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| October 08, 2006 | Sunday | Ramazan 14, 1427 |
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NOT FORGOTTEN: Despair and hope, one year on
MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 7: More tears will be shed on Sunday but there were also signs of hope one year after the earthquake that killed so many people in Azad Kashmir and the North West Frontier Province....
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Rebuilding process as transparent as possible: Erra chief
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: A host of allegations has marred the relief operation being supervised by the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Erra)....
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Ground realities
Area: 30,000 sq km of rugged terrain, Population: 3.5 million, mostly in scattered villages, Population: 3.5 million, mostly in scattered villages...
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Tremor rocks Balakot
PESHAWAR, Oct 7: An earthquake of mild intensity measuring 4 on Richter scale jolted Balakot and Garhi Habibullah late on Friday....
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One-minute silence at 8:50am today
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: Sirens will be sounded across the country at 8:49am on Sunday and people will observe a one-minute silence at 8:50am in memory of those killed in the devastating earthquake one year ago....
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The Bagh that was, and the one that will be
BAGH, Oct 7: Standing on a hill across the Mahal rivulet, one can see that nothing has changed in the ruined city of Bagh since Oct 8, 2005 when it tumbled down in barely three minutes....
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Orphaned and separated from living family
ATTOCK, Oct 7: Ten-year-old Mohammad Javed says that, unlike victims his age, he has never had nightmares about the Oct 8, 2005 earthquake that killed his mother in their Muzaffarabad residence....
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NGOs playing active role in relief
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: A “people’s assembly” being held in an open ground this morning just outside the devastated city of Balakot in the NWFP may help bridge the gap between official...
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Balakot will rise again
BALAKOT, Oct 7: While normalcy has yet to return to the city that buried thousands of its residents killed by the Oct 2005 earthquake, survivors are getting on with their lives, rebuilding their shattered homes brick by brick....
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Survivors protest against Erra
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: Thousands of people from earthquake affected areas staged protested here on Saturday against what they called continuous intimidation by the army and assessment teams, flawed Erra policies, long procedural delays and rampant corruption....
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Two rockets found near ISI office in Islamabad ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: The rocket mystery became more complicated on Saturday when two live rockets were found near the Inter-Services Intelligence headquarters on the Kashmir Highway, a route Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz was scheduled to use on Saturday....
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Repair advice ignored two years ago: report: Ran Pathani incident
LAHORE, Oct 7: No repair work was carried out on the Ran Pathani bridge despite it was proposed to authorities two years ago, Minister for Railways Shaikh Rashid Ahmad said on Saturday....
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Musharraf denies supporting Taliban
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: President General Pervez Musharraf has emphatically rejected a foreign media report that Pakistan was supporting Taliban militia and reiterated his government’s commitment to fight terrorism in all its forms and manifestations....
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Comments on Baglihar to be filed by 26th
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: World Bank neutral expert Raymond Latiffe arbitrating on the Baglihar dam dispute between Pakistan and India has asked the two sides to submit by Oct 26 written comments...
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Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh
MOHALI (India) Oct 7: Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by 37 runs in a Champions Trophy qualifying match at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium. Brief scores: Lanka 302-8; Bangladesh 265-9 in 50 overs.—AFP...
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PPP accuses Erra of funds misappropriation
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) has accused the government and the Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority (Erra) of committing financial irregularity in the earthquake relief funds and called for...
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Call to devise strong disaster management system
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: It is the vulnerability of people and institutional incapacity of states that turn hazards into disasters....
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Five killed in road accident
RAWALPINDI, Oct 7: Five persons including a woman were killed, while 15 others were injured when a wagon crashed into a roadside tree near Rawat on Saturday....
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