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Rail tracks, gas pipeline damaged in blasts QUETTA, Oct 29: Unknown people blew up the main railway line near Quetta and the pipeline supplying natural gas to the provincial capital in Sibi area on Saturday....		AJK capital to have largest settlement for survivors ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: The Thori park camp in Muzaffarabad will soon be one of the largest emergency settlements in Azad Kashmir. The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has provided a Pakistani charitable...
China, Russia, Libya send relief goods, copter ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: International community and world charity organizations continued to send relief goods on the 22nd day for the victims of the massive earthquake that hit Azad Kashmir and northern NWFP on Oct 8....		MQM to build 5 schools in quake-hit areas ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: The Mutahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM) plans to build at least five permanent schools and two hospitals in the earthquake devastated parts of Azad Kashmir and North Western Frontier Province (NWFP)....
21 aftershocks felt on Saturday ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: As many as 21 aftershocks were felt in earthquake-wrecked areas, Islamabad and Rawalpindi on Saturday, sparking panic among people and forcing some to spend the night outside their houses in cold weather....		Canada sends more tents ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: The second Canadian consignment of 180 modular tent sections arrived here on Saturday. The consignment has been sent in response to Pakistan’s appeal for tents....
210,000 tents pledged by Nov 30 LAHORE, Oct 29: The Punjab-based tent manufacturers on Saturday assured Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi of providing 210,000 tents worth Rs1.32 billion by Nov 30....		Psychiatrists required in affected areas LAHORE, Oct 29: More and more psychologists and psychiatrists are required to go to the quake-hit areas and offer counselling services to the victims in various rehabilitation camps to help them recover from trauma....
Indian Sikhs hand over goods to CM LAHORE, Oct 29: A delegation of Delhi Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, the administrative committee of the community temples, called on Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi here on Saturday and presented him relief goods and medicines for the quake-hit people....		Rs1.36bn succour sent from Punjab LAHORE, Oct 29: Relief goods worth Rs1.3621 billion have been dispatched to the earthquake-hit areas in Azad Kashmir and the NWFP from Punjab and Rs200 million donated for victims till date under instructions from Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi....
More Jamaat tents arrive LAHORE, Oct 29: The second consignment of tents the Jamaat-i-Islami has purchased from Saudi Arabia to set up tent villages for quake victims reached Islamabad from Jeddah on Saturday....		Queen Rania meets Sehba Musharraf ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: Queen Rania of Jordan called on the First Lady, Begum Sehba Musharraf, here on Saturday. According to a press release, during the meeting the Queen expressed her heartfelt...
2 Eid holidays: APNS KARACHI, Oct 29: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) on Saturday announced that member publications would this year observe two closed holidays as a special case....		Eid trains from Nov 2 RAWALPINDI, Oct 29: Pakistan Railways has decided to run special Eid trains to facilitate people. According to a press release, the first train will leave for Lahore via Jhelum, Lala Musa and Gujrat at 4pm on November 2....
Curfew break GILGIT, Oct 29: The authorities allowed a curfew break from 7am to 6pm on Saturday in Gilgit. No untoward incident was reported....		Adiala Jail sealed, official transferred: Narcotics scam RAWALPINDI, Oct 29: Adiala Jail has been “sealed” and a high-powered committee formed by IG Prisons Punjab to search the jail to ascertain allegations levelled by some prisoners that narcotics were...
Four killed as bandits attack village NAUSHARO FEROZE, Oct 29: Four people were killed and two others were injured in an encounter between villagers and bandits in the Padidan police area on Saturday....		Markets getting better in Peshawar PESHAWAR, Oct 29: After remaining dull for most part of Ramzan mainly because of the earthquake-triggered effects among consumers, markets in Peshawar have started picking up with the number of shoppers going up with every passing day....
Inquiry by Wapda chief demanded: Hesco jobs DADU, Oct 29: A large number of affected candidates, who had applied for different jobs in Hyderabad Electric Supply Company, Hesco, marched from the main bus stop to the press club...		Funds needed for snow leopard GILGIT, Oct 29: The authorities at the wildlife department find it difficult to look after a young snow leopard which is in their custody for the past couple of months, a forest official said on Friday....
Policeman held for assaulting boy SANGHAR, Oct 29: Police on Saturday arrested a constable who had allegedly attempted sodomy on a 14-year-old boy. The parents of the boy, Wajid, residents of a small village, Workshop, near...		Teachers want salary hike, service regularized SKARDU, Oct 29: The school teachers here staged a protest demonstration and sit-in in front of the Education Department offices demanding increase in their salary and regularization of service....
Benazir be invited to APC: Shah KHAIRPUR, Oct 29: Sindh People’s Party Parliamentarians president Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said if participation of the PPP is necessary in the All Parties Conference summoned by the prime minister...		Misuse of disposable syringes CHITRAL, Oct 29: Newly elected Tehsil Nazim Sartaj Ahmed Khan during a surprise visit of civil hospital, Darosh, found that the staff of the dental clinic of the hospital was using disposable syringes again and again....
Protest against power failure NAWABSHAH, Oct 29: Residents of the Nawab Wali Mohammad village of the Qazi Ahmed taluka staged a demonstration on Saturday in protest against frequent power breakdowns....		Drugs, surgical items sought PESHAWAR, Oct 29: The NWFP health department has asked the donor agencies for essential drugs and other items required for the treatment of quake victims. The directorate-general health services made this appeal in a press statement here on Saturday....
SSC-I results announced LARKANA, Oct 29: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Larkana, on Saturday announced the results of annual examinations of 2005 of SSC-I, science and general groups....		‘Hardened criminal flees from custody’ SIALKOT, Oct 29: A notorious criminal escaped from custody by dodging two policemen before his production in a local court in Pasrur city on Saturday. Reports said Pasrur police brought accused...
Case against nazim, nine others: Councillor’s spouse tortured FAISALABAD, Oct 29: Police claimed on Saturday to have lodged a case against the Lyallpur Town nazim and nine others for kidnapping and torturing the husband of a labour councillor candidate....		Election dispute leaves two dead GUJRANWALA, Oct 29: A landlord and his employee were gunned down by their rivals over an election row in Ferozewala on Saturday. Reports said Chaudhry Muhammad Ashraf Gujjar and Faiz Ahmad...
Faisalabad nazim spells out plan FAISALABAD, Oct 29: City District Nazim Rana Zahid Tauseef has pledged to make all possible efforts to provide facilities to the people. Speaking to this correspondent on Saturday, he claimed being...		UC nazim’s matric certificate fake GUJRANWALA, Oct 29: The secondary school certificate of Union Council Nazim Asad Ullah, brother of PPP city chief Lalla Idris, was declared fake by Karachi education board, it is learnt on Saturday....
Polytechnic institute in Kamalia TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 29: The Punjab chief minister has approved a polytechnic institute for Kamalia. MNA Riaz Fatyana told Journalists here on Saturday that Rs140 million would be spent on the construction of building and hostels of the institute....		PO killed in ‘encounter’ SHEIKHUPURA, Oct 29: A proclaimed offender was shot dead in a brief encounter near Dera Thatha Rehman Shah in Nankana district, some 90kms from here on Saturday....
Succour for affected areas FAISALABAD, Oct 29: Farooq Ahmad Khan, the chief executive of a beverages company, has said bottles of mineral water and essential food items are being supplied to the people of the devastated areas in Kashmir and the NWFP....		Student loses life while catching bus HAFIZABAD, Oct 29: A first-year student lost his life while trying to catch a bus on Saturday. According to reports, Tanveer Ahmad, a student of the Government Degree College for Boys,...
District govts yet to start functioning: Delay in naib nazims polls LAHORE, Oct 29: None of district and tehsil governments have become formally functional in the country pending elections of naib nazims, who are the actual custodians of the councils....		One-on-one contest for SCBA president LAHORE, Oct 29: The stage is set for the Supreme Court Bar Association election on Monday (tomorrow), which will see a straight contest between two former judges of the Lahore High Court, Malik Saeed Hassan and Malik Muhammad Qayyum....
PPP leaders exchange fists LAHORE, Oct 29: PPP Lahore chapter’s two office-bearers exchanged fists in the presence of other party leaders here on Saturday, after which the junior one was suspended from his office for insulting his senior....		Labourer killed in roof collapse LAHORE, Oct 29: A labourer was killed and his three other colleagues sustained injuries when the roof of an under-construction house collapsed at Justice Colony, Sattu Kutla, in the early hours of Saturday....
PR to achieve budget targets, says minister LAHORE, Oct 29: Minister for Railways Mian Shamim Haider was optimistic on Saturday the PR would meet its budgetary targets for the current fiscal year....		Increase in number of voters ahead of Bar polls LAHORE, Oct 29: The number of lawyers enrolled as voters to the Supreme Court Bar Association has surprisingly risen by more than 100 in Lahore alone....
Saad wants operations under civil command LAHORE, Oct 29: PML-N MNA Khwaja Saad Rafiq has demanded formation of parliamentary committees at the federal and provincial levels to supervize the quake relief operations....		Mian Sharif’s first death anniversary LAHORE, Oct 29: The first death anniversary of Mian Muhammad Sharif, the father of exiled prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif and chief minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif, will be held on Sunday (today)....