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Quake survivors not to be relocated
ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: The government has decided in principle that its rehabilitation plan for quake-hit people of Azad Kashmir would not involve any relocation and those who had lost their homes...
WFP seeks helicopters to reach victims
MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 3: The Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme James Morris on Saturday described the relief activities in quake hit areas the most difficult challenge as he flew into the devastated AJK capital....
No fresh request for access to Dr Khan
ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: Pakistan said on Saturday that it had not received any fresh request from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for direct access to nuclear scientist Dr A....
Dr Shamshad named first SBP woman governor
ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: On the retirement of Dr Ishrat Hussain, the government has appointed for the first time a woman, Dr Shamshad Akhtar, as governor of the State Bank of Pakistan...
Measles spreads in survivors’ camp
MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 3: Health authorities are striving to contain an outbreak of measles in an area south of here after 14 children contracted the viral disease and one of them expired....
OIC may adopt new charter: Musharraf
RAWALPINDI, Dec 3: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has hoped that the Organization of Islamic Conference will endorse a new charter in its upcoming summit in Makkah....
Pakistan win three-match series 2-0
LAHORE, Dec 3: Pakistan snapped a thrilling win over England in the third Test here on Saturday to clinch the three-match series 2-0 with a stamp of authority....
India test-fires missile
BHUBANESHWAR (India), Dec 3: India on Saturday successfully tested a domestically developed surface-to-air missile at a coastal range in the eastern state of Orissa, a defence official said....
Iran okays uranium enrichment bill
TEHRAN, Dec 3: Iran’s constitutional watchdog on Saturday approved a bill to resume uranium enrichment and end snap UN checks of its nuclear sites if Tehran is referred to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions....
Chaman border reopened after talks
QUETTA, Dec 3: Pakistan on Saturday reopened its main border crossing with Afghanistan in Chaman more than 40 hours after it was shut down, officials said here....
Afghan official, three policemen killed
KABUL, Dec 3: A remote-controlled bomb blast and a separate ambush, both claimed by Taliban, killed a district chief and three policemen in southern Afghanistan, officials said on Saturday....
Saudi forces arrest 17 militants
RIYADH, Dec 3: Saudi Arabia’s security forces on Saturday detained 17 people suspected of links to Al Qaeda in early morning raids in residential areas of Riyadh....
Iraq army patrol ambushed
BAQUBA, Dec 3: Guerillas ambushed an Iraqi army patrol north of Baghdad on Saturday, killing 19 soldiers in a well-planned attack, a day after the Pentagon announced 10 US Marines were killed by a bomb west of the capital....
BD police detain over 200 suspects
DHAKA, Dec 3: Bangladesh police said on Saturday more than 200 suspects had been rounded up as part of an investigation into a series of deadly bomb blasts by militants seeking the imposition of Islamic law....
WB sets up fund for disabled quake victims
ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: The World Bank has announced that it is setting up a special fund to rehabilitate the people rendered disabled by the earthquake in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and the NWFP....
Govt working for welfare of disabled, says minister
ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: The social welfare and special education ministry, provincial and district governments and NGOs are engaged in providing special education, vocational training and treatment to persons with disabilities....
KUWAIT CITY, Dec 3: President General Pervez Musharraf has vowed to continue supporting the Palestinians in their quest for an independent homeland. President Musharraf, after his arrival here on a two-day...
LAHORE, Dec 3: Pakistan snapped a thrilling win over England in the third Test here on Saturday to clinch the three-match series 2-0 with a stamp of authority....
