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World failed to grasp scale of disaster: UN
MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 23: The international community failed to grasp the scale of the South Asian earthquake and more than two weeks after the disaster, the response is still not enough, a UN relief official said on Sunday....
OIC, IDB offer full support: $251 million pledged
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: The Organization of Islamic Conference and Islamic Development Bank (IDB) have assured to fully support Pakistan in its efforts for reconstruction and rehabilitation in the aftermath of the October 8 earthquake....
Long-term US help pledged: More helicopters on way: Abizaid
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Commander-in-Chief of the US Central Command General John Abizaid on Monday assured Pakistan his country’s long-term help in recovering from the devastation caused by the Oct 8 earthquake....
Nigerian plane with 117 aboard crashes
LISSA (Nigeria), Oct 23: A Nigerian airliner with 117 people aboard crashed and disintegrated in flames shortly after take-off from Lagos and there was no sign of survivors, officials and the Nigerian Red Cross said on Sunday....
Five killed in Afghan quake
KABUL, Oct 23: An earthquake shook eastern Afghanistan near the border of Pakistan on Sunday, with initial reports saying at least five people were killed and six hurt, the defence ministry said....
Islamabad, Peshawar rocked again
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Strong aftershocks measuring 5.9 at Richter scale were felt in Islamabad and Peshawar at 8.05pm on Sunday. According to the Met office, the epicentre of tremors was about 100km north of here.—APP...
Zawahri urges aid for quake victims
DUBAI, Oct 23: Al Qaeda’s second in command, Ayman al-Zawahri, urged Muslims in a video broadcast on Sunday to help Pakistan’s earthquake victims even though its government was an “agent” of the US....
PM to visit Russia on 26th: SCO summit
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will make a short trip to Russia this week to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) Summit for heads of the governments....
US wants sanctions on Syria
WASHINGTON, Oct 23: The US will ask the UN Security Council on Tuesday to urge Syria to hand over suspects in the Hariri assassination investigation, officials in Washington told reporters....
Over $32m collected in Saudi telethon
RIYADH, Oct 23: More than $32.2 million were collected in Saudi Arabia until early Sunday after the kingdom launched a drive to collect donations for earthquake victims in Pakistan under the directives of King Abdullah....
Mukhtaran in US, plans quake fund campaign
NEW YORK, Oct 23: One of Pakistan’s famous citizens, Mukhtaran Mai, arrived in Chicago on Saturday night ahead of her New York visit to receive Glamour magazine’s “Woman of the Year” award....
Sindh MPA’s husband shot dead on highway
HYDERABAD, Oct 23: The husband of Asma Sherani, Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s MPA from Karachi, was shot dead by officials of the Anti-Car Lifting Cell, on the Super Highway early on Sunday morning....
Uneasy calm in Birmingham
LONDON, Oct 23: An uneasy calm hung on Sunday over a Birmingham neighbourhood where a night of rioting triggered by rumours that a teenager had been sexually assaulted left one man fatally stabbed....
Judge resigns
QUETTA, Oct 23: Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Mohammad Shaukat Rakshani has resigned from his post because of personal reasons. The judge submitted his resignation to the Balochistan High Court chief justice on Saturday....
Schools to open in tents next week, says Aziz
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday announced that schools in earthquake-affected areas would start functioning from next week....
Soldiers battle nature to reach survivors
NEELUM VALLEY, Oct 23: A huge chunk of the mountain ridge plummets to the angry Neelum river valley below as six battalions of the army’s engineering unit battle nature to reach the desperate earthquake survivors....
House hit by grenade, FC post by rockets
QUETTA, Oct 23: A hand grenade was hurled on the house of a retired government officer on the Gulberg street near Zarghoon Road on Sunday night. No causality was reported....
Seismographic network
BEIJING, Oct 23: China is willing to help Pakistan in the field of seismology including monitoring and handling of earthquake disaster, said Chen Jianmin, a senior official of China Earthquake Administration....
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ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: The Organization of Islamic Conference and Islamic Development Bank (IDB) have assured to fully support Pakistan in its efforts for reconstruction and rehabilitation in the aftermath of the October 8 earthquake....
NEW YORK, Oct 23: One of Pakistan’s famous citizens, Mukhtaran Mai, arrived in Chicago on Saturday night ahead of her New York visit to receive Glamour magazine’s “Woman of the Year” award....
