Archive for the November 11, 2005
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Federal Health Minister Muhammad Nasir Khan on Thursday called upon community leaders, government officials, physicians, teachers, mental health professionals and volunteers to help reduce suffering, and mental trauma of the quake-affected people. Addressing inaugural session
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National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain called on Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz at the PM House here on Thursday to discuss matters pertaining to the current session of the lower house. The Prime Minister appreciated
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Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday appreciated the contribution of federal ministers to the relief and rehabilitation efforts by involving private sector. He was talking to Federal Ministers Jehangir Tareen, G G Jamal and Ishaq
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Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday said besides providing food, shelter and medicine to the quake victims, the government had made elaborate arrangements to revive educational activities in the affected areas. The Prime Minister was
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A special programme aimed at raising funds for the relief of Pakistan's earthquake victims, which was broadcast on one of Sweden's television channels on Wednesday, raised 41 million kroner (5 million dollar), it was announced
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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.
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The Principal Officer, US Consulate, Lahore Brian Heath has said that the United States was committed to support relief efforts for the early rehabilitation of earthquake victims in Pakistan. He was talking to LCCI President
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The Japanese government on Thursday extended a sum of $6.5 million to administer polio vaccines to around 34.3 million Pakistani children under the age of five, especially in calamity-hit areas. A signing ceremony took place
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The experts from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Nepal, Srilanka and Thailand would participate in the 5th workshop on 'Seismic Analysis in South Asia Region' to be held from November 12 to
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China will send a high-level delegation to Pakistan on November 19 to attend international donors' conference, aimed at seeking more aid for the earthquake victims. Copyright Associated Press of Pakistan, 2005