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First LoC crossing opens today
ISLAMABAD, Nov 6: One of the five designated relief points along the Line of Control (LoC) dividing Kashmir will become operational from Monday while India has sought more time, for technical reasons, to open the other crossing points....
‘Shelter for all survivors soon’
ISLAMABAD, Nov 6: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that relief efforts will not be ignored even after the commencement of the challenging phase of reconstruction....
Large-scale arson attacks in France
PARIS, Nov 6: Gangs of youths torched 1,300 vehicles overnight in the 10th consecutive night of violence in Paris’s poor suburbs and major French towns, despite deployment of thousands of extra police....
8 foreigners killed in Waziristan blast
PESHAWAR, Nov 6: Four suspected foreign militants and as many members of their family were killed, and their local facilitator was injured when an explosive device they were making went off...
Simplicity marks Eid observance
ISLAMABAD, Nov 6: The nation on Friday observed Eidul Fitr with solemnity and simplicity to express solidarity with victims of earthquake in the NWFP and Azad Kashmir....
Protests at Americas summit
MAR DEL PLATA (Argentina), Nov 6: Anti-US Demonstrations at the Americas Summit turned violent on Friday as protesters set fire to a bank, looted stores and battled riot police blocks from...
Accord reached with US on F-16 deal delay
WASHINGTON, Nov 6: Pakistan and the United States on Friday reached an understanding which allows Islamabad to temporarily delay a deal to purchase F-16 fighter jets....
35 drown as boat capsizes near Keti Bunder
THATTA, Nov 6: Thirty-five people drowned when their motorboat capsized in Moosa Creek in the Arabian Sea near the coastal settlement of Keti Bunder on Friday morning....
UN relief helicopter lands across LoC
UDOOSA, Nov 6: A United Nations helicopter carrying a senior UN official and Western and Pakistani reporters landed by mistake in occupied Kashmir on Sunday during a tour of the Pakistani earthquake zone....
Pakistan-US free trade pact urged
WASHINGTON, Nov 6: The US should conclude a free trade agreement with Pakistan to help it overcome the negative effects of earthquake that killed about 80,000 people and displaced millions, says a senior aide to President George Bush....
Annan shelves plan to visit Iran
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 6: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan dropped his plan to visit Iran this month as he heads out for a five-nation tour this weekend to the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan, a UN spokesman said on Saturday....
Sharifs’ passport applications ‘incomplete’
LAHORE, Nov 6: Pakistan’s Consulate-General in Jeddah has received 20 applications from the Sharif family for passports, but all of them are incomplete one way or the other, diplomatic sources told Dawn on Sunday....
Castro assures Musharraf of support
RAWALPINDI, Nov 6: Cuban President Fiedel Castro has assured President Pervez Musharraf of his country’s full support in earthquake relief efforts, informing that Cuba is despatching another team of 200 doctors to serve in the quake zone....
Aziz-Singh meeting likely on 12th
ISLAMABAD, Nov 6: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will meet his Indian counterpart Dr. Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the 13th Saarc Summit in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, it is learnt....
Magnitude 6 aftershocks hit north
ISLAMABAD, Nov 6: A severe aftershock measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale and two mild aftershocks rattled earthquake-battered northern Pakistan injuring seven people early on Sunday, the seismological department said....
Aftershocks likely to end in 10 days
ISLAMABAD, Nov 6: Aftershocks of the October 8 earthquake are expected to end after seven to 10 days, followed by start of a series of landslides in mountainous areas, particularly in Azad Kashmir, owing to looming widespread rains and snowfall....
India urged to allow relief helicopters into Valley
MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 6: The Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International has urged India to allow its helicopters to take an initial emergency relief consignment to earthquake victims in occupied Kashmir....
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ISLAMABAD, Nov 6: One of the five designated relief points along the Line of Control (LoC) dividing Kashmir will become operational from Monday while India has sought more time, for technical reasons, to open the other crossing points....
