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Delhi assured of action if evidence provided: FO
ISLAMABAD, Nov 2: President Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have expressed their resolve to continue with the peace process, foreign office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam told the weekly press briefing here on Wednesday....
Govt allows Nawaz to visit London: Treatment of ailing Hasan Nawaz
LAHORE, Nov 2: All members of the exiled Sharif family will go to London in a couple of weeks once the procedural formalities are completed, a spokesman for Mian Nawaz Sharif, Farrukh Shah, said on Wednesday....
No threat to security: Nato
ISLAMABAD, Nov 2: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)’s Special Representative to Pakistan Ambassador Maurits Jochems has said the NATO forces operating in the country have no direct security threat....
US copter resuming flights
ISLAMABAD, Nov 2: The US military said it was resuming helicopter relief flights in Pakistan’s earthquake zone on Wednesday, even though it believed a rocket-propelled grenade was fired at one of the aircraft the previous day....
Eid today in several districts of NWFP
PESHAWAR, Nov 2: Ulema in Peshawar, Mardan, Swabi, Hangu, Bannu and a few other places in the NWFP and tribal areas, announced the sighting of the Shawwal moon and declared that Eidul Fitr would be celebrated on Thursday....
Afghan clash leaves five policemen dead
KANDAHAR, Nov 2: Taliban insurgents killed five Afghan policemen after a fierce four-hour battle on the border with Pakistan, police said on Wednesday, denying Taliban claims the men were beheaded....
Psychological services for victims launched
ISLAMABAD, Nov 2: Prime minister Shaukat Aziz said on Wednesday that the government in collaboration with the World Bank was preparing a damage assessment report of the Oct 8 earthquake and...
Musharraf seeks sustained international support
ISLAMABAD, Nov 2: President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday called for sustained international support to meet the needs of survivors of the October 8 earthquake which killed more than 73,000 people....
Top Al Qaeda suspect escapes
WASHINGTON, Nov 2: A top Al Qaeda suspect has recently escaped from a US-run detention facility in Afghanistan, Pentagon officials told reporters on Wednesday. The suspect, Omar al-Farouq, was a top...
Diplomatic shake-up in Iran planned
TEHRAN, Nov 2: Iran’s new hard line government is replacing some 40 of its most senior diplomats posted abroad in a massive overhaul of the country’s diplomatic service, the foreign minister announced on Wednesday....
Delegation’s West Bank, Gaza visit deferred: FO
ISLAMABAD, Nov 2: The foreign office on Wednesday announced that the planned visit of the Pakistani delegation to Gaza and West Bank has been deferred due to quake crisis in the country....
Gas pipeline repair work continues
SUKKUR, Nov 2: Gas supply to the Guddu Thermal Power Station and adjoining areas, through the main lifeline which had burst on Tuesday night, could not be restored till Wednesday evening....
Kasuri condoles with India
NEW DELHI, Nov 2: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri on Wednesday telephoned his Indian counterpart Natwar Singh to convey “heartfelt sympathies” for victims of the Oct 29 terror attacks in the Indian capital....
Five killed in occupied Kashmir car blast
NEW DELHI, Nov 2: Five people, including a suicide bomber, were killed and over a dozen wounded in Wednesday’s car bomb blast in the Nowgam area on the outskirts of Srinagar, police said....
Azad vows to restore normalcy
SRINAGAR, Nov 2: Occupied Kashmir’s new leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday vowed to restore normalcy to the revolt-wracked state, hours after a car bomb explosion killed five people and wounded 18....
Rehabilitation, reconstruction: citizens commission formed
ISLAMABAD, Nov 2: Representatives of civil society, media and academic institutions from across the country have formed “Citizens’ Commission on Rehabilitation and Reconstruction” to ensure transparency in relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction...
Relief phase far from over: US
ISLAMABAD, Nov 2: The United States has called for a multi- faceted strategy to deal with the post-earthquake situation in Pakistan and said its Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) would stay...
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ISLAMABAD, Nov 2: Chief Relief Commissioner Major-General Farooq Ahmad Khan has allayed fears that hundreds of thousands of people would die of exposure to harsh climatic conditions....
