, basic health centres and schools in the earthquake-affected areas.... S. African charity brings aid, idea for quake victims ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: A swift-moving South African charity has brought much-needed medical and other aid for Pakistan’s earthquake victims, and an idea — wooden houses to replace the destroyed stone and... Govt asked to compensate quake victims before Eid ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: The Cabinet Committee on Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation on Saturday asked the governments of Azad Kashmir and NWFP to collect data of quake dead and injured to pay... Kashmiri leader seeks more aid MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 22: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Yasin Malik on Saturday made an appeal to the international community to provide generous aid for the speedy rehabilitation of quake victims in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.... Ministers asked to spare helicopters ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has asked ministers to use land routes for travelling to quake-affected areas and spare helicopters engaged in the relief operation.... Rights group accuses officials of storing tents ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: A US human rights group on Saturday joined a blame game over aid distribution in Azad Kashmir, accusing officials of storing tents intended for distribution among survivors of the earthquake.... Jirga discusses efforts GILGIT, Oct 22: With a gradual improvement in law and order situation in the violence-stricken city, curfew was relaxed from 8am to 3pm on Saturday as a jirga deliberated on peace efforts.... Survey to assess damage PESHAWAR, Oct 22: The NWFP government in collaboration with Pakistan Army has started survey of the quake-affected districts to assess actual damage caused to life and property, their proper rehabilitation and payment of compensation to the heirs of the victims.... Victims face difficulty in getting relief BATTAGRAM, Oct 22: Quake survivors have to walk several kilometres from their largely isolated villages in Battagram district and wait for hours just to receive a blanket, a cotton-mattress and other... 10,000 NWFP survivors settled in tents PESHAWAR, Oct 22: More tent villages have been set up in quake-hit districts of the NWFP as victims continue to arrive in towns from their devastated hamlets in mountains.... ‘Govt failed to streamline relief work’ PESHAWAR, Oct 22: The People’s Party Parliamentarians on Saturday rebutted the government’s claim of running relief and rescue operations in remote villages of Abbottabad, Mansehra, Battagram and Kohistan districts, where, it... 4,475 truckloads sent by Punjab LAHORE, Oct 22: As many as 4,475 truckloads have been sent to the earthquake-hit areas from different parts of the Punjab, while 7,000 victims have been treated in makeshift hospitals, 5,000 at their homes and 4,367 are still under treatment.... Three-day a week NA session unjustified ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) MNA from Lahore Ch Aitzaz Ahsan has sent a letter to the National Assembly Speaker Ch Amir Hussain lodging protest over the “manners in which sittings of the House are being convened and adjourned.”... Attack on Ponam chief’s house criticized QUETTA, Oct 22: Leaders of the Pakistan Oppressed Nations’ Movement (Ponam) have condemned the attack on the house of Ponam chief Sardar Ataullah Mengal and dubbed it an attempt to involve prominent political personalities in tribal rivalries.... SHC directs review of fresh water sanction HYDERABAD, Oct 22: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, on Friday directed the Sindh irrigation secretary, Sukkur barrage’s chief irrigation engineer, Nara canal superintending engineer and Mithrao... Two kidnapped in Mardan MARDAN, Oct 22: A bank official and a villager were kidnapped in different parts of Mardan district on Saturday. Bacha Khan, an official of the Muslim Commercial Bank, was whisked away at gunpoint from the Takhtbhai tehsil.... ANP condemns attack on Mengal’s house PESHAWAR, Oct 22: President Awami National Party Asfandyar Wali Khan has expressed concern over armed attack on the house of former chief minister of Balochistan Sardar Attaullah Khan Mengal and demanded... Arrest of villagers condemned KHAIRPUR, Oct 22: Former District Nazim Nafisa Shah has said that the Kotdiji police arrested 25 villagers in a raid on Malheer Paato village on Friday morning and took away goats, tractors and motorbikes.... Goods train derails near Rohri SUKKUR, Oct 22: Five bogies of a goods train derailed near Rohri on Saturday evening at 7pm. The train was going to Lahore from Karachi.... Release of imported wheat allowed MULTAN, Oct 22: Federal Agriculture Ministry’s department of plant protection has issued release orders of a consignment of imported wheat after its inspection carried out under ‘special circumstances’ at outer anchorage of the Karachi port.... Lack of facilities hamper treatment FAISALABAD, Oct 22: There are a number of areas in Azad Kashmir where no relief and rescue team has reached. This was stated by the head of a 12-member medical team,... Differences in Bahawalpur Ittehad over naib nazims BAHAWALPUR, Oct 22: Differences have surfaced within the ranks of the Bahawalpur Ittehad, a PML-supported alliance, over the nomination of candidates for the slots of naib nazims.... Robbers target 15 houses in a night NAROWAL, Oct 22: Seven armed bandits looted fifteen houses in Kakeke village on Friday night. Reports said the bandits entered the houses one by one by scaling their walls and looted... Plea to abolish entry test MULTAN, Oct 22: Nishtar Medical College and Hospital principal executive officer (PEO) Prof Dr Shabbir Ahmad Nasir has said there is no need to continue the entry test for admission to medical colleges.... Sialkot case: other eyewitnesses summoned GUJRANWALA, Oct 22: The Anti-Terrorism Court No 1 continued hearing of the Sialkot jail case while the defence counsel completed cross-questioning on the statement of district and sessions judge Chaudhry Zafar Husain here on Saturday.... Quake victim succumbs to injuries GUJRANWALA, Oct 22: An earthquake victim, who was shifted to the Combined Military Hospital from Muzaffarabad one week ago, succumbed to her injuries on Saturday.... Mai, Asma leave for US LAHORE, Oct 22: Meerwala gang-rape victim Mukhtaran Mai left for the US on Saturday. She was invited by a New York-based magazine to receive the “Glamour Women of the Year Award”... Faulty meter SAHIWAL, Oct 22: Judicial magistrate Amjad Saleem on Saturday conducted a raid at a petrol pump on Sahiwal-Arifwala Road and found the meter faulty. Its owner Muhammad Ashfaq was arrested as... Consumer courts in 11 dists from Nov 1 LAHORE, Oct 22: The chief minister has approved the creation of consumer courts initially in 11 districts on Nov 1, according to senior government officers. Courts are required to be established... WPC to establish Punjabi university on its own LAHORE, Oct 22: In view of the lukewarm response from the Punjab government, the World Punjabi Congress has now decided to establish a Punjabi university in Lahore by March next year on its own.... Every second shopkeeper overcharging LAHORE, Oct 22: Every second shopkeeper checked by the town municipal administrations on Saturday for monitoring of prices of essential commodities was found overcharging....

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