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SC wants building rules rewritten: Margalla Towers tragedy ISLAMABAD, Oct 28: The Supreme Court on Friday stressed that building regulations be rewritten introducing earthquake codes and directed the Islamabad police to take all steps, including extradition, to arrest builders of the ill-fated Margalla Towers....		Construction of highrise stopped in Pindi RAWALPINDI, Oct 28: The city administration has stopped construction of highrise buildings. Steps have been taken to stop construction of multi-storey buildings and commercial plazas in the city on the instructions...
Most affected areas accessed: ISPR RAWALPINDI, Oct 28: Nearly all the earthquake-hit villages in Azad Kashmir and the NWFP have been accessed and help has reached there as the relief and rescue operation continues to gather...		Bugti foresees army action QUETTA, Oct 28: Jamhoori Watan Party chief Nawab Akbar Bugti has accused the government of planning a massive military operation in Marri, Bugti and Makran areas....
Hashmi seeks return of Benazir, Nawaz ISLAMABAD, Oct 28: Jailed president of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) Makhdoom Javed Hashmi has urged two former prime ministers, Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, to return to...		British MP asks world to do more for quake victims ISLAMABAD, Oct 28: Member of the British parliament Lord Nazir Ahmed has said the international community needs to do much more to avoid another wave of human catastrophe in the quake-hit areas of Pakistan and Azad Kashmir....
Balochistan offers seats in varsities to Kashmiris QUETTA, October 28: Balochistan Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani has offered students of quake-hit Azad Kashmir admissions to universities in Balochistan....		Four boys missing as boat capsizes PESHAWAR, Oct 28: Four school students are feared dead as a medium-size boat capsized in River Kabul near Mechni on Friday, according to residents of the area....
Plan to set up tent city in Mansehra LAHORE, Oct 28: The City District Government Lahore will set up a tent city near the field hospital set up by it in Mansehra in collaboration with the Pakistan Medical Association to provide residence to the patients after treatment....		1,000 teachers for quake-hit areas LAHORE, Oct 28: The Punjab education department will provide 1,000 teachers for the restoration of educational activities in the earthquake affected areas of Azad Kashmir besides dispatching 50,000 packets of academic material to the students....
SHO, two others booked in rape case QUETTA Oct 28: On the directives of the sessions judge of Nasirabad, the Mirhasan police station has registered an FIR against its own SHO and two others in a rape case....		Armyman not kidnapped, says ISPR RAWALPINDI, Oct 28: A spokesman of the ISPR has contradicted a news item appearing in a section of the press regarding kidnapping of three persons, including an armyman, when they were on their way from Thall to North Waziristan Agency....
Emergency landing ISLAMABAD, Oct 28: Pakistan International Airlines flight PK-718 flying from Manchester to Islamabad made an emergency landing at Baku, Azerbaijan to provide emergency medical assistance to one of the passengers....		Closure of ten schools feared in Khairpur KHAIRPUR, Oct 28: Follo-wing the killing of six people by a gang of bandits, teachers of 10 primary schools (boys and girls) have not been doing their duty for the last four days....
Two Jhelum tributaries dammed by landslide A MASSIVE landslide caused by the October 8 earthquake has completely blocked two tributaries of the Jhelum river as it enters Azad Jammu and Kashmir from the Indian side and this...		Incidents of robbery on the rise SUKKUR, Oct 28: Incidents of robbery, motorcycle theft and looting of passenger buses have become a daily routine, making the National Highway insecure....
Delegation visits kidnapped girl’s house NAWABSHAH, Oct 28: A delegation comprising relatives of a teacher accused of abducting a Hindu girl and notables carrying copies of the Holy Quran came to the house of the girl...		ADB team visits Dadu DADU, Oct 28: The Asian Development Bank has selected six towns of Sindh for water supply, sanitation, sewerage and solid waste management schemes....
Man acquitted in counterfeit currency case PESHAWAR, Oct 28: Additional district and sessions judge Mohammad Jamal Khan on Friday acquitted a man from Punjab in a case of possession of counterfeit notes....		Al Quds Day observed in Sindh districts HYDERABAD, Oct 28: Youm-ul-Quds was observed with fervour in the districts of Sindh on Friday for the liberation of Baitul Muqaddas. People pledged to continue the struggle for the liberation of Baitul Muqaddas....
Badin nazim stresses need for team work BADIN, Oct 28: The district nazim of Badin, Ali Anwar Halepoto, has said that ill-planning and financial irregularities would not be tolerated as these were impending progress in the district....		2 policemen, five activists injured in crossfire: Al Quds Day rallies CHINIOT, Oct 28: An SHO, a constable and five activists of the ISO and Tehrik-i-Jafferia received bullet injuries in an exchange of fire here on Friday....
Gepco serves final notice on Wasa GUJRANWALA, Oct 28: The Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) is a defaulter of Rs12.5 million of Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco) while the latter issued final notice to former for early payment here on Friday....		Sales tax dept cracks down on violators FAISALABAD, Oct 28: A crackdown has been launched by the Sales Tax Department following the report about filing bogus sales tax invoices and blacklisted 31 firms found indulging in the practice....
Lineman dies, another gets burn wounds OKARA, Oct 28: A Wapda lineman died while another sustained burn wounds while working on an electric pole in Gogera Town on Friday. According to reports, linemen Muhammad Rafique and Nasir...		Incidents of robbery perturb traders GUJRANWALA, Oct 28: The Gujranwala Chamber of Commerce and Industry has expressed anguish over deteriorating law and order situation and demanded that the district administration and police higher-ups should provide protection to people....
Case against 10 policemen TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 28: Saddar police registered on Friday a case under New Police Order against its SHO, an ASI and eight constables on the charge of torturing a villager on the order of additional district and sessions court....		PML-N for generous donations SIALKOT, Oct 28: The PML-N on Friday took out a rally in the city to express solidarity with the earthquake victims of Kashmir and the NWFP....
45 policemen transferred SHEIKHUPURA, Oct 28: On the orders of District Police Officer Syed Ibne Husain, some 45 police officials have been transferred to different police stations in the district to overcome shortage of employees in the investigation wing....		Three of a family killed in accident SAHIWAL, Oct 28: Three family members were killed and four others sustained injuries on Friday in an accident on Sahiwal-Arifwala Road near Dilluwala Bungalow....
Three arrested SAHIWAL, Oct 28: Farid Town police on Thursday night arrested three bandits after a raid on a den from near Chak 88/6-R. Reports said the patrol police raided the den, but the bandits opened fire on law enforcers....		Qul GUJRANWALA, Oct 28: Qul of Begum Kaukab Abdal Zaidi will be held toay at 12-Civil Lines, Gujranwala, at 2.30pm. A majlis-i-aza will also be held on the occasion....
New towns facing teething troubles LAHORE, Oct 28: The three newly-created towns — Gulberg, Wagah and Samanabad — in the city are bedevilled by operational and financial problems, finding it hard to establish themselves on the ground....		Mobile centres for expecting mothers LAHORE, Oct 28: The Parliamentarian Doctors Forum has plans to establish three mobile delivery centres to serve expecting mothers in the quake-hit areas in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and northern areas in Pakistan....
Govt all set to achieve wheat sowing target LAHORE, Oct 28: The government is utilizing all its resources to achieve the wheat cultivation target of 105.8 million acres. This was stated by Punjab Agriculture Minister Arshad Khan Lodhi while...		Debate on foreign troops sought LAHORE, Oct 28: Barrister Zafarullah Khan has moved a resolution seeking the Lahore High Court Bar Association to debate on the presence of the troops belonging to non-NATO states which he says is dangerous for the country’s solidarity....
Medium-term plan may cost Rs5 billion; Rehabilitation of quake victims PESHAWAR, Oct 28: The NWFP health department has worked out a medium-term strategy for rehabilitation of earthquake victims. The task is estimated to cost about Rs5 billion....		Govt asked to declare five districts calamity-hit PESHAWAR, Oct 28: Opposition members of the NWFP Assembly on Friday appealed to the provincial government to declare all the earthquake-hit districts as calamity-stricken zones criticized it for not having done it the same even three weeks after the disaster....
Court criticizes police performance PESHAWAR, Oct 28: The Peshawar High Court on Friday expressed annoyance over cases in which police had prior information about smuggling of narcotics, but smugglers escaped despite heavy police presence....		University offers help to AJK students PEHSAWAR, Oct 28: University of Peshawar Vice-Chancellor Mumtaz Gul has said that the university is ready to help students from Azad Jammu and Kashmir in providing educational facilities so that they can continue their studies....
Link road contractor in Swabi faces probe SWABI, Oct 28: District Nazim Shahram Khan has said that an inquiry would be initiated against a contractor who was using substandard material on the link road between Swabi and Buner districts....		Balahisar Fort damaged by quake PESHAWAR, Oct 28: The October 8 earthquake has caused damage to archaeological sites of the Gandhara period and historical buildings, including Balahisar Fort, in the NWFP....