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UN plans massive airlift operation
MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 14: The United Nations will this week launch a major air operation to ferry food and other supplies to earthquake survivors high in Pakistan’s mountains in frantic bid to beat the problems of winter....
Kishanganga dam talks fail; issue may be taken to WB
LAHORE, Nov 14: Pakistan is likely to move the court of arbitration after the latest round of talks with India over the Kishanganga dam project ended in failure, Syed Jamaat Ali...
LoC opening proposal accepted: FO
ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: Pakistan on Monday said that Pakistan has accepted Indian proposal to open Line of Control (LoC) twice a month. Speaking at the weekly briefing, the Foreign Office spokesperson...
Fourth Kashmir crossing opens
MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 14: India and Pakistan opened a fourth crossing point along the heavily militarized Line of Control in Kashmir on Monday but like the earlier three openings, the fourth one...
US pledges all-out efforts for funds
ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: The United States has spearheaded a huge campaign to rally international support to help manage substantial assistance for relief and reconstruction work in Pakistan, says Ms Karen Hughes, US Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy....
Sincerity key to dispute solution
ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: Pakistan on Monday reiterated the need for Pakistan and India to address all bilateral disputes with sincerity and courage to end the trust-deficit that exists between the two countries....
16,000 schools and colleges destroyed
ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: Federal Education Minister Javed Ashraf Qazi said on Monday that the government was determined to rebuild the 16,000 or more government and private schools and colleges that had...
Pakistan calls for sustained help
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 14: Pakistan on Monday called for sustained international attention and contributions of the international community to address the recovery and reconstruction efforts, following the massive earthquake which has virtually devastated part of the country....
SC moved for relief work transparency
ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: The Supreme Court was moved on Monday with a plea to direct constitution of a council under an apex court judge to ensure transparency in relief and rehabilitation task....
13 killed as pick-up falls into ravine
HANGU, Nov 14: At least 13 people were killed and seven others wounded when a pick-up fell into a deep ravine in the Orakzai Agency on Monday....
Five die in AJK accident
MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 14: Five people were killed and 18 others were injured when an overloaded jeep plunged into a river gorge near the Azad Kashmir capital on Monday, police said....
Emergency plan for power generation
ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has directed relevant agencies to finalize within a week an emergency power generation plan to induct about 1600-1700-mw of additional electricity into the system by 2007 to avoid a looming power shortfall....
Bomber kills two judges in BD
DHAKA, Nov 14: Two senior assistant judges of a lower court were killed and four others, including the bomber himself, were injured in a bomb attack in a southern town of Jhalakathi on Monday....
Naval drill with China next week
BEIJING, Nov 14: Pakistan and China will hold their second joint naval exercise next week in the Arabian Sea off the Karachi coast. A fleet of the Chinese Navy is already...
Israel kills Hamas military chief
NABLUS (West Bank), Nov 14: The local military leader of radical Islamist movement Hamas in the northern West Bank town of Nablus was killed in a shootout with Israeli troops on Monday, Palestinian and Israeli sources said....
UNFPA to strengthen mother, child hospitals
ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: The United Nation Fund for Poverty Alleviation (UNFPA) on Monday pledged to establish and strengthen mother and child hospitals (MCH) in the earthquake-hit regions....
UNHCR to check diarrhoea outbreak
ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said it has deployed mobile teams to fix water- and sanitation-related problems at relief camps in response to reports of an outbreak of diarrhoea in the earthquake-hit areas....
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MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 14: India and Pakistan opened a fourth crossing point along the heavily militarized Line of Control in Kashmir on Monday but like the earlier three openings, the fourth one...
