The United Nations said on Monday that aid agencies needed 42.4 million dollars immediately to help several hundred thousands quake victims in Pakistan this month. A spokeswoman for the UN humanitarian co-ordination office (OCHA), Elisabeth

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President General Pervez Musharraf would inaugurate world's highest water fountain here in the last week of December. The 500-feet 'Port Fountain Jet Project' is located at Oyster Rock near Clifton Beach and would cost around

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Large-scale shuffling in the senior bureaucratic setup of Sindh Government is on the card and it is likely to begin from the transfer of provincial finance secretary, secretary for local government and the district co-ordination

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Sindh cane commissioner Shams Jafrani has released new schedule for commencing of sugar crushing season 2005-06. According to details released here on Monday, only Siri Sugar mill is operational since October 23, while Ansari Sugar

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Harassed mobile phone owners in Karachi have urged upon Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad, Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim and Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui to take stringent measures to curb the theft and snatching of

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The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have agreed, in principle, to allow opening of two branches of commercial banks of the two countries on reciprocal basis. SBP and RBI

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The government's 'wait and see' policy for release of wheat to the mills is pushing up flour (atta) prices in the open market. A 20-kg bag of flour (atta) now costs Rs 260 to the

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Pakistan on Monday called on the international community to help stem the still unfolding catastrophe as a result of October 8 earthquake, warning that many more could die, if help was not rushed. Pakistan's Permanent

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Three saboteurs were blown up in an explosion in a house in Turbat on Monday afternoon. According to details, three persons hired a house in Malikabad locality of Turbat Bazaar close to Cinema Chowk. They

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The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has reserved around 1000 sq ft space to facilitate Pakistani companies to participate in the international trade fair scheduled to be held in New Delhi

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