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Villagers asked to leave mountains: Aziz visits Alai, Mansehra
ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday asked people living in mountainous regions of quake-affected areas to descend to the valleys as aftershocks continued to rattle Alai and adjoining places in Battagram district....
Govt criticized for accepting Nato forces
ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: Opposition legislators in the National Assembly on Tuesday criticized the government for allowing North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) forces to take part in relief and rehabilitation activities in...
$12bn plan for reconstruction
ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: The government is working on a $10-12 billion reconstruction plan for the quake-stricken regions of Azad Kashmir and the NWFP. Official sources told Dawn on Tuesday that the...
Compensation to be paid from today
MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 25: Distribution of compensation among victims of the Oct 8 earthquake will begin in Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, AJK Chief Secretary Kashif Murtaza has said....
‘F-16 deal may be delayed’
WASHINGTON, Oct 25: Pakistan may delay a deal to buy F-16 fighters jets from the US because of the devastating earthquake that killed more than 50,000 people, Ambassador Jehangir Karamat told Dawn on Tuesday....
Quake: Oxfam criticizes rich for slow response
GENEVA, Oct 26: Aid agency Oxfam on Wednesday criticised western governments for giving too little too late to quake-stricken Pakistan as donor countries prepared to meet at the United Nations in Geneva to rally rescue efforts....
Unicef move to protect quake-hit children
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 25: Expressing extreme concern over the plight of children affected by the devastating earthquake in Pakistan, Executive Director of UN Childerns fund (Unicef) Anne Veneman said on Monday...
Afghan team expected after Eid
LAHORE, Oct 25: A four-member Afghan delegation is likely to visit Pakistan after Eid to explore the possibility of establishing a rail link between Kandahar and Chaman, it is learnt....
Kashmiri leaders want to cross LoC
SRINAGAR, Oct 25: Police on Tuesday detained a Kashmiri leader after he set out to cross LoC to help quake victims in Pakistan. Nayeem Khan and 15 of his supporters were...
Quetta area hit by rocket
QUETTA, Oct 25: The cantonment area was rocked on Tuesday night when a rocket landed in the residential area near Chiltan Market with a big bang....
79 per cent Iraqis vote in favour of constitution
BAGHDAD, Oct 25: Iraqi voters ratified a new US-backed constitution despite bitter opposition in Sunni areas, results showed on Tuesday. Iraq’s electoral commission, giving final results from the Oct 15 referendum,...
Geologists rule out volcanic eruption
PESHAWAR, Oct 25: A team of geologists which visited Alai in the Battagram district have declared part of the mountainous range as a high risk-zone, but ruled out possibility of any volcanic activity in the area....
India started proliferation in region: FO
ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: Pakistan on Tuesday hit back at India on the nuclear proliferation issue saying it was the latter that had started it in the region....
Talks with India on gas project to continue: Iran
TEHRAN, Oct 25: Iran said on Tuesday that India’s vote in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) criticising its nuclear activities would not affect talks on a major gas project, the oil ministry news agency Shana reported....
Pakistani convicted in money transfer case
SAN FRANCIASCO, Oct 25: A federal jury in Greenbelt, Maryland, has convicted Mohammad Bajwa, a Pakistani-American, on charges connected to $6 million he helped people transfer to Pakistan and other countries....
Call to make UN rights council a real form of dialogue
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 25: Pakistan on Tuesday stressed that “all civilizations and faiths need to be represented” in the new human rights council so it can be a real forum for dialogue....
Bomb material found at San Diego airport
WASHINGTON, Oct 25: Baggage screeners found bomb components in a carry-on piece of luggage at San Diego International Airport on Tuesday and cleared the area to investigate, Department of Homeland Security spokesmen said....
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ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday asked people living in mountainous regions of quake-affected areas to descend to the valleys as aftershocks continued to rattle Alai and adjoining places in Battagram district....
