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LoC camps planned at five points: PM
MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 30: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday said Pakistan had decided to set up five relief camps along the Line of Control (LoC) to provide assistance to quake victims in occupied Kashmir....
LoC accord praised by Mirwaiz
NEW DELHI, Oct 30: Kashmir’s spiritual leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Sunday condemned Saturday’s terror attacks here and expressed relief that the incident had failed to derail a landmark agreement between...
Situation for survivors remains grim in Balakot
ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: The rescue and relief operation has failed to mitigate the suffering of thousands of quake survivors in Balakot and a large number of them have left the town...
Opposition seeks role in rehabilitation
ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: The opposition on Sunday called upon the government to take it along in the process of reconstruction of earthquake-stricken areas of the country ‘to get a certificate of transparency’ in the management of funds provided by international donors....al donors....
Faheem wants relief efforts expedited
MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 30: Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) chairman Makhdoom Amin Faheem on Sunday warned that delay in the rehabilitation of quake survivors could lead to another disaster with loss of more lives....
Dams plan may be reviewed: Quake risk assessment
ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: The government is likely to rethink construction of big dams, particularly the Kalabagh dam, in view of a growing debate on the presence of geological fault line in...
Pope renews appeal
VATICAN CITY, Oct 30: Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday made a new appeal to the international community to provide humanitarian aid to the victims of the Oct 8 earthquake in south Asia that inflicted the most damage in the Azad Kashmir....
$200m Iran credit line for work in Pakistan
TEHRAN, Oct 30: Iran has set up a $200 million credit line to encourage its engineering firms to help rebuild earthquake-shattered towns and roads in Pakistan, state television reported on Sunday....
Special flight bringing more goods
WASHINGTON, Oct 30: A special C-130 flight is leaving the US for Pakistan on Monday with emergency relief goods for the survivors of the Oct 8 earthquake....
New Delhi blasts not to affect Saarc summit: Khaleda, Hasina condemn carnage
DHAKA, Oct 30: Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister M. Morshed Khan on Sunday dismissed the possibilities of any adverse impact of the New Delhi bomb blasts on next month’s Saarc Summit in Dhaka and said the South Asian nations could jointly fight terrorism....
Prince Waleed reviews AJK relief efforts
MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 30: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal visited earthquake-ravaged areas in Muzaffarabad on Sunday and reviewed the ongoing relief and rehabilitation work there....
Pakistani among four arrested
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Oct 30: One of four men arrested for an attack that killed a British soldier in northern Aghanistan is a Pakistani who had arrived in the country just days earlier, police said on Sunday....
Peshawar blast leaves nine injured
PESHAWAR, Oct 30: Nine people were injured in an explosion in a building on Shah Pir Road in Nothia on Sunday afternoon, locals said. The owner of the building, having three...
‘Iran won’t return to nuclear freeze’
TEHRAN, Oct 30: Iran will not return to a full freeze of its disputed nuclear fuel activities and rejects Western demands for such confidence building measures, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday....
25 die in Iraq explosion
BAQUBA, Oct 30: A bomb hidden in a truck packed with dates killed at least 25 in a Shia village market north of Baghdad on Saturday, in what appeared to be...
Order to expedite Gwadar port work
QUETTA, Oct 30: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has instructed the Ministry of Ports and Shipping to seek anticipatory approval of Gwadar Deepwater Port master plan so that it is be made functional as soon as possible....
20,000 illegal Pakistanis in Greece to get passports
RAWALPINDI, Oct 30: The government of Pakistan has decided to issue temporary passports to 20,000 illegal Pakistani immigrants to help them to avail themselves of an amnesty offered by the Greek government, Dawn has learnt....
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MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 30: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday said Pakistan had decided to set up five relief camps along the Line of Control (LoC) to provide assistance to quake victims in occupied Kashmir....
