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October 24, 2005 Monday Ramzan 19, 1426   Report hinting threat to Towers ignored: Construction standards ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: A report seven years ago had warned of imminent deterioration to the Margalla Towers if immediate maintenance work was not carried out to rectify visible defects in the structure.... 15,000 doses of anti-tetanus globulin arrive ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Pakistan has received over 15,000 doses of anti-tetanus globulin (ATG) required for injured patients who have already contracted tetanus infection.... Please Visit our Sponsor (Ads open in separate window) Parents search for missing children ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Child victims of the earthquake lying in the hospitals of the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi are a sad sight but distressed parents looking for their missing children among them present no less a painful sight.... Pakistani onions reach Amritsar NEW DELHI, Oct 23: A train carrying 30 tons of onions from Pakistan reached Amritsar on Saturday as India struggled to manage a sharp shortage of the commodity and its price rise, Indian news reports said on Sunday.... Civil Defence Deptt running out of steam RAWALPINDI, Oct 23: The Civil Defence authorities have urged the government to properly equip the department so that it could properly respond to any crisis.... Half of quake survivors still without aid: JI ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: A Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) leader from Sindh on Sunday said more than half of the earthquake survivors in Azad Kashmir had yet not received any aid.... Sikhs protest embezzlement of relief goods TAXILA, Oct 23: Sikhs from the quake-affected area of Mansehra district, presently housed in Gurdwara Punja Sahib, held a demonstration against the alleged misappropriation of relief goods by two persons posing as members of Sikh Gurdwara Parapandhak Committee.... China, Japan pledge more relief aid ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: World community and friendly countries, including China and Japan, have pledged more aid for the relief and rehabilitation of the affected people of earthquake in northern Pakistan and... Met office rules out big follow-up quake ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: More aftershocks are possible for another two to three weeks, but a major earthquake hitting Islamabad or some other parts of the country or the region is unlikely, said the Meteorological Office.... Last rites of man from Jammu performed MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 23: The last rites of a Kashmiri Hindu who had travelled by the trans-Kashmir bus and died in the Oct 8 earthquake were performed near here on Sunday, officials said.... 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.... Probation office upgraded PESHAWAR, Oct 23: The NWFP government has upgraded the office of Reclamation and Probation to the status of a directorate to be supervised by a director.... Speaker and deputy speaker end differences QUETTA, Oct 23: Speaker of Balochistan Assembly Jamal Shah Kakar and Deputy Speaker Mohammad Aslam Bhootani have ended their differences on the intervention of Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani “in the larger interest of the province and democracy”.... 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.... System being introduced in Islamabad: Disaster management ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: A disaster management system (DMS) is being introduced in Islamabad to cope with any October 8-like situation in future, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) chairman, Kamran Lashari, told Dawn on Sunday.... Services of 322 PR employees terminated ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: The management of Pakistan Railways (PR) terminated the services of its 322 employees in the last one year due to various reasons, including embezzlement of funds, an official document reveals.... Speakers for shunning differences in relief efforts ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Speakers at a programme held in connection with the death anniversary of Hazrat Ali vowed to show unity in helping quake-affected people irrespective of colour and religious beliefs.... Minister links Wadh attack to property dispute QUETTA, Oct 23: Balochistan Home Minister Mir Shoaib Nausherwani has said that the provincial government has ordered an impartial investigation into the Wadh incident and the rival groups should desist from confrontation till the submission of its report.... 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.... FC checkpoints to be set up in Gwadar QUETTA, Oct 23: The government has decided to deal strictly with the elements disturbing peace in Gwadar and to establish new checkpoints of the Frontier Corps to improve the situation.... Six people killed by bandits buried KHAIRPUR, Oct 23: Six people, killed after having been kidnapped by bandits, were laid to rest in three different villages amid strict security measures late on Saturday night.... Cleanliness drive from Oct 26 HYDERABAD, Oct 23: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has announced that a major cleanliness campaign would be launched in the district from October 26 to make Hyderabad a clean city before Eidul Fitr.... Murder case registered MIRPURKHAS, Oct 23: A murder case has been registered with Umerkot police on the complain of Kelash Kumar, son of the deceased Ram Lal.... AMC directed to continue operations ABBOTTABAD, Oct 23: NWFP health secretary Abdul Samad has directed the administration of the Ayub Medical Complex Hospital to take steps to run the hospital in a normal manner.... Gilgit jirga acts to defuse tension GILGIT, Oct 23: The grand peace jirga constituted to defuse tension and broker peace among feuding parties continued its deliberations on the second day in Chinarbagh.... Fire destroys polyester fibre unit HARIPUR, Oct 23: A fire broke out in a unit of Dewan Salman Fibre in the Hattar Industrial Estate here on Sunday afternoon, damaging machinery and reducing to ashes about 4000 bales of polyester fibre ready for export.... Shifting of cotton factory demanded NAWABSHAH, Oct 23: A large number of residents of Qazi Ahmed town took out a protest rally and demonstrated against a cotton factory on Sunday.... Three prisoners escape from hospital KHAIRPUR, Oct 23: Three under-trial prisoners fled from the Civil Hospital, in Khairpur, on Sunday evening. They have been identified as Fayaz Chandio, Suleman Kaleri and Khameso Sehto.... Ramazan bazaars offer high prices, low quality SIALKOT, Oct 23: District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Muhammad Aslam has expressed his grave concern over the rising prices and quality of daily-use items being sold at all the Ramazan bazaars established in four tehsils.... Urban areas of three dists to have patrol posts SIALKOT, Oct 23: The Punjab government will establish three each police patrol posts in urban areas of Sialkot, Gujrat and Gujranwala. While 31 more patrol posts will soon be established in... Prayer leaders say no to population dept drive GUJRANWALA, Oct 23: Prayer leaders in remote areas have rejected the honorarium offer for the promotion of population welfare programme on loudspeakers in mosques.... One killed in clash over houbara hunting DERA GHAZI KHAN, Oct 23: Tension over houbara hunting in Jampur took a bloody turn on Monday when an employee of a bird conservation group was killed allegedly by a group of hunters in an armed clash.... Toba nazim donates one-year salary TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 23: District Nazim Chaudhry Abdul Sattar has announced donation of his one-year salary to the President’s Relief Fund.... House robbery NAROWAL, Oct 23: Four dacoits looted cash and gold ornaments from a house at gunpoint at Veram village of Shakargarh tehsil on Saturday night.... Sheikhupura nazim joins relief steps SHEIKHUPURA, Oct 23: District Nazim Mian Jalil Ahmad Sharqpuri on Sunday launched a campaign to collect relief goods, including blanket, quilts, tents and cash, from citizens for earthquake-hit people.... Another case of ‘honour killing’ GUJRANWALA, Oct 23: A man killed his sister-in-law when she allegedly refused to develop illicit relations with him at Mandiala Tega Wahadno on Sunday.... Galloping rise in crime against property LAHORE, Oct 23: Robbers have plundered property worth around Rs1.34 billion in the city in the first nine months of the current year. Of all the crimes against property, the incidents... Railways future bleak, warns minister LAHORE, Oct 23: The Pakistan Railways had a revenue shortfall of over one billion rupees during the first quarter of the current fiscal, says Minister of State for Railways Ishaq Khan Khakwani.... Private firm causes Rs18m loss LAHORE, Oct 23: A private company caused a loss of over Rs18 million to the Pakistan Railway from July 1998 to June 2005 and the amount has yet to be recovered from it, it is learnt.... Affected students need not worry LAHORE, Oct 23: All university students affected by the quake can get admission to public sector universities in Punjab. Governor Khalid Maqbool made the offer while speaking at TV programme here on Sunday.... Inspector dismissed LAHORE, Oct 23: City police chief DIG Tariq Saleem on Sunday dismissed inspector Ali Imran Niazi from service on charges of his ignominious conduct and involvement in criminal activities.... Opposition MPs likely to meet speaker today LAHORE, Oct 23: A two-member delegation of the opposition is expected to call on Punjab Assembly Speaker Afzal Sahi on Monday (today) to discuss irritants which have created a gulf between... ‘System to detect bird flu virus not in place’ PESHAWAR, Oct 23: Pakistan, like many other Asian countries facing the threat of bird flu, lacks strategy and resources to respond on an emergency basis if a pandemic is triggered, a World Health Organization official said here on Saturday.... Cultural complex set up in Chitral MARDAN, Oct 23: The Greek Teachers Association (GTA) has constructed a cultural complex in Kalash valley in Chitral. The centre comprises a health centre, a museum and an educational centre.... Afghan detained at airport PESHAWAR, Oct 23: The immigration authorities at the Peshawar airport on Saturday arrested an Afghan national who had travelled to Saudi Arabia on a Pakistani passport a few years ago and returned with an Afghan passport, said a senior official.... 29 schemes for Mardan approved MARDAN, Oct 23: The District Development Committee (DDC) of Mardan has approved 29 development schemes under the Tameer Sarhad Programme (TSP) worth Rs11.39 million from the funds of MPAs Naeema Kishwar and Tajul Amin Jabbal.... Govt urged to ensure quality construction SWABI, Oct 23: Experts on Sunday called upon the government to ensure quality in construction of buildings to avert Oct 8 earthquake-like devastation in future.... APTPMA’s contribution FAISALABAD, Oct 23: All Pakistan Textile Processing Mills Association (APTPMA) deposited a sum of Rs4 million in the President Relief Fund besides providing several trucks of relief goods for the earthquake victims.... Five perish in accidents SHEIKHUPURA, Oct 23: Five people were killed while another suffered injuries in separate incidents in the city on Sunday. Near Kala Shah Kaku, one Ayub and his daughter Sidra were killed when a truck hit their two-wheeler....

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