Archive for the November 8, 2005
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Two Frenchmen held a motor-gliding demonstration at Fatima Jinnah Park on Monday for sending relief goods and medical staff to remote earthquake-affected areas which remain inaccessible even by helicopters. A private gliding club has acquired
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Norway said on Monday it would release an additional 60 million kroner in aid to Pakistan, bringing its total aid to the country since last month's earthquake to 240 million kroner (30.8 million euros, 36.4
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Pakistan is importing huge quantity of tents from China to meet immediate needs of accommodating the quake victims. Special arrangements have been made to airlift these tents to Pakistan by nine-chartered cargo planes from Beijing
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Chinese government has sent two more batches of emergency disaster relief material to the quake-affected areas. Radio China reported that 137 tons material had been dispatched including tents and carpets. Three batches of Chinese relief
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Prince Ahmed Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Deputy Interior Minister, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on Monday called on President General Pervez Musharraf and conveyed message of Khadimul Herman Sharifain King Abdullan bin Abdul Aziz expressing
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Pakistan People's Party has again demanded the military-led regime to cut in military budget, as spiraling defence costs would put an impact upon the quantity of international aid that Pakistan was seeking for rehabilitation and
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Frontier government has decided to launch a crash programme for reconstruction of damaged hospitals, dispensaries and all other health institutions besides further streamlining the existing health cover and relief operation for treatment of injured in
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The government has appointed Vice Admiral Mohammad Haroon as Vice Chief of Naval Staff with immediate effect. According to a press release issued by Naval Headquarters on Monday, the Ministry of Defence has issued a
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The Karachi University spokesman on Monday announced that the varsity and its affiliated colleges would remain closed on November 9 on account of Iqbal Day. The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST)
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AJK President Sardar Muhammad Anwar Khan has lauded the role of young generation, which they were playing in different earthquake-affected areas of AJK and added "we must face the hardship of lives with patience and
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