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School building job given to army ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: The government has decided to involve army in construction of school buildings in all the four provinces instead of assigning the task to the Pakistan Public Works Department (PWD)....		Initiative to design quake-proof structures WASHINGTON, Oct 27: Several US and Middle East-based Pakistani professionals have joined hands to launch an initiative for conceptualizing cost-effective, indigenous and community-friendly quake-resistant community centres in northern areas of Pakistan....
Quake phobia haunts victims ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: Most of the quake injured admitted in the various relief medical camps are unwilling to go back to their areas despite being discharged from the hospitals....		Disaster body told patient not suffering from CCHF ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: The National Disaster Management Committee was told here on Thursday that a patient evacuated from Bagh (AJK) by a WHO team on suspicion of Congo Crimean Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) was not suffering from the deadly disease....
Coordination among relief agencies urged ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: Initial feedback of the relief operation so far has revealed inequitable distribution of aid and overlapping of roles because of lack of coordination between relief agencies working on the ground....		Many more organizations bring in relief goods ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: The UAE Boy Scouts Association has donated 20 tons of relief goods to earthquake affected people in Pakistan. These include tents, blankets, warm clothes, dates and other food supplies....
Govt urged to treat victims with respect PESHAWAR, Oct 27: Psychiatrists have urged the government to provide quake survivors relief in a manner that does not hurt their pride and dignity way in order to save them from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)....		2,800 beds vacant in hospitals for victims: Local patients suffer LAHORE, Oct 27: Almost 2,800 beds in five teaching hospitals in the city, reserved for quake victims, have been lying un-occupied for the last two weeks at the cost of local patients’ right to indoor treatment....
SC orders SCBA polls on 31st ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) to elect its new office-bearers on October 31 polls after holding association’s annual general meeting positively by Saturday next....		Alleged London suicide bomber laid to rest FAISALABAD, Oct 27: Shahzad Tanveer, the alleged mastermind and one of the suicide bombers of London blasts, was buried in Chak 477 GB (Kotan) in Samundri, about 45 kilometres from here, on Thursday....
‘War of words’ in Punjab Assembly LAHORE, Oct 27: The Punjab Assembly could take up only six written queries during the Question Hour on Thursday as the house witnessed a lengthy argument between law and local bodies...		Raja, Rana stoop to each other’s level LAHORE, Oct 27: Law Minister Raja Basharat and PML-N leader Rana Sanaullah Khan, both respected by many young legislators on account of their competence and performance in the Punjab Assembly, tarnished...
Unconditional opening of LoC urged ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: Chairman Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Yasin Malik and leader of the opposition in the AJK Legislative Assembly Barrister Sultan mahmood Chaudhry here on Thursday called for unconditional...		Kashmiris observe black day RAWALPINDI, Oct 27: Kashmiris on Thursday observed black day by arranging rallies and sit-ins to protest against India’s military occupation of Jammu and Kashmir on October 27, 1947....
Armyman among three kidnapped in N.Waziristan KOHAT, October 27: It now confirmed that three people, including an army personnel were kidnapped while they were on way from Thall to North Waziristan Agency on Thursday....		IFRC seeks long-term cash contribution ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on Thursday called for long-term and un- earmarked cash contributions aimed at giving a flexible and effective response to the recent devastating earthquake in Pakistan....
Single SBP account for quake funds demanded ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: The People’s Party Parliamentarians has demanded that the government should open a single consolidated account in the State Bank of Pakistan for funds being collected for the earthquake-affected people....		Call to cut Eid holidays in wake of relief operation ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: The aid workers and the general public have criticized the long Eid holidays announced by the government, saying it would affect the relief operation on which lives of countless number of quake survivors were depending....
Relief stamp sheet project launched ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: The postal department on Thursday launched a relief stamp sheet project aimed at contributing Rs45 million to the President’s Earthquake Relief Fund....		Prof Salma’s death condoled ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: Chairman Senate, Muhammadmian Soomro has expressed his deep grief and sorrow over the sad demise of Professor Umme Salma Zaman. She was a renowned educationist, author of several books and founder principal of Sir Syed Girls College, Karachi....
Reserve police control Wadh, assembly told QUETTA, Oct 27: Armed men in Wadh have withdrawn to the positions held by them before the Oct 18 incident, Balochistan Reserve Police have taken control of the area and those...		China outlines programme for quake victims MOSCOW, Oct 27: Describing relations between Pakistan and China as “all-weather friendship”, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Thursday outlined a five-point programme to rescue and provide relief to the victims of Oct 8 earthquake....
Karachi nazim apprises AJK leaders of relief efforts KARACHI, Oct 27: Karachi Nazim Mustafa Kamal, during his recent visit to Islamabad and Muzaffarabad with naib nazim candidate Nasreen Jalil, apprised AJK President Sardar Mohammed Anwar and Prime Minister Sardar...		Saudi Arabia pledges all-out support ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: A high-power Saudi delegation comprising president of the Saudi Red Crescent Society Dr Saleh Al Twaijri and Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan Ali Awadh Aserri on Thursday called on...
Canal breach NAWABSHAH, Oct 27: A twenty feet wide breach occured in Malwah Shakh near village Mitha Khan Jokhio, Daulatpur town on late Wednesday night. The floodwater gushing out from the breach inundated villages and a huge cultivated area....		Girl seeks justice, appeals to president and PM SANGLA HILL, Oct 27: A girl who was assaulted by a nazim has appealed to the president and prime minister for justice. Union Nazim of UC-22 Hafiz Mohammad Naeem assaulted a girl, Farzana....
Tribesmen pledge to stop growing poppy LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Oct 27: Tribal elders of Bazaar-Zakhakhel in Landi Kotal tehsil have agreed to abandon poppy cultivation in their areas on a condition that they get electricity supply....		New mortgage rules land traders in jeopardy TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 27: Scores of small businessmen have expressed their concern over a ‘strange order’ issued by the district officer (revenue) with powers as district registrar in which he...
119 trucks sent to affected areas LAHORE, Oct 27: Punjab communications and works minister Chaudhry Zaheeruddin said on Thursday another 119 truckloads of relief goods had been sent to the affected areas, raising the total number to 5,080....		51 delinquents to be released soon GUJRANWALA, Oct 27: Additional Sessions Judge Wamiq Javed on Thursday paid a visit to the central jail and ordered release of 51 accused involved in minor cases....
‘WB loan be converted into quake aid’ LAHORE, Oct 27: The Labour Party has condemned the World Bank for announcing a loan instead of aid for quake victims....		700 health officials denied salaries SADIQABAD, Oct 27: As many as 700 paramedical staffers have been facing a crunch time just ahead of Eid, as they have not been paid their salaries for the last two months....
PU registers society under companies ord LAHORE, Oct 27: The Punjab University has registered its new housing society under the Companies Ordinance of 1984 instead of the cooperative law in order to, what its officials say, maintain full control over the society’s affairs....		First phase of livestock census in 21 districts LAHORE, Oct 27: The first phase field operation (enumeration) of the Livestock Census 2006 in 21 districts of the country is likely to be completed by Oct 30, it is learnt....
Private party to develop greenbelts around Fort LAHORE, Oct 27: The Punjab government has decided to get green belts around the Lahore Fort developed by a private party in view of the civic agencies’ alleged failure to do the job....		US mission conducting rice survey LARKANA, Oct 27: The embassy of the United States in Pakistan has undertaken a survey of the rice crop in the country through the International Food Support Programme....
Two teachers suspended: Kidnapping of girl student NAWABSHAH, Oct 27: The executive district officer (education) on the directives of District Nazim Faryal Talpur has suspended two primary school-teachers nominated in an FIR for kidnapping a Hindu girl in Sakrand town....		400 LBOD tube-wells out of order SANGHAR, Oct 27: Some 624 tube-wells installed under the Left Bank Outfall Drain project have miserably failed to bring down the water table in the district....
Demand for enforcement of language act KHAIRPUR, Oct 27: Activists of the Sindh National Front took out a procession from the Mariam Toap chowk in protest against withdrawal by the Sindh governor of an order about teaching of Sindhi language in intermediate classes....		Eye-care programme for Fata urged PESHAWAR, Oct 27: Stressing the need for consolidating eye-care services to the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (Fata), NWFP Governor Khalilur Rehman has asked the authorities concerned to form a committee to...
Fund diversion hits thalassaemia patients PESAHWAR, Oct 27: Diversion of donations to quake-hit people has adversely affected poor thalassaemic children as its treatment through blood transfusion is expensive....		Overseas job racket: two arrested PESHAWAR, Oct 27: The passport cell of the Federal Investigation Agency on Thursday arrested two agents of an overseas employment agency and recovered 20 people whose travel documents were being prepared in the city, official sources told Dawn....
Army sets up 30 more tent villages PESHAWAR, Oct 27: The army has set up another 30 tent villages, raising the number to 61, in the quake-hit districts to provide relief to survivors....		Deployment of foreign troops criticized PESHAWAR, Oct 27: Provincial secretary-general of the Jamaat-i-Islami, Mushtaq Ahmad Khan, has stressed the need for coordinated efforts to expedite relief work in the quake-hit areas....
Nasim promised legal aid BAHAWALPUR, Oct 27: The federal women development ministry has assured Nasim Mai of free medical treatment and legal aid to prosecute her husband Sadiq Bhatti for cutting her leg....		Five police officials granted bail GUJRANWALA, Oct 27: The Lahore High Court on Thursday granted bail to five Elite Force men allegedly involved in escape of former SHO Inspector Zulfikar Virk from anti-terrorism court....
Policeman deprived of his motorcycle GUJRAT, Oct 27: Dacoits injured a police constable and took away two motorcycles in as many incidents in and around the city on Wednesday night. Constable Bashir Ahmad was on his...		Parents appeal for release of sons detained in India MITHI, Oct 27: Members of the Kolhi community of Nagarparkar taluka, whose villages are situated near the India-Pakistan border, have appealed to the government to move the Indian government to return...
Over 3,100 to receive Eidi in Swabi SWABI, Oct 27: The district zakat department will give Rs500 each to 3,122 poverty-stricken people in 55 union councils of Swabi district before Eidul Fitr. There are 189 district committees in Swabi....		Protest against project delay CHITRAL, Oct 27: Expressing anguish over delay in commencement of work on the Atahk irrigation channel, residents of Mulkhow tehsil of upper Chitral gave a deadline of November 15 to the...