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Billions of dollars needed, says Musharraf
RAWALPINDI, Oct 28: President General Pervez Musharraf said on Friday that reconstruction cost in the earthquake-ravaged areas would run into several billion dollars, given the damage done to all kinds of infrastructure, buildings and houses....
APC move suffers setback
LAHORE, Oct 28: The Pakistan Muslim League’s initiative to call an all-party conference with President Pervez Musharraf playing the lead role received a setback on Friday when Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal chief Qazi...
Aziz vows judicious use of relief aid
ISLAMABAD, Oct 28: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has expressed satisfaction over the pace of foreign and domestic humanitarian assistance pouring in for earthquake victims and pledged its judicious utilization....
Alai people reject evacuation proposal
PESHAWAR, Oct 28: The authorities have cancelled plans to evacuate people from the earthquake-hit Alai tehsil in Battagram district and transport them to other places following their refusal to leave their ancestral abodes, senior officials said on Friday....
It’s now or never, says UN: $250m needed immediately
MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 28: Earthquake relief efforts will have to be scaled back putting tens of thousands of lives at risk unless donors give another $250 million immediately, the United Nations said on Friday....
Business groups pledge Rs8.4bn for relief
ISLAMABAD, Oct 28: The Cabinet Committee on Fund Raising from Business Community for Earthquake Relief has mobilized Rs8.4 billion from 239 business groups while the remaining groups contacted by the committee...
Relaxation of N-restrictions on Pakistan, India, Israel sought
WASHINGTON, Oct 28: The United States should modify its non-proliferation laws in a way that allows all three non-NPT nuclear states – India, Pakistan and Israel – to receive nuclear cooperation from Washington, says a senior American expert....
Indian team arrives for LoC talks
ISLAMABAD, Oct 28: Senior officials of Pakistan, India and two Kashmirs will meet here on Saturday to discuss the opening of the Line of Control to facilitate two-way movement of Kashmiris across the divide....
Processions disrupt KKH traffic
GILGIT, Oct 28: Traffic was suspended for almost four hours between Gilgit and Hunza when hundreds of activists took out Al Quds Day processions from different points on the Karakoram Highway on Friday....
Kashmiris want LOC to disappear: Mirwaiz
NEW DELHI, Oct 28: Thousands of Kashmiris massed at a special congregation in Srinagar on Friday and called for the removal of the Line of Control....
Pakistan consulate official held
NEW YORK, Oct 28: The US law enforcement authorities arrested an officer of the Pakistan Consulate in New York on Thursday over his legal resident status in the United States, a Pakistani official said....
Plamegate: Cheney aide indicted
WASHINGTON, Oct 28: US Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, Lewis Libby, was indicted on Friday for obstruction of justice, perjury and making false statements after a two-year investigation into the leak of a covert CIA operative’s identity....
Nato airlifts aid
ANKARA, Oct 28: Nato airplanes have transported about 450 tons of aid from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to Pakistan from a military base in Turkey following the Oct 8 earthquake, the UN agency said here on Friday..—AFP...
Earthquake destroys LHWs network
ISLAMABAD, Oct 28: The October 8 massive earthquake has completely destroyed the network of the lady health workers (LHWs), both in Azad Kashmir and northern NWFP, a meeting of the National Disaster Management Committee was informed here on Friday....
MMA opposes Nato, US forces for quake relief
ISLAMABAD, Oct 28: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on Friday came out openly in the National Assembly against any Nato or US military role in earthquake relief or reconstruction in Pakistan as...
Slow pace of relief work demoralizes survivors
ABBOTTABAD, Oct 28: Due to slow pace of relief work, survivors have started expressing fears that their children will not be able to cope with the worsening situation in the devastated areas....
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ISLAMABAD, Oct 28: The World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday said the Oct 8 earthquake was much graver than reported earlier as, according to an assessment it carried out in collaboration with Unicef and Oxfam, some 2.3...
