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Balakot school reopens with graves in yard
PESHAWAR, Nov 10: Their eyes full with tears, children turned up on Thursday at the Balakot Government High School where 85 of their fellows lie buried in mass graves in the middle of the courtyard....
Rain poses new threat to quake survivors
MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 10: Around 200 cases of acute diarrhoea have been found in one camp of quake survivors in Muzaffarabad over the past five days, but the outbreak has been contained...
Opposition may reject proposal: Parliamentary body on quake relief
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: Opposition parties are likely to turn down Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s proposal to form a parliamentary committee to assist the government in the ongoing relief and reconstruction process in the earthquake-affected areas....
US raises aid pledge by $156m
WASHINGTON, Nov 10: The United States has raised by $156 million its commitment to relief and reconstruction efforts in Pakistan following last month’s devastating earthquake....
Aziz leaves for BD today with Saarc proposals
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, who leaves for Dhaka on Friday to lead Pakistan’s delegation at the 13th Saarc summit, will carry with him several proposals for revitalizing the seven-nation South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation....
Parliament bypassed in handling of disaster: opposition
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: The opposition in the National Assembly on Thursday complained of parliament being bypassed in handling the earthquake disaster — a charge denied by the government — and staged a protest walkout over the plight of two jailed politicians....
Pakistan seeks consensus on UNSC reform
UNITED NATIONS Nov 10: Pakistan has warned the world community that a proposal for Security Council reform that is adopted by a divisive vote may not be materialised because it will not get ratification by two-thirds of the UN members....
Sharifs to apply for UK visas tomorrow
LAHORE, Nov 10: The Sharif family will apply for UK visas on Saturday. They could not do it on Thursday, nor would they be able to do so on Friday, as the British mission closes on these days for the weekend....
Jordan blasts suspects held
AMMAN, Nov 10: Jordan said on Thursday it had arrested several suspects over the hotel bombings that killed 56 people in the deadliest attacks in the kingdom’s history claimed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s Al Qaeda group....
Suicide bombers kill 37 in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Nov 10: Suicide bombers struck a restaurant and an army recruiting station in Iraq on Thursday, killing 37 people. The bloodiest attack was claimed by the Al Qaeda group led by Jordanian militant Abu Musab al Zarqawi....
Saarc leaders may accept China’s request
DHAKA, Nov 10: Leaders of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation will respond ‘positively’ to China’s wish to develop closer ties with the grouping, an Indian minister said on Thursday....
Accord to set up crisis centre
DHAKA, Nov 10: South Asian nations agreed on Thursday to set up a disaster management centre in India to help the region better handle calamities like tsunamis, earthquakes and floods that have ravaged it in the past year....
Erdogan phones Aziz
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: Prime Minister of Turkey Tayyib Erdogan telephoned Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday evening and informed him that the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey would participate in the Donors’ Conference in Islamabad on November 19....
US slams India’s failure to punish Gujarat rioters
WASHINGTON, Nov 10: The US has strongly criticized India for failing to bring justice to the victims of the 2002 riots in Gujarat that killed nearly 2,000 people, most of them Muslims....
Six Afghans killed in mine blast
QUETTA, Nov 10: At least six people were killed and six others injured on Thursday in a landmine explosion in the border village of Brabcha, which lies close to Afghanistan’s Hilmand province....
Italy converts $120m loan into grant
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: Italy has decided to adjust a $120 million-loan it had given Pakistan to earthquake relief assistance, Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Margherita Boniver announced here on Thursday....
Indian Major killed in Valley
SRINAGAR, Nov 10: An Indian army official was killed in a gunbattle with freedom fighters on Thursday in the disputed region of Kashmir, a military spokesman told AFP....
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Editor: Tahir Mirza
WASHINGTON, Nov 10: The United States has raised by $156 million its commitment to relief and reconstruction efforts in Pakistan following last month’s devastating earthquake....
