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Donors pledge $5.8bn for quake victims: More funds in pipeline: PM
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: International donors on Saturday pledged to provide $5.827 billion, including about $1.9 billion grants, in assistance to Pakistan for reconstruction and rehabilitation in the quake-hit areas of Azad Kashmir and the NWFP....
Transparent use of relief aid urged
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Major international donors on Saturday reiterated their demand for effective, even and transparent utilization of financial assistance they have pledged for reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts in earthquake-hit areas....
Who contributed how much?
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: International donors pledged on Saturday to give Pakistan more than 5.8 billion dollars to rebuild northern regions shattered by last month’s earthquake. The following is a list of...
Fazl stays away from conference
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Maulana Fazlur Rahman on Saturday made a belated announcement of his decision to join the opposition’s boycott of the international donors’ conference here....
Fahim says opposition being ignored
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Alliance for Restoration of Democracy Chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim has said that the government has decided not to take along the opposition in making major decisions....
US senators want more aid for quake victims
WASHINGTON, Nov 19: Nine US senators have urged the Bush administration to provide at least one-quarter of the estimated $5.2 billion needed for relief and reconstruction efforts in the quake-hit areas....
24 Kashmiris make historic LoC crossing on foot
MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 19: Some 24 residents of held Kashmir on Saturday became the first Kashmiris in nearly 60 years to cross on foot the heavily militarized Line of Control in the north-eastern Neelum Valley....
Car bombs kill 48 in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Nov 19: Car bombs killed at least 48 people in Iraq on Saturday, a day after more than 80 died in suicide blasts across the country....
Congress quashes resolution: Pullout from Iraq
WASHINGTON, Nov 19: In a hastily arranged vote by the ruling Republican Party, the US House of Representatives has rejected calls for withdrawing US troops from Iraq....
Annan calls for sustained efforts
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, speaking at the International Donors Conference here on Saturday, made an impassioned appeal to the world to generously donate for the victims of the ‘unprecedented earthquake’ that killed over 73,000 people....
28 Taliban, militants surrender
KHOST, Nov 19: Twenty-eight Taliban and Islamic fighters surrendered to authorities in insurgency-hit Afghanistan on Saturday and renounced anti-government activities, an intelligence official said. The 28 had returned to Afghanistan from...
Attack on ex-warlord claims 3 lives
KANDAHAR, Nov 19: Three people were killed in volatile southern Afghanistan on Saturday when a bomb blew up a car belonging to a former warlord who had laid down his arms, a provincial official said....
Militant leader arrested in BD
DHAKA, Nov 19: Bangladeshi police have arrested a suspected leader of a hardline group and three other militants who planned to attack judges as part of a deadly campaign to impose strict religious law, an official said on Saturday....
Indian minister says talks should continue
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Indian State Minister for Foreign Affairs E. Ahmed has said that Pakistan-India talk process must continue for the solution of Kashmir issue. “We have a clear-cut stance on...
Quake jolts Indonesia
WASHINGTON, Nov 19: A magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit Simeulue, Indonesia, on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, but officials there were no reports of a tsunami or other damage or injuries....
India warns Iran on IAEA vote
NEW DELHI, Nov 19: India issued a couched warning to Iran on Saturday that Tehran must comply with the latest demands by the IAEA director-general to avoid getting New Delhi to vote against it on November 24....
President lauds world assistance
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has commended the role played by the international community, especially the UN, US and Saudi Arabia for pledging assistance at the donors’ conference....
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Editor: Tahir Mirza
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: International donors on Saturday pledged to provide $5.827 billion, including about $1.9 billion grants, in assistance to Pakistan for reconstruction and rehabilitation in the quake-hit areas of Azad Kashmir and the NWFP....
