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Rebuilding will take up to five years: Govt, donors review relief
ISLAMABAD, Nov 1: Pakistan and international lending agencies have estimated that the ongoing earthquake relief operation in Azad Kashmir and NWFP would be completed in a year but the reconstruction of houses and infrastructure would take four to five years....ars....
Relief copter ‘fired upon’ in AJK
ISLAMABAD, Nov 1: A US Army helicopter taking part in earthquake relief efforts may have come under fire on Tuesday, according to the US military, but a Pakistan army spokesman said...
Aziz proposes group of all parties: Transparent use of aid assured
ISLAMABAD, Nov 1: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday reassured the nation of transparent and judicious spending of national and international aid pouring in for earthquake victims and proposed a parliamentary...
Aid to continue, affirms US
WASHINGTON, Nov 1: US relief flights to Pakistan are not linked to the UN funding and will not be cut back even if the United Nations does not receive additional donations to continue relief flights, the US military said on Tuesday....
Appeal for medicines, equipment
MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 1: Pakistan appealed for antibiotics and painkillers on Tuesday as it raised the toll from last month’s devastating earthquake to 57,597 killed and nearly 79,000 injured....
$2 billion aid pledged, cabinet informed
ISLAMABAD, Nov 1: The international community has pledged $2 billion for earthquake relief and reconstruction work while more than Rs6 billion has been received in the President’s Relief Fund through domestic mobilization, the federal cabinet was informed on Tuesday....
PM’s speech offers no hope: ARD
ISLAMABAD Nov 1: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy on Tuesday rejected the speech made by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz in the National Assembly at the end of a debate on...
India cautious over Pakistan offer: Demilitarization of Kashmir
NEW DELHI, Nov 1: India on Tuesday responded cautiously to Pakistan’s suggestion that the rivals demilitarise disputed Kashmir to speed up relief efforts after last month’s quake which claimed 58,000 lives, saying the step could not be taken unilaterally....
Calamity-hit status for five NWFP districts
PESHAWAR, Nov 1: The NWFP government has notified five northeastern districts of the province as calamity-stricken and geared up relief and rescue operation to evacuate the people marooned in remote villages....
UK MPs term world response to quake ‘disgraceful’
LONDON, Nov 1: British MPs on return from Pakistan have expressed horror at the earthquake aftermath and said that the international community has to do much more than it has done and committed for the relief efforts....
40 Pakistanis remain in Guantanamo: reports
WASHINGTON, Nov 1: At least 40 Pakistani citizens are still detained in US prisons in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and some of them are participating in a hunger strike that started on...
Gas pipeline bursts near Guddu
SUKKUR, Nov 1: The 16-inch diameter pipeline supplying Sui gas to the Guddu thermal power station from the Mari gasfield, burst on Tuesday night. Reports reaching here said that supply of...
Talks on stalled N-treaty urged
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 1: The head of UN nuclear watchdog agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, on Monday called for the start of negotiations on a long-stalled global treaty banning the production of nuclear materials for weapons....
IAEA’s partisan role criticized
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 1: Pakistan on Monday stressed that the UN nuclear watchdog (IAEA) should not be ‘used to serve partisan political objectives,’ saying ‘its verification regime could remain credible only...
Bank holiday from Thursday
KARACHI, Nov 1: The State Bank on Tuesday announced that all offices of SBP banking services and corporation including debt offices will remain closed due to Eid holidays....
Moon sighting
ISLAMABAD, Nov 1: The meeting of Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee for sighting Shawwal moon will be held at Saudi Pak Tower, Blue Area here on Thursday. Zonal committees will meet in their respective headquarters.—APP...
Eid on Thursday in Gulf states
DUBAI, Nov 1: Saudi Arabia and most other Gulf Arab states will celebrate Eidul Fitr on Thursday, state media said on Tuesday. The United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and Yemen will also celebrate the festival on Thursday.—Reuters...
Fitrana
ISLAMABAD, Nov 1: The amount of Sadqa-i-Fitr to be paid before Eidul Fitr has been fixed at Rs30 this year.—APP...
Delegation to meet Abbas, says Kasuri
DOHA, Nov 1: Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri said on Monday that a large Pakistani delegation whose upcoming visit to Israel was reported by the media was in fact planning to meet Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas....
Bird flu: Iran bans hunting
TEHRAN, Nov 1: Iran’s Environmental Protection Organisation has banned bird and wild fowl hunting in the north of the country in a bid to prevent the spread of bird flu, Iranian media said on Tuesday....
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Editor: Tahir Mirza
ISLAMABAD, Nov 1: Pakistan and international lending agencies have estimated that the ongoing earthquake relief operation in Azad Kashmir and NWFP would be completed in a year but the reconstruction of houses and infrastructure would take four to five years....ars....
