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Crowd trouble mars historic LoC opening
TETRINOTE (AJK), Nov 7: The Azad Kashmir police fired into the air and lobbed tear-gas shells to disperse a mob trying to cross the Line of Control near this village in...
Free movement of Kashmiris backed
ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: Pakistan on Monday reiterated its call for free movement of Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control without making the process cumbersome for them in the aftermath of the October 8 earthquake of catastrophic magnitude....
Rs20bn earmarked for compensation payment
RAWALPINDI, Nov 7: The federal government has earmarked Rs20 billion for payment to earthquake victims in the NWFP and Azad Kashmir as an immediate measure to mitigate their sufferings....
Natwar forced to quit as FM
NEW DELHI, Nov 7: Indian Foreign Minister Kunwar Natwar Singh resigned from his job on Monday following allegations that he bribed former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in 2001 to allot him a share from the lucrative UN-sponsored oil-for-food deal....
Quake toll climbs to 86,000: report
ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: The death toll from the earthquake has reached 86,000, about 100,000 people have so far been reported injured and more than 3.5 million people have been affected, says a damage assessment report....
French riots intensify; curfew in Paris suburb
PARIS, Nov 7: Riots in France’s poor city suburbs appeared to be spiralling out of control on Monday after the worst night of violence so far and the first death, deepening...
Pakistan seeks N-deal on par with India
ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: Pakistan has sought a “cogent reason” from the United States for not offering it an Indian-style nuclear deal. Informed sources told Dawn here on Monday that the government...
Convert pledge into commitment, UN urges states
NEW YORK, Nov 7: The top United Nations relief official on Monday made an urgent appeal to the member states to convert some $1.03 billion of pledges into commitments and contribution...
Three ‘terrorists’ die in blast
QUETTA, Nov 7: Three suspected terrorists were killed on Monday when a powerful bomb exploded in a house in Turbat township, some 700km south of here....
50 forms issued for LoC crossing
MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 7: Application forms were issued to 50 people here on Monday for permission to go to the other side of the Line of Control through the Chakothi-Uri crossing point....
Sharif family likely to get passports today
LAHORE, Nov 7: The Pakistan consulate-general in Jeddah did not issue passport to former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif and members of his family on Monday as formalities could not be completed, Dawn has learnt....
Poet beaten to death by husband in Herat
HERAT, Nov 7: A woman poet well-known in literary circles in Afghanistan’s western city of Herat has died after being severely beaten by her husband, who has been arrested, police said on Monday....
French gliders to help in relief work
ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: Two Frenchmen gave a motor-gliding demonstration at Fatima Jinnah Park on Monday presenting another mode of transporting relief goods and medical staff to those remote earthquake-affected areas which remain inaccessible even by helicopters....
British govt contacted to extradite builder: Towers case
ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: Islamabad has requested the British government for extradition of Margalla Towers builder Ramzan Khokhar and three other accused in connection with the substandard construction of the towers a...
Relief from Iran, Turkey arrives
QUETTA, Nov 7: Relief consignments from Iran and Turkey for survivors of the October 8 earthquake arrived by rail and road in Taftan on Monday. According to officials, a train comprising...
Hopes of new aid pledges at donors’ conference
ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Monday expressed the hope that Nov 19 international donors conference would attract the much-needed assistance for rehabilitation and reconstruction of quake-hit areas of the NWFP and AJK....
PMAP urges united struggle for genuine democracy
QUETTA, Nov 7: Chief of Pukhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party Mahmood Khan Achakzai has called upon leaders of all political parties to unite on a one-point agenda of waging a struggle against...
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TETRINOTE (AJK), Nov 7: The Azad Kashmir police fired into the air and lobbed tear-gas shells to disperse a mob trying to cross the Line of Control near this village in...
